Twilight Talks

The Green Register's early evening talks supported by Ecomerchant: together promoting ethical, healthy sustainable building materials

The Green Register has proudly launched a new series of events. On the second Monday of each month, we’ll be running Twilight Talks - a relaxed and informal string of events on sustainable building matters to complement our regular training topics.

Each one-hour event will be FREE of charge and feature short talks from one or more speakers. With Q&A and discussion sessions throughout, everyone is invited to be part of the conversation. We’ll be holding Twilight talks at 5-6pm, in the sweet spot between work and dinner – so join us to nourish the mind before replenishing the body!

New Straw EPD and Technical Guide for Straw Bale Building UK 2022

In a time where natural materials are more important than ever in contributing to a circular built environment, new strides in the mainstreaming of UK on-site straw bale building were achieved through the Interreg-funded UpStraw project, including the new technical guide co-authored by Barbara Jones and John Butler.

About the Speakers

Barbara Jones

Barbara Jones has been building and promoting straw construction in the UK since the1990s and authored the definitive  'Building with Straw Bales - a practical manual for self builders and architects". She co-founded StrawWorks, the School of Natural Building and the membership organisation Strawbale Building UK (SBUK) and has been involved in most of the UK's best known straw bale buildings.

John Butler

John Butler is a sustainable building consultant specialising in Passivhaus, Retrofit and natural building. He uses his hands-on experience coupled with technical knowledge of materials, building physics and environmental impact of construction to deliver exemplary climate-responsive projects, including the self-build retrofit of a bungalow using straw for external wall insulation.

Twilight Talks are supported by Ecomerchant.