Extreme downshifting to escape the modern world can end in disillusion. The solution lies with communities that offer a halfway houseI’m sure that a fair few of us have had “a River Cottage moment” over the years. To wonder, even fleetingly, what it would be like to learn to live off the land; to grow and rear your own food; to become less reliant on buying everything in and have a stab at a much simpler, potentially more satisfying and wholesome existence.But how many of us can cope with the total loss of a regular income? Who can give up everything and scratch a living far from the city, often with kids in tow (some more willing than others)? Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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