The materials we work with bring many wonderful communities together and their number continues to grow. We will spend the weekend reconnecting and renewing community, making new friends, and talking a lot about all the aspects of working with straw and other natural, bio-based materials in the built environment. Topics will include: collaborations and strategies to scale straw construction how to use natural materials to contribute to fire rebuilds; constructing a natural materials rebuilding toolkit farmers, and growing our supply network nuts & bolts issues in construction code updates and more! Activities will include: hands-on demos with opportunities to get your hands dirty community presentations on all sorts of fun projects 5x5s and 20x20s: Attendees are invited to share digital images during these popular evening slide shows to let us know who you are and what you do - or to show us your latest project! Limited to 25 presentations accepted for the weekend, they can be 5 images in 5 minutes, or 20 images at 20 seconds or less each (6 minutes). Sign up during registration. nightly "happy hour" networking receptions...