Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in the ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- How far would you go to get a house that only costs $1.25 a day to heat in the winter? Better question: Would you live in a house built with straw bales? That idea, which began in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvon Chouinard, founder of outdoor clothing brand Patagonia, has just added straw bale home construction to the long list of his ...

Allen Switala is in the process of doing of what many people could only dream of: building his dream home. His home will have a unique characteristic: The walls are made of straw. No, the Midland ...

While the idea of building with straw bales is not new, the eco-friendly approach to building has been gaining interest in the past 15 years. In the low-tech method, bales of straw are typically ...

Kenyans are increasingly embracing straw bale technology, which uses materials made entirely out of farm waste, to build cheaper and environmentally-friendly dream homes, writes KEVIN OGUOKO Jackline ...

Dear Jim: I want a natural way to build an energy efficient house without plastics, foams or adhesives. Straw bale houses seem to be natural. Is the straw bale construction efficient for low utility ...

Students will study the social, economic, cultural and political factors involved in the production and supply of housing in developing countries as well as receive hands-on experience helping to ...