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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

DIY as much as possible
CommunitiesMar 21, 2015

DIY as much as possible

…and truck update. A few weeks ago, I had a chance encounter with an elk, an animal of much height, girth and weight. After looking up the average weight ...

Snowboarder plus tiny home equals cool!
CommunitiesMar 16, 2015

Snowboarder plus tiny home equals cool!

Each time I see a new tiny home, I think it’s the coolest one I’ve seen yet, and this is no exception, pro-snowboarder, Mike Basich, shows us his ve...

Keyhole garden
CommunitiesMar 11, 2015

Keyhole garden

It’s so nearly spring, I am itching to get out and do some gardening, I’ve been getting seed catalogs, the siren song of the gardener. About a year ...

Don’t try this at home
CommunitiesMar 8, 2015

Don’t try this at home

Last Sunday afternoon, I decided I would do some work in town to get ahead of my work week, it wasn’t a lot of work, but doing it early meant I would be a...

2015 – the year of antitech backlash
CommunitiesMar 4, 2015

2015 – the year of antitech backlash

Government spying, corporate prying, virtual sex, so-called freinds you never met …no wonder we are sick of it. A London PR agency says this year people w...

A wonderful off-grid couple
CommunitiesFeb 25, 2015

A wonderful off-grid couple

There are many off the grid tutorial videos about nearly anything having to do with off-grid life, there are a precious few about the people themselves, the why...

UK Green Leader Needs New Script. We Can Help Her.
CommunitiesFeb 24, 2015

UK Green Leader Needs New Script. We Can Help Her.

Natalie Bennett, leader of the UK Green party, had a car-crash interview today as she attempted to explain the party’s housing policy to an unsympathetic ...

Mobile living
CommunitiesFeb 18, 2015

Mobile living

A few months ago, a long lost friend appeared back in my life, a friend I knew when I was an early teen but lost contact with, all these years later we reunited...

On demand water heater
CommunitiesFeb 15, 2015

On demand water heater

There are a few needs, requirements for life, food, water, shelter, once those basic requirements are met, after that come the things that make life pleasant. W...

Fantasy castle on wheels
CommunitiesFeb 4, 2015

Fantasy castle on wheels

When I first saw this, I wondered how interesting this might be, then I watched the video, I’m blown away, so is PB, he was even impressed, and that&#8217...

Squeezing the photons
CommunitiesFeb 1, 2015

Squeezing the photons

Squeezing those photons, that’s what I call it when we don’t have much power. Our solar system is small, and most of the time, it holds us pretty we...

How about a shed for a cabin?
CommunitiesJan 31, 2015

How about a shed for a cabin?

There is a big movement, well maybe it’s a “small” movement :) using sheds for cabins or even your full on home, it’s a good way to have...