Today on The Environment Report. Lester talks with people who snoop around buildings in search of savings. Energy audits are on the rise, and businesses and homeowners are finding they can save big bucks. And. They're not just in fairy tales anymore. Houses made of straw are now making their mark as big energy savers. Joyce Kryszak takes us inside a straw bale house and finds even the Big Bad Wolf would have a tough time blowing it down. Today's Daily Show: ______________________________________________ Simple Stuff First <http://environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=247> & A House Made Of Straw ______________________________________________ Today's News Feature: ______________________________________________ A House Made Of <http://environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4649> Straw ______________________________________________ Today's News Spot: ______________________________________________ Energy Audits On <http://environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4648> The Rise ______________________________________________ Please check your local public radio station for air times. You can also hear and read our stories on The Environment Report website at http://environmentreport.org <http://environmentreport.org/> . The report can be downloaded to your iPod automatically each day. See the RSS feed on our homepage for details. Jessi Ziegler Production Coordinator The Environment Report 734.763.8981 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20090909/d21fc938/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 27378 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20090909/d21fc938/attachment.gif