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Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living
Utopia project update
Trouble in Paradise Its some time since we reported on Dr Dylan Evans, who resigned as a lecturer on evolutionary psychology from the University of the West of ...
Eco-palace back on
Plans are afoot to prepare a $10m eco-palace” as a wedding gift for Prince Charles son Prince William,and his fiancee Kate Middleton. As they holiday in a...
Mel Gibson goes off-grid
Mel’s Costa Rica welcome Mel Gibson is about to head off-grid on a remote $12m, 400 acre ranch in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 300 miles from capital, San Jose...
Zero carbon living
The meaning of Zero carbon living – 5 tips on how to do it and what are the tax advantages going to be....
Your own machine shop
The links you need to build your own multi-machine, and here’s why you might need to do it....
The Battle of the Benders
The Off-Grid web site is serialising Nick Rosen’s book, “How to live Off-Grid” about his journey round the UK visiting eco-homes. In it he me...
Business Week recommends off-grid power
BusinessWeek has reported on the hidden problems with solar energy and concluded that power consumption should be as close as possible to the point of productio...
Sustainable travel? Try walking.
Ethical, off-grid holidays walking the route Moses took. Details. The timing is right as a survey reveals 70% of holidaymakers prefer low-impact travel....
Great Yarmouth van dwellers targeted
Burgh Castle 1818 Self-employed Richard Thorne amd his family live a simple lifestyle near Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth — they recycle everything, grow th...
Off-Grid Launches YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/offgridnick contains videos of people living off-grid in the Uk. We are building a library of off-grid video from around the world. Plea...
How to live a low-carbon life
A leading environmentalist has calculated that walking to the shops...
Big Green Apple
If you can green it here you can green it anywhere. The NY Green Fest will include advice on how to build a small wind turbine, bake in an earth oven, build a ...