16x9 - Off The Grid: Living off land hour from Vancouver
Video Statistics and Information
Channel: 16x9onglobal
Views: 2,213,110
Rating: 4.8508739 out of 5
Keywords: Vancouver (City/Town/Village), Electricity, Hermit, Island, Lasqueti, Survival Skills (TV Genre), 16:9 (TV Program)
Id: prN8xW_e4A0
Channel Id: undefined
Length: 14min 20sec (860 seconds)
Published: Mon Apr 30 2012
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Yep, a lot of people made a lot of money growing weed on that island.
Wow, thanks for posting that. I live in Victoria and had no idea about this island. Very interesting.
I'm completely torn here. On the one hand I'd do it in a heartbeat because it's a resource-based lifestyle. On the other, I'm not sure I could go without indoor plumbing. Plus the knowledge that you'd have to return to reality in case you need medical care, puts a damper on the whole philosophy.
I do love the audacity of the old geyser who quit his job and said, "Fuckitt, I'm off to live in the woods. On an island. And fuck all y'all."
I've been there! It's truly a wonderful place.
This reminded me of this awesome doc called Beautiful Lennard Island produced by the NFB. It's a 1977 doc of this young boy and his family who have their own island and live in "semi seclusion". Pretty interesting.
http://www.nfb.ca/film/beautiful_lennard_island
As a small tidbit, i learned not too long ago that the boy in that film became an astrophysicist
does anyone know any other similar doc's to this i like enjoyed it
That island...is great Britain
If I live off the grid I will have water and power and it will be 100% environmentally friendly. You just have to find the right spot with moving water.
Why?