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Chia pets or survival food
Remember those silly little Chia Pets? Little did we know then that those strange little seeds painted on those cheesy terracotta pots shaped like animals were ...
Energy demonstration project – RFP
Pulling together a team to create a government funded off-grid community...
Grandma goes TEOTWAWKI
I ran across this article today, it’s about a grandmother who has made the active choice to protect herself by prepping for an uncertain future. She made ...
Winter’s coming, get ready now
It’s the middle of August, smack in the middle of summer, and it’s time to start thinking about winter. Yes, the cold air is coming. I have a hard t...
The new-old way to cook / book review / video
Retained Heat CookingHave you heard about hot box, hay box or cook box cooking? It’s the new-old way to cook that saves energy, improves flavor and increases th...
Clinton:do as we say,not as we do
Clinton accepts US share of responsibility for global warming in encouraging 3rd world to cut carbon emissions...
Alive and well-updates
Alive and wellHere is an update on what has been going on in our off-grid life. I know I haven’t written in a while, I took a mini-break from blogging and...
We’ve come a long way baby
I’ve been going back over the first pictures we took of our cabin, before it was renamed the sky castle, it’s hard to believe we have done so much w...
UK to subsidise off-grid power for all
Off-Grid in the UK? Govt will pay you 41pence per KW for power you generate...
Our 4th of July Weekend
Moving to energy Independence. Starting to build our off-grid home....
Why I won’t fly to America
Academic planning an off-grid village a media hero after taking a stand against eco-campaigners who jet round world to save the planet....
Michael Jackson’s Earth Song
The pop superstar was always an environmental pioneer — full lyrics and video of the song...