We gathered all the wood up, took it to the fellow who owned it, but he said keep it. In an interview for the Huffington Post, Adams explained that “One winter, a storm blew a whole bunch of trees down. He is a carver while Catherine is a painter, dancer, writer, and musician. Each one has a specific purpose, among which there is a dance floor, a guest light house, an art gallery, a studio and five greenhouses.Ĭonstruction of Freedom Cove began back in 1991 and ever since, Adams, 66, and King, 59, have been living on and improving their off-grid home. Nearby there, in Cypress Bay, a couple by their names, Wayne Adams and Catherine King, have built with their own two hands, a floating home made out of 12 separate platforms. Going back to Vancouver Island, but this time on its western side, we come across a small town by the name of Tofino. Nevertheless, most of the members are decent individuals who wholeheartedly follow their belief systems and teachings. But large numbers of people put together will almost always produce some “bad apples”. There are also many instances of drug use and traffic and people who live in the vicinity of the event usually are afraid of the “Rainbows”. This however has led to some controversy about the annual event since there were two deaths that took place at the gathering in 2014. They look to spread ideas of peace, respect, harmony between people, eco-living and offer an alternative to modern day trends of capitalism, consumerism, mass-media and general wastefulness.Įverybody is free to join a Rainbow Gathering and nobody is in charge. The Rainbow Family of Living Light describes itself as “the largest best coordinated nonpolitical nondenominational nonorganization of like-minded individuals on the planet.” When they meet, somewhere around 10,000 to 20,000 individuals come together. In the United States these gatherings have been taking place every July since 1972, in different forests across the country. The gatherings in the Western Hemisphere are mostly influenced by Native American beliefs and way of life. It is however a community, or rather several communities, which come together every year for about a month in different locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Europe. The Rainbow Gathering is not a permanent place where people live all year round. According to Statistics Canada, Lasqueti Island has the most highly educated community in British Columbia. Some even maintain several B&Bs on the island. Most members are “ professional musicians, published authors, some small scale manufacturers, some commercial agriculture as well as professional consultants in education, engineering, forestry and alternate energy” according to their site. Another built his home from natural and recycled materials, as well as old tires which make up the walls.Įverything is very well organized and even going to the toilet on the island has its own manual called “How to Shyte on Lasqueti” which talks about composting, greywater and septic fields, and is found on the community’s website. The homes these people live in are rustic and very cozy, and one member has even taken up residence in an old school bus which he fuels up with vegetable oil. Some still use old fashioned fossil fuel generators, while others don’t use electricity at all. Most of their electricity is provided by solar panels, wind turbines and small scale hydroelectric plants. These people have decided to live completely off grid by growing their own crops and foraging what they can find on the island itself. Just an hour’s boat ride from Vancouver in western Canada, between the mainland and the island of Vancouver there’s another, smaller island called Lasqueti, roughly the size of Manhattan, where some 400 people reside.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |