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Big Discounts on EcoFlow, Anker SOLIX & More: What Off-Grid Buyers Should Know Right Now
Post-Prime Day sales are still running on serious power station hardware — here's what's worth your attention if you're...
A California City Is Fining a Man $1,250 and Counting for Growing Food on His Own Land
Michael Sherman did everything the off grid community preaches. He tore out a useless lawn, put in food, cut his depende...
The Perfect Little Greenhouse
The Perfect Little Food Greenhouse
How to Build a Self-Sufficient Backyard Greenhouse for About $1,400
How to Build a...
The Perfect Off Grid Community Doesn't Exist! This Community Is Probably The Closest You Can Ever Get
For 15 years I’ve been publishing my knowledge of off grid systems. With decades of experience, training, educatio...
Here's how to build your off grid dream and save a million dollars over 30 years!
Got an off grid dream? You are not going to save your way there on minimum wage. The odds and the system are stacked aga...
DON'T BE A DOOFUS! If the birds can eat it, you can too, right? WRONG!
DON'T BE A DOOFUS!
If the birds can eat it, you can too, right?
Wrong. Dead wrong, in some cases.
NOTE: "Don't Be A D...
NO! You don't need to live like a caveman to live off grid
NO! You don't need to live like a caveman to live off grid.
Don't listen to the purist trolls. They are conflating and...
How Much Land Does It REALLY Take To Go Off Grid?
How much land does it take to go off grid?
This is the same question everytone asks when they first start. And while yo...
THE 100 MILE BUG-OUT BIKE: The best survival vehicle in the world
THE 100 MILE BUG-OUT BIKE
WHY AN EBIKE, THREE BATTERIES, AND A FOLDING SOLAR PANEL BEAT EVERY OTHER SURVIVAL VEHICLE ON...
Fuck The System! Go Off Grid!
I made this meme back in 2014, homelessness is worse now, but you wouldn’t know it if you read the “Offici...
1920sqft 4BR 2BA Two-Story Shipping Container Home with Rooftop Deck — $50k
The 2012 ranch design, now stacked. Four containers, two stories, breezeway, view deck. Still less than the price of a t...
Heat Your Greenhouse, Your Cabin, AND Your Hot Water With a Compost Pile - GROW YOUR OWN FOOD YEAR-ROUND!
Yes....it works. The physics and proven systems are evidence this works.
