Woman Living in a Tiny House Loves the Small Space & Financial Freedom. Bay Area couple finds affordable living with 162-square-foot tiny house. 8 Benefits You Can Make Happen by Living Simply. Image: dplett Stock Photo 49825445 8. More time for exercising or just walking 7. More time for cooking healthy home made meals 6. Lower monthly living expenses so you can spend on what’s most important to you instead 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Also- you don’t have to get into a TINY house to do all this. You can accomplish these things over time by applying simple living principles to your current life. Just ask yourself, “what’s the one thing I can do to simplify my life right now that will make things easier and or maybe even unnecessary?” And see what your brain comes up with! It might be de-cluttering a drawer, putting away a bunch of papers/mail on your counter, cleaning out your desk… Or even better ignoring everything (including this article) and spending time with a loved one (or a coworker)! …or giving away 5 things you own that you don’t really have any use for anymore. Just remember to start small. Microtopia documentary explores tiny houses, micro-dwellings, off-grid and minimalist living.
Tiny houses are a popular topic here on TreeHugger, and with good reason. Many of us live in houses that are way too big for our needs, and which cause us to commit a large portion of our money and resources to simply maintaining the status quo. Downsizing to a tiny house can be a way of living more sustainably, with less stress on our finances and on the environment, and help us to pare down our lifestyle to something more appropriate and focused on the essentials, instead of accumulating more stuff that can end up weighing us down. The trend of wanting to make the move to smaller houses, tiny houses, portable houses, and to live with less stuff, isn't unique to the tiny house crowd, and this documentary features some of the leading thinkers and designers of that movement, including tiny house pioneer Jay Shafer.
Microtopia is currently only available as a video-on-demand rental from Vimeo, at the cost of $3.99. Tiny House Villages Become Sustainable Housing for the Homeless. Could the tiny house phenomenon solve America’s homeless epidemic? Andrew Heben, urban planner and professional tiny house builder, says it can. His new book Tent City Urbanism: From Self-Organized Camps to Tiny House Villages explores the growing trend of American tent cities and how micro housing villages could transition people out of homelessness for good. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced that we are experiencing “the worst rental affordability crisis this country has ever known.” As a result, many of our nation’s homeless have organized self-governed campgrounds, called Tent Cities, to protect and shelter themselves within a community of shared resources.
While many of the encampments offer safety and kinship, very few are sanctioned and many run the risk of shutdown. Related: Housestrike Bike Camper Empowers the Homeless with a Tiny Shelter on Wheels Heben co-founded Opportunity Village in Eugene, Oregon. . + Tent City Urbanism. Less Is More: A Tiny House Movement Infographic. On August 22, 2014 I was contacted by the folks over at Custom Made about a tiny house movement infographic that they created for us which shares how less is more. And how in many ways we’re going back to square one with tiny homes. It’s obvious that the word on simple living is growing and I believe it’s because it just makes sense. People from all sorts of backgrounds are editing their lives to make it easier for themselves to live simpler, happier lives.
The best part is that there are so many benefits you can experience when simplifying. I think this infographic represents just about all of that. Images © CustomMade.com Please enjoy and re-share the full infographic below: Image © CustomMade.com If you found this infographic as awesome as I did please re-share it using the social and email buttons below. And if you enjoyed this post you’ll absolutely love our free daily tiny house newsletter with more! The following two tabs change content below. Related March 17, 2015 In "Communities" Woman Living Simply in Off Grid Tiny Home on Wheels. On September 23, 2014 I’m excited to show you an updated tour (and new video tour and interview) with Vina and her tiny home on wheels (of Sol Haus Design) thanks to the amazing Joshua and Natsuko of Chibi Moku.
They’re a husband and wife couple who live and travel in their RV throughout the United States (and beyond?). Right now I’d like to share with you their video and photo tour of Vina’s amazing tiny house on a trailer that she lives simply in full time. And it truly begs the question, would you rather stay put and live simply in a tiny house on wheels or live and travel full time in an RV like Joshua and Natsuko? Images © Chibi Moku Video: Vina’s Simple Life in her Tiny House on a Trailer Video: Life on the Road (500+ Days Traveling and Living in a Travel Trailer) Our biggest thanks to Joshua and Natsuko of Chibi Moku and Vina at Sol Haus Design. The video and images in this post were brought to you by Chibi Moku. 25 Brilliant Tiny Homes That Will Inspire You To Live Small. Tiny House Living, Off the Grid? Here's How to Do it in Style by Cat Johnson. How to get electricity, water, and the Internet in your tiny home on the range. posted Apr 09, 2014 This piece originally appeared at Shareable.
LaMar Alexander grew up in a homesteading family. For him, self-sufficiency, including gardening, raising animals and “doing for ourselves” was normal and necessary. “I had a wake up call,” he explains, “that made me realize that what I really wanted was a simple homestead cabin and to eliminate my dependence on the system, so I could live sustainably while I pursued my dreams.” Tiny house living is a good way to reduce your ecological footprint, save money, and simplify life down to the things that truly matter.
So Alexander built a house. Being an avid outdoorsman, Alexander didn’t need a lot of indoor space, but as an author, videographer, and off-the-grid builder, he did need modern amenities including a cell phone, Internet access, electric lights, indoor toilet, and shower etc., and he has them. Benefits, challenges, and legalities Read more: Minihouse.se.