December 2008

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Off-Grid 101

Now Oprah pushes off-grid message

Oprah Winfrey’s magazine will feature a wholesome off-grid couple from Florida – the off-grid movement is taking off

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Community

Pictures…

…are worth a thousand words, or so they say, I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of myself, I know that when I have been following someone else’s blog for a while, any time I can see a picture of the blog author, it’s a treat, so here’s my treat for you. Some of you have been following my ramblings for a year, some for not as long, either way, here I am, now you have a face to go with the words.

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Energy

How to unplug from the Grid

A New Scientist cover story about living off-grid contains a series of hilarious mistakes and inaccuracies

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Community

Got Hot H2O


Tankless Water Heater
Living off the grid, and on the cheap, requires sacrifices, you do give up some conveniences. Some of the things I didn’t have when I first moved to my off-grid home were running water, unlimited electricity, heating, much in the way of furniture, refrigerator, internet, phone, solid walls (grin)… and hot water.

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Community

Stocking Up On Spam

I’m not talking about those unrequested emails that seem to always clog your inbox. It seems that Hormel is having to work overtime to make enough Spam, lately there has been a big run on Spam. The different news sources say it’s because of hard times, but I have to wonder how many preppers  and others are seeing the writing on the wall.

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People

Insulating your vehicle

Building materials work differently in a van than in a home – learn which is the best insulating material for your live-in vehicle.

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Junk Mail

Found this in my junkmail – it looks like rubbish to me but maybe someone out there in Britland was going to pay full price.

“Sschhhh!! Just sharing a secret Love Eco discount code with you.

Go to https://www.webuser.co.uk/specials/273226.html and pick up your 15% discount code now. Quick, before it goes!

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Off-Grid 101

Yurtland

Hi tech, luxury Yurt living in Steel City, Ontario, Canada

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Community

Diary of a Greenwash coup


We hope she was well paid
This week saw Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford continuing to plug lighting products from Osram Sylvania with the switching on of their CFL-lit tree in a tacky New York office (pictured). What is going on behind the scenes in the PR department to make an event like this happen?

In recent years, the compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) has become associated with all things environmentally conscious. This generalization can also be a curse because concerns that plagued early versions of the bulb become associated with the new product.

When it came time for lighting supplier Osram Sylvania to launch its new micro-mini Twist, the world’s smallest CFL, it enlisted the help of Weber Shandwick’s global strategic media group to make sure it got its greenie points across.

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