Building Sustainability Podcast

Phil Christopher is treasurer for SBUK as well as running Huff and Puff construction, specialising in straw bale construction. We have a little catch up and Phil tells me about the projects he's been…

Today I'm joined by Sid Hill.

Sid Hill  is a multi award-winning horticultural consultant; designer; teacher and researcher. With a passion for permaculture design, ethnobotany and regenerative landsc…

Philippa and Taleen return for the concluding part to their 3 part series on their journey and life as sustainable architects. This episode features some top tips for those wanting to bring sustainab…

I'm delighted to bring you a conversation with Alex Geldenhuys of New Dawn Traders - When I organised this recording, I thought the focus would be on the climate benefits of sailing vessels over conv…

This is the second part of the wonderful series by Philippa Birch-Wood and Taleen Josefsson discussing routes into sustainable design.

Philippa has just been named as a nominee for the Architects Jou…

Something a bit special for episode 50 of the Building Sustainability Podcast.
This is a reciprocal episode with Amy Umbel and Brien Beidler from Cut The Craft Podcast - They came on Building Sustain…

The last tiny house episode for a while!
Today I'm talking to Philippa Battye, an architect, who designed and built her very unique tiny home.  Her house has a collapsible roof and bolt on wings to g…

For this bytesize episode, sustainable design consultants Philippa Birch-Wood and Taleen Josefsson discuss their education, what shaped their desire to be involved in sustainable architecture and the…

Emma Pile is a digital artist, based on the outskirts of London, specialising in theatre, exhibitions & events. Last year she built a lovely tiny home with a little help from her Dad.
You can see her…

This week I am incredibly excited to be joined by Bill Browning and Catie Ryan from Terrapin Bright Green to discuss biophilic design.

Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry …

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This week I'm joined by Flora Arbuthnott from www.plantsandcolour.co.uk.

Having met Flora a few years ago, I was keen for her to be a guest on the podcast. We discuss the many similarities between her…

Flo Hamer talks to us about women in the workshop, drawing on her personal experiences.

Flo was my guest on our most popular Building Sustainability episode - BS010 - Building a Tiny house  https://w…

Martin Brown joins me to discuss how we can make regenerative buildings. We discuss Martin's 'Zoom Regenerative' which was alongside Building Sustainability in the ASBP 2021 Awards final. We also dis…

This is part 2 of Rowland Keable of Earth Building UK & Ireland (EBUKI) & Rammed Earth Consulting giving us a byte size delve into the magic that is clay. 

Clay truly is a magic material and it contin…

Chris Magwood not only has a huge wealth of experience building straw bale homes, but has the building science Masters degree to back up his experience.  We discuss how the built environment can go f…

Rowland Keable of Earth Building UK & Ireland (EBUKI) & Rammed Earth Consulting gives us a byte size delve into the magic that is clay. 

Clay truly is a magic material and it continues to surprise me …

I'm very pleased to welcome Wibbs Coulson of Mandukya Yoga back on the podcast. This time we are talking about breathing, and how you've probably been breathing wrong your entire life! 

I occasionally…

Welcome to this first episode of Byte Size Building Sustainability.... BSBS?

I have heard a lot that people sometimes find it hard to find a hour to listen to podcasts, so these byte size episodes wi…

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 to solve damp problems in homes with some simple observation and material…