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We all remember the three little pigs: I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in. Well not this one. Built out of straw bales, it has been proven strong enough to withstand hurricane-force winds. When blasted with the equivalent of 120 mph winds, it only moved one sixth of an inch.

That's good enough for a housing co-operative in Leeds; they are looking for planning permission to build 20 of these straw houses. As well as bei...Read the full story on TreeHugger






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