Natural building may sound expensive and unsustainable, but one Texas couple is proving building your home with sand and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in the ...

A nonprofit is hoping to ease the California housing crunch with a building method that is centuries old—stacking bales of straw. Just Places, which is partnered with another housing nonprofit, People ...

Local organizations in Santa Cruz County are raising funds to build a straw bale tiny home village for low-income residents, addressing housing and environmental challenges. Local organizations in ...

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 ...

FREEHOLD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — You’re most likely familiar with the story of The Three Little Pigs, but did you know there are actually houses in the area built with straw? With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 ...

Mark Lung took a long look at the wood frame filling much of the tiny lot on the 1300 block of Boise's E. Franklin Street. He was picturing what will soon be his straw bale home, a rarity in ...

With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Natural Carbon Solutions Innovation Challenge, Greene County company Build With Nature is ...