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UK’s First Straw Bale Holiday Home by Carol Atkinson

12/09/2008
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  • Straw Bale Homes
    Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/yorkshire-straw-bale-cabin-by-carol-atkinson/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Straw Bale Living in Yorkshire
    Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/yorkshire-straw-bale-cabin-by-carol-atkinson/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Straw Bale Living in Yorkshire
    Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/yorkshire-straw-bale-cabin-by-carol-atkinson/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Straw Bale Living in Yorkshire
    Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/yorkshire-straw-bale-cabin-by-carol-atkinson/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Straw Bale Home
    Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/yorkshire-straw-bale-cabin-by-carol-atkinson/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/yorkshire-straw-bale-cabin-by-carol-atkinson/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Straw Bale Homes

Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home! The cabin has been built with locally grown straw and other renewable materials, and it generates its own energy with a micro wind turbine, solar panels and a whole host of other eco-friendly features....

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