He had an epiphany while living in a dumpster. And it could help change the future of housing. [UpWorthy.com]

Samantha Sangenito 10/28/154:00 AM

He was living in a dumpster when the idea first came to him.

His name's Jeff Wilson — Dr. Jeff Wilson, actually. He's a professor at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, known fondly on campus as "Professor Dumpster."

Photo by rofessor_Dumpster_Front.JPG" target="_blank">Jeff Wilson/Wikimedia Commons.

Wilson made himself the guinea pig in a year-long experiment on sustainable living.

He traded a 3,000-square-foot home and most of his worldly possessions for a spartan 33-square-foot living space created in a big green dumpster.

[For more of this story go to http://www.upworthy.com/he-had...he-future-of-housing]

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He was living in a dumpster when the idea first came to him.

Wilson made himself the guinea pig in a year-long experiment on sustainable living.

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