Fair play to him, but I'm afraid I'm with Lady G on this one. Sod living in that place; I bet it's bastard cold in winter, and damp. And can you imagine the amount of bugs and creepy crawlies?? Slugs? Eeuuw!
No, sorry, I'm a sybarite. I like the comforts and luxuries technological evolution has brought us. I like having electricity, and gas central heating. I like it, when I have a poo, that I push a button and it all gets magically whisked away for someone else to deal with.
I respect someone for giving something they believe in a go, but as for the eco side of things, I'd doubt they're more than 10% less environmentally destructive than most other people, when you weigh it all up. For all their home farming etc, they are still basically reliant on the same systems as everyone else; food has to be produced and transported, drugs developed, transport fuelled, etc. It's a nice gesture, and we could all do with being greener, but it is little more than a gesture.
Tatty dump. I bet it right pongs, too.
(Ooh! 100th post!)