Fuego & ICE
Cómo una cooperativa de construcción natural entró en acción después de que uno de los suyos fuera secuestrado por ICE.
The Last StrawAugust 18, 2026
Fire & ICE
How a natural building cooperative jumped into action after one of their own was abducted by ICE.
The Last StrawAugust 16, 2026
In the Mud with Chae Perez
Forging a Path to a Natural Building Professional ZG: Can you tell me about your path into natural building? CP: Yeah, cob is how I got into natural building. I still find it shocking that people aren't familiar with cob, not because I live in this cob-centric world, but just…
The Last Straw and Chae PerezJune 8, 2025
In The Weeds with Emily Niehaus
We sat down with Emily Niehaus, the founder of Community Rebuilds, to talk about the beginnings of the organization, environmentalism, human behavior, cult leaders, and the complexities of age.
The Last StrawOctober 1, 2023
The Past as Prologue: A Unique Opportunity for Natural Builders
Chris and Lars both cut their teeth in the straw bale community over 20 years ago and have gone on to have outsized influences in the effort to bring natural building further into the mainstream building world. We asked them to talk with us about building code and its influence…
Chris Magwood and Lars KellerJune 14, 2023
For Your Health: Talking About Toxic Materials
For this installment of “For Your Health” we sat down with Roberto Valle Kinloch, the manager of HomeFree, to talk about healthy building, how HomeFree shares its resources, and what’s coming down the pipeline. HomeFree is an initiative of the Healthy Building Network (HBN) that distills complex research on toxicity…
Roberto Valle Kinloch and The Last StrawJune 14, 2023
Greenbuild Volunteer Confessional
2022’s Greenbuild Conference and Exposition took place in San Francisco, CA with big name headliners like Jane Fonda and senior governmental employees from the EPA and GSA among many others. Every year this astonishingly large conference attracts thousands of architects, developers, and contractors who come to learn about the latest…
The Last StrawJune 14, 2023
From Conspiracies to Colloquiums
We speak with documentary filmmaker Matt Anderson about conspiracy theorists, creative financing, what he’s learned from the natural building community and much more.
Matt Anderson and The Last StrawNovember 24, 2022
Getting Loose With Lloyd Kahn
The author of Shelter on his life of making things about making things
Lloyd Kahn and The Last StrawNovember 24, 2022
An Oral History of The Straw Building Revival with Matts Myhrman
We sat down with the grandfather of the straw building resurgence, and one of the founders of The Last Straw, Matts Myhrman, to collect stories from back in the day and inspiration for the future!
Matts Myhrman and The Last StrawNovember 8, 2022
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