Events
News and events about renewable energy and green living.
Amidst power cuts – debate controlled by Utilities
WASHINGTON (AP) – In the aftermath of violent storms that knocked out power to millions from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic , sweltering residents and el...
Green homes can help solve the housing crisis
Nick Rosen talks at Port Eliot Festival, Sunday 22nd July *Author of HOW TO LIVE OFF-GRID launches plan to build homes for less than £50,000 ($80,000). *They co...
Pledge to our film on kickstarter.com
We have just launched a Crowdsourced project on Kickstarter.com. OFF THE GRID AND ON THE CLOUD is a documentary about how Off-Grid living combines ancient wisdo...
Crowdsourcing permaculture
Sophia Novack is creating a huge, Open Source Permaculture dictionary and a free Urban Permaculture Guide eBook. She has crowd-funded the project on Indiegogo N...
Award for most sickening press release of the year
The Guardian, Ecover and National Grid – yuck. Lucy Siegle – yuck yuck. This sort of thing makes any sincere environmentalist want to go and cut dow...
Lisa Marie Presley wants to be a pot-head
Vows to go off-grid and “disappear forever” – please be my guest...
Canadian Log home trade show
Log & Cottage Show, which runs this weekend at Edmonton’s EXPO Centre...
Unplug for an hour
Small initiatives can sometimes have a big effect, and its that time of year again when Australians are asked to turn up their environmental conscience for just...
Museum showcases tiny house designs
Looking for a cheap home – this mobile house will fit on a scrap of land – urban infill or rural...
Afghan cook stove
A video from USAID shows the details of how to design a cheap efficient stove to cook your food and heat your home. you have to sit through a little lesson on l...
For sale: entire French village – suit large off-grid community… just $430,000
Buyers have until Friday to put in for the village, 30 miles from the city of Limoges...
Hollywood loves to hate freedom and indie lifestyle
Wanderlust Trailer — sucky mockery of folks living their dream Wanderlust is a new film starring Jennifer Aniston. It is the latest showbiz product to po...