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I'm too poor, hungry, and impatient to wait forty minutes in line to spend ten bucks on two miniature tacos, I don't care how good they are.
Berkeley Off the Grid (Week 2), North Berkeley CA. Olympus 9-18mm @ 9mm, f/5.6.
I'm working on a project called Sustainable Howe Sound with the David Suzuki Foundation (sustainablehowesound.ca/).
From the website we're building... "Life in the waters of Howe Sound is rebounding after decades of harm from industrial activity. Planning for the future is the best way to protect the sound’s wildlife and communities. Sustainable Howe Sound is a platform for individuals and groups who share a commitment to protect Howe Sound. The end goal is a plan for land and marine environments guided by public and expert input.".
Our first visit was to Camp Firmcom (fircom.ca/) on Gambier Island. Check out the interview and photos! :)
sustainablehowesound.ca/stories/connection/
(on assignment for David Suzuki Foundation)
Nikon d40 A relaxing day at the off grid cabin. There's nothing like a weekend in nature to snap you back into reality.
Dome Guys - Private living dome in California, constructed in 2007. This living space has green long-life cover, a bay window, and interior walls, which create separate rooms. This dome is off-the-grid.
Pictured: Dome exterior, bay window, stove pipe
A slightly unusual day today, as I took Laura to the airport for a brief trip to Finland, and then drove straight from there down to Berkshire for a long overdue visit to Jonemac's new house.
This clashed horribly with Eurovision, which I still got to enjoy, but off the grid.
Over the past few years I've taken to watching it whilst simultaneously being on a computer and taking the piss with an online community.
I really missed that this year, but the show was really bereft of characters. Power ballads have a place, but they're not Polish milkmaids!
I'm working on a project called Sustainable Howe Sound with the David Suzuki Foundation (sustainablehowesound.ca/).
From the website we're building... "Life in the waters of Howe Sound is rebounding after decades of harm from industrial activity. Planning for the future is the best way to protect the sound’s wildlife and communities. Sustainable Howe Sound is a platform for individuals and groups who share a commitment to protect Howe Sound. The end goal is a plan for land and marine environments guided by public and expert input.".
Our first visit was to Camp Firmcom (fircom.ca/) on Gambier Island. Check out the interview and photos! :)
sustainablehowesound.ca/stories/connection/
(on assignment for David Suzuki Foundation)
Silver Islet, Ontario is a small village at the southern end of the Sibley Peninsula, which extends into Lake Superior. It has a fascinating history, and the village today, is entirely off the grid. Here is a link to information. encycl.opentopia.com/term/Silver_Islet,_Ontario I saw a documentary on this years ago.
I'm working on a project called Sustainable Howe Sound with the David Suzuki Foundation (sustainablehowesound.ca/).
From the website we're building... "Life in the waters of Howe Sound is rebounding after decades of harm from industrial activity. Planning for the future is the best way to protect the sound’s wildlife and communities. Sustainable Howe Sound is a platform for individuals and groups who share a commitment to protect Howe Sound. The end goal is a plan for land and marine environments guided by public and expert input.".
Our first visit was to Camp Firmcom (fircom.ca/) on Gambier Island. Check out the interview and photos! :)
sustainablehowesound.ca/stories/connection/
(on assignment for David Suzuki Foundation)
The internet unravelled. Systems collapsed. Within days, the digital world vanished—no signals, no power, no fuel. Money, wages, pensions: gone. Transport ground to a halt. Yet, in the chaos, people endured. This series captures the resilience of those left to navigate a world stripped bare of technology
it's surprising how difficult life now becomes when your internet connection is shut off unexpectedly . after 3 days of talking to a dozen people across several time zones, AT&T finally typed in the code needed to turn DSL service back on .
on day 1, customer support said the problem could not be on their end . day 2, the technician in India said the issue WAS was on their end - a shut off order had lingered in their system several days after an unsuccessful attempt to upgrade our service ... but since it was Sunday in California, nothing could be done . on Monday morning, it took 20 minutes to just reach a live person, then another hour to find someone to track down and kill the errant shut off order . of course, she did not have the power to reconnect service herself, but fortunately she did route it as a priority request and service returned later in the day ... normally it would have taken another day or two
i wonder if this business model will survive another 20 years ...
Silver Islet, Ontario is a small village at the southern end of the Sibley Peninsula, which extends into Lake Superior. It has a fascinating history, and the village today, is entirely off the grid. Here is a link to information. encycl.opentopia.com/term/Silver_Islet,_Ontario I saw a documentary on this years ago.
Looking forward to testing these new #gotenna units. These let you text and use GPS on your smartphone even without service! #offgrid #offthegrid #communication bit.ly/1OhBh4j
Do you have any #gotenna #questions? I'll attempt to answer them and dispel any myths. #communication #offthegrid #offgrid #qanda #tech #ios #android #smartphone #prepared #survival #apocalypse #doomsday #shtf bit.ly/1ME7mhc
Yes, this is the store in Silver Islet, Ontario., an off the grid village east of Thunder Bay. We were there on a Tuesday. Unfortunately, the store is closed on Tuesday, as the owners go to Thunder Bay to restock their shelves. They run their store and diner on solar and generator power. More on the store later.
Off the grid fixer-upper located
in the Santa Cruz Mountains -
At only $250,000 it won't last long!
Features:
- Natural Air Conditioning
- View of surrounding forest
- All Wood construction
- Only 5 miles to Boulder Creek Country Club
- Secluded, private setting (nearest neighbor 1 mile away)
- Creek on property runs year long
- Approved for septic system installation
- Recreation trail at edge of property
- No lawn maintenance due to natural compost landscaping
- Potential to become coastal property (nearby San Andreas fault earthquake is long overdue)
I'm working on a project called Sustainable Howe Sound with the David Suzuki Foundation (sustainablehowesound.ca/).
From the website we're building... "Life in the waters of Howe Sound is rebounding after decades of harm from industrial activity. Planning for the future is the best way to protect the sound’s wildlife and communities. Sustainable Howe Sound is a platform for individuals and groups who share a commitment to protect Howe Sound. The end goal is a plan for land and marine environments guided by public and expert input.".
Our first visit was to Camp Firmcom (fircom.ca/) on Gambier Island. Check out the interview and photos! :)
sustainablehowesound.ca/stories/connection/
(on assignment for David Suzuki Foundation)