Joost Bakker

11/05/2023

When you look at the world through a zero waste lens there’s unexplored abundance everywhere.
It’s estimated we will build over 2 billion homes in the next 40 years - what an incredible opportunity to create not only shelter but habitat for wild life
A roof has the ability to be safe havens for wild life and offer protection like an island.
I’m designing a home for my mum with a roof designed to last hundreds of years, eliminate storm water run off by absorbing and holding up to 50mm of water.
Inspired by Colin Austins wicking bed.
Massively insulating the building from heat and cold, protection from bush fire and for me most importantly this roof design will become the foundation for life.
Designed for nesting and breeding of rare and endangered species of birds, butterflies and insects. Not accessible by foxes, cats or dogs that have decimated bird life in urban areas.
I am also hoping to finally realise organic certification for this home - a world.

I’m so excited to realise this!

We are busy engineering and testing, we will start the build in Monbulk soon.
Like the houses in Kinglake and Daylesford we will have open days for people to come and visit.

26/03/2023

the Dahlia patch is popping atm!

20/02/2023

Anyone know if cows get brain freeze?

16/02/2023

The following year we designed and built a home in King lake, spending time in that community and hearing the many stories on our open days during the build made me realise how badly Australia has dealt with the people affected.
First dealing with the loss of neighbours, family and friends, the loss of your home, animals and livelihoods. As if that’s not horrific enough then when ‘we’ should support people who have lived this experience we make it almost impossible to rebuild - we fill their lives with complexities, layers of bureaucratic bull s**t. Soul destroying experiences that ultimately destroy lives.

Only 26 houses have been rebuilt in Mallacoota.

No lesson learned and it seems to be getting harder and harder to navigate a way that allows a rebuild.

We should be ashamed.
With each fire and royal commission more rules implemented, more consultants needed, more complexity and so much more money and time to rebuild ‘what you had’

I believe in the human spirit and ability to ‘create’ a better world.

We need to change something because the current ‘system’ is broken, we need to make it much easier for people to rebuild their homes so they can rebuild their lives.
One thing I’ll never forget is the community spirit and camaraderie especially the support for the firefighters and volunteers
The fire test we did was open source and accessible to anyone - link in my bio

15/02/2023

A few years ago I planted hundreds of Corymbia ficifolias from they are all amazing but this one blows my mind! Bee and birds love it too!

16/11/2022

Q&A’s have highlighted to me there’s a hunger for a deeper understanding and knowledge of the many systems
Over the last year I’ve tried as best to explain to inspiration, why and how we went about doing all the different elements in the Greenhouse.
Please go to and check out highlights
Each topic has links to books, scientists and people or businesses that helped us realise this project.
I hope this helps answer your questions.

15/10/2022

Eddy and John grow an incredible collection of Waratahs + other Australian natives and Sth African species on their farms in Kinglake through
I’ve been able to use them
We are installing these tonight, as you can see they are abundant and you will find them at their best right now in your local florist.

11/10/2022

Aaron Mitchel grows an unbelievable variety of flowering plants. A truly seasonal business.
The Cherry Blossom and Dogwood featured in the windows come from this amazing farm.
Here are some hydrangea almost ready to picked.

11/10/2022

Day 2 - Here’s Ron Boekel a living treasure who’s passion for the industry is infectious
Ronnies dad Cor Boekel and my father Joop were great friends and Cor really helped the Bakker family in the early days when we started.
This video shows why we should support locally grown flowers.

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16/11/2020

FUTURE FOOD SYSTEM | Livestream #3 tonight I talk with Dr. Matt Di**le about FormFlow, Australian innovation, and his journey from the race-car industry to designing durable, sustainable living spaces. Tonight from 7pm.

Australia is home to some of the world’s most talented innovators. Every month we’ll be championing the achievements of these home-grown heroes on our monthl...

02/11/2020

FUTURE FOOD SYSTEM | Yesterday was a special day, we planted the first seedlings and mum was able to come for the first time to see what will ultimately be her new home when it's moved to Monbulk after a summer at Federation Square, Melbourne. There's a lot crammed into this building, I'm excited to show you tonight at 7pm when we do our first YouTube livestream - walk through with Jeremy McLeod from Breathe Architecture before all the build details are covered. Our Future Food System website is also live. www.futurefoodsystem.com