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Health tips for the heatwave
To keep safe the Health Department recommends that people: • Slow down and reduce outdoor activities, especially during the hottest part of the day, from 11 a.m...
Now marketers want a piece of off-grid
Alleluyah – The London Sunday Times has discovered unplugging. ‘Welcome to our “always on” society,’ journalist Laura Atkinson informed ...
Conservative press goes potty over toilets
Lot of stuff about off-grid toilets in the right wing media at the moment. At the top of the tree, Fox News has been contemplating the horrors of composting toi...
Unplug yourself movement
From New York to Silicon valley the digital refuseniks are gaining traction...
Holistic parenting
California March 2nd — Redlands mom Lara Carlos is part of a parenting movement that bucks the mainstream. Her three children, ages 7, 6 and 4, have never...
Christian Survivalists Losing Faith in the Future
Like biblical character Joseph, who spent seven years preparing for a famine in Egypt, they are stocking up to serve the Lord...
An overview of the last 4 years living off-grid
This December will be 4 years for us living 100% off-grid, I can tell you it’s been quite the adventure, my only regret is that we didn’t do this ea...
Homesteading-book review
Homesteading, it’s a buzzword that means different things to different people, back in the day, it meant getting land for free as long as you lived on it ...
Chassidy gets a Headcold
Chassidy Fitkin is learning to be a herbalist. She continues her diary of discovery as she dumps the MD and conquers, you guessed it, a headcold...
Back to my Roots
Native American’s are off the grid by design, and I’ve always felt connected to that; its where I come from. My great grandmother lived in a hut, wi...
Diary of a Trainee Herbalist
We could take care of ourselves! Feed ourselves and be our own doctor...