Builders
Without Borders
is an international network of ecological builders who advocate the use
of straw, earth and other local, affordable materials in construction.
We believe that the solution to homelessness is not merely housing, but
individuals and communities trained to house themselves.
To this end, we organize and promote hands-on workshops and learning events, create educational books, CD-ROMs and videos. and partner with other organizations to build affordable sustainable housing. Since our inception in 1999, we have organized and supported projects from Mexico, to Israel, South Africa, Siberia, and Mongolia, and Native American land… (read more)
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Educational Resources Fund Builders Without Borders created a Strawbale Construction Curriculum, and donates this training manual, plus other books and videos, to worthy people and projects, and offers scholarships to BWB workshops for dedicated students.
Free consultation and educational materials have been provided to Navajo, Hopi, and Lakota tribes, as well as projects in Mexico, Mongolia, China, South Africa, Argentina, and Siberia. To help us continue this educational outreach, you can earmark a Donation to the BWB Educational Resources Fund.
Builders Without Borders is a project of NetWorks Productions, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your donations are tax-deductible.
In August 2005, BWB members led
the hands-on construction of a
straw-bale demonstration building in the Altai region of southern Siberia.
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You can also help Builders Without Borders with your everyday shopping
by registering with "onecause.com,"
where a large variety of merchants offer to donate a percentage of your
sale to your designated non-profit organization.
BWB
Strawbale Eco-house remains in Washington D.C.
photo by Bill Steen
Created for a summer 2008 exhibition in Washington D.C....
photo by Patricia
McArdle
...the Builders Without Borders' Straw-bale Eco-house remains at the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) on the National Mall, and can still be seen by the millions of Americans expected to visit the nation’s capitol during January 2009.
Read about the BWB Strawbale Eco-house in the "Roll Call", the daily newspaper of Congress.
View
a video tour of the Eco-house, from NBC TV in Washington D.C.
Visitors to the Builders Without Borders' exhibit can step inside a small building with tall walls of stacked straw bales plastered inside with a variety of beautiful polished clay finishes. Outside the walls are coated with a durable lime plaster and slate, and topped with a long-lasting standing-seam metal roof. (For more photos, see News and Views from the Eco-house.)
Visitors may
also view the Capitol through a strong adobe arch, or relax beneath a
bamboo shade trellis to read about America's traditional green-building
heritage, from cliff dwellings and adobe pueblos of the Southwest, to
an historic straw-bale church still standing strong in the Nebraska sandhills.
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Partners
The
USBG organized the 2008 exhibition, called "One Planet - Ours!"
to showcase sustainable techniques and technologies including edible school
yards, urban orchards, a solar greenhouse, photovoltaic panels, residential
wind turbines, green roofs and rainwater harvesting.
The
US Botanic Garden (USBG) is adjacent to the National Mall, across
the street from the U.S. Capitol. Click
here for a Capitol map.
Last updated on Saturday, December 13, 2008
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