How is life different at La’akea than on the mainland?
We live off the grid which means that we conserve energy and water usage. We have hot showers but encourage people to shower in the afternoon when we have solar heated water. We have limited cell phone reception in some areas of the land and no land line, so phone calls are expensive during peak times. We have internet service through a satellite connection which goes out about 20% of the time and have limited internet time available for non-business uses. We are clothing-optional as the climate here is often comfortable enough to wear little or no clothing. We often stay on community land for days at a time, meeting our food, work, exercise, and social needs on the land and in the community. We spend most of our time outside and in community buildings such as our main house, and little time in our personal dwellings.
