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The Constructive Voices Podcast is all about inspiring change within the construction industry. Television builder, Peter Finn, is our man on the ground who injects his decades of constructi...
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Living With Water: The Philosophy Behind Cork's Marina Park
In the second of our three-part series on Cork's Marina Park, Jackie De Burca sits down again with Patrick McCabe of Redscape and Rani Izhar...
Building Ireland's First Water Park: Inside Cork's Marina Park
Most parks are designed not to flood. Cork's Marina Park is designed to do exactly that. In the first of a three-part series, Jackie De Burc...
The Forest Behind The Timber: Paul Koberstein On Old Growth, Wildfire & Why How We Build Matters
“We have a solution that is already here. It’s already doing the work that needs to be done. And all we have to do is let them complete the...
Moein Nodehi: From War and Exile to Reimagining How We Build
“I grew up with my parents telling me stories about the ancient Persian civilisation… and I created this huge passion for ancient civilisati...
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 noi...
Neurosustainability: Designing Places Where Brains Can Thrive
Neuro-Sustainability: Designing Places Where Brains Can Thrive What if sustainability wasn’t only about carbon, materials, and energy — but...
Neurosustainability & 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…...
From Rubble to Resilience Circular Reconstruction for Rebuilding Ukraine
Rebuilding Ukraine through circularity, community with British and Dutch support, is a good news podcast episode. This positive news story h...
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 Irela...
COP30 Outcomes, the Amazon & the Rise of the Bioeconomy with Author, Tim Christophersen, VP Climate of Climate Change at Salesforce
In this episode of Constructive Voices , Jackie is joined again by Tim Christophersen , Vice President of Climate Action at Salesforce and a...
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 shap...
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 c...
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...
Generation Restoration: A Call To Action With Tim Christophersen
"Generation Restoration wonderfully weaves together the most important ingredients of how we can heal ourselves and the planet. The book is...
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 E...
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...
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 infrastr...
Good News: Floating Neighbourhoods, EU Nature Credits, and Ecosia’s Burkina Faso Tree Revival
A short, sharp burst of optimism from the built environment . This episode: how floating neighbourhoods can power and protect themselves; wh...
Everest: The Transformative Power of Nature: 8 Big Lessons from Everest with David Picton
At Constructive Voices , we’re not only about the place and the things that happen within the built environment , we’re also about how the p...