another way of life

[doctorh2005]

How do they have internet?????

[kainejoyes]

namaste xx

[moekanz]

love.

[patreich29]

the history of all nations is tribal

[neuroleptika]

Are there any more videos of Tipi Valley? Has anyone written a book about it or made a documentary? I would love to see more.

[jjaayypp963]

(jjaayypp's wife) Man, I love your video right from the begining. Very good. I'm 1/2 Cherokee Indian myself. My Father-in- Law and I are going to bild a tipi in our back yard soon. Good Day! (Lynn)

[foopibransfield]

Absolutely the best lifestyle there is.

[AssaLeijaBonita]

<3!!

[frantzjohn72]

"there IS more than one way of doing things" is the largest lesson of this video. Second Lesson: Nature providing :)

[KingofTownz]

If your going to live like this, why not live in an environment with year round good temperature?

[SteveAstronaut]

@KingofTownz if I was a horrid cynic I might say... Cos you can't sign on in a rain forest

[Cristofre]

yeah, but do they have high speed internet? :-)

[giles2a]

@DSXmachine what do you use for heating? We could also switch of the coal and nuclear power stations and 99% of the country will freeze to death.

[DSXmachine]

@giles2a We could, I suppose, but I never suggested that would be a good idea.

The fact remains that burning wood is extremely energy inefficient and releases a lot of carbon. We're better off relying on the power grid and searching for efficient and clean fuels.

[thiizzman510]

@DSXmachine U ARE SO WRONG......TRYING TO FIND CLEAN ENERGY IS CONTRIBUTING TO MORE POLLUTION..... THAN ANY CAMP FIRE WOULD HAVE PUT IN AIR.......IF ALL THE WORLD STOPPED THIS BULLSHITTY WAY OF LIVING.....AND LIVED LIKE THE NATIVE AMERICANS THEN THE WORLD CAN RECOVER FROM WHAT MAINLY WHITES DID TO IT.....PLUS THERE WERE ENOUGH TREES TO EQUAL OUT THE CO2 IN THE AIR....NOW DAYS TREES CANT KEEP UP

[DSXmachine]

@thiizzman510 You, sir, are a complete fucking idiot.

[GreenPrep]

@thiizzman510 Racism is not going to help. Industry and greed are the problem and have affected all nature loving and living people. Ever hear of the Druids? Don't play the race game, it sucks.

[AuthorCurtis]

Nice video.... go check out our Tipi videos by searching under "Setting up our Tipi, living your dreams".... enjoy!

[alf131000]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha not every one get one either eh???

[DSXmachine]

Fires aren't very environmentally friendly. I'm not throwing stones at a lifestyle choice, just saying that it doesn't make environmental sense.

[trumpet190]

@DSXmachine well if you wan't to die of hypothermia you don't have to light a fire....

[DSXmachine]

@trumpet190 Or you could just live in a goddamn house like a normal person. :P

[trumpet190]

@DSXmachine you still have to heat up a house... without heating it would still be just as cold as outside

[Cytacon]

@DSXmachine Fire has been on earth since it formed and is completely natural, it is ridiculous to say that fire is not 'environmentally friendly'.. If you burned car tires and garbage that would not be 'environmentally friendly'. Burning wood from a well managed source has no negative effect on the environment whatsoever. Four elements- Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.

[DSXmachine]

@Cytacon Regardless of your "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water" belief system, burning plant material releases carbon into the atmosphere. Plants act as a carbon sink, and when you burn plant material you release it into the air. The best place for wood is buried in the ground where it can be recycled as fertilizer.

[Cytacon]

@DSXmachine Have you ever heard of the carbon cycle?. Maybe you should do a little research, you don't seem to know what you are talking about. Oh and btw, "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water" is not my belief system, they are the four main classical elements, essential for life on earth.

[DSXmachine]

@Cytacon Yes, I've heard of the carbon cycle, and we have a problem with it. There's too much going into the atmosphere and not enough coming out of it.

Why are you being so obtuse? Any goddamn idiot can see that burning wood is not a good idea.

[Cytacon]

@DSXmachine Of course you would have to subscribe to the belief that Co2 is as harmful as it is portrayed to conclude that burning wood is a bad idea. That aside, if a wood source is well managed by coppicing and re-plantation even those who subscribe to the idea that Co2 is the main factor behind climate change (climate is not static btw, it changed dramatically on a regular basis pre industry) should not have a problem with burning wood as it is a renewable resource that constantly replaces.

[DSXmachine]

@Cytacon Good god, you're fucking hopeless.

[Cytacon]

@DSXmachine Is that the best you can come up with, seriously?. You have no debating skills whatsoever, you are a brainwashed moron who doesn't know what he is talking about.

[DSXmachine]

@Cytacon You're trying to argue that burning wood is a good idea. How fucking stupid does that make you? Honest to god, get a goddamn brain you fucking asshat.

[Cytacon]

@DSXmachine More of the same from you. You can't argue your point like an adult. Maybe you are not an adult. Regardless, you fail at debate. *goes off to burn some wood*

[DSXmachine]

@Cytacon That's because there is no basis for this "debate" whatsoever. You're trying to argue that pumping carbon into the atmosphere is a *good* thing. You may as well be arguing that lead paint is nutritious.

[christinepeace]

@DSXmachine only when eaten with onion dip.

Cheers Christine

[thiizzman510]

@Cytacon IM CONFUSED.......HOW COULD U NOT BELIVE IN EARTH WIND WATER FIRE??????ARE U FROM THIS PLANET.......IYS IS THE ONLY RELIGION THAT SHOULD BE ACEPTED ON PLANET EARTH......SAYING U DONT BELIVE IN THESE THINGS MAKES U LIKE AN ALIEN TO THIS PLANET.......HOW CAN U NOT BELIVE IN THE THINGS YOU KNOW U NEED FOR LIFE ON EARTH......IF U BELIVE IN ANY OTHER RELIGION BUT EARTH ....U ARE BRAINWASHED AND U ARE CANCEROUS TO EARTH......EARTH AIR WATER FIRE ARE ONLY THING A REAL MAN REALLY NEED

[cdltpx]

Life on the mesa / you can watch it on netflicks it is about some that are living outside the norm not as civilized as this group but interesting to see what may occur when we have a meltdown and are forced to deal with life on our own.

[fifthavenuegirl]

How awesomely cool

[strollby]

Good for you, it seems as if you have created a peaceful way of living without creating the waste and disharmony of the modern world, thanks for posting

[tonedcos]

Great bunch of people. Was privaliged to have spent time there and met some of the people. Ric impressed me as a wonderful orator and a thougroughly nice chap : )

[mythic89]

But why can't we have our cake and eat it to. ? I live in America but I would like to move to Dartmoor England and be a Highwayman and rob the travelers on the Moor.

[fiscornioman]

I would love to live that way ,for real, i feel a calling, a desperate one, but im "afraid" of leaving the "stand in line" society model.

[SeaHorseGypsy]

@fiscornioman i understand your fear, i have the same fear kind of, but what we should really fear IS the stand in line society model...

[juliethomas01]

i was working in builth wells the other week and picked a little hobbo up on my way in llandeilo (worst thing i did) he was heading for brecon and i stoped on llandovery square for him to get out.next thing change ov plan he wanted to go to builth fuck he wrecked my head. i said where the fuck are you going he replied ive never been to builth before can you drop me off there so i did, miles away from where i picked him up from, fuck he was a dirty smelly bastad his name was CASPIAN

[Cstrife234]

I'd love to live in one of these communities, with celtic round houses.

[juliethomas01]

@Cstrife234 ye so long as the weed was stronger than the shit going about today, and i had a full time cold because these dirty bastards smell put youre thumps up to that one

[Cstrife234]

@juliethomas01 haha

[mythic89]

How is it that mankind spent thousands of years becoming civilized and trying to make life more comfortable for hisself and family and mankind has strived and made terrific advancements, but now everyone wants to say the HELL with it ang go live all primitive and shit in the woods ???

[EasternMerchant]

@mythic89 trust.....there are all types of people, people who enjoy doing things I could never be paid enough to do!

Some love to live on edge like Gypsies who try to find some cunning way to make a fast buck just to enjoy their night lives and then repeat the process day after day.

[WarBeer]

@mythic89 ....because "advancement" is an opinion...it's subjective...for all we've gained...we've lost. Why do some people exercise and eat healthy? We don't "have" to...you can eat chemically processed foods CHEAP....and why exercise when you can buy an appliance to do you job for you? EASY answer friend...because an "easy" life is an unhealthy one. Even our more recent forefathers told us that. On NUMEROUS occasions. (think Ben Franklin) Modern bathroom = nasty....woods = clean:)

[WarBeer]

@WarBeer .....check out some of the oldest people...now and in the past...and you'll find...that most of them do/did NOT live a model "modern" lifestyle. IMHO

[brianwurst1234]

i would like to join you guys please?

[mkmason2002]

Would that job be welfare recipient?

[liefwildwood]

no! I've seen them working hard for the money they need. Parents do receive child benefit, All parents in UK do

[mkmason2002]

@liefwildwood

So you are a welfare receipient. You receive it through your children. Yeah, lots of people here in the US do that too, they're called jobless unwed mothers.

ALL parents in the UK receive welfare? How is that?

Do you work for a living?

[liefwildwood]

liefwildwood@mkmason2002 I did say ALL parentsin UK receive Child Benefit (irrespective of income) Of course there is no need to believe me if you're unable to.

When you say "you" do you mean "they"? I don't live in Tipi Valley, and I didn't tell you I have children. The Prime Minister of UK recives Child Benefit - ask him! (address 10 Downing St, London SW1) I have a feeling that you really want to see the people of Tipi Valley as welfare scroungers. Sorry friend, you'd be wrong if you did.

[maxx20091]

Some of the people who live there are actually on well paid jobs. They dont just sit around all day scratching themselves haha

[dirtside]

hey folks -i like to go camping to but i have obligations to people in "the world" -i apreciate anyone who has knowledge on what to grow -how to harvest -ways to cook and ways to preserve -any food naturally -same with hunting and fishing and manufacturing your own wares -these are age old skills that should never be lost -ive been jobless and homeless in a big city -for months before -im a tribalist cherokee indian -and i respect the land -but i hunt to to survive -less stress=long life.

[mkmason2002]

These people seem so monotone and lifeless to me.

[MichaelJefferson44]

maybe because lack of stress...?

[mkmason2002]

maybe....maybe hideous boredom.

[johnmonk66]

there are like 30 of them, they are inter breeding for years, all uneducated, they all smell too, you would be pretty bored living there too

[Zaocrede]

its cause they are just really chilled out

[Fight4Privacy]

Does anyone know if their are settlements like this in England?

[acriscio]

New Hampshire and Nevada were the last two states on earth where there was no property tax and it was possible for someone to live off their own land and not use money.

This Christmas Eve morning, however, the federal government mandated that everyone have enough money to buy health insurance. Land-livers couldn't have legal children anyway because for 10 years every legal child has been forced to attend federal reeducation camps until age 18 or document their parents educate them in lockstep.

[johnmonk66]

last two states on earth? no property tax in ireland,

[acidhead1001]

yeah i've been to teepee valey in 94 and i spontaneously bought a teepee from "tipi jack"since that day i live in my teepee, in the forest in switzerland i hope my health continues,

so i can go on,to live my life in the best way! thank you tipi valley

[DritonGusia]

So Im not the only one planing a future like this :-D

I wonder how hard would it be to realize and live it!

But one thing I know, no matter what, I'll rather live a day in a life like this than a hundred years in this urban shit-hole!

[perunatic]

It's cool, but it's totally unsustainable. these people have either state support or privte money. I still approve 100%, but this is elitist and middle class.

[johnmonk66]

exactly right, mother nature is not supplying their clothing, or their prescription glasses, they are all on the dole, in other words, tinkers

[mkmason2002]

Astute observation!

[swlewis07]

I WOULD LOVE LIVING THERE!!!!!

[grovernors]

The ongoing global financial onslaught is making more people rethink their true values. This lifestyle will gain traction in the near future if not simply for survival sake.

Nature seems to have still yet undefined mechanics with which to bring the people full circle.

[danagasta1]

It's an efficient type of house, a tipi--the design holds heat in very well. The only thing is, I don't think the original design accounts for how wet and soaked Wales is in comparison to the Great Plains. Good they're using yurts now.

[whuhay]

living the life

[arsewipe24]

....a little bit creepy though

[arsewipe24]

i don't know about thousands of years ago....but i like a real fire in a home

[cadmanwells]

Well yeah, I went there in the 80's and what sticks in my mind is a young lad who'd been born into the "close to nature' situation of his parents choice and I said "What d'you want to do when you grow up?" and he says "I want to live in a house."

[MadSmokerBBQ]

"I want to live in a house."

Well there's the human condition for you.

[bmillog]

i want 2 move 2 tepee valley

meet some ppl who live there last glastonbury

and their life seemed great :)

[dreamwildly]

ecotopia!

[ripple1983]

Is that swampy at 1:30!  Whatever happened to him?

[corkoram]

Yes. That is King Swampy.

[courtneyrao]

The way tipis are designed makes them great for holding in heat. You don't freeze because all the heat that would normally rise is forced downward by the conical shape.

[tongersebocht]

.. how can you find similar communities in your neighbourhood if you live in a busy town? You just have no contact at all...

[Osmun79]

This sounds amazing, though you probably would freeze your butt off in winter. Still, makes me want to have a Teepee.

[SargonMan]

I love my Crow Teepee, and put it up every summer. Living in one year round as the Plains Indians of America did, is no picnic nor camping adventure. It's always nice to be able to buy that Ceylon Tea from the local store and heat the water over a propane flame!

[rebeccabrown54]

and it was "tally valley" then.

[rebeccabrown54]

I lived in this place for a short while as a small child, everyone took too many drugs!!!!Dont beleive the hype

[Bendertent]

@rebeccabrown54 I believe you.

[Astralnaut]

May peace and tranquility penetrate and reverberate throughout and across the known and unknown universe.

Viva Tipi Valley !

[tipikler]

Salut tepee valley! J'ai donné naissance à mon premier fils en cette vallée il y a 24 ans et bien connu Rick the vic, la 1ere fois en 84 où il fit le voyage à Carnac lors du soltice, je passais ensuite 1an1/2 à Talley valley où mon fils vint au monde.souvenirs inoubliables. Je vécus ensuite 12ans sous tipis et j'en fabrique toujours. Tipi un jour, Tipi toujours!

[peacepalace]

Je trouve ce video inspirant. Ces gens vivent en contact avec la nature. C'est la vraie liberté, pas besoin de travailler pour avoir de l'argent pour avoir la liberté. Eux ils doivent travailler pour leur communauté et non pour s'enrichir eux-même. Je ne suis pas contre l'argent, mais je trouve que l'argent apporte une fausse liberté. Bonne journée! :0)

[peskirabbit]

Oh dear! Singing a song addressed to Mother Earth is not the same thing as worshipping her! The basic tenet of Christianity,forgiveness,is pretty sound, but I am ever amazed at the absolute bollocks that so many Christians come out with.I'll put my faith in the reality of the enspirited universe and its constant becoming.. in the beginning was the word but the word was/is a spoken, living thing not some dry symbol on a page, translated and then filtered by the politics of the Roman church.

[jphwacheski]

lol you are a terrorista! like all of your ilk,. so afraid to embrace life that you live only for death,., leave the deathcult of religion, and embrace all of the earth and its people,. love will set you free, not fear of "the wrath of Dog",. lol

[podlife59]

A Very beautiful place indeed, I think they are doing a marvelous thing living so simply in a peaceful setting. I would still rather be in thankfulness and praying to Almighty God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ though and not sing to mother earth who is not a deity but a human created invention like gaia. Mother earth is deaf because she is not a person. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1 Truth is better.

[jphwacheski]

reply to podlife59- "earth who is not a deity but a human created invention" what? are you on crack? man did not 'invent' earth,. lol,. you are so silly and backwards,. 'jesus' and 'the invisible man in the sky' are human inventions,. not the earth that gave life to us,. you belive in lies that conrol you! wake up!!!

[podlife59]

Joh 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

[jphwacheski]

Wow,. what fear-mongering! I belive in the SUN,. the SUN I can see,. your christian myth system is thinly vailed SUN worship any how,. watch; zeitgeist the movie,. leave the dogma behind and embrace universal love,. it is the only way forward. Not the idol worship that christianity has become,. jebus and his mom and the pope and all the rest are worshiped as idols,. silly!

[podlife59]

Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.

Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

[jphwacheski]

bla bla bla gogally goop,. you have no mind of your own, just quotes from the book you worship as an idol! Is idolitry not a sin? people like you are the ones that give religion a bad name, . endlessly spouting of chapter and verse,. you make a book of myth writen by men into your god,. is sad. The universe is so much more.

[podlife59]

There is no way of escaping the wrath of God but by the Lord Jesus Christ, so those who will not believe must go to eternity "as they are," and bear alone all that God may choose to inflict. Yet thousands choose to remain in this state, and to encounter alone all that is terrible in the wrath of Almighty God, rather than come to Jesus, who has borne their sins in his own body on the tree, and who is willing to bless them with the peace, and purity, and joy of immortal life.

[growguyuk]

im just waiting for ur chreistian rapture-coz can you imagine the wonderful world we are going to have when all the narrow minded haters hiding behind their religion get sucked up into their heaven---just imagine what we can accomplish when that lot have fucked off...

[GroundRatTheLegend]

@growguyuk looks like you are the hater to me

[growguyuk]

if i was a horrid cynic i could say that all 3 of the abrahamic religions are based on a book that was written a a political justification for the invasion of other ppls land(ie the philistines) and have nothing to do with spitituality at all, and that everyone following them is deluded--

if I was a horrid cynic I might say that...

[artistkeith3]

Actually, you sound almost like a horrid cynic, but not really close enough to it to spout off about you being one quite yet.

[tommcreynoldscom]

@growguyuk You are a horrid cynic. and i agree with you.

[CriterionCoIIection]

@growguyuk wtf ur an idiot

[AcidicSpunk]

Tipi Valley have wicked raves! :D