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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

Spring is near
CommunitiesFeb 21, 2016

Spring is near

Spring is just around the corner, I am noticing the oak trees, which keep their leaves all winter long, are beginning to turn, they fall off and are replaced in...

Is it too late?
CommunitiesFeb 16, 2016

Is it too late?

What are your skills? Everyone has something they can do and do well, something that you enjoy doing, hopefully you are making your living doing it. If TEOTWAWK...

Half track, full genius
CommunitiesFeb 12, 2016

Half track, full genius

The last couple of weeks, PB has been watching lots of track wheel vehicle videos on YouTube, I just thought he was on another rabbit trail, he travels those qu...

High end tiny house
CommunitiesFeb 10, 2016

High end tiny house

Most of the tiny homes I have seen are built on a tight budget, this one was built with more high end features in mind, it looks fantastic, coming in at around ...

Nassau plans energy independence
CommunitiesFeb 9, 2016

Nassau plans energy independence

Microgrids to make small town self sufficient...

Would you live in a yurt?
CommunitiesFeb 6, 2016

Would you live in a yurt?

In the next town over from where I live, quite close, nearly in town, there is a yurt on a hillside, I don’t know who owns it or if anyone even lives ther...

Three things this week
CommunitiesJan 31, 2016

Three things this week

First thing, as I sit here tonight, sipping herbal tea that tastes like a sugar cookie, it’s quite a different night from last night, for one thing, it&#8...

Off-Grid crock pot
CommunitiesJan 26, 2016

Off-Grid crock pot

I love the idea of cooking low and slow, but being off-grid means I don’t have the electricity to spare to run an electric crock pot, nor do I want to coo...

What does your wood stove say?
CommunitiesJan 24, 2016

What does your wood stove say?

If your wood burning stove could talk, what would it say to you? Is it happy with the way you load it? Is it happy with the amount and type of wood you use? Mos...

What’s your backup plan?
CommunitiesJan 24, 2016

What’s your backup plan?

It used to be that big storms caught us by surprise, now it seems that more and more we have several days up to a week’s warning, but even with these long...

Living in a greenhouse
CommunitiesJan 18, 2016

Living in a greenhouse

I’m sure I’m not the only person who ever wondered how it would be to build a greenhouse around your house, these folk in Stockholm Sweden did just ...

Airbnb’s hottest properties – yes, they are off-grid
CommunitiesJan 17, 2016

Airbnb’s hottest properties – yes, they are off-grid

Airbnb has just released it’s 10 most wished-for properties on the vacation web site. Quirky, unique properties are most in demand. Four out of the ten pr...