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03-18-2010, 07:54 AM
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Living Na'vi Style . . . In the Wild!!!??
We've all been effected on an emotional level by the movie Avatar in some way or another. For example, most of us have had the Pandora effect. But given the chance how many of us would actually take the leap of chance and live like the na'vi... for real, here on earth? I've been thinking about it I've come to the conclusion that I probably would. Im curious as to what everyone else would do.
So would you give up everything you know and live in the wild like the Na'vi?  (Taken from AF and brought over here for further discussion)
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03-18-2010, 10:39 AM
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YAY! in the wild
... and yeah I'll give everything to live as a Na'vi (in a non-human-screwed forest of course) I think it'll be really intereseting 
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03-18-2010, 12:39 PM
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On Earth... I'm not so sure. If I could on Pandora, as a Na'vi, definitely. But on Earth, I think the knowledge that I'm still here would cause me to miss too much, things I'd never miss if I was on Pandora
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03-18-2010, 01:19 PM
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03-18-2010, 02:14 PM
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Well, I discovered something very interesting indeed yesterday.
There is a company who offer trips to uninhabited islands in the Bristol channel. The islands, called flatholm and steepholm depending on which you go to, have been nature reserves since the 1930s and you can go over there and live the woodsman's life for a few days. Learning the techniques of the wild, starting fires, building shelters etc. This is something i'm VERY interested in to say the least. There is an article here on the guy who offers the training for anyone who may be interested. I would say that it would be limited to UK residents though, unless anyone not from the UK wants to visit us. 
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03-18-2010, 10:51 PM
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I don't know that I would know how to give it up and live completely like the Na'vi. I spend a lot of time in nature, as much as I can, camping, hiking, and I love going up North into the bush, and getting 'lost in the woods' so to speak. But I'm not sure I'm ready to give up all the comforts of society. I'd miss my computer, i-pod and blackberry for sure.
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03-18-2010, 11:00 PM
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I am intrigued by the thought but on earth I dont think I could do it fully like the Na'vi.
That said, I would like having a house in the mountains but I would still need some modern touches. Like some air conditioning possibly a car, and modern clothing. As well I would probably still need things from a store every so often when I am not able to grow things myself and guns or such for hunting. More so for me it would just be living away from all the hustle bustle, living a care free lifestyle. Being able to just wake up and hike around the mountain would be awesome.
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03-19-2010, 12:10 AM
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I would love to live like the Na'vi do, here or on Pandora. That being said, I'm almost positive I could not do this alone, so I would love to go with a group
I'd also need to figure out how to live in the wild, as I know nothing about that right now. Also, I am severely arachnophobic... so I would have to figure out how to get over that beforehand .So yeah, I love the idea of living like the Na'vi, but I'm not too sure I could accomplish it in real life. I think I would definitely give it a shot though 
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03-19-2010, 01:14 AM
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I would maybe suggest living an eco-vilage type lifestyle, with about 30-40 poeple
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Tane-Mahuta (God of The Forest) Namaste -- "the Divinity within me perceives and adores the Divinity within you." "Kia Hora te Marino Kia Whakapapa Pounamu te Moana Kia tere te Karohirori I Mua to Huarahi May the calm be widespread May the sea glisten like that of greenstone May the shimmering light guide you on your journey"
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03-19-2010, 02:53 AM
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Yup, I'm still in 100%
Give it a couple years to prepare and I'm there in NZ with you my friends!
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03-19-2010, 05:56 AM
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On Earth? If ts someplace beautiful, full of everything we need (food, water, Ect.), if I don't hear a word from the U.S. Government or any other world power, and I had tsmukans and tsmukés there (like you guys and girls) there with me I'd do it... But it would be a bit hard together overthe fact I'm on Earth... On Pandora as a Na'vi I'd leave right now no second thoughts
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03-19-2010, 06:12 AM
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I know it sounds nice, but the reality is pretty tough. How much time have you all spent out in the woods? I've got to say that after a week a shower and a nice bed are really nice. Things that you take for granted in your "normal" life begin to be missed.
I really suggest trying some backpacking to get started. It is a fantastic way to reconnect. It does depend on where you live though. I have it easy. I could go right from my front door if I desired. If you have no experience at all even camping to of a car is a good first step. Now for the hard part. To get the real experience you need to leave the electronic gizmos at home. Making that break is a critical part of it. If you go where I go cell phones are useless anyway.
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03-21-2011, 10:54 PM
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It's easy to romanticize "living in the wild" when you haven't actually spent much time in it. When I was a kid, I read books by Gary Paulsen and Jean Craighead George, and this was one of my all-time biggest fantasies. Being marooned far from civilization, having to learn how to live off the land, build my own shelter, find my own food, etc. I would check out wilderness survival books from the library and study them as intently as any textbook. Now that I've spent more time actually doing this sort of thing, I have a bit more perspective. Don't get me wrong, I do love being in the wilderness. I've made campfires without matches, built brush shelters to sleep in, pooped in the woods, and eaten wild foods. I've even eaten live grubs dug from rotting wood, and liked them (teylu, amirite? ;-p). But I couldn't live away from civilization permanently... besides the creature comforts, there's also a sense of wanting to be involved in the world and to have a hand in what happens to it. A long-term camping trip would make me feel like I was running away from responsibility. Edit: Also, why is there so much punctuation... in the thread topic!!!??
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