The Okana Podcast: Duncan Baker Brown on Reuse Before Recycle

Episode two with Duncan Baker Brown

If we all took a moment to consider how to re-use materials rather than recycle we would be one step closer to repairing our planet.

These are the sentiments of Duncan Baker Brown, a practicing architect, academic, environmental activist and author of ‘The Re-Use Atlas: a designer’s guide towards a circular economy’.

Duncan founded his practice BakerBrown, a research-led architectural practice and circular economy consultancy, to address the huge demands presented by the climate and ecological emergency. During this podcast, Duncan talks to host, Dr Graham Kelly about his passions for sustainability and his drive to transform the design process to utilise existing building materials rather than sourcing new ones through a re-use economy.