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PodcastsS5, E3: Neurosustainability: How the Built Environment Shapes Brain Health, Ageing & Resilience
Neurosustainability: How the Built Environment Shapes Brain Health, Ageing & Resilience What if “healthy ageing” isn’t just about genes, diet, or healthcare — but also about the streets you navigate, the air you breathe, the noise you sleep through, and the buildings you spend 90% of your life inside? “This conversation makes the case for […]
Jackie De Burca · 2/23/2026
PodcastsS5, E2: Neuro-Sustainability: Designing Places Where Brains Can Thrive
Neuro-Sustainability: Designing Places Where Brains Can Thrive Guests: Burçin Ikiz (Stanford / EcoNeuro / Neuroclimate Working Group) & Mohamed Hesham Khalil (University of Cambridge) Neuro-Sustainability: Designing Places Where Brains Can Thrive What if sustainability wasn’t only about carbon, materials, and energy — but also about the human brain? In this second episode of the mini-series […]
Jackie De Burca · 1/29/2026
Spain Built EnvironmentTop Passive House Builders in Spain
Top Passive House Builders in Spain Spain has a growing number of Passive House builders, from specialised firms to construction companies that offer passive homes and buildings as one of their services, to architects who design and build with their chosen partners. “With summers becoming almost unbearably hot in some areas of Spain, being able […]
Jackie De Burca · 1/21/2026
NeurosustainabilityWhat is Neurosustainability?
What is Neurosustainability? https://youtube.com/shorts/2F8LF1xVIRo Let’s go in to the actual main focus of your work, the main keyword, you like, Neurosustainability. How would you explain it, Mohamed, to somebody who’s hearing that for the first time? Yeah. So first of all, the brain is not concrete. So it is always changing and some changes can […]
Jackie De Burca · 1/16/2026
PodcastsS5, E1: Neurosustainability and the Built Environment-Why Your Brain Needs Better Cities
Neurosustainability and the Built Environment with cambridge scholarship student, Mohamed Hesham Khalil Neurosustainability and the Built Environment: Why Your Brain Needs Better Cities Welcome to the Constructive Voices’ mini-series that dives into neuro-sustainability and the built environment. “The brain is not concrete… it is always changing.” Mohamed Hesham Khalil We investigate the work of Cambridge […]
Mohammed Hesham Khalil · 1/15/2026
PodcastsS4, E30: From Rubble to Resilience: Circular Reconstruction for Rebuilding Ukraine
From Rubble to Resilience: Circular Reconstruction for rebuilding Ukraine- Podcast Rebuilding Ukraine through circularity and community with British and Dutch support. This positive news story has been inspired by one of the world’s most tragic situations: the war in Ukraine. “We in Ukraine are becoming a pilot site for diverse sustainable pilots, experiments and innovations. […]
Rhiannon Mathias · 12/8/2025
CitiesGreen Buildings in Valencia: Sustainable Architecture & Routes
Green Buildings in Valencia: Sustainable Architecture & Routes Green Buildings in Valencia Valencia City’s Sustainable Buildings in Clusters to Explore By Jackie De Burca, creator, podcaster and author of Salvador Dalí at Home Valencia is not only a green city, but it is also a region – called the Comunidad Valenciana. In 2024, Valencia was […]
Jackie De Burca · 12/3/2025
PodcastsS4, E29: Bringing Social Justice Messages to Your Community with Plan International Youth Representatives
Bringing social justice messages to your community with Plan International Youth Representatives In this episode, Ciara sits down with Jessica Gill and Aoibhínn Nevin-Ginnetty, two passionate youth advocates from Plan International Ireland’s Youth Advisory Panel who took their COP28 experience and turned it into local action. Fresh from representing youth voices at COP28 in Dubai, […]
Jessica Gill · 11/19/2025
PodcastsS4, E28: COP30 Outcomes, the Amazon & the Rise of the Bioeconomy with Author, Tim Christophersen, VP Climate of Climate Change at Salesforce
COP30 Outcomes, the Amazon & the Rise of the Bioeconomy with author, Tim Christophersen, VP Climate of Salesforce In this episode of Constructive Voices, Jackie is joined again by Tim Christophersen, Vice President of Climate Action at Salesforce and author of Generation Restoration. Fresh back from COP30 in Belém, Tim shares why – out of […]
Tim Christophersen · 11/18/2025
PodcastsS4, E27: Building Climate-Ready Streets, Homes & Transit with Feljin Jose
Building Climate-Ready Streets, Homes & Transit with Feljin Jose Public transport advocate and Dublin City Councillor Feljin Jose joins interviewer Ciara to unpack how streets, housing and rail policy shape daily life—and climate action. Feljin Jose Podcast cover Tune into Feljin Jose and Ciara O’Brien below We connect DART+, MetroLink and better buses to the […]
Ciara O'Brien · 11/12/2025
Rebuilding UkraineRebuilding Ukraine Safely, Sustainably and Swiftly
Rebuilding Ukraine Safely, Sustainably and Swiftly Partnership announcement What could sustainable recovery look like following conflict? S3RoU and circular concrete in Ukraine. Alongside its devastating human toll, conflict can erase infrastructure and systems in its wake. Rebuilding tends to focus on replacing what was lost, all the while perpetuating carbon-heavy and resource-intensive conventional methods. But […]
Rhiannon Mathias · 11/11/2025
PodcastsS4, E26: Healthcare's Role in Climate Change with Irish Doctors for the Environment
Healthcare’s Role in Climate Change with Irish Doctors for the Environment The built environment and of course, the environment in general, are inextricably linked to our health and well-being. With so much media coverage on climate change and biodiversity loss, it is hard to ignore these facts. Places and people are also connected in various […]
Dr. Lisa McNamee · 11/9/2025
PodcastsS4, E25: Damien Queally of Plan International on Empowering Youth for Sustainable Change
Damien Queally of Plan International on Empowering Youth for Sustainable Change In this Youth Month special, Plan International’s Chief Programme Officer Damien Queally joins youth host Ciara O’Brien to unpack what truly locally led, gender-responsive programming looks like—especially where climate shocks meet the built environment. Tune into this Plan International Podcast From 4th November “If […]
Ciara O'Brien · 10/31/2025
Youth VoicesWhy Youth Journalism is Important
Why Youth journalism is important By Ciara O’Brien, partially based on her Challenge US Award Winning Speech In the age of social media, everyone is a journalist. Youth are simultaneously consumers and producers of media. When you repost on your Instagram story, tell your friends about a news story you heard or comment on a […]
Ciara O'Brien · 10/28/2025
Make Space For GirlsThis International Day of the Girl, Double the Difference and Make Space for Girls
This International Day of the Girl, Double the Difference and Make Space for Girls Teenage girls are often excluded from the design of parks and public spaces, leaving them without places where they feel welcome or valued.. writes Caroline Millar, Chair at Make Space for Girls, a charity that advocates for inclusive parks and public […]
Caroline Millar · 10/9/2025
PodcastsS4, E24: Generation Restoration: A Call to Action with Tim Christophersen
Generation Restoration: A Call to Action with Tim Christophersen – podcast deep dive into the book “Generation Restoration wonderfully weaves together the most important ingredients of how we can heal ourselves and the planet. The book is the culmination of Tim’s last twenty-nine years of work and life experience. Experience that has included leading parts […]
Tim Christophersen · 10/9/2025
Volunteer ProgrammeTamara Petrou
Tamara Petrou, constructive voices contributor, new york & ontario As a writer, interviewer, and story producer, I’m passionate about sharing meaningful stories. But not just any stories – ones that inspire people to take action and help shape the world they live in. As a former communications director in non-profit and public relations sectors, I’ve […]
Jackie De Burca · 9/30/2025
PodcastsS4, E23: Why Nature Credits Matter – With Brian MacSharry, European Environment Agency
Why Nature Credits Matter – With Brian MacSharry, European Environment Agency Unpacking how nature credits could reshape the way we value biodiversity and fund its restoration with Dr. Brian MacSharry of the European Environment Agency In this episode of Constructive Voices, Jackie De Burca interviews Dr. Brian MacSharry from the European Environment Agency to discuss […]
Dr Brian MacSharry · 9/29/2025
BiodiversityWhat is the European Commission's Roadmap towards Nature Credits?
What is the European Commission’s Roadmap towards Nature Credits? “When I first saw the news of the EU’s Roadmap towards nature credits, I was excited, but then reality set in. So I set up an interview with Brian MacSharry of the European Environment Agency (EEA) ” Jackie De Burca Listen To This Podcast Interview With […]
Jackie De Burca · 9/28/2025
PodcastsS4, E22: Ireland’s Retrofit Race — with Dr. Ciarán Byrne (SEAI)
Ireland’s Retrofit Race with Dr. Ciarán Byrne (SEAI) How Ireland is making homes warmer, cheaper to run, and lower-carbon—at real scale—and what you should actually do first. Ireland’s Retrofit Race Ireland set out to decarbonise its housing by upgrading existing homes—insulation first, fossil heating out, heat pumps and other renewables in. Dr. Ciarán Byrne from […]
Dr Ciaran Byrne · 9/12/2025
PodcastsS4, E21: David Picton on Safety, Sustainability & the Rise of the Lone Worker
David Picton on Safety, Sustainability & the Rise of the Lone Worker Safety isn’t a box-tick—it’s a living culture. David Picton shares hard-won lessons from military logistics to boardrooms and major infrastructure projects. We dig into why lone workers are growing fast, how extreme weather is reshaping site risks, and how connecting culture with smart […]
David Picton · 9/1/2025