Teach yourself how to build a plastic bottle house with cob and transform trash into a home. I build houses out of trash. I was inspired by the life of Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangarĩ Maathai, who said, ...

One type of building that's making its way out of the off-grid margins is the cob house. Made of a mixture of clay, straw, water, and sand, cob houses may be new to many folks in the United States, ...

A series of hands-on workshops can show you how to make a structurally sound earthen building using local materials.The Build Your Own Cob Cabin Workshop Series will show participants how to build a ...

A Montana couple who built a home from clay and straw brings to mind “The Three Little Pigs” fairytale. But Daniel and Katherine Ray, the ambitious and frugal home builders, are not interested in ...