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

Shoestring Survivalism – book review
CommunitiesOct 20, 2009

Shoestring Survivalism – book review

This is the third book I received from Paladin Press to review. I appreciate the chance to read and review these books, I have enjoyed them immensely. This book...

Nick Rosen in Denver
CommunitiesOct 11, 2009

Nick Rosen in Denver

Public meeting at Denver Art Museum to discuss role of micro-nuclear in small eco communities...

Tough Times Survival Guide vol 1 – book review
CommunitiesOct 8, 2009

Tough Times Survival Guide vol 1 – book review

Reading, learning, it’s what I enjoy doing. Before the internet, I would go to the three local libraries in my hometown, I would check out as many books a...

Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance book review
CommunitiesOct 3, 2009

Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance book review

I typically do reviews on eBooks, but a while back I was contacted by James Ballou to do a review of a hard copy, Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Sel...

LaMar’s Simple Solar Homesteading videos
CommunitiesOct 1, 2009

LaMar’s Simple Solar Homesteading videos

Some time back, I did a review of LaMar’s Simple Solar Homestead, a great (and inexpensive) ebook created by LaMar, the great thing about LaMar, is he is ...

Green nonsense from pooped-out Brown
CommunitiesSep 29, 2009

Green nonsense from pooped-out Brown

British prime minister Gordon Brown made an eco-promise when he first got the job – he would create 5 eco-towns.  Then it was ten eco-towns. Now it looks ...

Grow your own tobacco – book review
CommunitiesSep 28, 2009

Grow your own tobacco – book review

A while back, I had some trouble with the government about buying cigarettes from outside the country (USA), it is WAS perfectly legal (at the time) to order ci...

Big Power loses freedom to pollute
CommunitiesSep 25, 2009

Big Power loses freedom to pollute

Big power companies can now be sued in federal courts for their pollution following an historic ruling by a New York appeal court....

Chia pets or survival food
CommunitiesSep 15, 2009

Chia pets or survival food

Remember those silly little Chia Pets? Little did we know then that those strange little seeds painted on those cheesy terracotta pots shaped like animals were ...

Fresh bubble threatens financial system
CommunitiesSep 9, 2009

Fresh bubble threatens financial system

Unctad report makes clear that we are heading for fresh disaster...

How to power a Climate Camp
CommunitiesSep 4, 2009

How to power a Climate Camp

This ummer’s hugely successful London Climate Camp was a protest against global warming and a pointer to the potential of off-grid living....

Grandma goes TEOTWAWKI
CommunitiesAug 26, 2009

Grandma goes TEOTWAWKI

I ran across this article today, it’s about a grandmother who has made the active choice to protect herself by prepping for an uncertain future. She made ...