Our first event includes a broad introduction to natural building materials, where we learn from experts about natural materials including hemp, straw, earth, lime and timber, and how to use them in construction projects.

Guest Speakers include:
07:08 Timber - Tabitha Binding (TDUK, Timber Development UK)
20:00 Earth - Rowland Keable (EBUKI, Earth Building UK & Ireland)
33:37 Straw - Phil Christopher (SBUK, Straw-bale Building UK)
46:31 Hemp - Will Stanwix (The Hemp Block Company)
01:01:05 Lime - Simon Ayres (LimeGreen)
01:11:34 Natural fibre insulations - Chris Brookman (Back to Earth)


Date recorded - 1st July 2021

Online event hosted by Architects Climate Action Network Natural Materials group

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Welcome to the OFFICIAL Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) YouTube channel! Architects Climate Action Network is a network of individuals from within architecture and it’s related built environment professions taking action to address the twin crises of climate and ecological breakdown.

We recognise the compelling scientific consensus that our present trajectory will lead to catastrophe if we do not make ambitious and radical changes as a matter of urgency. We are already seeing the consequences. We also acknowledge that the built environment is a major contributing factor to the climate crisis and as such requires complete and rapid transformation (which we are yet to witness).

We can no longer remain secluded within personal and professional silos and instead must harness our agency as citizens with shared professional backgrounds to bring about the necessary changes to our industry. As a network of individuals, ACAN is able to act at speed, without conflict of interest, and is open to methods that may be unavailable to other campaign organisations.

#ACAN #ClimateChange #Architecture #NaturalMaterials

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