New docu-series seeks people going 'off the grid'

Are you someone who has always dreamed about living a self-sustaining lifestyle? Would you like to share your adventure with the rest of the world? This new casting call may be just the opportunity you're looking for.

Thu, Mar 14 2013 at 3:15 PM

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If you've been waiting for spring to arrive before setting off on a new self-sustaining lifestyle, a major international television production company would love to speak with you.

Casting flyers have recently been posted seeking people who are just beginning their journey "off the gird" as part of a new documentary series.

"We’re looking for individuals, couples, families or friends who are serious about forming a brand new civilization from, literally, the ground up," the posting reads. "Cooking with wood, lighting with oil and doing everything by hand."

According to Nick Rosen, author of “Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America,” there are currently 750,000 Americans living off the grid without the benefit of public utilities.

"There's a desire to step out of the rat race, and in America, that goes very deep in the national psyche," Rosen told CNN last year. "You know, the pioneering spirit and sturdy self-reliance -- these things which define the American character."

In an email conservation with one of the documentary producers, he made it clear that while the particulars of the series have yet to be defined, the most important thing is to capture a family or individual's transition to off-grid living from the very beginning. So if you've even been thinking about making the leap, they would certainly be open to hearing your story.

Interested? Email your name, contact information, photos and details about why this interests you to OffGridCasting@gmail.com.

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obbopp Mar 17 2013 at 12:26 AM

How about the many folks slammed to the ground due to the ongoing economic problems? Some are forced to live in their vehicles and thus avoid abject homelessness. Folks such as I who have been in the lowest levels of the socio-economic hierarchy from our birth onwards are always prepared for the tougher times and have learned to always do our best to own a vehicle conducive to living within. A long-wheel-base cargo van, usually a Ford or Chevy for cost reasons, is one of the better vehicles that

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assist in "stealth" living to avoid harassment by the jack-booted thug enforcement arm of local ruling elites. The folks living in alternate out-of-the-norm manners might make a decent reality show. Some folks use tents in urban and suburban areas. The worst alternate living method is using approved homeless shelters. Well, abject homelessness with sleeping on a sidewalk is likely worse especially when the weather is of the life-threatening type. However, I believe that USA mass media would shy away from reality that negatively affects so many people. If too many folks became aware of the extreme inequalities in the USA, indicative of a country in the throes of class warfare, the masses of exploited We, the People may become outraged and threaten the status quo so incredibly valuable to a small minority and their minions, cohorts and hired lackeys.