Tiny House Experience! Film and Tour with Escape the Waste

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Special Programs

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Adults
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Tour a tiny house anytime from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM at the Library, and from 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM watch the truly amazing film that reveals how it was made--including live Q&A with the builders and professional "reusers"! Using almost nothing but reused, repurposed, and dumpster-dived materials, Alex Eaves and Derek “Deek” Diedricksen will share the 17-foot moving truck they transformed into a 98-square-foot tiny house and mobile reuse education center. This is co-sponsored by Planet New Canaan, which oversees the Swap Shop at the New Canaan Transfer Station. 

Alex Eaves has been helping people combat the worldwide waste problem for over two decades. In 2003, he created the skateboard and clothing brand STAY VOCAL, and won a national "Best Small Business Idea" Award in 2008 when he switched the brand to 100% reused. In 2015, he released his first award winning documentary, REUSE! Because You Can't Recycle the Planet, and in 2024, Alex launched his reuse “edutainment” hub, Escape the Waste.

Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is a professional tree house and tiny house builder. He has hosted and designed for numerous TV shows on the DIY Network, the History Channel, Make TV, and was the recent host for HGTV's "TinyHouse Builders.” Deek has taught hands-on building workshops worldwide since 2010 and runs the YouTube design channel RelaxshacksDOTcom, with 220,000+ subscribers. He is the author of four books including the bestseller "Microshelters" and has had his art and designs featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Forbes Magazine. 

Official Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKoJBu5PP4

In conjunction with this program, Alex and Deek will be leading a hands-on reuse art workshop for children 8+ at the Carriage Barn on Sunday, April 26th! For more info visit: https://carriagebarn.org/event/kids-reuse-recycle-workshop/

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

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