Yeh i have often wondered what a simpler style of life would be like, this reminds me of a programme in England called Tribe where he went to meet Tribes living all over the world, in one episode he lived with the Anutans on a small island and every person on the island helped make food and then shared it out amongst eachother, fishing together and sharing land for farming, they all seemed very happy and all shared strong bonds with eachother