Whether you live off-grid or in a regular home, you need light. With the right number and position of windows, you can get along just fine during the day, but once the sun goes down, you start needing some sort of lighting. Fortunately today there are lots of options for those of us who live off-grid.…
Thinking of buying a new Apple laptop? Treat yourself to a ThinkPad instead. And save hundreds on energy as well as up to $1500 on the cost of the computer.
Ever since Apple Computers (APPL) pulled its laptops out of a voluntary eco-rating scheme (EPEAT) last year, its been pretty obvious that the company has lost touch with its West Coast roots and become just another greedy hardware supplier – albeit with a booming software catalog to pull in the punters.
Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics is into its 18th edition and benchmarks the best practices…
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This pairs well with my “Prepping on a budget” series, this is about the “what if” scenarios, it’s something all of us should do more often, not just once and then forget about it. Going to the store and purchasing a few bags of beans and rice to put up is a good thing, but don’t let that be the main thing or (gasp) the only thing you do to prepare for potentially hard times. And remember, hard times don’t have to be on a global or regional scale to affect you, it can be something as simple as losing your job, having your hours cut, getting hurt, having an unexpected bill… It’s important to be proactive about your situation, and the more you plan ahead, the better off you will be in the event of something unexpected happening.…
Beautiful Green roofs are a good alternative for growing food where there is little or no garden space, it also helps to keep the temperature fresh in summer and isolate the house in winter.
This video show how to make a green roof with a mix that is one third of the weight of common soil – so that the roof can handle the load.
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Glass bottles are a great building material – strong, long-lasting and beautiful if handled correctly. They can be used for hundreds of things, from decoration and food storage to UV water treatments and windows.…
Aquaponics in a greenhouse to produce amazing high food yelds…
Corey Naughton’s new Cheese-making recipe
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet – Eating her curds and whey, – Along came a spider, – who sat down beside her – And inquired as to if she had used Corey’s cheese making recipe …
Now I know what you’re thinking … I’ve been ranting in my recipes how storing oils is difficult and producing your own is not a viable option for many. So how can I come out with a recipe on cheese making while keeping things “long term food storage” friendly?
Well, sit back and relax my baby birds because I’m going to feed you. This recipe will demonstrate how you can make cheese from dehydrated milk.
But first, a word on equipment. As anyone who’s spent a few years off-grid can tell you “Quality equipment means everything”. While cheap equipment can typically get the job done, you’ll quickly find that (a) not having the right tool and (b) not having a quality tool … Will catch up to you. Cheese making is one of those things that really requires quality tools…
Solo stove uses waste wood, twigs, anything small to fire up and cook with…
In this series of videos radical ex-scientist Chris Martenson shares a short version of his celebrated Crash Course presentation – which argues the next 20 years are going to be completely unlike the last 20 years.
In a simple and smooth presentation Martenson, a former Vice-President of Pfizer,…
Admittedly, its hard to stay off all the grids all the time. Sometimes you worry about energy – another time its the pesky info-theft by the big companies after your marketing profile.
All major search engines collect, store and share search data – that is how they make much of their money. Some, such as Google claim that the data is held in a way which is “anonymous and untraceable” but that is not always the case. Certainly Google can assist any state or law enforcement organisation with a legitimate enquiry (for a small fee).
This data can also be accessed by rogue employees and, more scary, indirectly by advertisers. Most search engines send your search criteria along with details about your computer, location and IP address to the sites you click on, therefore allowing them access to data about you!…
Fall is here, that means winter is just around the proverbial corner. For most of us, that means having to keep our homes warm in some manner. For us, that means using our wood burning stove that PB designed and built himself when we lived back in the city and had access to a friend’s metal shop. It’s all made out of 3/16 plate steel with schedule 40 steel pipe for the flue (we aren’t afraid of flue fires). He poured about an inch and a half of refractory cement in the bottom. It serves double duty when I want to cook something on top of it, it makes great tortillas and pizza. The whole thing weighs in at around 200 pounds, I am still amazed at the fact that PB managed to get it inside the skycastle without any help, up to the second floor (our living space) that didn’t have steps yet, we used a ladder to get in and out.…
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