alternative housing

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.