Using straw instead of typical insulation materials reduces a house’s carbon footprint, because straw absorbs carbon instead of emitting it. It's also highly energy efficient, can be sourced locally ...

The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - When Dana Richardson heard that someone in the San Luis Valley had two semi-truck loads of baled straw to dump, she knew just what to do with it. Build a house. Big Bad Wolf ...

Straw-bale construction is an old building practice that's getting renewed attention for its environmental benefits. It was developed about a century ago in the Nebraska Sandhills, where the soil was ...

Wheat straw could be used as a sustainable alternative to regulate temperatures in homes and commercial buildings, a new study says. The insulation in our homes and buildings has come at a hidden cost ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Robert Young had no idea when he first met Katherine Red Feather on a South Dakota Indian reservation how much his life was going to change. Young, at the time a successful clothing ...

The Dyers' house is under construction near Cooper's landing, where they have an organic apple orchard and flower farm. Joan and Greg Dyer will soon have the first house in Missouri built with ...