For four years we have lived on a self built and retrofitted, mobile demonstration of sustainability. A former mountain transit bus transformed into a live/work space powered with waste vegetable oil, solar energy, composting, rainwater harvesting and space to implement an artistic practice, a homeschooling curriculum, and to rest and nourish tired bodies. This is a slow protest, realistic demonstration of off grid living and is aimed to be a catalyst to inspire social change.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Workin' Macclenny
Nando has been working non stop trying to integrate our new Wvo filtration system, but has encountered some other obstacles. So we are stuck here in the pine forest.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Macclenny
We stopped in Macclenny to do some modifications to the bus and build our own filtration system for the WVO, but have found some other problems that have delayed us here. Although my family is quite please with it, they get to meet our new addition Imogen.
The bus is parked under the old barn in my grandparents place, valve in the engine is clogged, we only discovered this after we replaced the fuel pump and the bus would not start. A new valve is coming by post. Also, we are looking for a welder, which seems to be impossible in this small county. It is all strictly by mouth. So we might be delayed quite a bit.
Luciano has been playing with his cousins, learning to swim and I have revived relationships with family members. At night we see an old Florida Oak tree bearing Spanish Moss on all its arms. At night we see all the stars and were sent to bed with a show of heat lightning. The bugs talk all night, the cats and dogs chase each other, there are toads, snakes and bitchin' mesquitos!
I'm trying to integrate my original Blog The Philosopies of Blair Butterfield into our travels and in a former post I described the situation of my hometown Macclenny, instead of describing it I'll simply post the link: http://blairbutterfield.blogspot.com/2009/09/north-florida-start-of-real-south.html
And this is where we are. Balancing two children, a cat, a dog, ourselves and a bus.
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