I remember watching an episode of Morgan Spurlocks 30 Days where two participants agreed to live 'Off The Grid' for 30 Days. They went and lived at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. They left cars behind and recycled everything (including human waste) during their 30 days. The episode is downright cheeky, but it did get me thinking. What could I do though? I'm definitely not leaving my air conditioning and my laptop to go recycle my poo.

There was even a post on Hitched a few months back where someone posted that they knew someone who was so cheap that they brought outdoor solar lights inside at night so they didn't have to pay to turn lights on. Everyone responded with variations of 'OMG, how cheap can someone be???' The idea definitely did not go over well with everyone except...me. I've been thinking about it since then. It seems like a great idea...doesn't it?

I've been told a few people about it and they've all decreed that it won't work...the light will be too dim, it won't charge enough, etc... But I'm going to put it to the test. Today at Canadian Tire they had solar lights on sale for half off so we bought a box. i've put them together and planted them outside and tomorrow the experiment begins!

here's my 4 lights outside all in a row

1 up close

This however, has made me very sad...the amount of packaging that was used for my very small 4 lights