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- People ·
Mother calls her son in missing
The mother of a 20-year-old from Newton Iowa who went on a cross-country trek to gather fodder for an “off-the grid book” has reported her…
- Mobile ·
What we can learn from Glamping
Its easy to forget when you live off the grid that life is meant to be fun. Its hard work running your own power station…
- Urban ·
Taking an urban apartment off the grid
London, Ont., Roommates Stephen Szucs and Dave Pope are living with no fridge, air conditioner, stove or hot, or running water this summer after deciding…
- Land ·
Get your retirement home before you retire, first buy the land
Why should we wait till we are old and inform to enjoy the best that life has to offer? We put up with the indignities…
- Energy ·
Bringing power to Africa – at a cost to the planet
President Obama is in Africa – promising countries billions of dollars to help the continent’s economies grow. But the way that the tax dollars will…
- Spirit ·
Buy real estate with Earth Energy advice
Roy Riggs grimaces his lips to emit his favourite sound: ssshhhhh…. its the sound of white noise. That is what he wants to hear when…
- Energy ·
Aussie power bills hurting families
VICTORIA STATE – AUSTRALIA – The average annual electricity bill in the Shepparton region is $2638 compared to the state average of $2210.57 and national…
- Energy ·
Power being decentralised in Germany
Perhaps its because of the political structure, with powerful local government, but Germany’s centralised energy system is dissolving. Germany’s power companies are closing power plants…
When prepping just isn’t enough
There’s a sense of urgency in the prepping community lately that is at an all time high. Between the global elite warmongers, the impending financial…
Food storage ideas…
Preppers are always trying to get everyone else to at least begin stocking up on some short and long term food storage, honestly the biggest…
- Energy ·
Triple digit heat this weekend – cities to suffer most
Record-breaking temepratures, but will it reach 135 degrees in Death Valley to break the record set exactly one hundred years ago?
- People ·
Movie The East – interview with Director
Web site Female First captured an interview with Zal Batmanglij Director’s of The East (being released in the UK this week). The East is about…
- Water ·
Patent Application submitted for off-grid Water Condenser
Canadian firm Freedom Water Company Ltd. combine caqre for humanity with technical skill in this patent application submitted for Approval. Here is an exerpt from…
- Work ·
Gold tumbles again
The price of gold has tumbled to less than $1,200 (£787) an ounce yesterday, its lowest point in nearly three years, and continues to head…
- Work ·
Buy shares in Fuel Cell company
SFC Energy AG (ETR:F3C), Germany”s 9th largest energy company by market capitalisation, extended its slide Thursday, shedding an additional 5.40c (or 1.2%) to close at…
Meatless sausage
I’m not a vegan, a vegetarian or anything remotely like that, I have nothing against anyone who chooses not to eat meat, they have more…
Kissing bugs
Triatominae, also known as kissing bugs, conenose bugs, assassin bugs, whatever you call them, these are nasty creatures, they are about the size of the…
- Urban ·
Doomsday Prepper arrested with live alligator
A “doomsday prepper” who was arrested Tuesday after Dallas police found bomb making materials and a Glock in his car has been kept in federal…
- Energy ·
Eco village to run on dog waste
An eco village where canine excrement is converted to power and heat is to go before planners in Leicestershire,UK. An outline application for the 49-home…
- Mobile ·
On their way….anti-Google glasses
Once you have seen them you might almost prefer to stay ON the digital map, but a Japanese tech group has invented the first pair…
- Work ·
DuckDuckGo and other ways to stay anonymous
A search engine that allows users to be anonymous has had a sharp increase in traffic after whistle-blower Edward Snowden said Washington – and Google…
Off-grid float cabin: retirement tiny home in BC wilderness
This is a unique cabin system, it’s not a houseboat, but a floating cabin, I found this while on YouTube and thought it very interesting.…
- Mobile ·
Must off-grid include Internet as well?
SYDNEY, June 20 (Xinhua) — As CIA whistle-blower Edward Snowden hides out in Hong Kong over his expose of U.S. government data mining, we must…
- Mobile ·
Student saves thousands boat-dwelling
When Joe Pearce broke up from his girlfriend he couldn’t afford rent and he was ready to broaden his horizons. So he saved himself £5,600…
Freezer-fridge conversion update
Had to clean out my fridge today, while that’s not such a big deal to most, to me it’s (almost) a pleasure to do because…
Hot Water Rocket – review
From regular contributor Corey Naughton I have a quick kitchen/prep related product review for you. The “Hot Water Rocket” There’s many ways to heat water…
CNN profiles Graham Hill off-grid project
CNN devoted an hour to one of the hero’s of off-grid living, Graham Hill. The TV Channel visited his place on the Hawaiian island of…
- Mobile ·
Renzo Piano designs tiny, off-grid home
Renzo piano has designed some of the world’s most iconic buildings from the giant glass shard in London to the Los Angeles Motion Picture Academy.…
- Water ·
Price of harvesting rain in South Africa
The price of water is rising sharply in the ritzy yet dangerous countryside around East London. Even the rich, old, white landowners are going into…
- Solar ·
Ted Turner goes off-grid
Ted Turner’s hunting and fishing resort, Vermejo Park Ranch, has installed a new $1 million solar system that will take the lodge off the power…
- Spirit ·
Kings of Summer
Marketed as the next Superbad, this movie is more simply the next summer classic. Three 15-year-old boys in suburban Ohio stumble on a wooded area…
- Energy ·
NSA snooping on our power bills
The NSA “almost certainly” uses Utility company records to routinely snoop on American citizens says an expert in the IT systems of Power and Water…
Another Post-SHTF Worry
From regular contributor Corey Naughton This article will start with a story. I had a little incident this weekend that brought about this realization and…
Phone app unlocks access to Malibu Beach
There are 27 miles of beach in Malibu, California, but the largely wealthy property owners have blocked off access to 20 miles of it. Now…
- Events ·
At last – Welsh govt welcome eco-home
Wales has been saying for years that it wants more environemntally freindly buildings – trouble is they keep on rejecting the planning applictions made for…
- Solar ·
A Liter of light
MANILA, Philippines – A hole-in-the-wall establishment in coastal Dumaguete City has a new come-on for its local and foreign tourist-diners, aside from food and brightly…
- People ·
Solar-powered US Congressman
Despite only being in office for a year, Rep Thomas Massie (R -Ky) is one of the most activist members of Congress. He lives off…
A Peek into an Organic Prepper’s Pantry
Having extra food put aside is something I have talked about quite a lot here, it’s a very important insurance policy for you and your…
- Events ·
Bilderberg Agenda 2013
The Bilderberg Group (meeting in the UK currently) operated completely in secret for two decades after it was founded in 1954, bringing together the most…
- Food ·
Man shoots flying squirrel
In this film from Reuters, 28 year old off-gridder Nick Weston is seen taking aim at the sky and then picking up a squirrel, as…
Pictures of the neighborhood
A few weeks ago, I grabbed the camera on my way over to a friend’s house, I get to live in and drive through some…
- Energy ·
Power decentralised in Germany
Perhaps its because of the political structure, with powerful local government, but Germany’d centralised energy system is quickly dissolving. Germany’s power companies are closing power…
- Events ·
‘The East’ – movie premieres
X Men star Ellen Page is co-star opposite Arbitrage actress Brit Marling in new espionage thriller The East, which was produced and co-written by 29-year-old…
Slums – testbeds for new ways of living
We should not romanticise slums, but informal settlements can teach us a lot about society and the economy of resources. Its amazing , for example,…
Keep your cool with warm weather cooking methods
I live in the high desert mountains of far western Texas, the summer days are hot, fortunately the evenings and nights tend to be cooler,…
Nature and Survival Shows on US TV 2014
There’s nothing quite like the great outdoors. However, with the hustle and bustle of daily life it can be difficult to get out there are…
- People ·
Off-Grid Street-lamp featured in NY Daily News
NY Daily News features BALDEV DUGGAL who came to New York in 1957 from India with $200 and no ticket home and has built up…
Remote UK farmhouses
Rather than standing out from the landscape, Three Glens is almost invisible from across the valley. Its massive stone walls link to a dry stone…
Kosher Certification Program Bans All GMO Ingredients
As always, I’m on the lookout for non-GMO foods, when I read this article I jumped for joy, finally a mainstream (at least as far…
- Energy ·
Tesla supercharger network
Help may be at hand for off-gridders who want to see an alternative to the power grid. It is provided by Elon Musk, boss of…
- Energy ·
Australian off-grid movement gets a new leader
Tosh Szatow has been campaigning for years in Australia to build systems that can scale and make sustainable living possible. Tosh recently joined the Cape…
Eggs Benedict on a mountain
I read just the other day about some study “they” did that says people who take pictures of their food and post the pictures on…
- Urban ·
Sydney discovers off-grid
The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia has been telling its readers about the joys of living off the grid. Life couldn’t be more different for…
- Mobile ·
Satphone for under $500
Satellite telephones were the stuff of off-gridders’ fantasies – until now. The new SPOT Global Phone is a portable sat phone that will retail for…
- Land ·
Forbes lists off the grid mansions
An advertising feature on Forbes web site lists some $2m off-grid homes The blurb says it “combed the Multiple Listing Services to find available homes…
Just say NO to GMO
Little by little I have been actively working on removing GMO foods from my pantry, to make it more painless I focus on one food…
Scorpion season
In a recent article, I talked about all the critters that poke, stick, sting and bite, one of those critters we deal with out here…
Life in the sky castle
I sit looking out the window, my view is magnificent, I am looking down across a high desert mountain valley, words cannot describe the beauty…
Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid – book review
In homebuilding, innovation in materials technology and energy efficiency is everywhere, but construction methods seem always to lag behind as many contractors stick to the…
- People ·
New TV formats to exploit off-grid interest
Discovery Channel, Travel Channel and TNT all look to offer new wrinkles to the venerable survival-based competition reality series genre with new shows set to…
Sensible shoes makes sense
Shoes, ladies I know you think about them a lot, and some of you guys too, but how many of you wear shoes that would…
Sleepy?
Here’s a scenario, you are working hard, say chopping wood for winter, or perhaps you are starting your garden this spring, you have been working…
- Food ·
Low Energy pasta…..
Another great recipe from Corey Naughton Pasta is a wonderful thing to us off-gridders. Long storage life, high in carbs, you can make it at…
Trailersteading – book review
How many of you would like (love?) to to have your own place and live for just what you’d pay in taxes? Assuming you already…
- Energy ·
First Algae-powered building goes up in Hamburg
Phys.org reports on a completely self-sufficient apartment building revealed at the International Housing Exhibition in Hamburg, which produces renewable energy by harvesting micro-algae. The 15-apartment…
- Energy ·
Fort Bliss to launch US Military’s largest Renewable Energy project
Returning to a theme often covered on this site, the US Army continues to make the pace in off-grid technology. The idea of converting communities…
- Land ·
Fast-growing Urban forests
Bangalore, April 22nd — Planting miniature forests in cities sounds like a job for a government department rather than a small entrepreneur. Although these “forests”…
Poison Apples: “Organic” Fruit can be Tainted by Antibiotics until Fall 2014
I may have found out why the apples Corey tossed to his deer were rejected by the deer, scary but true, it would seem that…
One more tragedy
With the tragedy of the bombing in Boston, this is just one more reminder that we need to be prepared for as many different situations…
The Lost Art of Scratch Cooking
Food is so important, unless you were raised on a working farm, most of us have no idea where our food comes from, during the…
- Food ·
A Shock to the system
From regular contributor Corey Naughton Like many of those who live off-grid I like to eat healthy. There comes a point when one must define…
- People ·
New Lives in the Wild – TV series
At last – a TV series about living off the grid that does not patronise or belittle the lifestyle. Instead New Lives in the Wild…
- Work ·
Off-gridders who give the movement a bad name
Two arrests recently have featured lone, crazy hermits stealing from trusting folk who leave stuff out and unguarded because that is usually OK in the…
Mom takes care of everything! pt 2
MOM, aka milk of magnesia, it’s incredible stuff! I wrote about using it as a deodorant, it works very well for that… now we will…
- People ·
Daryl Hannah tells Abu Dhabi about going off the grid
The Kill Bill star has two off-grid homes, one in Colorado and one in California. She was recently in Abu Dhabi as a guest of…
- People ·
Paolo Soleri
(ANSA) – Rome, April 10 – Renowned Italian architect and visionary Paolo Soleri has died at 93 at his home in Arizona. Born in Turin…
- Energy ·
Thatcher’s Legacy – time to Nationalize the Utilities
Margaret Thatcher privatised Britain’s power, water and rail network, handing huge profits to the private sector, at the expense of ordinary homeowners. Perhaps the best…
- Energy ·
Global cooling
This web site tends not to write about new technologies until they are commercially available, but a new breakthrough from Stanford prof Shanhui Fan, reported…
New homes for pot-growers
Spread Peace Radio featured renowned philanthropist and leader in the industrial hemp industry, Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP), has announced his plans…
- Energy ·
Beware Earth4Energy
Earth4Energy is a well-organised internet scam based around building your own solar panbels. -so well organised they even give refunds to the 40% of dissatisfied…
The persuasive prepper: convincing loved ones to prepare
It would seem that I’m not the only blogger/prepper who is also worried about getting family on board for prepping. I can’t impress upon you…
- Energy ·
Electric Car Battery that charges off-grid
A ground-breaking car battery that requires no mains recharging may revolutionise ecofriendly transport.. The Metalectrique battery powers a car for a claimed 10 times further…
New Marxism – the Earth has rights
Stephen Marx, lives off the grid in Vermont and he’s angry. Thirty-two years ago, Marx moved out of New York City to the end of…
Dry canning ground beef
There are 3 main ways of preserving meat, freezing, drying and canning, I’m sure there are a few more ways but those are the main…
Canning other goodies
There are many ways of preserving foods, dehydrating, freezing and canning. Today we will discuss canning. There are many foods that can be canned, meats,…
Gleaning information from the older generation
Look around you, how many grey and white heads are nearby? If you are lucky, you will have at least one, if you are very…
- Land ·
Two luxury properties for sale
As the idea of living off the grid goes steadily mainstream, increasing numbers of properties are being offered on the market. Here are two, at…
Gardening roundtable
Last Sunday afternoon, I went to a gardening roundtable discussion in my community. I live on a mountain side in the high desert of far…
- Events ·
Why British bank accounts may be next for a raid
Huge deposits of hot money mean UK economy is dwarfed by banking activity
My favorite recipes
Food, it’s something I really REALLY love, I love cooking and eating. As a young child, while my little sister was busy playing with her…
- People ·
Last American Man gets eviction order threat
The rugged outdoorsman dubbed the ‘Last American Man’ is facing a government shutdown of his camp in the Appalachian Mountains for not adhering to building…
Growing food to survive
How much land do you need to survive? This is not a theoretical question if, like Carol Deppe, you bellieve the zombie apocalypse is just…
- People ·
“Callous” Bill McKibben, eco-fraudster
Letter published in The Burlington Free Press earlier today: We attended a lecture by Bill McKibben at the Rutland Free Library hoping to hear real…
Womyn’s Day
Its International Women’s Day tomorrow, so a good time to highlight the off-the-grid, female-only colonies which have sprung up over the past decade. Across America,…
- Energy ·
Cooking with Gas
Tokyo, 4 MArch – Japanese scientists have developed a way to generate electricity from chemical waste – a byproduct of paint-manufacturing. IHI Corp. envisages receiving…
Going off-grid before we went off-grid
Before we moved to our off-grid home, long before, we had begun purchasing the things we would need to live off-grid. This meant solar panels,…
Taking care of your feet
Most of us give little thought to our feet, those things we stand on, run on, tread on, but there are so many things that…
Coconut Oil: A Prepper’s Panacea
LOL, if you read many of my posts, you will notice I have a fetish for food, I also write about health and living off-grid,…
“Happy People: A Year in the Taiga” by Werner Herzog
Riveting watch as the film's main subject uses a hatchet to carve himself a pair of skis from a log
- Energy ·
Isle of Wight resident to trial Hydrogen storage
A few residents of the Isle of Wight, 65,000 population off the coast of England, are hoping to make half its homes energy and water…
- Energy ·
Off-Grid Military Energy Solutions
Just as the Internet was invented by the US military, in conjunction with University College London and a Norwegian research lab – so the…
Prepping on a budget – part 7 – getting started
It’s NOT too late to start prepping! If you are still breathing, and you are reading this, it’s not too late to start prepping! Even…
Relationship (Part 2)
Today is traditionally the day when men are supposed to show their love and affection for their women by buying flowers, chocolates and cards, then…
Baking without Eggs
Since I live so far from town, it’s a 40+ mile round trip to go to the nearest town that only has one grocery store,…
- Energy ·
So when did Environmentalism lose its soul?
The Vermont Times Argus published a spot-on review of a new book by Bill McKibben -one of many who made a career out of jetting…
Thermal mass rocket heaters
With it still being winter time, and with many mega-blizzards going on though out the USA, there will always be a need for alternative ways…
- Energy ·
Eco-super-homes hit with massive Utility bills
Residents of an eco-housing tract in the UK have been hit with massive Utility bills equal to 2% of the value of their homes. It…
Off-Grid lighting
Whether you live off-grid or in a regular home, you need light. With the right number and position of windows, you can get along just…
- Mobile ·
Cell phone dead zones
Once you depend on your cellphone or Smartphone, finding yourself in a phone dead zone can be pretty traumatic. The first thing you need to…
Elderberry Extract: Nature’s “Tamiflu”
Flu season is in full swing, everywhere I look I see advertisements for flu shots, something I personally would not take, I can’t speak for…
- Energy ·
Smart meter resisters cuffed at home
Do these people look like criminals? The two ladies on the left were arrested in their own homes yesterday, for refusing to accept the installation…
How to save money on food
Saving money, everyone talks about it, everyone wants to do it, but it’s hard to do. With most of us on tight budgets, it’s more…
- People ·
Hemingway’s grand-daughter living off the grid
PARK CITY, Utah – She’s the granddaughter of the legendary author, Ernest Hemingway, but Mariel Hemingway gained fame in her own right as actress and…
- People ·
How to Lose Your Job in 60 Days
“I want to go full nomad and be free, but I need to figure out how to get rid of my job first.” When I…
Cooking freeze dried style
Lots of things are going on today, the one getting the most news coverage is the president of the US being sworn in today, I…
- Mobile ·
Apple products are wrong choice for energy-savers
Thinking of buying a new Apple laptop? Treat yourself to a ThinkPad instead. And save hundreds on energy as well as up to $1500 on…
Eating healthier foods-making healthier choices
Staying healthy (to me) means eating more foods that are healthy than the unhealthy ones. Staying healthier means I can live a longer more fulfilling…
- Mobile ·
Gridless Gizmos at CES
Solar chargers, speakers, weather radios, wireless accessories, medical devices, toys and other trinkets were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 at the Mandalay…
- Energy ·
India shivers as grid crashes
Lucknow, India: The State of Uttar Pradesh is shivering and in darkness with six power plants tripping in succession hours after a sharp rise in…
DOCUMENTARY – ARE YOU ABOUT TO MOVE OFF GRID? WE WANT TO FILM YOU
We want to film as you prepare to unplug and begin your journey. Please send your contact details.
- Energy ·
Death by Grid
It should be called the Dumb Grid. Remember the General Electric TV advertisement from the 2009 SuperBowl? It showed a scarecrow dancing from line to…
Keeping healthy in winter
Staying healthy, especially during the winter is one of the things I actively work on. I believe one of the reasons so many more get…
- Work ·
Do you work for a Zombie Company?
The slow-walking mindless undead of many a horror film may figure in our nightmares, but increasingly we experience the zombie walk in our working lives…
- Mobile ·
Microsoft off-grid cloud computing system
The giant software company has worked out a way to deliver cheap high-speed Internet to remote locations where there are no power or phone lines.…
- Food ·
Backyard farmers by necessity: self-sufficient and debt-free
Inspiring story about how necessity pushes a young couple to become organic farmers and succeed with it for the rest of their lives with no debt, a business and self…
- People ·
Shaun Majumder goes off-grid for new TV series
A Canadian comedian – now there’s an oxymoron. But Shaun Majumder star of This Hour Has 22 Minutes is from Burlington,Newfoundland and, although his stomping…
- Energy ·
Gridlock on the Grid
People wonder why the power grid goes down, causing massive outages with tens of millions of homes cut off. Is it the antiquated generating systems,…
- Mobile ·
Living on a school bus
With a $12,000 budget, a San Fransisco couple decided to turn a 39-foot school bus into a dream home – that sleeps ten people. To…
- Solar ·
Nipton – self-powered town in California
One of the world’s biggest solar power collectors is being built next to the tiny town of Nipton, Calif., which is ironic because Nipton is…
- Mobile ·
Stops Along the Way: Part 2
Five o’clock quickly arrived at my desk on my first night as a full-time RVer. I left my office and walked into the dark parking…
- Energy ·
Hot water with rocket stove
A simple way to fill a tank with hot water without using electricity or gas. Just take some solid fuel, a Rocket Stove and copper tube…
- Food ·
Extract limonene from citrus
Limonene is a clear liquid that smells of freshly peeled oranges. It can be used in biodegradable cleaning soap, biofuel, botanical insecticide, insect repellent, and it is…
Dogs and kids…
…know how to have fun when it snows! When I was a kid, I loved snow days, I lived in central Texas so we didn’t…
- Energy ·
RAM pumps move water without fuel
RAM pumps can move water from a lower point to a higher point by using the energy from a water sources like a stream or…
Be the Hero, Not the Victim
This pairs well with my “Prepping on a budget” series, this is about the “what if” scenarios, it’s something all of us should do more…
Build an Edible Green Roof
Beautiful Green roofs are a good alternative for growing food where there is little or no garden space, it also helps to keep the temperature…
Daily Mail story about off-grid Emma
Currently the top story on the Daily Mail web site is a plug for off-grid living, featuring Emma Orbach who first came to prominence when…
Best way to cut Glass Bottles.
Glass bottles are a great building material – strong, long-lasting and beautiful if handled correctly. They can be used for hundreds of things, from decoration…
- Urban ·
Can lone females live safely in inner city vans?
a "little Dodge Caravan" plus "volunteering in exchange for meals and a shower"
The Global Ecovillage Network
The Global Eco-village Network is a network of sustainable communities. It offers invaluable knowledge and experience from the most successful sustainable communities around the world. In…
- Mobile ·
Best way to get Internet off the grid
What do you have do to get Internet access when you don’t have a fixed phone line? Which service do you use and why? –…
- Events ·
Holos – beyond doomsday – the new Paradigm
As the winds of change are being felt around the planet, it´s a good time to post this video about Paradigm shift. The end of…
- Mobile ·
Stops Along the Way: Part 1
Time goes by fast and even faster when you have much to do by a deadline, writes Mochagypsy. My energies have been scattered between organizing…
- People ·
Do not buy Solar Panels from James McKirdy
Greentech Media reports on scam artist operating under the name Off-Grid Solar (not connected in any way with this site). They’ve reported on the antics…
- Events ·
A million solar homes in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries on earth, a renewable energy company is busy installing nearly 1,000 solar home systems each day. In November…
- Work ·
Technology and Unemployment
The average working person struggles while Corporate profits soar. The middle class is being replaced by automation. We underestimate the impact of automation. This video…
Stellar Gardens project
Son of Graham Nash moves from Manhattan to Hawaii
- Work ·
The Blue Economy
It must be recognised that the so-called Green Movement has failed to establish a Green Economy. How could we create opportunity and value from waste?…
DIY inspirations
Ever wonder what websites I enjoy visiting (besides this one of course!)? There are quite a few, but I have to tell you about a…
- Work ·
The Truth about Dishonesty
One of the world’s leading experts on human motivation and behavior explains the result of a huge piece of research into human dishonesty. With the…
- Energy ·
Residential fuel cells in Japan
TOKYO 14 Dec (Nikkei)–JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. will create a new electricity supply system that does not rely on conventional electric utilities, aiming…
- Work ·
What the Economic Crisis Really Means – and what we can do about it
I´m interested in the different approaches and views about the current crisis and how to understand it in ways that can lead to new and better opportunities.…
- People ·
Bear Grylls Welsh island
Bear, 37, is an example of someone who rarely lives the life he makes films about. While many TV series are about people going off…
- Food ·
The “world’s first successful eco-revolution”.
Faith, courage and coconuts vs helicopters, industry and corruption. The Coconut Revolution documentary is like a real life “Avatar” – the film about the struggle…
One or many?
Are you a lone ranger type of person or do you want to be with other like minded people in a group setting? There are…
- People ·
Sacred Economics – good can emerge from economic crisis.
Author of "Sacred Economics" and "The Yoga of Eating" talks about monetary system, gift economy and the transition
- Mobile ·
Home Sweet Home in an RV
……I have bought my new home… and her name is Eunice. Here she is! This beauty is a 1994 Ford Coachman, a fully self-contained camper…
Million pounds of food on 3 acres!
Aquaponics in a greenhouse to produce amazing high food yelds
- Food ·
Off-Grid Food Part 3 – Cheese
Corey Naughton’s new Cheese-making recipe Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet – Eating her curds and whey, – Along came a spider, – who…
The Cultural Creatives – 50 Million Changing the World
Are you one? Take the test set by sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson
- Events ·
Rio+20 – President Mujica speaking truth from the heart
My good friend, an expert in Ecology and sustainable design, assisted at Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development hosted in Brazil this year. It…
- Work ·
Letter from the Marihuana State
Meet Ed and Laurie Essex — just two of the many millions whose lives were smashed by the greed of others in the Great Depression…
- Mobile ·
Rocket stove for outdoor cooking on the move
Solo stove uses waste wood, twigs, anything small to fire up and cook with
- Food ·
How Cuba will survive Peak Oil
Because of poverty, every corner became an edible garden, and food growing became a valued and well paid profession. Despite their lower income Cubans eat as well as we do.
It’s December, again!
I can’t believe it’s already December! Where did the year go? As I posted previously about being thankful, I can’t say it enough, I am…
- People ·
Here’s the thing about Kelly Ayotte
While the budget negotiations between the President and the GOP get tenser, one woman is emerging as a touchstone of the new Republican Party –…
Crash Course. Where are we heading? How we got here? What could we do about it?
In this series of videos radical ex-scientist Chris Martenson shares a short version of his celebrated Crash Course presentation – which argues the next 20…
- Energy ·
Green Roofs May Help Solar Panels Perform Better
green roofs lower ambient air. Solar panels perform better under cooler conditions
UK preppers come out of hiding
Prepping involves having a bug-out location, a bug-out vehicle, plenty of canned food, weapons, and bushcraft skills
- Food ·
Off-Grid food part 2 – Bread
The next in a developing series by off-gridder Corey Naughton In my last recipe (off-grid apple pie) I demonstrated how we can bake up some…
- People ·
Banker’s wife is anti-consumer champion
Diana Carney supports Occupy and thinks we all consume too much stuff, which keeps us from being happy
- Land ·
Man jailed for off-grid home
Asa Pryke who we have written about before on this site, has been jailed after he lost his job, ran out of money and moved…
Black Friday, preview of what’s to come? No thank you!
Black Friday, it’s something that some of us look forward to, for the rest of us it’s something to avoid like the plague, the consumerism,…
Staying off the search engine’s grid
Admittedly, its hard to stay off all the grids all the time. Sometimes you worry about energy – another time its the pesky info-theft by…
Being thankful
I just spent the day, actually the last two days, working on and working up to one of my favorite holidays, a holiday we celebrate…
- Food ·
Off-Grid Apple Pie
A vegetable pie with a crust containing no oil or fats in the pastry
Vandwelling
There are many ways of living off the grid, for some it means buying up some land, putting up a small cabin with solar panels…
- Energy ·
In the future we will drive to the store to buy electricity
The Chevy Volt is showing the way forward for some off-grid families. Where one of the household commutes to work, they might charge their hybrid/electric…
- Energy ·
Banks and Utilities manipulating energy prices
Britain’s top energy companies have been accused of fiddling the price of gas and electricity. Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. The UK…
Turn off your power for a week… what would you learn?
So, you are sitting in your climate controlled home, with lights, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, heaters, fans, TVs, computers, home theater systems, running water, sanitary…
Lucas Foglia show in London
A first British showing for the acclaimed series A Natural Order by Lucas Foglia, the young American documentary photogapher who spent five years in Tennessee,…
- Energy ·
Nearly two million still without power in US
With under 48 hours till the start of polling, President Barack Obama’s reputation for effectiveness will be shredded unless he can get many more Americans…
- Energy ·
Unplugged
As millions live without power or sanitation, or even gasoline, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it seems the North-East of America is getting its…
How about now?
I am so saddened by the aftermath of the big storm that hit the north east part of the USA. This is so apropos…
- Energy ·
Ausgrid rip-off
SYDNEY, 29 Oct – POWER USERS IN AUSTRALIA paid for a $40 million substation as part of $1 billion spent on gold-plating electricity infrastructure —…
Water off-grid
Water. It’s necessary for life, and it’s pretty handy to have around. Drinking, cooking and cleaning, you need water. This will be a 2 part…
Prepping on a budget, part 3 – food storage and security
Now that you have decided to start putting aside some food, you might be thinking “Where am I going to keep all of…
- Food ·
Light my Fire-knife
Isn’t it great that just one utensil could provide your needs for cooking and eating and heating? Prepare for winter by mastering the art of…
Keeping it real – keeping it warm
Fall is here, that means winter is just around the proverbial corner. For most of us, that means having to keep our homes warm in…
- People ·
Off-Grid Governor
MARYSVILLE, Mont. (AP) – Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is proud of his off-the-grid getaway. A day spent with Schweitzer riding four-wheelers and talking politics makes…
Prepping on a budget, part 2 – book review
While scouring the internet looking for ways to be more self sufficient, I ran across a great (new to me) author, her name is Susan…
- Energy ·
Manage your own power station
Useful article on producer.com which explains the math of power consumption – what is a kilowatt hour exactly? And goes through a checklist of energy-consumption…
Prepping on a budget, part 1 – food
With prices on everything going up and our earnings going down, many of us are living on the edge, some of us are only one…
- Mobile ·
Solar powered bicycle? Beware scam artists
A group of scam artists have launched a web site selling a solar powered bicycle. But the only thing it will end up powering is…
Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid
Even as we own more and more gadgets, and spend increasing amounts of time using them, the average energy consumption in American homes has dropped…
Creepy TV Show Alert
Watch out for dishonest claims from Production company Bullseye TV, makers of tawdry shows like “I secretly Hate you.” They have just been commissioned to…
Freezer to fridge conversion
Living off-grid, I get questions from time to time, mainly about how we live, some even think we must live in a cave and eat…
- Food ·
Garlic for a self-sufficient garden
Garlic is an essential ingredient in any situation where you have no access to antibiotics – or cannot afford them. Buy heads here for your…
- Land ·
Buying land in Alaska
Discovery press office is crowing about a new off-grid series it has just commissioned: Witness the challenge of purchasing a home that has no running…
- Energy ·
China prioritises off-grid power
China may be the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but it’s also the biggest green economy. Now Beijing has asked local governments across the…