I found this forum in my research to become self-sustaining as a family. I'm from Belgium myself and my wife is Canadian. We are organising ourselves to grow our own organic food first and seriously consider living off the grid in a later stage. This forums seems to be a great place to read up on possibilities and experiences.
I'm looking forward to meet a lot of great people here...
Welcome to permies Stijn,
There's lots of people here who share your plans for sustainability in a climate that my soft Southern Hemisphere self struggles to imagine!