A Tsimane' man floats palm thatch roof panels on a balsa wood raft down the Maniqui River for sale in the market town of San Borja, Bolivia (2013). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Traditional Danish seaweed thatching could be updated into a sustainable contemporary building material, according to research by Kathryn Larsen. Copenhagen School of Business and Design student ...

Unfortunately, thatch has become much harder to acquire as land for food has pushed the grass out. Roofs made from steel and fiberglass panels are woeful replacements, as they let in much more ...