From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Secrets of happiness

by spy_vondega on February 22, 2009

in MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT


Want nothing – Be happy I didn’t start my off-grid life because I felt guilty about hurting the planet, I started it because I felt I was connected to a system that wasn’t nourishing me, and disconnected from an eco-system that was a real source of nourishment – physical, mental and spiritual.

In October 2005 I had a terrible headache. It turned out I had suffered a near-fatal brain haemorrhage. I was rushed to surgery, where they drilled a hole in my skull and attached a metal clip to the wall of an artery  which had burst in my brain.

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Next-gen info processing

February 14, 2009
Next-gen info processing

If you are reviewing your carbon footprint, consider a data storage and retrieval system now being sold on the internet.
The product does not need a plug or a battery since it draws on power sources that are off the grid.

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Ex-strawdinary

February 13, 2009
Ex-strawdinary

All women building firm gets contract for UK’s first straw council houses

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Best kept secret . . a must read!

February 13, 2009
Best kept secret . . a must read!

Long term storage of solar thermal energy

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Oscars not green this year

February 12, 2009
Oscars not green this year

Sheryl Crow at Green bash The Oscars ceremony has abandoned last year’s pretence of being “green” – whatever that meant at the time.  With the exception of last night’s Global Green Pre-Oscar Bash there is not the slightest bit of Academy Awards greenwash in sight.
The stars who put their name to the Global Green charade included: Orlando Bloom, [...]

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Travel Trailer/Redneck Games pt 2

February 9, 2009
Travel Trailer/Redneck Games pt 2

Getting the trailer up the hill and past the boulders and trees was more challenging than we thought it would be, but when you have to do something, then you figure out a way to do it.

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X-prize announced

February 6, 2009
X-prize announced

This week, the X Prize Foundation announced a pair of California students won the $25,000 prize for their crazy green idea, an ultra capacitor to store energy. This is a new approach to the age-old problem of how to leap forwardin battery design.
The foundation applauded all participants for their innovative ideas including finalist Alan Silva who proposed an off-grid house.
The [...]

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Remote island life

February 2, 2009
Remote island life

Females on remote island are trained in solar panel skills – now connected with world while remaining off the grid

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