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• Builders Without Borders NM Workshop is Fundraiser for Haiti: On August 14 & 15 in Kingston, New Mexico, architect Alfred von Bachmayr will teach a hands-on workshop on earthen plasters and earthen floor installation. Builders Without Borders (BWB) co-directors Derek Roff & Catherine Wanek will also give presentations on Rainwater Harvesting, Composting Toilets and Straw Bale Building Design Essentials. For full details check out our Events page.

• UPDATE: We are now waiting on funding sources for this project. Please donate to help us get on the ground to start helping people in Haiti.
We are working with other groups to bring a school to Haiti. It is a complicated endeavor to coordinate such a project, but we are working on achieving a design that can be easily built using existing materials, local trades-people, and that will be safe and long-lasting.

• Work has now begun on a manual describing our process working with communities to best manifest appropriate interventions in the built environment.

• Dean Coil and his wife Lupita were featured in a Chihuahua City newspaper, the El Heraldo, June 7th 2010, for the alternative/natural material construction techniques they used in building their house. Check out the article: Coil_House_article.pdf They will be offering a training workshop in the same kind of construction in the Fall. Look for it on our Events page as soon as we have all the details.

• Alfred gave a presentation at the 2010 ASES National Solar Conference on our past work and got good feedback from those in attendance. We hope this type of public outreach will help us help others.

Progress
Although the economic slow-down has decreased our level of activity, we are still here and planning for more events in the future. Please see our Events page for more details. Please contact us if you have an idea for a partnership.

Anapra
With the upswing in violence, kidnappings and drug-trade associated mayhem, WHP made the necessary, but sad choice to pull out of Anapra. Our last workshop there went without hitch, but we were aware of the increased tension and military presence - hard to miss when a convoy of heavily armed soldiers in camoflaged hummers screams down the street twice a day. Nonetheless, we are in contact with our partners for the Las Hormigas Women’s Collective Restaurant, and they assure us that everyone we know is safe.

CA Homesteading
Last year we held a 10-day workshop on agricultural land owned by friends of ours. In that short span of time, we erected a pallet barn to house their tools and tack for their animals. It was a rewarding experience to help our friends more efficiently homestead their land and steward the environment there. We are looking for more domestic intentional communities with which to work on promoting sustainable dwelling practices and natural building.


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Check us out! openarchitecturenetwork.org OUTREACH We are always looking for ways to spread the word about responsible dwelling: • workshops • presentations • conferences • design consultation • design-build • hands-on training • research	News Recent News • Builders Without Borders NM Workshop is Fundraiser for Haiti: On August 14 & 15 in Kingston, New Mexico, architect Alfred von Bachmayr will teach a hands-on workshop on earthen plasters and earthen floor installation. Builders Without Borders (BWB) co-directors Derek Roff & Catherine Wanek will also give presentations on Rainwater Harvesting, Composting Toilets and Straw Bale Building Design Essentials. For full details check out our Events page. • UPDATE: We are now waiting on funding sources for this project. Please donate to help us get on the ground to start helping people in Haiti. We are working with other groups to bring a school to Haiti. It is a complicated endeavor to coordinate such a project, but we are working on achieving a design that can be easily built using existing materials, local trades-people, and that will be safe and long-lasting. • Work has now begun on a manual describing our process working with communities to best manifest appropriate interventions in the built environment. • Dean Coil and his wife Lupita were featured in a Chihuahua City newspaper, the El Heraldo, June 7th 2010, for the alternative/natural material construction techniques they used in building their house. Check out the article: Coil_House_article.pdf They will be offering a training workshop in the same kind of construction in the Fall. Look for it on our Events page as soon as we have all the details. • Alfred gave a presentation at the 2010 ASES National Solar Conference on our past work and got good feedback from those in attendance. We hope this type of public outreach will help us help others. Progress Although the economic slow-down has decreased our level of activity, we are still here and planning for more events in the future. Please see our Events page for more details. Please contact us if you have an idea for a partnership. Anapra With the upswing in violence, kidnappings and drug-trade associated mayhem, WHP made the necessary, but sad choice to pull out of Anapra. Our last workshop there went without hitch, but we were aware of the increased tension and military presence - hard to miss when a convoy of heavily armed soldiers in camoflaged hummers screams down the street twice a day. Nonetheless, we are in contact with our partners for the Las Hormigas Women’s Collective Restaurant, and they assure us that everyone we know is safe. CA Homesteading Last year we held a 10-day workshop on agricultural land owned by friends of ours. In that short span of time, we erected a pallet barn to house their tools and tack for their animals. It was a rewarding experience to help our friends more efficiently homestead their land and steward the environment there. We are looking for more domestic intentional communities with which to work on promoting sustainable dwelling practices and natural building.
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