A straw bale house uses straw as its primary structural element and/or insulation, supplemented with several layers of earthen plaster to get moisture out. Learn about the sustainable building ...

Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee took part in his first Oxenhope Straw Race, dressed as US President Donald Trump. The ...

Idaho builders are using agricultural waste like straw bales and hemp to create energy-efficient, eco-friendly structures and ...

Not Conditioning the Bales Properly. One of the most critical steps in straw bale gardening is conditioning the bales. This ...

Straw-bale homes use straw as insulation in lieu of common materials such as fiberglass. Straw-bale construction is considered “green” due to its smaller impact on the environment than traditional ...

WEBSTER TOWNSHIP, MI -- A huff and a puff won’t blow this straw bale house down. A workshop teaching 43 participants how to build a straw bale home took place on Boyden Drive in Webster Township ...

L.A. County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say ...

Straw bales are tightly packed bundles of just such “straws” of dried hollow stems. Hay bales, on the other hand, are made up of bundled grasses. The most commonly used and widely available ...

They researched straw-bale construction, which originated in the United States in the 1850s, for their new rural retreat. "When we traveled to New Mexico, we fell in love with the big thick walls ...