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ESBG stands for European Straw Bale Gathering.

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It is a bi-yearly event, which brings together craftsmen

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builders,

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architects,

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engineers

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and all others who are passionate about building with bales.

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So, If you are seriously interested in building with straw

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that is an event you can not miss!

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My name is Paweł and I’d like to invite you

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to co-create this unique event held this year in Poland.

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It’is going to take place in Łódź,

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in the last 5 days of August 2013.

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Because of it's location it is going to be the very first,

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post-industrial ESBG!

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But not only that,

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it is also going to be the first crowd-funded one,

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which means full independence

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by giving this idea to the people.

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By sharing our resources like money,

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time, knowledge

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we can co-create experience

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and a change we what to see in the world

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The programme of this event

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is a mixture of theory and practice

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with a lot of opportunities for networking.

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Planned activities include:

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conference, discussion panels,

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workshops, exhibition and a bus trip

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to a nearby natural buildings, f.e. this one.

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This year main theme “Simplicity is a feature”

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means that we will focus on finding simple and elegant

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solutions to amitious questions

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of sustainable and affordable construction,

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design and education in Straw-Bale Building.

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We want to raise a number of topics

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from technical details through research

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to international cooperation and education.

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So if you want be responsible

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for making this wonderful idea happen

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please support it.

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By sharing your resources

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you’ll give a sign that this event is needed

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in European community of natural builders.

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Let’s do it together and meet each other in Łódź.

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Thank you so much.

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Make a donation and join the ESBG experience.

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Organised by Cohabitat & OSBN, supported by you.