About us
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.