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Reinventing writing, paper, printing presses after fall of civilization
After the initial trauma of the coronavirus lockdown, one can imagine the ease with which civilization might disintegrate in the face of disaster. In a…
- Shelter ·
Doomsday Bunker – book review
Bradley Garrett’s tour of bunker sites and the people who own them is a snapshot of the way the most paranoid react to the pandemic.…
The Black Farmer Backs Our Call for Land Access
Black Farmer Calls For Church, State And Private Land Owners To Make More Allotment Space Available For ‘Farming Lite’ – 45% Increase In Demand For…
They Really Had This Coming – NGOs splattered
Smug eco-charities like Friends of the Earth held to account for drawing huge salaries and doing nothing for planet - except flying around to meetings
- Land ·
Covid boosts price of private islands
There are dozens of islands for sale in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The pandemic has seen inquiries triple. If you are a buyer, don’t wait…
Is Taking Assistance from the Paper Writing Service is Good for the Students?
Well, Yes! Most paper writing service has a team of skilled and qualified experts who assist the students with the appropriate assistance and help them…
- Shelter ·
Lockdown Winner – Underground Realty
When the lockdown started, some people literally went down. Northeast Bunkers, a company in Pittsfield, Maine, that specializes in the design and construction of underground…
Training for space travel by going off-grid
Eastern Cape, Wednesday- Theoretical physicist Adriana Marais has wanted to board a spaceship to Mars since she was five. One of 100 candidates selected for…
- Land ·
Couple wanted for remote land rental
A unique opportunity to rent a large open space with amazing views and good quality land for growing food has opened up in the Welsh…
- Land ·
The Off-Grid Solution to Social Distancing (says Reuters)
Couple living alone in wilderness for decades -REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT- SOMEWHERE NEAR RESERVE, New Mexico, June 5 (Reuters) – To leave society behind was a…
Remote vacation deals on Priceline and AirBnb
Remote vacations will be all the rage as the unlockdown begins. Outdoor recreation is slowly beginning to reopen in Oregon with social distancing rules. Playgrounds…
- Land ·
Surge in Australian land prices
Huge increases in land prices in Western Australia have led to a tug-of-war between farmers looking to expand their businesses and smallholders trying to get…
Make a fresh start – find a new life with Landbuddy 2.0
Have your circumstances changed recently? Have you realised you’re no longer tied to an office, or even a city? Has your boss agreed you can…
- Land ·
Isolated field in Devon near the coast
One acre field in very secluded location – can be put to any use such as wild camping, growing veggies, or just enjoying the view.…
- People ·
Celebrities Quarantining In The Countryside
Celebrities are fleeing urban coronavirus hotspots for quarantining in Wyoming, Montana, and other Western rural regions. Experts are criticizing this move as dangerous to those…
- Land ·
Off-Grid RV Parking or Tent Camping
Perfect spots for RV or campers. Located in Frenchburg, KY in Menifee County. These are OFF GRID parking spots (RV spots are limited to two…
- Land ·
Off-Grid Tent Camping in West Virginia, USA
A 4×4, in very good condition, and a rugged spirit are necessary to reach, and tent-camp on, this property in the middle of nowhere, Northeast…
- Featured ·
Second Sleep – Book Review
The Second Sleep by Robert Harris – Buy it on Amazon US – an elegant, post-apocalyptic thriller A priest investigates a vicar’s untimely death in…
Slump in Demand for Power
Coronavirus is laying waste to the global energy system – its biggest shock in at least 45 years, and the implications will be with us…
Iowa Land Rental Prices Up
An authoritative annual survey of cash rental rates for Iowa farmland, a bellwether for the national market, shows cost per acre have increased, but by…
Coming Soon: The Age Of Exurbia
I started prepping for Coronavirus in September 2019, after I heard about Disease X. A World Health Organisation staffer told me of plans to war-game…
- Land ·
Rewilding Britain
As we contemplate the ecological wreckage from the last century of unfettered growth in Britain, there is a mounting desire throughout the UK and all…
Lady Lola’s Off-Grid Lockdown
Lady Lola Crichton-Stuart, 20-year-old daughter of the Marquess of Bute, is having a very laid back lockdown. She is in isolation on a remote island,…
Attenborough flick aims to “end waste”
One of the most potent reasons for living off-grid is the amount of energy that is wasted by the grid. According to academic studies 32%…
5 Off-Grid Capitals of Britain
The growing interest in living off the grid is a global phenomenon – hundreds of thousands every year are moving off-grid – either because they…
- People ·
Ben Fogle’s Off-Grid Experiment
Could your child fell a tree or use a blow torch? TV presenter Ben Fogle travelled to meet families in remote spots — then tried…
Send us your footage and photos
This is a shout-out to our readers to ask – please send us thousands of your off-grid photos – hundreds of minutes of video footage…
- Land ·
Quinta-limoes Portugal – off-grid stay
Closed at the moment. For information please contact. A place to stay for a while with your tent/caravan/camper. If you are looking for a long…
- Land ·
4 Acres off-grid for RV parking or ?
I have 4 acres of land on an offgrid property in Moffat, Colorado where others are living offgrid. The neighbors have a well from which…
Rich seek out deserted estates, private islands and luxury apartments
While some of the world’s wealthiest reserve themselves “bargain” apartments in central London for up to £22.5 million, other realty agents representing large landowners say…
- Shelter ·
Escaping COVID-19
One way to escape the COVID-19 pandemic is to move off the grid into the wilderness. I sometimes feel self-isolating is just that. While living…
Super-Rich land-grab for remote real estate
In times of crisis wealthy buyers look for luxury bunkers, isolated compounds, hotel takeovers and other high-end features for doomsday scenarios. People like Amazon CEO…
Plant nurseries deluged with seed orders as fear takes hold
Brisbane – Friday NURSERIES around the world are experiencing “unprecedented” demand for veggie seedlings as customers try to secure their own food supply ahead of…
Bikini farmers of California
The Times newspaper has run a feature about a group of women herding cattle and wielding chainsaws in their thongs. When you first visit the…
- Land ·
Land Sales To Reach Record Levels In 2020
OMAHA, Neb. 22 Feb – The land market in 2019 continued the plateauing trend of the past several years during which the supply of agricultural…
7 Best US Colleges for Cleantech
Clean technology (like renewable energy, or low carbon production processes) are in demand across advanced economies in US and Europe. From folks interested in involving…
Reuters Foundation turns on to off-grid
Here is a recent Reuters Foundation report on off-grid real estate: Often called survivalists or “preppers”, many escapees twin an expectation of impending doom –…
- Work ·
23,000 Apply for Job on Deserted Island
When more than 23,000 people from around the world applied for two job vacancies, an Irish couple proves that working on an uninhabited island is…
- People ·
Harry and Meghan “put planned cannabis brand on hold”
Sources on the West Coast have told Off-Grid.net that a large, legal cannabis farm which had been gearing up production for a super-high quality, recreational…
- Energy ·
A solution to California’s disasters – Microgrids
After years of deteriorating power lines owned by PG&E, California’s biggest utility, plus months of windy wildfires, warming California is wondering how to keep the…
- Water ·
5 Ways To Purify Water in 2 Minutes or Less
By Richard Douglas Water helps everything grow and thrive – including bacteria, viruses, and parasites! Water-related illness is a huge concern, especially for the young…
Seven new technologies that can enhance your life
Knowing which bets to place when it comes to adopting emerging new technologies is impossible. But its still worth trying. Betting on the winners of…
Sutton Hoo worker forages food to afford to volunteer
A project to recreate an Anglo Saxon longship at one of the most historical sites in Britain is using volunteer labour despite its multi-million pound…
- People ·
Zac Efron illness irony
Zac Efron was filming a new off-gid adventure series entitled “Killing Zac” when he was taken ill and nearly died, in a story that will…
How UK govt could help off-grid communities
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.…
- Energy ·
Battery storage will transform society
A remarkable series of predictions about the future of the grid is emerging from NREL – the National Renewable Energy Lab in the US. Because…
California’s original off-grid store relocates
Real Goods, the California-based original purveyor of off-grid living supplies, has relocated to Ukiah, California. The move follows the companys acquisition by altE Store in…
Book review: Rural Planning Handbook
The Rural Planning Handbook has a cover price of £25. But £20 will secure it direct from the author, and cash in an envelope is…
- Energy ·
Never Again! Lets Close PG&E
Two major wildfires that raged in California for the past ten days are finally contained. But the debate and aftermath will rage for months. California’s…
Brexit made me go off-grid
Dave Goodwill told fellow-members on Quora how he made the choice to go off-grid: Brexit will greatly improve my life. I’ve been struggling with seasonal…
- People ·
Dave LaChapelle — off-grid with style
An off-grid photographer has created Lavazza’s 2020 calendar and he calls it an Ode to Nature. American photographer David LaChapelle, made commercials and music videos…
- People ·
HAB Land Ltd goes bust – Grand Designs presenter walks away
Kevin McCloud, presenter of Channel 4 TV’s Grand Designs series, fronted money-raising for an eco-property developer, and then resigned as a director 18 months before…
Innovative Tech For Living Off The Grid
Think smart devices and modern tech, what comes to mind is traceable, trackable and invasive devices that infringe our privacy. Not all tech is lousy…
- Solar ·
Oz utility takes its customers off-grid
After a devastating bushfire, one remote WA farming community takes steps towards a solar solution — and it’s cheaper, safer, and more reliable. The deadly…
Digital detox weekend
We’re on our way to West Virginia for a low-tech weekend at promisingly-named Lost River State Park – just across the Virginia border in Mathias,…
- Water ·
Should I live on a boat?
WHATis it really like living on a canal boat or on the river? So many of us have wondered if it would be a way…
- Energy ·
Coming soon – gigawatts of free batteries
As the uptake of electric vehicles (EV) has increased exponentially in the past few years, the concern of what to do with batteries when they…
Opting out of the Phone race
When you’re trying to keep things simple and low tech, you want a low impact, low maintenance phone. Something that you can use in case…
- People ·
Mike Banning’s father lives off the grid
He may be a fictional character, but Mike Banning has a huge following. In the latest movie in the Fallen franchise, Angel has Fallen, hero…
You CAN use your phone as a walkie-talkie
Apple let it be known over the weekend that they have cancelled a planned feature on the new iPhone allowing it to be used as…
- Energy ·
Boom in Electric Vehicle charging devices will help off-gridders
Now the new bi-directional chargers are coming on the market - off-grid car-owners can charge up in the city and download the power when they get home.
- People ·
Thomasin McKenzie interview
Thomasin McKenzie, 19, came to fame as a Hollywood actress playing an off-grid character. Q: You broke out in last year’s Leave No Trace –…
- Land ·
Off the grid living at its finest!!!
Off the grid living at its finest!!! This home has a view to die for and much, much more! From the on demand generator to…
10 Best Solar-Powered Colleges In The US
Solar energy is the fastest growing green energy source. It takes care of the environment, bestows energy independence, and os a cost-effective solution. Below is…
- Land ·
Compound for sale – because the kids aren’t interested
In Michigan, a Home surrounded by serenity and nature is for sale because the long-time owner is getting old and his kids want the Internet…
- Urban ·
Extinction Rebellion protests continue
Climate activists Extinction Rebellion continued their global “summer rebellion” in London and Munich today. In London, the target was London Concrete, the British capital’s biggest…
Visiting Outback Prepper + Budget Prepping links
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…
Timber Festival UK – Review
Daisy Stella Baldwin reports from Leicestershire…. It was raining hard when we arrived at Timber Festival 2019; a three-day festival of music, arts and performance…
- Solar ·
Gadget produces solar power and clean water
Multi-membrane solar panel uses waste heat to warm water and thereby purify it - Saudi researchers hope to ready it for commercial rollout soon
Extinction Rebellion founder says we must topple the political elites
The driving force behind Extinction Rebellion has said the group will shortly announce a co-ordinated global action in 40 countries. “There is going to be…
- People ·
University boss quits her job to live off-grid
“I was a cognitive psychologist, an academic happily ascending the career ladder,” said Dr Alison Green, head of Scientists Warning. “I knew about climate change, and I…
- Spirit ·
Scotland’s multiple off-grid opportunities
The sparkling glens and mountains of Scotland boasts a wide choice of off-grid holiday accommodation and if you fall in love with the lifestyle there…
Off-Grid woman storms Minister’s speech
One of the Greenpeace protesters who forced their way into the UK Chancellor’s Mansion House speech last night lives on an off-grid rabbit farm in…
- Shelter ·
Is this tiny home the future of housing?
USA In the town of Brunwsick, Georgia, builder Stuart Muir Wilson constructed a tiny home with all the trimmings. Complete with solar panels and…
Off-road vehicle, off-grid home
Are you looking to exchange a comfortable middle class home for life sitting round a campfire? You might be in luck. Winnebago Industries has recently…
- Shelter ·
3D printed House in 24 hours
A house which was 3D printed in just 24 hours went up last month, in the town of Stupino, Western Russia. With 3D printers producing…
Customise your favourite outdoor gear
A kayaker and his brother painted shark jaws on the front of their kayak. A long-distance cyclist attached mirrors and lights to his handlebars and…
Off-Grid Editor on BBC2 chat show
The editor of Off-Grid.net is appearing on BBC2 Victoria Derbyshire show, shortly, in a piece about a family of 4 who went to live off…
- Food ·
Understand Your Growing Zone
Growing your own food, and enough of it to last a while, is one of the pillars of living off the grid. Knowing about your…
Extinction Rebellion to take part in the UK’s Timber Festival
Today it was announced that Extinction Rebellion (XR) will be part of the line up at Timber Festival in the north of England. XR will…
- People ·
Steve Miller leaves his island haven
Rocker Steve Miller’s remarkable off-grid retreat in Washington’s San Juan Islands finally sold for $8.5 million. The property was originally listed for $20 million in…
- Land ·
Islandeering
A new book about islandeering guides you through visits to some of the UK’s tiniest islands where there is no power or fresh water, and…
- Land ·
20 Acres Off-Grid Ready
Beautiful Cascade Mountains and Valley view from this 19.81 acres. Located in NE Washington. Property boasts a permitted well and 2 bed septic, 10×16 shop/storage,…
- Land ·
PG&E’s cunning wildfire plan – shut down the Grid
Power company PG&E has long been known as a company that puts its shareholders interests ahead of its customers – shady billing practices, low quality…
No 1 destination on AirBnB, final few days left unbooked – Yes, its off-grid
Hurry! AirBnB has just announced the world’s most popular getaway — its an off-grid mushroom-shaped shed located in 10 acres of woodlands in Coastal California The Mushroom…
- Spirit ·
Go Your Own Way
Many of us have bellowed ‘Go your own way!’ at the top of our lungs when listening to Fleetwood Mac, but it’s in that pause…
Bitcoin Mining Off The Grid: Is Solar Power The Answer?
Some of the first big server farms devoted to bitcoin were located in the frozen wastes of Finland. Why? Because cooling costs are minimised when…
- Land ·
Tiny British island seeks new warden
If you always wanted to be a hermit but never dared to make the move, now is your chance. The remote island of Lihou, part…
Ultimate RV
The Taxa range of RVs are specificaly designed for off-gridders
In Spain – Crackdown or Backdown?
The Spanish authorities are boasting they increased the number of cannabis plants seized in the past year – but that still only amounts to a…
- Energy ·
Human powered energy – your questions answered
By Ken Torino of K-Tor – Human-power expert My story began 15 years ago when I was looking to buy ahuman power generator and had…
Living in a Box, a 4-wheeled Box
Jeremie.C.Lingenheim could have anything he wants within reason. He could drive around London in a Porsche, but he prefers a motorbike. He could eat in…
Talk is Cheep
[before_listing images= youtube=null] Could-a, should-a, would-a. What’s it gonna take to wake you up? Unless you get off your butts yesterday, you are toast. In…
- Land ·
Island mansion for sale
Engels and Volkers are featuring this amazing off-grid home on a private island near Vancouver, British Columbia. If the US $15 million price tag is…
Nuns growing medical marijuana
Holy Smoke! From the LA Times to ABC Nightline, everybody loves the Sisters of the Valley, a group of nuns from Northern California who make…
Monetize your off-grid home with a reverse mortgage application
In these difficult times, it is reassuring to know that if you are a homeowner yo may be able to raise cash that only needs…
Why Off-grid Housing is the Future
Green living has gone beyond being a fad and has become an essential part of modern life. So much so that people nowadays are looking…
- Energy ·
Cannabis growers lead off-grid energy development
Its a little known fact that the Marijuana growers of Northern California were amongst the first to use solar panels to improve their crop yields,…
Australia Decentralises
When folks first hear about Tyalgum, in East Australia they picture Mad Max. Steampunk locals power this dieselpunk outpost with renewable, ethanol-based Guzzolene. Tyalgum has…
- Land ·
Off-Grid Millionaire AirBnB’s his Hawaii home
Each Christmas tech geek Graham Hill heads to Hawaii. At first he would shack up in a small, dilapidated cabin on Maui and spend afternoons…
- Work ·
Hemp – key off-grid industry, USA & global events 2018
Hemp is Hot! It is going to be a busy 2018 for Cannabis expos and conferences domestically and internationally. Below is a running list of…
How to Make a Great Campfire – Easily
Going camping is a fantastic way to relax and unwind. And it’s a first step towards a life off the grid. Its an activity you…
Come out of her! Seeking Christian Woman for Wife, and Friends
Lord God Almighty Bless your soul, and strengthen you up, gird yourself up and come on. Its getting late. I know what to do…. I…
- Water ·
Raw Water – big money – but should we take it?
It’s called water consciousness – a movement of people who drink unfiltered, unsterilised spring water and even rain water. Why? Well, for the supposed health…
Merry Pranksters go Off-Grid and try to Eat Free
Ben and Danny (pictured) are two of the merriest pranksters on the green scene. They have been spending some time in London and kindly agreed…
- Urban ·
Teri Hatcher living in a van for her YouTube series
In a great piece of self-promotion, actress Teri Hatcher first encouraged and then denied the story that she was down and out and living in…
- Food ·
Food, not supplements
Food comes after water in the hierarchy of the things you need to sustain life off-grid. First Water, then Food, then Fire, then Shelter, although…
- People ·
Tara Westover – Off-grid abuse
The shocking story of Tara Westover which she tells in her recently published memoir ‘Educated’ casts an undeserved shadow on off-grid-families and their ways of…
¡Comunidad Francesa necesita un nuevo líder!
¿Te gustaría experimentar las montañas francesas viviendo en nuestra comuna? ¿Te ves viviendo en una sociedad inclusiva y creativa? ¡Ven a colaborar con nosotros! Tu…
- Water ·
Zero Mass Water
A regular supply of drinking water is the holy grail for off-grid living. If you can get a bare minimum of water and heating of…
- Energy ·
The House with No Bills
An Australian housebuilder has launched a search for a family to live in its prototype Home with No Energy Bills. Mirvac is building the house…
Three Rivers
FIRST there were the propane lamps. Then came wind turbines, followed by solar panels that powered William Shay’s off-the-grid vacation home overlooking Lake Billy Chinook.…
It doesn’t feel like a sacrifice
After finishing school, Jocelyn and Jarvis had $96,000 of debt from student loans, credit cards, and buying a small rural property. This is the story…
- Energy ·
River mobile battery
Backup batteries? Got ’em. Mobile charging stations? Check. But I need a mobile battery that will keep my beer cold and charge my phone and…
- Land ·
Millonario fuera de la red renta su casa de Hawaii en AirBnB
Cada navidad, Graham Hill experto en tecnología vuela a Hawaii donde al principio se hospedaba en lugares pequeños como en un cabaña en Maui y…
- Land ·
Vamos a Ecuador
Me estoy mudando a Ecuador y tengo dinero para comprar tierras, pero quiero dividirme con personas de ideas afines.Las personas que respetan a la Tierra…
Artist Within a World
This amazing 360 degree work (only a part shown) by van-dwelling artist Emily Lamb is the product of her time in jungles and mountains around…
Water glass eggs?
One of the things that some of my neighbors have done when moving out to the country is get chickens, some do it for the…
Elk encounter 3 years later
Those who have followed me for a few years should remember my elk encounter from about three years ago, it did quite a bit…
10 years later…
It was 10 years ago on December 22 when PB and I (and our little chihuahua Pekoe) pulled up on our property, it was 3:30…
- Events ·
El Cáñamo esta caliente
¡El cáñamo está caliente! Va a ser un ajetreado 2018 para exposiciones y conferencias de Cannabis a nivel nacional e internacional. A continuación se muestra…
East Jesus
I think most everyone is familiar with “Slab City”, an abandoned military base in the Sonoran desert in California. This desolate place is a favored…
A day in the emergency room
I spent today in the emergency room, not for me, but for a friend. I had gone to church and found out my friend had…
- Land ·
Alone in the Peruvian Desert
Although every place on this planet is unique in its own way, Peru manages to stand out above the crowd because of its many natural…
Van life in Vancouver
Wow, that is my first thought about Atli and how she lives! She is a part-time bus driver, she can afford to work part time…
Privacy? They are listening
I grew up in the time when cable TV boxes were supposed to have a camera or at the very least a microphone inside so…
Stealth camping in the city
Most of the people I know of who live in their vans or other vehicles are travelers, they camp, they don’t tend to live in…
- Water ·
Great Barrier Reef – Coral Spawning
The world’s biggest living organism, the Great Barrier Reef, has held its annual Coral Spawning event, with trillions of eggs and sperm simultaneously releasing into…
Stealth van build and tour
Could you live in a van? I could if I had this one, it’s designed to be a “stealth van”, it has loads of space…
- Events ·
Psy-che: Off-Grid Raves Outside Beirut
Camping is a popular outdoor activity in Lebanon, but not many would undertake it as a permanent lifestyle. Every now and then, a young and…
- Food ·
5 tips on growing strawberries
Are strawberries your favorite fruit? Want to grow them yourself at home? Here’s 5 tips on how to grow more strawberries than expected! Practice makes…
Luxury Volkner Motorhome
The Volkner mobil performance s is the future of road living. The 40ft luxury motorhome comes with all of the mod-cons you could possibly wish for.…
Fantasy cottage by the sea
Do you remember the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel? Well, if they had a house today, this would be it! Located next to the ocean…
- Food ·
Low maintenance Chickens
It’s great to rear chickens – eggs, scratchy kind of companionship, and eventually a roast bird. But should every off-grid home have a few? They…
Electro Magnetic Pulse weapon threat to USA
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…
- Energy ·
EU tries to stamp out off-grid living
The European Union (EU) devotes huge resources to delivering the power grid to every nook and cranny of Europe. Brussels is on a mission to…
Ducking and diving in a van
Izzy is a vandweller somewhere in England. She chose the life as it was a way of getting an affordable home as a low paid worker. …
- Work ·
Cannabis farmers battle Emerald Triangle wildfires
Off-Grid cannabis farmers continue to struggle against engulfing wildfires which threaten to destroy their entire crop. More than 200,000 acres of fertile growing land in…
- Land ·
Adapt your home to survive a wildfire
Devastation caused by the recent wildfire outbreak in California reminds those living off-grid to maintain awareness of fire safety. Especially those who live in rural…
Are you nuts? When can we come visit?
Friends, family, most of us have them, and for most of us they play an integral part of our lives and decisions we make. Making…
Essential Crafter
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…
- Land ·
Perfect little fixer-upper – $13,000
It’s an historic cottage in Wales, a listed building, that will make an ideal, tiny off-grid home for someone who is very handy with DIY.…
- Energy ·
Microsoft Opens First Underwater Server Farm
Microsoft has made bold moves to achieve their goal of having 50 percent of their power usage come from renewable, sources by 2018. Microsoft has steadily…
Confessions of a off-grid granny
I cannot believe it’s October already, the days are still warm but the evenings and nights are getting cooler, it’s almost sweater weather! I am…
Aircrete!
I’m certain that most everyone reading this is familiar with using concrete for building material, there are various ways to go about using concrete, from…
Never buy grain for your chickens again!
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…
30 days and it’s ready
I had so much fun watching this couple condense a 30 day conversion into a short video, as I saw each part, I thought that’s…
Internet gone!
With all of the hurricanes and wildfires going on here in the USA, we haven’t been plagued by any of those tragedies, but we have…
Karen and her Casita
I spent some time today listening to Karen describe her life and how she ended up living in a small Casita travel trailer. I am…
Empty shelves
What is the first thing to disappear off the shelves in an emergency? Water, that is the main thing I heard people on the news…
- Land ·
Maine Lighthouse for sale
If you want to truly be alone in style, check out this private island and historic lighthouse for sale in Maine. Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse…
Van living is road to freedom
“Living in a van, I can make money, be an artist, and travel three continents,” says Nathan Murphy, an accomplished amateur rock climber from Cornwall…
Eclipse Monday
I suspect that unless you are living under a really big rock, you know about the solar eclipse that will be happening on Monday. It’s…
Manual counterparts
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…
- Energy ·
Aussies shocked by energy price rises
Rising electricity prices in Queensland are forcing a soon-to-be retired single woman to become 100% energy self-sufficient, storing renewable energy onsite. Homeowner Liza Jackson is…
Living here vs there
When we left the big city, well more like the outskirts of the big city, we lived in a trailer park on the edge of…
Hitting the wall
PB and I have lived off-grid for nearly 10 years now, by Christmas this year it will be 10 years. Have you ever done something…
Healing update
On July 10, I posted about getting bit by something, probably a spider, not likely of the recluse variety based on how quickly it blew…
- Energy ·
World’s largest battery in 80 days
Tesla is teaming up with French energy company Neoen to build the world’s largest battery within 80 days in South Australia. The state has been…
Going old school batteries
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…
What bit me?
Being sick or injured is one of the things that you still have to deal with when living off-grid. This summer we had a lot…
Prosnowboarder’s golden ratio
It took a little over 5 years for pro snowboarder Mike Basich to build his 225 square foot off-grid cabin, the work during the winter…
- Energy ·
Never leave full batteries
I planned to install batteries to backup to the rooftop PV system and for years have had misleading advice from many sources. I always thought…
- Spirit ·
Strictly for the Birds (book review)
Birds are the constant companions to an off-grid life. Alone, in pairs, or most mesmerizingly in flocks, birds are a distraction for the eye, they…
- Land ·
Remote Cabins Threaten Norwegian Wildlife
Norwegians love to unplug once in a while — disappear from civilisation into their remote cabins. Being in contact with the nature is one of…
Cooking with the sun
There are several different ways to use the sun in cooking, aka solar cooking or solar ovens. If you live in a sunny place, the…
Huge tiny home!
This has to be the biggest tiny home I’ve seen to date, it’s 37 feet long and 8.5 feet wide, 13.5 feet tall, it weighs…
It’s solar, what could possibly go wrong?
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…
Showering felt so good today!
When one lives off-grid, you are generally your own fix it person, not always, but often. That is certainly true for us, we designed, built…
Unlocked: Traditional Norwegian Free Huts
From ancient times, simple households and traditional huts located in rural Norway was kept unlocked, so people could seek shelter in case of bad weather.…
- Food ·
5 tips para crecer fresas
¿Las fresas son tu fruta favorita? ¿Quieres cultivarlos tú mismo en casa? ¡Aquí hay 5 consejos sobre cómo cultivar más fresas de lo esperado! No…
- Energy ·
La Crisis de Energía en Sudáfrica
Las autoridades locales en Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica, enfrentan una crisis energética debido a que el robo de electricidad, las facturas impagas y el cambio…
Missing my dad on Father’s Day
Today is Father’s Day, a bittersweet day for me. My Dad was instrumental in my interest in living off-grid, as well as actually getting to…
- Energy ·
Battery costs plummet
Huge advances aimed at the Electric vehicle market are slashing battery costs, changing the way the power grid works and bringing benefits to off-grid communities…
Camper Van Featured in UK Tabloid
The Sun is featuring Nate Murphy, a Brit who decided to turn his white van into an RV in just 17 days to travel the…
Farm stay, Central Vietnam
The couple behind Phong Nha Farm stay in Vietnam shows how you can live off-grid and make good money at the same time. Australian Ben and…
- Energy ·
Black Hills Energy Cuts Renewables Payout
Last week the South Dakota Public Utilities unanimously approved a 19 per cent reduction in pay for renewables – that is the generation credit rate…
Meet Gladys
She’s burgundy, discrete, low cost and can take you wherever you want to go in comfort, well as long as you are named Dylan Magaster…
Loving Couple Caravan Adventure
Loving couple Stian Berg Larsen and Susanne Madelen Larsen are having a DOUBLE celebration – their new daughter, Aurora Louise is one month old and…
- Solar ·
South Africa Power Crisis
The local authorities in Cape Town, South Africa face a power crisis as electricity theft, unpaid bills and switching to renewable energy puts pressure on…
Modern vs retro tiny home
From ultra modern to a retro 50s look, you can have just about any look and style you wish in a tiny house. My first…
- Hispanic ·
Agua y lo que viene
¿Qué es lo primero que desaparecerá de los estantes en una emergencia? El agua, eso es lo principal que escuché decir a las personas en…
What is? What if?
I watched a man die at one of the stores where I work doing merchandising. He just fell over and died right there about 15…
SkyCastle wall and updates
The last few weeks has been quiet around the SkyCastle, spring is here, flowers are blooming, the days are warm and the nights are generally…
What are your super skills?
How do you get what you need and want if you have little or no money to buy? I assume you have some sort of…
Truck garden
Growing up I had heard of truck farms, usually small family farms, when the produce is ready, the farmer takes the produce to a farmer’s…
When snakes attack
Earlier this evening, the sun had gone down just far enough to be called dark, but we could still see. PB and I (and the…
- Urban ·
Australians realise they are overhousing themselves
Over a century ago, Australia’s 1911 census registered the average household as 4.5 persons, compared to the average today of 2.6, yet Australian homes have…
Bug season!
Duck season! Wabbit season! Does that bring back memories of the old Bugs Bunny and Daffy (along with Elmer Fudd)? I grew up watching that,…
Another brick in the wall
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on the SkyCastle. This is going on our 9th summer out here, we started out with…
Build your tiny home like a boat
It’s a funny thing, I had always thought people who built tiny homes, especially the portable ones did build their homes like a boat, water…
- People ·
Coolio ‘preparing to live off the grid’
American Rapper Coolio has told a newspaper he is preparing for a social collapse and plans to end his days off-grid. “I’ve acquired knowledge of…
Frugal noodle
Let’s use our frugal noodle to come up with some frugal ideas. For me personally, I’ve grown up frugally, I didn’t know or even understand…
Planting by the moon, hype or help?
I was born in 1965 so I grew up less than one generation removed from those in my family who really farmed and those who…
- Energy ·
Govt warned must transform UK national grid
A new report from think tank Green Alliance warns that the UK Government needs to help the country’s power system catch up with the growth…
- People ·
Comic Con star yearns for Bora Bora
“Stranger Things” fans gave Millie Bobby Brown — the 13-year-old breakout star of Netflix‘s sci-fi series — pure and unmitigated rock-star treatment on closing day…
- Water ·
Water from thin air
Scientists have created a device that can literally extract water from the air using solar power. Solar Water could revolutionise off-grid living which currently requires…
Is it healthier to live off-grid?
Are there health benefits to living off-grid? I’d say yes, for me there definitely are. First, I find living in a more simple manner is…
- Solar ·
Solar sheds for sale
UNITY, Maine – 11 April – For Joas Hochstetler, manager of the Amish-owned Backyard Buildings, the idea of manufacturing a solar shed equipped with solar…
No go shopping
Are you ready for no go shopping? What is no go shopping you ask? It’s when you live out in the boonies and there isn’t…