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Now is the Winter of our Disconnect
SpiritJan 19, 2011

Now is the Winter of our Disconnect

New book by Susan Maushart describes how she unplugged her teenagers and gave them back their lives...

Hip new hotel in Marfa
SpiritNov 13, 2010

Hip new hotel in Marfa

No rooms — only yurts, tepees and trailers...

William Powers interview
SpiritNov 8, 2010

William Powers interview

Spend more time being idle – doing nothing is good for you...

Notes from Off the Grid – a poem
SpiritSep 30, 2010

Notes from Off the Grid – a poem

…..There are cabins here,built from driftwood and salvaged glass……...

Relationship (Part 1)
CommunitiesJul 7, 2010

Relationship (Part 1)

In a post TEOTWAWKI or SHTF world, having a loving partner will make live much more enjoyable as well as safer. You know the old saying, many hands make light w...

Flee the City – join the Field Lab
SpiritJun 12, 2010

Flee the City – join the Field Lab

John Wells lives in a shack he has grandly titled the Southwest Texas Alternative Energy And Sustainable Living Field Laboratory. When I visited he told me he h...

Can advertising save the world?
SpiritJun 1, 2010

Can advertising save the world?

Advertising is arguably responsible for more damage to our planet than any other human activity. More than manufacturing. More even than oil and coal extraction...

Plenitude
SpiritMay 31, 2010

Plenitude

Many, including writer Juliet Schor,question the underlying assumptions of the consumerist mentality. She has just written a new book about it – Plenitude...

Daryl’s Travels
SpiritMay 22, 2010

Daryl’s Travels

Daryl Hannah is on a world tour raising awareness of The Green Wave and the loss of biodiversity in the International Year of Biodiversity. First holiday memory...

Portraits of Maine off the grid
SpiritMay 15, 2010

Portraits of Maine off the grid

Portrait photographs of off-gridders living in Maine – intimate documentation of how off-gridders really live...

Off-grid play is global hit
CommunitiesApr 18, 2010

Off-grid play is global hit

Success of smash hit play Jersualem has focused minds on off-grid themes in a way no other medium could. now it transfers from London to Broadway...

From soft porn to Disney doc
SpiritMar 19, 2010

From soft porn to Disney doc

A former soft porn writer and her film director husband have developed “a passion for living off-grid after three years in the middle of the African deser...