Three Generations Off Grid: A Tour of How We Harvest Water, Food and Power

Take a tour of our off-grid systems and how we harvest our own water, power and grow food, cook, and build in the countryside. EcoFlow's latest products for September: WAVE 3 & GLACIER Classic, which are the portable fridge and AC featured in the video! Now available for purchase. Join us in enjoying a more refined life in an eco-friendly way! Official website: https://bit.ly/EFMTMF Amazon: https://amzn.to/41u3lgr eBay: https://bit.ly/3UVPdsI #EcoFlowAustralia #ecoflowglacierclassic #EcoFlowWAVE3 In this video, we share how we manage solar power, rainwater harvesting, and more — all designed to support a self-sufficient, low impact lifestyle on our 60 year old permaculture farm. Built over decades, our systems are simple, sustainable, and rooted in a deep connection to the land. Whether you're starting your own homestead, planning an off-grid setup, or just curious about sustainable living, we hope this detailed look offers practical insight and inspiration. We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. All the music in this video is from Musicbed! You can use our link for a free trial: https://fm.pxf.io/mtm Chapters: 0:00 Living off grid for three generations 00:36 How we harvest our own water (from natural streams) 2:51 How we harvest rain water 4:25 How we collect water in our dam and our pump systems 5:50 Animal integration in the orchards 7:13 Our water tanks and off grid water storage 8:12 A thousand fruit trees: our abundant orchards 9:13 Problems on our self sustainable farm 10:08 The sheep’s role on the farm 10:58 Our off grid power systems: solar and dealing with natural disasters 12:17 Harvesting from the orchards and preserving food 14:46 Passive solar design, heating systems and hot water 15:48 Our off grid art studio: power, water, refrigeration and heating/cooling 19:23 Portable solar panels that power our whole studio 19:58 The gardens: how we grow our own food 22:40 The chickens and ducks 26:28 Creativity and learning 28:30 Learning to build and how it changed everything