Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. worker unrolling eco-friendly wool insulation - Myrku/Getty Images Although foam core insulation was a popular choice in the past, ...

Thermafleece is made by an company called Second Nature, which is based in northern England. From the picture they appear to be a family?run farm business, which automatically gives them bonus points ...

Products from ten companies have been selected as finalists for the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Challenge sponsored by the Schmidt Family Foundation and the Dutch Postcode Lottery. Three ...

The sheep’s wool industry is a wasteful one; 90% of all sheep’s wool generated in the U.S. is too coarse to use in the textile industry, so it’s sent to landfills instead. That may not be the case for ...

Rainier-based Oregon Shepherd is selling blown-in natural wool insulation to the green building industry. Entrepreneurs Margaret Magruder and Joel Pynch spent nearly a decade researching alternative ...

AN estate of nine farms and 24 cottages in Dolaucothi are in the process of being fitted with environmentally friendly sheep wool insulation to make them more energy efficient. AN estate of nine farms ...

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Facing low prices for coarse wools, sheep farmers around the U.S. have looked for creative ways to sell wool into alternative markets: as insulation, upholstery and even fertilizer. Marie Hoff, a ...

The landlords of Manchester’s historic Albert Estate and Canada House say they will use locally sourced sheep wool insulation across their property portfolio. LJ Real Estate said the move away from ...