Inside the UK Amish community where people live without phones, wi-fi or heating
dailyrecord.co.ukMany people are tempted to live a more simple life and focus less on modernity and technology. The Simpler Life sees a group of people ditch modern society for nights spent reading by candlelight and live with no gas, electricity, heating or technology.
The Channel 4 documentary follows volunteers' new life on the farm, using ancient equipment to harvest goods and survive. However, as reported in The Mirror, people volunteered in their droves to take part in the show and live the Amish life.
One of them, 23-year-old mobile phone addict Kevin, said: “I liked the fact we would be living a more simple life and we would put our technology down.”The unemployed waiter, who suffers from colitis, saw the programme as a chance to change.Kevin, who was diagnosed with the condition when he was 21, explained: “I wanted to adopt a healthier lifestyle and this was a chance to do that.“I did rely on my phone.
I played video games and I watched too much Netflix… I liked the idea of being closer to nature.”Kevin, from Wigan, was one of 24 strangers who signed up to live with an Amish family on a 40-acre farmstead in Devon – and abide by their rules.The traditionalist Christian family, from the American state of Ohio, eschew the trappings of modern life and place importance on self-sufficiency and community instead.And as part of the TV show looking at whether modern life is bad for us, the participants had to be fully self-sustainable and work with others on the farm, as well as help build a barn.They were also given traditional Amish clothes to wear – plain long frocks for the women and simple straight-cut suits for the men, without collars, lapels or pockets.The tasks on the farm were also divvied up.
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