Adventures in Sustainable Living
There is one thing you will hear me say again and again. As long as someone else is in control of your resources, they are in fact in control of your life. Consequently, my solution to that problem was to develop a sustainable, self reliant lifestyle. Not only that, but I’ve lived off the grid for more than 20 years. This podcast is not only about sustainable living it is also about teaching you to take more control over your life by being in control of many of your resources. It is possible to live a life without debt, produce much of your own food, have much more personal freedom, as well as increased personal security and peace of mind. So join me as I discuss diverse topics associated with sustainable living, off grid living, and share some of my hilarious and sometimes incredible adventures. My goal is to make you realize that you can also have a wonderful sustainable life that is adventurous, enjoyable, challenging, and rewarding. I will also make you question why you live the way you do now. Besides this podcast, I have a companion blog at www.offgridlivingnews.com Enjoy!!!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 247
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#027 The 2000 Watt Society: A Proven Process for Courageous Climate Change
In this episode I want to cover this topic of the 2000 Watt Society, what that actually means, and why it is an extremely important topic. In episode #3 titled How Much Should One Person Be Allowed t…
#026 The Real Me
What I want to accomplish in this episode is to give my listeners an in-depth background on where I came from and how I got to be where I am today. And at the end of this episode, I want to leave you…
#025 The Keystone Life of Coral
In this episode I am going to introduce the concept of a keystone species, the importance of a keystone species and what happens if that species is taken out of an ecosystem. And as you could guess, …
#024 Never Cry Wolf
In this episode I want to talk about how, as humans we have the tendency to destroy things that are in the way of what we view as “progress”. First I want to talk about this from a historical perspec…
#023 Waste Not, Want Not, Pollute Not
In the United States, there is an estimated 130 to 160 billion pounds of food that goes to waste each year, as much as 40% of our food supply. And much of this food is perfectly edible and nutritious…
#022 Are We Recycling or Wishcycling: Who is to Blame.
Many of us think that recycling is a fantastic thing and that is what is going to help us save the planet. However, in many ways we are not recycling we are wish- cycling. Sadly, many times recycli…
#021 Is Sustainable Air Travel Just an Illusion
The first commercial airline flight took off on January 1, 1914. It flew from St Petersburg, Fl to Tampa Bay. It was a flight of 21 miles and took 23 minutes. This flight service only lasted 4 months…
#020 A Good Country
I want to start this episode by asking a simple question. If you were told you had to live in a different country from now until the rest of your life, where would it be? Where would you go? That sai…
#019 The True Impact of Fair Trade
After my last episode titled Choices Make Changes; What is a Sustainable Product and How to Find Them, I thought it was fitting to follow that episode on something having to do with fair trade. Becau…
#018 Choices Make Changes: What is a Sustainable Product and How to Find Them
There is one thing that we know for sure, our choices as consumers drive the market place. If consumers demand something or if the demand of the general public is for one specific product or service,…
#017 Take Extinction Off Your Plate
You may find it interesting that scientist have a better understanding of how many stars there are in our galaxy than how many species there are on planet Earth. There was a study that was conducted …
#015 Back From the Land
During the 1960's and 70's there was a tremendous and powerful social movement in the United States. As many as one million people left their jobs, their educational institutions, and families to tr…
#016 Don't Grow Up-It's a Trap
Many people wish they could just turn back the clock and go back to their younger years. As children we had complete emotional liberty, few if any responsibilities, and our life ahead of us was full …
#014 The New Self Sufficiency-Doing Without
In this episode, I want to share with you how over a 5 year period of time I went from $295K in debt to zero debt. And I want to share with you how you can do the same thing as well as what that all …
#013 Fast and Fatal
Unfortunately, I think we are all familiar, at least from a historical prospective, with the term genocide. And if you are listening to this episode and you are very young, perhaps you are not famili…
#012 Self Sufficiency is Impossible-and Essential
In this episode I am of course going to talk about the importance of self sufficiency and how that is connected to sustainability. I am also going to discuss how self sufficiency means different thi…
#011 A Simple Act of Kindness
Sustainability has just as much to do with relationships as it has to do with solar panels. Sustainability has just as much to do with relationships as it has to do with recycling. Sustainability has…
#010 A Bottle of Deception
By the end of 2020, the population of the world was approximately 7.8 billion. According to the World Health Organization, one in three people in the world does not even have access to an improved wa…
#009 Nature is Worthless
Nature is worthless!! Right??? Well you would think that is how most people feel because most of us treat nature as if it is worthless.
You have heard the old saying that "People are truly defined b…
008 Our Off Grid Sustainable Family
This episode is a brief interview with my 15 year off-grid partner Annette. We talk about our lifestyle and how it all came about. I wanted to produce this episode especially for my listeners to let …