Larni (16) and Jasmine (15) built a Tiny House at the 2016 Fair Share Festival!
With some support from Ian Dawes (a builder), Cayde Tasker (an artisan welder) and Cathy (Jasmine’s mother) they drew up plans, found materials and prepared for the build which was the Saturday and Sunday of the festival. The house was made from recycled and waste materials.
Larni and Jasmine became friends at one of our Upcycling workshops and both have an interest in creatively using waste. The Tiny House Project was a chance to develop skills and also raise awareness about consumption and waste.
The growing interest in Tiny Houses is part of a groundswell looking for alternatives to affluent lifestyles where bigger is better. By building the Tiny House at the Festival, Jasmine and Larni hoped to inspire others (especially their generation) to use waste creatively. Transition Newcastle supported this project as it demonstrated alternatives to our current unsustainable levels of consumption, and highlighted young people making a difference.
The Tiny House is now at Shed 7D.
There’s was quite a lot of media interest with various media stories and Better Homes and Garden (with Adam) filming a segment over the Festival.