So, it might seem like a trend... but sustainability is real, people. Our Earth is a living, constantly changing being. That is my reason for going green.
Personally, I'm doing it to get closer to nature. I feel like I depend too much on machines (including this laptop) and I want to learn how to do it myself. I want to learn how to garden, preserve food, sew, and so many other things!
My fiance is doing it, for the most part, to get away from the system. Living for free, while making money, while not buying into consumeristic lies is his goal. Together we are going to build a small house on a piece of land that we own and make it as sustainable as possible.
We are also preparing for emergency situation. Adam and I each have a "bug-out-bag." A bug-out-bag is an emergency survival kit in the case of an evacuation, attack, or natural disaster of some sort. They are usually prepared to last for 72 hours, but what they contain is very dependent on the individual. It is important that I learn and practice survival skills, because simply having the equipment to start a fire with no matches doesn't mean I'll be good at it, or able to do it at all under extreme stress.
A second goal that Adam and I have in common is our camping trip, set tentatively to begin during May 2015- when I get my BA. We plan on traveling for a year, either by bicycle or motorcycle. We will be staying at free camp sites (http://freecampsites.net/usa/ - awesome resource) and living off the land. Obviously, we will plan strategically so as not to end up in Flint, Michigan in the winter and Birmingham in the summer! Our skills (and health) are important for this trip.
So, even though we do plan on living in a nice, sustainable house with modern conveniences (albeit most of them 12-volt) we also plan on being seasoned in wilderness survival, should something ever render us stranded, homeless, lost, etc.
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