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Animal and vegetable materials, excluding timber

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Chug's World of Strawbale Building
Site covering strawbale building in the UK and Europe, with links to technical information and courses, and a database of strawbale buildings.
http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk/

CMHC Strawbale Moisture Sensor Study
Canadian study on the performance of strawbale buildings in climates with long winters.
http://heatkit.com/html/papers-n/strwmoist/strwmoist.htm

Straw Bale Construction
Sourcebook of information on straw bale construction, concentrating on the US.
http://strawbale.sustainablesources.com/

StrawBale.com
StrawBale.com provides information on straw bale, straw bale house building and straw bale home construction, with resources to help with straw bale projects.
http://www.strawbale.com/

Surfin' Strawbale
Everything you need to know on strawbale construction.
http://mha-net.org/html/sblinks.htm

Thatching Advisory Services (TAS)
TAS is the largest thatching organisation in the UK. The site includes information on thatch and its use for builders and architects.
http://www.thatchingadvisoryservices.co.uk/

The Last Straw Blog
Official blog of the The Last Straw (TLS), the international journal of straw-bale and natural building.
http://www.thelaststrawblog.org/

 

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