Skills Overview
We will briefly discuss different aspects of a self-sufficient environmentally-friendly homesteading lifestyle. This is not an all inclusive list.
Natural Building
Natural building is an environmentally benign form of construction that uses local natural and reclaimed materials to build beautiful and durable structures. Apart from the uninvasive construction materials natural building typically includes passive solar design as well as building designs which blend and mesh with the surrounding environment rather than bending the site to the building.
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is a central component of sustainability. Generating electricity from resources that are indefintely renewable such as solar, wind, tidal, wave, hydro, and geothermal among others are simply the way of the future if mankind is to have a future on this planet. Off-grid power generation provides further energy security and stability as well as removing the costly infrastructure and limited range of the modern power grid system.
- Full Renewable Energy Overview
- Renewable Energy Videos
- Renewable Energy Wikipedia Entry
- Off-Grid.Net
Permaculture
Permaculture is a methodology intended to help humans design lifestyles and settlements that are integrated with the world's natural systems and work with them instead of simply using them up and spitting them out. Bill Mollison, the co-founder of Permaculture says that "the only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children", which is the essence of our drive for a self-sufficient and indefinitely sustainable lifestyle.