Off the grid

[Lamplighter]

I'm frustrated because my impression of this story was so different from Wolf's and Shawnee's.
For me, this was about people actually doing something to improve their lives without waiting
for some mega-plan and development that would be years away, maybe even if ever.

I don't believe these Kenyans are living an existence that is so far under-civilized that we can't imagine it.
It was not that long ago that my grandparents were living on farms in rural Tenn and Kentucky "off the grid".
Remember the TVA ?

This article has a slide show that presents images of people in a village with bicycles, cars,
modern (clean) clothing, schools for the kids, making use of biogas (manure) to cook with, etc.
The article talks about two women (in orange) making a business of selling inexpensive biogas stoves.

I apologize if my comments and quotes gave an inadequate or wrong message about these Kenyans.

But here are another few of links...

Slide show and http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/...-the-grid.html