School of Simple Living · Farming, Land & Energy

Grow food, tend land, generate your own energy.

The Farming, Land & Energy track is for people who want to bring their hands into their philosophy — growing food, working soil, and reducing dependence on centralised systems for energy and sustenance. Rooted in the simple living tradition, practically informed.

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What this track covers

Soil and Food Growing

Practical skills for growing food in diverse climates — from small kitchen gardens to larger food plots. Includes soil preparation, seasonal planting, composting, and harvest management.

Land Stewardship

How to tend land well — including permaculture principles, tree care, water management, and the relationship between a landholder and their land. Informed by Bharat's own experience with olives and Portuguese farmland.

Off-Grid and Reduced-Grid Energy

Understanding solar, battery storage, water harvesting, and the practical steps toward energy independence. Not ideological — practical. What works, what costs, and how to sequence it.

Simple Living Economics of Land

How land connects to household economics — food cost reduction, partial self-sufficiency, and the realistic financial picture of rural or semi-rural simple living. Includes the olive oil model as a worked example.

Who this track is for

This track is for people who feel a call to work with land and food — whether that is a few pots on a balcony, a suburban garden, a smallholding, or a full rural property. It does not require prior farming experience. It does require genuine motivation and a willingness to experiment.

It also speaks to people who are building toward greater energy independence — who want to understand solar, off-grid water, and reduced reliance on centralised supply chains.

People in rural or semi-rural settings looking to increase food self-sufficiency
Urban or suburban dwellers experimenting with growing food at home
Simple Living & High Thinking participants who want to apply the philosophy materially
People drawn to the land but unsure where to start

The School of Simple Living olive farm as a living example

The School of Simple Living is not purely theoretical. Bharat runs an olive farm in Portugal, harvests olive oil by hand, and has documented the practical, economic, and philosophical dimensions of that work. This track draws on that real experience — including what did not work, what the economics actually look like, and what it means to build a life around tending land.

See the School of Simple Living olive oil

Entry and enquiry

The Farming, Land & Energy track is offered as a combination of online study, in-person workshops, and the annual Get Out of the City summit. To find out more or register interest, get in touch.