Communities
Off-grid groups - how to build a group and case studies of successful and unsuccessful groups of individuals who are off-grid together
Huge Building in London Occupied
A 150,000 square foot building in one of London’s most exclusive areas was squatted two weeks ago by activists. Local residents had been complaining for three y...
15 Security tips for off-grid homes
As the financial crunch continues, property crime is on the rise. Living off-grid you are more vulnerable to opportunist thieves – people who happen to b...
Don’t get sick
It’s that time of the year when people stop spending so much time outside, between the cold weather and the sun going down so much earlier, people spend m...
History all around me
Going off-grid for us meant moving some 500 miles west of the place where I grew up, but I am fortunate to still have a piece of my childhood nearby. I sleep a ...
Veterans forge a wild kind of peace
Relationships begun on rope courses, rock climbs and backpacking treks translate into an ease around the campfire where many US Army veterans start to talk abou...
Tiny home documentary
I really appreciate how tiny homes are becoming more and more mainstream as well as legal, though many still have to “get around” codes and rules by...
Spy in your fridge
Individuals deserve a clearer understanding of the data that companies are collecting from the new generation of digital, connected devices, said Vinton G. Cerf...
Dry flush toilet
No matter how you choose to live, off-grid, in a tent, a tiny house, a dome, everyone has to go to the bathroom. That is a central issue for those of us who cho...
Knights Hospitaller
The fall and winter holidays are here, we just went through the first one, Halloween, it’s not something I have been really big on celebrating, but PB has...
Freedom through Community
Tobias Jones is a co-founder of Windsor Hill Wood community in Somerset. His book about his community, Buy “A Place of Refuge” from Amazon UK, is published by Q...