Senators back mini-nuke
Murkowski: nukes not minks WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following news release: Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mark Udall...
View ArticlePacific Power Seeks grid-tied Renewable Energy
From March 8 thru May, Pacific Power will accept applications for community-based renewable energy funding from its Blue Sky renewable energy program. They cover the states of Oregon, Washington and...
View ArticleThe Simpsons go off the grid (just)
Homer unplugged Last Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons showed the cartoon family going off the grid after Homer (who, lest we forget, works in a Nuclear power plant) becomes fed up with high power...
View ArticleRenewable Energy training
Solar Classroom Here is a listing of some of the best Renewable Energy training courses around the United States. For a more thorough list, visit the Renewable Energy Training Catalog published by the...
View ArticleFlee 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 had wanted to leave his glitzy fashion...
View ArticleInside the Movement for More Space, Less Government and True Independence
Meet some of the characters from my next book – Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America, published by Penguin 1st August 2010. I...
View ArticlePower a house using a waterwheel
Electricity for free Its a mechanical problem that has troubled scientists since Archimedes and the ancient Greeks, but now an electrician has come up with a new invention that could help save...
View ArticleSeeking: ideal off-grid location. Offering: first edition of “Walden”
Easier to manage than 5 acresI have been writing about it, and now I want to do it. As I traveled the US writing my recent book OFF THE GRID, I was also looking for an off-grid place of my own – at...
View ArticleOff-grid homes lure Americans to New Zealand
Preppers - a new kind of tourism for TaupoResidents of Taupo NZ are hoping to “lure…Americans” to settle there by building an off-grid community. The government has already earmarked the spot for a...
View Article10 Acres in Imperial SoCal Desert
I own 10 acres in SoCal desert of Imperial County. The land is mine, free and clear, I’m not in the process of buying it or giving payments on it. I would like to create a self sustaining homestead...
View ArticleSmall family of 3 looking for a place to live off grid in europe
Hi everyone, we are a family of 3, me (30), my wife (28) and our 2 year young son looking for opportunity to go away from concrete and greed that surrounds it. Looking for a place in Europe, preferably...
View ArticleBright young man wanting to go off-grid in Europe or Central America
Hi friends,I am Diogo. I am 26 years old and have travelled half the world for work. I have a bachelors in arts and multimedia(cinema), a carpenter certificate, a teachers certificate and a post...
View ArticleEl Barco
We have left our cruising sailor life, but we could not quite leave the boat behind – we moved it up on the mountain with us. Living on an old coffee farm and trying to figure out how to do it...
View ArticleYurt Community Living
The land is raw and undeveloped at the moment. I would like to build a small community of open minded people who are interested in starting a new little village. Very near to nice lake activities,...
View ArticleSeeking Gay friendly offgrid contacts
Hi, I live in Ireland and am intending to move offgrid in the future , based on permaculture and holistic ecology ideas. At the moment I Do not have any friends interested in a downsized & offgrid...
View ArticleA Student who want to live off grid
I want something fresh and something I've never tried before, perhaps some exciting and meaningful adventures
View ArticleFamily looking for others to start an off-grid community
Hi all, We are looking for people who would like to start an off-grid community in Canada, Ontario. We have the funds to buy our gear, equipment, supplies, tools, etc, but we are short on funds to buy...
View Article2 Step Process
Looking for a female partner to join me to start practicing and experimenting with off-grid and permaculture ideas
View ArticleWanting to get off-grid in Essex UK
Hi everyone, I’m new to the idea of living off-grid. The more I consider this way of life makes more sense in terms of being self sufficient and free from current energy suppliers. The option of...
View ArticleWife and I looking to go off the grid
My wife and I are looking for like minded people to jointly buy Land (hopefully in the Oxfordshire area). We are currently looking at converted containers as the preferred type of accommodation....
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