What's your plan?
That's great and all but only weird eco people like me and the commenter above you would actually want to live there. There are massive tradeoffs. First there are all the usual tradeoffs of not living in a city but there is also less variety of food due to reduced imports. It would take longer to get specialist goods and services and travel time to say a medical specialist would be longer. The other issue is that it's hard to have a cohesive community if you have the wrong ratio of different existing cultures. If you have half one culture and half another you get a fractured community. You need either a massively mixed diverse community or a monoculture. I'd opt for the former with an emphasis on maintaining diversity instead of sliding into a grey goo world culture. But even then I don't know because I don't study those kind of social issues.
The cultural problems, education and attitude problems are much harder to fix than the technical challenges. The draw of shiny stuff and tribalism is too much. That's where I don't think anyone has a solution. I just hope the next generation can figure that one out.
- Eat a nutrient-rich, low-carb diet loaded with veggies.
- Use high-quality air purifier(s) at home.
- Drink the best-filtered water I can
- Constantly try to connect with friends and family and maintain a good group of friends. (I use a personal CRM to help me do this)
- Exercise often
- Get into nature as often as possible
Also on the low carb thing, there is nothing inherently bad about carbs. Eating too many carbs in one sitting will make you sluggish (digestion) but not eating enough carbs will reduce your cognitive capacity due to less available glucose for the brain. You can't get the same energy from fats unless you enter ketosis which requires a close to zero carb diet and very high fat. There is no point going half way with a low carb diet (unless you are trying to loose weight) go normal carb or full keto. If carbs make you sluggish then I suggest carbs that are easier to digest such as rye crackers, oats, small amounts of wholemeal bread or small servings of brown rice.