Interesting article about cement, its impacts and possible alternatives: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Building-a-Better-World-With-Green-Cement.html

Here’s a nice article one of the local papers wrote about one of our recent projects: http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/7715

I enjoyed this article about rethinking the single family home and the suburban paradigm: http://places.designobserver.com/feature/beyond-foreclosure-the-future-of-suburban-housing/29438/

An article about the first monastery devoted to care of the Earth who are building a straw bale hermitage. I tend to avoid politics and religion on our website but I really liked this perspective that spirituality and care for … Continue reading →

If you are in the Denver area, check out the Denver Art Museum’s “Marvelous Mud” exhibit.  Straw bale and clay plaster master artists Bill and Athena Steen have some work in the show and it looks like a lot of … Continue reading →

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services added eight substances to its Report on Carcinogens, including formaldehyde, certain inhalable glass wool fibers, and styrene, identifying them as chemicals or biological agents that may put people at increased risk for … Continue reading →

Channel 10 news did a follow-up story about the Petitts, wondeful sb owner-builders we worked with.  Check it out: http://www.10news.com/news/28000189/detail.html