Ideas to build a home and life that won’t cost the earth.
Build better, consume less, live more.
HELPING THE DREAMERS, CHANGE-MAKERS AND SANCTUARY SEEKERS PIONEER A NEW GENERATION OF HOME THAT WORKS HAND-IN-HAND WITH NATURE
Hey there!
Back in 2016, we designed and built a good-lookin’ eco-friendly home on a tight budget. It got so much love here on the web that we started Booken Blend – a place for folks into cool homes with a purpose. It's a spot where everyday families like ours access simple, independent information and real stories that help fast-track the path to an achievable, low-impact home.
We’d love you to join the movement,
How to build a home that’s in tune with nature AND within budget
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If we can do this, you can too.
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Stories from the tribe
Get Lisa in you ears
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Hosting with Heart
Lisa chats with Jen about the journey from leaky white weatherboard to passive-inspired off-grid living and her down-to-earth quest to make sustainable house design available to the masses.
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Unemployed & Afraid
Lisa chats with Kim about creating Booken Blend from her kitchen bench. They discuss following an instinct into a business, and doing work that can make a real impact on your own life and the lives [and wellbeing] of others.
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We Are All Needed
Alexandra and Lisa chat about simple ways to build or remodel our homes in a low-impact way, the importance of seeing our homes as ecosystems and how innovative we can get when pushed beyond our comfort zones.
“If every new home incorporates a few simple, cost-effective strategies to minimise its impact on the planet, then collectively we create great change.”
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Acknowledgment of Country
Booken Blend acknowledges the Yorta Yorta people, Traditional Custodians of this land on which our home and business are located. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise the ongoing connection of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to their Country, land and sea.
