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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Architects must re-educate themselves on timber sourcing
Montreal-based architect and systems thinker Scott Francisco explains why architects must rethink their timber sourcing strategies
Podcasts
The AJ’s podcasts, including AJ Climate Champions hosted by Hattie Hartman. Find AJ Climate Champions on your favourite podcast app: subscribe via Spotify, Apple podcasts, YouTube, Deezer and Podbean
AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘Net Zero has almost lost its meaning’
Delivering net zero is not just technical. Understanding how people use buildings and their role in the community is crucial, says AJ100 sustainability champion and Architype associate director Ann-Marie Fallon
AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘We apologise for designing buildings that exploit the planet’
Earthen architecture specialist Anna Heringer believes architects of the global north should apologise for promoting an architecture that exploits the planet and furthers social injustice
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Chinese architect Xu Tiantian on revitalising rural villages
Beijing architect Xu Tiantian talks about her work in southern China and this year’s Obel Award winner: a ‘net-zero’ concrete. PLUS win a copy of Greta Thunberg’s The Climate Book
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Historic England’s Morwenna Slade on the limitations of ‘fabric first’
The head of historic building climate change adaptation at Historic England explains why insulation is the area of highest risk when working with heritage buildings
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Upgrading conservation areas for a climate emergency
Architect Chris Procter talks about his Climate Emergency Conservation Area Toolkit
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Balancing heritage and climate urgency in listed buildings
5th Studio co-founder Oliver Smith shares his radical approach to upgrading listed buildings
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Teaching climate-literate design
Architect and author Professor Sofie Pelsmakers sets out why she thinks architecture is a political act and introduces her new book, Designing for the Climate Emergency. AJ readers have a chance to win one of three copies in our draw
AJ Climate Champions podcast: The trade-off between ventilation and airtightness in the post-pandemic world
Environmental engineer Patrick Bellew of Atelier Ten shares insight from having worked on high-profile architectural projects, including Heatherwick Studio’s new Google HQ at King’s Cross
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Why architectural education needs radical reform
Glasgow climate activist Scott McAulay and ACAN’s Rosie Murphy argue for a curriculum which empowers students as changemakers