Ownership of The Conjuring house in Rhode Island is once again up in the air thanks to a new lawsuit claiming the recent sale price is "well below its ...

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

Straw mulch is great for gardens. It locks in moisture, smothers weeds, and feeds plants. But it might also cause one of the ...

The Straw House, a one-of-a-kind community ecology and arts center in the making in Laguna Canyon, faces demolition due to ...

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Mesa Sky Disk is built around a core of 320 three-foot bales of barley straw. Their natural curves shape and insulate the structure. Photography by Kevin Cain Listen to this story: For years, I ...

Straw bale gardens work well for veggies, herbs, and flowers but not perennials or larger plants. Bales need to be conditions for at least 12 days with water and fertilizer before planting. Plant ...

A self-build sustainable house on the outskirts of York has pushed the boundaries of carbon-neutral living with the help of a Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan air source heat pump. Chris Gibbins, a former ...

In this intriguing video, we explore the fate of bales of straw and cane when left unattended over time. Discover the natural processes that occur, from decomposition to habitat creation for various ...

In a small German village, residents are transforming the future of housing using little more than straw, clay, and wood. The eco-village of Sieben Linden in Saxony-Anhalt is home to roughly 150 ...

As CEO of Earthcraft Construction, Jon Clark represents a growing movement of Idaho builders who are transforming agricultural waste into sustainable, high-performance homes and commercial structures.