Courses, guides & tutorials
Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living
DIY-Loom knitting
Round loom knitting, have you heard of it? This is a type of knitting that uses a loom instead of using knitting needles. I never learned to knit with needles, ...
Compost tumblers for best results
Compost is easy to make but it happens much faster and easier with a compost tumbler because you need to turn compost regularly to get oxygen into the mix. You ...
How to choose the right solar water pump
A free guide to choosing a solar water pump has been published by scientists from Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Agricultural engineer Brian Vick drew on ...
Solar hot water for pennies
The Townhead Collective in the North of England is a group of twenty men and women who live off the grid in comfort on very little money. This video shows one o...
Video-clips from “How to Live Off-Grid”
The Off-grid channel on YouTube has a growing collection of clips showing real people living and working off the grid. Please send us your clips for inclusion,...
Emergency Power: engine-driven generators
Living off the grid, generators have a place. There comes a time when some backup power is needed. In most cases this means using an engine to turn some for...
Class of its own
The first off-grid classroom with a revolutionary solar-powered rainwater harvesting and filtration system, has been opened. Exclusive Benenden School in the U...
Truck as a generator?
Over at diesel-generators.org, opinion is divided over whether to use a giant old diesel truck as a generator. Assuming you get the truck for next to nothing, t...
Cómo construir panel solar para $100 – Usted puede también
En este artículo voy a describir cómo construir una foto de paneles solares fotovoltaicos para una fracción del precio que se pagaría a un fabricante. Le mostra...
Reedbeds, not sewers
Reedbed Filtration is a natural approach to human waste water treatment. International environmental scientist, MELVYN RUTTER is a born-again reed-bed enthusias...
Details of my Off-grid Plan
Oki doki folks! Jenny here. Hello out there once more! Continuing on from my previous article, which can be found here, I shall now home in on some finer detail...
Johnson & Johnson zillionairess dies, ignored by family
BABY-oil heiress Casey Johnson had been living off-grid in the months before her drug-fueled death. British model Jasmine Lennard, a friend of the troubled heir...