TN OTG Co-Op Community | Living Off the Grid: Free Yourself

TN OTG Co-Op Community
by CMORRIS4U88 on JULY 29, 2010 - 22 Comments in I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE OFF-GRID

I am in the process of initiating an OTG co-op community in Upper Cumberland Tennessee. I would like to network with others who have already successfully established and OTG home as part of my information gathering phase. Initally this co-op should have a sustainable farm, fishery, and appoximately 40 – 50 home sites.

22 comments

1 Phil Salt { 07.29.10 at 2:05 am }: Looking forward to learning exactly how to get off the grid.
2 Brittany Beavers { 10.14.10 at 9:18 pm }: I have no experience in the areas that you are searching for but I am extremely willing to learn to be 100% sustainable and therefore would love to speak with you about possibly helping you create your commune. Have you looked into the organization WWOOF? It’s a work exchange and I think it could be very beneficial to you as you build your community.
3 Debbie { 11.30.10 at 9:52 pm }: Hello, we are looking to off the grid. Although we do not have something established, I grew up in Wisconsin on a farm. We did not have indoor plumbing and I do know a lot with regards to farming, etc. My husband and I have a lot of knowledge with living off the land, my husband was a camp leader. We are looking to move to Tennessee and live off the grid. Let us know..
4 cody { 12.07.10 at 2:25 am }: Ya that commune sounds beautiful.. as far as hunting and gathering I could be a great asset some background in construction as well..
5 cody { 12.07.10 at 2:26 am }: Ya that commune sounds beautiful.. as far as hunting and gathering I could be a great asset some background in construction as well..btw email is cj02florida@gmail.com please contact if any possibility of my girlfriend and I joining
6 Casey B { 12.13.10 at 6:59 pm }: Hello!
My husband’s contract with the United States Army is coming to an end this spring and we have long dreamed of living a life, to call our own. We both come from very self reliant families, his building their own cabins, mine gardening and preserving. We have both adopted our families abilities and look to expand our self reliance to becoming completely self reliant. Being military now, this is a complete change! We have two beautiful children and we want them to have the same opportunities we had growing up. to walk on th earth God provided us, not a concrete pathway. Please if you should have room for us within your community, we are passionate and completely in on the idea. We thank you for supportingthe OTGlifestyle and allowing others to get a chance to ” Go back to their roots” sincerely hope we can be a part of you team!Good luck to you and all who you incorporate!!!!!
7 misty { 12.17.10 at 7:09 am }: i grew up on a farm with out house and wood stove for heat. i have been doing my own search on info. and an in knoxville ,tn and would love to help out. i want to go off the grid with my son and raise him to respect the earthy and old ways
8 themrsbrand { 02.09.11 at 4:16 pm }: me and my husband would love to know more about this place, currently we live in alabama and want to move off the grid hopefully into a community as opposed to alone… please send me information!
9 kali { 02.14.11 at 4:45 am }: would love to know if this ever got off the ground (or should i say grid :P) could contribute quite a bit
10 donna s. { 02.21.11 at 7:29 pm }: I’m definitely interested.
11 brandie { 04.07.11 at 3:26 pm }: I grew up in East Tn in a log cabin with woodburning stove. I’m well versed in making simple snares and traps as well as the medicinal properties of plants of that region, as well as their edible parts and how to prepare them so that they are edible. (not to mention how to skin, clean, and prepare small game such as rattlesnake and squirrel) I was schooled by the best baby! Mellungeons! I’m living in chicago now but am desperatley mourning the loss of my connection with nature and divine humanity. I’m young, strong, resilient, resourceful, prudent, and fearless! Please contact me and i’ll jump in the volvowagon and be there yesterday. I’d love to be a part of this.
12 Elizabeth { 04.23.11 at 8:16 pm }: My husband and I would love to just escape and live off the land. We and several of our friends are dedicated to creating our own community but don’t have the means to start up. Would love to know how you are doing and if you are recruiting families.
13 Charles { 06.23.11 at 11:13 am }: I am very interested in your project in helping build the site and actually living there i am looking to leave in the fall somewhere i have not found anyplace to go. hope i hear from you soon thanks
14 jeepguy4425 { 07.27.11 at 9:12 pm }: fiancee and i are interested in your community, please email jeepguy4425@gmail.com
15 Allison { 09.21.11 at 9:42 am }: I am very interested in your co-op and receiving more information about your group. Please email me at your earliest convenience. Thank you so much!
16 Allison { 09.21.11 at 9:44 am }: I am very knowledgeable in natural healing and remedies, herbs, and nutrition…
17 Barb { 10.05.11 at 4:54 am }: Hello!
So glad to know of someone close by who is working toward a similar goal as us! My husband and I have been off grid in Macon County for years and are also working toward both a small co-op community and toward greater resilience for our surrounding community. This is a fledgling effort but here are our two blogs. We’d love to hear from you!
http://www.onepossiblefuture.blogspot.com/
http://resilientlafayette.blogspot.com/
18 Margaret Cooper { 10.12.11 at 10:40 am }: I would love to learn more about what you are doing
19 AlexS96 { 10.24.11 at 10:27 am }: I would love to be a part of this co-op. I am an avid fisher/hunter/survivalist and I can craft many items and build carious things, i’m a hard worker and a very artistic sort. Would love to join you and help out in any way possible, email at alex.sexton96@hotmail.com to get in touch with me!
20 dennis mcqueen { 11.01.11 at 4:48 am }: i would love to live off the grid me and my wife have been talking about it for quite a while im not sure how this thing works but im a truck driver and my wifes a nurse ready to sell everything but some tools and my rv and take my 5 kids and get away from the goverment we currently live in greensburg in and we have also been wanting to build our new cob house for along time im a handyman and know how to build feel free to contact us at denniswmcqueen@gmail.com we are christian and we r not looking for a cult lol we do know how to fish i grew up on a farm living mostly off grid and i loved it
21 dawn { 12.01.11 at 2:29 pm }: waking up and really wanting to live off grid. boyfriend and i are ready and very willing to help, please let me know if and how we can be a part.
God Bless
22 Charles Fulton { 01.24.12 at 9:36 am }: Hello, I have had some experience at OTG living and I must say that 50 homes is almost un-doable. To many conflicting ideas. I would start with no more than 10 people. If that works out you can grow slowly from there. You are correct in wanting to go OTG but it is tuff job to get all the things working with people you can trust and count on. Regards Charles