Courses, guides & tutorials
Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living
Silas Baxter-Neal interview
Silas – skating high One of the world’s top skateboarders comes from an off-grid background in Eugene, Oregon. He talked frankly about his life off-...
Eco-homes for $70,000
Your own architect designed eco home for as little as $70,000. Yes really, and coming soon to a tourist resort near you....
Greedy Guelph
Pflug – pulling the plug The local government in the town of Guelph, Ontario is running a campaign against a group of young people living off the grid. A ...
More Pix, Rain, Water and Friends
Here are a few more pix taken just a few days ago, it’s been raining quite a bit, the creek is running good. This part of the creek splits and forms sort ...
Return of the Cold War
Bush-Putin herald a return to the fears of the 1970s – superpower aggression for them, and cowering in out-of-town fallout shelters for us...
$1800 12V solar system
Sharp Electronics have analysed the minimum household power requirement and come up with a reliable $2000 system that provides and stores enough solar power to ...
Daryl admits “I was naive”
Biofuel has had some unfortunate side-effects, like the use of corn to make ethanol, admits Hannah,one of the main campaigners for biofuel over the past five ye...
Night Lights & Such…
Night and fireflies… My day to day life has become fairly routine to me, but I forget that you, my readers don’t get to see and experience what I se...
Interiors Editor goes off-grid
Style mag boss takes her 2nd home off-grid and makes her first home “more Hollywood.” Right....
China wind-farm
Vast new wind farm in Eastern China will deliver energy direct to consumers without going through the Grid...
Underground house
Canadian second home stays warm in winter – full details of the renewable energy setup....
Model home
How to build a LEED-certified new home – all the things you need to consider...