ESBG stands for European Straw Bale Gathering.
It is a bi-yearly event, which brings together craftsmen
builders,
architects,
engineers
and all others who are passionate about building with bales.
So, If you are seriously interested in building with straw
that is an event you can not miss!
My name is Paweł and I’d like to invite you
to co-create this unique event held this year in Poland.
It’is going to take place in Łódź,
in the last 5 days of August 2013.
Because of it's location it is going to be the very first,
post-industrial ESBG!
But not only that,
it is also going to be the first crowd-funded one,
which means full independence
by giving this idea to the people.
By sharing our resources like money,
time, knowledge
we can co-create experience
and a change we what to see in the world
The programme of this event
is a mixture of theory and practice
with a lot of opportunities for networking.
Planned activities include:
conference, discussion panels,
workshops, exhibition and a bus trip
to a nearby natural buildings, f.e. this one.
This year main theme “Simplicity is a feature”
means that we will focus on finding simple and elegant
solutions to amitious questions
of sustainable and affordable construction,
design and education in Straw-Bale Building.
We want to raise a number of topics
from technical details through research
to international cooperation and education.
So if you want be responsible
for making this wonderful idea happen
please support it.
By sharing your resources
you’ll give a sign that this event is needed
in European community of natural builders.
Let’s do it together and meet each other in Łódź.
Thank you so much.
Make a donation and join the ESBG experience.
Organised by Cohabitat & OSBN, supported by you.