Simple and Sustainable Living in a Tiny House!

Robin Greenfield shares his lessons in simple and sustainable living in a tiny house. This video was filmed as a class in the Wild Abundance Tiny House Academy. It was filmed summer of 2021 at Wild Abundance, a permaculture and homesteading school nestled in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. It’s also a home, a hub, and a dream of a more interconnected and sustainable world. Their campus is a living example of everything they teach with beautiful handcrafted buildings, abundant gardens, and a community of passionate people.

Wild Abundance is here to help people nurture a lifestyle in alignment with the natural world. They offer classes that cover subjects foundational to human culture for millennia. You can sign up for their Tiny House Academy, get your permaculture design certificate or learn things like survival skills and basic carpentry, and much more! They offer classes both in person and online.
Rob highly recommends education at Wild Abundance!

Check out their Online Gardening School:

Robin Greenfield is a truth-seeker, activist, social reformer and servant to Earth, humanity and our plant and animal relatives. He lives simply and sustainably to be the change he wishes to see in the world. Through living closely connected to Earth, he rejects the status quo of consumerism and demonstrates a way of being in gratitude, mindfulness and presence. His life is an experiment with truth and integrity.

Robin’s public activism involves dramatic actions designed to provoke critical thought, self-reflection and positive change. His activism creates nuanced conversations on the critical issues of our time, with a focus on solutions for living in harmony.
His life’s work has been covered by media worldwide and he has been named “The Robin Hood of Modern Times” by France 2 TV and “The Forrest Gump of Ecology”.

Robin has committed to earning below the federal poverty threshold for life and donates 100% of his media earnings to grassroots nonprofits, with a focus on supporting Black and Indigenous women-led organizations.

This channel is a resource for all who seek to liberate themselves, to live in truth and integrity, and to live in harmony with Earth, humanity and the plants and animals we share this home with.

Robin Greenfield and Dear Friends share means of achieving liberation and harmony through sustainable living, simple living, tiny house living, foraging, growing food and medicine, minimalism, zero waste, earth-skills, food sovereignty, community resilience, compassionate communication, activism, Black Liberation, Indigenous Sovereignty and living in service.

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Wild Abundance is here to help people nurture a lifestyle in alignment with the natural world. They offer classes that cover subjects foundational to human culture for millennia.
You can sign up for their Tiny House Academy, get your permaculture design certificate or learn things like survival skills and basic carpentry, and much more! They offer classes both in person and online.
I highly recommend education at Wild Abundance!
Check out their Tiny House Academy:
Check out their Online Gardening School:

[caubengoan]

This man is a legend with a brilliant mindset

[actisami]

My family thinks I'm crazy because I'd truly love to move into my motorhome eventually. I want to live a minimalist life with my children. I want to teach them the value of lost skills.

[jedics]

'The less you want the more you have' really does encapsulate how to make tiny living work, I started getting rid of my things in stages over 3 years and by the time I moved into my tiny I missed nothing whatsoever with room to spare. I cut my living expenses about 80% and with it all the pressures that come with modern life.

[enchanted]

Rob is so wholesome. He is like chicken soup for the soul. 🙏🌻

[sams]

Rob is that archetypal teacher, he’s knowledgable, passionate and cares. Hope your academy does well!

[greenway]

I also try to live a simple life. Like you

[frantzsaintil]

I Really appreciate Rob Greenfield. Living in Haiti, I find that sustainable living is natures choice. And is a vision of mine to initiate a model eco community here. To much pressure on the grid. Once I can gather some friends in the world that would love to find peace on a small piece of the earth for a awhile, we'll just do it. Thanks, Rob.

[Ana_Shd]

I just found out about you, Rob, but I absolutely love what you are doing and teaching about! You are an inspiration! Wishing you all the best! I'll keep watching you and learn!

[thegame]

He speaks like a saint, who knows the eternity of this universe.

[Asaphwomack]

THIS GUY IS THE
IVE LEARNED SO MUCH. THANK YOU SIR.

[symbolikarts]

I truly Love you and your mission in life. I just started down the minimalism / eco friendly path and your videos suddenly appeared on my YouTube suggestions feed. Synchronicity never fails to bring birds of a feather together. May you continue to succeed in making this Earth a better home for us all. Count me in to do my part 🌲✌🧙‍♂️👍🌲

[stacyk.]

Thank you for this video. I have enjoyed watching your videos and very much agree with you. I love you touched on the green washing with energy because it does take so much input for those green technologies. We are a family of five that have a homestead. We use fallen wood in an outdoor wood boiler to heat our 1850s home(1500 sq feet) and hot water. Our grey water gets minimal treatment and we have a cesspool so it’s like a giant compost toilet feeding the surrounding trees/bushes. We grow a lot of our own food as well. Eat foods and use herbal remedies in season. Keep making great videos!

[renatesiebke]

You are such a positive person, I like to listen to your wise words! Living simply in Germany really causes problems, you need a lot of strength! When we wanted to implement a composting toilet back in 1989 it was a really hard task convincing the officials! After a lot of exchange of arguments we got the permission! Also getting permission to use our rainwater for the washing machine, a second toilet on the upper floor and the garden took some extra time and effort! Needless to say I never owned a car, BUT: I was able to retire at the age of 57 after having worked only parttime for most of my "career"!
Living frugally is much more fulfilling than following the mainstream consumerism. Quality of life is not acchieved by doing what your neighbors do. I love to watch and smell and feel and taste nature, that is fulfillment for me! I get my best food from my own garden, almost all year round. I am planning on growing more at a communal place, but that is to be seen...

[a.wilkinson]

Great video. Thank you Rob.
Our local library rents tools, toys, cameras, computers and so much more! Imagine if this was done everywhere?!

[asdfasdf]

This guy is what we call .... spiritually aware ... the ultimate of what makes us human and different to other species. It would be an honour to meet such an enlightened being. The ultimate sign of an enlightened being is one who does NOT cause harm on to any living being and one who understands why it is wrong to consciously or unconsciously bring a human being into this world. Only the buddhist monks and nuns truly understand this. Yep. figured out all that he says and i'm trying to move myself in that direction. i'm already somewhat there.

[Riverwillow]

Thank you so much Robin, very informative. I went from living in 28 foot caravan for 3 years to having a larger one bedroom flat. I have found that now I have accumulated far to much stuff from living in this flat. My remedy moving my bed into the lounge/dining/kitchen open plan space and reducing my stuff so it fits only into that space and without looking cluttered, even my bathroom is empty, I will just take what I need to the bathroom as I did when living in the caravan at the camping ground. After I have completed this shift and sort into my lounge my goal is to continue and reduce my stuff further. My dream is to live as much as possible outside and only have
a small indoor space to sleep and shelter from the rain.

[luzdeluna]

Awesome information ! Thank you so much for sharing it.
Xoxo 😘

[maryelizabethwilliams]

I love Wild Abundance. So excited about this new class

[cherokeestrong]

Sharing resources such as tools etc., is always a great idea. Many extended family members I know do that. With older adults, healthcare is always a concern before Medicare kicks in. High blood pressure issues etc. are often genetic and patients must take daily medication to keep it under control. No matter where we are, or what we have in life, there is always something we CAN change to be more environmentally friendly and use less resources. Getting out of debt and cutting the cable bill for example, is something everyone can strive for to keep more money in their pocket and eliminate the stress of monthly bills. I cut the cable bill years ago, and use a small cheap antenna next to my TV to catch local weather. I live in tornado country, so weather can be a concern at time. I enjoy your channel and your life mission. Keep up the great work!