Tag Archives: off the grid

Solar Panels on Sale at Amazon

I was just reading an update on the Urban Rancher‘s blog and was happy to hear he’s getting his cabin ready to go completely off the grid. He won a wind turbine several months ago from and online drawing – … Continue reading

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Nick Rosen’s Off-The-Grid Community Vision

Imagine an enormous intentional community of 2,000 residents, all living sustainably off-the-grid. This is what Nick Rosen is noodling over since working on his book, Off the Grid. As he traveled while researching stories for his book, he met many … Continue reading

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Twelve By Twelve – by William Powers

I’ve not read my copy of Twelve by Twelve yet, but I was happy to see that David at The Good Human has posted his review of this new book. After spending some years abroad doing humanitarian work, William Powers came … Continue reading

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Solar Burrito’s Cabin – Update

Solar Burrito’s off-the-grid cabin is coming along nicely. On their most recent visit they finished up the sheathing and sealed it up tight with house wrap. Originally they had a yurt in this same location but it caved in last … Continue reading

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How to Move Yourself Off-The-Grid

It’s easy to take flush toilets, grid-power, and fresh water on tap for granted. I can’t blame any of us for thinking that all these modern conveniences are normal… it’s the onlynormal we’ve known. Due to this most folks have a … Continue reading

Posted in How To | Tagged greywater, off the grid, off-grid, solar, sustainable | 41 Comments

Simple Solar Homesteading

I’ve written about this Simple Solar Homestead before but LaMar has made some improvements to his website including the addition of videos and photos of cabins built from the plans in his book. His book is called Simple Solar Homesteading … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged book, ebook, homestead, homesteading, lamar alexander, off the grid, simple solar homesteading, solar, tiny house | 6 Comments

Hungry Hollow Parcel

On Sunday mornings Julia, Katie and I listen to Breakfast with the Beatles, a weekly radio show on KOZT, and dream about moving back to Mendocino County. Julia was surfing the Mendocino County craigslist looking at real estate for fun … Continue reading

Posted in Just For Fun | Tagged acreage, bridge, craigslist, Hungry Hollow Parcel, kozt, mendocino, off the grid, off-grid, philo, real estate, tiny house | 4 Comments

My Newest Hero – John Wells

A few days ago I posted a short introduction to John’s tiny house out in the desert in Texas and was surprised at the number of other websites that picked up the story, Treehugger was probably the biggest of them … Continue reading

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged field lab, john wells, off the grid, self-sufficient, sustainable | 3 Comments

The Field Lab – Extremely Sustainable Homestead

The Field Lab, also known as the Southwest Texas Alternative Energy And Sustainable Living Field Laboratory, is the 40-acre desert homestead of John Wells. John had been living in upstate New York for years but had a bit of awakening, like … Continue reading

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged homestead, humanure, jenkins, john wells, off the grid, rainwater, solar, southwest, sustainable, swamp cooler, texas, the field lab | 12 Comments

Camping Cabin Concept

Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about drawing the free plans for the 8×20 Solar House with Gables. I’ve just had my head filled with two other tiny house concepts, a new design for Nine Tiny Feet and this tiny camping … Continue reading

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged camper, campground, camping, camping cabin, gable roof, google sketchup, grey water, hip roof, off the grid, sketchup, solar panels, tiny house | 14 Comments