Courses, guides & tutorials
Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living
Portable AC power
Who said being off-grid was uncomfortable? Well not if you get yourself one of those: a power inverter will allow you to plug into a car cigar lighter or a sola...
Be ready for first aid
Not a plaster to be had and several unopened jars of stuff you’ve never heard of? Quit buying overpriced First Aid kits off the shelf and make your own. O...
Hot to Be Cold
It seems like a paradox, but solar refrigerators only need the sun to come out before they will chill your drinks. Solar fridge/freezer systems work with power ...
Renewable Energy Conference
World Renewable Energy Congress VIII & Expo -Linking the World with Renewable Energy 28th Aug to 3rd Sept 2004 Denver Marriott Hotel City Center Denver, Col...
Eat Shoots and Sprouts
Sprouts are nutritious and easy to grow at home, or in a mobile environment like camper van or a boat. The list of nutrients, vitamins, anti-oxidants in sprouts...
Island Switches to Wind and Hydrogen
The inhabitants of Utsira, a small island off the southwest coast of Norway, are so pleased with their new wind and hydrogen power plant that they named one of ...
Solar’s the New Black
Soaring electricity prices and fear of recurrent blackouts are pushing liberal New Yorkers to switch to solar power. From Brooklyn to the Bronx, solar panels ar...
Rainwater harvesting in India
From India Today – 03/05/2004 Aurangabad is the epicentre of Maharashtra’s torrid zone. Here temperatures soar to a scorching 45 degree Celsius, tur...
All-Energy Opportunies
All-Energy opportunies -25th and 26th May 2005. Conference and exhibition of renewable energy equipment suppliers in Aberdeen, Scotland. See www.all-energy.co.u...
Cook in the sun
Last week we discovered something great: solar cooking. The weather was so nice, we thought we’d try building a solar cooker – and it worked. Our la...
Compost It
Composting toilets are great off-grid toilets. No need for water or chemicals, they treat human and organic household waste by composting and dehydration, and t...
Natural living
Certificate for Earth-based Vocations 28th Aug lasts 20 weeks, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Comprehensive, hands-on course programme including renewable energy, pe...