Here is some eye (and mind) candy. A neat slide show on the New York Times website shows several creative ways college students are living alternatively off the grid. While perhaps not reasonable or desirable for most of us, experimentation like this creates awareness and insight into our accustomed ways of living so that we may change certain aspects we don’t like. These folks may not be living like Henry Thoreau but their innovation is refreshing.

A family living in a yurt in Alaska was also recently profiled by the Times. For those who would like to check out a yurt without moving in, the Treebones Resort along the Big Sur coast in California is a unique experience in a beautiful location.

- Justin Manger

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