Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in the fight against climate change. Photo by Tim Davis and landscaping by ...

Sustainable by Design Greg Bossie jokes that negative ideas around building with straw starts in childhood. “We all grew up ...

EASTHAMPTON — When Easthampton builder Greg Bossie was looking for environmentally friendly ways to insulate the houses he constructs, he harkened back centuries to when people stayed warm by tucking ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — When it comes to building a house, there are a lot of choices to make. Those choices can be inspired by a lot of things. In this week’s Flashback Friday, KELOLAND’S Perry ...

Sharon Van Hassel still remembers the laughter, the meals and the dirt flying through the air roughly 25 years ago as she, her late husband and neighbors built a home, straw bale by straw bale. That’s ...

Architects in Bulgaria are turning to the wisdom of the past and blending it with modern techniques to build homes that offer refuge from scorching heatwaves. According to the country's National ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - 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 ...

Vermont homebuilder New Frameworks is constructing prefabricated homes ranging from 300 to 1,200 square feet using sustainable straw structural panels. The "Casitas Line" offers kit or turnkey options ...