{"podcast":{"title":"Book of Leaves","slug":"book-of-leaves-16502","podcast_index_feed_id":16502,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5fea6e9433e50d289b18005a","website_url":"http://www.bookofleavespodcast.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5fea6e9433e50d289b18005a/show-cover.jpg","author":"Ceara Carney","episode_count":143,"summary":"An Irish podcast where I interview business owners, activists and other everyday people, to learn how they contribute to living sustainably. By educating ourselves, we can then take a leaf from their book to add to our own way of eco-friendly living! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T10:20:29.525722+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-of-leaves-16502"},"episode":{"title":"Building Practices That Heal - Rachel Loughrey","slug":"building-practices-that-heal-rachel-loughrey","published_at":"2025-09-01T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-of-leaves-16502/building-practices-that-heal-rachel-loughrey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-of-leaves-16502","url":"https://shows.acast.com/bookofleaves/episodes/building-practices-that-heal-rachel-loughrey","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5fea6e9433e50d289b18005a/e/68b052dc122e9581fc0ab28d/media.mp3","summary":"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!   As always, don't forget to follow Book of Leaves on Instagram , Blue Sky or Facebook , leave us a review, and share with a friend. Find my depop profile @cearadc ! Patreon / Buy Me A Coffee X x   [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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Rachel Loughrey is a fellow climate activist (and friend!) and founder of Architects Climate Action Network / ACAN . She also shares some of her journey a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3350,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/book-of-leaves-16502/episodes/building-practices-that-heal-rachel-loughrey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-of-leaves-16502/building-practices-that-heal-rachel-loughrey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}