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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

Decentralised power in Syria
CommunitiesOct 27, 2015

Decentralised power in Syria

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

What to consider before going off-grid
CommunitiesOct 23, 2015

What to consider before going off-grid

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...

Reminiscing and a blog update
CommunitiesOct 21, 2015

Reminiscing and a blog update

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...

YouTube’s off-grid stars….. go on the grid
CommunitiesOct 19, 2015

YouTube’s off-grid stars….. go on the grid

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...

Life in a small community
CommunitiesOct 17, 2015

Life in a small community

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...

Would you live in a parking garage?
CommunitiesOct 15, 2015

Would you live in a parking garage?

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...

Stuck in for 3 days
CommunitiesOct 9, 2015

Stuck in for 3 days

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 ...

OPSEC
CommunitiesOct 7, 2015

OPSEC

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...

Off-Grid making millions for some
CommunitiesOct 4, 2015

Off-Grid making millions for some

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...

Homesteading with a family
CommunitiesOct 3, 2015

Homesteading with a family

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...

Sold up and gone to Crete
CommunitiesOct 2, 2015

Sold up and gone to Crete

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...

Living off-grid deemed illegal?
CommunitiesSep 30, 2015

Living off-grid deemed illegal?

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...