All NBN members and friends are invited to an NBN meeting on April 29, Sunday,
              6:30pm to 9pm
at the Hatch & Parent community meeting room              [ 1018 State St., S.B.]
to hear Gary Duncan, founder and director of Smart Shelter Network in Colorado.
 
He will describe his work with natural building techniques  to foster sustainable structures and to avoid the use of toxic building materials.
 
We also invite local architects/builders/artisans to speak for 3-5 minutes about their current projects pertinent to the aims of Natural Builders Network.  Please respond by April 10 if you are interested in speaking that evening.
 
Our agenda will include a 20 minute talk  from Gary Duncan, time for 6-8 local speakers, and then questions for any of the speakers until 9pm.
 
Coffee will be served from 6:30pm in the building reception area.  The NBN meeting will begin promptly at 7pm. 
 
RSVP to NBN@omnipost.com
Any questions?  Please contact MAFroley@MindSpring.com
 
 The Natural Builders Network listserv was birthed after a half-day workshop
with Gary Duncan from smartshelter.com (on November 11, 2000). The listserv
is a way to keep the energy flowing and the communications moving regarding
creating a Network of Natural Builders in the area from San Luis Obispo to
San Diego. The idea is to create a network of engineers, builders,
architects, insurance agents, lenders, contractors, strawbale construction
folks and attorneys "to compete with the non-renewable toxic and
environmentally destructive aspects of conventional building." (Gary Duncan)
If you are interested in joining, simply send a message to
majordomo@omnipost.com and type in subscribe NBN.
Coordinator of the NBN Mary Ann Froley 1 El Vedado Lane #16 Santa Barbara CA 93105
mafroley@mindspring.com