VALLEY CENTER, Calif. (KGTV) - As the dual-threat of wildfires and climate change grows, one company says an old method of home building could be the answer to both problems. Rebecca Tasker is the CEO ...

PORT ANGELES — Michael and Spring Thomas want to demonstrate how strong a house built of straw can be. Straw bales, that is. Compressed and covered in plaster, straw bales stay dry, resist fire and ...

BILLINGS – Tara and Jerry Wolf’s straw bale home dispels one key notion. Building with straw doesn’t mean you have to stay small. “You can be Earth-friendly and still have your dream home,” Tara said, ...

Do you recommend building straw bale homes? And/or can you insulate an existing home with straw bales on the outside of the home and then finish it using siding, wood, or stucco? I wonder why this ...

In this straw bale home, a half-wall has been creatively placed to provide divisions of space without spoiling the room’s spaciousness. Thick, rounded straw bale walls provide ample space for wide ...

When you hear about a straw bale building, you might think of a big bad wolf huffing and puffing. But these houses are not just in fairy tales. Builders in San Diego County are turning to straw bales ...

Near the end of a dirt road that weaves in and out of the woods outside Farmington, Ga., sits a tasteful Southern farmhouse owned by Elise Lang and Michael Pierce. Its wide hip roof and the deep eaves ...

If this sounds a little like it was pulled from a top ten list of icebreakers for tree huggers, it’s probably because it was the one architect Dylan Johnson used to kick off a conversation he had with ...

If ever a building material has gotten a bad rap, it’s straw. Practically from the cradle, we’re told it’s unsuitable for sheltering pigs, let alone people. But Bob Perritt knows better. Perritt, a ...

When their friends heard they were building a straw-bale house, Ken and Laura Geisen were peppered with "Three Little Pigs" jokes. "They asked if we were afraid a wolf will blow it down," said Laura.

A straw buyer is a person who makes a purchase on behalf of another person or group, usually to circumvent restrictions on ...

PORT ANGELES — Michael and Spring Thomas want to demonstrate how strong a house built of straw can be. Straw bales, that is. Compressed and covered in plaster, straw bales stay dry, resist fire and ...