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For a clear headed guide to alternative energy sources in a cold (UK) climate, visit Off the Grid.
Written by David Allender, who bought a remote house ten years ago and has steadily tested his way though each kind of alternative power, it tells you exactly which batteries to get for maximum reliability (Tungstone (now part of the Hawker group) – type YCP25) , or which is the best model of wind turbine. David is currently testing solar panels.
Fight to stop the new Super-GridActor and broadcaster, Griff Rhys Jones has joined the battle against the Grid. He has started campaigning aqainst
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Up in the Air
George Clooney's starring role in "Up in the Air" is a movie about a special class of off-gridder - the business traveller
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Soccer’s swampy bugs outMANCHESTER United defender Gary Neville is building an earth sheltered eco home that promises to become one of Britain's
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Living for free27-year-old Katharine Hibbert is a nice middle class girl. She writes book reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, and
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Johnson & Johnson zillionairess dies, ignored by family
David de Rothschild loves life off the gridDavid de Rothschild has revealed he prefers life off-grid and can't stand carbon off-setting. “There is just something
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Daryl Hannah interviewMany stars are termed "eco-celebrity," but few have taken their commitments as seriously as Daryl Hannah.
The actress first
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Pass the sick-bagThere is it seems no limit to the craven way the media accepts celebrity claims to have gone eco.
Chain-smoking New York
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Ellen Page on Perma-cultureJuno star Ellen Page recently took a break from Hollywood to study permaculture design in an eco-village near Eugene,
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