Craig Lewis

Well too young for me dear.

Yet maybe find a nice community in Panama to join.

🌱 Imagine living in a community that gives back more than it takes — to nature, to people, and to your own well-being.

That’s exactly what Netpositive Village (NPV) is building.

NPV is creating regenerative, self-sustaining, net positive villages around the world — places where energy, water, food, community, and well-being are intentionally designed to create more good than harm.

This isn’t theory.
This is already happening.

📍 Current Projects

🇵🇪 Iquitos, Peru (Amazon rainforest) — Phase 1 village in development

🇵🇦 Panama – Bocas del Toro

🇺🇸 Florida, USA
More global locations are in the pipeline.


What makes NPV different?

✨ Netpositivity™ — a system that focuses on creating more positive impact than negative.
🏡 Regenerative design — restoring ecosystems, not depleting them.
🔋 Energy independence
💧 Water resilience
🌳 Nature-based living
🙌 Community + purpose
💰 Real land ownership with potential long-term value growth
🌐 Private Membership Association (PMA) for members-only access and governance.

For those who feel the world is changing fast and want a place that represents freedom, connection, purpose, and abundance — NPV is a real solution.

I’m sharing this as an affiliate because I truly believe this is the direction the world needs to go. If you’re interested in learning more or joining the movement:

🔗 Explore the Village here:
https://netpositivevillage.com/home?am_id=NPV

If you want to talk about it or have questions, message me anytime.
Let’s build the future we actually want to live in. 🌍💚

🌱 Imagine living in a community that gives back more than it takes — to nature, to people, and to your own well-being.

That’s exactly what Netpositive Village (NPV) is building.

NPV is creating regenerative, self-sustaining, net positive villages around the world — places where energy, water, food, community, and well-being are intentionally designed to create more good than harm.

This isn’t theory.
This is already happening.

📍 Current Projects

🇵🇪 Iquitos, Peru (Amazon rainforest) — Phase 1 village in development

🇵🇦 Panama – Bocas del Toro

🇺🇸 Florida, USA
More global locations are in the pipeline.


What makes NPV different?

✨ Netpositivity™ — a system that focuses on creating more positive impact than negative.
🏡 Regenerative design — restoring ecosystems, not depleting them.
🔋 Energy independence
💧 Water resilience
🌳 Nature-based living
🙌 Community + purpose
💰 Real land ownership with potential long-term value growth
🌐 Private Membership Association (PMA) for members-only access and governance.

For those who feel the world is changing fast and want a place that represents freedom, connection, purpose, and abundance — NPV is a real solution.

I’m sharing this as an affiliate because I truly believe this is the direction the world needs to go. If you’re interested in learning more or joining the movement:

🔗 Explore the Village here:
https://netpositivevillage.com/home?am_id=NPV

If you want to talk about it or have questions, message me anytime.
Let’s build the future we actually want to live in. 🌍💚

I think this would be interesting for you.

https://netpositivevillage.com/home?am_id=NPV

Hope you find your partner.
Blessing

Make it a points system.
New Members have to complete so many tasks. Like Otto. To get love on Permies, you need to ... plant something.. build something, grow something. At least they prove something 🤷  

Trolls are abound. Protect site, make it easier, and builds trust, and something of interest, to start chatting about.

I harvested 1000s of pounds, of Chaga.
I once had 2000 birch trees tapped, collecting Sap for making wine. Lady of the Woods.

Company was Sap World.

Yet had a bad business partner. Took on partners and then they got rid of me, from my own company.

Was crazy times.

Yet been thinking about setting up a new tapping site and making birch syrup. I want to look at smoking Rainbow Trout and using a birch glaze.

Birch Glazed Smoked Rainbow Trout.

You knows it's good. 😋

As for Chaga, it's the best. I had a Facebook group/page. FB called me a drug dealer for promotion Chaga.  Blocked the site.

I had 100s of research papers, links about Chaga, health benefits,  how to harvest, how to use.

And I was driving the other day, looking for Chaga on the trees. I found some. Now I can get back into drinking Chaga tea.

I'm in Newfoundland Canada. 57,000 hectares of birch stands.  Lots of Chaga.

We I stated, very few knew about it. Now many are out hunting, selling, consuming.

I made tea bags,  tonic, capsules, powder and raw chunks.

Good stuff, Chaga

paul wheaton wrote:Permies has wiki pages.  This thread is a "wiki page with comments"

The skip book is available with a 50% affiliate fee.  If you scroll to the bottom of any page, there is a link that says "affiliate program".  All of my stuff is available with a 50% affiliate fee.

Thanks Paul.

The 2024 offers need to be updated.

Cheers,
Craig

Yes still thinking and more questions

1. Does Permies.com have a Wiki of the site?

I'm going to be doing some work on The Seasteading Institute wiki site. And thought about having one for SKIP.

2. I'm thinking of Affiliate marketing online to create an income. Yet trying to find out what to market.

Maybe a SKIP Course.
Showing people how to do the SKIPs.
Get them in Skool.

Is this possible @Paul?

I can use the info in the book to teach a course and market it.?

Should being in some book sales.
And get people into a structured program and get Qualified for land.

Craig

paul wheaton wrote:I think that if we connect 100 skippers to 100 otises, we would then have about 3000 otises and 300 skippers getting past PEP1.  

It just seems like the number of otises is larger than the number of skippers getting that far.

I'm thinking, too much most times 😉
Than a Otis University (illegal to say) or an Academy 2 to 4 years of Committed individuals, with major of SKIP done locally and things that can be done local be completed at LABS.

A program that gets support from its membership.
Keep a free program, yet have a paid subscription and or tuition. For those more Committed.

The idea of match making would also be good. For it would give the Skippper a goal and incentive to know they can get a certain property, before hand and on completion.  Also they could have a place to do SKIP on the property. As their time and work means something.

I was talking with a young farmer and seems he wants to sell everything for $200k land, house, tractor, animals, etc.    

It maybe a good opportunity. Have to look into it more. Seems the LAND qualifies  😀

Thanks for replying to my post @Paul @Mike

🍻

Mike Haasl wrote:Hi Craig, thanks for reading the article!  

I know of at least one Otis in Canada.

I don't know of any land transfers but it's quite possible that if one happened, the people involved may not want to make it public or tell me.  I know some PEPpers have been contacted by Otises.

I like physical badges too but we couldn't figure out how to do it...  

Permies.com records and displays your badges (see my signature line below my post)

As for the badges.  There are a few ways it can be done.

1. Collect and make a file with all the designs files in Google drive. I think jpeg is good. But can find out.
2. Have a embroidery make them per order, or bulk.
3. Offer them for sale or a service for people to buy directly from suppliers.

Get me a few Pic files and I can start looking at quotes.

Craig