Around 80% of the power that George Arey uses is taken straight right out of the sun. In fact, Arey, a resident of Rockingham County, states that the sun is his best friend and he furthermore adds, “I’ve always wanted to produce electricity from the sun.”
How does he do it? Well, Arey did share that […]
In a span of a week, you would most probably be able to see that you would have quite a collection of newspapers, magazines, bottles, jars, and other odds and ends. Just think about just how much you would be having in a month or even a year.
For most people, the best way to get […]
There are just about 200 people living in this island but as few as they may be, these people are actually using solar power as their main and primary source of energy.
These islanders live in the island of Apolima which is part of Samoa’s territory. These people used to have electricity for only 4 hours […]
Chicago is now trying and aiming at being and becoming the greenest city in the world. And they are really doing steps so as to hit that goal. And Cheri Heramb of the Chicago Department of Transportation says that the city is indeed on its toes and working together make their city even greener.
One thing […]
Back in late June, the guys at theWatt did an awesome podcast interview with Bill Kemp. If you’re not familiar with Bill Kemp, he’s the author of a number of books on off-grid living - most notably The Renewable Energy Handbook, a veritable bible for those of us making the move to unplugged life.
On […]
For those of you over on the other side of the pond in the UK, here’s a quick reminder that the National Downshifting Week is almost upon you. From Saturday April 22nd until Friday the 28th, it’ll be your chance to slow things down a bit, try a little unplugged living perhaps and contemplate […]
Here’s a great website that’s been put together by someone living the off-grid dream. Chris Niner took off to a 5 acre parcel of mountain land in southern New Mexico in 1997 with nothing but an Airstream trailer. He’s now built himself an off-the-grid life and he’s shared his adventures at GreenMountainSolar.com.
Chris writes […]
The December issue of Popular Mechanics magazine features an article entitled “Living Unplugged - One family’s valiant quest to kick the oil habit–and how you can (try to) do it, too“.
Penned by Ben Hewitt, who along with his wife, Penny, have been living the unplugged dream in northern Vermont for the past eight years, […]
A message popped up on the Off Grid Living and Homesteading mailing list over at Yahoo Groups yesterday. Ricochet Films, an independent television production company in the UK, is on the lookout for a few adventurous folks who are planning to go off the grid in a remote location.
Ricochet Films are currently producing a […]
Today’s Laramie Boomerang, a newspaper in Laramie, Wyoming, features a profile of a gentleman by the name of Bob McGovern. Bob’s a carpenter who lives in Albany county, to the west of Laramie, and is living the dream - self-sufficent and off the grid.
When Bob bought his parcel of land out in the wild […]
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