Home Is Where the Hay Is

Since Unity College bills itself as "America's Environmental College," Mick W. Womersley and his wife, Aimee L. Phillippi, are perhaps model professors at the Maine institution.

They built and reside in an eco-friendly home made of straw, deep in the woods of nearby Monroe. But, as Mr. Womersley notes, unlike the straw house in "The Three Little Pigs," his is still standing.

Mr. Womersley, 43, an assistant professor of human ecology, built the house mainly to save money. Still

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