"It doesn’t have to be this way." Patagonia founder builds straw-bale home to answer major issue with traditional houses: ...

In places with some of the harshest winter conditions in the lower 48, people are insulating their houses with straw. The ...

When thinking about growing crops and flowers at home, planting into bales of decomposing straw probably isn't the first approach that springs to mind. But, the concept offers a huge amount of ...

On a sunlit rise with sweeping views of Bass Strait, this straw-bale home breathes life into the art of sustainable living. For Joe and Frances Walkerden, it represents the culmination of over two ...

Proposals to build a house out of straw bales have been described as "sensational ... Stratford Town Council had opposed the home, because it would be outside a designated building-area.

At a Monday afternoon press conference, VINES members were joined by local leaders to announce the opening of VINES' new ...

Each timber-framed panel is around 3-400mm thick and contains a mass of chopped straw - essentially, a slightly more high-tech version of the simple straw bales that have been used by some eco ...

Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, or VINES, held a grand opening for its new 4,000 square foot facility.

Since we will eventually have a taste of cool Fall weather, don’t you have the desire to get into the spirit by decorating ...

This weekend Out on Bale, the straw bale education organization they founded here in 1991, will host a home tour and gathering of the movement's practitioners from all over the world. The first ...

The event had three categories: an open class, a ladies' competition and the Legends - teams whose combined age was over 180 Forty teams pushed 200kg (441lb) straw bales around an obstacle course ...

Straw sales are going strong around the country as the spring barley harvest continues. Round bales are fetching in the region of €25-35, depending on where in the country you find yourself ...