In 2024, the extraction and use of natural materials are increasingly strained by deforestation, overexploitation of ...

Supported by Egypt's petroleum ministry, the plant avoids the usual practice of burning rice straw, which is a by-product of rice cultivation, and ensures its sustainable use by repurposing it into ...

ATLANTIC – Denise O’Brien and Larry Harris hope a project they started just over four years ago can be completed some time next year. In 2020, the couple worked on building a straw bale house, and ...

Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw. Sweden’s Our Ecolution and Czech firm Ekopanely both make boards out of ...

Local architects say ecological and local building materials like straw and clay allow for better ventilation and insulation.

To visit Mr Straw's House please book in advance online or by calling the Booking Office on 0344 249 1895. Admission is by pre-booked timed tours. Visits are in small groups of four people only, to ...

President-elect Trump is expected to tap Joe Foltz, staff director for the Republican side of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, to lead the Africa desk at the National Security ...