alternative housing

Inspired by the success of the Hawaii treehouse home she built for $11,000, Kristie Wolfe began searching for land to build a “Hobbit”-inspired village. Knowing that there is land to be found for cheap in this country (she bought her Hawaii property for $8000), she began to search the Northwest...

We are looking for radical revolutionarys, people who want to work with others to shift things in a positive way. You are welcome to join us. The Garden is a off grid consensus run land project in Tennessee that is being used to facilitate creating positive change.

Someone showed me this clip from a tv show I've never watched (2 broke girls) but I thought it was funny enough to share here. Basically, what would a dumpster look like if it was converted into a house?

Need a new start? Idyllic but desperate Italian village offers €2,000 to anyone who wants to move there (and rents of €50 a month) over fears it will turn into a ghost town Cash reward for those who relocate to Bormida in mountainous region of Liguria As well as money boost, they will also be...

http://inhabitat.com/camper-kart-is-a-tiny-home-that-pops-out-of-a-shopping-cart/ We've all seen the men and women who live out of shopping carts in cities throughout the world, but imagine if they could add one of Kevin Cyr's awesome pop-up tents to the mix. The Camper Kart is a portable...

Im interested in becoming a land owner in the next year or two, to make a very old dream of mine a reality, and that is a semi off grid permaculture farm where I can blacksmith in my free time. Preferably in the mountains of the northwest. I thought a lot about Oregon but after looking at land...

Not sure which forum to post at, but I'm looking to buy a cheap undeveloped piece of land for building an off grid cabin to live in. and if we have here anyone with experience of doing it, please share some tips? Where I'm looking, upstate ny, any undeveloped properties are all woods, so I'm...

Hello Travelers, my visiting time is just about over here. It has been informative to see a little bit of the Traveler cultures and their great variety. The exposure to the minimalist resourcefulness of travelers has been extremely useful. I will adopt some of what I've learned, thank you for...

Well it has been a long time coming, but it's time that I finally write out my experiences with wwoofing. Wwoofing is loaded program, filled with wingnuts and kickass people alike. I would recommend it as probably one of the best hostel programs in the states, but I would also recommend doing it...

Ive never noticed them on the road before. Butdown here in Tuscaloosa AL I managed to find one. Sent from my LG-K540 using the Squat the Planet mobile app!

Everyone knows how much of a bitch it is to find a good hidden place to sleep in larger cities. Well, today I had a genius idea. How about travelling with a couple large trash bags, and when it's time to sleep, you just get inside one, and lay down next to a trash can, with your head sticking...

If you possess the skills and manners that our community desires, then you will be given an invitation to apply for a membership in our group of families that are gathering now in locations nationwide. So here are a list of some of our desired traits for our members: Website technicians...

todd submitted a new file to the StP library: The Mud Earthbag Building - a basic step by step description of how she built her earth bag shelter Click here for more information on this file.

AlmostAlwaysLost submitted a new file to the StP library: Timbering and Shoring For Small Scale Mining - Government Guide on Mining by Hand Click here for more information on this file.

Okay so my plan is to live way out in the forest. But I want to build my own bunker with a concealed entrance like the genius Mexican guy did in the park. Hopefully the remote location and hidden shelter entrance will allow me to keep it. This video would make a good beginning entrance I think...

Totally building myself one of these someday. @Warboy its doable!!

Well, some fortuitous events have led me to wanting to go and buy myself a farm. I've been running an off-grid library in the famous squatter town of Slab City, and I don't want to just abandon it. The Library has been the home of the last two STP gatherings and may possibly host more in the...

Hello again I have also been considering of starting a tiny home commune. what would peoples thoughts and inputs be on something like this be for those that like living the minimalist lifestyle???

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37561938 In pictures: Living off-grid 24 October 2016 Image copyrightED GOLD Photographer Ed Gold has been documenting communities living off-grid for many years, and recently he visited the woodland community at Tinkers Bubble in Somerset and spoke to...

todd submitted a new file to the StP library: Tarp Shelters - An introduction Click here for more information on this file.

My favorite shelter material is a thick painters plastic. It is cheap, can be found at construction areas, heat rententive, water proof, see threw to see around you, compactable, can substitute for tarp, tent and if thick enough sleeping bag. Next step down is a thick plastic shower curtain...

Anarchy and Chaos Inc. is a currently small collective interested in promoting organized squatting in the Pittsburgh area. We believe that taking over abandoned properties for the purposes of providing housing, community centers, and public gardens should be a prime goal of our society. It...

I thought this video on putting together a yurt was pretty cool, so I thought I'd share it here. They also have a lot of other good videos about van dwelling, tiny houses, boat living, etc.

Mr. Wendlandt serves lunch and hands out socks to needy campers every Thursday. But he has stopped provisioning people with blankets and sleeping bags, worried that what seemed like compassion could be exacerbating a problem. Darcee and Gerald Babbitt at their campsite outside Nederland. “Yes...

Hi there. I was a carpenter for awhile before I decided to fuck off and hit the road. Being a carpenter in a former life is great. Framing hammers are great improvised weapons and you don't get hassled much by the cops. It's a tool officer. But that's not what this is about. As a vagabond I...

Came across this and wasn't sure if it had been posted on here before or not. Here's a short video of it along with an article. http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2015/05/12/diy-island-living-offshore-off-the-grid/ It’s sorta like a moored houseboat, but bigger: a Canadian family built an...

@Buffalo linked to this article that was pretty interesting, so i thought I'd repost it here for the rest of the community. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/nyregion/13trees.html?_r=1 In Central Park, Finding a Bed Among the Trees Cory and Dana Foht, 25-year-old twins from Florida, have...

I found these badass helicopter cargo nets from browsing around army suplus shit on ebay, with a 2200 pound load, 14'6" both ways, for $60. I'm about to stay for a couple months (???) in Brooklyn and was pretty impressed with an article from the NYT I found...

I bought a 30-foot schoolbus (I just took the seats out today). I am looking for a barn (preferred), lot, driveway, or whatever to park it... I hope to live in it sooner than later. Any leads appreciated.

Just a short heads-up that if you plan on spending some time in WOOFs/workaways/collectives/communes/etc in the USA (or anything that offers you shelter/food/anything in exchange of work or just making your share of the chores is considerer work at the border. That means: if you're going to...

So i'm ready to make a new camp spot and I can't decide on a spot to put it at *I have a kayden vario water filter* and six (6L) 6 liter water storage msr dromedary bag 1.HILLTOP: MORE OPTIONS MORE SECURE @ 950 feet elevation and walk down hill 1,200 feet to dirty PCB, polluted river water...

Always wanted to see what it'd be like to live in a commune or just check it out for a bit, considering I'm still wrapped up in the system until I pay the government off. Anyways if anyone knows of one in Cali I can see for myself please let me know. Thanks!

Who wants to build something like this? ::cat:: http://tinyhousetalk.com/modern-bicycle-micro-gypsy-wagon/ Micro Gypsy Wagon That You Can Tow by Bicycle on JULY 6, 2013 Guest Post by Barry Howard Studio Three things have always been part of my life: art, travel and designing and building...

Would it be possible to just surf from couch to couch? How hard is it to get somebody to host you? What's been your experience?

This wouldn't happen for a few months, but I just want to gauge interest......long story short,, I bought a house in New Orleans and I'm trying to start a cheap DIY hostel in the lot next door. I got a trailer that sleeps 6-8 people and have now commenced the absolute shitload of work I will...

Recently (during my insane panicked procrastination before the finals) i found a post from someone i dont recall saying they had some land in sacramento that was available to anyone who wanted to live there. well you see, i dont exactly want to live there, i need a space to set up some things...

I couldn't find an answer to this in other threads. I can probably buy some land outright at the end of this year. I just want to build a little shack on it, maybe dig a driveway by hand. The problem is I live in a really snooty area of Maine, and I wouldn't be surprised if the town does...

How To Build A 5 Gallon Bucket Hydroelectric Generator With self-sufficiency on the rise in almost every large city, it is common to see people trying to set up their own power or water supply. Recycling is almost a regular thing now so those who want to live really independently choose a...

i think the house in this video is beautiful, i'd totally live there.

Has anyone here read the 'zine Dwelling Portably? I was sort of shocked when I searched this website and nothing came up under it! http://zinewiki.com/Dwelling_Portably I've tried to read it a few times but wasn't so into it because I don't drive nor am I a boat punk or whatever, and what...

Hi! Some friends and I are traveling West from Indiana, besides slab city, what are some other camps, farms, or communes out there? We should be hitting most of the states west of Indiana. Thanks!

Original post: http://hyperallergic.com/276583/rethinking-life-beneath-our-cities-concrete-overpasses/ Shepherd’s Bush IV, London, UK (2014) (© Gisela Erlacher, all images courtesy Park Books) With the rapid development of transportation infrastructure in the 20th century, much of our urban...

I don't know if this is common sense, but I just discovered it. I'm in Texas; it's alway always windy in Texas. Fucking hate it. I needed to stay up lest I miss an early morning appointment. Anyway I tried hiding from the wind by a dumpster and then by a wall. Aerodynamics was not my friend. I...

My friend has property on the Big Island on which there is an entrance to a lava tube. For those who don't know, a lava tube is what is left over when a subterranian lava flow ceases and leaves behind what is essentially a cave. It was way past dark last night and too early to turn in when...

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/mar/09/into-the-wild-the-rebels-living-off-grid-all-over-europe-in-picturesing-off-grid-all-over-europe-in-pictures Into the wild: the rebels living off-grid all over Europe – in pictures They’ve opted out of cities and started all-new...

by Thomas Fuller Feb. 26, 2016 original SAN FRANCISCO — An order by the San Francisco authorities to vacate a sidewalk tent camp in a commercial district has rekindled passions over the city’s longstanding homeless problem, which residents say has reached crisis levels. Some inhabitants of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City’s Landbank is now selling over a hundred homes for only a dollar. Felecia Shinstine says she wants to buy a dollar home to help rebuild her family. Want to buy a home in KCMO for $1? Here's what you should know “I have three small kids and I lost my husband last...

the title of the post says it all , looking for folks who wanna run off into the mountains and just "live" I bought some land a year ago hoping to form a real semi-self sustaining radical community. The problem is , most of my friends love being here in the city. Hit me up If creating...

Sounds like London is on its way to being on par with Hong Kong http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3362127/From-shed-lounge-530-month-fully-furnished-tent-rent-house-prices-soar-landlords-inventive-living-spaces-offering.html From a shed in the lounge for £530 a month to a fully furnished...

This is pretty badass. It's a shame they threw him in jail and destroyed all his hard work. The video at the link below has more info and video of the cave itself...