ESBG 2021 – SBUK Presenters: barbara jones

July 30, 2021

‘Cement Free Foundations’

Saturday 31st July 1035 – 1135 BST online (Zoom)

‘Straw and Building Regulations’

Saturday 31st July 1225 – 1245 BST online (Zoom)

Barbara Jones is a strawbale building guru having set up construction companies Straw Works, and Amazon Nails. She is the author of Building with Straw Bales – the most comprehensive guide to strawbale building, a founding member of SBUK and is a Director of The School of Natural Building.

She is now an independent consultant and board member of Todmorden Learning Centre and Community Hub.

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