Our friends at @scotecodesign.bsky.social are hosting the SEDA Conference 2026 from 18–20 Sept. at Falkland Estate, Fife. A weekend of talks, workshops and practical sessions celebrating ecological design and regenerative practice. seda.scot/seda-confere... #ecologicaldesign #regenerativedesign

📰 Straw construction continues to gain momentum. Congratulations to SBUK member Agreka Build on its feature in @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/business/ent... #strawbuilding #biobased #construction #innovation #retrofit #insulation #circulareconomy #lowcarbonconstruction

The straw insulation start-up fixing Britain’s cold, leaky homes

In this five-part series, we explore how University of the Arts London alumni are transforming their creative ideas into fast-growing commercial ventures

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🗺️ Explore Europe's straw buildings with the ESBA Straw Building Map! 🌾 Proudly supported by SBUK 🔗 www.strawbuildinguk.org/european-str... #strawbuilding #biobased #construction #architecture #naturalbuilding #lowcarbon #esba #sbuk #ecobuilding #buildingdesign @eurostrawbuilding.bsky.social

🌾 An important gathering for the international straw building community. 🤝 Sharing experience 🏡 Sharing practice 🌍 Sharing ambition

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🌾 Save the Date The International Straw Building Conference comes to Nantes, France, 2nd - 6th February 2027. A global gathering hosted by RFCP, ESBA, CASBA and BBMC. Further information will follow. Agriculture. Construction. Climate. Innovation. #isbc2027 #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials

🌾 Straw building at #lfa2026 Great to see partnering in showcasing biobased design. #strawbuilding www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/event/be-lon...

Our biggest issue yet (over 120 pages!) is available now! 🔥 🏠️ 🧱 Issue 77 looks to fire as a cause for concern, hope, and provocation; gathering voices that expand our understanding of how to shape buildings, energy, and daily life when the earth is the hottest it has ever been.

Volume is a poor proxy for value in housing. If our delivery system is too narrow to account for retrofit and long-term resilience, we aren't solving a crisis - we're just deferring the cost. A reflection from the SBUK Board on the "narrow" housing system: mailchi.mp/b2c0612cc987... #housing

🌾 Accessible by Nature webinar recording now available. 🤝 Presented by SBUK with @scotecodesign.bsky.social 📊 14 months of monitored data from a lived-in straw bale home. 🔗 Watch here: youtu.be/ZnebPwd07hU?... #strawbuilding #buildingperformance #lowcarbonconstruction

Accesible by Nature - Inclusion, Health and Measured Performance

Recorded on 11th March 2026 How can natural building methods respond to real client needs while delivering measurable health benefits? Using a case study of a straw bale home near Southampton, this…

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In London next week? Get yourself to the ExCel & register to see Michael: register.visitcloud.com/survey/00jck... More details in ESBA’s post ⤵️

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🌾 On 14th May, @michaelburchert.bsky.social of BIWENA e.V. will be speaking at Futurebuild on the ACAN stage. 🏗️ BIWENA are ESBA members & active contributors to the European conversation around biobased construction. 🔗 www.futurebuild.co.uk/speakers/mic... #futurebuildconnects #strawbuilding

🌱 We will be running two 1-day in-person training days on designing and building with EcoCocon straw wall system, a mix of theory and practice: 5th August Carlisle 19th August NSBRC Swindon If you're an architect, homeowner or a builder seriously interested in joining, please let me know.

Learn with natural building tutors Straw bale building Clay plastering Lime plastering ➡️ Melbourne, Derby 📆 17–19 April www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo... ➡️ Todmorden 📆 19–21 June www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo... ➡️ Brighton 📆 10–12 July www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo... #skills

Do insurers like sustainable builds?! Nobody wants to get to the end of a project and then struggle to get their new home insured. So find out how the whole game works with Dr. James Glockling. www.houseplanninghelp.com/395 #SelfBuild #Housing #NewHome

🌾 Accessible by Nature webinar 📊 14 months of monitored data from a lived-in straw bale home 📅 10th March 🕕 6 – 7.30pm 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/accessible... #strawbuilding #strawbale #buildingperformance #naturalmaterials #lowcarbonconstruction

🌿 @asbpuk.bsky.social Material Mornings launches with a session on Natural Fibre Insulation. 
📅 Thu 12th Feb 2026, 11:00 - 12:00, online. 
🧰 Live, surgery-style discussion. 
🔗 asbp.org.uk/events/material-mornings-nfi #biobasedmaterials #naturalbuilding #insulation #construction

ASBP Material Mornings – Natural Fibre Insulation

Join the ASBP for the first edition of our new Material Mornings series of informal online drop-in ‘surgery’ sessions.

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#education #strawbuilding #biobasedconstruction #training #skills #europe #esba | European Straw Building Association

🌾 European Straw Building Association is the home for straw building in europe, and as the year gets underway we are sharing training opportunities for those looking to build skills and capacity in st...

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🏆 Agreka Build, a Straw Building UK member, has been recognised by @innovateuk.bsky.social for work on resource-efficient construction. 🌾 A clear sign that biobased solutions are moving further into the mainstream. www.agrekabuild.com #biobasedmaterials #innovationuk

📗 Build It’s December issue includes a feature on straw and low-impact construction 📦 magsdirect.co.uk/magazine/bui... 💻 gb.readly.com/magazines/bu... #strawconstruction #biobasedmaterials

General sales now open for ASBP’s 2026 Healthy Buildings Conference! Book now to avoid disappointment. Only a limited number of tickets are available. @asbpuk.bsky.social us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...

ASBP Healthy Buildings Conference 2026

The ASBP’s 10th Healthy Buildings Conference will feature a keynote from Professor Stephen Holgate, expert sessions on PFAS and POPs, WELL Building case studies, indoor air quality research and natura...

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This week in Barcelona: Europe’s leading straw builders, designers + manufacturers meet for #ESBG2025 🌾 Exciting days ahead! #ESBG2025 #Strawbale #BiobasedConstruction www.linkedin.com/posts/cypren...

#esbg2025 #esba | Cypren Edmunds 🌾🏡

Ahead of the start of the European Straw Building Gathering in Barcelona tomorrow, I was asked a simple question: why build with straw? I think my short answer does justice to such a big idea 🌾🏡 #ES...

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We welcome Clara Koehler to #SBUK2025 🎉 Her talk on biobased materials + net zero shows how you can cut carbon & also why wider changes in how we build are essential. 📅 4th Nov | NSBRC, Swindon ➡ Get your early bird tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 #biophilia

🌾 Wheat or rice? 🎤 Dr Judith Thornton asks what straw we should build with and why it matters. Early bird tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 @ukceh.bsky.social

In-person events/training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... 28-29 Aug 2025. A 2-day course on lime by Ty-Mawr, Wales. 28 Aug 2025. Ask the Ecological Building Systems experts, Swindon. 3-7 Sept 2025. A @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical straw bale building course in Devon.

🌿 Jonathan Davies joins #SBUK2025 with High Performance, Low Carbon: Parc y Rhodyn, the UK’s first off-grid Passivhaus, built with Huff & Puff Construction (UK) 🏡 Early bird tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #strawbuilding #biophilia

📢 Paul Crosby joins #SBUK2025! 🎤 Natural Architecture - Designing to a natural scale, specifying with nature in mind in heritage. 📅 4th November 2025 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 #biophilia #naturalarchitecture #heritagearchitecture #strawbuilding #lowcarbonconstruction

🌾 80% energy savings with straw META2020 retrofit the University of Burgos into an nZEB. Visit Spain and hear META2020’s story and, many speakers at #ESBG2025 esbg2025.casasdepaja.org #ESBA #biobased #retrofit

📊 14 months of IEQ data in a straw bale home in England. 🌬️ No MVHR. No overheating. Read the paper: sciexplor.com/articles/jbd... 👏 Congrats Janice A. Foster, Filbert Musau, Barbara Jones & Sam Foster #sbuk #ieq #naturalbuilding

🌾 Tangent alert: straw is not a waste product - it's a co-product. 📊 That difference matters for carbon accounting. 🧱 We explore it at the SBUK Symposium 2025. 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #sbuk2025 #biophilia #biobasedmaterials

UP STRAW laid the foundations. Now we build. 400+ straw building resources from across the world: 📚 Zotero archive → vb.nweurope.eu/projects/pro... 📍 4th November | NSBRC Swindon 🎟️ SBUK Symposium 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 #biophilia #tuesdaythoughts

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Michael Burchert@michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's so hardcore at the beginning, yet obvious and subtle in the end? I had to modernize my house like that as well. Haus Susch, a regenerative 🌾 #deeprenovation by Atelier Werner Schmidt 👏 Photos: Lucia Degonda / AWS www.atelierschmidt.ch/sanierung-su... #strawhouse #strawbuilding #carbonstorage

Hear about Denmark’s successful Reduction Roadmap #EmbodiedCarbon Story. Could #PartZ do the same for the UK? Webinar recording now available: asbp.org.uk/webinar-reco... With Reduction Roadmap’s Fabian Lecker & Sinus Lynge of EFFEKT Architects; and Part Z’s Tim den Dekker & Will Arnold.