In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how abandoned fishing gear in the oceans is getting turned into ...

Drawing on her own experience as an arts journalist, Charlotte Runcie comically skewers bad men, bad faith and (unforgivably) ...

It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov’s new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice.

Idaho builders are using agricultural waste like straw bales and hemp to create energy-efficient, eco-friendly structures and ...

Iowa House Minority Leader Brian Meyer is calling to bring back the state's first-in-the-nation Democratic caucuses in 2028.

In 2023, news broke that Tom Sandoval had an affair with his 'Vanderpump Rules' costar Raquel Leviss while he was dating her ...

The list of Drinkies and Sporkies finalists at the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair has some rock-star glamor. Fans can sip a Purple ...

Cob houses are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, where it makes sense to do so. These states make it easy to build these mud and straw homes.

Cob walls are like the adobe home's British cousin. Take nearly the same materials but add in a much higher proportion of straw, and you have cob. Though it brings corn cobs to mind, "cob" comes from ...

An ancient building material that combines clay and straw, her hand-built Sligo home, Mud and Wood, was the culmination of a longstanding interest in sustainable living that peaked in a 10-day ...

Instead, the Amsterdam-based pair envisioned a home with a minimal ecological footprint. As first-time builders, they combined elements from various approaches ”“ a straw bale house with a gravel ...