He quit all to build off-grid village, mountain-long Earthship

This is a wonderful proof of concept that surely imagines the ultimate Natural Community of 150 folks.  what comes out of this is not the scale of the build which also taps a greater community but that the central sustainable food economy is all about milk and eggs all by themselves as the source of year round sustainance.

We know that of course, but it still took me a long time to understand that is was the rocket fuel for hindus and europeans and Bantu population explosions.  No more folks.  rice culture for SE Asia of course and the three sisters in the Americas and Cassava culture in the tropics.

We live in a bizzarre world in which the homeless will not take him up on his offer of a home for work contribution.  Yet this is our human future and this can be replicated almost anywhere.  After all, we even run cattle in the deserts of new mexico.

He quit all to build off-grid village, mountain-long Earthship

07-21-2023 • 

https://www.youtube.com, Kirsten Dirksen

For $225,000 he bought land packed with wood for lumber, gravity-fed water, and plenty of sunlight for solar and growing. He had to clear road, build a bridge and construct homes, cabins and community spaces and huge gardens and terraced hillside for growing most of their own food.

The Earthship Solarium, which stretches across the hillside nearly the length of a football field, provides year-round, produce and potatoes. Goats chickens and ducks provide milk and eggs.

Schultz, who's an unabashed prepper, says there is plenty of food on the property to survive any kind of disaster scenario. He focused on milk and eggs as ideal survival foods: "You know milk and potatoes are nutritionally complete on their own, you can live forever. The Irish tripled their population with milk and potatoes, right?"

Dan says it costs just $5000 per year to maintain the property. This includes taxes, propane and supplies for building more cabins. His nightly rentals, like the popular hobbit hole, treehouse, a frame, and half moon cabins, pay for any expenses.

Right now there are eight people in his community, but this number fluctuates based on applications. Members don't pay any fees to live here, they simply help with farm or community chores.

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