Gib Cooper <gib@...> wrote:

Fecha: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:23:32 -0700
A: BOTA Advisors:;, BOTA Supporters:;, SoCal Board:;
De: Gib Cooper
Asunto: Fwd: bamboo workshop

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>Subject: bamboo workshop
>Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:00:48 +0000
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>Hello everyone,
>
>I hope this finds you all happy and healthy.
>
>This is to announce that the second in a series of workshops will be
>held in Obregon, Sonora Mexico to finsih the bamboo casita that was
>started there with this past springs workshop.
>
>For those of you unfamiliar with this project, it started when Bill
>and Athena Steen, authors of the Straw Bale House, asked me to
>accompany them on one of thier trips to Obregon, "to see if bamboo
>would grow there". "There" is the 12 acre property of the Save the
>Children Foundation of Mexcio whom the Steens had been working with.
>They designed and supervised contruction of a 5,000 square foot
>office building for the Foundation there. I went along with them on
>one of thier trips and was taken by the work they were doing
>building low income straw bale houses. I was president of the
>Tierra Seca Chapter of the American Bamboo Society at the time and
>so I wrote a proposal to the Society for bamboo plants to begin a
>project in Obregon growing and using bamboo as a locally availble,
>sustainable housing material. The plants came in and the Chapter
>facilitated thier delivery to Obregon where we planted them on the
>property around the rising walls of the office building.
>
>That was nearly 8 years ago. The 20 species of tropical bamboo
>(about 40 plants) are now mature and this past spring we harvested
>poles and used them to get the main part of the structure up. There
>is still much work to be done.
>This fall well be harvesting poles and using them to finsih walls
>and an entry as well as the interior.
>
>The date is Saturday, November 13. The workshop will go to the
>following Saturday. Free camping is available on the grounds around
>the bamboo plants and there is a full kitchen available in the
>office buiding for cooking meals. There are bathroom facilities in
>the straw bale office building and in a straw bale house on the
>property. Food will not be served. There are several inexpensive
>resturants within walking distance and motels and higher end
>resturants within miutes by car. Well stocked grocery stores are
>nearby. Since the program is non-profit the cost is being kept low
>to reflect this. The cost is $250. The hope is to have enough
>participants to cover the cost of material expensis for the project.
>
>You will learn proper harvesting techniques, bamboo joinery for
>construction, and how to use bamboo in concert with a cob like mix
>that makes efficient use of not only the bamboo but the clay and
>straw as well.
>The result is and incredibly strong building system that is easily
>accomplished and requires much less labor than many other natural
>approaches. The casita is architecturally unique in many respects.
>
>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
>520-398-3034 mornings and evenings. Im rarely near the phone and I
>dont have an answering machine. Your best bet for communicating
>with me is to send me an email. katbambu@...
>
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Gib Cooper, Director
Bamboo of the Americas (BOTA)
28446 Hunter Creek Loop
Gold Beach, OR 97444
Tel. & FAX: 541-247-0835
BAMBOO CONSERVATION ACTION FOR THE NEW WORLD
http://www.bamboooftheamericas.org

BOTA is administered by The American Bamboo Society Southern
California Chapter (ABS-SoCal) and is a California non-profit
scientific and literary charitable corporation, tax-exempt under
section 501(C)-3. Contributions to this project are tax-deductible
under federal and California laws. For more information about
ABS-SoCal visit: http://www.abssocal.org/

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