Straw Bale Building

A sustainable building material wins favor on multiple fronts.

Straw Bale Dome

Building with straw bales has many appealing benefits, but is no panacea. It has drawbacks just like any other system.

Over the weekend I attended an event to learn about straw bale home construction - a sustainable building material that benefits the planet instead hurts it. They also talked about regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and ethically sourced mezcal. It was really cool, and I want to share just a li

How do you select straw bales for home construction? Bale type, size, moisture, straw length, and more all factor in to save time, labor, and budget.

Developing and promoting healthy, low-carbon building

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Straw bale construction allows for beautiful curves throughout this Net Zero home

Day seven started out earlier than usual as we were ending the day a little earlier and we were loosing a couple of people who had to head home because of distance and work. We were still very much behind schedule. With Andrew being ill much of the week we had not completed as much