about me (missy)

so finally i write in our blog. i dont know where sheree finds the time while living without electricity!

i feel i should tell you all what inspired me to create a blog...

over the years iv been feeling sad and hopeless hearing about the horrible things we (humans as a collective) are doing to the earth, other animals, our water-which we can not live without and.... what we are doing to our selves.

i almost felt there was nothing i could do because the situations were beyond my control.. but there came a day when i realised it was no good for my soul or those around me to be down about it. so i decided i am going to find solutions for these problems. start small in my own backyard, learn and grow and then share with everybody who wants to be taught, and of course, keep learning. we all have something to teach.

so last year i took myself out of my house and into a trailer in the backyard. no electricity, bucket compost toilet, bucket showers, candles. in my mind it was my ideal lifestyle. dont get me wrong, i loved the simplicity but gee was i lonely! i do like ‘me time’ sometimes but it made me realise and appreciate the importance and beauty of a community.

so this year whilst studying permaculture at Djanbung Gardens, i moved into a house with friends and i am enjoying our family dinners and diverse minds. i was not so keen on having electricity back on but fortunately it got cut off because no one made an account :) so out came the candles-that being the only form of electricity i was using, that and weekly phone charge.

i was already heading towards self sufficiency within other aspects of the home and later i will share with you all what i have learnt and experimented with including:

evaporative cooling refridgeration

bamboo fencing

rocket stove

paper making

soap making

fermenting

gardening

solar cookers

all of which i have only been playing around with in the last year. there may be a few more things to add when my brain is functioning on another level.

something i am super interested in learning is creating my own bio gas through a methane digestor. i cant think of a better way to use my shit!

i am going to celebrate the ending of my permaculture design certificate and the beginning of what is to come :)

i leave you with a reminder that we are apart of nature. everything we need to stay alive needs us to keep it alive. so lets all become.... Earthkeepers!