This YouTube Channel has been an amazing one for a long time now with many hundreds of hours of watching potential. Kristen Dirksen, her husband, and their kids travel the world making videos about simple living, self-sufficiency, tiny homes, permaculture, backyard gardens, alternative transport, DIY, craftsmanship, and philosophies of life.
What's so great about their videos is they are direct examples of how individuals can live "unconventionally" (really meaning more authentically) to more honor natural life and give a big middle finger to the machinations of the authoritarian machine levers of the Empire. One early way of which is encountered through… dealing with planning departments.
Some examples include:
An ecovillage in Occidental, California not too far from where I live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcbUN_1lvAA
Guy builds canvas tent compound on property. Proceeds to become paradise without a 30+ year mortgage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toFBj9qBLQo
Couple converts garage into rental income unit and spends chunk of the year traveling in their sweet van: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sLQ-2rCdmw
Startup offers custom small prefabs. Ready for delivery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwY46YNqjM
Jersey man rocks Velomobile to stick it to the oil companies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAcy7EVRpXc
...and much much much more.