LUNA BUS

A couple demonstrating the conversion of full size school bus into sustainable tiny home. CONTACT: [email protected] / [email protected] Yes. CAN I HELP?

Kristen & Dallas are on a journey toward financial & energy independence. We are exploring & demonstrating cheap, smart, & regenerative design techniques, and sharing our results. Contact for volunteering, study tour, workshop opportunities. FAQs

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? LUNA BUS is about empowerment, financial freedom, & regenerative design. We're sick of renting apartments designed to rely on fo

ssil fuels. We want to practice living lightly, and save for land - not a huge house - in the future. We also want to demonstrate our experiences to empower others who may be interested in similar things. Living in a 280 square foot space that we own is also very economical. We are designing systems that cost very little to maintain over time. CAN YOU DRIVE IT? ARE YOU GOING TO TOUR AROUND? The primary vision of LUNA BUS is a studio apartment which also has the ability to move. Initial construction is taking place at Hunter Hill Farm in Easton, PA. We will try to keep you posted on any travel plans. COME VISIT/ STAY ON MY FRIEND'S PROPERTY! We're working on a system for capturing land offers to plan future trips. We'll prioritize places where we can teach a workshop or plan a work day. You can email these offers to [email protected] or [email protected] Facebook comments are too difficult for us to keep track of. Yes! LUNA BUS is currently in the construction phase at Hunter Hill Farm in Easton, PA. If you'd like to be notified about work days, or if you have a special skill - like welding or biodiesel engine conversion - that you'd like to share, email [email protected]

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP WARM/ P*E/ TAKE SHOWERS? Here are some elements we're envisioning for LUNA BUS, roughly in order of importance:

- insulation
- electrical wiring
- woodstove, for winter cooking & heating
- water tanks, gravity fed or foot pumped
- compost toilet
- cold storage: passive fridge/ draft box
- full size bed & guest sleeping
- desking areas
- lighting: LED, candlelight
Later phases:
- shower: solar, wood, or compost heated
- summer cooking: rocket stove/ outdoor kitchen/ cob oven/ solar oven
- rainwater collection
- greywater utilization
- active solar array

WHERE DID YOU GET IT, HOW MUCH WAS IT, AND WHAT ARE THE SPECS? We found LUNA BUS on Craigslist, and purchased it from a woman who was retiring from her child care business. The bus is 38 feet long and almost 8 feet wide, and weighs 17,000 pounds. It has an International T444 engine.

06/12/2016

Want to check out LUNA BUS this afternoon/ evening? Last minute availability for a showing in Landenberg, PA. Email [email protected] or text 2672516532
http://lunariagardens.com/bus/

10/29/2015

Price reduced to $9000! Go to http://lunariagardens.com/bus for details, and RSVP for our next open house event at https://goo.gl/forms/RHdWl1XjV3bsmvWh1

04/23/2015

The LUNA BUS greenmarket is open for business! http://allentown.craigslist.org/grd/4992147178.html

Organic veggie/ herb starts & flowering branches now ready! Pick up at Hunter Hill Farm in Easton, PA. Drop-off points or home delivery can also be arranged: Bucks County on Saturday, NJ/ NYC on Sunday, Bucks Co. and western Lehigh Valley/ Orefield next week.
More info: http://tinyurl.com/floraorganic

04/02/2015

LUNA BUS, our 256 square foot, in-progress tiny home on wheels, has been featured in Rodale's Organic Life . Chris Michel and James Collier Photography did a great job highlighting some of its unique elements.
http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/home/school-bus-bungalow

We have received an overwhelming response about purchasing LUNA BUS. We are assessing our options for remaining in our wonderful tiny home, but can let interested folks know about open house events later this summer. If you want us to email you about that, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/TL9YH

Sustainably yours,

Kristen Jas Vietty ( [email protected] / Lunaria Gardens / lunariagardens.com )
&
Dallas Vietty ( [email protected] / Dallas Vietty / dallasvietty.com / RebelReed / rebelreed.com)

03/01/2015

A new release by Hill Custom Lumber, who provided the mixed species hardwood floor for LUNA BUS. We were very happy with Cory Hill's service and product - highly recommended if you're in the Lehighton, PA vicinity. The most important tenet of natural building/ sustainable design is to use local materials. Support small, artisan producers, and get high-quality products while putting money into regional economies.

How One New Yorker Lives Comfortably In 90 Square Feet

02/26/2015

Even if you include her bathroom, in terms of square feet, LUNA BUS is actually about 2.5 times the size of this place. Envious of the tall ceilings and flat wall-space though!

How One New Yorker Lives Comfortably In 90 Square Feet Welcome to a special Micro Week edition of House Calls, a feature in which Curbed tours New Yorkers' lovely, offbeat, or otherwise awesome homes. Think your space should be featured...

02/22/2015

Big idea touted: Tiny homes Enthusiasm runs high for tiny homes — some as small as 144 square feet — in Colorado, Minnesota, California, Washington State, Oregon and other states, including New Jersey

02/15/2015

Kristen Jas Vietty's latest e-newsletter. LUNA BUS internship opportunities, farm to table dinner, and more. To get emails like this every month or so, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/TL9YH

Farm Dinner + Internship Opportunities! I'm excited to be helping my friend Katie Briggs, a farm-to-table chef, blogger and event planner, in hosting an evening at our favorite local, certified organic greenhouse.

02/12/2015

Dallas and I are having a long website meeting. Our trusty LUNA BUS woodstove is drying my boots, warming my feet, and infusing the air with the scent of orange peels.