Man Living in a 10'x10' Tiny House & Homesteading in the City

Rob Greenfield's latest sustainable living project is to live in a DIY 100 ft² tiny house for two years while foraging and growing 100% of his own food in an urban area. You can follow more of Rob's adventures in sustainable living on YouTube and on his website here:

We are thrilled to be featuring Rob on our channel, and we learned so much from him just with this one video collaboration. In addition to living in his tiny home, he's figuring out how to create his own cooking fuel using a biodigester, he's growing his own toilet paper, and he even makes his own sea salt.

He built the tiny house in the backyard of someone who was looking to live more sustainably. In exchange for a place to build the home, he created a rainwater collection system, an extensive garden on the front lawn, a bio digester and composting system, and more.

Obviously, we can't all live like Rob is doing in this video (although it does look like a healthy, simple, and rewarding lifestyle), but we can get inspired to make positive changes in our own lives. Maybe start composting or eating more fresh food, creating less garbage, riding our bikes more, etc. That's what we're inspired to do after working on this video with him :)

We also want to say a huge thank you to Brandon Kari for filming this footage of Rob and his tiny house homestead for us. You can check out Brandon's work on his website here:

Thanks for watching!

Mat & Danielle

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Music & Song Credits:
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives.

Editing Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives

Filming Credits:

Additional footage of the Trash Me project and cycling across the USA provided by Rob Greenfield

[ExploringAlternatives]

And be sure to check out Rob's videos about sustainable living here:

[janyvesdeshazier]

I've lived homeless about three years ago and i think he's brilliant for this minimal way of living. Survival of the smartest

[ehumannh]

I'm sure he's happier than most of the people making fun of him here...

[chrisclouds]

This guy is really walking the walk as an environmental activist. Respect.

[Litro]

Honestly a really inspiring guy. He has strong beliefs and instead of whining to others about it, he sets an example and promotes his lifestyle to others, well done

[esthermadueke]

This is wisdom.. he is not homeless. This is a simple life. No debts

[Dontmess]

The day you forget what others think about you is the day you get more connected to yourself.

[susanfromthemountains]

Rob's life shown here, is the best, real deal, little house, homesteading life I've seen.
I'm really impressed.
May he continue onward, and be able to inspire many, for decades to come.

[marj]

This is amazing! I commend this gentleman for acknowledging we need very little to live and making that a practice in his actual life. People around the world live like this and live well in to their 100's. Makes you think twice about the things we called a need in life.

[AGM-tsbb]

He has all he needs, and more; he is living his dream: a simple and peaceful life, not driven by consumption and materialism! Fantastic!

[TheBold]

Everyone’s freaking out about quarantine and the fact that the stores don’t have toilet paper or water and homeboy is living his life like nothing happened

[babycakes]

The less stuff you have, the less time you have to waste to care for them😍🥰 Less is more.

Very true, small house gets messy faster. I live in a studio, so it is similiar to this shed. Kudos to the guy.

[jacobkemper]

You’re an inspiration! Great video. The world needs more people like you.

[vzdddtx]

99.99% of the trick is having a cool friend who doesn't mind a person living in their shed.

[oxennguyen]

This man is a master of his own, no one is controlling him. A borrower is a slave to a lender!

[coastlifelive]

Truly inspirational human being. I aspire to be this concious of my impact on the environment and the people around me. We as a society have to start exploring and implementing sustainability at scale, and this man is a prime example of how we can accomplish this. Perfect example of how one man's journey can create a new paradigm.

[LisaSoulLevelHealing]

Good for him. Some talk about it, he does it

[mparthur]

Wow- he made $8, 000 per annum and yet he is happy and enjoys his simple and uncomplicated lifestyle. I really admire this gentleman.

[gnarbeljo]

Love this guys energy and vibe. He’s not bummin’ around but focused and tuned in, and an educater.
Kudos man.

[myjourneyhome]

I'm in aww. Your inspiring. This is keeping it real. I've learned to live on less and find I'm happier but you have really rocked this congrats thank you for helping our planet.