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Ditchmonkey start his blog on Off-Grid by announcing his next big mission – a walk through the mountains of South America, and a search for sponsors.…
October 25, 2007
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Ditchmonkey start his blog on Off-Grid by announcing his next big mission – a walk through the mountains of South America, and a search for sponsors.…
Interviews with Sean Penn and Emile Hirsch about the morality and meaning of their new movie plus plot details of this off-grid journey across America.…
Solar panels embedded in bags and briefcases, just don’t do a very good job yet.…
Tulsi, Richard Branson, Zac Goldsmith, John Doerr, Ted Turner, Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello, Luciano Benetton, Vincent Tzchenguiz, …
Outdoor rugs are a way of making the outside come indoors.…
Kibbutz Lotan in Israel has already achieved what the governments of New York and London have recently aspired to – a working eco-neighbourhood. In this exclusive article, two residents, Sheera Cipilinski and Ryan Gluckman, describe their setup.…
Synth-pop and music-technology icon Thomas Dolby will shortly embark on a new album project, recorded totally off the grid …
UK Government launches architectural design competition to build ten new “eco towns” to be greenlit in early 2008.…
Preview of life aboard Luciano Benetton’s new yacht, which has won the first ever yachting green star for eco excellence at the Monaco Boat show.…
$260,000 “shack” has newspaper editor praising Thoreau and crowing about his manliness. …
BP Solar this week tried to take us a step closer to mass-market off-grid living. The solar energy giant announced the availability of its home Solar kits through Home Depot stores in the metropolitan Denver and Boulder, Colorado, areas. The program enables customers to purchase complete, installed solar electric home power systems. Problem is, the notoriously bad service at Home Depot will deter many thousands of potential customers.
The service offers a licensed solar professional who visits you at home to assess your electricity needs and give a free consultation but the net is crawling with complaints about the outside experts provided by Home Depot.…
Six homes foreclosed after being illegally connected to utilities. Will be sold grid-free.…
