{"id":13463,"date":"2019-11-28T16:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2019-11-28T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:43:55","slug":"a-remote-uk-community-living-off-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/a-remote-uk-community-living-off-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"A remote UK community living off-grid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=18486053\">https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=18486053<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/in-pictures-45046023\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/in-pictures-45046023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1-150x63.png 150w, https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1.png 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Scoraig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lammas eco-village [1] in Wales is  very similar to the one in the OP, and is one of the driving forces for  this kind of movement (and the One Planet scheme).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[0] <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/docs\/desh\/publications\/090521susdev1wales1planeten.pdf\">https:\/\/gov.wales\/docs\/desh\/publications\/090521susdev1wales1&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1] <a href=\"http:\/\/lammas.org.uk\/en\/welcome-to-lammas\/\">http:\/\/lammas.org.uk\/en\/welcome-to-lammas\/<\/a>               <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since there is a lot of interest in this  thread, and also triggered by sclangdon&#8217;s comment here about the Lammas  eco-village in Wales, sharing some terms \/ URLs which I came across  recently, so that people can search for \/ visit them to get more  information on related topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; eco-village network<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; intentional communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic.org\/\">https:\/\/www.ic.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intentional_community\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intentional_community<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n Whole Earth Catalog, which was mentioned by Steve Jobs in his Stanford \ncommencement speech (&#8220;Stay hungry. Stay foolish.&#8221;), was also a great \nresource for these kinds of things. I was lucky to get to read it when \nmy uncle from the States brought us a copy on a visit. Tons of useful \nand interesting products and techniques mentioned and described in it, \nincluding, e.g. Japanese saws, which I mentioned on HN some time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholeearth.com\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.wholeearth.com\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whole_Earth_Catalog\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whole_Earth_Catalog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[\n The Whole Earth Catalog (WEC) was an American counterculture magazine \nand product catalog published by Stewart Brand several times a year \nbetween 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998. The \nmagazine featured essays and articles, but was primarily focused on \nproduct reviews. The editorial focus was on self-sufficiency, ecology, \nalternative education, &#8220;do it yourself&#8221; (DIY), and holism, and featured \nthe slogan &#8220;access to tools&#8221;. ]\n              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=18486053 https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/in-pictures-45046023 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The Lammas eco-village [1] in Wales is very similar to the one in the OP, and is one of the driving forces for this kind of movement (and the One Planet scheme). [0] https:\/\/gov.wales\/docs\/desh\/publications\/090521susdev1wales1&#8230; [1] http:\/\/lammas.org.uk\/en\/welcome-to-lammas\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[522],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13465,"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions\/13465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hesmid.nl\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}