Serious Sustainable Living Sites - Some Green Gems To Put In Your ‘Pocket’
Not too long ago I wrote a post about Lichenology, a fascinating blog about the journey towards self-sufficiency on a farm in BC.
Today I’d like to write about a couple other sites focused on serious sustainable living - that is to say these are people are truly ‘living it’. Since we call ourselves the “sustainable living guide” and are just getting started on our own eco-journeys, I think its only fair that we make sure our readers know about some of the incredible resources that are out there. I certainly hope before to long to live as these indivuals do. In the meantime I will continue to draw considerable inspiration from the experiences they share.
First stop on our virtual road trip is ‘midcoast Maine’, home to Pocket Farm. We actually came across the site several months ago (and liked what we saw), but sadly I only recently took the time to really have a closer look. I’m glad I did!
By way of an introduction to their blog, it’s probably best to provide some exerpts from the Pocket Farm site (who better to describe their endeavours than the authors themselves?):
About four years ago, my husband James and I decided we had enough of the rat race and the suburban megalopolis we found ourselves living in. We had been exploring the concept of Voluntary Simplicity, and it didn’t take us long to decide to pack it all up, sell the house, and purchase an old farmhouse on 50+ acres in midcoast Maine. Since then, we’ve been trying our hand at all kinds of new skills: house renovations, growing as much food as we can in a short season and putting up that food to nurture us through the long winter, and raising waterfowl and pastured poultry.
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We’re passionate about organic agriculture, sustainable living and caring for this fragile planet, and I guess you could say we live a “handmade life”. It’s important for us to provide for our needs of food, fuel and clothing the best we can. We don’t intend on being completely self-sufficient, and don’t believe it’s possible. Needing others is a big part of creating community.
One thing I always look for on a website is the ‘personal feel’ - the sense that there is a real person at work, preferably someone with a great deal of passion for what they are writing about. Well the Pocket Farm blog exudes plenty of personality (and passion). I literally felt ‘warm and fuzzy’ as I read through some of the posts - almost as though I was having a friendly conversation with the author.
I’m also a very visual person and love to see related images (especially those taken by the author). There are plenty of posts that don’t have images on this blog, but the website as a whole is very visually pleasing. I also discovered a link to a different section of the site where you can view some of their photos (Pocket Photos).
Of course, the most important feature of a good website is high quality content, and Pocket Farms delivers in that department as well. The posts I read were very interesting and informative, and I definitely found myself wanting to read more.
Rest assured, Pocket Farms will now be on the list of green blogs I read - I highly recommend you have a look for yourself if you haven’t already.
Well this post is turning into a bit of a mammoth so I think I’ll leave it as-is. I will certainly be revisting the topic again (and telling you about some other cool sites) before too long - perhaps this will even evolve into a regular EcoSherpa feature.
Technorati Tags: sustainable living, sustainability, self-sufficiency, homestead, green living, organic, pocket farm, lichenology
Written by Bentley on November 27th, 2006 with
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