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Newsletter #11

Welcome to this month's edition of the newsletter! In between releases of the quarterly journal, we share cool stuff we've seen around. If you'd like to see past editions, click here. You can buy a single digital journal issue, or even subscribe to the magazine. The print copies of Issue 72 are sold out, but let us know if you would be interested in a copy and we might be able to print a second run! Our next journal, Issue 73, is coming soon!

Nubia Way: a Story of Black-led Self Building in Lewisham

This video is a fascinating look back at how London's first Black housing cooperative got together and made their own houses. Using the easy-to-build principles of Walter Segal, this project is an awesome story of taking back the city in the face of racist housing practices.

Community Rebuilds is Hiring Low-Carbon Builders
Community Rebuilds, a natural and low-carbon building school/affordable housing builder in Moab, Utah is hiring! They're on the lookout now for construction supervisors, and are always open to office and building interns. You can be a part of their effort to build affordable housing on a new community land trust.

Maintenance and Care
Many of you are probably familiar with the saying "the greenest building is the building that already exists", but what does it take to keep buildings around? This article from Places Journal takes a deep look at what it means to care for buildings and things, to oppose the glamorization of the new over the old.

Cultivating an Alternative Building Scene in Turkey with the Kolûba Collective
This article describes the beginnings of an alternative building revival in Turkey, where a small group builds and teaches along the way. This article covers a little of where they started and where they'd like to go. This piece is from our Spring 2022 journal issue, No. 72.

Check out the latest issue of The Last Straw Journal, No. 72!
Our current issue is available on the website! In this issue you will build a cob community, eat wild blackberries, get bit by the straw bale bug, rekindle a movement, and much more!

We hope The Last Straw can be a platform to share and explore ideas of a better world through the lens of building methods and materials. Join us as we bring a critical perspective to conventional practice, imagine alternatives, and connect designers, builders, and dreamers. Let us know what you think and if you're working on something you think we should share!

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