![]() ![]() One potential issue with off the grid living is that corporations will lose their control of the market and, therefore, the majority of their profits. We simply need to transition from one way of seeing housing to another. We can still have all the modern amenities, design and beyond. Sustainable living is not about giving up a certain lifestyle. ![]() Our potential as a human race is quite extraordinary, we just don’t realize it. It’s also about being more self-reliant and being less dependent on the system. Perhaps realizing that the system isn’t really protecting us anymore and we have to look after ourselves.” – George Noory Exploring Our Potential Beyond The Grid Probably as part of a community, not living on your own like a hermit. It’s about generating your own power, your own water, dealing with your own waste. It does not mean living in the stone age, it’s not about bush craft. “It means living independently, mainly living independently of the utility companies. If a municipality makes it illegal to disconnect from any given utility, they are in essence making off grid living illegal. To live off the grid means to not have to hook up to any corporate or municipal utilities. This is regardless of the fact that the city capped her sewers themselves. Speronis is still being hassled by the municipality of Cape Coral for not having a connection to city water, nor proper sewage. 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. The choice 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. That’s like saying our dependency on corporations isn’t even a choice. Officials cited the International Property Maintenance Code, which mandates that homes be connected to an electricity grid and a running water source. A few weeks ago, officials ruled her off-grid home illegal. Robin Speronis lives off the grid in Florida, completely independent of the city’s water and electric system. ![]() I do have an alternative toilet from my days of living in the woods.FLORIDA MAKES OFF-GRID LIVING ILLEGAL – MANDATES ALL HOMES MUST BE CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY & WATER GRIDĪRJUN WALIA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter “That’s what seven months in living in the woods taught me. ![]() “I know how to live off the grid completely and in a sanitary way,” she told the News-Press. While she fights the ruling, Speronis' plan is to dispose of her waste "as dog owners do for their pets" and to use wastewater for her garden. Thursday's ruling found Speronis not guilty of refusing to use the sewer and of using solar energy, but is holding her accountable for refusing to use an approved water system. Reasoning that she had been using the city's wastewater system without paying for it, Eskin had the city cap her sewer until she agrees to connect. That same day, a code enforcement officer attempted to evict her. Speronis had been living off the grid for nearly two years, but drew the ire of state officials last November when she appeared on a local news station boasting of her utility-free lifestyle. Eskin ruled Thursday that Speronis is allowed to generate her own electricity, but must hook her home up to the city's water system - even if they can't require her to use it. And last week, a Florida court declared her self-sustaining lifestyle illegal. Robin Speronis had her Cape Coral house set up for entirely off-the-grid living: solar panels provided her electricity, and she substitutes rain for running water. ![]()
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