[Sdpg] Calif Strawbale Assoc(CASBA) Presents David Eisenberg/April 15, 7pm

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

“THE BIG PICTURE-Moving Toward Sustainable Building & Development"
                                        Lecture and Slide Show  with David
Eisenberg
                                        Thursday, April 15, 7pm Donation $7
                                      Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner
Gallery Downtown 
                                
                        ALSO Friday April 16 7 pm Ludwich Community Center
$7 
                                864 Santa Rosa San Luis Obispo 
                                Cosponsored by Santa Building Council of SLO


        In an entertaining and thought-provoking presentation, "The Big
Picture-Moving Toward Sustainable Building & Development", strawbale
pioneer and
author David Eisenberg will explore the larger context for design,
development,
and regulation as the need for dramatic change in all human systems becomes
ever more obvious. From the use of alternative building materials and
appropriate technology to issues of national security and health of our
communities, this talk weaves together many critical ideas, developing the
foundation for a new set of criteria for all of our decision making processes.

        David Eisenberg has over twenty years of construction experience,
including troubleshooting construction of the steel and glass cover of
Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona; building a $2 million structural concrete
house; constructing a hypo-allergenic steel house, and building masonry, wood,
adobe, rammed earth, and straw bale structures. He currently leads a
broad-based collaborative effort “Building Sustainability into the Codes”,
with
the goal of creating a sustainable context for building regulation. He is
Vice-Chair of the ASTM E-06.71 Subcommittee on sustainability for buildings,
where he leads a task group developing ASTM standards for low-environmental
impact building materials and methods of construction such as earthen building
systems. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the US Green Building
council, serves on the Advisory Boards of Environmental Building News and
Natural Home Magazine, and is a member of the Tucson/Pima county Joint
Building
Code Committee. He is the co-author of the Straw Bale House Book, and helped
write the first load bearing straw bale construction building code for the
City
of Tucson and Pima county Arizona. He is an International lecturer and speaker
on a wide range of topics and has presented at dozens of conferences and
lectured at Arizona State University, University of Arizona, City College of
New York, Oberlin College, University of Nebraska, Hannover University and the
Bauhaus University (Germany). 

          The talk will be held on Thursday April 15 at 7pm, at the downtown
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St. A $7
donation
is requested, no reservations  are required. For more information please call
(805) 962-2571, or go to www.sbpermaculture.org. The event is sponsored by by
The CALIFORNIA STRAW BUILDING ASSOCIATION (CASBA), The Sustainability Project
and the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network.


CASBA would also like to announce the following:

THE CALIFORNIA STRAW BUILDING ASSOCIATION is pleased to announce its Spring,
2004 Conference. This gathering will take place April 16, 17,18 at the
Matilija
Hot Springs in Ojai, California. Informative speakers, presentations and
discussion groups will create a weekend of sharing and learning covering the
entire spectrum of the Straw Building industry.
For more information to register  www.strawbuilding.org






Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

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