You should check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-iCIqRn28See the shaving infill part from the 3rd minute.
www.baufritz.comIt is a German house manufacturing company that makes passive houses for wall infill using wood shavings.
Here are some good stuff about shavings:
timber.ce.wsu.edu/Resources/papers/4-2-1.pdf
An alternate method and I think the worlds best insulation is sheep wool insulation:
http://www.sheepwoolinsulation.ie/