IKEA’s Tiny Home Could Help Fight Against Climate Change

IKEA has produced a tiny house on wheels that could (and hopefully, will) inspired environmental and climate-friendly changes in the housing industry. The tiny house, a collaboration between IKEA, Vox Creative, and tiny home builder Escape, is a 187-square-foot model filled with IKEA furniture, topped with solar panels and stocked with an on-demand RV water heater, as EcoWatch details: 

According to NBC, it runs on electric and allows for off-the-grid living. The tiny building also emits zero pollution, including carbon. In fact, the only emissions come from the trailer being towed.
Manufactured structures are usually less wasteful than on-site constructions, according to Pebble Magazine. The interior's whitewashed panels are made from sustainably grown pine, reported Travel + Leisure, while the kitchen cupboards are made from recycled bottle tops. There is also a compostable toilet and a collapsible desk/kitchen table, Lonely Planet shared.
Abbey Stark, IKEA senior interior design leader, told Lonely Planet that she prioritized renewable, reusable and recycled materials to make the space "functional as well as beautiful." Stark designed the space as an IKEA show home with sustainable, multifunctional, space-saving and energy-efficient products, Lonely Planet reported.

Image via EcoWatch 


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Right on! Agreed. I don't own a lot of 'stuff', but what I do own is pretty top notch in the quality department and will last many years, if not a lifetime. I could easily afford to fill my home with all the 'temporary wants' that come to mind during the day, but in the end that just doesn't float my boat. Even used, quality goods are infinitely better than mass-produced crap. It's unfortunate most people these days don't really realize it, and just look for the lowest price tag. I have to take my garbage to a landfill every few weeks. It's a damn depressing site what a wasteful society we are. Granted, it took me awhile to figure it out as well I suppose. Difficult to stop, take a look around, and figure out the obvious dysfunctions when you're inundated by them as the norm.
I could use some Pacific Ocean island time. South Pacific. A jaunt back to French Polynesia would be great right about now, in the midst of winter in Canaderp. Ha, how's that for environmental hypocrisy? I can talk shit about our disposable, polluting society, but I'll hop on a plane and travel the world any chance I get. Well, any chance I get that isn't timed in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Yes, the world has greedy people wanting to make quick money by selling cheap products.Amazon does this AND is killing off competition, as are other huge companies.I am one person, living on an island in the Pacific Ocean, but I make a difference in that I predominately buy locally made products and, damn the cost, I buy the best quality products.The offshoot of this is that sometimes I don't have masses of things but what I have lasts ... and because I have good taste or taste I like, the things I have are still attractive.Vote with your wallet.
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