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I am not yet a member of ecominded_poc on DW (have no idea how that's happened) or I'd post this here.
I love small homes. I think it comes from growing up in small homes (chattle houses and caribbean apartments). I never did understand why people wanted such large houses during the housing boom here in the US. Really, do you need a den AND a great room? Those things seemed like mansions to me, with people trying to come up with modern names for 'servant's quarters, formal ball room, informal ball room' and having 'formal dining room, informal dining,' and 'eat in kitchen'. WTF? Why?
My love of earthships follows along my love of small spaces (reconfirmed with my current apt which I fell in love with because of its small size and full amenities). But I just tumbled to Por Fin Nuestra Casa. It's an organization trying to make homes for the forgotten out of all those unused shipping containers!
Apparently it's not the only set, according to a quick perusal of Tiny House Blog, but they do seem not to think it's a -shame- for a house to obviously be a reworked trailer. Unlike this example which comes across more as an eco status symbol than a way to provide affordable housing at low cost for all and/or a way to re-use end products currently being considered as waste (ala Earthships and tires) and transforming them into housing.
More Shipping Container homes here and here. Both those links are search results.
Meanwhile I find myself noticing that a shipping container is not so very different from a train and sometimes are even on trains/part of trains (oh yeah, that's the double good of them. Mode of transportation - already built in). I've always thought it'd be cool to live on a train. Too much reading as a child, I imagine.
I'm also worrying thoughts about status, wealth and who needs ostentation - but they're not fleshed out at all.
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