Title: Twelve by twelve
Subtitle: a one-room cabin off the grid and beyond the American dream
Description: "Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Benton’s permaculture farm, and she stroked honeybees’ wings as she shared her wildcrafter philosophy of living on a planet in crisis. Powers, just back from a decade of international aid work, then accepted Benton’s offer to stay at the cabin for a season while she traveled. There, he befriended her eclectic neighbors — organic farmers, biofuel brewers, eco-developers — and discovered a sustainable but imperiled way of life."
Subjects: Environmentalism, Conservation of natural resources, Self-reliant living, Alternative lifestyles, Green movement, Sustainable living, North carolina, social life and customs, North carolina, description and travel
Places: United States
People: William Powers (1971-)