Would you live in a cabin up in the woods totally off the grid, where the only running water is from a stream?

Question

Would you find that way of life to be a form of Green Living?

Answer 1

Definitely. Now, Where's this place at??

Green Living? I'm sorry, about that cabin in the woods....

Answer 2

Dear Friend,

If you're asking about living in a place where you could drink water from a nearby stream, my reply is yes, provided the water would be pristine clear. However,to find a local like this in the lower 48 might be very hard to do.

If however, you're referring to living in the woods by a stream, and surviving on your own wits and abilities, in my case the answer is "No."

While I enjoy walk in in the woods and meadows, like the majority of my fellow citizens, I have no idea how to set a snare, skin a rabbit, or start a fire with out the benefit of a man made product. This is not a complaint, simply a stated fact. And, if most folks will be truthful, it too applies to them.

Let me close by saying I'd love to take a hike, and drink from a non-polluted stream. But afterward, I want my own bed, and a soft pillow. (SMILE).

Respectfully,



Uncle Bear *:-))

Answer 3

I live in a house in the city totally off the grid but i do have city water . What would you drink maybe you can distill the water for drinking . I wouldn't mind the country at all just don't like the mosquitoes . As far as the stream you could probably get all the energy you need from it as long as its a good running stream

Answer 4

I would.... if only I had the guts to do it! A water turbine should provide you with a comfortable lifestyle provided the stream has sufficient head and flow. Cleaning the water for drinking is relatively easy, after all, how do you think the water companies do it? Chlorine is a relatively new addition to mains water. Simple filtering is adequate. Contrary to an earlier answer, wood burning is very eco-friendly. Trees grow and take in carbon, you burn them and release carbon, they grow and.... etc. It's called a 0% carbon cycle. The problem comes when don't replant the trees. Chopping down millions of acres of Brazilian rain forest is definitely not good.

Answer 5

I have an off grid camp in the woods on a small pond. It is a nice place to get away but I would not want to live there full time. Too much work!

Answer 6

I've done that, but it is not entirely a green way of living by itself.

1.) the stream water may be contaminated with giardia and other parasites, so heat to boil and sterilize water must be available.
2.) sanitation and waste disposal must be factored in. That includes being able to dispose of large appliances as well as worn out tools including tractors and vehicles.
3.) winter heating is important. As previously mentioned, burning wood is a *big* pollutant and it is resource intensive.
4.) Energy is needed for food - from cultivation to preservation and storage; even if you use cold frames for an early start and root cellars for storage, you need to be in locations where they work. Root cellars in places with high water tables, for example, don't work real good.

One can certainly live green out in the woods but doing it right takes planning, preparation, time and money to do it right. Doing it piecemeal too often results in those derelict looking places you see from the highway with rusting crud scattered all over god's lil' acre.

Answer 7

Yes but, eventually I would try to have some sort of holding tank built to draw off of the stream to be filtered, and then ran into the house. I would totally consider that green living because, if more people did that then the demand for electric & gas would go way down.Power plants would be putting out much less polution. But, I often wonder if this was done by more people if property taxes would be raised?? I think if our government really cares they would endorse it!!!

Answer 8

Yes, I spent 30 + years of my life just like that and now I want to go back ~ and now there are many exciting ways to have more renewable energy, composting, and other upgrades included.
Off the grid. ~In a heartbeat! ~
My favorite interests are in-earth homes and straw bale houses. I'd love to have a home combining those two structures.
As far as Green Living, that is a new term, but when living as a part of nature, as opposed to being a detached observer, it's not the same kind of issue. Being part of nature, the environment, the seasons, and all life around you, there is a symbiotic relationship which results in taking care of your surroundings. Your surroundings takes care of you.

We have a saying, you don't shoot camp meat and you don't mess in your bed. Visitors from town, people who have been detached from nature, have had to have that explained to them.

Thankfully, there are more and more people who care about nature and are working to understand it. Due to the detachment, from my point of view, that understanding as outside observers has led to technological advances and science-based understandings which are very beneficial to "the Green Way", and I love it.

We need to put the biggest portion of our nation's energy, resources, and goals to just that. We've been killing the camp meat and messing in our own nests far too long, eh?

~ Yes I find that way of life to be a form of Green Living ~
absolutely.

Answer 9

I would think that it is a form of green living.. I suspect most people would reject the idea of living in cabin with no toilet and no running water.. especially women.. that is nothing against women, it is just that, I think, todays modern women would not find it an attractive way of living.. I however, would not mind it a bit.. People who would, are probably, selling the situation short.. and you left out something very important.. Rain water... with a good clear stream and enough rain water.. it would be very survivable and enjoyable.. but one would have to really know how to survive in a place such as that.. I could, because I have experienced that sort of thing.. I would know what to do to make it comfortable.

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