Why blog about it?

The Woman and I intend to make a sustainable seachange by:

a) Leaving the city behind for a quieter life.

b) Building a more sustainable, greener home and lifestyle by using free natural resources to reduce our carbon footprint and our living expenses.

We know a lot of people have already done what we are planning to do.
Others are part of the way through the change and for still others, its only a dream.

It is our intention that this blog will document our experiences from the decision to make the change right through to when the house is built and we are eating produce from our own garden.

Blogging about every aspect of the change will give us a record of our experiences which we hope may be theraputic for us and beneficial to others.

If you come across our blog by accident or design we hope you will share your experiences or ask your questions so that other visitors can have have the benefit of our shared wisdom.

So read on. And come back often.

Sustainable Seachange explained.

So what do we mean by a Sustainable Seachange? Wikipedia says,

"Sustainable living refers to a specific lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprints by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet."

One definition of Seachange is an "Australian demographic phenomenon." "A seachange (or sea change) is an abandonment of city living in favour of a perceived 'easier life' in rural coastal communities. The term derives from the popular ABC TV television series SeaChange, which triggered the phenomenon of many city-dwellers mimicking the drama's protagonist's escape from urban life. "

And for our purposes, these definitions will suffice. Thank you Wikipedia