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New Guru service from Off-grid answers your questions about solar panels, wind power, micro-hydro, rainwater harvesting, downshifting, and living free in the boonies.…
May 19, 2007
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New Guru service from Off-grid answers your questions about solar panels, wind power, micro-hydro, rainwater harvesting, downshifting, and living free in the boonies.…
New off-grid products to buy at our online shop, including solar and wind energy tips from Real Goods and other products from Gaiam.…
Descriptions of ways to survive free or very cheap in the most expensive city…
The Motorhome facts web site has a listing of wild camping sites in Europe. Interview with its founder David Burley.…
Minnesota students design a cheap off-grid hub for disaster relief.…
As the founders of Burning Man struggle for control of this iconic off-grid anarchist art event, it has been announced that this year�s Burning Man in late August will have an environmental theme. …
Hundreds of thousands of evangelical Christians are getting the off-grid message…
Orlando Bloom is taking time out from acting to study Buddhism, and he is building a nearly off-grid home in London at the same time. Orlando says he needs time to reflect on what�s going on in his life. He embraced Buddhism after a break-up, and says it helped ease the pain after the four-year relationship ended.…
looking for an off-grid hidey-hole? You couldn�t do better than a cave. There are hundreds to choose from, all empty, and a new acaemic study lists them all with notes about what makes the most attractive living conditions.…
Its easy to think that off-grid living is expensive and out of reach – but that’s just not so! Using off the shelf materials and an open source design , the hexayurt – pictured – is an affordable off-grid shelter — an “autonomous building” which includes drinking water purification, composting toilets, fuel-efficient stoves and solar electric lighting. …
Oprah’s opened an off-grid school as part of her Leadership Academy in South Africa.
She…
Solar hot water heaters can be a cost-effective way to heat the swimming pool at your off-grid palace. This isn�t just a celebrity trend, though � you can buy ready-made kits to that are easy to install starting at around �700. Heating an average pool for the swimming season uses about the same amount of energy as most homes require per year. The costs go beyond just monthly heating bills when you consider greenhouse gas emissions involved � so a solar pool heater pays for itself quickly. Solar blankets (pool covers) are the cheapest way to reduce heat loss and save energy. …
