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Forum: Living off the Grid

  1. Dare to Prepare

    This is an excellent National Geographic show on prepping ! This show features a variety of 'normal' suburbanite families and how each of them...

    Started by yiolas, 30th June 2011 19:12
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    20th December 2023 00:46 Go to last post
  2. Banana Girl: the controversial Aussie who's moved to Ecuador and is now a vegan in the jungle

    Hi, All: this is interesting. Our very own Debra knows Banana Girl's mother, and we've just been talking about her at length. She's somewhere in...

    Started by Bill Ryan, 22nd July 2018 14:05
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    16th September 2019 22:29 Go to last post
  3. A major must-archive directory of off-grid 'how-to' information

    ------- From this page: http://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-knowledge-base/#safety-security FOOD AND WATER “HOW TO” POSTS

    Started by Bill Ryan, 3rd February 2014 16:39
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    28th July 2015 17:46 Go to last post
  4. Thumbs up A Trip to Ecuador -- Visiting Bill and the Ground Crew

    Where's Bill Ryan? Found him! :) Somehow, someway, and against all odds (or so it seemed) -- I finally made my way to Ecuador to visit Bill and...

    Started by Jeffrey, 31st January 2014 03:49
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    17th December 2014 00:49 Go to last post
  5. Self-sufficient community living in the UK - Is anyone of you living off-grid or planning to do so in 2014?

    There have been a number of threads on the topic of going off-grid and stepping out of the rat race, but as far as I'm aware, none of them was...

    Started by Spirithorse, 28th December 2013 00:46
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    9th January 2014 22:20 Go to last post
  6. Cool Starve the beast - solutions

    I am writing this thread under Living of the Grid, because it makes more sense for what I am about to write, you will see. :) I am very concerned...

    Started by palehorse, 28th November 2022 16:59
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    solutions
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    1st March 2024 07:43 Go to last post
  7. Living Off the Grid - Survival Techniques

    Whether it be from earth changes, solar flares or political and social upheavals, I believe we should begin preparing for living off the grid. There...

    Started by yiolas, 21st March 2010 01:52
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    3rd May 2013 07:59 Go to last post
  8. Small simple technologies that are awesome

    The Wonderbag just came to my attention. It is an age old technology (heat retention cooking) re-visioned. I would like to hear about the old/new...

    Started by Delight, 14th October 2014 19:22
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    1st November 2022 15:47 Go to last post
  9. Talking What would be the most humanist technology for society?

    A friend of mine who lives off grid, asserted to me one day that today's technology, and the way the modern world works is de-humanizing. For...

    Started by Justplain, 22nd October 2017 02:08
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    17th February 2018 15:32 Go to last post
  10. Lightbulb Links for Workshops, Classes, Courses, that teach skills for self reliance, living lightly, bartering

    Inspired by Ron Mauer Sr.'s thread Brainstorming for potential solutions and encouraged by RunningDeer, I thought we could compile a one-stop...

    Started by BLynn, 21st September 2015 01:07
    bartering, classes, courses, self-reliance, workshops
    • Replies: 10
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    12th April 2020 00:32 Go to last post
  11. Tiny Homes Banned In U.S. At Increasing Rate As Govt Criminalizes Sustainable Living

    As the corporatocracy tightens its grip on the masses – finding ever more ways to funnel wealth to the top – humanity responds in a number of ways,...

    Started by Althena, 6th November 2016 19:47
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 21,170
    28th September 2022 15:39 Go to last post
  12. Moved: How prepped are you?

    This is an excellent National Geographic show on prepping ! This show features a variety of 'normal' suburbanite families and how each of them...

    Started by yiolas, 8th December 2023 08:13
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    7th December 2023 23:52 Go to last post
  13. Projects, Permaculture, Homestead, Farmstead and the likes

    Hello folks, I came across some resources a while ago, it was in an old bookmark from my last crashed browser and I just recovered the links...

    Started by palehorse, 12th November 2021 17:24
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    farmstead, homestead, off grid, permaculture, rural
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    25th March 2024 09:33 Go to last post
  14. Post More Doctors Confessing To Intentionally Diagnosing Healthy People With Cancer To Make Money

    http://preventdisease.com/news/15/010715_Doctors-Confessing-To-Intentionally-Diagnosing-Healthy-People-With-Cancer.shtml

    Started by chanda, 8th January 2015 07:45
    • Replies: 18
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    8th January 2015 17:49 Go to last post
  15. The Fraud of CFL Light Bulbs

    If you fell for it like I did you have a house full of CFLs It might pay to throw them in the trash ( better recycle)and return to incandescent...

    Started by Arrowwind, 27th January 2013 08:06
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    11th February 2013 22:52 Go to last post
  16. Be Water ... Be Pathless

    Source: http://taechundo.radiantdolphinpress.com/articles/krishnamurti.html...

    Started by dianna, 14th December 2013 23:03
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    7th December 2014 01:08 Go to last post
  17. DIY Savonius VAWT ( Vertical Axis Wind Generator)

    778s disclaimer ( don't know if this works, but if it generates power it can be stored to use for whatever if I am correct, perhaps someone who wants...

    Started by 778 neighbour of some guy, 3rd September 2014 15:07
    • Replies: 12
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    4th September 2014 15:00 Go to last post
  18. 1250 pdf's, complete books, pamflets, manuals, tips regarding survival and off grid living.

    This is a double post, I also posted them in the e books thread because they are e books, imo they also belong in this section of the forum, if...

    Started by 778 neighbour of some guy, 7th June 2013 17:26
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    10th July 2013 10:09 Go to last post
  19. 10 of the worst mistakes to avoid when going off grid...

    Want to build your own life back on the land, instead of keeping pace in this insane society headed for implosion? There are lots of things that...

    Started by Althena, 9th January 2016 13:26
    • Replies: 5
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    10th January 2016 01:31 Go to last post
  20. How to prepare for a CME in the European theatre

    What is a CME? look here 1) Water supply in Cites will be cut 2) food supply will last few days 3) TV, radio + Phone wont work 4) Gas MAY be...

    Started by samvado, 13th April 2010 18:51
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  21. About Chickens

    A very clever automatic door for the chicken house. "We shut ourselves in at night and and we let ourselves out in the morning.", The Chickens

    Started by Ron Mauer Sr, 8th February 2016 22:02
    • Replies: 7
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    10th February 2016 06:35 Go to last post
  22. Doing well in an infrastructure collapse

    Hello, Everyone: of course, this thread is prompted by my direct personal experience of Turmoil in Ecuador. But don't forget, this stuff is...

    Started by Bill Ryan, 9th October 2019 18:33
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    1st March 2022 12:28 Go to last post
  23. Lightbulb Avalon Community Market Place

    I seems there might be some interest in starting our own Market Place in keeping with our community beliefs. This thread is for members who: have...

    Started by witchy1, 22nd September 2012 00:39
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    24th September 2013 00:00 Go to last post
  24. I live off grid; does anyone else?

    I live in a two room cabin with central heat (stove in the center), running water (we run and get it), humanure toilets using wood chips instead of...

    Started by Snowflower, 28th November 2013 19:55
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    14th December 2013 22:20 Go to last post
  25. Looking to network with people in the UK and elsewhere for future project in Portugal

    Hi guys, fairly new here. I posted a slightly detailed 'new here' thing in a UK group but was told it's inactive - I'll paste the link to that here...

    Started by Iarmhéid, 17th August 2014 19:53
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    29th November 2014 17:37 Go to last post
  26. Forced to be Fat: Leblouh

    The Fattening Farms of Mauritania – Force-Feeding Young Girls in the name of Beauty ...

    Started by dianna, 23rd January 2014 15:04
    • Replies: 3
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    23rd January 2014 17:33 Go to last post
  27. The first? Ecological self-sustained village in the world, built in the Netherlands!

    Hi everyone! Last week i came across some great news. A modern ecological self-sustainable neightbourhood is going to built in the Netherlands! ...

    Started by Onalon, 17th June 2016 11:19
    ecology, future, home, nature, neightbourhood
    • Replies: 7
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    22nd June 2016 08:14 Go to last post
  28. Topics on Corruption More Popular & Consistent Than OFF-GRID LIVING? Why???

    Why is it that people would rather rant about corruption within governments and corporations along with the intervention of secret societies and...

    Started by TheInBetween, 4th January 2016 18:57
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 11,378
    7th January 2016 17:39 Go to last post
  29. Extracting oil from birch bark, lamps, cooking

    Instructional videos about how to extract the oils from birch bark for lighting, since its fire i guess one could also use it for slow cooking your...

    Started by 778 neighbour of some guy, 27th October 2012 10:47
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 11,052
    28th November 2013 19:34 Go to last post
  30. 3 Shocking Ways Off-Grid Living Is Slowly Being Banned In America (And Canada)

    From http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/3-shocking-ways-off-grid-living-is-slowly-being-banned-in-america-and-canada Off-grid living is...

    Started by Althena, 2nd April 2016 00:09
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 11,005
    3rd April 2016 04:48 Go to last post

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