Some of the characters (including author Carolyn Chute) from my book – OFF THE GRID – Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government and True Independence in Modern America, (Penguin, August 2010) I traveled around America meeting these extraordinary people and writing about their lives. Above all I wanted to find out WHY they [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Peak Oil’
OFF THE GRID – INSIDE THE MOVEMENT
Posted by admin on March 23rd, 2011
Posted in Off Grid Living 
Tags: cheap energy, cheap living, Freedom, off the grid, off-grid, Peak Oil, renewable energy 
12 Comments »How to build a log cabin alone
Posted by admin on February 7th, 2011
Judy of the Woods is a small frail-looking person.But she is exremely determined and has built several hidden structures in her forest garden. This story is told in more detail in my book HOW TO LIVE OFF GRID. Find out more at www.off-grid.net. Buy the book HOW TO LIVE OFF GRID at http ms
Posted in Off Grid Living Tags: Al, all, and, build, built, buy, cabin, ed, el, Ely, environment, EV, for, forest, green home, grid, how, in, is, judy collins, live, live off grid, living off grid, log cabin, Look, more, of, off, off-grid, off-grid.net, old, on, One, or, out, Peak Oil, small, St, story, structure, structures, sustainable, T., the, to, wood 10 Comments »New Peak Oil News Since 2005 with Robert L. Hirsch Pt 04
Posted by admin on November 11th, 2010
Robert L. Hirsch describes his new book about World Oil Decline. “The Impending World Energy Mess”. In this clip he explains what has changed since his seminal 2005 Peak Oil report.
Posted in Wind Power News Tags: 2, 20, ABO, Al, Alternative Energy, be, biofuel, Change, climate change, Dr James Schlesinger, E., ed, Electric Cars, end, energy, GE, global warming, Green fuels, hybrid cars, in, IP, is, it, Line, mess, MP, NC, new, News, nuclear power, oil, OPEC, or, out, peak, Peak Oil, Port, report, rob, Robert L. Hirsch, Robert Wendling, Roger Bezdek, solar power, T., the, wind power, with, world No Comments »Huge Off-Grid landholding, Wales
Posted by admin on August 2nd, 2010
Emma is looking for people to join her off the grid.She has the land at Brith Dir Mawr and needs the right kind of people to make her beautiful space complete. This story is told in more detail in my book HOW TO LIVE OFF GRID. Find out more at www.off-grid.net. Buy the book HOW [...]
Posted in Off Grid Living Tags: Al, and, AU, be, Beau, Brit, buy, co, E., ed, environment, for, GE, green, grid, how, in, is, it, Join, land, les, live, live off grid, living off grid, Look, make, more, MP, needs, of, off, off the, off the grid, off-grid, off-grid.net, old, or, out, Peak Oil, people, rig, RIT, space, St, story, sustainable, T., the, to, WA 4 Comments »Living Off-Grid: Bushcraft and survival
Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010
Robin lives on the Land Matters commune in Alleleigh,Devon. He practices and teaches bushcraft, walks like a Fox and sleeps like an Owl. This story is told in more detail in my book HOW TO LIVE OFF GRID. Find out more at www.off-grid.net. Buy the book HOW TO LIVE OFF GRID http ms
Posted in Off Grid Living Tags: Act, Al, all, and, bush, bushcraft, buy, co, commune, el, environment, EV, fox, green home, grid, how, ice, in, is, land, lee, live, live off grid, living, living off grid, more, of, off, off-grid, off-grid.net, old, on, or, out, owl, Peak Oil, pr, RAF, rob, rv, sleep, St, story, survival, survivalism, sustainable, T., the, to, UN, US, WA, walk 1 Comment »PEAK OIL: Living off the Grid, Saving the Species and One Sky
Posted by admin on April 13th, 2010
My brilliant friend Mike Simpson runs the NGO One Sky: The Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living. One Sky, in short, “promotes sustainable living globally,” from Smithers BC, to Calabar, Nigeria to Sierra Leone to Peru and beyond. They stand for integration, integrity and a sharing of ideas and practical applications on the ground. Every time [...]
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How a solar system works
Or at least as well as I can describe it. LOL Please comment, favorite, rate, and subscribe Some images used under creative commons attribution license Attribution is required as follows; commons.wikimedia.org commons.wikimedia.orgMusic used with license “Babylon Bring Me Down” by spinningmerkaba ccmixter.org Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial 3.0 United states creativecommons.org Lawyer talk [...]