A sustainable building advocate is trying to encourage Kelowna residents to downsize through his tiny house workshop.

Kenton Zerbin has been living in an off-the-grid tiny house for seven years. He has travelled all around the world studying permaculture, the art of living sustainably with nature and has been an educator since the beginning of his career. When the pandemic hit, he was forced to move his sustainable living classes online and discovered a new passion in the process.

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The Tiny House Master Plan documents the start to finish process of constructing and designing a state-of-the-art tiny home. The first season shows the team building the tiny home from the trailer up. The second season will be a 91裸聊视频渢ighter91裸聊视频� season, said Zerbin and will show audiences the furnishing and design of the home. Then, the team plans to take the home across the country on a nationwide tour.

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After the tour, they will be giving away the tiny house to a subscriber of their YouTube channel.

Zerbin hasn91裸聊视频檛 let his reality show halt his passion for teaching. Over the weekend, he gave Kelowna residents a crash course in the ins and outs of living tiny by hosting a workshop.

91裸聊视频淎 lot of people are excited [about tiny houses], but they want to learn a little more,91裸聊视频� said Zerbin. 91裸聊视频淭he course is meant to be a crash course. To really help them [the course takers] learn what they are about to get into if they are considering building a tiny house.91裸聊视频�

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During the three-day course, participants learned how to design a tiny house to suit their needs, live legally in a tiny house and the steps in constructing a tiny house.

Adrien, a participant in the weekend workshop, has been passionate about sustainability since he was a kid. He said he would 91裸聊视频渄efinitely consider91裸聊视频� living smaller, but he feels that the City of Kelowna needs to help out tiny home hopefuls.

91裸聊视频淐ity council needs to get involved to change the zoning to make tiny homes more accessible,91裸聊视频� he said.

Tiny homes may also help create more space for Kelowna renters, at an affordable price.

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While tiny homes aren91裸聊视频檛 for everyone, there are definitely some indisputable benefits that house owners may not have considered.

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The essence of a tiny home is quality over quantity. This shines through in the high-end finishes present in many tiny homes, despite their full cost being less than the down payment of the average home.

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For anyone interested in a tiny home, Zerbin has a few pieces of advice.

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