Courses, guides & tutorials
Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living
Daryl Hannah interview
Daryl Hannah talks about her eco career...
Top govt advisor attacks Big Power
One of the most important attacks on the power industry ever made by a serving politician...
My Off-grid plan
Treetop Jen has returned home to the UK, and now she is wondering how to reshape her life. Aim: to live off-grid in the back of a minibus, simply parked in a ...
German village goes off-grid ready
Biomass is freedom for a village that has ceased to pay any bills for power or heat...
Wood stove vs. pellet stove
Federal grants for stoves can cover 30% of the $3000 cost, and there is much more you need to know before making a choice...
Whole Green Catalog
Click to buy There is too much information around about how to go green. Many are left wondering who to trust and just how they can individually make a differe...
Nick Rosen in Denver
Public meeting at Denver Art Museum to discuss role of micro-nuclear in small eco communities...
Phone charging big bucks
The provision of off-grid charging services such as solar mobile phones or external solar chargers could bring mobile operators a market opportunity of $2.3 bil...
‘JR’ back on the grid
It was always ironic that the actor who played oil tycoon JR in Dallas, himself lived in an off-grid home in California. But no longer. Larry Hagman and his w...
Red China goes green
China has taken significant strides in the past fortnight on the long march to making its economy sustainable. President Hu has priomised to increase the share ...
Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance book review
I typically do reviews on eBooks, but a while back I was contacted by James Ballou to do a review of a hard copy, Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Sel...
LaMar’s Simple Solar Homesteading videos
Some time back, I did a review of LaMar’s Simple Solar Homestead, a great (and inexpensive) ebook created by LaMar, the great thing about LaMar, is he is ...