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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 the big companies...

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 some manner. For us, that mean...

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-cons...

Garlic is an essential ingredient in any situation where you have no access to antibiotics – or cannot afford them. Buy heads here for your garden. Turn it into...

A second home or cabin that just happens to be 20′ underground? Could be useful if you live in a tornado area, or think the Iranians might try a pre-empti...

I know that for many of us, it’s getting closer to fall, summer will soon be a distant memory… but I am still intrigued when I see innovative ways t...

If you have a simple off-grid setup with just one panel or even a few solar panels and several batteries, the other vital ingredient is a charge controller that...

You live in a small urban dwelling – an apartment with a balcony or rooftop, or in a house with a tiny yard. So how can you make a small step towards self-suffi...

If you are looking to get away from it all and live off the grid, there is one difficult problem – how do you choose where is “away from it all.&#82...

Stay cool at lower cost, healther than aircon and work off a battery if the power runs out...

An electrician from England built himself and his girlfriend alarge comfy home for less than $20,000, (£12,000). Daniel Bond turned a double-decker bus into his...

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...