Cob: slideshow tour report & thanks

Mon Jan 17 21:08:00 PST 2000

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 Hi Everybody,

Since February 17, I've done 25 slideshows from British Columbia to the =
San Francisco bay area. I'll soon be continuing into Southern =
California, Arizona, New
Mexico & Colorado.

I'm not even going to try to guess how many hundreds
of people have seen my presentation, "Natural Building & Social =
Justice".  Everywhere I've gone, people have expressed their support for =
combining environmental AND social issues in my presentation.

While, the response I get is almost entirely positive, two wonderful =
activists in Berkeley, Trena Cleland and Barbara George, made some =
constructive suggestions about the length, forcefulness and tone of the =
presentation.  I suppose it's hard not to sound at least a little =
strident when criticizing the dominant world economic order. Natural =
Building & Social Justice will never be all things to all people, but I =
want to be as effective as possible, overcoming my own shortcomings, to =
be able to reach and stimulate as many people as possible.

For a full description of Natural Building & Social Justice, please go =
to www.efn.org/~robtb

Now to give some idea of the scope of the tour and to give proper thanks =
to the many activists that have worked so hard to have my presentation =
seen by people in their communities, I'll follow with a detailed & =
chonological list of events, credits and stories.

Thanks to everyone,

Robert Bolman

San Francisco, March 22, 2000

Thanks to Portland EcoBuilding Guild President, David Heslam for setting =
up
the Portland event at Environmental Buuilding Supplies. Thanks to Markus
Stoffel for hosting the event in his store.

Thanks to Craig Lawrence and other students at Evergreen State College =
for
setting up an real fun event at Evergreen near Olympia. Thanks to Tina =
Floyd
for opening up her home to me and organizing a fun open house the nest =
day.
I had some wonderful conversatio with Tina. People like her are one of =
my
favorite incentives for doing what I'm doing.

Thanks to Port Townsend EcoBuilding Guild members Rick Erickson and Doug
Mulholland for setting up a wonderful event in Port Townsend. Thanks to
Chris Stafford for making his home available to me - even in his =
absence.

Thanks to Peter & Pam Martin of Victoria, BC for setting up an =
excellently
attended event in Victoria with less than a week's notice and for having =
me
in their home.

Thanks to Denis Berger for setting up a very well attended event at
Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, BC and for having me in his =
home.
At one point Denis and I were both sitting in side by side easy chairs =
with
both our laptops going. It was surreal!

Thanks to Elke Cole for setting up a wonderful event in Courteney, BC =
and
letting me sleep in her waddle & daub tree house. Thanks to Bob at the =
Bar
None Cafe for hosting the event.

Thanks to Elizabeth White for setting up a presentation benefitting the
effort to stop the clearcutting of Saltspring Island, BC. Thanks to =
Meror
(whose last name and business name I've forgotten) for putting me up at =
his
house and showing me two of his stunning rammed earth houses on =
Saltspring
Island.

Thanks to Marian and Jared of the Down to Earth Building Bee in =
Vancouver,
BC for organizing a very well attended slideshow event followed the next =
day
by a day long mini colloquium & teach-in. If we had more activists like
Marian and Ian Marcuse, the world would be a better place.

Thanks to Tara Gill for setting up the Event at Galiano Island, BC. =
Thanks
to Norbert for taking me on a tour. Thanks to (Oh, what was her =
name?!?!?!)
for putting me up at her charming B & B.

Many thanks to Partick Hennebery for starting the ball rolling on all =
the
events on all the little Canadian Gulf Islands that I went to. I don't =
know
how many ferry rides I took thanks to him (12?). Patrick fully set up =
the
event on Mayne Island, BC put me up at his house, and took me on a tour =
of
the beautiful cob houses he's been building (two of which are now =
featured
in my slideshow). Thanks, Pat!!!

Thanks to Tracy Calvert for being a wonderful companion in a number of
locations in BC. What a treasure she is!!!

Thanks to Rob & Ellen (?) Willingham for setting up a wonderful event on
Pender Island, BC . While Pender is said to be one of the more =
conservative
islands, the Willinghams managed to turn out a large and very =
appreciative
crowd. It was fun staying at their farm and hanging out with the =
WWOOFers
(Willing Workers On Organic Farms). The morning of their son's birthday, =
we
all barged into his room with all the WWOOFers and a couple of baby =
goats to
wake him up and give him coffee. What fun!

Thanks to Colleen Edwardson of Saturna Island, BC for feeding me, =
putting me
up in her B & B, and producing a nice little crowd (on an Island with a
population of 300).

Many thanks for all the support and friendship that's always been =
exhibited
by Mare Nemeth in Twisp, WA. Mare set up an absolutely kick ass-event in
Twisp. The place was packed. Late into that very day she was still out
putting fliers on windshields. I mean like this person really performs. =
Mare
also put me up in the partially earth sheltered solar house that she =
lives
in and took me to have dinner in an earthship built by some friends. =
What
fun!

Thanks to Kittitas County Building inspector and EcoBuilding Guild =
activist,
Mike Burtness for setting up an event in Ellensburg, WA. Mike alwayys =
shows
me a good time when I'm in town and he cooks a wonderful breakfast. =
Thanks
Mike!

Thanks to Don and Barbie Stephens for putting me up in their fun &
interesting house in Spokane, WA. Don & Barbie have camilians living in
their houseplants as a form of biological pest control. Kewl!! Don set =
up a
very nice event and took time to take me on a tour of his "annualized
passive solar" project and several straw bale projects that he's =
designed in
Spokane.

Thanks to Kurt Rathmann for setting up an event at the University of =
Idaho
in Moscow. While a lot of students were preparing for finals, the =
student
that DID come were very enthusiastic. We hung out talking for an hour =
after
the event. Thanks to Kurt & Vicky for putting me up in their home.

Thanks to Lea Ann Redmond for setting up a wonderful 24 hours at Whitman
College in Walla Walla, WA. Lea Ann set up all kinds of things. In =
addition
to a very good slideshow event, I got to meet with a several =
environmental
studies professors and the treasurer of the College to discuss new
construction planned and in progress on the campus. The next day, a =
couple
of Environmental Studies profs put me in front of their class and let me
just do whatever I wanted. That was the fastest 50 minutes I've ever =
spent!
I didn't even get to start talking about human consciousness. On top of =
all
that, Whitman College put me up in their "presidential suite"..... well =
that
wasn't really what they called it, but it might just as well have been. =
You
should have seen the plumbing fixtures!!!

Thanks to Jim and Nancy Pernell for setting up a very nice event at the
Church of Religious Science in Redding, CA. Jim & Nancy also took me on =
a
tour of their property and a straw bale addition of the local museum. =
Thanks
to Suzanne Donache for putting me up in her home and doing my Jyotish
Astrological Chart.

Thanks to Deborah B. for setting up a small but sparklingly intimate =
event
in Corte Madera, CA. The people that attended were wonderful and =
Deborah's
generosity made the event no less lucrative for me.

Thanks to my old friend, Karen Sayer for coordinating with students at =
UC
Davis to set up a very well received event there. It was fun seeing =
Village
Homes (or whatever that place is called) where they manage the rainwater =
by
having it go into a swayles that meander through common backyards shared =
by
all the houses.

Thanks to Dave Baker for having me speak once again at New College in =
Santa
Rosa, CA. Dave has been consistently very supportive. Thanks to my dear
friend Lynne Mowrey-Patterson for putting me up in her house. Thanks to =
Jean
Sandifer for buying me lunch and lighting a fire under me to start a
non-profit organization. (Gotta get my hands on some of that grant =
money!!!)

Thanks to Open Secret Bookstore in San Rafael, CA for having me speak in
their back room which is absolutely festooned with spiritual art =
treasures
from around the world. What a mind-altering place that is!!

Extra Special thanks to Trena Cleland and Barbara George for setting up =
two
back to back events at Trena's house in Berkeley, CA. The living room in
Trena's house was absolutely packed with about 50 people. I had to hang =
the
slide projectors from the ceiling to make room. Barbara used her =
activist
skills to get a lot of delicious food donated by various businesses. =
Their
insistence on the value of my message resulted in my getting paid more
handsomely than usual for the two events. I even had a real comfy bed in
Barbara's house. Thanks so much to a couple of wonderful women. I just =
love
you!!!

Thanks to Barbara Holzman at San Francisco State University for packing =
a
large classroom with several different classes to see my presentation. =
There
must have been 100 very interested people in that room.

Now the tour continues. Please go to my web site for the itinerary =
and/or
email me for details (which are not yet fully known)

Thanks,

Robert Bolman

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<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>&nbsp;Hi Everybody, Since =
February 17,=20
I've done 25 slideshows from British Columbia to the San Francisco bay =
area.=20
I'll soon be continuing into Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico =
&amp;=20
Colorado. I'm not even going to try to guess how many =
hundreds of=20
people have seen my presentation, "Natural Building &amp; Social =
Justice".&nbsp;=20
Everywhere I've gone, people have expressed their support for combining=20
environmental AND social issues in my presentation. While, the =
response I=20
get is almost entirely positive, two wonderful activists in Berkeley, =
Trena=20
Cleland and Barbara George, made some constructive suggestions about the =
length,=20
forcefulness and tone of the presentation.&nbsp; I suppose it's hard not =
to=20
sound at least a little strident when criticizing the dominant world =
economic=20
order. Natural Building &amp; Social Justice will never be all things to =
all=20
people, but I want to be as effective as possible, overcoming my own=20
shortcomings, to be able to reach and stimulate as many people as=20
possible. For a full description of Natural Building &amp; Social =

Justice, please go to <A=20
href=3D"http://www.efn.org/~robtb">www.efn.org/~robtb</A><BR><BR>Now to =
give some=20
idea of the scope of the tour and to give proper thanks to the many =
activists=20
that have worked so hard to have my presentation seen by people in their =

communities, I'll follow with a detailed &amp; chonological list of =
events,=20
credits and stories. Thanks to everyone, Robert =
Bolman San=20
Francisco, March 22, 2000 Thanks to Portland EcoBuilding =
Guild=20
President, David Heslam for setting up the Portland event at =
Environmental=20
Buuilding Supplies. Thanks to Markus Stoffel for hosting the event in =
his=20
store. Thanks to Craig Lawrence and other students at Evergreen =
State=20
College for setting up an real fun event at Evergreen near Olympia. =
Thanks to=20
Tina Floyd for opening up her home to me and organizing a fun open =
house the=20
nest day. I had some wonderful conversatio with Tina. People like her =
are one=20
of my favorite incentives for doing what I'm doing. Thanks to =
Port=20
Townsend EcoBuilding Guild members Rick Erickson and Doug Mulholland =
for=20
setting up a wonderful event in Port Townsend. Thanks to Chris =
Stafford for=20
making his home available to me - even in his absence. Thanks to =
Peter=20
&amp; Pam Martin of Victoria, BC for setting up an =
excellently attended event=20
in Victoria with less than a week's notice and for having me in their =

home. Thanks to Denis Berger for setting up a very well attended =
event=20
at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, BC and for having me in =
his=20
home. At one point Denis and I were both sitting in side by side easy =
chairs=20
with both our laptops going. It was surreal! Thanks to Elke =
Cole for=20
setting up a wonderful event in Courteney, BC and letting me sleep in =
her=20
waddle &amp; daub tree house. Thanks to Bob at the Bar None Cafe for =
hosting=20
the event. Thanks to Elizabeth White for setting up a =
presentation=20
benefitting the effort to stop the clearcutting of Saltspring Island, =
BC.=20
Thanks to Meror (whose last name and business name I've forgotten) =
for=20
putting me up at his house and showing me two of his stunning rammed =
earth=20
houses on Saltspring Island. Thanks to Marian and Jared of the =
Down to=20
Earth Building Bee in Vancouver, BC for organizing a very well =
attended=20
slideshow event followed the next day by a day long mini colloquium =
&amp;=20
teach-in. If we had more activists like Marian and Ian Marcuse, the =
world=20
would be a better place. Thanks to Tara Gill for setting up the =
Event at=20
Galiano Island, BC. Thanks to Norbert for taking me on a tour. Thanks =
to (Oh,=20
what was her name?!?!?!) for putting me up at her charming B &amp;=20
B. Many thanks to Partick Hennebery for starting the ball rolling =
on all=20
the events on all the little Canadian Gulf Islands that I went to. I =
don't=20
know how many ferry rides I took thanks to him (12?). Patrick fully =
set up=20
the event on Mayne Island, BC put me up at his house, and took me on =
a tour=20
of the beautiful cob houses he's been building (two of which are now=20
featured in my slideshow). Thanks, Pat!!! Thanks to Tracy =
Calvert for=20
being a wonderful companion in a number of locations in BC. What a =
treasure=20
she is!!! Thanks to Rob &amp; Ellen (?) Willingham for setting up =
a=20
wonderful event on Pender Island, BC . While Pender is said to be one =
of the=20
more conservative islands, the Willinghams managed to turn out a =
large and=20
very appreciative crowd. It was fun staying at their farm and hanging =
out=20
with the WWOOFers (Willing Workers On Organic Farms). The morning of =
their=20
son's birthday, we all barged into his room with all the WWOOFers and =
a=20
couple of baby goats to wake him up and give him coffee. What=20
fun! Thanks to Colleen Edwardson of Saturna Island, BC for =
feeding me,=20
putting me up in her B &amp; B, and producing a nice little crowd (on =
an=20
Island with a population of 300). Many thanks for all the =
support and=20
friendship that's always been exhibited by Mare Nemeth in Twisp, WA. =
Mare set=20
up an absolutely kick ass-event in Twisp. The place was packed. Late =
into=20
that very day she was still out putting fliers on windshields. I mean =
like=20
this person really performs. Mare also put me up in the partially =
earth=20
sheltered solar house that she lives in and took me to have dinner in =
an=20
earthship built by some friends. What fun! Thanks to Kittitas =
County=20
Building inspector and EcoBuilding Guild activist, Mike Burtness for =
setting=20
up an event in Ellensburg, WA. Mike alwayys shows me a good time when =
I'm in=20
town and he cooks a wonderful breakfast. Thanks Mike! Thanks =
to Don=20
and Barbie Stephens for putting me up in their fun &amp; interesting =
house in=20
Spokane, WA. Don &amp; Barbie have camilians living in their =
houseplants as a=20
form of biological pest control. Kewl!! Don set up a very nice event =
and took=20
time to take me on a tour of his "annualized passive solar" project =
and=20
several straw bale projects that he's designed =
in Spokane. Thanks to=20
Kurt Rathmann for setting up an event at the University of Idaho in =
Moscow.=20
While a lot of students were preparing for finals, the student that =
DID come=20
were very enthusiastic. We hung out talking for an hour after the =
event.=20
Thanks to Kurt &amp; Vicky for putting me up in their =
home. Thanks to Lea=20
Ann Redmond for setting up a wonderful 24 hours at Whitman College in =
Walla=20
Walla, WA. Lea Ann set up all kinds of things. In addition to a very =
good=20
slideshow event, I got to meet with a several environmental studies=20
professors and the treasurer of the College to discuss =
new construction=20
planned and in progress on the campus. The next day, a couple of=20
Environmental Studies profs put me in front of their class and let =
me just do=20
whatever I wanted. That was the fastest 50 minutes I've ever spent! I =
didn't=20
even get to start talking about human consciousness. On top of =
all that,=20
Whitman College put me up in their "presidential suite"..... well =
that wasn't=20
really what they called it, but it might just as well have been. =
You should=20
have seen the plumbing fixtures!!! Thanks to Jim and Nancy =
Pernell for=20
setting up a very nice event at the Church of Religious Science in =
Redding,=20
CA. Jim &amp; Nancy also took me on a tour of their property and a =
straw bale=20
addition of the local museum. Thanks to Suzanne Donache for putting =
me up in=20
her home and doing my Jyotish Astrological Chart. Thanks to =
Deborah B.=20
for setting up a small but sparklingly intimate event in Corte =
Madera, CA.=20
The people that attended were wonderful and Deborah's generosity made =
the=20
event no less lucrative for me. Thanks to my old friend, Karen =
Sayer for=20
coordinating with students at UC Davis to set up a very well received =
event=20
there. It was fun seeing Village Homes (or whatever that place is =
called)=20
where they manage the rainwater by having it go into a swayles that =
meander=20
through common backyards shared by all the houses. Thanks to =
Dave=20
Baker for having me speak once again at New College in Santa Rosa, =
CA. Dave=20
has been consistently very supportive. Thanks to my dear friend Lynne =

Mowrey-Patterson for putting me up in her house. Thanks to =
Jean Sandifer for=20
buying me lunch and lighting a fire under me to start a non-profit=20
organization. (Gotta get my hands on some of that grant =
money!!!) Thanks=20
to Open Secret Bookstore in San Rafael, CA for having me speak =
in their back=20
room which is absolutely festooned with spiritual art treasures from =
around=20
the world. What a mind-altering place that is!! Extra Special =
thanks to=20
Trena Cleland and Barbara George for setting up two back to back =
events at=20
Trena's house in Berkeley, CA. The living room in Trena's house was=20
absolutely packed with about 50 people. I had to hang the slide =
projectors=20
from the ceiling to make room. Barbara used her activist skills to =
get a lot=20
of delicious food donated by various businesses. Their insistence on =
the=20
value of my message resulted in my getting paid more handsomely than =
usual=20
for the two events. I even had a real comfy bed in Barbara's house. =
Thanks so=20
much to a couple of wonderful women. I just love you!!! Thanks =
to=20
Barbara Holzman at San Francisco State University for packing a large =

classroom with several different classes to see my presentation. =
There must=20
have been 100 very interested people in that room. Now the tour=20
continues. Please go to my web site for the itinerary and/or email me =
for=20
details (which are not yet fully known) Thanks, Robert=20
Bolman </BODY></HTML>

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