This last weekend the Occupy Madison organization made another step forward in integrating tiny houses and the homeless in an effort to keep people off the street. The Occupy Madison Inc. organization had a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday for the new Tiny House Village in Madison, WI which has … Read more
I heard about Jim and Shane while on a teardrop trailer gathering in northern California and just their simple Facebook name said it all: We Quit Our Jobs to Ride Our Bicycles. The bicycle tour is still going on, but once they hang up their helmets—the tiny house building will … Read more
Bikecamper specially developed for homeless people, refugees and urban nomads My name is Bas Sprakel, I am 45 years of age and live and work in Amsterdam and I am an artist. I went to arts university in Utrecht and Melbourne but my biggest passion was traveling. So after arts … Read more
Many readers of the Tiny House Blog might know Gregory Kloehn best from his Dumpster home that was featured on Inside Edition and the Rachel Ray Show. Gregory now has a new project in the works. The Homeless Homes Project, which features tiny structures built out of illegally dumped garbage … Read more
Rikkert Paauw and Jet van Zwieten of FOUNDation Projects in Utrecht, Holland have been making recent news for their ability to turn the ordinary dumpster into a unique space – with items actually recovered from dumpsters. Their current designs are being used as meeting spaces and bars, but with a … Read more
Can you not only live, but thrive, with less? A group of six college students from Michigan decided to take some time out of what they felt were lives of excess to live more minimally. They filmed the lifestyle experiment last year and made it into a documentary called Thrive … Read more
Vina Lustado contacted me yesterday about a fundraiser she is doing and wanted me to give you an opportunity to help support if you would like. Here is some more information from Vina. I’m partnering with charity:water (an amazing non-profit organization) to help raise money to bring clean water to … Read more
by Steven Kuchinsky I am part of a team of people from Monmouth University building a program known as THRIVE (Towns for Healing and Rehabilitation in Interactive Village Ecologies.) We are working to create an alternative for about 80 homeless people living in tents (Tent City, Lakewood). Unfortunately, they must … Read more
Barbara Techel is a writer who recently finished her first adult nonfiction book in memorial to her wheelchair-bound dog, Frankie. Frankie’s story and other stories about animals who have changed Barbara’s life were envisioned and brought to life in Barbara’s 10×12 foot writing studio which sits just behind her 1,100 … Read more
by Cristo I like questioning ideas and concepts that most of us take for granted. We usually accept them as a basis for our mind-frame or for how we are looking at our world and sometimes how we live our lives. I love twisting things that are so deeply integrated … Read more
by Andrew Heban I am with the non-profit Opportunity Village Eugene and thought you might be interested in posting about our newly developed 60 sq. ft. Conestoga Hut here in Eugene, Oregon. The Conestoga hut is 6 by 10 foot shelter that can be built for between $250 and $500 … Read more
I am Jeff White the director of the Sarah House Utah project. We are a small non profit community based organization. Our goal with the Sarah House project is to provide fast, green minded, safe, affordable homes for the underserved using salvaged material and volunteer labor. We are also providing … Read more