"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 ...

A family like that of Jen Frey and Joe Wirbick can find enough space to build a straw bale house or two on a windy hillside near Mount Joy. They started construction of a temporary first house in ...

So he and Knox met with three others having some knowledge of the medium--Bill Steen, David Bainbridge and Pliny Fisk--to talk about building a straw bale structure themselves. Realizing then that ...

Straw has been used in the construction of shelters for thousands of years ... Simple Construct CEO Rebecca Tasker told NBC San Diego of the company’s straw-bale houses in 2019. There is no word on ...

Proposals to build a house out of straw bales have been described as "sensational" by a planning committee. They heard the four-bedroom building on a hill outside Stratford-upon-Avon will absorb ...

Carbon-Free Infrastructure and Construction Chris constructed the first permitted straw bale house in Ontario in 1996. He has authored seven books on sustainable building, including the well loved ...

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

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

Photo: Supplied Joe’s interest in straw-bale construction began in the 1990s ... their environmental impact by using reclaimed building materials to create a home that required minimal heating ...

Guidestone Colorado’s 18th annual Pumpkin Patch & Harvest Festival will take place Oct. 4-6 and 11-13, from 9 a.m. to noon ...