How to Build a Straw Bale House

Summary: Environmental building is also known as "green building." Environmental building is the practice of building homes that are more environmentally friendly as well as healthier and more efficient for the building owner. Green building can benefit in building costs, operating costs, improving health, and is more environmentally safe.

In this video series see how to plan an environmentally sound home from a professional environmental decorator. Learn what kinds of materials go into building and environmentally friendly home in this series of videos. The expert will focus on building straw bale houses. Straw bale is actually the dry leftover part of the plant after harvest. Wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice and others are mostly used in straw bale houses to construct walls which are then covered by stucco. She will go through all the steps of building a home from this material. To learn more about environmental building watch this video series.