Self-Sufficiency

We have shot most of our film about the freedom to live off the grid with interviews with Noam Chomsky and other leading intellectuals. Please spread the word a...

“How can you be off-grid and be on the internet?” “You use propane, that’s not off-grid…” “You go to the grocery store...

I have handled my fair share of pallets over the years working in warehouses, the ones I’ve worked with were strong, but splintery, I suspect this (and an...

OTTAWA–When Joseph Dupuis decided to spend the summer of 2012 building a cabin in the woods out of three shipping containers, he never realized his projec...

Our rainy season is about to start, but before it does, it gets warm, some might call it hot, I call it mildly uncomfortable. It only lasts a month or less, and...

REMARKS BY RAYMOND MABUS JR., SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ON THE FUTURE OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS: WASH DC, JUNE 2, 2015 &#82...

When going off-grid, things can tend to get a bit primitive, but you still need to get your laundry clean, there are many ways to do it, from washing by hand, t...

* Hundreds of survivalists and ‘Preppers’ gathered in Salt Lake City last weekend to forestall the Apocalypse * Shown underground bunkers, tactical ...

I have some truly ingenious friends on FaceBook, and Kent Lee Ivey is one of the best, he loves nothing more than to travel around, pick up seemingly unrelated ...

  Well, more like a gate, it is part of the defense, I don’t expect anyone to really charge the door, they would have to find it first. PB decided he...

As frugal and creative off-gridders, we are always on the lookout for good DIY projects, recently I “discovered” a product that can be made with 2 s...

I think I got all the descriptive words covered there in the title, I am talking about Brian, also known as AdventureVanMan on YouTube. In his late 30s, single ...