Experience minimal living, reduce your carbon footprint and try eco travel with a stay in a Tiny Home.
You may have heard the words ‘minimalist’, ‘minimalism’ or ‘tiny house’ buzzing around. In a nutshell, it’s about simplifying and reducing possessions without sacrificing quality of life, and apparently, it’s freeing. Big Tiny is pioneering the tiny house movement in Singapore and blending it with eco-tourism – so you can have sustainable living and mindful travel in the great outdoors. We sat down with the 3 founders, Adrian Chia, Dave Ng and Jeff Yeo to find out more.
Minimalism – an appreciation of space
The Tiny House Movement
The tiny house movement is a social movement where people are choosing to downsize the homes they live in. It is simple living in a small yet efficient space. With a lot of people spending 1/3-1/2 of their income on their homes, it’s no wonder people are opting for smaller spaces. The most popular reasons for people joining the movement are concerns over their environmental footprint, more affordable and wanting more time and freedom.
The Dream
Singapore is one of the most densely populated, hyper-connected cities in the world. More and more people are looking to escape their daily lives in the search of a reprieve, to connect with nature and detach from the bombardment of technology. This is exactly what happened to Adrian Chai, one of the co-founders of Big Tiny. On a trip to the rural outskirts of Australia he discovered the joys of the nomadic, minimal lifestyle and decided that more people needed to experience this.
And thus the idea of Big Tiny was born – eco-friendly homes that people can either buy to live or travel to for an off-the-grid experience.
The Eco-Experience
More than just a novel experience, the founders wanted to make sure that each house was efficient and sustainable. For example, the couch turns into the bed, the chairs into mini tables and the table is fully foldable and moveable. Powered by social panels, the toilets are composing and there is a rainwater collection system, all of that in less than 20 meters squared.
Not only are these houses sustainable they have a social impact too but allowing those who depend on their land and mother nature to have an alternative income source.
Going Down Under First
The first two houses available to holidayers will be in Australia – along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and can be booked through Airbnb or Bookings.com. These locations were selected to be rural and rustic to encourage guests to really connect back with nature and ditch the digital dependency that is inherent in our daily lives.
Enjoy the vast expanse of nature while living sustainably.
When we reduce what we have we remove decision fatigue, have less baggage of all kind and are able to focus on being present and living life.
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