Living 'Off The Grid'

Canadians Live Off The Grid

Canadians living "off the grid" are the subject of a documentary by Royal Roads University professor Phillip Vannini and photojournalist Jonathan Taggart.

http://lifeoffgrid.ca/


“I was wondering what it’s like today to live in the way that we may all need to live tomorrow, relying on renewables,” Vannini said. “I wanted to see if it was actually that scary.”


For many of those people, it was often just an experiment that turned into something sacred. Taggart writes in the trailer description for the documentary:

 "Off-grid isn’t a state of mind. It isn’t about someone being out of touch, about a place that is hard to get to, or about a weekend spent offline. Officially, 'off grid' refers to a home or town that is disconnected from the electricity and natural gas networks that serve a region. Living off-grid, therefore, means having to radically re-invent life as we know it."

What you learn from the documentary:

The reasons for why some Canadians are jumping off the grid are varied, the rewards are similar.

An off-grid home is not a hands-off home

Off-grid life is simple, but not uncomplicated

Off-gridders are people like you and me

You don't need to live in the bush to live off-grid

The whole of Arctic Canada is off the grid

Off-grid life is neither uncomfortable nor inconvenient (though it requires serious adjustment)

 Living off-grid will teach you a few skills you may have forgotten

Off-grid living isn't for everybody

Off-grid living means living with, not "in," a place

Off-grid living isn't the magic bullet solution to the world's problems

http://www.offthegridnews.com/

http://offthegridat-30.blogspot.ca/

http://offgridhomestead.blogspot.ca/

http://learn.eartheasy.com/2009/06/what-its-like-living-off-grid/

http://www.voicefromthebush.com/

http://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/

http://offthegridhomes.org/

http://solarburrito.com/