In this post-environmental age where we currently park ourselves, the concept of 'sustainability' has become attached to most industrial and cultural enterprises. Unfortunately (despite its universal beneficiaries), the term has become somewhat overused; a result significantly attributed to the proliferation of greenwash advertising and environmental gentrification more generally. Sustainability has now become a colloquialism, a throw around term, a sarcastic remark you make about a friend's veggie patch, bicycle or solar panels.
Short and sweet, Off the Grid in Ontario provides a minuscule glimpse of what life without electricity is all about...at least for the Ontario subjects featured in the film anyway. It reminds the viewer that there are people who are still riding off the coattails of Rio's 1992 Earth Summit; the event which brought sustainable development to the eyes of many. At just over two and a half minutes, this ethnographic piece is perfectly timed for the jaded brains of the post-environmental era.
Off the Grid in Ontario is available on Vimeo & Youtube
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