For actor and director Adrian Grenier, living on land in Texas is not just a temporary whim—it’s an intentional decision for his family’s future. The Entourage alum first connected with Austin, Texas through the city’s South by Southwest festival, he told PEOPLE. And in 2020, he purchased 46 acres of land to create Kintsugi Ranch in Bastrop—around 45 minutes outside of the city—where he now lives with his pregnant wife and young son.
Though he has always been passionate about sustainability, Grenier said, he was ready to take the next step. His life of flying high to “get dopamine hits” in Hollywood—and New York, where he grew up—wasn’t the life he wanted to build for himself. “I wanted to…be a greater steward every day in practice as a lifestyle, not just as an idea,” he said.
“I am humbled every day. This is a process of being continuously humbled by the perfection of nature and its systems and also how small you are really relative to its infinite power. I’m just here to serve in any way I can. So for me, it’s chop wood, carry water, and just show up and do the best I can.”…