Need I say more ? Off the grid and loving it ? What ARE the benefits and what makes us want to do it ? Well, I could go on forever about the benefits of skipping the city, scrapping gridlock traffic, ditching close neighbours, petrol fumes, the noise pollution, the consumer mentality but you know all that don't you ? What you really want to know is how the heck to do it. We once quit the corporate life and went back packing in Australia, everyone said we "were brave" - everyone that is, that wasn't into alternative lifestyles, freedom, and non-consumerism. I reckon they are the brave ones, day in day out, trudging round and round the wheel tied by the nose to the giant wheel of their mortgages, the expectation that they have to keep on keeping on to "get there" - but where is "there" ? OMG, this is turning into a philosophical blog already :)) Some of the catalysts that galvanised us into action to head off: One Sunday, we were s...
Ever thought about generating your own electricity ? Growing your own food, living sustainably ? Maybe keep a chicken or two and some animals ? Living off the grid may not be for everyone but for enthusiasts its the bees knees and you don't need to go totally off grid to become a part time urban farmer.