Online Resources
Indiana's Academic Standards: Science (Teacher's Edition) - 117 page E-Book
Information Guide to Straw Bale Building - Link to a 78-page free E-Book in .pdf format. Published by Amazon Nails, a UK-based company that combines techniques explained in everyday language with straw bale construction, offering courses, talks and demonstrations to empower owner-builders.
Green Home Building: Natural Building Techniques: Strawbale - Includes a number or resources about straw bale construction, including books, videos, home plans, straw bale training and certification programs, and weblinks. In addition, information on how straw bale construction works is provided.
NAAEE's EE Activities: Sustainable Development - The NAAEE's (North American Association for Environmental Education) Environmental Education teachers' links for activities and materials dealing with sustainable development.
Strawbale Construction Curriculum (Facilitator Guide) - This book was created by the crew at 'Builders without Borders' as a guide for facilitators of workshops on strawbale construction. There is a lot of good information imbedded within the text, but the focus is really on the techniques and processes of instruction in this particular field.
The Last Straw: Natural Building Books, Booklets and Articles - Natural building includes many types of methods and materials: adobe, clay/straw, cob, balecob, papercrete, ecocomposites or eco-materials, bamboo, rammed earth, among others. A list of books on energy systems, water and waste systems, permaculture and related topics will be added to the TLS web site and updated throughout the coming year.
The Last Straw: Straw-bale Building Books ,Booklets, Plans, CDs, DVDs, and Videos - You may not learn it all from these resources, but you sure can learn the best of it! Some of these resources are not exclusively about straw bale, but offer information on natural building, as well - or hybrids, if you will.
The The Last Straw: Environmental and Building Journals and Magazines - The Last Straw provides information on journals and magazines published in North America and Internationally that focus on eco-building.
A Source Book for Green and Sustainable Building: Straw Bale Construction - This site provides a wealth of straw bale construction-related resources of various formats (websites, videos, newsletters, etc.), as well as some helpful reference information
Straw Bale Innovations Website – This portal website features an almost overwhelming amount of resources of various formats and links about straw bale construction.
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