International Straw Bale Building Registry a collection of strawbale buildings registered by owner builders with varying degrees of detail about the construction. The Last Straw the 40-page international quarterly journal of straw bale and natural building published continuously since 1993. The web site has a wealth of resources. Seven Generations Natural Builders (SGNB) is dedicated to teaching people how to house themselves. We teach cob, straw bale, and other natural building skills. We advocate building with local natural materials using methods that are ecologically sensitive, environmentally sound, and economically affordable. Wiki Books is part of the Wikimedia Foundation Group a non-profit organization with the goal of providing free knowledge. The information is contributed and edited by a community of people with experience in the topic. This section is for Strawbale Construction Strawbales R Us is a strawbale Yahoo group running since late 2002 currently with 912 members the largest and most active of the straw bale yahoo groups. You can see all the strawbale related groups here . Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It is part of the Wikimedia Foundation Group the non-profit organization with the goal of providing free knowledge. The information is contributed and edited by a community of people with experience in the topic. This is the Strawbale section. The European strawbale building discussion list with over 300 members. The list is hosted by Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. The list has an archive of messages going back to 1997 which can be downloaded. You can join here . Amazon Nails have been building straw bale homes since 1996. The founder, Barbara Jones, wrote the book 'Building with Straw Bales: A Practical Guide for the UK and Ireland'. Laura Lee Intscher of Secret Base Design pushes green design into a higher end luxury market. She has been training a professional construction crew in green design and can provide full construction services for clients who do not what to be hands-on with straw or earth. She is based in Vestal, New York. Chug's World of Strawbale Building have been building with strawbale and lime for many years. Chug is based in the UK and runs workshops with organisations like the Low-Impact Living Initiative . With more than twenty years of experience in the building industry in Australia Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow build healthy, environmentally friendly and energy efficient houses, emphasising sustainability and permaculture principles. Established by Habib John Gonzalez Sustainable Works is a Canadian (British Columbia) based sole proprietorship involved in education and implementation of basic ecological land use principles. They offer a full range of services for the owner builder with design and building permit application consultations. The Dutch strawbale association giving details of many Dutch strawbale buildings and some specific technical info. Most of the text is available in Enlish. Heaven Craft Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Creating unique homes and interior spaces with an emphasis on environmentally sound building practices. The Austrian strawbale Network giving details of many Austrian strawbale buildings and some technical info. The site is not in Enlish. The Eco-Learning Center strives to provide leadership, scientific research, study, education, guidance and promotion of living sustainably on the land, in diverse communities, and in natural balance with the Great Lakes Bio-region in the USA. They run greenbuilding workshops.