Michael Burchert
@michaelburchert.bsky.social
🇪🇺 Educator, Speaker, Builder, Activist. Regenerative construction.
That #strawhouse guy.
Fixing mistakes @ built environment. Independent #Bauwende construction revolution advocacy, english & german word salad, enjoy! https://linktr.ee/michaelburchert
That #strawhouse guy.
Fixing mistakes @ built environment. Independent #Bauwende construction revolution advocacy, english & german word salad, enjoy! https://linktr.ee/michaelburchert
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2026 is starting by blasting rain vs my garden earth plastered straw bale insulated 300 years old house.
Look how the earth is barely getting darker (wet). The drying potential is stellar.
We may talk about this in the short free #earthbuilding seminar on Jan 9th:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Look how the earth is barely getting darker (wet). The drying potential is stellar.
We may talk about this in the short free #earthbuilding seminar on Jan 9th:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Which means you can make batteries from straw.
#strawbuilding.
#strawbuilding.
New "paper battery" deploys cellulose fibers to cut costs, improve performance.
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/02/o...
#evs #evbattery #batteries #energystorage #paperbattery #ecofriendly #plantbased #biobased #biodegradable #bioeconomy #circulareconomy #biomaterials #sustainable #sustainability
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/02/o...
#evs #evbattery #batteries #energystorage #paperbattery #ecofriendly #plantbased #biobased #biodegradable #bioeconomy #circulareconomy #biomaterials #sustainable #sustainability
One Step Closer To The Compostable EV Battery Of The Future
The maker of a new "paper battery" based on biodegradable cellulose fibers aims to level up the sustainability profile of EV batteries.
cleantechnica.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Which means you can make batteries from straw.
#strawbuilding.
#strawbuilding.
Honestly. Let's connect if you have something to share about best practice non-conform building, there must be something out there.
January 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Honestly. Let's connect if you have something to share about best practice non-conform building, there must be something out there.
Biodegradability is not a bug, it's a feature.
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Biodegradability is not a bug, it's a feature.
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
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The wonderful @johnczulowskiburns.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Do give him a follow. He's the architect who produced the digital models of our buildings for #FormFollowsFuel, which enabled us to calculate #embodiedenergy for each of them. Also the stunning cover image.
@florianurban.bsky.social
@florianurban.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The wonderful @johnczulowskiburns.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Do give him a follow. He's the architect who produced the digital models of our buildings for #FormFollowsFuel, which enabled us to calculate #embodiedenergy for each of them. Also the stunning cover image.
@florianurban.bsky.social
@florianurban.bsky.social
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🏗️ the solutions are out there.
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
January 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🏗️ the solutions are out there.
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
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🏗️ the solutions are out there.
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
January 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🏗️ the solutions are out there.
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
www.daikin.de/de_de/gewerb...
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Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
The weapons of the people are the renewables, physics and know-how.
January 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The weapons of the people are the renewables, physics and know-how.
A pleasant morning, all traces of human activity have briefly disappeared.
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
A pleasant morning, all traces of human activity have briefly disappeared.
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* your fossil heating, fossil mobility, fossil plastic wrapped lifestyles keeps societies hostile to the worst gangs / people on this planet.
Oil brings us climate change and illegal invasions of sovereign nations.
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
* your fossil heating, fossil mobility, fossil plastic wrapped lifestyles keeps societies hostile to the worst gangs / people on this planet.
Ist Friedrich Merz der schwächste Kanzler aller Zeiten.
Hier die offizielle Mitteilung des Bundeskanzlers zu Venezuela auf einer offiziellen Plattform der Bundesregierung, niemand muss X zitieren
www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktu...
www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktu...
Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz erklärt zur Situation in Venezuela
www.bundesregierung.de
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Ist Friedrich Merz der schwächste Kanzler aller Zeiten.
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Wenn mich eins wirklich ankotzt, über alle politischen Grenzen hinweg, dann ist es Feigheit. Insbesondere Feigheit von Leuten mit Macht. Wer sich einer Wahl stellt und ein demokratisches Votum bekommt Menschen zu repräsentieren darf nie feig sein. Wir erleben leider ein Europa der Feigheit.
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Wenn mich eins wirklich ankotzt, über alle politischen Grenzen hinweg, dann ist es Feigheit. Insbesondere Feigheit von Leuten mit Macht. Wer sich einer Wahl stellt und ein demokratisches Votum bekommt Menschen zu repräsentieren darf nie feig sein. Wir erleben leider ein Europa der Feigheit.
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The only people that can stop Trump and the GOP are the American people. But their window to be able to do so continues to close.
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The only people that can stop Trump and the GOP are the American people. But their window to be able to do so continues to close.
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And most importantly, your biggest emissions comes from your bank account and super/insurance if you are not yet with a sustainable institution. Maybe now is the best time to do the switch! Any 1000$/y in a "normal" account means investment into FF equivalent of a flight from NY to Seattle.
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
And most importantly, your biggest emissions comes from your bank account and super/insurance if you are not yet with a sustainable institution. Maybe now is the best time to do the switch! Any 1000$/y in a "normal" account means investment into FF equivalent of a flight from NY to Seattle.
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The simple (split AC) heat pump in the straw bale insulated house from 1729 will be using ~9kWh today. Let's see if we can harvest that.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The simple (split AC) heat pump in the straw bale insulated house from 1729 will be using ~9kWh today. Let's see if we can harvest that.
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When I started building with straw, there were only a handful of people doing it. To put it mildly, universities had very limited interest in it. Now that is changing; #strawbuilding can no longer be ignored. But at the working end, there are still only a handful of people doing it. New papers list🧵
January 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
When I started building with straw, there were only a handful of people doing it. To put it mildly, universities had very limited interest in it. Now that is changing; #strawbuilding can no longer be ignored. But at the working end, there are still only a handful of people doing it. New papers list🧵
We need to get the basic needs right. One of which is (affordable) shelter. Which means for the majority of Europe, renovation of existing housing with healthy technology. Or we risk people getting manipulated by fear of energy poverty and unfair distribution of affordable living space.
Sign:
Sign:
Weird how the attention is so low for this ultra important topic.
1 million signatures needed for a petition about LAWS TO PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE CLIMATE. There are around 450 million people in the EU.
Takes only one minute:
www.houseeurope.eu
1 million signatures needed for a petition about LAWS TO PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE CLIMATE. There are around 450 million people in the EU.
Takes only one minute:
www.houseeurope.eu
HouseEurope!
The European Citizens’ Initiative for Renovation.
www.houseeurope.eu
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
We need to get the basic needs right. One of which is (affordable) shelter. Which means for the majority of Europe, renovation of existing housing with healthy technology. Or we risk people getting manipulated by fear of energy poverty and unfair distribution of affordable living space.
Sign:
Sign:
If your response to this in the next days-years is: But my landlord... then we will have lost everything that is worth protecting.
What you see here is a way to manipulate YOU.
A single family home from around 1955 with XXL heat loss. They surely run their; likely oil heater at 11 from 10. You can see this by the molten snow. How likely will they vote for a right wing party who pretends that this will be still affordable?
A single family home from around 1955 with XXL heat loss. They surely run their; likely oil heater at 11 from 10. You can see this by the molten snow. How likely will they vote for a right wing party who pretends that this will be still affordable?
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If your response to this in the next days-years is: But my landlord... then we will have lost everything that is worth protecting.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
I wish the smart people here would talk more about this basic manipulation mechanism instead of the 1001th AI/techbro/floodthezobewithshitrepeatthemedia post.
The more people become independent of fossil fuels, energy and resource inefficiency, overconsumption (insulation, enough space, shared infrastructure), the less likely the worst people in the world are able to drag you and the ones near you down to their level. (see USA).
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I wish the smart people here would talk more about this basic manipulation mechanism instead of the 1001th AI/techbro/floodthezobewithshitrepeatthemedia post.
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I have been working through @parismarx.com ’s guide to getting off US tech, slowly because I am so deep into the Apple world, but today’s events just gave me a big kick in the butt to get it done. disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
disconnect.blog
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I have been working through @parismarx.com ’s guide to getting off US tech, slowly because I am so deep into the Apple world, but today’s events just gave me a big kick in the butt to get it done. disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
* your fossil heating, fossil mobility, fossil plastic wrapped lifestyles keeps societies hostile to the worst gangs / people on this planet.
Oil brings us climate change and illegal invasions of sovereign nations.
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
* your fossil heating, fossil mobility, fossil plastic wrapped lifestyles keeps societies hostile to the worst gangs / people on this planet.
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Die Luftangriffe der USA auf die Hauptstadt Venezuelas sind ein Bruch des Völkerrechts & gefährliche militärische Eskalation.
Die Bundesregierung muss das verurteilen & sich unmissverständlich ggü. den USA für Deeskalation, Einhaltung des Völkerrechts & Achtung staatlicher Souveränität einsetzen
Die Bundesregierung muss das verurteilen & sich unmissverständlich ggü. den USA für Deeskalation, Einhaltung des Völkerrechts & Achtung staatlicher Souveränität einsetzen
January 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Die Luftangriffe der USA auf die Hauptstadt Venezuelas sind ein Bruch des Völkerrechts & gefährliche militärische Eskalation.
Die Bundesregierung muss das verurteilen & sich unmissverständlich ggü. den USA für Deeskalation, Einhaltung des Völkerrechts & Achtung staatlicher Souveränität einsetzen
Die Bundesregierung muss das verurteilen & sich unmissverständlich ggü. den USA für Deeskalation, Einhaltung des Völkerrechts & Achtung staatlicher Souveränität einsetzen