In a forested area in central France, a young couple lives off-grid in a wood-an...
CHASTEAUX, France - In a forested area in central France, a young couple lives off-grid in a wood-and-straw cabin. Their aim is not to hide from the law, but to change it.
Jonathan Attias, 33, and Caroline Perez, 34, are the driving force behind the “Desobeissance fertile” movement that links up back-to-nature enthusiasts with landowners willing to let them build dwellings on their land. “We want to show that it is possible for people to live with and in nature,” said Attias, who gives legal and practical advice to people who want to live off-grid in cabins, yurts, tiny houses or other impermanent dwellings.
But in France, like most of Europe, people are not allowed to build housing in forests or on agricultural land, only in designated housing areas and where they must respect building codes.“We will bring our case to the media and we want public debate, we want the law to change,” he told Reuters.“Everybody wants to change the law when it suits them. What they are doing is forbidden,” said Jean-Paul Fronty, mayor of the village of Chasteaux, with 744 inhabitants.
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