{"id":13297,"date":"2014-03-10T08:43:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T08:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13297"},"modified":"2014-03-10T08:43:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T08:43:34","slug":"living-off-the-grid-becomes-illegal-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13297","title":{"rendered":"Living off the grid becomes illegal in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"offgrid\"<\/a>It\u2019s no secret that an opposition to sustainable living exists. Earlier this year, Texas state brought several SWAT teams to a sustainable community and threatened to shut it down. Each one of the community members were initially handcuffed at gunpoint. It was called \u201cThe Garden of Eden Community,\u201d and was totally self sustainable.<\/p>\n

This time, it\u2019s Robin Speronis that\u2019s come under fire. She lives off the grid in Florida, completely independent of the city\u2019s water and electric system. A few weeks ago, officials ruled her off-grid home illegal. Officials cited the International Property Maintenance Code, which mandates that homes be connected to an electricity grid and a running water source. That\u2019s just like saying our dependency on corporations isn\u2019t even a choice. The battle to live without most utilities has been ongoing for Robin, the self-sufficient woman has lived for more than a year and a half using solar energy, a propane camping stove and rain water.<\/p>\n

In the end, she was found not guilty of not having a proper sewer or electrical system; but was guilty of not being hooked up to an approved water supply.<\/p>\n

So what exactly is off grid living?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means living independently, mainly living independently of the utility companies. Providing your own power. It does not mean living in the stone age, it\u2019s not about bush craft. It\u2019s about generating your own power, your own water, dealing with your own waste. Probably as part of a community, not living on your own like a hermit. It\u2019s also about being more self-reliant and being less dependent on the system. Perhaps realizing that the system isn\u2019t really protecting us anymore and we have to look after ourselves,”says George Noory.<\/p>\n

Our potential as a human race is quite extraordinary, we just don\u2019t realize it. Sustainable living is not about giving up a certain lifestyle, can still have all the modern amenities, design and beyond. Living off the grid wouldn\u2019t be a problem, we have technologies that can generate over-unity power, we have technologies that can provide unlimited amounts of clean energy. I\u2019m talking about free energy, which goes far beyond solar energy. We can have neighborhoods exactly like we do today, even better. They would be totally green, off the grid and self-sufficient.<\/p>\n

The only problem with off the grid living is that corporations lose their ability to control others. With a completely self-sustaining life style, no body would ever have to work. What would happen then? Think about that for a moment. We would be free to expand and create, to discover our full potential as a race and move forward into the world of exploration and discovery, all the while living in harmony with nature, not against it.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve accepted the monetary system, and deem it necessary for the proper function of society. Money doesn\u2019t ever have to come in the way of necessity, we\u2019ve just been made to believe that it does. It\u2019s time for the human race to move past the concepts of competition and greed into one that benefits the whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we\u2019ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We\u2019re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozled has captured us. It\u2019s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we\u2019ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back,\u201d according to Carl Sagan.<\/p>\n

The human race does not need to be dependent on these corporations. While we continue to feed this dependency, the planet continues to suffer. In order to move forward, we must start cooperating with each other, and realize just how much potential we have to create something magical and amazing. Bottom line, anybody who has the desire to live off-grid should not be hassled for it, it should be a free choice.<\/p>\n

Source: www.minds.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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