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Off-griders often face a lot of work requiring physical labour, and every minute of their lives is full of challenges. However, as the saying goes: “A single thread cannot become a cord, and a single tree does not make a forest”, as long as we can gather our individual strengths to lead a group life, we just may be able to resolve many problems related to self-sustainability.

Henry is the owner of a farm on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada. He bought a piece of land and started to live off-the-grid with his family in the 90s. Initially, he intended to be independent from the rest of the world. But he gradually found that he could not cope with their daily needs. Therefore, he opened the “Blue Jay Lake Farm” and invited other people to stay with them. The only condition for stay is to do some work in the farm; and as long as a certain number of working hours is achieved, they can share the crops and living resources. Yeah Man asks the owner for tips to manage a small village, and he also experiences the various kinds of problems arise from leading a group life.

This “collaborate and co-live” lifestyle can also be found under Mount Fuji in Japan. Yet, the scope is even bigger – for there are already nearly a hundred people living there. The off-grid tradition of Konohana Family has been there for 24 years. Everyone who came from different parts of the world decided to stay there because of different reasons. As the Konohana Family has its own rich history, it already has its own mature system of division of labour, people are assigned to different positions in accordance with their individual expertise. For instance, they are responsible for duties such as making food sauces, cooking, farming and beekeeping. In the absence of income, they share their work and maintain self-sustainability in the entire village in terms of food, thereby weaving into a huge network of resource sharing.

After visiting the Henry’s farm and the Konohana Family, Yeah Man man feels the different ways of group lives in the two countries. And he now has a completely different idea of a small village in his mind.
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