subject: How Heart To Heart Farms Came To Be - It All Startes With An Idea [print this page] Joe and I have become increasingly concerned with the environment and our impact on the Earth. We saw a documentary called Garbage Warrior and decided we wanted to build an Earth Ship, although we knew this would take a lot of time and planning. Joe works on an organic self-sustainable farm called Heart 2 Heart Farms out in Sherwood. It wasnt long before I was invited to visit, and since I first visited I fell in love. We love being around like-minded individuals concerned about what they eat, and how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. So we decided to move closer to the farm to be able to help out on a daily basis.
Joe and I started to look into live-in tents in the mean time until we could build our first home. We noticed no one really seems to live in Wall Tents and we decided this could be a possible solution for us in the meantime. We decided to live at least one year in a custom built wall tent in which we plan on using the greywater system, a composting toilet, build our own green house and raise our own livestock. Hopefully I can put up a sketch soon about what we think the tent would look like. Bravo! Tents has agreed to take on the challenging task of creating our 18 by 30 live in tent, complete with four windows, a deck for the front and back, enough space for us to have a kitchen, dining room, living area, bedroom, and bathroom.
Recently we started contacting what we feel are Eco-Friendly companies to see if theyd be interested in donating products for us to review alongside the tent and since then a snow-ball affect has taken place. I cant believe how many wonderful people there are who are willing to work with us to create this project. Although we have yet to have official endorsements it looks like a couple of major companies are interested.
Joe and I believe the tent should be built and up and running in four weeks. Ill keep everyone posted about our adventures into a more self-sustainable lifestyle.
