Mainstream publications are noticing straw bale construction but Natural Life Magazine has been publishing articles about such homes for almost 20 years. Here are some links to articles from our archives and resources elsewhere on the Internet.
The Passivhaus movement combines sustainable design with passive solar to create exceptionally green buildings.
Biologic architecture uses the principles of “sacred geometry” to create buildings that are sustainable, beautiful and healthy.
Originally created as portable homes by nomadic tribes of central Asia, yurts have become a symbol of a simpler, more sustainable way of life in the 21st Century.
Hemp is an environmentally-friendly plant with many uses. And now, an international association has been formed for the hemp building industry.
We just received a newsletter from Annie and Jay Warmke at Blue Rock Station sustainable living center in rural Ohio. We published an interview with them a couple of years ago, where they talked about building and living in their passive solar tire/straw bale house and their ecotourism business, which includes straw bale and earth building workshops, [...]
Four new net-zero energy homes are being constructed across Canada under the government’s EQuilibrium Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative.