Go Off the Grid - Be on TV
A message popped up on the Off Grid Living and Homesteading mailing list over at Yahoo Groups yesterday. Ricochet Films, an independent television production company in the UK, is on the lookout for a few adventurous folks who are planning to go off the grid in a remote location.
Ricochet Films are currently producing a new TV show for the Discovery Channel and they’re looking for families who are planning to trade their current life in the city or suburbs for one off the grid and in the wilderness, specifically somewhere in the US. Here’s part of the message…
Theses families / professional couples should, ideally, be moving from a completely different state, giving up their regular city jobs and suburban dwellings in pursuit of a remote outdoor dream which will see them building a new home in an ambitiously remote region, raising or hunting their food and living, as much as possible, off the land.
We are looking for people who are 100% committed and will be pursuing this courageous dream with or without us.
If that happens to describe you or someone you know, here’s the link to the message with details on how to contact the folks at Ricochet.
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10 opinions for Go Off the Grid - Be on TV
Marti
Nov 17, 2005 at 5:25 pm
Did you watch this TV show?
The “ecovillage” is about 100 miles from me. It was a pretty entertaining program.
30 Days is a reality television show on FX Networks, created by John Landgraf and hosted by Morgan Spurlock. The premise of the show is that for each episode, the host (or someone else) will spend 30 days immersing him or herself in a subject (e.g. working at Wal-Mart, being in prison, living as a Muslim, etc.) while also discussing the social issues behind it. As with Spurlock’s film Super Size Me, there are a number of rules that are followed.
In the United Kingdom the programme is screened on More 4. In Australia the program is broadcast on Network Ten.
Episode 5: Unplugged
Two nightclub employees with a dependence on the grid, have to live off it without electricity, phone service, or internet, to spend 30 days at Dancing Rabbit, an ecovillage in Missouri.
Rules:
1. They must leave cars, electricty, and live completely off the grid.
2. They must engage in manual labor.
3. They must recycle everything, including their human waste products.
Kevin Humphrey
Nov 18, 2005 at 1:11 pm
Hey Marti -
No, I stopped watching TV a couple of years ago, though I do remember hearing a bit about that particular episode on the net.
I think I would prefer the show that I posted about because it’s dealing with folks who are actually interested and passionate about living differently as opposed to folks who just want to be on a TV show and have little or no idea of what lies before them.
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Pining for Trees
May 16, 2006 at 7:21 pm
This is exactly what I want to do… but I don’t have the $ yet. Hopefully in a few years I’ll have the cash saved up for a chunk of land in British Columbia and some bulding money(about $150,000 to $200,000 canadian)… them I’ll be gone into my own self-sufficent farm.
Wish me luck :)
Kevin Humphrey
May 18, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Good luck, Tree Piner! :)
elaina
Jun 29, 2006 at 10:22 am
wow treepiner, that’s great! i hope it works out for you! :)
Shytan
Jul 12, 2006 at 2:48 pm
Is this show in production or what?
Adam
Jul 12, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Would love to be able to do something like that, but my life needs to be plugged in unfortunately. I don’t watch tv, but do need to be online for work. It would be sweet to be like that guy who moved to Alaska and built his cabin all while recording he adventures on film.
Kevin Humphrey
Jul 12, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Shytan - I’m not sure what happened to this show. There doesn’t seem to be any info on their web site any longer. If I hear anything, I’ll do an update.
Adam - While satellite internet isn’t the greatest way to connect to the web, it does work and allows folks way out in the boonies to stay connected. In my own case, I’m in a fairly rural region and there’s an awesome local company that offers fixed wireless internet, which allows me to blog professionally and work as a web developer from my home. Don’t dismiss the possibilities.
Adam
Jul 13, 2006 at 4:42 am
Thanks for feeding the dream.
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