The Moon and the Sledgehammer
One of the best documentaries about off-grid living has been re-released…
June 7, 2009
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One of the best documentaries about off-grid living has been re-released…
Here’s an update on what has been going on with us. Things have been going pretty well, we have been living here, 100% off-grid for a year and a half. We have fallen into a regular routine, I cook, clean, garden, work at the Country Store and other miscellaneous things, Mountain Man Bob works on the sky castle and the various things that make our lives better and easier. We have gone from living in a 1 room cabin, with 2 out of the 4 walls being 2 layers of building plastic, with no heat or running water, actually we slept in a tent inside the cabin because the cabin would not keep out insects. When we first got here, it was December, and it was cooooold! I know it got down to at least 14 degrees F, overnight, with the winds blowing a gale, we didn’t have our wood stove installed yet, we put all of our canned goods inside the tent in hopes that our body heat would keep the cans from freezing. We have come a long way baby!…
Unexpected Celeb Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss and his wife Svetlana Erokhin plan to go off the power grid.
They have started work on a new Encinitas pad, which Dreyfuss hopes will be fully self-sufficient for energy. he is one of many stars, from Jesse Ventura to Daryl Hannah, who have chosen to make the transition to the low profile lifestyle.
Dreyfuss, who is currently promoting brilliant new comedy My Life In Ruins,…
Today I made another batch of laundry soap. I had ran out about a month ago, I was using the leftover powdered store bought soap, wow is there a difference! When I use the commercial soap, I often need to run a second rinse cycle, especially if I look at the rinse water, it’s nearly as soapy as the wash cycle, I know that is just being dried into my clothes, that can’t be good for my skin. When I use my homemade laundry soap, I use so much less, and it gets my clothes just as clean if not cleaner, and I don’t see that residue of suds in the rinse water.…
Properly run chest Freezers use only 10% of the power of a conventional refrigerator, making them an option for off-grid power systems…
Cellular base stations are one of the biggest users of off-grid power – but only when there is no alternative…
Rocket stoves, have you heard about them? If you have then I’m preaching to the choir, if you haven’t, then it’s high time you learned about how great these little (and sometimes big) stoves can be.
Basically a rocket stove is a very efficient heater that can be used to cook/heat food, heat water, heat spaces… It typically uses much less fuel (wood) to create heat, and it’s often made from recycled materials.…
Lenders are unwilling to finance off-grid homes – even though they are greener and cheaper than any other kind of home – the government should underwrite off-grid home financing…
Fast growth in simplifying life – trend to homesteading is on the increase…
Time the propagandized “Ideal Lifestyle” from commercial architecture magazines is recognized for the sales pitch it is…
A new Festival is added to this summer’s line-up – the Off-Grid Festival on 20th August…
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