Straw might seem like the very last product you'd use to make your house fire-resistant. But as it turns out, straw panels, made from waste material that's otherwise burned off or discarded, are a ...

Green Design Systems improves on bales, wins California clean-tech award HEALDSBURG – Harry Hagaman set out to build a straw-bale home to alleviate his health problems, but in the process he developed ...

You'd never know it from the outside, but some of Australia's most prominent public buildings are made of straw. The Melbourne Tennis Centre that hosts the Australian Open is one, the International ...

EASTHAMPTON — Walking into the Rare Forms workshop, you’ll find items typical of any design build company, such as tools, wooden planks and other construction materials. But the first thing that will ...

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 ...

Blending Sri Lanka’s ancient rural traditions with today’s trends, 100 % natural Durra panels made out of paddy straw will soon flood the Sri Lankan market, after three years of it’s slow and steady ...

Straw Paneling System Among Finalists. Image Courtesy of Ecococon via Cradle to Cradle "Made from sheep's wool using little energy for manufacturing, safe for people, animals and the environment. Wool ...

Barbara Jones is every inch the pioneer and the planet is all all the better for her. She was the first person to import and improve the American way of straw bale building for the UK, winning a ...

Straw panels on display at Environmental Home Center in Seattle have been whitewashed to reveal the natural color of the formaldehyde-free board. With world population expected to hit 8 billion-10 ...