Change the Story, Change the World
Jill Redwood shows how she has managed to live off the grid for over 30 years in East Gippsland, Australia. "Humans do so much damage to other living things, to the planet, to the forests, and I've not wanted to be part of that, so that's why I'm living as I do - pretty much self-sufficient - not being part of that big machine that's gobbling up the earth." ~ Jill Redwood Watch video
"This wonderful series of 9 short films explores aspects of Living With The Land, from Natural Building with Kevin McCloud to Off-grid Living. Highly recommended for anyone interested in permaculture and building a sustainable future. "Produced by Permaculture magazine and Permaculture People, the films explore successful permaculture projects across a range of topics, such as large-scale, regenerative agriculture, forest gardening, urban permaculture and natural building." Continue reading
For two years Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggert traveled across Canada to find off-gridders, study their ways of life and document their findings. "Our energy futures won't be characterized by a simple, magic solution but rather by many diverse renewable resource technologies sensitive to local conditions and responsive to changing needs and intelligent, responsible demand. It is in this sense that off-grid living can be understood: as an experiment, happening today, to solving the problems … Watch video