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This man built an off-grid shipping container cabin in the woods

A sustainable getaway made entirely from recycled materials
The Big Green Bus
Up in smoke
Seeing a way through
Shipping containers
Creating a glamping cabin
Cutting the budget
A TV appearance
Planning permission
All the way from China
Adding windows
Stairway to heaven
Repurposed materials
Nothing wasted
Window on the world
Let there be light
Stained-glass windows
A beautiful budget bathroom
Sleeping among the trees
Mirror image rooms
A labour of love
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Evergreen Cabin;Channel 4

A sustainable getaway made entirely from recycled materials

Carpenter Adam Collier-Woods spent five months building a sustainable holiday home after losing his converted double-decker bus in a fire.

When the so-called Big Green Bus went up in smoke, he not only lost his pride and joy, but his income too, and he needed to replace it on the same site as quickly and as cheaply as possible. The result is the eco-friendly Evergreen Cabin, an off-grid getaway, designed and built almost entirely by Adam from recycled materials.

Click or scroll to tour this amazing shipping container home, and find out just how he did it...

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Susan Springate

09 June 2025

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