Straw bales provide good sound insulation at the new Friends Center in San Diego, California. Photo: Ken Barratt
Straw bales for San Diego
Friends look for sustainable initiatives
by Symon Hill
11th March 2011
The Californian city of San Diego is to host the world’s first Quaker Meeting House made of straw bales. More than eighty volunteers have been involved over a period of four years in the process of building the San Diego Friends Center, which will open with a weekend of celebrations on 11-13 March.
