76: Innovations in Carbon Beneficial Building Materials—with Chris Magwood & Jacob Deva Racusin




Reversing Climate Change show

Summary: Buckminster Fuller famously said that “waste materials are simply resources we haven’t found a use for.” So, what if we could use agricultural waste products like corn husks or coconut coir as building materials? The truth is that we can, and a number of innovative sustainable builders are working to not just reduce the carbon emissions associated with construction but turn homes and commercial buildings into carbon storage units.