Can A Pile Of Trash Change Someone’s Life? This Brilliant Artist Thinks So And Shows You How.
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This is Greg Kloehn. Just recently, he was selling his sculptures to wealthy art collectors.
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This is him now–digging through piles of illegally dumped trash in Oakland, CA.
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He’s made a choice to turn from supporting the elite world of art to supporting our country’s forgotten. Forging livable dwellings for people in the United States who don’t have homes.
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He calls it the “Tiny Houses Movement.” He’s spreading it across major cities like Brooklyn, Austin, and Oakland.
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Each little house is big enough to sit and sleep in. They also have wheels so they can be moved.
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Though the houses aren’t huge, they’re places to live that people truly cherish.
![Though%20the%20houses%20aren%27t%20huge%2C%20they%27re%20places%20to%20live%20that%20people%20truly%20cherish.%20](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/05/homeless-shelters6-620x.jpg)
Kloehn builds mobile microhomes out of the things he finds, and donates them to those with no place to call home.
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They’re the perfect size for one person to spend the night. And for those who do, it’s a nice change from spending the night on the street.
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This is just one of his grateful tenants. By the look on her face, it’s clear Kloehn is making a difference in peoples’ lives.
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