About

Empowering People To Build a Better World with Bamboo

We are an educational enterprise that has grown out of the center of the world’s bamboo building movement in Bali, Indonesia.

Together with renowned design firm IBUKU, we're just down the road from the bamboo campus of the Green School, Bali, and we have been pioneering bamboo architecture for 15+ years. Now, we're sharing everything we know about bamboo design and sustainable architecture.

We offer both online and in-person workshops that continue to build the bridge between creative innovation, eco-building, and bamboo design. We are here to continue to grow the bamboo movement and give you the knowledge and skills to build your own bamboo structures

We are an educational enterprise that has grown out of the center of the world’s bamboo building movement in Bali, Indonesia.

Together with renowned design firm IBUKU, we're just down the road from the bamboo campus of the Green School, Bali, and we have been pioneering bamboo architecture for 15+ years. Now, we're sharing everything we know about bamboo design and sustainable architecture.

We offer both online and in-person workshops that continue to build the bridge between creative innovation, eco-building, and bamboo design. We are here to continue to grow the bamboo movement and give you the knowledge and skills to build your own bamboo structures

From Our Founders

What started out as a passion for sustainability quickly evolved into us opening a permaculture farm called The Kul Kul Farm, next door to the Green School in Bali, Indonesia.

We ran courses and workshops on growing organic vegetables, making compost, herbal medicine, natural dyes and, eventually, with an encouraging nudge from Orin’s dad, John, bamboo!

We knew there was a growing interest in bamboo architecture but, perhaps, because we were sitting too close to it, we didn’t quite realize that a bamboo movement had begun, and we were at the center of it!

What started out as a passion for sustainability quickly evolved into us opening a permaculture farm called The Kul Kul Farm, next door to the Green School in Bali, Indonesia.

We ran courses and workshops on growing organic vegetables, making compost, herbal medicine, natural dyes and, eventually, with an encouraging nudge from Orin’s dad, John, bamboo!

After we opened our farm doors to our first cohort of bamboo enthusiasts, we realized that in order to have the greatest impact, we needed to make use of the breakthroughs being made in sustainable architecture and design in our own backyard.

The world was hungry for the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to design spaces deeply connected to nature, using one of the most sustainable building materials in the world: Bamboo!

In collaboration with IBUKU, we created Bamboo U an education enterprise to share the knowledge that has been built over the past decade in bamboo construction, sustainable design and eco-architecture.

Fast-forward to more than 1400 students and 35 unique bamboo structures later, we offer both in-person workshops that take you hands-on with bamboo design and construction, as well as online offerings that are available from anywhere in the world, including The Principles of Bamboo Design, the Bamboo Treatment Course, and the Bamboo Harvesting Course.

Bamboo U is more than just about bamboo for us, it's about bringing people together to work with their hands and do something positive for our planet. We believe that we have the responsibility to share what we’ve created here, to inspire, and to show you that you can do it too!