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The Goldilocks Zone for Tiny House Communities

You've perhaps heard of Dunbar's Number: 150. Put forward by anthropologist Robin Dunbar, humans can only maintain stable social relationships…
CategoriesLifestyle

Futureproofing: How to Actually Invest in Your Future

“Community is probably the best investment you can make.” ~ Charles Eisenstein When we hear the word "investing," most of…
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Living in the Gift: Rediscovering Connection and Abundance

“The gift moves in a circle, and it returns transformed.” ~ Charles Eisenstein Our economic system is based on the…
CategoriesLifestyle,  Tiny Homes

Finding Community in the Age of Uncertainty & Enshittification

Originally presented by Steve Hardy on January 18, 2025 at the Virtual Tiny Home Show. This presentation was in…
CategoriesLifestyle

The Herd of Cats

Big Calm cofounder Steve Hardy once ran a disaster and emergency management tech startup and would regularly speak at events…
CategoriesDevelopment,  Lifestyle,  Tiny Homes

The Stack: Looking at Tiny Home Communities as Whole Systems

In computing, a tech stack is a collection of independent components that work together to support the execution of software. For…
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The Myth of Self-Reliance: Why True Resilience Is Only Found in Community

The term self-reliance brings to mind a lone homesteader living off-grid in a home built with reclaimed materials. They harvest…
CategoriesDevelopment,  Lifestyle,  Tiny Homes

Interview: The Future of Tiny House Community Living

Join Natalie Brake of Tiny House Listings Canada for a "deep dive" conversation with Big Calm cofounder Steve Hardy. Wide-ranging…
A green plan emerges from the black ashes of a wildfire
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Resilience: The Adaptive Cycle

This infinity loop is called the Adaptive Cycle. It was first developed to explain the life cycle of forests, and…