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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…
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…
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…
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…
The Herd of Cats
Big Calm cofounder Steve Hardy once ran a disaster and emergency management tech startup and would regularly speak at events…
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…
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…
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…
Resilience: The Adaptive Cycle
This infinity loop is called the Adaptive Cycle. It was first developed to explain the life cycle of forests, and…