Building Sustainability Podcast
By Jeffrey Hart
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Episodes: 141
R B
Feb 5, 2022
great podcast. big picture stuff. no waffle. good signal to noise ratio.
Description
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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Saving Swifts: A Brick for the Birds - Hannah Bourne-Taylor - BS133
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Circular, Modular, Hemp Construction - Chloe Donovan - BS132
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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From Constraints to Creativity: The Art of Sustainable Renovations - Sigi Koko - BS131
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Retrofit Naturally with Sigi Koko - BS130
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Earth, Time and Transformation - Becky Little - BS129
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Crafting with Cob: Stories of Clay, Community, and Creativity - Kate Edwards - BS128
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Building community at Lammas Ecovillage - Tao Wimbush - BS127
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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That Roundhouse - Tony Wrench - BS126
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Llamacroft, a bio-based Passivhaus Pt2 - Janna Laan Lomas - BS125
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Llamacroft, a bio-based Passivhaus Pt1 - Janna Laan Lomas - BS124
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Chalk as a building material - Caroline Nicolay - BS123
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May 16, 2024 |
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Retrofit using Natural Materials Pt2 - Will Stanwix - BS122
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Retrofit using Natural Materials - Will Stanwix - BS121
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The past informs the present, the present informs the past - Caroline Nicolay - BS120
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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How to Build a Roundhouse Pt2 - Adrian Leaman - BS119
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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How to Build a Roundhouse Pt1 - Adrian Leaman - BS118
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Woven in the bone - Sam Goates - BS117
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Land/Clay/Timber - Paloma Gormley - BS116
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Architecture from Ecology - Paloma Gormley - BS115
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Lessons from running a Natural Building company - Julz Baker - BS114
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Yule Nonsense - Jeffrey Hart & Mike Hill - BS113
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Biophilic Design Enhancing Well-being and Environment [2of2] - Vanessa Champion - BS112
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Biophilic Design Enhancing Well-being and Environment [1of2] - Vanessa Champion - BS 111
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Cork House [2of2] - Matthew Barnett Howland - BS110
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Cork House [1of2] - Matthew Barnett Howland - BS109
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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FactoryX - Jenny Ford - BS108
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Going Circular with Snug Homes - Jenny Ford - BS107
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Joining the Dots: Nature, History & Craft [Pt2] - Sally Coulthard - BS106
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Joining the Dots: Nature, History & Craft [Pt1] - Sally Coulthard - BS105
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Why I carve spoons while the world burns - Dave Cockcroft - BS104
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Designing the Future: Creativity and Innovation in Sustainability - Helen Gordon - BS103
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Building with Purpose: The Straw Bale House Experience - Jo Bolton & Matt Whitaker - BS102
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Building an Off-Grid Community: Lessons from Abundant Earth - Jo Bolton & Matt Whitaker - BS101
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Kickstarting Your Career in Natural Building - Allstar Natural Builders - BS100
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Finding inspiration in Heritage traditions - Peter Kovacs - BS099
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May 16, 2023 |
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Old House Retrofit - Marianne Suhr - BS098
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Designing and Building. Workwear for Women - Kirsty Cassels Pt2 - BS097
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Designing and Building - Kirsty Cassels Pt1 - BS096
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Make it at Market - Shannon Berry - BS095
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Trading architect culture for craft community - Shannon Berry - BS094
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Biophilic Tiny House - Part 3 of 3 - The build - Jeffrey Hart - BS093
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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The Biophilic Tiny House - Part 2 of 3 - Technical Details - Jeffrey Hart - BS092
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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The Biophilic Tiny House - Part 1 of 3 - Design considerations and materials - Jeffrey Hart - BS091
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Building a modular cabin & Meanderings around craft - Yoav Elkayam - BS090
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Developing your craft - John Mullaney - BS089
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Charcoal & Biochar - Duncan Goulder & Sam Ansell - BS088
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Spelk Basketry - Lorna Singleton - BS087
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Coppicing with BHMAT - Kath Morgan & Mike Carswell - BS086
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Understanding Air Tightness Testing - Gervase Mangwana (3/3) - BS085
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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How deep to Retrofit & Ventilating Right - Gervase Mangwana (2/3) - BS084
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Retrofitting to EnerPHit standard - Gervase Mangwana (1/3) - BS083
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Material Carbon Emissions & The BEAM Estimator - Chris Magwood - BS082
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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An architect's guide to achieving a work/life balance - Clare Nash - BS080
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Contemporary Vernacular Design - Clare Nash - BS081
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Life Cycle Analysis in Construction - Jane Anderson - BS079
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May 30, 2022 |
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Demand Controlled Ventilation & Homegrown mass timber build systems (Futurebuild 2022) - Vince House & Matt Stevenson - BS077
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May 11, 2022 |
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Green Building Calculator & Cobbauge (Futurebuild 2022) - Brian Murphy & Rowland Keable - BS078
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May 11, 2022 |
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The Last Straw Journal - Alex Henderson, Gavin Fraser, Kenny Fallon & Zoe Gardner - BS076
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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EnerPHit - Passive House Retrofit, Air tightness and Ventilation - Es Tresidder - BS075
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Does adding mass to your building make it more energy efficient? - Es Tresidder - BS074
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Selling Sustainability, Not Your Soul - Virginia Cinquemani - BS073
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Biophilic Design at Source - Sophie Lacey - BS072
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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How to design the natural home of your dreams - Sigi Koko - BS070
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Natural Homes - Materials, Myths and Empowerment - Sigi Koko - BS071
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Affordable cob homes built by AI drones - Daniel Weddle & Zach Dwiel - BS069
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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How to add Insulation to your home - Part 1- Ben Kerslake - BS067
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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How to add Insulation to your home - Part 2 - Ben Kerslake - BS068
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Building with Hemp, a Circular, Bioregional Construction Economy - George Massoud & Summer Islam - BS066
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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How to make our interior space healthy and sustainable - Rachel Fowler - BS065
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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What are the environmental impacts of building with Straw? - John Butler - BS064
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Why should we be building Passivhaus? - John Butler - BS063
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Changing Construction Materials and Cultures in the Waste Age - George Massoud & Summer Islam - BS062
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Circular Economy in the Built Environment - Duncan Baker-Brown - BS061
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Bluebell - A tiny cottage built onto a van Pt1 - Georjie Adams - BS059
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Bluebell - A tiny cottage built onto a van Pt 2 - Georjie Adams - BS060
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Vernacular Crafts in Earth Pt2 - Alex Gibbons - BS058
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Vernacular Crafts in Earth Pt1 - Alex Gibbons - BS057
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Historical Turf Construction - Daniel Postma - BS056
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Innovating Affordable Housing - Craig White - BS055
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Building with Renewable Materials - Craig White - BS054
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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A Straw Bale Catch Up - Phil Christopher - BS053
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Regenerative Garden Design - Sid Hill - BS052
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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ByteSize - Being a Sustainable Architect - Philippa Birch-Wood & Taleen Josefsson - BSBS008
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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New Dawn Traders - Alex Geldenhuys - BS051
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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ByteSize - Routes into Sustainable Design - Philippa Birch-Wood & Taleen Josefsson - BSBS007
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Cut the Craft - Amy Umbel & Brien Beidler - BS050
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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An Extendable High Top Tiny House - Philippa Battye - BS049
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May 24, 2021 |
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ByteSize - Advice for Architects in Training - Philippa Birch-Wood & Taleen Josefsson - BSBS006
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May 17, 2021 |
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Tiny House Design 101 - Emma Pile - BS048
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May 10, 2021 |
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Biophilic Design - Bill Browning & Catie Ryan - BS047
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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ByteSize - Fellowship within sustainability - Karen Ridgewell - BSBS005
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Plants and Colour - Flora Arbuthnott - BS046
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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ByteSize - Women in the workshop - Flo Hamer - BSBS004
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Regenerative Design - The Living Building Challenge - Martin Brown - BS045
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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ByteSize - The magic of clay (Pt2) - Rowland Keable - BSBS003
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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How Buildings can Save the World - Chris Magwood - BS044
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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ByteSize - The magic of clay (Pt1) - Rowland Keable - BSBS002
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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You Are Probably Breathing Wrong - Wibbs Coulson - BS043
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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ByteSize - Introduction & Tiny House Plans - Jeffrey Hart - BSBS001
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Solving damp problems with lime - Ben Kerslake - BS042
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Willow Coffins - Weaving life into death - Caz Ingall - BS041
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Slow manufacture for carbon capture - Full Grown - Alice & Gavin Munro - BS040
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Ayurveda, how to create a Sustainable Self - Faye Blake - BS039
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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How will architects respond to climate change? - Janna Laan Lomas - BS038
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Sustainable architecture - Design, Materials and Cost - Janna Laan Lomas - BS037
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Clay - A Premium Product - Clare Whitney (Clayworks) - BS036
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Sand Stories - The sustainability of sand - Kiran Pereira - BS035
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Earth Building a trainee's perspective - Miki Z & Jamie Ingle - Pt2 - BS034
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Earth Building a trainee's perspective - Kit Jones & Anna Castilla Vila - Pt1 - BS033
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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45 years of Building Inspiration - Lloyd Kahn - BS032
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Climate hope through the arts - Beans On Toast - BS031
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Heritage construction using traditional techniques - Sarah Partridge - BS030
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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The Rebel Architect - Scott McAulay - BS029
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Clay plastering in Japan Pt2 - Emily Reynolds - BS028
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Clay plastering in Japan Pt1 - Emily Reynolds - BS027
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Sustainability in our bodies - Wibbs Coulson - BS026
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Natural Builder Question Time Pt2 - Will Stanwix - BS025
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Natural Builder Question Time Pt1 - Will Stanwix - BS024
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Earth floors are the most sustainable floors - Sukita Reay Crimmel - BS023
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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New Wood Culture - Barn the Spoon - BS022
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Becoming a full time Spoon Carver - Barn the Spoon - BS021
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Permaculture, Building Community - Sarah Pugh - BS020
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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How to make a Zero Carbon Britain - Paul Allen - BS019
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May 28, 2020 |
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Mud, the ultimate building material - Becky Little - BS018
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May 21, 2020 |
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Trespass, Crossing the Lines that Divide Us - Nick Hayes - BS017
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May 12, 2020 |
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Get into nature and forage! - Foraged by Fern - BS016
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May 04, 2020 |
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What can festivals teach us about sustainability? - Claire O'Neill - BS015
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Sustainable Structural Engineering - Beth Williams - BS014
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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How to retrofit our existing housing stock - Lucy Pedler - BS013
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Community Wood Recycling - Ben Moss - BS012
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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What If we imagined a better future? - Rob Hopkins - BS011
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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Building a tiny house - Flo Hamer - BS010
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Roundwood Timber Framing - Adrian Leaman - BS009
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Earth Ovens, Philosophies and Stories - Kiko Denzer - BS008
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Prefabricated straw panels & magic mud - Bee Rowan - BS007
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Creating new sustainable towns - Noel Isherwood - BS006
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Growing the perfect insulation - Judith Thornton - BS005
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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The hidden benefits of craft - Dave Cockroft - BS004
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May 09, 2019 |
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How to create an anti capitalist building site - Emma Appleton - BS003
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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One Planet Development - Chris Vernon - BS002
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Hartwyn Natural Builders - BS001
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Apr 04, 2019 |