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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marilyn Pedretti is eager to get settled into her new straw-built and solar-powered home in the town of Holland, but she’s not confining the housewarming celebration to only her friends and family.

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 ...

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 ...