Andy - Growing produce, wild foods, saving money, reusing, making instead of buying. living as gently as possible on the planet--------
Dave - I have similar interests to Andy - Growing my own food, foraging for wild food, Skip hunting (I made this computer out of things people threw away), Environmentally friendly travel, Songwriting (as Stephen Stranger), Writing (fiction and non-fiction), Film-making, Cooking, Eating, Walking, Living, Breathing, Putting clothes on in the morning, Cleaning my teeth, watching TV
Music
Andy - smiths, stones roses, madchester
Dave - Mistys Big Adventure, Retro Spankies, Jane's Addiction, Flaming Lips, Led Zep, Gomez, Sandy Denny, Goldfrapp, Iggy Pop and many many more
Movies
Andy - Jean de Florette, Highlander, Room for Romeo Brass (and most shane meadows stuff)
Dave - Wickerman (the origional), Withnail and I, Zoolander, I heart Huckabees, Royal Tenenbaums
Television
Dave- Peep Show, David Attingborough, Ray Mears, Gardeners World, Hyperdrive, The IT Crowd, Dr Who, Tribe, Nature Docs
Andy - Deadwood, Dr Who, Torchwood,
Books
Dave -Fiction - The World According to Garp, Ben Elton (early stuff like Stark and This Other Eden)
Non Fiction - Monty Don, Plants for a Future, Richard Mabey (food for free), Gardening books.
Andy - George Orwell
Heroes
George Orwell, Monty Don, Ray Mears, Richard Mabey, Ken Fern, John Seymour, Tim Smit.
About me: We are identical twin brothers who set up the website selfsufficientish.com in April 2004. Since then we have been offered a book contract with Hodder and Stoughton to write The Selfsufficientish Bible due to be released in May 2008. - A book that covers all aspects of Green/Environmental friendly and Eco living in the 21st Century.
The Selfsufficientish Philosophy written by Dave April 2004------------------------------------------------------
The idea behind self-sufficientish-ism is although many of us would love to live on a farm, grow all our own food, brew pea pod wine, live the 'Good-Life'. Not all of us have the means the space or are perhaps unwilling to give it all up and suffer the highs and lows of going it alone on a smallholding.
Although total self-sufficiency is appealing the thought of giving up the little luxuries in life may not be. I grow a lot of my own food eat wild foods and when I have the money buy organic fruit and vegetables but I still enjoy beer in a pub and like to go to the cinema or eat out occasionally.
Self Sufficientish-ism has created for these reasons. It is for all those who have limited time, space or money but would like to have a go at growing their own food or brewing their own alcohol or want to know which wild foods are good to eat. We also aim to offer advice on a whole host of other subjects from a low-ecological impact perspective.
It seems to make more sense to rely on what is around us throughout the year or what we can grow rather than having our food shipped in from the other side of the globe. In terms of energy, the amount needed to fly an apple in from New Zealand can be up to a hundred times its energy (or calorific) value.
This website is part guide and part window into my brother and my own experiences of growing and gathering food. Through our message forum and featured articles it can also act as a pool of knowledge for all those interested in self-sufficientish-ism.
We don't claim to be experts in the field, although we try to 'live it' and welcome any comments from anyone with an interest in the subject.
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Thank you for connecting! If you're interested, I'm offering one free original MP3 download to my new MySpace friends, just let me know the name of which track would you like to get and I'll tell you where to download it for free.
Personally, I hate parking lots --- but we have so many of them! Sitting there, doing nothing but heating up the atmosphere, so solar parking lots! Community-sustained, secure, renewable electricity! Bonus = community jobs! All over America! So I’m back at university learning GIS to analyze each town’s paved parking areas (Greensboro NC (pop 247,000) has 10.27 square miles of it that will power over 500,000 homes (every year) if covered with photovoltaics!) and I’m starting put_a_lid_on_it …………..………. Stay tuned!
Hey guys - how're you both doing? Very quiet on the blog front recently.
I am just hijacking YourSpace - just for tonight - it's an event my little sister's organised - I guess it's a bit far from Bristol, but please spread the word! w xxx
I know this is a lot to ask from you as my friend but, I would like to ask all my friends and their friends to ask all their friends to add us as a friend.
My thinking is that as many we all can do more. Our food program is in need of a tractor and our country has many Hungry Americans. When they are more of us doing a little... there is LOTS we can do to Help Our Fellow Americans. Besides... it could be one of us next to have to deal with Hunger! When many do a little... there's not such a burden on just a few.
Could you help us in getting the word out to all your friends and Help Us Help Feed the Hungry Americans in Need? Ask them to visit our MySpace page to view our information provided and choose for themselves if they would like to add us.
Thank You in Advance for Your Support and Your Valuable time!
Thanks for adding me! My husband and I are planning to buy a couple of hectares in Portugal and go off grid/self sufficient this year, and your forum has been an awesome source of info for me! Thanks for what you do.
Hi just wanted to see how you guys where, hopefully well, and tell you i really love what you do!! can't wait to get a copy of the book! have a lovely day -Joze
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