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Even if you can’t live off-grid you can still unplug and go on holiday on an off-grid farm. Get the nitty-gritty off the grid experience, from relying on ...

Green sanitation and organic waste management  27th Sept to 1st Oct at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynllet, Wales. Learn about eco-friendly off-...

No qualifications are needed to cruise a canal boat, although you do need to learn a few basics before you leave. Canal boats can be hired for a week or more, f...

New technology and new materials are making pop up tents lighter, stronger and easier to set up. Here’s an overview of the best expedition tents. Bibler m...

How to build a wind turbine, with Hugh Spiggott- 3rd to 8th Oct at the Center for Alternative Technology in Machynllet, Wales. Fees �500/ �395/ �250 courses@cat...

Want to learn how to build a wind turbine? Here are a few tips Hugh Piggott has a good website with detailed explanations. He runs workshops all over the world,...

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....

Organic Week 4th to 12th September all across the UK. Events include the Organic fair in Bristol on 4th and 5th Sept, discounts on organic products in most shop...

Tree houses are not just for children. A tree house can be a great summer house, studio or reading room If you build your tree house yourself, your first and ma...

If any manufacturers are reading this here are three products we would order if they existed. All are winners of 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)...

It looks like a big metallic mushroom, a futuristic tent or a spaceship. Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion was the first modern house specifically designed to...

If water is scarce, recycling becomes essential. Off-grid water is often sent through Reed bed water treatment systems — a series of artificially created ...