Communities
Off-grid groups - how to build a group and case studies of successful and unsuccessful groups of individuals who are off-grid together
SouthWest USA Bakes Under Heat Dome
A massive dome over the western and southern United States has left Americans sweltering in soaring temperatures, poised to approach all-time records in Phoeni...
Off-Grid site ranked high for survivalism
The off-grid web site has been placed in the top 3 of Survivalist sites by Feedspot Off-Grid survival is growing in importance as weather events, energy bills a...
Welcome To Our Showhome – Open Day 27th August
The off-grid showhome started as a lockdown project – a spur of the moment bid for some land in an online auction in 2020. Now it is a full -fledged reali...
What is Climate Justice?
People are talking about and demanding “Climate Justice.” But what does the term actually mean, and how do we get it? Inequalities of energy consump...
Small World Kicks Off UK Festival Season
The Small World festival in Headcorn, Kent, is the UK’s only totally solar-powered festival, with no generators at all. The Spring Gathering is the tradit...
New Generation Of Pylons Will Trash UK Countryside
History is repeating itself in the UK, with a new generation of electricity towers breeding fear and local campaigning against National Grid. The power company ...
If AI Was A Virus What Would The Vaccine Be?
We can’t stop the development of Artificial Intelligence by government decree any more than we could have stopped Covid by government decree. The sum of human k...
Off-Grid farm to double in size – if it can raise money by 26 April
Plotgate Farm in Somerset UK is becoming a remarkable success story for its pioneering, community agro-ecological style of farming. It was designed from the get...
UK Energy Policy – No Boost For Prosumers
London – 29 March – The UK government will reportedly unveil new proposals on “Energy Security Day” tomorrow, aimed at hitting net zero by 2050. Sou...
Uk’s Most Unspoilt Area To Be Wrecked By Utility Company Plans
Plans have been lodged that could see properties in one of Northumberland’s most rural areas connected to the electricity grid for the first time. There a...
While Eskom Collapses, S. African Banks Profit From Off-Grid
With the South African economy blighted by electricity blackouts, the nation’s banks are reporting record profits for 2022. Corporate and Investment Bank ...
Heating bills UP in SoCal storms
Residents of Southern California have endured months of droughts, followed by floods, and now face brutal increases in the cost of home heating. That is if they...