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Russia cuts EU gas
CommunitiesJan 6, 2009

Russia cuts EU gas

The Gas grid across large areas of Europe could fail to meet demand this week , due to aggressive Russian use of western dependence on its supplies...

Homemade Pasta – Yes You Can!
CommunitiesJan 2, 2009

Homemade Pasta – Yes You Can!

Homemade pasta, it’s easy, it’s cheap, it’s tasty, did I mention it’s cheap? I had found several recipes on line for homemade egg noodle...

Simple Solar Homesteading Book Review
CommunitiesDec 19, 2008

Simple Solar Homesteading Book Review

Before our big move off the grid, I did a lot of research to learn everything I could about living off-grid. I used the internet as my main source of informatio...

UK brown-outs looming
CommunitiesDec 19, 2008

UK brown-outs looming

The head of Britain’s National Grid has admitted the company cannot guarantee an uninterrupted energy supply, and blamed the government for this failure. ...

Green Christmas starts here
CommunitiesDec 16, 2008

Green Christmas starts here

Global experts tell you how to green your Christmas – go on – you know its good for you...

Off-Grid – On The Cheap
CommunitiesDec 15, 2008

Off-Grid – On The Cheap

It seems that the “green” (or brown) movement is growing faster and faster. It used to be the realm of unwashed hippies, tree huggers and other so c...

Pictures…
CommunitiesDec 10, 2008

Pictures…

…are worth a thousand words, or so they say, I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of myself, I know that when I have been following someone els...

Got Hot H2O
CommunitiesDec 7, 2008

Got Hot H2O

Tankless Water HeaterLiving off the grid, and on the cheap, requires sacrifices, you do give up some conveniences. Some of the things I didn’t have when I first...

Tatty eco-house on Discovery TV – SOLD
CommunitiesDec 6, 2008

Tatty eco-house on Discovery TV – SOLD

TV presenter Tommy Walsh just sold the ” Eco House” he built for a Discovery TV series...

Stocking Up On Spam
CommunitiesDec 3, 2008

Stocking Up On Spam

I’m not talking about those unrequested emails that seem to always clog your inbox. It seems that Hormel is having to work overtime to make enough Spam, l...

Diary of a Greenwash coup
CommunitiesDec 3, 2008

Diary of a Greenwash coup

We hope she was well paidThis week saw Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford continuing to plug lighting products from Osram Sylvania with the switching on of their...

Our First Thanksgiving…
CommunitiesNov 28, 2008

Our First Thanksgiving…

…in our off-grid home. As far as I’m concerned, this was the best Thanksgiving I have ever had. we have been here for nearly a year now, a few days ...