<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><SPAN style=""><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="">Hello Everyone: </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">This month join us we focus on Natural Building. Gayle Borst from <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">Stewardship, Inc. </SPAN><SPAN style="">will be bringing by some displays for us to peruse, <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">and will be sticking around to dispel common myths as well as answer <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">any technical questions you might have about natural building systems, <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">including innovative uses of such materials as straw bale and cob. <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">Join us for the fun part of being globally aware Friday the 25th upstairs <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">at The Tavern, located at 12th and Lamar from 5:30 to 7:30.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">ABOUT GREEN DRINKS</SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">Green Drinks Happy Hours are informal events that happens about once <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">a month in Austin. They are open to those of us who work in the<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">environmental field and/or who are routinely finding innovative ways<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">to meet the challenges of a sustainable future.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">ABOUT GAYLE BORST</SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">In pursuit of a deeper shade of green, local architect Gayle Borst of <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">Stewardship, Inc. </SPAN><SPAN style="">has passionately pursued a design <SPAN style="">strategy </SPAN>that <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">focuses on building with natural systems, such as cob and straw bale walls, </SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">passive solar heating and cooling, earthen floors, and clay plasters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">These strategies, as Galye maintains, “Not only result in a more ecologically </SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">sound buildings, but they also open limitless creative possibilities for </SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">buildings with heart and soul.”<SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="">Visit them at: <A href="http://www.StewardshipArchitecture.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; ; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.StewardshipArchitecture.com</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you know anyone else who would like to attend please go to </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.preventpollution.org/mailman/listinfo/">http://lists.preventpollution.org/mailman/listinfo/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">lists.preventpollution.org_gr\</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">eendrinks\</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and sign up.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Also See: <A href="http://greendrinksaustin.blogspot.com/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0028F3">http://greendrinksaustin.blogspot.com/</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You can find out about upcoming events, other green drink organizations,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">or post a green drinks story .</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica-Bold"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><B><BR></B><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; 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