The Booken Journal
Browse sustainable building tips and passive design how-to articles, plus peek behind-the-scenes for a ‘warts and all’ look at all we learned while building our own off-grid Booken House.
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Podcast Interview: How Lisa Booth From Booken Blend Rebuilt Her Life After Rock Bottom
Lisa chats with Australian of the Year for Tasmania, Stephanie Trethewey, about her rural roots, which have both broken her and pushed her to rebuild after rock bottom.
Seven Essential Questions to Ask a Building Designer
It can be tricky to find a building designer or architect who shares your vision for creating a home that’s affordable AND good for the planet. Here’s seven questions to ask before signing on.
Can a house provide certainty?
Lisa’s story is a testament to the power of modest, eco-friendly living and its ability to provide hope and stability, even in life's uncertain moments.
Podcast Interview: Learning to Ignore the ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Voice
Lisa chats with Kim from the Unemployed & Afraid Podcast 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 of others.
Discovering Australia's Best Almost-Eco Homes
Join us on a caravan adventure across Australia, where we share some of the country’s most inspiring almost-eco homes.
How a Reindeer Poop Snow Globe Saved Christmas
It is 2 am Christmas Eve, and I am woken from a deep sleep by the overpowering smell of burning plastic. It takes a few seconds for my brain to clear before I give my snoring husband a shove and shout, “Boots, I think the reindeer is on fire!”
Podcast Interview: Low Impact Living With Lisa From Booken Blend
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.
Podcast Interview: Lisa Booth and Her Quest to Make Sustainable House Design Accessible
Lisa chats with Jen from the Hosting with Heart Podcast 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.
Should I Owner-Build?
Going owner-builder might have saved us in excess of 100K, but it also shaved about ten years off my life. Let’s break it down.