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We have seven acres of land near [[w:Canela|Canela]] which we'll be moving on to soon. In the mean time we're accumulating various links and resources about independent off-grid sustainable living in this category which will help us to formulate ideas for what to build and the best and most sustainable ways to go about it.
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The longer-term plan is to have a thriving [[w:Agroforestry|agroforest]] and a number of small dwellings surrounding a common area so that we can have a small community of like-minded people living there and working together on various related projects. As usual with the OD approach we'd like to run this community in a very systematic way that exhibits a corresponding organic template that can be used to establish other instances of the same kind of community on other land.
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{{#ifgroup:family,sysop|== Relevant locations ==
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== The move ==
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== Guide to retreat on our land ==
First we have to move from our [[First flat in Brazil|flat in Curitiba]] which was a slight problem since we're in a lease contract until March 2013. Our contract allows us to terminate early but would cost the remainder of the rent. Also we'd need to sell all our furniture and there's also an obligation to have the place fully painted, all this would total about R$3000 minus around R$700 we'd get for the furniture, oven and fridge. But luckily for us we saw some people looking at the place for rent next to us and we said to them that our place here is available if they wanted to sign over the contract - we said if they did this they could keep all the furniture, because if we can sign over the contract we don't need to pay the penalty or get the place painted!
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We needed to get a lot of tools for building our new place and putting a fence around our vegetables.
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== Nature's cycles ==
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When living on the land it's very important to be in tune with the cycles of nature and so we've created an article for each month of the year in which to document useful information such as what plants are in season, what things we should be doing and what to expect from the weather and river etc. These articles are grouped together in the [[:Category:Months|Months category]].
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=== Day 1 ===
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== Plant research ==
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*[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pteridium+aquilinum Uses for ferns]
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*[https://sites.google.com/site/florasbs/ Ótimo site com várias plantas nativas e não nativas. Dá informações relacionadas ao formato da planta, habitat, nutrientes, uso medicinal e culinário]
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*[[:Category:Plants]]
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*[http://www.spectrumanalytic.com/support/library/ff/Soil_Aluminum_and_test_interpretation.htm About Soil aluminium content]
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*[http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20142107-25892.html How to make trees with many types of fruit]
  
=== Day 2 ===
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=== Medicinal herbs ===
Day two was off to an excellent start, we had a nice breakfast and got on the road early, crossing the border into Santa Catarina before 9am. The engine was getting a bit hot up the many steep and winding mountain roads so we had to stop every couple of hours to let the car cool off a bit, but there were many nice places to stop and take in the scenery and do a bit of stretching and meditation.
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*[http://plantasquecuram.com.br plantasquecuram.com.br]
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*[http://www.cotianet.com.br Herbário aquiléa. Botânica, história, mandinga, dicas de saúde, higiene e beleza usando plantas]
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*[http://ci-67.ciagri.usp.br/pm/index.asp Site de plantas medicinais da USP]
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*[http://www.plantamed.com.br Site informa e vende produtos]
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*[http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Herbal_Smoking_Mixes.html Herbal smoking mixtures]
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After we got about 250km into the journey disaster struck! the clutch stopped working and we had to roll into a gas station (luckily there was one nearby when this started!) after we stopped in the gas station we couldn't start again as there was no way to get it into gear. We looked under the car and saw that there was fluid leaking, and then we saw that the clutch fluid container was empty! There was mechanic there, but he seemed really dodgy and was talking about there being many expensive things to take out and check so we thought it best to avoid him. The guys at the gas station said the only other option was to get the car towed to the nearest mechanic about 10km away.
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=== Agroecologia ===
 
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*[http://www.cnpab.embrapa.br/biblioteca Biblioteca da Empraba]
I decided to do some on-the-fly learning from our numerous Lada Niva manuals on the laptop, and soon found a potential solution which was to "bleed" the hydraulics of the clutch system by unscrewing the hose leading out of the master cylinder barrel and then pumping the clutch pedal for a few minutes to clear all the air out of the system. Then when the pushing the pedal responded with some pressure again, we put it all back together and topped up the fluid reservoir. We also needed to do a temporary solution on the leaking hose which was causing the problem, so we put some insulation tape around the leaky bit and fasten it in place with a twistie from a bag of seeds. This solution enabled us to get about 20km to the next decent mechanic who's replacing the hose now (and also had to flush out the system again because it turned out the guys at the gas station gave us the wrong stuff!). Here's a picture of our first DIY repair job, called "gambiarra" in Portuguese - or in my "portenglaise" spelling, "gumbiaha" :-)
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*[http://www.centroecologico.org.br/cartilhas.php Biblioteca da ONG Centro Ecológico]
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== Documentaries ==
 
== Documentaries ==
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== Books & Libraries ==
 
== Books & Libraries ==
 
*[http://caminosostenible.org/libreria/ Caminos sostenibles] ''- huge library with topics such as: agriculture, permaculture, construction, water treatment, etc.''
 
*[http://caminosostenible.org/libreria/ Caminos sostenibles] ''- huge library with topics such as: agriculture, permaculture, construction, water treatment, etc.''
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*[http://bamboo.ning.com/page/page/list?tag=biblioteca Bamboo Ning] ''- site de bambuzeiros - dicas de corte, tratamento, etc.''
 
*[http://permacoletivo.wordpress.com/materiais-para-downloads/ Permacoletivo] ''- huge library covering: organic gardens, agroforest, permaculture, water treatment, medicinal herbs, etc. Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English.''
 
*[http://permacoletivo.wordpress.com/materiais-para-downloads/ Permacoletivo] ''- huge library covering: organic gardens, agroforest, permaculture, water treatment, medicinal herbs, etc. Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English.''
 
*[http://www.ebah.com.br/content/ABAAAeopgAI/manual-plantas-medicinais# Ebah] - library containing academic and hands on texts and books. There's a huge variety of topics, such as: agroforest, agroecology, herbal plants, ecotecture. In Portuguese only.  
 
*[http://www.ebah.com.br/content/ABAAAeopgAI/manual-plantas-medicinais# Ebah] - library containing academic and hands on texts and books. There's a huge variety of topics, such as: agroforest, agroecology, herbal plants, ecotecture. In Portuguese only.  
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*[http://faircompanies.com/ Fair Companies] ''- community and access to tools on sustainable culture''
 
*[http://faircompanies.com/ Fair Companies] ''- community and access to tools on sustainable culture''
 
*[http://cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/index.htm cd3wd] ''- huge (34GB) DIY resource for 3rd world countries''
 
*[http://cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/index.htm cd3wd] ''- huge (34GB) DIY resource for 3rd world countries''
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*[http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Civilization_Starter_Kit_DVD_v0.01 Civilization Starter Kit DVD v0.01] ''- by [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page Open Source Ecology]''
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*[http://fmicrofarm.com/diyprojects/ Some excellent natural DIY projects documented]
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*[http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/energy-efficient/14-bright-ideas-for-a-better-wood-stove#slide-1 14 Bright Ideas for a Better Wood Stove]
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*[http://www.realfarmacy.com/how-to-start-a-1-acre-self-sustaining-homestead/ How To Start A 1-Acre, Self-Sustaining Homestead]
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*[http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/85050/jean-martin-fortier-model-profitable-micro-farming Jean-Martin Fortier: A Model for Profitable Micro-Farming]
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== See also ==
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*[http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2013/5/27/ayn-rands-vision-of-galts-gulch-has-become-reality-as-of-tod.html Ayn Rand's Vision of Galt's Gulch Has Become Reality As Of Today]
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*[http://www.costaricamountain.blogspot.com.br/ Costa Rica, Ginnee and Phil's Esperanza Adventure] ''- some other off-gridders blogging their adventure''

Revision as of 14:47, 7 May 2017

Petrycoski land cover image.jpg
At the end of 2011 on the 11th of November we moved to Brazil and bought some land to set up a more independent and meditative lifestyle. We started in a flat in Curitiba, then about a year later moved to Canela which is the closest town to the land.
1. Moving from Curitiba to Canela          Our power project
2. Moving on to our land          Our rural net connection
Year on the land: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6          Our first house
           Our second house
           Lada Niva




Guide to retreat on our land

Sometimes we leave the land for long periods of time and we'd like to make it available for people to do meditation retreat there while we're away. It's really difficult to find places that are comfortable to live but have practically no distractions. This article is intended to become a guide for living at our place since it's off-grid and has various aspects that will be unfamiliar to those used to normal residential living. See also our daily schedule which may be useful for creating your own schedule for retreat at the land. [more...]

Nature's cycles

When living on the land it's very important to be in tune with the cycles of nature and so we've created an article for each month of the year in which to document useful information such as what plants are in season, what things we should be doing and what to expect from the weather and river etc. These articles are grouped together in the Months category.

Plant research

Medicinal herbs

Agroecologia

Documentaries

Books & Libraries

Links

See also

Subcategories

This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.

Media in category "Land"

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