
Courses, guides & tutorials
Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living

How to go off-grid
Quick Introduction to Renewable Energy – 16th October at Guemes Island Community Center, Washington State, US This is an overview workshop of solar-electr...

Build your own dome
Self-build geodesic domes course on Dec 10th to 12th at the Low-Impact Living Initiative, Redfield Community, Winslow, Bucks, UK. Build your own low-impact dwel...

Solar heating systems
Solar Water and Space Heating Systems Course on 16th Oct at the Midwest Renewable Energy Association. Learn how to use the sun’s energy for domestic uses ...

NextGen camping stoves
Here are a few specimens of the new camping stove generation. They work in the wind, they love below-zero temperatures, weigh a few ounces and take almost no sp...

On the ropes and off the grid
How a couple lost everything they owned and still found happiness — off-grid...

Caravan sites on racecourses
Even if you are not into gambling or horses, consider using caravan sites at some of the top UK racecourses as a place to park your camper for a few nights. Fro...

Read this book
Reading a book is so-o-o off-grid, especially if its a second-hand edition of Henry Thoreau‘s Walden, or Life in the Woods first published 150 years ago. ...

BBC TV series on unusual places to live
Finding and buying your first home has never been harder, we are told, so it should come as no surprise that people are looking for other ways to live. And ther...

Off-Grid Forum – www.off-grid.net/forum/
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Off-grid in Alaska
Sadie Cove Wilderness Lodge is a self-built and self-sustainable retreat in between the mountain and the sea in Alaska, far away from everything and everyone ap...

Small is powerful
If you’re grid-connected, a small wind turbine will reduce your electricity bill 50 to 90%… Small wind turbines are silent and easy to set up. A sma...

Montana off-grid place for sale
I have an off-grid place in Montana for sale. Here is some info. $170,000 This is a great part of Montana. South-central Montana is the most temperate in terms ...
