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Strategies for resourceful living
Man Maketh the Clothes
Make your own clothes – Book review of Through the Eye of a Needle by John-Paul Flintoff, about a middle class guy who makes his own Y-fronts to prove he ...
Your Money or Your Life
Your Money or your Life – which would you choose – earning money or having fun?...
Men need Garden Sheds
The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA), has been beavering away for some years now, trying to help depressed, lonely males. They call themselves She...
Poland Off the Grid
Dear readers of Off-Grid.net, My name is Krzysztof Lis, I live in Poland, and since 2005 I am interested in off-grid living. My off-grid journey started in 2006...
Urban Bushcraft
A new book, How to predict the weather with a cup of coffee: And other techniques for surviving the 9-5 jungle, takes the survival tips of Tom Brown and Bear Gr...
Off the Grid and the prepared
So, just what does that mean? I can tell you from personal experience and from the responses I have received from people over the years that it definitely has d...
US Embassy in London to be off-grid ready
For decades the residents of elite Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair had to contend with overbearing security along the entire side of the square occupied by...
Foreclosed? Move to Rio Rancho
Architecturally, the dwellings run the gamut — railroad cars, travel trailers, plywood shacks, doublewides and two-story ranch-style homes. Here in Rio Rancho o...
Daryl Hannah interview
Daryl Hannah talks about her eco career...
Pass the sick-bag
Patricia Field is latest nasty celeb to jump on the eco-bandwagon...
Magniwork scammers unmasked
Magniworks plotters named but the internet was their very willing accomplice...