Articles by Eileen Sutherland
I am co-director of Straw Works and the School of Natural Building (SNaB). Straw Works Ltd is a design and build company. The School of Natural Building is a training organisation and is a vehicle for increasing the numbers of natural builders in the UK. In 2008 I built my own strawbale house in Bulgaria with my family. So I know the techniques of building with bales but my role in the two organisations is mostly finance, marketing and strategy. My business partner Barbara Jones is the building expert.
Articles by
Eileen Sutherland
Putting straw on the public building map: the UP STRAW 2020 Yearbook
Eileen Sutherland shares highlights from the UP STRAW 2020 Yearbook, as this pioneering pan-European project putting straw on the public and urban building map enters its final phases this spring and summer.
Want to learn about straw-bale building? More news on the ESBG 2019
… and a special offer for our readers! We hear from Eileen Sutherland of The School of Natural Building about the straw-bale building event of the year, happening for the first time in the UK this summer.
The European Straw Bale Gathering is coming to Yorkshire for 2019
The European Straw Bale Gathering is heading to the UK for the very first time in August 2019. Learn all about it here.
Psst…. want to buy a straw-bale building – off the back of a lorry?
This strawbale building is suitable as a demonstrator building, a box office, an information centre, an office, a guest room, a teenage crash pad, a studio etc. and can be located in your garden or near your premises, subject to suitable access.
Career change? How to become a self-employed natural builder
We’re approached a lot by people wanting to change career to one focused on one of the topics on our website. The most common topic is probably low-impact building.