2023 FL Suncoast Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Thomas Henry Culhane<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sat (2PM)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Dr. Thomas Henry Culhane is a professor of Environmental Sustainability and Justice at the Patel College for Global Solutions at University of South Florida (Tampa) with a passion for transforming food waste into fuel and fertilizer, harnessing this neglected form of Solar Energy, stored as biogas and bioslurry, to not only cook food, heat water and generate clean electricity, but to grow new nutritious food without soil. Dr. Culhane is co-founder and president of Solar CITIES Inc., a not-for-profit environmental technology training organization that uses the trainer of trainers model to teach members of impoverished urban and rural communities around the world how to build their own home and community scale biodigesters and vertical aeroponics food production systems with the goal of eliminating all waste.<\/p>\n A National Geographic Explorer since 2009, Culhane teaches courses at USF in Food\/Energy\/Water Nexus Technologies, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Tourism and Coastal Management. He champions the use of small scale biodigesters as a core technology to protect the health of our oceans, and has lectured and demonstrated biodigester technology on the Lindbland Expeditions National Geographic Explorer cruise ship.<\/p>\n Dr. Culhane and Solar CITIES are members of the Clinton Global Initiative and are fulfilling a commitment that started in December of 2016, to bring the HomeBiogas<\/a> solution to the Zataari Refugee camp in Jordan to make sure that food and toilet wastes are turned from grave health problems into solutions for healthier living.<\/p>\n Dr. Culhane lives with and uses these technologies in his daily off-grid life at the Rosebud Continuum Education Center in Land O Lakes Florida where he resides. Dr. Culhane’s full bio is available on National Geographic’s web site HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”30″][vc_single_image image=”5647″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 2023 FL Suncoast Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Robin Butler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sun (1PM)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Robin Butler is the CEO of\u00a0NOAH<\/a>, a third-party inspection & certification company. He is co-chair of an ICC (International Code Council) subgroup working to recognize Best Practices and Innovation in Code Administration. He has presented to hundreds of Tiny Houser\u2019s and has always proven to be informative & enlightening.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”30″][vc_single_image image=”2603″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 2023 FL Suncoast Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Pat Dunham<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sat (1PM)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Pat Dunham, known as the\u00a0Tiny House Advisor<\/a>, is a tiny spaces consultant and specialist who is an expert in outlining ways one can live comfortably in their own small space.\u00a0 Her ideas work for space-challenged living environments from tiny homes to efficiency apartments to RV\u2019s and boats.\u00a0\u00a0Long before the tiny house movement began, Pat lived a life in tiny living quarters for several years aboard a boat with her husband and six children and now lives with her husband and 35-lb dog Annie in their own 235sqft. tiny house. She speaks on the many benefits of living small, while offering practical advice for downsizing and useful tips for creating storage solutions.\u00a0 Pat and her many space-saving ideas can be found online at\u00a0Tiny House Advisor<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”30″][vc_single_image image=”4193″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 2023 FL Suncoast Panel:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Homeowners Q&A Sun (12PM)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Listen and learn from those who actually walk the tiny walk \u2013 and not just talk the talk.\u00a0 The owners of skoolies, van conversions, tiny houses, and other modalities of micro homes shares their experiences, expertise, adventures, trials, tribulations, and accomplishments in a humorous, personal, and inspirational sharing of themselves followed by a Q&A session.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”30″][vc_single_image image=”7994″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 2023 FL Suncoast Workshop:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Off-Grid & Loving’ It! Sat (2PM)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n John and Fin Kernohan have been living the past 11+ years in their DIY, off-grid, 304sqft shed-to-home conversion. They have full solar, rain-water collection, a biogas system for creating methane gas cooking fuel, composting soil creation, humanure composting, solar thermal heating, fruit orchards, veggie gardens, chickens, goats, have 7 short-term rentals on their homestead (3 tiny houses, 1 yurt, 1 skoolie, 2 geodesic domes), and run an animal rescue on their 16-acre homestead known as Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay<\/a>\u00a0 Come join The Kernohans, HomeBiogas, PrecisionTemp, EcoFlow, and others, for an informative, humorous, and educational session on living off-grid and how to do so without missing any of the comforts and benefits associated with on-grid living. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”30″][vc_single_image image=”6719″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 2023 FL Suncoast Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n John Kernohan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sat&Sun (2PM)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]John is the co-founder, along with his wife Fin, and the Chairman of the\u00a0United Tiny House Association<\/a>.\u00a0 John and Fin are two of the truest examples of the tiny house movement\u2026 living full-time for 11+ years in their DIY, off-grid 304sqft Beloved Cabin<\/a> and the owners of their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay<\/a>.\u00a0 They also own the World-famous towable Tiny Firehouse \u2013 Station No. 9<\/a>, 2 additional tiny houses on wheels, two yurts, a skoolie, two Pacific Domes geodesic dome homes, and they are currently building a tree house with a grain silo.\u00a0 John is a known DIY and re-purposing expert, and is an off-grid specialist.\u00a0 He is also a tiny house and affordable housing advocate, and has been invited to speak at colleges and events around the Country, as well as with local state and Federal governments\u2026 including HUD in Washington DC\u2026 on the subjects of affordable housing solutions.\u00a0 John and Fin have been featured on A&E, HGTV, DIY Network, Apartment Therapy<\/a>, Hobby Farms<\/a>, TODAY<\/a>, JEOPARDY!, The Rachel Ray Show, AOL<\/a>, Yahoo<\/a>, and MANY other media outlets around the World… plus, he and his wife, Fin, along with all their small houses and tiny homes, were featured in A&E’s 2022 series titled “Living Smaller”.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”30″][vc_single_image image=”7123″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”15″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 2023 FL Suncoast Organizers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n John & Fin Kernohan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n #johnandfin<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”7″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n John and Fin are the Founders of the United Tiny House Association<\/a>, which is the largest tiny lifestyle advocacy organization in the World with over 56K+ members. \u00a0 They are the organizers of the 28 for-charity tiny house festivals, including the 2023 Florida Suncoast Tiny Home Festival (2nd Annual), which has raised and donated over $754K+ to over 100+ charities & great causes.\u00a0 They own 3 tiny houses (including the World famous Tiny Firehouse \u2013 Station No. 9<\/a>), 2 yurts, 2 geodesic dome homes, a skoolie, multiple cabins, 3 bell tents, and a tree house on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay<\/a>. They and their tiny home creations have been featured on A&E, HGTV, DIY Network, GAC, TODAY, The Rachael Ray Show, Apple TV+, AOL\u2019s \u201cDream Big-Live Small<\/a>\u201c, JEOPARDY!, and numerous other programs and media outlets around the World… plus, they wrapped up filming a new television series titled “Living Smaller”, which debuted in 2022 on A&E.\u00a0 John & Fin have been living 11+ years in their Off-Grid DIY 304sqft tiny cabin, and are DIY & Re-purposing Experts, FREE Off-Grid Consultants, Philanthropists, Full-Time Tiny Lifestyle Advocates, Public Speakers; and authors of \u201cTiny Talks: Communicating BIG with Love & Laughter\u201d<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1471922646816{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type=”transparent” thickness=”0″ up=”0″ down=”50″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1673980446760{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\n Interested in learning more about the 2023 Florida Suncoast Tiny Home Festival? 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