Refining what I said in an IM conversation with Megan-san:

Monkey's list of goals for our Earthship plan:

1. A place to OWN (at least partially) so I can experiment in the place I live like when I was growing up and so I can personalize it rather than living in a stale and static white box.

2. Growing at least some of my own food, and as much as possible.

3. Living with people I know and love instead of alone in my own little death-box room.

4. Experimenting with and USING alternative and renewable power, getting off the grid as much as possible.