Got an unused backyard? Putting a tiny house on it may be a great way to help your community. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/california-company-leases-backyards-99-132800681.html
The home sits inside of Escape Homes’ 187-square foot Vista Boho XL, and the interior is primarily lined with eco-friendly Ikea furniture. — Read on www.businessinsider.com/ikea-partnered-tiny-home-maker-unveil-its-tiny-home-project-2020-11
Is repurposing shipping containers as tiny homes the wave of future housing? Read more about it at the below link. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/see-inside-idaho-factory-where-190020267.html
Helena Norberg-Hodge has been arguing for localism since the 1970s, but the pandemic is making the Australian activist-scholar’s ideas more relevant than ever. — Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/world/australia/norberg-hodge-local-organic-australia.html
According to the founder and director of The Tiny Housing Co, the tiny home has been “exploding in America” amid the pandemic. — Read on www.businessinsider.com/natura-tiny-home-on-wheels-was-built-luxurious-eco-conscious-2020-9
The Covid-19 pandemic has added yet another item to the growing list of weaknesses of megacities. Is this the beginning of a global “back to the land” movement? Read more about the future of megacities at the below link. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/megacities-not-future-inhumane-unsustainable-045410089.html
If you live in the country, or want to, but are worried about aging there, this 2017 article from Mother Earth News is for you. Readers submitted their ideas on how to simplify and downsize in order to spend as many of one’s retirement years as possible on a country homestead. Click on the below […]
With millions still unemployed and facing default on mortgage and rent payments, affordable tiny homes could offer many the chance to keep a roof over their heads. See how this manufacturer is converting old shipping containers into tiny homes. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/see-inside-idaho-factory-where-190020267.html
Fans of “complementary currency” are betting that this Depression-era idea for keeping towns alive by printing local money can prove its worth as pandemic relief. Source: A Depression-Era Idea Gets a New Look: Local Money – Bloomberg
Health insurance whistleblower: I lied to Americans about Canadian medicine – The Washington Post A former insurance insider claims that a coordinated disinformation campaign by the insurance industry successfully swayed popular opinion against reforms in US healthcare, which he believes has left the country totally unprepared for the SARS-CoV-2 medical emergency we now face. Follow […]