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Nick Rosen at Edinburgh book festival

Nick Rosen “free yourself”

Off-Grid Editor Nick Rosen will challenge the UK government to make clear exactly what its plans are on the five eco-towns it proposed building back when Prime Minister Gordon Brown took office in June.

Nick will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival at midday talk about his personal journey to a free-er, greener life and to promote his book, How to Live Off-grid: Journeys Outside the System.…

August 21, 2007 No Comments

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Big Green Apple

If you can green it here you can green it anywhere. The NY Green Fest will include advice on how to build a small wind turbine, bake in an earth oven, build a green roof, practice permaculture, live job free, build local food networks, practice liberation ecology, build new media outlets, and use third party politics to effect social change.

Two off-grid pioneers, Steve Nicholson from Ithaca and Tony Moretti from Hammondsport will offer advice on living off-the-grid.…

August 1, 2007 No Comments

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The twisted path to Live Earth – Exclusive

We reveal how British environmentalists who began the move for a global climate change concert were ousted and replaced with a series of hopeless gimmicks.
They claim Live Earth became a huge PR-driven machine with multi-national companies who have disputable green credentials – like Smart cars, Pepsi and Philips – jumping on the green bandwagon.…

July 7, 2007 1 Comment

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3 questions for Al Gore

Gore us to death

The Live Earth concerts will dominate global TV viewing saturday evening, and act as the springboard, say it ain…

July 4, 2007 No Comments

Bruce Willis spoofs off-grid

He tells Letterman he is off-grid and wears a silly hat…

June 26, 2007 No Comments

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Taos Solar Music fest

Smaller than Live Earth

Michael Franti & Spearhead, is topping the bill tonight at the final day of the 9th Taos Solar Music Fest. Get down there if you are in the area. Franti blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues.

The other big names at the three day event were Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Los Lobos.…

June 24, 2007 No Comments