This is Callie’s Coop, a solar-powered tiny house homeless shelter designed by a 5th grader — that cost a whole $10 to build.
Callie designed this micro pod for a school project, and I’ve never seen a 5th grader with so much poise describing her brilliant creation. It includes everything from a solar oven to a rainwater catchment system to a composting toilet. And by using reclaimed materials, she kept the cost down to a meager $10 bill. Now that’s impressive!
She’s just proof that you’re never too young to start changing the world. Go Callie! (And big thanks to RelaxShacks for this video).
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Callie’s Coop: A 5th Graders Solar-Powered Tiny Shelter
Screenshots via YouTube/RelaxShacksDOTcom
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Screenshots via YouTube/RelaxShacksDOTcom
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This kid is off to a good start!
Exactly what I was thinking 🙂
Wow! You are correct–incredible poise for a 5th grader. Awesome build.
Very creative! She has a great mind and future
Agreed 🙂
Nicely done and presented, but I don’t believe the $10.
I mean, if her father likes projects, I completely believe it. She said it was stuff he had left over. My dad is a Craigslist junkie, and I guarantee we could have made that out of stuff in his basement haha.
Smart and creative child!
God! I wish I was there to give her a hug! An impressive and inspirational young girl who will go far! Keep up the good work!
She was so amazing!
That was UNBELIEVABLE. This young lady has a bed, toilet, water and cooking all laid out — including thinking about insulation, heating and cooling. For a 5th grader to even understand the concept of all those things being necessities is already amazing, but to be able to incorporate them into this micro-design is quite impressive.
Exactly! She is quite a wonder 🙂
Her tiny home is really impressive and well thought out! Also amazing use of recycled material. I see several ideas that could be used in other THOWs.
Of course being a fully grown adult, I would need one a bit bigger. A thought as well is if her design could be mounted on a small trailer and towed behind a motorcycle or small car? Any how I was really impressed with it! Keep on building Callie!
I love the idea of towing it behind a small car!
What a cutie she is and great job on that tiny shelter!
Agreed 🙂