I think it’s people doing their best to live a minimalist lifestyle within the confines of capitalism.
You started to see these kinds of things originally as bougie glamping and some ppl realized it would work for them long term so they went that way.
Or maybe it’s a dearth of starter homes at affordable prices
I just enjoy not owning things. Hard to own things when everything you own has to fit in your car/van/tiny house. Something enjoyable about optimizing what you own and ensuring everything you own serves at least one purpose.
Is this whole “Tiny House/Van” movement genuinely Solarpunk?
Is it claiming to be? I’ve met hundreds of folks living in solar-enabled campervans and none of them ever mentioned solarpunk.
I think the creator was asking that question to a solarpunk subreddit, I just posted it over here without changing the title
Bigger buildings have a bigger impact on the environment, tiny homes are a good thing
Only if you let it, most vans are diesel and that’s bad for the environment.
Our big house has solar panels and we make more electricity then we can use, so help the grid be greener.
We also don’t follow the norm of buy everything that we don’t need
Multiunit housing is actually a lot more efficient, cheaper to build and reduces sprawl. Building multi family housing with passive heating and cooling is actually comparable to traditional multi family housing costs.
In a better world that would be how we solve the housing crisis. Move more people together (better for mass transit, utilities, and services).
Then you can keep a smaller (greener) camper van for weekending or holidays to escape.
