We are Laila and Rogier Noort, married happily (really!).  Rogier is an IT Consultant, Laila is an Office Manager, well, that’s what we do to make money. We do a lot of others things for (a) living. Video, photography, website, blogging, building an environmentally friendly home.

For us the decision to live off the grid and in a house which takes full advantage of the four elements was a journey on itself.
After realizing that our current way of (ab)using the Earth and her resources is not sustainable we started looking for a way to not be depended on the grid and all it stands for.

We found the Earthships on Stumble Upon and thought this to be the answer. A self-sufficient dwelling made of recycled materials, how good can it get?
During our journey we volunteerd in Normandy to work on the Trott’s Earthship. Here we met Lotte, a young inspirational woman about to earn her degree in sustainable architecture. As a joke Rogier suggested that she’d design our house and we would build it, a win/win situation.
This was the kick our greatest adventure to date needed and the journey to living off the grid in a sustainable manner got serious, very serious. This blog will tell that story (and a bit more).

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As far as information goes.., below is everything I do on the Internet posted as it happens.., it’s called a lifestream.