{"id":1277,"date":"2014-01-17T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenpare.wordpress.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2022-04-02T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T18:35:04","slug":"tiny-trail-a-new-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/2014\/01\/17\/tiny-trail-a-new-american-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Trail: A New American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the Tiny House Movement? Miniature, mobile dwellings are gaining popularity with those who wish to live a more environmentally and socially conscious lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tiny-house-movement.jpg\" alt=\"tiny-house-movement\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\">The average American house is now over 2,000 square feet in size, but how much of that space is actually needed (or efficiently utilized)? Compact living comes with freedom from the financial burdens associated with the large mortgages and high energy costs of the traditional American home &#8211; and oftentimes, the freedom to take your home with you when you wish to relocate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-cost-of-buying.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-881 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-cost-of-buying.jpg\" alt=\"the-cost-of-buying\" width=\"610\" height=\"335\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">My sister Sarah, a Junior studying Architecture and Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, is taking the concept one step further. As part of her Senior thesis project next year, Sarah will construct the \u201cTiny Trail\u201d, a mobile Tiny House made with 100% locally sourced materials and powered by sustainable and efficient energy sources.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1555526_595187893880251_52251246_n.png\" alt=\"1555526_595187893880251_52251246_n\" width=\"640\" height=\"308\"><\/p>\n<p>Elecricity will be provided through rooftop &nbsp;solar panels, and an efficient propane stove will heat the home for $30\/month in the dead of a New England winter. <b>&nbsp;<\/b>All building materials will be sourced within 200 miles of the construction site, and each mile will be logged and each material traced to its source. Secondhand or salvaged items will be used wherever possible \u2013 including beams from dismantled barns in Central Massachusetts, and a space-saving \u201cHoosier Cabinet\u201d from the 1920\u2019s, found on Craigslist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-883 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ss.jpg\" alt=\"ss\" width=\"348\" height=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>The Tiny Trail design will be brought to life through a credit course offered to students within the Five Colleges Consortium, calling upon those with the various skills necessary to complete its construction.&nbsp; The Five Colleges include Mount Holyoke, UMass Amherst, Smith College, Amherst College and Hampshire College.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-884 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/five.jpg\" alt=\"five\" width=\"586\" height=\"558\"><\/p>\n<p>Sarah\u2019s Tiny House will be of the mobile variety, to be constructed on a 20 x 24\u2019 flatbed trailer. Wherever life takes Sarah after her undergraduate studies, Tiny Trail will follow!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parecorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/picmonkey-collage.jpg\" alt=\"PicMonkey Collage\" width=\"640\" height=\"229\"><\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit Tiny Trail <a href=\"http:\/\/tinytrail.sqsp.com\/\">WEBSITE<\/a> You can also follow the progress of Sarah\u2019s design by connecting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mhctinytrail\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the Tiny House Movement? Miniature, mobile dwellings are gaining popularity with those who wish to live a more environmentally and socially conscious lifestyle. The average American house is now over 2,000 square feet in size, but how much of that space is actually needed (or efficiently utilized)? 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