Communities

An obscure American Anarchist inspires a new way of government in Syria...

How do you start when you are wanting to go off-grid? How do you decide where to live? There are many different directions you can go in when you are in the pla...

Each autumn as the weather turns cool and the days get shorter, I think back on our first year living off-grid, eight years ago this month, PB and I had a final...

Working almost non-stop as young professionals, they knew something was missing. “We were both working a lot of hours – 80 hours per week — ea...

We are back on track now, after last week’s rain deluge, our little community really pulled together to help all of us. This is one of the good things abo...

There is so much unused space, especially in the USA, space that was created for one purpose but with fresh eyes, can be used for living space. In many large ci...

Earlier this week, I only worked Monday and Tuesday, I had an unexpected “vacation” after that. On my way home Tuesday, I passed through a storm, a ...

Just how much can you divulge? How much should you divulge? You want to be more prepared, you have become more prepared, you have a good amount of food and supp...

The hottest shows on cable TV these days are about people who have no TV. As the TV industry wakes up to this, expect plenty more shows about off-grid living. T...

Winter is just around the corner, I’m sitting here tonight, with drops of rain falling on the roof, it’s a chilly 55 degrees F outside, not much war...

Artist and carpenter Julienne Dolphin Wilding has recently sold her flat in Kings Cross and bought land in Crete. She shipped out all her possessions in a 20 fo...

You would think that being independent, being more self sufficient, being able to take care of yourself, especially in this day and age, would be considered a g...