I struggle with this problem myself.Ībsolutely! It’s called Humanure. I think that technology has many wonderful things to offer us but I think one of the greatest dilemmas of our generation is our dependence and addiction to our phones and computers. I could get internet at my house but I want my place to be a place where I can connect more deeply with my surroundings and disconnect from many of the stresses of our hectic modern life. When I choose to use the internet I go to the library, a cafe, or a friends house to use the internet. How am I off the grid but have Facebook and YouTube? And that is the bottom line of my entire message here. At home I am off the grid, elsewhere I am just extremely conscious of my resource consumption. I do a lot of the “normal” things that everybody else does. When I go to my friend’s house and they have a flush toilet I am going to use a flush toilet. I’m not going to turn into a hermit and hide from society. I am talking about my life AT HOME though. The definition of off the grid is “not dependent on public utilities, especially the supply of electricity.” That’s me, spot on. I harvest rainwater instead of using the municipal water (what you get when you turn on a faucet in a city) and I have solar panels to charge my stuff. I am off the water grid and the electricity grid. My life at home is off the grid for sure. How am I off the grid?/ What is off the grid? I do plan to build a solar heated shower that will run off my rainwater collection and run into the garden to water the plants. Check out Lessons Learned for a Year Without Showering for more information on this. The average US American uses 10-20 gallons of water per day just showering and I am able to save that much water each day by using the ocean instead. If I don’t feel like doing that I can heat up a half gallon of water in the tea kettle and use a wash clothe to clean myself off. It’s been over 2 years since my last “shower.” I just swim in the ocean which is a short walk or bike ride from my house. This was accidentally left out of the video because I don’t have a shower at my house. I know this might be hard to believe for some but there are a lot of people out there who do things that don’t revolve around or need money. When I leave he’ll have a killer backyards, a rainwater harvesting system, garden, fire pit, etc. The agreement is that I can stay here for a year or two. Instead of paying rent with money I am exchanging my services. So the land I am settled on is owned by a nice dude named Jim who runs a solar panel company and wants to learn to live more simply. I had quite a few responses since there is so much unused space all over the United States and since so many people want to learn to decrease their impact as well as do something greater than just the daily grind. I also wanted to find someone who is interested in living more sustainably and could benefit from me being around. The idea was to find someone who had unused space that I could improve as I lived there. It was called “ Looking for a Home for my Tiny Home” and stated that I was looking for a simple backyard where I could set up a sustainable homestead. When I first decided to simplify my life and drastically reduce my impact on the Earth, I posted a blog with my intentions. Whose land am I living on, and how did I find it? Also, subscribe to my Youtube page and my newsletter so you know when I put out more writing and videos! Make sure you watch my latest video because this covers most of the basics. Here you’ll find answers to the most frequently asked questions. If you are here it’s probably because you have a question about my life at my off the grid tiny house in San Diego.
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