"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 ...

"This was supposed to be quick and easy," said Frey of the small, south-facing home, "to get us on ... This year they will begin to build a larger house of straw bales and cob on the site.

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.

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 ... is building hundreds of homes ...

Straw has been used in the construction of shelters for thousands of ... With only 5% of the domestic straw production, you could have enough bales for one million 2,000-square-foot homes,” Chouinard ...

Mom's Place was, in fact, the first load-bearing ("Nebraska-style") straw bale house anywhere to be granted a building permit. (Dorsey's home used a post and beam framework to support the roof ...

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

The couple built the home based on passive design principles. Photo: Supplied Joe’s interest in straw-bale construction began in the 1990s, rooted in his commitment to sustainability ...

straw bales around an obstacle course in the grounds of Ashby St Ledgers Manor House in Northamptonshire. The participants included firefighters in full kit and a team from Dubai. The event raised ...

A Peninsula Halloween tradition, the Webb Ranch Pumpkin Patch  is the place to buy pumpkins and organic produce and also ...

Plus, by using straw bales, the kids would be able to help out and the building supplies would be cheaper ... some of whom come from hard home lives, is worth the challenge. “It’s a game changer for a ...