LIVINGSTON -- When summer sun bakes the valley in century-degree heat, Jean Okuye bakes cornbread without fuel and keeps her cool without air conditioning. A simple, inexpensive solar pot produces ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Contrary to the unhappy experience of the first little pig, straw bale is a strong, cost-effective, exceptionally insulating, fire-resistant, sustainable, natural building system.

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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 ...