STEPPING STONES PROJECT
  • Home
  • The Village Story
    • Vision & Inspiration
    • Meet The Village
    • Blog
  • Our Program
    • Program Details
    • Enroll Today!
    • Testimonials
    • FAQ
    • Videos & Resources >
      • For Parents
      • For Youth
      • Leader and Elder Portal
  • Get Involved
    • Work with Us
    • Elder Council
    • Volunteer
  • Events Calendar
  • Donate
  • Contact
    • Newsletter
  • Shelter in Place Resources
  • Refer a Friend Program

East Bay Girls Group Builds Tiny Homes For Homeless Folks

3/15/2018

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Stepping Stones Girls Group, also known as the Red Tent Moon Goddesses, spent their daylong building tiny homes for homeless folks.

Every season, each Stepping Stones group has a daylong adventure. This girls group decided to spend theirs giving back to their community at NIMBY, a DIY studio space in Oakland. The girls joined Oakland based artist Greg Kloehn at NIMBY to build mini homes for the homeless. "There are no mistakes" was the day's mantra, as the girls and their leaders drilled, sawed, cut, swept, floored, fitted, cleaned and painted. By the end of the day, two homes were nearly completed with another in the beginning stages!
The girls stepped into an ongoing project that’s created dozens of mini-homes over the last several years for homeless folks in the Bay Area...
The goal of the Homeless Homes Project is to bring together imaginative people and discarded material to make sturdy, innovative, mobile shelters for the homeless people. By sourcing materials from illegal street dumping, commercial waste, and excess household items, Greg strives to diminish money’s influence over the building process.
​The girls were beyond inspired by being welcomed into Nimby and the Homeless Homes Project, and use their time to have fun, be creative, work together, and contribute to something meaningful. Thank you Red Tent Moon Goddesses for being willing, and thank you Greg for hosting Stepping Stones!
​You can find more information on this project over at Greg’s website. You also can watch a really fantastic video made by David Zlutnick for MSNBC here: “Turning Trash into Incredible Tiny Homes”. Check out NIMBY, a do-it-yourself (DIY), maker, hacker, and industrial art space that provides artists, craftspeople and the average Joe a place to create and innovate in a collaborative environment.

Comments are closed.
    Picture

    Categories

    All

    Archives

    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    August 2018
    July 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016

    RSS Feed

Stay in Touch

Stepping Stones Project
1569 Solano Ave., #651
Berkeley, CA. 94707

(510) 230-4973
info@steppingstonesproject.org
Newsletter

​Get Involved

Youth Enrollment
Leader Application
Elder Application

​Make a Donation

We depend on the generosity of the community to sustain our programs. All donations are tax-deductible and deeply appreciated. 
501(c)(3) No.01-0660562
​
  • Home
  • The Village Story
    • Vision & Inspiration
    • Meet The Village
    • Blog
  • Our Program
    • Program Details
    • Enroll Today!
    • Testimonials
    • FAQ
    • Videos & Resources >
      • For Parents
      • For Youth
      • Leader and Elder Portal
  • Get Involved
    • Work with Us
    • Elder Council
    • Volunteer
  • Events Calendar
  • Donate
  • Contact
    • Newsletter
  • Shelter in Place Resources
  • Refer a Friend Program