Lisa, Jedda and Boots Booth holding hands and walking happily towards their sustainable home

Sustainable Build Workshops for Everyday Folk

Ready to get serious about planning & building your own affordable, planet-friendly home?

A must-do workshop for anyone looking to create a more sustainable home

The Booken Workshop distils 15+ years of sustainable build know-how into a straightforward, step-by-step guide to creating your own eco-friendly home — no expert knowledge needed.

 

You’ll gain the confidence to select a site, floorplan and builder, get tips to unshackle from the bank, gain an understanding of the simple passive design behind our own Booken House plus receive feedback on your own building project.

A must-do workshop for anyone looking to create a more sustainable home — in ANY style or location.

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Learn online or in-person, take your pick!

Learn online or in-person, take your pick!

Choose your adventure ↓

  • Office nook desk space inside Booken House

    Online Workshop

    Convenient self-paced online learning + optional live calls with Lisa.

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    Get instant access to six sustainable building video modules to work through at your own pace. Includes a sneak-peek virtual tour of Booken House and your own must-have design brief. Learn from anywhere in the world and in your time — wearing your PJs, if you want.

    Get the most out of this course with optional live calls with Lisa to get all your questions answered live—open for bookings twice a year.

  • A group of workshop participants at the 1-day sustainable build workshop learning around the dining table in Booken House

    1-Day In-Person Workshop

    Learn face-to-face with us! Hang out with Lisa and Boots at Booken House.

    Join us at our Northern Victoria (Australia) home for this one-day intensive group course, limited to 12 people. Includes an exclusive build planner, six modules, easy-to-follow workbooks, a comprehensive design brief, delicious meals and refreshments — and, of course, the chance to wander our floorplan in real life! All delivered around our dining table — and Boots might even bake you scones ;)

  • Booken Blend sustainable build workshop participant Sarah

    This workshop has given me the confidence to forge forward in my sustainable home journey feeling far less bamboozled.

    — Sarah, Grampians, Victoria

  • Booken Blend sustainable build workshop participant Ben

    Just do it! The cost of the workshop is easily made or lost in one small good or bad decision.

    — Ben, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Austalia

Lisa stands in front of a white board displaying a house plan teaching a group of workshop participants about building sustainable homes

You don’t need to be an expert to build your own sustainable home!

But you DO need key information to make good decisions and to avoid being rail-roaded when conversing with your builder or architect.

Join hundreds of students worldwide taking charge of their own planning and design – and saving a ton of money in the process – inside our Booken Workshop.