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  1. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Pender Island: The Canadian Town Where Hitchhiking Is Encouraged

    Pender Island: The Canadian Town Where Hitchhiking Is Encouraged Brendan Sainsbury 5-6 minutes I’m standing by the road outside of the Otter Bay ferry terminal on Pender Island in British Columbia, waving my thumb optimistically at the oncoming traffic. Behind me is a green...
  2. Lobostonto

    MISSING, MILL BAY VANCOUVER ISLAND: Maya, 22, Quebecoi

    Lost contact with her last night Oct 2 at 5pm, last seen at her camping spot at 10pm. Was propositioned to camp at a presumed illegal site, Im worried she got nabbed into trafficking. If you see her, or Maya if you see this please let me know you're safe. I found your old spot and I’m waiting...
  3. Matt Derrick

    Man Living Off-Grid in a Tent on an Island

    Jojo has been living off-grid in a tent for 18 months, the last 12 of which have been on an island in Sweden! He has a 5 meter (16-foot) Sibley Bell tent set up on a platform, a wood stove for heat, a multi-fuel stove for cooking, a solar panel and a car battery for charging devices, and...
  4. D

    Saltspring Island is in British Columbia

    Does anyone know this town? Saltspring Island. I have no choice, I need to leave my home town, too many expectations about my mental health. I've been travelling before. I need some intel about what to expect. If I do end up on t he Island, it will be to regroup and send people the right...
  5. jimi

    Cramond Island of Punk 2020 (Edinburgh Fringe Fest)

    I went to this last year and had a blast!! Definitely trying to go again. Anyone from StP going? For those who don't know: Cramond Island of Punk is a single day punk festival that takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland during the Fringe Festival. It is held on Cramond Island, a small beautiful...
  6. Zbart1108

    Squats on the Big Island

    Just got back from the mainland and found my place to stay not so favorable anymore...now looking for a place to squat ugh.
  7. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Punk Island is a celebration of community, diversity, and rage

    PUNK ISLAND IS A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY, DIVERSITY, AND RAGE Punk Island shows NYC what’s at punk’s core: community. WORDS: Danielle Chelosky & Stephanie Augello PHOTOS: Stephanie Augello Randall’s Island in NYC isn’t usually bursting with heavy guitars vibrating through amps and...
  8. Leopluradon

    New from rhode island

    Hi I'm Leo, from Rhode island. Just wanted to put myself out there, and maybe see if anyone out there is around the southern new England area. I'm excited to learn and share new information with anyone of you.
  9. noothgrush

    Heading to the Big Island Hawaii in a few weeks.

    Yes I have used the search function on the site first of all. Does anyone have any tips as far as stealth camping is concerned? I hear conflicting reports about beach camping. Also how's the dumpstering and food pantry situation?
  10. noothgrush

    Padre Island in Texas is a good place to winter at

    I always thought this place was a great place to hole up for the winter. Most of the island is available for free camping and north padre has bathrooms and showers you can use for free. Personally I try to bounce before spring break though. Too many frat kids for my taste. Just a suggestion for...
  11. D

    Photos Sailing my boat from Cape Cod to Newport Rhode Island

    so I'm doin it folks. Cape cod to Martha's vineyard, penikese, cuttyhunk, now Newport Rhode island. Sailing solo is tight. hard work but rewarding I've had help along the way @Jay johnson also the Gallagher clan. skipper I love you man. for some reason I can't get more than one photo to load...
  12. D

    summer time uninhabited island squat cape cod mass

    okay so this place okay so this place called panekes Island that used to have a school on it for bad kids from Boston has been uninhabited for several years now maybe as many as five but it has a big house a tool shop a boat shop climbing walls animal pens chicken coops Garden space basketball...
  13. Babo

    Rainbow gathering, South Island , New Zealand?

    Hey fam. Have heard so much about the gathering on South Island here, but can't find out where it is at all. Also heard the gathering on north island was amazing. Have met lots of rainbows at festivals and in Hippie havena never been to gathering and really want to try it. Any help is immensely...
  14. Aleks Milenkovic

    I own a lake with island in uk

    i own a 6 acre lake with island, small woodland and two room cabin with log burner and all the guns, you can imagine the kinda life I live. If anyone needs a place to squat woodlands is here with open arms. Woodlands fishery in Buckinghamshire uk, it has a Facebook page btw.
  15. Aleks Milenkovic

    Island community project

    There is a project in motion to squat a group of islands off the coast of Croatia in the Mediterranean, to create a self sufficient free for all place to live All are welcome for details
  16. Griffagriff

    Squatting in Victoria, BC, Canada, Vancouver Island

    Hello there. So I've just moved to Victoria on Vancouver island and am living in my car. I've found a big old house in a beautiful neighbourhood that's been abandoned and boarded up and graffitied. I've squatted in various places around the world but never in Canada. What are the rules and...
  17. Hillbilly Castro

    Uninhabited Patience Island

    From a Yelp review, not my writing: An island where patience is a virtue Patience Island is a small, very uninhabited island of a little over 200 acres. I say very uninhabited because nobody goes here. It's only about 500 or so feet away from the north part of Prudence Island and although...
  18. iamwhatiam

    News & Blogs This Island Is Offering A House And A Job To Anyone Who Has The Balls To Move There

    Mods: Not sure where this best belongs? News? Destinations? Making a Living? Damn, if I didn't have shit going on here I'd jump on this. http://thechive.com/2017/01/21/free-island-to-good-home-tasmania/?utm_source=facebook_chive&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral The...
  19. K

    DIY Island Offshore and Off the Grid

    Came across this and wasn't sure if it had been posted on here before or not. Here's a short video of it along with an article. http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2015/05/12/diy-island-living-offshore-off-the-grid/ It’s sorta like a moored houseboat, but bigger: a Canadian family built an...
  20. NattyKiwi

    Video Real Camping In Hawai'i

    ALOHA Nomads, Iv been in Hawaii Since Nov 2015 and am loving it. Iv been staying at a farm doing 20hrs of work a week for food and a room. I still like to go back to the basics tho and camp out! Nothing like it in the world. Here is a video of a camping trip in March.
  21. Koala

    Featured Punk Island NYC and central mASSachusetts

    Just wanted to share some photos from my recent few days of travel :) I headed down to NYC for a few days to check out Punk Island and then a show in Brooklyn where one of my current favorite bands were playing ( Sports - pop punk/emo from Pennsylvania). Punk Island is a 1 day all ages and...
  22. Wawa

    Photos New Zealand South Island; Fruit Tramping, Gold Mining and more

    There is a thread back here somewhere about me being on the North Island in 2015. It was pretty lukewarm. I biked past a lot of farms and orchards and neverending fencelines, then got a job picking kiwifruit with a buncha people I never warmed up to much, stayed three months pining away for wild...
  23. D

    Remote island life

    Hello community :) I'm kind of new here and I'd like to ask you if you guys have ever had an experience with living on a remote island ( with a very low population, < 300 ). Are there any islands you can recommend or do you at least have an idea where I might start looking ? I'm looking for...
  24. Xenji

    The Mighty Valley Of Vancouver Island.

    If you're on this site, chances are you've contemplated living off-grid in order to live off the beauty of mother nature herself. The terminology "Squatter's" given to us are to me, nothing more than mere jealousy. Due to the fact the government can't control our flow of currency nor...
  25. Matt Derrick

    Living on a DIY riverbed island in the mountains of Kosovo

    Living on a DIY riverbed island in the mountains of Kosovo JUNE 1, 2015 http://vandogtraveller.com/living-on-a-diy-riverbed-island-in-the-mountains-of-kosovo/ There’s a guy who has built his own island on a riverbed at the foot of the Prokletije Mountains in Kosovo. I got his attention and he...
  26. Tude

    Lasqueti is a secret Canadian island where the vast majority of residents are completely off-grid.

    This sounds rather cool. Found this on a site while hunting down a couple of incidents where McDonald's would not let a person in the store buy food for someone who looked homeless. jerks. Anyway this is cool. the vid is quite interesting as well. LOL at the bottom - I was looking for more...
  27. landpirate

    Caribbean island building project

    The owners of this Caribbean Island off the Coast of Belize are looking for help constructing their community. Looks like a good deal to me. There's some info at the link below. http://www.workaway.info/728249187295-en.html Disclaimer: I have not been to this Island and I don't know the people...
  28. smokii toxic

    looking for people to hang out with in rhode island

    i just got out here and dont really know anyone im in providence anyone on here around the area?
  29. incognita

    van island

    Hi every body! Not really looking for a road dog but definitely looking to meet up. Just moved to the island (moved in with my bf) and loving the lifestyle! I've picked up a dozen hitch hikers in the last couple of months (kinda makes me miss it! ) brought a kid home last night and feed him...
  30. sucuri

    News & Blogs Tristan da Cunha: Life on the World's Most Remote Island

    The view from Queen Mary's peak on the isolated island of Tristan da Cunha. A stay on Tristan da Cunha is not your typical island vacation. There are no restaurants. There are no hotels. Credit cards are not accepted, the beaches aren't safe for swimming, and every month brings between 17 and 26...
  31. creature

    Photos Hole In the Wall, Abaco Island, Bahamas...

    An old lighthouse.. 1836ish.. turned robot in the 1990's.. This is the road in. 10 miles.. the first stretch is pretty easy.. it gets pretty thick at about mile 4.. It is important, however, to properly fuel up, first... The ride in is mostly just trees & rock road.. there's a spot...
  32. Gypsy McNomad

    Aloha from Rhode Island

    Whats going on folks, just joined this lovely forum and just saying whats up, anyone from the RI MA CT area?
  33. MarkyFart

    Punk Island 2014 - June (22nd?)

    hey all. was just wondering if anyone here is planning on hitting up punk island this coming june. not sure where it is yet, cuz last year it was in staten island which is a bit outside of tradition since it's usually on governor's island -- so it's assumable that that info will come in time...
  34. Joni

    claims of adverse possession for a 2.5 million dollar island? home. FL keys

    http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2013/01/24/squatter-andre-barbosa-lives-in-2-5-million-house-in-boca-raton/ At 23 years old, most of us were just hoping we could afford our first apartment for rent. But that's way below Andre Barbosa's grade. At 23, he's living in a $2.5 million luxury home in...
  35. bonejunk

    Bones in Rhode Island

    Hey, I am currently in Providence, RI and looking to hop freight to California next summer. I'm fairly new to this. I've hitched cross country before, but never hopped a freight train. I'm looking for any and all help about where to/how to in this area. I'm not very good at introductions, but...
  36. W

    Grand Junction Island

    Did that squat ever take shape? Been trying to find the post, but I think it was deleted. Very much interested in a wilderness commune or island squat atm. http://squattheplanet.com/threads/apr-1-2012-squat-the-island-work-week-grand-junction-colorado.12088/
  37. freepizzaforlife

    Punk Island - June 22nd (This Saturday) in NYC

    Who's gonna be around for this? My band Rail Yard Ghosts is playing the Underground Riot! Stage at 11am archive.org/details/rygTU63 for tunes
  38. cport420

    Anyone currently hold down an island?

    Here where I'm at there is a bunch of small islands surrounded by marsh and shit. Some on creeks. I've been thinking of getting a small plastic raft thing or build some sort of half ass raft barge thing to go down the creek to the lil island. Anyone doing something like this? Would be str8 I...
  39. Matt Derrick

    [Jun 24, 2012] Punk Island (New York, NY)

    Punk Island is an annual event in which over 60 DIY punk bands from all over the country play an ALL-AGES FREE OUTDOOR SHOW on Govenors Island, a ferry ride from Lower Manhattan. In partnership with Make Music New York and ABC No Rio, Punk Island draws upon Make Music New York's commitment to...
  40. R

    Squat the Island. Grand Junction CO

    Are You Into Permaculture, Hobo Architecture, Primitive Survival, Goat Herding, Squatting, Building Community, Composting Humanure, Hard Work, Living the Pirate Life, Sustainable Living, Growing your Own Food, Environmental Restoration, and other stuff. We will be coming together to work on the...
  41. R

    [Apr 1, 2012] Squat the Island Work Week (Grand Junction, Colorado)

    Are You Into Permaculture, Hobo Architecture, Primitive Survival, Goat Herding, Squatting, Building Community, Composting Humanure, Hard Work, Living the Pirate Life, Sustainable Living, Growing your Own Food, Environmental Restoration, and other stuff. We will be coming together to work on...
  42. R

    Like Huck Finn, Wanna Squat An Island

    Looking for serious ppl to homestead an Island in the Colorado River. Land in Non-deeded. 400 Acres. May. Scum Fucks, Drainbows, Homebums, Oogles, and Swilly Kids need not reply. If youve been through the collective in GJ on the mid line we already know each other.
  43. R

    Looking for Some Legit PpL to Homestead an Island in the Colorado River

    Swilly kids, oogles, Drainbows, homebums, Scum Fucks need not respond. Land non-deeded. Some improvements and shacks empty. Hard work, fresh air and 400 acres of anarcho-farming.... hit me up ask questions. Making a move by May. Intentional community run by consensus. If youve stayed at the...
  44. Ash Ludd

    Hello from England/Jersey Channel Island

    Hey there, I just signed up to the board. I'm a 19 year old kid from Jersey Channel Island, a little rock about 15 miles from the west coast of France. We speak English there though. And yeah it's that place where apparently a bunch of kids got abused some time before I was born and where rich...
  45. luciferchrist

    Grand Junction Island Squat

    I've noticed no one on STP has previously mentioned this, so I felt obligd to throw it up so anyone interested could get a bit of info on it. This summer (when it won't be freezing) in Grand Junction, the collective house in town know as the Bad Water Flatts Collective is planning to squat a...
  46. Sarah Streal

    Anticosti Island

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticosti_Island I'm really looking forward to hopefully making it to Anticosti Island once the snow melts. Saving up some cash for the trip as the last thing I'd want is to be stranded on a mostly empty island with no fallback. I'm so excited. I've been looking at...
  47. iixila

    coney island bacardi party.

  48. S

    Peace and Love from the Island of Puerto Rico

    Hi there! So glad to find this forum. I am so interested in how my family and I can liberate ourselves from this slavery called Rent so that we can live better. Well, I found an abandoned house and I am really interested in claiming it. It is totally gutted, but the potential of restoring it...
  49. Murf

    Punk Island 2010

    Listen to mine , and if you were there tell me yours! For all that aint aware punk island is a fest on goveners ile in NYC thats nothing but punk bands scattered about , this year was in my own opinion , but not in many others better than any other. So heres what happened. I get onto the...
  50. tree hopper

    Island of the Dolls

    anyone ever been to island of the dolls near mexico city? on weburbanist.com theres some info/pics about it, kinda wanna check it out and kinda dont wanna be in mexico bleh:arrgh: