
Communities
Off-grid groups - how to build a group and case studies of successful and unsuccessful groups of individuals who are off-grid together

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

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

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
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…
…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 ...
