Society & Culture
A complete house that fits inside a single shipping container and can be built in just one-two months by a very small crew with little to no big equipment? Well, that’s what Kithouse is — and we might just call that revolutionary. It’s responsibly built using as little plastic as possible while also simultaneously integrating enough components that using solar panels to power the entire house is easily do-able, and makes the house net zero. In this special episode of Thru Here, Alyssa sits down with another local. This time, it’s Eric. He resides on the border of Riding Mountain National with his wife, Annik and two kids. He also developed and designed Kithouse, which you can check out more of at its website here: https://www.kithouse.ca/. We chat about how Kithouse came to be, what makes it different, the process of designing and making choices with building materials which are environmentally responsible and sustainable in the long-term, and what the future looks like with Kithouse in it. Thru Here releases new episodes every Thursday. In this episode, you’ll hear an ad from Thru Here’s friends at Create Simple. Create Simple is a community for those learning how to create a greener simpler tomorrow. It hosts workshops and has great resources for people who want to be a more conscious consumer. Its first workshop of the year is coming up quickly, sign up for “Grow Winter Greens,” coming up soon on January 20. Click here for tickets or you can visit https://www.createsimple.org/ for more exciting information and resources. You’ll also hear an ad for Bridger, a dystopian serial, with several new episodes released weekly. Head to https://bridgerserial.com/ to learn more and to get reading. Season one of Thru Here takes place in Riding Mountain National Park, a vast forested oasis among Manitoba’s hundreds of kilometres of prairie, and a destination for many travellers. Thru Here is recorded on Treaty 2 territory. The land is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples and the homeland of the Metis Nation. The land is also used by Indigenous nations from Treaties 1, 3 and 4. Check out thruherepod.com for extended content and to learn more about Riding Mountain National Park. While you're there, sign up for Thru Here’s e-newsletter to stay in the know. Follow us on social media, we’re @thruhere on Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.