Can you lead an off-grid community?

[Raw TV]

Raw TV, the makers of the hit Discovery show Gold Rush, are searching for individuals to take part in an exciting new project.

Do you think you embody the spirit of the American pioneer? Are you fed up with the world you live in today and envisage another - better - way to live? Could you see yourself creating and leading a new community, outside the borders of society, built with the frontier grit of your forefathers? If you are passionate about your beliefs and want to share them, not only with those who join you, but also with a TV audience, I would love to talk to you.

Whether this sounds like something you are planning immediately or is a long term dream, please email your contact details and a brief description of your plans to casting@rawtelevision.co.uk

Thank you!

[BB.]

Just an FYI--I will leave this up for now--Appears it could be legit.

Original poster did answer some questions in this forum:

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/fo...age1940898/pg1

Appears to be anywhere in North America--Location based on where person/family chooses--not based on production company direction.. People who would be going off grid anyway. Production company will not be buying land/equipment (directly). Producer is out of New York.

Otherwise, don't know anything else than the above link and US IP Address.

-Bill

[Dill]

this post showed up in the small cabin forum as well...

[Cariboocoot]

I am concerned that this would be another hyped-up "reality" show with as little reality as possible and as much drama as can be created. Note the wording of the initial post. I doubt they are concerned with technical proficiency, and certainly not with practical application of solar power.

[Vic]

OK, Spam TV, or MoreSpam TV

But since it is elsewhere, kinna wonder why it NEEDS to be here. OOPppsss attitude. Vic

[niel]

I am concerned that this would be another hyped-up "reality" show with as little reality as possible and as much drama as can be created. Note the wording of the initial post. I doubt they are concerned with technical proficiency, and certainly not with practical application of solar power.

in thinking about this, i'm with you coot. they would focus on negatives so as to create controversy and would put an unnecessary bad light on off grid living. as an example they might try to place a limit on power to deliberately cause power fights because otherwise off grid living would be somewhat uneventful and maybe even boring. off grid living does not belong in reality tv, but is more inline with documentaries so as to focus on the subject of off grid living itself rather than the people fights and other social interactions of people that have little to do with the subject.

[Raw TV]

Hello,

To address some of your concerns - We do not want to make a hyped up, fake, manufactured drama reality TV show, rather we want to make an observational documentary. We are looking to follow real people's real lives as they live off the grid. The people we are searching for should aim to inform, not entertain - including informing our audience about solar power and how it can be used as an important power source. All of our projects are made with the utmost integrity and journalistic rigour.

As far as why we've posted on different sites - we are trying to reach out to as many skilled people as possible across different groups.

Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thank you!

[niel]

i find this interesting to say the least. as much as i'd like to get away from where i am, i also acknowledge that we are all tied to society in some ways and we can't or won't be able to break all ties. for an example many here that are off grid will not part with the internet or do without phone service. i can see that and i can site medical reasons as well for myself that would limit the amount of separation one would employ. going food shopping is another as being off grid does not always mean living totally off of the land. i can say that if i had that money i'd have done this already and wouldn't need a tv show to film my life as incentive. i think for myself it wouldn't be to break all ties with society, but more to break the control society has on me.

[Cariboocoot]

Well some of us on this forum, like myself, have lived off grid for years. Some part time, some full time.

Let me tell you; the power generating aspect isn't the difficult bit. You just have to know what you're doing or ask the right questions of the people who do. Many of whom can be found on this forum. They're the ones who have lived off grid for years.

The biggest challenge out here is that it's a long, tedious trip in to town.
Don't confuse "off grid living" with "self-sufficiency/survivalist living".

Frankly our life here would make pretty dull TV. Hours of watching hummingbirds. Hours of tedious wood chopping. Hours of looking at a perfectly still lake. Hours of reading books. Hours of discussing solar electric power systems on the Internet via satellite.

If it were exciting, energetic, and entertaining I wouldn't be here.

[icarus]

Followed by hours of hauling water out of a hole in the ice, thawing frozen water lines, cutting ice for the ice house, repairing gensets.

Tony