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The Yes-Men got international coverage when one of them impersonated a spokesman for Dow Chemicals and announced a multi-billion dollar compensation settlement ...

Beal – giving is “cathartic” RECYCLING is part of the post-consumerism we advocate at Off-grid. But FREE CYCLING goes one better. Freecycle fo...

On an industrial estate ten miles outside Antwerp, the Ecover detergent factory sticks out like a sore thumb. The other buildings are nondescript sheds with gra...

Here are some of the best UK Organic suppliers From the Sunday Times Organic Guide 1. Heal Farm Good value for money. Farmhouse produce that’s home-reared...

Tony Juniper cycles and walks whenever he can, but the Director of Friends of the Earth UK freely admits that it is not always possible to live a 100% pure gree...

He’s the heir to business millions and she’s the former model who swapped the catwalk and high heels for wellies and a life down on the farm. Togeth...

Faced with a dramatic 75% decline in farming through disasters as diverse as Chernobyl and BSE, many Welsh hill farmers decided to pack up and try a new line in...

Imagine this. In the future, you get in from a long, hard day. You open fridge a take out a slab of pasta and pop it into the microwave. Soon it goes ping, and ...

By C.R.Bhattacharjee, 21/10/04 What happens when being off-grid is a necessity and not an option? India has nearly 25000 villages, located in islands or remote ...

At the BBC they call him the Jamie Oliver of Architecture, but we think of him as the Corbusier of TV presenters: Architect Charlie Luxton made his BBC series o...

The Sustainable Village is a ‘social enterprise’ which helps set up microenterprise projects in developing countries for energy generation, safe wat...

If you’re planning to go off-grid, spending some time in a community can be a good way to learn the basics. Here’s where to find communities online....