How do they earn money?
Everyone here has worked out a solution to that problem which suits their talents, temperament and needs, so it’s difficult to give a single answer. Also there’s a privacy issue involved. I’m happy to talk about how I handle the need to generate funds, but as to how others do it, I’ll have to provide general answers rather than specific details. One option is to spend part of the year off earning income and part of the year here building one’s niche. One of our founders was a desert rat who spent the cold winters down in southern Nevada working, and the summers here at Windward focusing on capital improvements. He was especially interested in developing Windward’s renewable energy program, a capitally intensive project, so a split year approach worked well for him. Another option is to spend part of the week off earning income. We have a stock of cab-over campers that make it easy to go off a few days a weeks to market our skills or products. By working a couple of long shifts on a wee
