ALL over the world, governments are handing farmers green subsidies in the form of carbon credits for certain types of planting and land management that
Yes, you can use the material from a composting toilet to fertilize your plants and it has an honourable tradition. In eighteenth century Japan, human
I appreciate today’s short attention span theater, I have a lot to say about kefir. If you want the short version, scroll down, you’ll see
Its time to stop looking at the thousands of people who live in off-grid communities as strange throwbacks. They are the future, not the past.
With one phone call, I’ve accidentally ended up in a survival caravan fit out for a nuclear holocaust. But within days, I’m converted, and perhaps
For years North Korea has sought to be a nuclear power. Now it is thought that the hermit nation has another weapon which could wreak havoc
There was a time when if you wanted to learn how to do something, especially a trade, you found the person with the most knowledge
When I picture raising chickens, it’s always free range (of course!), I see a farmer walking through a flock of hungry chooks tossing handfuls of
You decide you are hungry, you get up from the couch, you pause your TV show on the way to the kitchen, you get a
The Achilles’ heel of every off-gridder has got to be the battery bank. It is generally the most expensive part of the system, especially if
When you are doing your own solar system, the key words here are “doing your own”, you will have to be in charge of troubleshooting
