Communities
Off-grid groups - how to build a group and case studies of successful and unsuccessful groups of individuals who are off-grid together
SkyCastle photos
Sometimes, you just have to shut up and let the photos do the talking :) This is how the SkyCastle looks currently. \ The following pictures are PB’...
Overcoming your fear
Fear (from Google) noun: fear; plural noun: fears 1. an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or...
Biggest off-grid area in Britain – on the water
British Waterway authorities have unveiled the largest off-grid community in Britain – on the canals of Hackney. Yes, living aboard is booming in t...
Floating paradise
If I weren’t living where I do now and loving it, this is how I would want to live, on a homemade island home. These two artists are truly living the drea...
Handmade home off the grid
Meet Jesse, he lives in a tiny house in Maine, he built this himself and is quite ambitious – to live simply. I can appreciate how he lives, he is obvious...
Which 1988 Team GB Olympian now lives in a shed?
As the Rio Olympics draw to a close, it’s nice to think of the medalists returning home to praise and honour. But that is often not the case. Altho...
Even RUSSIA is boosting off-grid living
You can get many things for free when you live in a good off-the-grid community. You can get your drinking water for free, from converting rainwater, you...
Could you live on a narrow boat?
When I think of living on a boat, I think of being on the ocean, or on a lake, but there are other waterways, called canals where people live full and part time...
Art in the desert
You can see many things in the desert, some see desolation, others see stark beauty, yet others take what they see and transform it into an even more interestin...
13 year old kid invents free energy device for under $15
You think of 13 year old kids as playing with their game machines or their iPods, but this kid has invented a real free energy device, he is really harvesting e...
Late summer 2016 SkyCastle update
Things are happening at the SkyCastle, as you may or may not know, late last winter I spilled a very large, very sweet cup of coffee (complete with melted marsh...