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How to build a better world

Hosted by The Fifth Estate · news · EN-AU

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How to Build a Better World is The Fifth Estate's podcast about creating a future all humans can be proud of. Tina Perinotto, editor of Australia’s premium publication for sustainable property and business, talks to the people on the frontline with the power to address the big ecological, social and financial problems of our time.

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Public web form

Booking probability

30%

Guest openness

Selective

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What is How to build a better world about?

How to Build a Better World is The Fifth Estate's podcast about creating a future all humans can be proud of. Tina Perinotto, editor of Australia’s premium publication for sustainable property and business, talks to the people on the frontline with the power to address the big ecological, social and financial problems of our time.

Who hosts How to build a better world?

How to build a better world is hosted by The Fifth Estate. The show has published 52 episodes to date.

What has How to build a better world covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Jess Miller on lazy spaces, Town Square and the new green challenge" (30 July 2026, 69 minutes), "Elizabeth Mossop on community resilience in the Northern Rivers" (4 June 2026, 64 minutes), and "Adam Bandt on new strategies and the built environment for the ACF" (12 May 2026, 37 minutes).

How often does How to build a better world publish?

How to build a better world publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 52 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on How to build a better world?

Booking probability for How to build a better world is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. How to build a better world requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. How to build a better world's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch How to build a better world?

The strongest fits for How to build a better world are Commercial Building Construction and Other Civil Engineering. How to build a better world has a news audience.

About the host

The Fifth Estate hosts How to build a better world, a news podcast with 52 episodes published.

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  • How to build a better world

    Jess Miller on lazy spaces, Town Square and the new green challenge

    Jul 30, 20261h 9m

    Halfway through her second term as Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Jess Miller, who will take to the stage at our next Big Debate, Carbon Triggers, has wasted no time in tackling the glaring problems that annoy her and many...

  • How to build a better world

    Elizabeth Mossop on community resilience in the Northern Rivers

    Jun 4, 20261h 4mS0

    <p>Elizabeth Mossop, founding principal of Spackman Mossop + Michaels and former dean of Design and Architecture School at UTS, knows quite a bit about flood disasters and their aftermath. She was deeply involved in the...

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    Adam Bandt on new strategies and the built environment for the ACF

    May 12, 202637 minS0

    <p> There’s good news for the built environment – one of Australia’s oldest and probably most respected environmental organisations, the Australian Conservation Foundation, will be paying a lot more attention to...

  • How to build a better world

    Alf Wheeler on the Zeoform story

    Jan 22, 202641 minS0

    <p>Alf Wheeler, founder of innovative plant based materials manufacturer Zeoform, won the Spanish Inquisition pitchfest at The Fifth Estate’s Circular Disruption event in November last year, before a jury of three...

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    Parnell Palme McGuinness on unpacking thoughts from a ‘diversity hire’

    Jan 13, 20261h 18mS0

    <p>Parnell Palme McGuinness, as a former consultant for the Liberal Party and conservative-leaning columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, McGuinness jokes she’s the “diversity hire” for those left-ish...

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    Kaushik Chakraborty on trends on infrastructure

    Dec 11, 20251h 5mS0

    <p>Infrastructure work is going regional – in water, sanitation, roads and bridges – says Kaushik Chakraborty senior vice president, Asia Pacific & Japan with Bentley Systems in this podcast. It’s part of the big global...

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    John King on steel, windows and technology for 8 star homes

    Dec 4, 202550 minS0

    <p>John King from JGKing Homes Steel, timber, windows and technology to build home. John runs a successful home building business in Ballarat that’s been going for 40 years and employs 350 people.<br/>What’s different...

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    Martin Loosemore on making a difference through construction

    Dec 3, 202545 minS0

    <p>Martin Loosemore, professor of construction management is known for his Community of Practice for social procurement, which he started with his colleague Dr Suhair Alkilani at the University of Technology...

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    Dave Higgon: The power of social procurement to change lives

    Dec 3, 202550 minS0

    <p>After 30 years Dave Higgon reckons he’s the longest serving employee relations manager in Australia. He started his career as a bricklayer for his father, before taking up small subcontracting work on the New South...

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    Nathan Hage on transforming Zinc Apartment

    Jul 10, 202546 minS0

    <p>Nathan Hage is neither a developer nor an energy expert, nor anything else you might think would be crucial to retrofitting a group of 45 flats in Sydney’s inner south with solar and EV charging. He works in...

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    Amanda Steele on pathways to success in sustainability

    Apr 10, 202537 minS0

    <p>Amanda Steele is <b>group executive, head of property for ISPT</b>, a business with a strong sustainability profile in the built environment. <br/><br/>In her current role, Amanda is in the leadership team; but in...

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    TFE Learn: Gabrielle McMillan on activating the vertical villages of office towers

    Apr 3, 202558 minS0

    <p>Gabrielle McMillan kicked off Equiem in 2011 for Lorenz Grollo, developer and part owner of the Rialto tower in Melbourne who could see the enormous potential of adding value for occupants in the building through...

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    Sara Stace and Marc Lane on Active transport and Placemaking

    Feb 27, 202547 minS0

    <p>Sara Stace is an influential voice in the active transport and placemaking space. Recently she joined forces with Marc Lane at Vivendi Consulting to becomes its new joint directors of cities. <br/><br/>Stace and Lane...

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    Jane Cassidy on the massive transformation on the way

    Feb 20, 202559 minS0

    <p> As national president of the Australian Institute of Architects Jane Cassidy juggles a lot of competing priorities – and they’re not all in the order you’d expect.<br/><br/>There are the usual topics of aesthetics...

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    Andrew Eagles on NZ’s green challenge in the new political regime

    Feb 13, 202551 minS0

    <p> Andrew Eagles, CEO of the New Zealand Green Building Council reports on an industry that wants to do better, wants green buildings and better regulation.</p><p>This conversation is a breath of fresh air. Listen now...

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    Philip Graus on how cities are shaped and how to shape them

    Dec 18, 20241h 34mS0

    <p>Philip Graus has an omnibus cache of insights and history into how cities are formed, what keeps them growing or failing and how to make them sustainable.<br/><br/>This podcast is a bit of rambling chat, weaving in...

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    Jeremy Mcleod and Nightingale Housing – from inspiration to disruption

    Nov 12, 20241h 5mS0

    <p>Founder of Nightingale Housing Jeremy McLeod will no doubt go down in history as the man who managed to shift a truckload of preconceptions about what housing needs to look like – what it should cost and who it is...

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    Transitions podcast: Liam Wallis on how to generate radical sustainable development

    Oct 22, 20241 hourS0

    <p>Melbourne based Liam Wallis founded boutique sustainable developer Hip V Hype with the idea of spreading the sustainability message by demonstrating viable exemplar projects. Today that notion has evolved into...

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    TFE Live: The race for green tech in Australia and China

    Oct 15, 20241h 10mS0

    <p>At TFE Live, Tim Buckley director of Climate Energy Finance, and Heidi Lee, chief<br/>executive officer of Beyond Zero Emissions, delved deep into Australia’s potential as a global renewable energy superpower, how to...

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