Welcome to Bio Breakaway
Hello all. The aim of this Tumblog is to informally document, with short posts - video - and audio, my attempt to move “Off the Grid”.
I mean multiple things when I say “Off the Grid”. For one a move to power generation that is domicile centric and as carbon neutral as possible. Secondly a move to growing my own produce for all the households needs, and where it is not possible to produce in an urban environment, to buy local produce. I think this will become more important as we slide down from Peak Oil - and food prices go up. Bartering and trading produce in a local community will probably become the focus. Third is to attempt to reduce the household power consumption by cutting back, using “greener” devices or eliminating inefficient and wasteful products. Lastly to try and become less reliant on the city water supply and store my own water, even though Australia is in drought.
Additionally as an urban dweller who commutes, I’ll document less regularly the state of public transport in my city (currently Melbourne, Australia) and my attempt to rid myself of the heavily polluting vehicle that one is reliant on to travel any distance. My ultimate aim is transportation that I can fuel from self generated renewable energy.
I’m starting this now because I’m sick of the governments debating, arguing and releasing policy - effectively doing nothing. The change won’t come from the top down, but the bottom up. We need to change. Each of us - NOW. The technology is already here and the time to use it to reduce our emissions and impact on the earth is now - not 2015, or 2050.
I’ll also be posting audio recordings - probably as a podcast, and eventually video when the time is right.
I hope you enjoy the ride. I certainly will.
