Hopefully we don’t have to always be dependent on so many other people and services to have basic dignity and sanitation.
People who live off-grid, van/rv/etc., homestead, etc. lifestyles are pioneering a future where we don’t need services that aren’t likely that great for the environment - such as public sewage, our reliance on fossil fuels to power and heat our homes and electronics, or unsustainable agriculture that isn’t in balance with the environment or even nutritionally-dense.
I am grateful to the people who enable our standard of living to survive with some semblance of dignity, and especially those focused on solutions, so we can get to the point of self-sufficiency, sustainability, and balance in our environment as a species and planet.
Alot of that just isn’t something we can do inside cities
I have been planning to homestead for close to 20 years, and just jumped into the lifestyle 2 months ago.
My wife and I are living in a tiny SUV with our cat. We have a fridge, twin bed, warm blankets, plenty of food and water. We have an outhouse tent for our business. It has a $4 bucket with a $15 toilet lid. I added a container and a funnel in there for liquids, and we use bags for the solids. Works for us.
We have explored the state and went to some really cool places, until we found land we purchased.
As soon as the septic is installed we can legally live in an RV, we can start a compost pile, start a garden, get chickens, and try being as self sufficient as we can.
I also want to make and design my own off grid things, for example making a wood gasifier. Then in an emergency we can run gas things from wood (generator, truck, tractor, etc).
I plan to share my experience on YouTube once we have an RV, hoping I can help people to live a more sustainable life.
If you haven’t already you may wish to read The Humanure Handbook by Joe Jenkins. It outlines a practical diy composting toilet system that is low-odor and sanitary when maintained properly.
I have that book in storage, soon after septic is installed I plan to get my stuff here, need the tools to build.
We have been planning on a composting toilet in the house.
The septic will be used for the kitchen sink (it’s considered black water here) but everything else can be used for plants if we use safe soaps for the liquids and compost the solids long enough.
Shitting in a bucket in a van is less noble than you make it out to be.
I’m so slow, my first reaction was:
What kind of disgusting new behavior are the weirdos getting up to now? Shitting indoors. The very thought of it!
Plumbers, electricians, homebuilders, sanitation workers, and electrical workers. Who’d I miss?
Thank you all for a fine poopie.
I mean, it’s almost the entire service and retail economy. Shout out to the driver of the truck that did the delivery to the supermarket of the turkey you’ll poop out the next day. We owe everything to everyone.
Merry Christmas and may your next poop be a blessed one.
Smartphone factory workers and Internet network engineers.
Shampoo bottle sticker makers
I regret not growing up in a Dr Bronners household.
Dilute! Dilute! Ok!
Farmers.
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As a woman who can’t pee while standing, or at least in a way that prevents pee from getting everywhere, I very much appreciate my winter, indoor plumbing for the everyman and all the people who make it happen. And when it’s the holidays, and I’m drinking, I appreciate it even more. Cold outhouse seats suuuuuuck.
Cheers to remembering how much worse it could be and how the little things we take for granted do matter.
I’m with you.
I don’t think I meant to delete my comment; I’ve been drinking too.
My response isn’t showing because I’m a dipshit: I said:
I’m with you.
I don’t think I meant to delete my comment; I’ve been drinking too.
😊
The fact that you’re responding to no one makes this top tier
tl;dr: We live in a society
Personally I live in Texas so the only people enabling me are the Oil companies ensuring I never see a blizzard, from Global Warming.
Jokes on you, climate change means unpredictable weather, so you’ll actually get worse blizzards.
Oh don’t worry, you will
Blizzard?
Climate change is erasing those. Now it’s just do shit outside in modest cold
Now we can swim any day in November
Well, just be sure to wear a full body suit to protect from the industrial waste.
