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Michael Burchert

@michaelburchert.bsky.social

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🇪🇺 Educator, Speaker, Builder, Activist. Regenerative construction 🌳🌾🥦♻️. Fixing mistakes and bad habits in the built environment. Independent #Bauwende construction revolution advocacy, english & german word salad, enjoy! https://linktr.ee/michaelburchert

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2d

If you have innovative products/designs/protoypes for sustainable construction, sufficiency, resilience, regeneration, production to showcase, pls get in touch. We have pushed construction professionals worldwide with our exhibition and workshops in the straw house, and we plan to continue doing so.

Random closeup of a hempcrete timber hemp wool wall

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2h

The mail does not arrive by horse at a modern straw house, but via last mile micro electric mobility.

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, it needs scaling up of production. But then it's not the same league of material (performance).

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 14h

“When crops are burned for fuel, new land can be needed to grow new crops for food or fuel. This can lead to indirect land clearance and deforestation. Staggeringly, biofuels globally therefore today emit 16% more CO₂ emissions than the fossil fuels they replace.”

From: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/crop30-why-burning-food-for-land-hungry-biofuels-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 10h

Diese Menschen belasten das Stadtbild enorm.

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 11h

Friedrich Merz: Warum der 12 Millionen schwere Kanzler keine Vermögensteuer will: Friedrich Merz behauptete neulich, die Vermögensteuer sei verfassungswidrig. Das ist falsch. Richtig ist: Ihre notwendige Reform wird seit knapp 30 Jahren verschleppt.

Friedrich Merz: Warum der 12 Millionen schwere Kanzler keine Vermögensteuer will

Friedrich Merz behauptete neulich, die Vermögensteuer sei verfassungswidrig. Das ist falsch. Richtig ist: Ihre notwendige Reform wird seit knapp 30 Jahren verschleppt.

www.spiegel.de

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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 20h

"Georgian terraces and Brutalist towers, Victorian Gothic and Foster's Bloomberg HQ – all are part of the same architectural movement: #Fossil Fuelism. And we need to escape it fast."
@barnabascalder.bsky.social

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 1d

I offered a dissenting voice in this article about "beauty" in #architecture, though little of it got in. Essentially, I can't see why style wars should wang on self-promotingly through a climate emergency.
www.ft.com/content/fd8a...
I put the case here too:
www.dezeen.com/2023/01/12/a...

Who should decide what makes a building beautiful?

Everyone agrees that we need more homes, and fast — and that we want them to look good. But who should be the judge: architects, governments or the general public?

www.ft.com

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Andrew (Anti Fascist) Michler @andrewmichler.bsky.social · 22h

2% of the retrofits do not need remediation.
No details on the actual issues but much of this sounds like unqualified installers and a lack of QA from the government made for a toxic mix.
Add the complexity of the building science for retrofits....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 21h

The first time I've ever signed up to a political party @greenparty.org.uk

It's the only party that currently gives me hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social

#GreenSurge

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

you can buy two of my books for less than the price of one, and give the second to the politician in your life who most needs to be ecodistrict- and stair-pilled

www.amazon.com/Building-Peo...

Building for People: Designing Livable, Affordable, Low-Carbon Communities

Picture a beautiful, green neighborhood where most of your needs could be met by walking, rolling, or accessing transit. There is a diversity of housing types with abundant affordable and middle-incom...

www.amazon.com

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

Cool, do you have anything to share 😊?

Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

Bauwende hatte durchaus mal Priorität. (Foto 2016)

Stand des Deutschen Bundestages auf der Didacta Messe neben Stand des Norddeutschen Zentrums für Nachhaltiges Bauen als Gast des Bundesumweltministeriums

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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 1d

Über das vergleichsweise schwache Abschneiden der AfD auf kommunaler Ebene wird wenig berichtet: taz.de/AfD-unterlie...

Dabei ist es wichtig, die Misserfolge der Partei zu kommunizieren – und sich von ihrer Propaganda nicht einschüchtern zu lassen: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

Sachsen-Anhalt: AfD vor der Macht?

Die Aussichten sind trübe, aber die Messe ist noch nicht gesungen: Laut einer aktuellen Umfrage können sich 39 Prozent der Sachsen-Anhaltiner vorstellen, bei den kommenden Landtagswahlen im September…

www.blaetter.de

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I like about this is that one of the architectural firms was also responsible for the renovation of Belgium's national bank building where they worked with Rotor Déconstruction.

You might be able to buy your own piece of the European Parliament as a souvenir in a few years' time.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 1d

European Parliament quietly agrees architect deal for €455m green makeover

The contract is to upgrade energy and safety systems across the mammoth Paul-Henri Spaak building in Brussels

dlvr.it

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · Dec 30

Typical reply from UK folks, "#strawbuilding is nice but you can't build that here, codes yada yada."
Meanwhile in the UK:
(And most other countries, you can delay it but can't stop this, because it's the way!)

Agile Homes @agilehomes.bsky.social · Dec 30

It’s been a busy 2024!
We built, 26 low carbon affordable homes.
A school.
A robotics lab.
3 holiday homes.
A cancer care centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital!
We delivered them on steep slopes, up on stilts, in carparks, on rooftops!
We Store Carbon!
This is why we’re called Agile!
🌱🌾🌳🎄🏗️🏡🌍💚

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

Comprehensive failure as cowboy builders and inadequate regulation meant 98% of solid wall insulation fitted badly, requiring repair

* Those affected need redress
* insulation, fitted well, still good way to reduce energy costs
* but regulate **properly**

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tens of thousands of homes insulated under government schemes need repairs

Insulation programmes costing billions of pounds have led to widespread problems with damp and mould.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

global warming potential of gypsum drywall, gypsum fiber drywall vs clay board
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gwp for gypsum board (high), gypsum fibre board (higher), clay board (low, almost nothing in comparison) ökobaudat data

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

ww3.rics.org/uk/en/journa...

Addressing concerns with magnesium oxide boards

With increased use of magnesium oxide boards in construction in recent decades, how can concerns about saturation and structural failure be overcome so products may be specified with confidence?

ww3.rics.org

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2d

E l e c t r i f y a n d u s e
b i o m a s s d i r e c t l y
a s m a t e r i a l n o t a s
f u e l .
C a r b o n s t o r a g e v s
E m i s s i o n.
N o b r a i n e r.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 6d

By 2030, biofuels are projected to emit 70 MtCO2e more than the fossil fuels they replace.

That’s the same as the emissions from almost 30 million diesel cars.
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

Would repost but it's an affront that he decided to be only active on the mechahitler platform.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1d

Gypsum production in Germany is set to plummet (first because it won’t be available as a byproduct of coal burning, later because mining will be phased out), so they are investigating clay boards as an alternative...

Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2d

Clay boards with or without natural fibers as fire protection layer (bye gypsum) 'beclaydung' project #eurocode #earthbuilding #regenerativematerials #bauwende
youtu.be/MrObT7j4wHA?...

TimCoM 2025 | Dominik Merk | Clay Boards as a fire protection layer – State of the art

YouTube video by Holzbau und Baukonstruktion

youtu.be

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

not really, by human scales. atm clay is mostly used from digging here and there anyway.

The UK is seriously clay-rich btw.

Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

Not so fun fact, we tested clay boards on timber ceilings >10 years ago, they basically worked fine but the mounting was $%&$! and the test failed. Money was gone, because funding schemes are about something else every 5 minutes.
Then we had business as usual gypsum on everything for >10 years.

Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

Also watch the follow up video about the reactions from US viewers. 💥

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Do you have to move away from the United States in order to get a clear picture of the United States? @evanedinger.bsky.social covers the reasons he couldn’t move back to the U.S. from Europe now. Hint: #3 is about walkable cities & car dependency, but all are worth seriously thinking about.

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

youtu.be

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 1d

The #ClimateEmergency is killing people, tearing communities apart.

Our leaders have to act.
We have to demand it.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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