The coalition exists to facilitate the organization and education of the building and design community and the general public to foster: healthy and ecologically sound built environments; sustainable resource use; responsible and healthy businesses

Newsletters

The Sustainable Building Coalition is once again publishing a newsletter! Recent issues are listed below.

We also have an email list, through which we send out notices of upcoming events including our (roughly) monthly Site Visits and similar items of interest.

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Newsletter Archives:

August 2007 Learning from Ancient Cultures: Sustainable China: Presented by George Swanson

July 2007 FoodWaterShelter Community: Presented by Lester Germanio

June 2007 Home Design Ideas to Celebrate the Sun: Presented by Gayle Borst and Terri Finch

May 2007 I Can Recycle THAT? Get the Facts from Local Experts

April 2007 Windows: Service and Delight: Presented by Gayle Borst

March 2007 Growing Kitchens Indoors and Out: Presented by Leslie Reilly

February 2007 Sustainable Villages: Presented by Robert McIntyre

January 2007 SBC is evolving! Meet the new Design-Build-Live.

November 2006 Straw Bales Under Fire: The straw bale fire test and implications for insurance and mortgages

October 2006 Shelter: Animal, Human, Historical, Aboriginal,Alternate, Earth-Friendly, Modern – Dick Pierce

September 2006 Untwisting the Cedar… Friend or Foe? By Elizabeth McGreevy Seiler

August 2006 The Culture and Earthen Buildings of the Nile Valley – Awad Abdelgadir

July 2006 How Green is Your Cement? Better stucco, grout, and aerated concrete

June 2006 Summer Solstice / Compact Florescents / Fire Test

May 2006 Introduction to Permaculture by Selwyn Polit

April 2006 Summer and Your Indoor Air Quality by John Alvord

March 2006 Natural Building: Traditional Methods in Contemporary Cottages by Kindra Welch

February 2006 Solar Hot Water Systems by Thomas Isaac

January 2006 Dick Pierce on Greenbuilding

November 2005 "A Hybrid House" - Charles Gibson

October 2005 Green building video night at Casa de Luz

September 2005 The Healing, Hazardous & Unusual Aspects of Natural and Artificial Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) - James Beal

August 2005 Celestial Geometry for Building Design - Dr. Dan Lester

July 2005 Seeking and Creating Sacred Spaces - Roberta Shoemaker-Beal

June 2005 The Pleasures of Sun Watching - Robert Jackson

May 2005 Applying the Principles of Green Building to Remodeling - Robert Zirkel

April 2005 Building with Natural Local Materials - Dr. E. Logan Wagner

March 2005 Rainwater Harvesting with Innovative Water Solutions and Rainfilters of Texas

February 2005 Firewise Building with Jan Fulkerson

December 2004 (PDF (195k) FoodWaterShelter Project with Lester Germanio/New SBC Meeting Schedule

September 2004 (PDF (313k) Alternative Energy Roundup/September Meeting Postponed

July 2004 (PDF (232k) Permaculture/Strawlocator.com/Roundup Planning

March 2004 (PDF) Moisture Control In Buildings/Texas Home & Garden Show

January 2004 (PDF) Sustainable Ireland/Bau-Biologie course/Permaculture class

November 2003 (PDF format) Holiday Party/San Antonio Energy Leadership-Texas Renewables conference

September 2003 (PDF format, 292k) Case Study: Lars Stanley

May 2003 (PDF format, 156k) Natural Alternatives to Concrete, Steel, and force-grown Yellow Pine

March 2003 (PDF format, 284k) Experience with Green Building Materials

January 2003 (PDF format, 386k) Christopher Alexander/Life in Architecture

June 2000 Choosing Green Building Materials in Central Texas

May 2000 Permaculture Panel and Video

April 2000 Rammed Earth Home - A Case Study

March 2000 Just How Green is Austin?

February 2000 A Green Restoration: A Case Study

January 2000 Austin Energy's Green Choice Program

November 1999 Simplicity

October 1999 Green Financing

September 1999 Life on the Nile: A Sustainable Community by Necessity

August 1999 Indoor Air Quality - Problems, Considerations, Solutions

July 1999 Carbon Dioxide Intensity Factors

June 1999 Regional Design Lessons from Historical Texas

May 1999 A Reasonable Level of Self-Sufficiency: Energy

April 1999 A Reasonable Level of Self-Sufficiency: Water

March 1999 A Reasonable Level of Self-Sufficiency: Food

February 1999 Cedar: Love It and Leave It?

January 1999 Y2K

November 1998 How to Operate and Maintain a Sustainable Building

October 1998 Smart Growth and Sustainable Land Development

September 1998 Using Vintage Materials in Remodeling and New Construction

August 1998 Construction & Demolition Waste Management

July 1998 Pest Problem Prevention and Non-Toxic Pest Control

June 1998 Tree Protection Before, During and After Construction