Shoes, handbags, being a virtuous friend: these are probably the main things you associate with Sex and the Citys Kristin Davis. Yet its her eco-friendly credentials that she has been trumpeting on American chat shows.
Im off the grid, she burbled happily to David Letterman. I have a ladder that I climb up to check my solar panels. They cover the whole roof in LA, where theres a lot of sun. And you can go and look at your electrical meter, and its spinning backwards. Its very exciting I have batteries to store the power.
Living off grid creating your own power rather than being connected to the national grid is having something of a Hollywood moment. Stars as diverse as Daryl Hannah and Cate Blanchett are going energy-sufficient and living the good life Noughties-style, with solar panels and wind turbines. Even that famed gas-guzzler George W Bush is getting in on the act.
Of course, this is great for the super-rich in sun-drenched California. Its not quite so idyllic in the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales. Two years ago, Louis della-Porta and his fiance, Annette Robinson, swapped their home in a gated community outside Warwick for life off grid in the north of England.
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