Michael Burchert
@michaelburchert.bsky.social
🇪🇺 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
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
red dot is where we are at with our emission addiction, X marks the spot where we should be right now. Vertical line marks 2045 climate neutrality., that would require immediate action from everyone.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
red dot is where we are at with our emission addiction, X marks the spot where we should be right now. Vertical line marks 2045 climate neutrality., that would require immediate action from everyone.
Still doesn't look like a path to zero to me, we should replace this leadership.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Still doesn't look like a path to zero to me, we should replace this leadership.
The rope tightens around our necks. At first, our heads could still fit through easily. Before that, the noose could only be seen from a distance, but everyone knew it was there. What is next?
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The rope tightens around our necks. At first, our heads could still fit through easily. Before that, the noose could only be seen from a distance, but everyone knew it was there. What is next?
Concrete is not T.I.N.A. (there is no alternative)
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Concrete is not T.I.N.A. (there is no alternative)
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
Found this little straw house model in the workshop.
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Found this little straw house model in the workshop.
One of my favorite #strawbuilding papers is about this simple test, because there is this urban myth about #strawhouse = pests (!sic).
Straw + termites are put in a bottle. What happens? They will starve because there are not enough nutrients.
www.build-green.fr/produit/pail...
Straw + termites are put in a bottle. What happens? They will starve because there are not enough nutrients.
www.build-green.fr/produit/pail...
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
One of my favorite #strawbuilding papers is about this simple test, because there is this urban myth about #strawhouse = pests (!sic).
Straw + termites are put in a bottle. What happens? They will starve because there are not enough nutrients.
www.build-green.fr/produit/pail...
Straw + termites are put in a bottle. What happens? They will starve because there are not enough nutrients.
www.build-green.fr/produit/pail...
''*' (Joker, Freispiel)' #FotoVorschlag
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
''*' (Joker, Freispiel)' #FotoVorschlag
I have a request: please keep the paths clean.
It never used to matter to me too much, but I couldn't walk for almost the entire last year because of a broken foot. Every obstacle was a problem. So if you want to see more people on the streets again; not just in cars, you know what to do.
It never used to matter to me too much, but I couldn't walk for almost the entire last year because of a broken foot. Every obstacle was a problem. So if you want to see more people on the streets again; not just in cars, you know what to do.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I have a request: please keep the paths clean.
It never used to matter to me too much, but I couldn't walk for almost the entire last year because of a broken foot. Every obstacle was a problem. So if you want to see more people on the streets again; not just in cars, you know what to do.
It never used to matter to me too much, but I couldn't walk for almost the entire last year because of a broken foot. Every obstacle was a problem. So if you want to see more people on the streets again; not just in cars, you know what to do.
It's still a lot of work today, there is a saying that guys doing plaster need a good sense of humor.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's still a lot of work today, there is a saying that guys doing plaster need a good sense of humor.
Strohbauworkshop am Samstag nähe Bremen/Hamburg. Noch wenige Plätze frei.
Alle Arten des Strohbaus von Modul-Vorfertigung bis Altbausanierung. Mit Besichtigung Stroh-5-Geschosser.
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
Alle Arten des Strohbaus von Modul-Vorfertigung bis Altbausanierung. Mit Besichtigung Stroh-5-Geschosser.
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Strohbauworkshop am Samstag nähe Bremen/Hamburg. Noch wenige Plätze frei.
Alle Arten des Strohbaus von Modul-Vorfertigung bis Altbausanierung. Mit Besichtigung Stroh-5-Geschosser.
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
Alle Arten des Strohbaus von Modul-Vorfertigung bis Altbausanierung. Mit Besichtigung Stroh-5-Geschosser.
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
I'm surprised that this isn't already standard practice in Europe. Bricks out -> hempcrete in (easy hemp+lime mix).
BC architects
bcarchitects.org/projects/bkr...
BC architects
bcarchitects.org/projects/bkr...
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I'm surprised that this isn't already standard practice in Europe. Bricks out -> hempcrete in (easy hemp+lime mix).
BC architects
bcarchitects.org/projects/bkr...
BC architects
bcarchitects.org/projects/bkr...
You gotta love this rehab project and the straw mat manufacturing. This is the definition of a green business.
www.copano.fr/chantiers-r%...
www.copano.fr/chantiers-r%...
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You gotta love this rehab project and the straw mat manufacturing. This is the definition of a green business.
www.copano.fr/chantiers-r%...
www.copano.fr/chantiers-r%...
Wood, straw, earth - that's basically all you need for passive house walls, floor, roof. The apprentice wanted to use his bare hands to get the feeling. The earth plaster creates airtightness necessary for high performance, without plastic membranes. #strawhouse #strawbuilding #biobased
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Wood, straw, earth - that's basically all you need for passive house walls, floor, roof. The apprentice wanted to use his bare hands to get the feeling. The earth plaster creates airtightness necessary for high performance, without plastic membranes. #strawhouse #strawbuilding #biobased
If you are unsure just look around for workshops in your area. #Earthbuilding will be one the key transformative technologies of a good future.
3/3
3/3
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you are unsure just look around for workshops in your area. #Earthbuilding will be one the key transformative technologies of a good future.
3/3
3/3
More sand, less cracks. Some cracks are OK, you dont want sand plaster and probably want to reinforce the plaster anyway.
Of course, you can make bricks, rammed earth, cob with the same material.
There is no magic ratio, it can be 1 to 0 to 1 to 6.
2/3
Of course, you can make bricks, rammed earth, cob with the same material.
There is no magic ratio, it can be 1 to 0 to 1 to 6.
2/3
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
More sand, less cracks. Some cracks are OK, you dont want sand plaster and probably want to reinforce the plaster anyway.
Of course, you can make bricks, rammed earth, cob with the same material.
There is no magic ratio, it can be 1 to 0 to 1 to 6.
2/3
Of course, you can make bricks, rammed earth, cob with the same material.
There is no magic ratio, it can be 1 to 0 to 1 to 6.
2/3
Testing of your local clay earth is easy. 1/3
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Testing of your local clay earth is easy. 1/3
Wooden elevator shaft from our XXL strawhouse in Verden, Norddeutsches Zentrum für Nachhaltiges Bauen. Around 2012.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wooden elevator shaft from our XXL strawhouse in Verden, Norddeutsches Zentrum für Nachhaltiges Bauen. Around 2012.
I DO want to repost your construction transformation related posts if I see them. There are simple ways to trigger that, I can't follow everyone, but I will follow you if you post about the good stuff (my definition applies) in architecture, craft, planning...
The other way is to mention me. Thanks!
The other way is to mention me. Thanks!
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I DO want to repost your construction transformation related posts if I see them. There are simple ways to trigger that, I can't follow everyone, but I will follow you if you post about the good stuff (my definition applies) in architecture, craft, planning...
The other way is to mention me. Thanks!
The other way is to mention me. Thanks!
BTW we rescued her and one sibling from the death row in Spain a few years ago, both are more or less on a vegan diet (don't tell them).
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
BTW we rescued her and one sibling from the death row in Spain a few years ago, both are more or less on a vegan diet (don't tell them).
We have a new carpet made of 🥥 fibers. When we bought the 300-year-old house, there was already a similar one in the attic. I even used it to rescue a tractor with spinning wheels from the mud, it remained intact. I believe there can be good global trade besides what we experience at the moment.
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We have a new carpet made of 🥥 fibers. When we bought the 300-year-old house, there was already a similar one in the attic. I even used it to rescue a tractor with spinning wheels from the mud, it remained intact. I believe there can be good global trade besides what we experience at the moment.
Let's fall back to wood, straw and mud huts, passive.
Foto: Ecococon, Marina Zajec
Foto: Ecococon, Marina Zajec
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Let's fall back to wood, straw and mud huts, passive.
Foto: Ecococon, Marina Zajec
Foto: Ecococon, Marina Zajec
We make the fancy ones too. #rammedearth biwena.de
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We make the fancy ones too. #rammedearth biwena.de
This is how we convert building professionals towards regenerative building. By showing how it's done, by self-learning, by offering experience with materials from the whole history of mankind, not just high-tech from one short experimental period.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is how we convert building professionals towards regenerative building. By showing how it's done, by self-learning, by offering experience with materials from the whole history of mankind, not just high-tech from one short experimental period.