Builders Episodes

In this month's Building Sustainability podcast we talk with Kiko Denzer. Kiko is perhaps best known as the author of ' Build Your Own Earth Oven' - https://tinyurl.com/2bu6xj7t (A book that made it into our favourite books list). The interview is a meandering discussion featuring such topics as: Spoon carving Natural Building Christopher Alexander Bill Coperthwaite .....And a whole lot more! It was a really joyous time spent with Kiko, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Support thi...

Natural builder, Bee Rowan talks to us about Ecococoon straw bale panels. These prefabricated panels are load bearing and highly insulating - the result is being able to build the entirety of your eco home in 2 days! We also talk about Bee's background, and how she ended up involved in straw bale building. Finally Bee talks about her work in Pakistan stabilising earth bricks with locally available lime to make them flood proof. Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/buildingsustainabil...

This month sees us talking to Judith Thornton from Aberystwyth University. Judith is looking at alternative natural insulators that can be grown. She has a particular interest in how we stop biodegradable materials biodegrading. Judith was just involved in building the world's first miscanthus insulated house. The Miscanthus was baled up like a regular straw bale and the house was build in the same way that a regular straw bale house would be. Why does she want to improve on current straw bal...

Emma Appleton has drawn up a list of 100 ways to make an anti capitalist building site. We discuss some of the issues that exist on current building sites and the larger effects, then we delve more deeply into Emma's list to better understand how we can create a more harmonious building culture. Links to Emma work Emma's Website - http://emmaappleton.co.uk/ Emma Appleton TEDx Talk - Building sites without patriarchal capitalism Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/buildingsustainabilit...

One Planet Development is a welsh planning policy which enables those wishing to live off the land to buy agricultural land and build a house. Chris Vernon has not only just done this, but also runs the One Planet Council to give advice and assistance to those wanting to do the same. In this episode we discuss: The One Planet Development policy, what it entails and how it's unique. Chris' particular piece of land and how they are meeting the requirements for the policy. The straw bale house ...

Jeffrey is joined by his colleague Joe Duirwyn to discuss how their company, Hartwyn, uses a unique student model to train future natural builders on their live builds. They discuss how Hartwyn's free training program benefits the students and finds a unique way to make the labour heavy natural building process more affordable. They also discuss the aims of the podcast and run through some of the upcoming episodes that will be delighting your ears in the upcoming months! Support this podcast: ...