Rachel Loughrey is a fellow climate activist (and friend!) and founder of Architects Climate Action Network / ACAN. She also shares some of her journey as an ecological architect on the Instagram account @eco_hun_. You can reach out to her on rachel.loughrey@gmail.com with all your cuilding queries too!

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[03:00] An introduction from Rachel

[09:30] How Rachel became an ecological architect

[15:00] What the problems with today’s architecture and construction are for our health and the environment     

[21:45] Can nature based building work in urban areas?

[24:55] The power of building together, and the climate impact on Fiji

[30:20] Different sustainable builds Rachel has worked on

[39:10] What can listeners do to ensure safer building practices

[45:40] Imagining the future

Also mentioned:

Common Knowledge

The Art of Natural Building book

The Barefoot Architect Book

The Hollies building course

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