Trespass, Crossing the Lines that Divide Us - Nick Hayes
We continue our meander into the benefits for human health of access to countryside. This week in a conversation with writer, Ill…
Get into nature and forage! - Fern Freud
This episode takes us a little away from our chosen niche, and looks at how we can create sustainability by getting out into natu…
How to retrofit our existing housing stock - Lucy Pedler
It's Building Sustainability's first birthday & most of the world is on lockdown... So this month sees a triple Building Sustaina…
Sustainable Structural Engineering - Beth Williams
I have a conversation with Beth Williams, who is a Structural Engineer + Certified PassivHaus Designer. Passionate about diversit…
What can festivals teach us about sustainability? - Claire O'Neill
How can festivals create more sustainble communities? The link between festivals and sustainability might not be immediately obvi…
Community Wood Recycling - Ben Moss
This month we talk to Ben Moss from Bristol Wood Recycling Project (BWRP). Ben set up the recycling project in 2004 with the aims…
What If we imagined a better future - Rob Hopkins
In this month's Building Sustainability podcast, we talk with Rob Hopkins. A massive thanks to Rob for being such a wonderful gue…
Building a tiny house - Flo Hamer
Flo Hamer lives in a tiny house, it measures 4.8m x 2.4m - It contains everything she needs - kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and loun…
Roundwood Timber Framing - Adrian Leaman
Adrian Leaman from wholewoods.co.uk talks to us about his journey into the world of roundwood timber framing and green woodworkin…
Earth Ovens, Philosophies and Stories - Kiko Denzer
In this month's Building Sustainability podcast we talk with Kiko Denzer. Kiko is perhaps best known as the author of ' Build You…
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 …
Creating new sustainable towns - Noel Isherwood
In this episode we talk to architect, Noel Isherwood. The discussion is largely based around Poundbury, which is the expansion of…
Growing the perfect insulation - Judith Thornton
This month sees us talking to Judith Thornton from Aberystwyth University. Judith is looking at alternative natural insulators th…
The hidden benefits of craft - Dave Cockroft
In this episode of Building Sustainability I talk with Dave ‘The Bodger’ Cockroft about the hidden benefits of craft. We talk spe…
How to create an anti capitalist building site - Emma Appleton
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 …
One Planet Development - Chris Vernon
One Planet Development is a welsh planning policy which enables those wishing to live off the land to buy agricultural land and b…
Hartwyn Natural Builders
Jeffrey is joined by his colleague Joe Duirwyn to discuss how their company, Hartwyn, uses a unique student model to train future…