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10 Years from Today
10;00 AM, somewhere in South America. I rise, walk over to the concrete patio of our "off-the-grid" house that overlooks the ocean. Laying out my yoga mat, I spend an hour doing poses to maintain my flexibility, listening only to the sounds of the water below and the birds in the nearby trees.
It's taken 4 years for the house to go up. Reclaimed wood, geothermal heating and solar electricity are all doing their part to make sure I'm no longer contributing to the burning of coal-fired electricity generating stations in my day-to-day life.
Morning stretching completed. I talk to the house and ask it if I have any urgent e-mails. Answering in the negative, the calm voice of our house does remind me that I will be teaching math and science at the local school this afternoon, and that I need to check the nutrient bath in the hydroponic garden
We've learned a lot building this house. How to "component-ize" the place, so that as new technologies come along that are even more efficient than the ones we've implemented, we'll be able to slot them in to take immediate advantage. Our internet connection is 10 times faster than the one we had a decade ago in North America. Technology here in South America kind of "leapfrogged" - by the time all the governments were stable and thriving democracies, it made no sense to install outdated 3G and 4G wireless technology. Even the poorest families now have access to very fast internet connections. No matter where they are in the country, they can submit to medical diagnosis remotely, even by doctors in other countries. Students have access to the best lectures from MIT, INSEAD, Oxford and Johns Hopkins.
Our garden is completely organic: we even try to kill pests by seeding the garden with their natural predators. The only food we still have to buy is our meat - I've never been able to bring myself to kill an animal with my own two hands. Hypocritical, I know, but I deal with it.
We've started a new website to help share our vision of sustainable living, trying to prove to people that you don't actually have to sacrifice much to do the right thing. Every day is a challenge, but it's important work.
It's taken 4 years for the house to go up. Reclaimed wood, geothermal heating and solar electricity are all doing their part to make sure I'm no longer contributing to the burning of coal-fired electricity generating stations in my day-to-day life.
Morning stretching completed. I talk to the house and ask it if I have any urgent e-mails. Answering in the negative, the calm voice of our house does remind me that I will be teaching math and science at the local school this afternoon, and that I need to check the nutrient bath in the hydroponic garden
We've learned a lot building this house. How to "component-ize" the place, so that as new technologies come along that are even more efficient than the ones we've implemented, we'll be able to slot them in to take immediate advantage. Our internet connection is 10 times faster than the one we had a decade ago in North America. Technology here in South America kind of "leapfrogged" - by the time all the governments were stable and thriving democracies, it made no sense to install outdated 3G and 4G wireless technology. Even the poorest families now have access to very fast internet connections. No matter where they are in the country, they can submit to medical diagnosis remotely, even by doctors in other countries. Students have access to the best lectures from MIT, INSEAD, Oxford and Johns Hopkins.
Our garden is completely organic: we even try to kill pests by seeding the garden with their natural predators. The only food we still have to buy is our meat - I've never been able to bring myself to kill an animal with my own two hands. Hypocritical, I know, but I deal with it.
We've started a new website to help share our vision of sustainable living, trying to prove to people that you don't actually have to sacrifice much to do the right thing. Every day is a challenge, but it's important work.
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