Tiny Farm Friends

Tiny Farm Lab
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Every fortnight we converse with dreamers, makers, thinkers, city quitters, working with nature, using the best of their abilities to foster a more inclusive, beautiful, and sustainable world.

  1. How this couple built a slow life in the Himalayas

    15/11/2024

    How this couple built a slow life in the Himalayas

    Meet Kriti and Ashish, the founders of Slowness Himalayas, who left their fast-paced lives to build a slow, mindful life in a remote Himalayan village. From volunteering to building their stone home with local artisans, they share their inspiring journey of embracing nature, community, and creativity. Tune in to hear how they turned a dream into a way of life, creating Studio Bhamor, running an eco-stay, and transforming their land into a living sanctuary. What You'll Learn:  🪨 How to Embrace Slow Living  🪨 Building a Stone House  🪨 Living in Harmony with a Community  🪨 Creativity in the Mountains  Time stamps  00:00:00 - Introduction  00:02:07 - Ashish and Kirti's background story  00:04:54 - Their Love Story  00:08:03 - Family and Childhood  00:09:32 - Moving to Uttarakhand and finding land  00:14:20 - What is Slowness  00:22:03 - Relationship with Villagers  00:29:25 - Building Stone House  00:34:56 - Building Slow  00:40:47 - Challenges While Building  00:47:42 - Studio Bhamor  00:53:08 - Other Structures at Slowness  00:54:56 - Relationship with Money  01:00:24 - Advice to Aspiring City Quitters  01:03:50 - Immediate Steps Toward Your Mountain Life Dream  Slowness Himalayas Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/slownesshimalayas/  Slowness Website:  https://slowness.in/  Thank you for listening.  We appreciate your support, sharing, and subscribing to our YouTube channel.  🌱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/ 📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    1h 9m
  2. City to Building his Eco-Village: Joshua Kwaku Asiedu's Journey Across Continents

    08/06/2024

    City to Building his Eco-Village: Joshua Kwaku Asiedu's Journey Across Continents

    Join us as we explore an incredible journey from Italy to the heart of Ghana's jungle. Our guest, Joshua Kwaku Aseidu shares his inspiring story of building a self-sufficient ecovillage and the invaluable skills he learned along the way. We delve into the profound impacts of colonization on the Global South and celebrate the richness of indigenous wisdom. Don't miss this episode filled with adventure, resilience, and deep cultural insights!   What You'll Learn:  🛖 Impacts of colonization  🛖 How to self-build an eco-village  🛖 Living the off-grid life  🛖 Challenges of tropical forest life  🛖 How to travel across continents and gain valuable skills Time stamps  00:00:00 - Introduction  00:01:25 -Secret of Joshua’s infectious smile 00:02:47 - Background Story  00:04:13 - Facing racism in Milan and consumerist culture  00:07:47 - One way ticket to Greece  00:08:09 - Modelling life in London  00:09:40 - Living alone on the Australian Beach with the crocodiles  00:16:08 - Meeting Indigenous people on the beach  00:22:34 - MMA in USA, and India  00:23:25 - Landing in New Zealand with 50 dollars  00:26:28 - Learning being self-sufficienct on the Samoan island  00:31:38 - Back to Europe, Desire to have my own land, writing a book  00:37:32 - Queenstown Airport incident  00:41:42 - Colonisation of the Global South and finding the right land  00:44:35 - Early Days and challenges, Building the house, Malaria  00:59:12 -Eco-colonisation  01:05:56 - Law of attraction and manifestation  01:08:10 - Loneliness vs Solitude  01:14:00 - Joshua’s message to the dreamers You can also watch it on Youtube. 📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    1h 20m
  3. Building an Earthbag Dome and Vanirah Farm with Pawan and Marloes

    18/02/2024

    Building an Earthbag Dome and Vanirah Farm with Pawan and Marloes

    How wonderful is finding a partner who shares your dreams and values? Pawan and Marloes are the founders of Vanirah Farm, a permaculture farm on the top of the Himalayan mountain in Uttarakhand, India. In this conversation, we trace their journey from finding land and building an earthbag dome to growing a fruit forest. What You'll Learn:  🛖 Building a life in the mountains.  🛖 Building an earthbag dome.  🛖 Living the off-grid life  🛖 Challenges of mountain life  🛖 Life lessons from the country living.  You can also watch it on Youtube. Timestamps -  00:00:00 - Intro  00:01:50 - Background Story  00:08:38 - How did you find the land?  00:14:36 - Finding the right partner to pursue such a dream.  00:16:20 - How were the early days like?  00:20:28 - Why did you build an Earthbag dome?  00:28:09 - What does your ideal day look like?  00:33:18 - How does your family see your life?  00:35:10 - What are the life lessons you learned from the journey?  00:38:36 - What’s the big picture and vision for the future?  00:42:57 - Advice to young people aspiring to live such a life?   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanirah_farm/  Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@vanirahfarm8455     📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    47 min
  4. Red Earth House - Tattooing, Snakes, & Starting a Commune with Corrie and Abhishek

    23/01/2024

    Red Earth House - Tattooing, Snakes, & Starting a Commune with Corrie and Abhishek

    Abhishek Shirsat and Corrie Foreman Shirsat are the founders of Red Earth House, a place of exploration, rewilding, creativity, and initiative in a village near Chiplun in the Konkan region of India. Abhishek has lived his life in the forests, researching and rescuing snakes. Corrie is an artist, poking ink on her skin and of her friends since childhood.    What You'll Learn:  🛖 Building a life in the countryside  🛖 How to start an intentional art community.  🛖 Why you shouldn't be afraid of all snakes.  🛖 Challenges of living a rural life.  🛖 Learn about alternative and intentional tattoos.    Thank you for listening.  We appreciate your support, sharing, and subscribing to our YouTube channel.  You can watch it on Youtube Read the show notes: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/post/CorrieandAbhishek Timestamps -  00:00:00 - Intro  00:01:00 - Background Story, Nomadic life, chasing a snake for 9 months  00:05:00 - Why are people scared of snakes  00:07:55 - Tattooing and how do you influence each other’s creativity  00:12:25 - How do rural environment and nature influence your creativity  00:14:15 - How did you find the place and acquire skills like Natural Building  00:23:02 - Building with friends and volunteers  00:25:11 - How has the commune evolved over time?  00:27:42 - The balance between hosting and working on your art  00:30:24 - Challenges of community living  00:34:54 - Reaction of rural community  00:37:50 - What's happening at Red Earth House currently  Instagram -  Red Earth House:  https://www.instagram.com/redearthhouse/  Corrie Foreman Shirsat:  https://www.instagram.com/corrieforeman/  Abhishek Shirsat:  https://www.instagram.com/blackkrait_arts/ Link to Red Earth House: https://www.redearthhouse.com/ Follow us on Instagram @tinyfarmlab 📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    45 min
  5. Building resilience with Christina Ransbury

    25/12/2023

    Building resilience with Christina Ransbury

    Christina Ransbury is an interior and architecture designer, who strives to use low-carbon building methods that not only stand the test of time but prioritize the health of our planet. She is also an artist and a dreamer who wants to make this world a beautiful example of what humans are capable of.  What You'll Learn:  🛖 Pragmatic approach to sustainability  🛖 What is greenwashing?  🛖 Increasing the desirability of natural building  🛖 Passive Solar vs Passive House  🛖 How to Build Resilience  🛖 Using a pattern language in architecture design  📚Books mentioned in the videos:  A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction  https://amzn.to/3vefAAs  Solar house  https://amzn.to/3veF7tn  You can also find the book in your nearest bookstore.  Thank you for watching. We appreciate your support, sharing, and subscribing to our YouTube channel.  Read the show notes: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/post/christinaransbury  Timestamps -  00:00:00 - Intro  00:01:30 - Background Story  00:03:55 - Building resilience  00:05:55 - Achievable sustainability  00:07:22 - Green building or greenwashing  00:12:18 - Natural Building and its desirability  00:15:40 - Is natural building movement gaining popularity?  00:18:05 - Do buildings affect emotions?  00:23:10 - Protecting or isolating nature?  00:25:25 - Book recommendations  00:29:00 - Selling vs promoting  00:33:10 - Building vs buying houses  00:34:50 - Using A pattern language by Christopher Alexander  00:41:50 - Advice for designers and people looking to build their house    Christina's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cransbury.design/  Christina's website: https://www.cransbury.com/  Link to Natureally: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZ6NkcZWaShxpocHaSki-A    📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    45 min
  6. Creating Abundance with Sudhanshu

    18/12/2023

    Creating Abundance with Sudhanshu

    Meet Sudhanshu Verma, a passionate Cyclist and a Filmmaker. He is known for choosing the road less traveled, literally and metaphorically. He has bikepacked across India and now dreams of seeing the world on his bicycle. In this conversation, he shares his story of overcoming scarcity and creating abundance. What You'll Learn:  🌱 How to overcome the scarcity mindset  🌱 How to change your relationship with money  🌱 How to create an abundance mindset  🌱 Decluttering and becoming lighter  Timestamps -  00:00:00 - Intro  00:03:12 - Background Story  00:05:25 - Moving out of home  00:13:34 - What does success mean to you?  00:16:49 - Working with your hands  00:20:35 - Embracing simplicity  00:24:00 - How has your relationship with money changed  00:31:17 - 3 important meta-skills for you  00:38:00 - The importance of having good routines  00:42:00 - Desire and vision for the future Thank you for watching. We appreciate your support, sharing, and subscribing to our YouTube channel. Read the show notes: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/post/sudhanshuverma Sudhanshu's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sudhanshuvermaa/  📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    46 min
  7. Why Are Creatives Choosing Rural Life? with Karen Rosenkranz

    17/11/2023

    Why Are Creatives Choosing Rural Life? with Karen Rosenkranz

    Meet Karen Rosenkranz, the trend forecaster, ethnographer, and author behind 'City Quitters: Creative Pioneers Pursuing Post-Urban Life.' 📚 Join us on a journey as we explore the motivations behind creatives leaving cities for rural pastures. What's life like in the countryside, and what are the unique benefits and challenges? 🌿🏡 What You'll Learn: 🌱 Discover the cultural shift towards decentralization and autonomy, 🌱 Uncover the motivations and thinking patterns behind creatives leaving urban life 🌱 What are the means of living in the countryside? 🌱 Benefits and challenges of rural life. 📚Books mentioned in the videos:  City Quitters: An Exploration of Post-Urban Life  https://amzn.to/47eYkJt 📰 Subscribe to Karen's Newsletter:  https://cityquitters.substack.com/  Karen's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cityquitters/    📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter 00:00:00 - Intro  00:01:41 - Background  00:04:06 - Why the future belongs to the countryside?  00:06:07 - Accelerated trend during the pandemic  00:08:05 - What are the benefits of living in the countryside?  00:09:52 - Common trends among the city quitters  00:11:34 - The process of moving to the rural life  00:14:52 - Income streams in the countryside?  00:17:00 - Can you share some of your favorite stories of city quitters  00:20:21 - How does nature or physical work influence creativity?  00:26:15 - Do people get lonely when they move to the countryside?  00:29:52 - What do people who have made the move to the countryside miss most about the city?  00:32:39 - Common fears of making the moving to the countryside 📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    37 min
  8. Building Earthbag Domes and Traveling in Exchange for Work with Raghu Raahi

    03/11/2023

    Building Earthbag Domes and Traveling in Exchange for Work with Raghu Raahi

    Raghuveer Singh Rathore, famously known as Raghu Raahi, is a singer 🎤, songwriter ✍️, filmmaker 🎬, traveler ✈️, and natural builder 🌿. He passionately inspires people to fulfill their dream of traveling the world by teaching them how to travel in exchange for work 💪. When he's not exploring the world, you'll find him dedicated to crafting beautiful earthbag domes 🌆. 🌍✨   What You'll Learn: 🌱 The art of traveling in exchange for work, turning wanderlust into reality. 🌱 Insights into the unique earthbag building technique 🌱 The philosophy of slow living and finding fulfillment outside of conventional career paths. 🌱 The power of following your heart in life's journey. 00:00:00 - Intro  00:01:25 - Earthbag Dome Workshop  00:03:07 - Quitting CA, Travelling in exchange for work  00:06:00 - Getting into the natural building  00:08:45 - Background story  00:12:57 - Advantages and disadvantages of Earthbag building, Villager’s reaction  00:20:01 - Traveling full-time vs settling down at a farm  00:23:23 - What does home mean to you?  00:26:44 - Advice to someone wanting to quit their job and travel  00:30:27 - What about people with responsibilities?     For show notes click here Watch it on Youtube ⛰️ Connect with Raghu on Instagram 📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:  Every week we send a mail with tiny insights and resources to help you follow your countryside dream, create art, and build naturally. The next one drops on Sunday! Give it a try, it's free: https://www.tinyfarmlab.com/newsletter    Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmlab/  https://www.instagram.com/tinyfarmfriends/  Subscribe to our channel on Youtube - @tinyfarmlab Email: Tinyfarmlab@gmail.com

    36 min
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Every fortnight we converse with dreamers, makers, thinkers, city quitters, working with nature, using the best of their abilities to foster a more inclusive, beautiful, and sustainable world.

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  • Creator
    Tiny Farm Lab
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024-2025 Tiny Farm Lab
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    Tiny Farm Friends