Musing on airtightness
Sitting here in the warmth looking out at a cold winter day with no sun, I’m thinking about airtightness and how important it is in buildings. Much of the lack of airtightness in buildings is caused by...
View ArticleA date for your diary
London: Wednesday 6th March: 12.30 – 14.00 I’ll be speaking at Ecobuild on strawbale building in the seminar programme ‘Self -Build and Renovation: Construction Materials and Methods’. Click here for...
View ArticleWe CAN do something about climate change
I went to see Chasing Ice on Sunday, about James Balog’s visionary quest to record the loss of global ice in photographs, clear proof that human beings have caused climate change. His photographs are...
View ArticleOthers agree!
I’ve just read this interview below with Thich Nhat Hanh that I’d like to share. We have to start with ourselves, with what we are able to do, and be kind to ourselves for the things we can’t change...
View ArticlePitch to Rich – Vote for us!
It’s the day before voting in the Pitch to Rich competition ends http://tinyurl.com/cqgll69 and I am still suffering from shingles, the most painful thing to have happened to me in a long time,...
View ArticleHalifax Civic Trust Award
We recently received Highly Commended in the Halifax Civic Trust Awards 2013 The Outback Centre, in Halifax, was designed by Barbara and others and members of the Straw Works build team installed the...
View ArticleFirst Women Awards
This must be the awards season! I’m also shortlisted for ‘First Women of the Built Environment Awards’ Click here to find out more.
View ArticleHappy Hackney!
Here’s some feedback from people who attended a recent ‘First Straw’ course at Hackney City Farm: ‘Thank you so much for the First Straw. I found the course totally inspiring and really accessible...
View ArticleWomen are full of common sense
Women are full of common sense – we prefer to work with natural rather than unnatural materials I’ve got the chance to blog on the Huffington Post since being short listed for the First Women Awards...
View ArticleMusing on airtightness
Sitting here in the warmth looking out at a cold winter day with no sun, I’m thinking about airtightness and how important it is in buildings. Much of the lack of airtightness in buildings is caused by...
View ArticleA date for your diary
London: Wednesday 6th March: 12.30 – 14.00 I’ll be speaking at Ecobuild on strawbale building in the seminar programme ‘Self -Build and Renovation: Construction Materials and Methods’. Click here for...
View ArticleWe CAN do something about climate change
I went to see Chasing Ice on Sunday, about James Balog’s visionary quest to record the loss of global ice in photographs, clear proof that human beings have caused climate change. His photographs are...
View ArticleOthers agree!
I’ve just read this interview below with Thich Nhat Hanh that I’d like to share. We have to start with ourselves, with what we are able to do, and be kind to ourselves for the things we can’t change...
View ArticlePitch to Rich – Vote for us!
It’s the day before voting in the Pitch to Rich competition ends http://tinyurl.com/cqgll69 and I am still suffering from shingles, the most painful thing to have happened to me in a long time,...
View ArticleOur Achievements
Jumbo Bales in 1996 The first strawbale home ever to receive planning permission in the UK was this one, built in 1996 by self builder Brian Stinchcombe, with the help of Barbara Jones. Built using big...
View ArticleFirst Women Awards
This must be the awards season! I’m also shortlisted for ‘First Women of the Built Environment Awards’ Click here to find out more.
View ArticleHappy Hackney!
Here’s some feedback from people who attended a recent ‘First Straw’ course at Hackney City Farm: ‘Thank you so much for the First Straw. I found the course totally inspiring and really accessible...
View ArticleWomen are full of common sense
Women are full of common sense – we prefer to work with natural rather than unnatural materials I’ve got the chance to blog on the Huffington Post since being short listed for the First Women Awards...
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