Building Sustainability Podcast
The majority of homes currently being built are bad for the earth, the occupants and the builder’s health.
Every fortnight, join Jeffrey Hart as he talks to designers, builders, makers, dreamers and doers. Exploring the wide world of sustainability in the built environment by talking to wonderful people who are doing excellent things.
Whether you want to learn more about natural materials, are navigating your own self build, or just want to know that better alternatives are out there, this is the podcast for you.
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How Buildings are going to Save the World - Chris Magwood - BS044
I'm so pleased to be talking this week to Chris Magwood. Chris not only has a huge wealth of experience building straw bale homes…
Treating damp with Lime Plaster - Ben Kerslake - BS042
This week I am joined by Ben Kerslake from Carrington Lime . As well as a general geek out about lime, we mostly talk about how t…
Sand Stories - The sustainability of sand - Kiran Pereira - BS35
How many people realise that sand is a non-renewable resource?
Mud, the ultimate building material - Becky Little
Rebearth is a Scottish company founded by mud mason Becky Little. Specialising in building, art and education using raw earth and…
Prefabricated straw panels & magic mud - Bee Rowan
Natural builder, Bee Rowan talks to us about Ecococoon straw bale panels. These prefabricated panels are load bearing and highly …
Recent Episodes
ByteSize - Women in the workshop - Flo Hamer - BSBS004
April 5, 2021
Flo Hamer talks to us about women on the workshop, drawing on her personal experiences. Flo was my …
Regenerative Design - The Living Building Challenge - Martin Brown - BS045
March 29, 2021
Martin Brown joins me to discuss how we can make regenerative buildings. We discuss Martin's 'Zoom …
ByteSize - The magic of clay (Pt2) - Rowland Keable - BSBS003
March 22, 2021
This is part 2 of Rowland Keable of Earth Building UK & Ireland (EBUKI) & Rammed Earth Consulting g…
How Buildings are going to Save the World - Chris Magwood - BS044
March 15, 2021
I'm so pleased to be talking this week to Chris Magwood. Chris not only has a huge wealth of experi…
The magic of clay (Pt1) - Rowland Keable - BSBS002
March 8, 2021
Rowland Keable of Earth Building UK & Ireland (EBUKI) & Rammed Earth Consulting gives us a byte siz…
You Are Probably Breathing Wrong - Wibbs Coulson - BS043
March 1, 2021
I'm very pleased to welcome Wibbs Coulson of Mandukya Yoga back on the podcast. This time we are ta…
Byte Size Introduction & Tiny House Plans - Jeffrey Hart - BSBS001
Feb. 22, 2021
Welcome to this first episode of Byte Size Building Sustainability.... BSBS? I have heard a lot tha…
Treating damp with Lime Plaster - Ben Kerslake - BS042
Feb. 15, 2021
This week I am joined by Ben Kerslake from Carrington Lime . As well as a general geek out about li…
Willow Coffins - Weaving life into death - Caz Ingall - BS041
Feb. 1, 2021
This episode I'm talking with Caz Ingall, who is a willow coffin weaver. We talk, not just of the p…
How to grow chairs on trees - Full Grown - Alice & Gavin Munro
Jan. 18, 2021
We at Full Grown are developing an elegant, bio-facturing process that emits oxygen, absorbs CO2 an…
About the Host
Jeffrey Hart
Producer / Host
As well as producer and host of Building Sustainability Podcast - I am a builder, focussed on building highly efficient homes from natural materials. I blend the tried and tested methods of heritage vernacular building with modern building and material science to create buildings that are healthy to the builder, occupant and the environment.
He/Him/HIs