Presentation for a High School environmental studies class about tiny houses and how to live in an environmentally conscious way.

1. Tiny Houses and Sustainability

2. Who are Matt and Laura?

3. Other Sustainable Buildings
Cordwood Masonry
Earthships

4. Tiny Houses
 Trailers or
Foundations
 Usually under 300
square feet
 Can be on or off
the grid

5. Our Tiny House
 Preparing to
build
 Research
 Network
 Practice build

6. Our Building Site

7. Our Foundation

8. Building the Walls

9. The Roof

10. Finishing the Interior

11. Finishing the Exterior

12. A tour of our tiny house
Front Door and Storage
Loft
Sleeping loft and
kitchen area

13. Sofa
Dining Table/ Desk

14. Bathroom
Kitchen

15. Loft

16. Our Systems
 Solar Power
 Berkey Water
Filter
 Artificial
Wetland

17. Outdoor Living
Deck
Outdoor Cooking Space

18. Easy Ways You Can Reduce Your
Carbon Footprint
 Conserve Water
 Recycle
 Simplify
 Change Light Bulbs
 Limit Driving
 Adjust Thermostat
 Eat Local Food
 Invest in an Energy
Monitor

19. Resources
Books
Blogs
 The Small House
 Tiny r(E)volution
Book by Jay Shafer
 Tiny Houses by Mimi
Zeiger
 Humble
Homes, Simple
Shacks… by Derek
“Deek” Diedricksen
 120 Ideas for Tiny
Living by Laura M.
LaVoie
 The Tiny Life
 Tiny House Blog
 Smalltopia
 Tiny House Talk
 Tiny House News
 Life in 120 Square
Feet