Unplugged Urban is a weekly vlog and blog committed to the idea that sustainable living starts with small simple changes.

Every week we offer new Life HACS: Healthy Affordable Clean Simple ways to make our planet a better place to live.

 It takes just one spark…

A few years ago we were considering a new vehicle purchase. Our old car had seen many miles and was starting to make regular trips to the mechanic. Time to go car shopping. We had never considered owning an electric vehicle. Like many, we assumed they were impractical, and too expensive. After one test drive we were hooked. We found that not only were EV’s very practical but incredibly inexpensive.

We begin to wonder if there were other ways to live cleaner while saving money. Two years, another EV, twenty solar panels, two inverters, ten batteries, two solar controllers, ten raised beds, six rain barrels, and one composter later we found that YES you can save a TON of money living “green”. Additionally, we found that the more environmentally conscious decisions we made, the healthy we were becoming.

It’s no secret that our planet’s climate is on track to experience unprecedented change that will effect how every human being continues to exist. Many look to government, business, industry and the science community for a solution. Although they have a part to play we believe that the biggest impact exists within the individual. If every person on planet earth was empowered with the knowledge to make change the effect would be massive.