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Michael Leung  - Architect from Balanced Earth 

Michael Leung has had a passion for architecture since the age of sixteen, when he started working in an architectural firm in the UK. He then went on to university to study architecture.

Michael became a UK registered architect in March 2000.  He has 30 years experience in architecture and project management.

For 8 years, his primary focus was property development and project management for commercial, residential and hospitality projects in Australia and the South Pacific.
During this phase he started Lausanne Property's Sydney office and headed up Andrew Forrest's Private Minderoo Property Group in Perth building over $300m of projects.

Michael has worked at prominent architectural practices like TP Bennett, KSS in London and Hassell Architects in Sydney designing and delivering a variety of interesting and exciting commercial projects.

He has also run his own design and building businesses for many years and completed a variety of quality design projects over the years.

Michael has been involved in commercial, residential and hospitality projects in Australia, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands and Vanuatu. He has worked alongside high profile clients and prominent hotel brands, including building Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Property Group, Paspaley Projects, GHM hotels, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt, Alila Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and Malmaison Hotels.  Many of these projects have won design awards and been published. (Listed below in Awards)

Michael brings leadership and design experience with a wealth of construction delivery knowledge to all his projects.  He has recently delivered major projects like the international award winning Musters Residences; The Indian Ocean Suites MBA award winning; The Baynton Residences; Minderoo Homestead all in WA,  Further afield The Fiji Beach Resort and Spa, The Rottnest Island and Ningaloo reef resort design projects have taken his work and experience to new levels.

Michael now prefers designing and building more healthy and sustainable homes with their team at Balanced Earth and has set up home and business in Byron Bay.

Balanced Earth have won awards for designs of Skyfarm, Goninan Hemp houses, Cape Byron Steiner School as well as many other unique residential projects. 

Balanced Earth provide end to end project management from the design of your project to the build.

Please click on the links to visit the websites of Michael's and Balanced Earth for examples of their work.

For more information on this episode please visit the Beaming Green website

Michael Leung  - Architect from Balanced Earth 

Michael Leung has had a passion for architecture since the age of sixteen, when he started working in an architectural firm in the UK. He then went on to university to study architecture.

Michael became a UK registered architect in March 2000.  He has 30 years experience in architecture and project management.

For 8 years, his primary focus was property development and project management for commercial, residential and hospitality projects in Australia and the South Pacific.
During this phase he started Lausanne Property's Sydney office and headed up Andrew Forrest's Private Minderoo Property Group in Perth building over $300m of projects.

Michael has worked at prominent architectural practices like TP Bennett, KSS in London and Hassell Architects in Sydney designing and delivering a variety of interesting and exciting commercial projects.

He has also run his own design and building businesses for many years and completed a variety of quality design projects over the years.

Michael has been involved in commercial, residential and hospitality projects in Australia, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands and Vanuatu. He has worked alongside high profile clients and prominent hotel brands, including building Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Property Group, Paspaley Projects, GHM hotels, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt, Alila Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and Malmaison Hotels.  Many of these projects have won design awards and been published. (Listed below in Awards)

Michael brings leadership and design experience with a wealth of construction delivery knowledge to all his projects.  He has recently delivered major projects like the international award winning Musters Residences; The Indian Ocean Suites MBA award winning; The Baynton Residences; Minderoo Homestead all in WA,  Further afield The Fiji Beach Resort and Spa, The Rottnest Island and Ningaloo reef resort design projects have taken his work and experience to new levels.

Michael now prefers designing and building more healthy and sustainable homes with their team at Balanced Earth and has set up home and business in Byron Bay.

Balanced Earth have won awards for designs of Skyfarm, Goninan Hemp houses, Cape Byron Steiner School as well as many other unique residential projects. 

Balanced Earth provide end to end project management from the design of your project to the build.

Please click on the links to visit the websites of Michael's and Balanced Earth for examples of their work.

For more information on this episode please visit the Beaming Green website

Building with hemp a way of the future

In this episode I am excited to be interviewing Klara Marosszeky who is the Managing Director of the Australian Hemp Masonry Company, Australia’s lead organisation in hemp building materials research. The company sources hemp from Australian farmers, manufacturers that are BCA-compliant Australian hemp building materials in Sydney. They supply hemp building materials to more than 180 construction projects across all states, including two commercial projects.

Homes using the company’s products have won the 2018 Housing Industry Association National GreenSmart Award, several Master Builders Awards and several sustainable design awards.

Klara is also a qualified educator, delivering training in hemp building for builders, owner builders, as well as  advising architects and building designers.  She’s been involved with hemp fibre farming since 1999 and with hemp construction research since 2000.

Her work has included supporting the development of a mobile hemp processing unit that she believes has the potential to transform where and how hemp building materials are processed for the Australian market.

Here is a link to the Hemp Masonry Company and their upcoming workshops.

Klara has also provided Beaming Green with a list of recommended builders and architects in Northern NSW, this information will be on our website under episode three.

Remember to go to the Beaming Green website to register your details to go into the draw to win a bottle of Tooth Tonic.

Building with hemp a way of the future

In this episode I am excited to be interviewing Klara Marosszeky who is the Managing Director of the Australian Hemp Masonry Company, Australia’s lead organisation in hemp building materials research. The company sources hemp from Australian farmers, manufacturers that are BCA-compliant Australian hemp building materials in Sydney. They supply hemp building materials to more than 180 construction projects across all states, including two commercial projects.

Homes using the company’s products have won the 2018 Housing Industry Association National GreenSmart Award, several Master Builders Awards and several sustainable design awards.

Klara is also a qualified educator, delivering training in hemp building for builders, owner builders, as well as  advising architects and building designers.  She’s been involved with hemp fibre farming since 1999 and with hemp construction research since 2000.

Her work has included supporting the development of a mobile hemp processing unit that she believes has the potential to transform where and how hemp building materials are processed for the Australian market.

Here is a link to the Hemp Masonry Company and their upcoming workshops.

Klara has also provided Beaming Green with a list of recommended builders and architects in Northern NSW, this information will be on our website under episode three.

Remember to go to the Beaming Green website to register your details to go into the draw to win a bottle of Tooth Tonic.

Pioneering permaculture in Borneo, Indonesia

Australian born Community Development Worker, Frederika’s inspiration for Indonesia came from her love of the cultural arts. This saw her participate in a cultural music scholarship and led to her meeting her now husband, Indonesian actor and Permaculturist, Jayadi Paembonan.

17 years and 4 lovely daughters later, the two started Permakultur Kalimantan Foundation (in close collaboration with the local community) after volunteering as permaculture practitioners in India and Australia.

The couple are passionate about embracing and acknowledging how local indigenous wisdom can merge with permaculture strategies.

This is a core motivation of their work based in Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan.

If you would like more information about their project or to provide support (via PayPal) click on this link Permakulture Kalimantan Foundation

Have a look at this great Youtube that demonstrates the wonderful work they are doing in Kalimantan.

Permakultur Kalimantan Foundation also work in partnership with the Borneo Institute and Fair Ventures in central Kalimantan, Indonesia.  They have been in this partnership since 2016 till now as part of the one million trees project. This work has focused on working alongside indigenous farming groups, teaching permaculture farming techniques and supporting them combine these with their sustainable indigenous farming practices.

Visit Beaming Green to view some amazing photos under this episode.

Pioneering permaculture in Borneo, Indonesia

Australian born Community Development Worker, Frederika’s inspiration for Indonesia came from her love of the cultural arts. This saw her participate in a cultural music scholarship and led to her meeting her now husband, Indonesian actor and Permaculturist, Jayadi Paembonan.

17 years and 4 lovely daughters later, the two started Permakultur Kalimantan Foundation (in close collaboration with the local community) after volunteering as permaculture practitioners in India and Australia.

The couple are passionate about embracing and acknowledging how local indigenous wisdom can merge with permaculture strategies.

This is a core motivation of their work based in Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan.

If you would like more information about their project or to provide support (via PayPal) click on this link Permakulture Kalimantan Foundation

Have a look at this great Youtube that demonstrates the wonderful work they are doing in Kalimantan.

Permakultur Kalimantan Foundation also work in partnership with the Borneo Institute and Fair Ventures in central Kalimantan, Indonesia.  They have been in this partnership since 2016 till now as part of the one million trees project. This work has focused on working alongside indigenous farming groups, teaching permaculture farming techniques and supporting them combine these with their sustainable indigenous farming practices.

Visit Beaming Green to view some amazing photos under this episode.

 I would like to introduce you to Syntropic Agriculture, a concept I learnt about 3 years ago with Victor Pires.

You may ask, what is syntropic agriculture?

Syntropic agriculture is an intensive, successional form of agroforestry that tries to imitate natural forest dynamics through several principles and practices, aiming to maximise photosynthesis at all times and optimise productivity through all spaces. Thus, it not only produces food, timber and fibre crops but it is also able to generate its own fertility, while building stable humus, improving the water and energy cycles and nurturing soil biology. 

Victor is a Brazilian that has lived in Australia for the last 20 years, and together with a friend is responsible for planting the first Syntropic Agriculture seed in Australia, in April 2016, when they brought Patricia Vaz and Namaste Messerschmitt and held three in-depth courses near Byron Bay. 

Syntropically, Victor has immersed himself in its theory and practice for the last 5 years, where he not only travelled many times to Brazil to train with the most experienced practitioners, including Ernst Gotsch, but he is also a co-founder of the first syntropic farm in Australia – Gabalah Farm – and for the last 20 months he and his partner have been experimenting with the syntropic powers of regeneration in a severely degraded land in Uki, NSW.  

Victor is now in the process of embarking in another exciting initiative which he calls “A Syntropic Gardener” where he aims to share all his experiences and passion for subsistence syntropic practices with the world, and hopefully help many individuals and families to move towards self-sufficiency, resilience and regeneration.

Check out this film of Life in Syntropy https://vimeo.com/146953911

If you want to contact Victor about doing a course his email is [email protected]  You can also go to his website www.syntropicgardener.com

These are photos taken at Victors property in UKI that he is in the process of transforming.

 I would like to introduce you to Syntropic Agriculture, a concept I learnt about 3 years ago with Victor Pires.

You may ask, what is syntropic agriculture?

Syntropic agriculture is an intensive, successional form of agroforestry that tries to imitate natural forest dynamics through several principles and practices, aiming to maximise photosynthesis at all times and optimise productivity through all spaces. Thus, it not only produces food, timber and fibre crops but it is also able to generate its own fertility, while building stable humus, improving the water and energy cycles and nurturing soil biology. 

Victor is a Brazilian that has lived in Australia for the last 20 years, and together with a friend is responsible for planting the first Syntropic Agriculture seed in Australia, in April 2016, when they brought Patricia Vaz and Namaste Messerschmitt and held three in-depth courses near Byron Bay. 

Syntropically, Victor has immersed himself in its theory and practice for the last 5 years, where he not only travelled many times to Brazil to train with the most experienced practitioners, including Ernst Gotsch, but he is also a co-founder of the first syntropic farm in Australia – Gabalah Farm – and for the last 20 months he and his partner have been experimenting with the syntropic powers of regeneration in a severely degraded land in Uki, NSW.  

Victor is now in the process of embarking in another exciting initiative which he calls “A Syntropic Gardener” where he aims to share all his experiences and passion for subsistence syntropic practices with the world, and hopefully help many individuals and families to move towards self-sufficiency, resilience and regeneration.

Check out this film of Life in Syntropy https://vimeo.com/146953911

If you want to contact Victor about doing a course his email is [email protected]  You can also go to his website www.syntropicgardener.com

These are photos taken at Victors property in UKI that he is in the process of transforming.

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A brief introduction to the Beaming Green podcast.

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