David de Rothschild loves life off the grid
David de Rothschild has revealed he prefers life off-grid and can’t stand carbon off-setting. “There is just something more satisfying about living off-grid,” he told me at the launch of the NatGeo control room in London which will be the land HQ for his next great adventure. “You are much more aware of your resources, managing them …. making decisions about what I can use and when I can use it.
“Especially on an expedition you are really aware that you only have limited resources – I prefer living off-grid, “ he said.
The aristo-adventurer, and rumored former boyfriend of Cameron Diaz, is about to set sail on his vessel made from plastic bottles. The Plastiki is a 60-foot catamaran which will be home to David and his crew for an 11,000-mile voyage due to kick off next month, out the Golden Gate and across the Pacific to Sydney Harbor.…