Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the electric and natural gas infrastructure. From 2011 to 2013 Jonathan Taggart (Director) and Phillip Vannini (Producer) spent two years travelling across Canada to find 200 off-gridders and visit them in their homes.
A feature-length documentary that follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises. Throughout the year the group build tiny houses, plant veggie gardens, practice simple living, and discover the challenges of living in community.
As climate change continues to progress, the plight of poverty and hunger increase. Farmers are facing new challenges in trying to adapt to the ever changing conditions of their ecosystem. As the demands for food production increases, producers struggle to find ways to balance the needs of the people with economically and environmentally sustainable solutions.
Humankind faces some very difficult choices - our beautiful planet cannot support 6 billion people without fossil fuel. Fossil energy will become rare and expensive in the not very distant future. In China recently, resurgences in nuclear energy have emerged, as the world’s most populous country consumes more and more energy. A United Kingdom family tests their energy consumption and shows us all how that by making small changes we can have an impact.
