Bloggy Contest – Win My Favorite DVD
April 21, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Home & Living
I don’t do the Bloggy Giveaway normally, but I’m doing it at another blog, so I figured why not do it here as well. The prize I picked for this contest is really cool, my favorite DVD, well, technically this is not my favorite DVD ever – that would be Sleep With Me
This is however my favorite building DVD:
Building With Awareness – A DVD & Guidebook On Building A Straw Bale Home is awesome. Not a new DVD, but in my opinion, one of the top straw bale resources. We’re talking 5 hours of how-to straw bale. The movie is excellent, and even though it’s long, you’ll be totally into it the entire time.
Take a look at the home in this movie:
It’s a beautiful house – it’s actually right near where I used to live in New Mexico, hence the balloons. The DVD and guidebook are award winning (many times over) and cover building facts, costs, how-to visuals, ideas for planning, plus you’ll will learn how to construct post-and-beam straw bale walls to code, and also about how interior adobe thermal mass walls can improve efficiency. This home generates 100% of its own electricity with photovoltaic panels on the roof – which you’ll also learn about. There’s also a great chapter section on earth plaster walls – good, good stuff.
The guidebook was recently added to the DVD to make a complete set. I bought the DVD long before the guidebook came out, but other folks I know who have it say it’s great, just as informative as the DVD. It looks like it’s laid out nicely. Click on the picture below to see it closer up.
Now if you want to win this DVD & Guidebook you’ll have to do something a little crazy…
Leave one comment on this post.
Ha, did I get ya?
No hoops to jump through – just leave a comment that says hey, or discusses the weather in London, or why you hate avocados, or even better, why you need this killer DVD, are you building a straw bale? It’s all good. Since I’m only doing the one prize, I’m making it easy for you. Unless you say something that’s insane, like “McMansions rule!” or “Scully sucks.”- you’re good to go.
- Enter by midnight Pacific Time on Saturday, April 26.
- I’ll draw a random winner and announce their name on April 27.
Oh, and while you’re at it you might want to enter the two contests going on at my green blog – one for mamas – and one for everyone. You also might want to visit the Bloggy website where there is likely to be 100s of contests by mid-week.
[photos via Building With Awareness]
Hi, Thanks for not making me jump through hoops! I really appreciate it. My husband and I are really into homes and design. It is an interest that we have in common. We would consider it a date night watching this DVD! Please enter us in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
I’ll be building a house in the province within the next two years and I’m seriously considering straw bale. I really can’t buy/get any resources from where I live, so I’d love to get this DVD.
We’d love to win a copy!
I am running a bloggy carnival right now as well with over $530 in prizes! Go check it out Connor’s First Birthday Bash at http://www.sevendogsandababy.com!
I have always been interested in straw bale houses!
I keep on dreaming of creating my own home. I can use any tips or advice I can get.
This would be awesome to view, as we’ve discussed if this would be an option for building methods where we are in TN!
This could come in very handy! We’re looking at different building methods for the house we’re going to build once my husband retires.
Enter me, please!
Oh! Yay! I went to the website earlier via your other blog post on another blog, and I think this is really NEAT! I am looking into various building techniques, trying to decide which one will be right for us when we can purchase our land.
So I would love to be entered to win this!
My husband is a carpenter, I bet he’d enjoy this.
I think it is crazy, but my husband would LOVE it. Anything to fuel the crazy!
We’re hoping to be doing some straw bale building in the near future. We’d LOVE to win this DVD! Thanks!
We hope to build a house some day, particularly one that’s “different”. We’ve researched various options, including straw bale. This would be a great giveaway to win!!
We’ve also looked at building with shipping containers, since we’ll have one to start with after moving to Argentina later this year.
I’m hoping to build a place next year and am very much interested in alternative construction … this would be a great learning tool!
OH, I WANT THIS! The hubby and I have talked about straw homes and what it would be like to build one!! I would definitely love to win this!
I asked my dad about this a few minutes ago and he’s still going on about how they make these houses haha. I think he would really like it haha.
We’ve been wanting to build a studio for my husband and make it eco-friendly…
We plan on moving out to a farm in a year or two and recently read about straw bale houses in an issue of Mother Earth News. I would LOVE to learn more about them!
What a fascinating giveaway! I’m not planning on building a straw bale house anytime soon…but how cool to learn about it! I’m always up for interesting facts.
This looks so neat, would love it.
I am VERY interested in building a straw bale home one day. I have a couple of friends as well who would love to watch this.
Sounds resourceful! This Bloggy Carnival is amazing-I didn’t think there would be so many posts!
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My sister is building a new home soon and would love to see this! Great gift!
Ooh,ooh, ooh (sound like Horshack? Or are you too young to remember Welcome Back Kotter?)!!!! I am dreaming of building a straw bale house and would be absolutely ecstatic if I won this!!! We are missionaries (don’t worry – US address) and really would like to teach the Mexicans how to build straw bale – it would be so easy and economical here. Thanks for the greatest giveaway I have seen!!
I am definately interested in alternative materials for building. Count me in!
Really enjoying your site. I always enjoy a little architectural goofiness.
It’s also been my dream to build a house for my family, so winning this would be a real treat.
Keep up the good work!
Very interesting prize! I’d love to check it out
Love your blog!!! Would love to build a straw bale house!!
My husband has always been interested in straw bale houses. This would be a great gift.
We built a straw/hybrid sort of light straw clay house, but it didn’t entirely work out! Thanks for entering us!
Sounds like a neat Dvd. Thanks for the giveaway!
What a neat prize! Thanks for offering it!
My husband will just about die if I win this. This is right up our alley. Thanks for the chance to win! (And for keeping it hoop-free…LOL)
My husband would totally love this! We are planning to build a green home in the coming years and he works in environmental law.
Great prize! We are building an eco-friendly home right now, so this would be THE PERFECT gift.
I would love to win the DVD. Thanks!
Would horses want to eat your house?
@Rita – are you being serious? Or funny? I can’t tell. If you’re being serious, then no. Straw and hay are different materials, and don’t horses eat hay? I don’t know that because I’m a house person, not a horse person. But the only straw you’d see at project end would be with a truth window – if you had one. And also with the texture, depending on wall depth and layers.
@Everyone else (so far) thanks for entering and good luck.
I am curious to see how to build a straw bale home, not that I’ll be trying soon.
Husband retiring soon! Looking for environmentally sound building ideas for our retirement home. Have heard of straw bale housing and would love to know more. Thank-you for this unique give-away!
I have never heard of straw bale homes. I would love to have this. Thanks!
Interesting. I’ve never heard of straw bale houses.