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November 2010

Energy

Save money on energy costs this winter

Short list of simple measures to reduce heating costs this winter

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Land

Small house, big movement

Americans have overhoused themselves for decades. Now they are buying or building small homes that could fit inside a living room

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Joan Baez recovers from tree-house fall

“I sleep in a tree all summer long,” Baez said 2008. “I climb up on a ladder, with ropes and things. The birds are right there in the morning. Sometimes they’re flying so close to my head, I can feel the wind.”

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Community

Dehydrate your own chicken

I found this today on YouTube, these guys are dehydrating chicken, it looks very simple and I suspect you could do this with other meats as well. This will save you major $$$s over buying dehydrated meat from a commercial source. Watch and enjoy!

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Energy

Power a house using a waterwheel

The first off-the-shelf waterwheel system which can generate a good supply of electricity from a water fall as little as 20cm

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Land

Home insurance for remote or seasonal properties

Seasonal properties in more remote areas with no caretaker cost more to insure – another reason to do without

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Energy

Tractor-inverter

an ultra-cheap, ‘inverter tractor’ works the fields and lights the home

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Prince William’s off-grid eco palace

Off-Grid.net predicted years ago that the wedding of William and Katie Middleton would finally be announced. This settles, amongst other things, the future of the $10m Herefordshire eco-palace that Prince Charles has been preparing for the happy couple.

We first reported it in 2006.  An old sandstone quarry had been re-opened within the estate as a so urce of stone. Oak was sourced from the Duchy’s Herefordshire woodlands, and  natural slates for the roofs from Wales.  An on-site eco-sewage works will filter waste through a bed of reeds.

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Generator dealers in North America

Distributors and dealers of engines, generators, engine-generator sets, switchgear or related equipment

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Hip new hotel in Marfa

No rooms — only yurts, tepees and trailers

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Energy

Inside fuel plant helping push up food prices

Wheat used could have been put into the food cycle, for humans or animals

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Wind turbines 101

Wind turbines can be an efficient way of providing clean and renewable energy for your home.  There are a number of small wind energy devices that generate power and cost effectively provide a significant level of electricity. Costs for a roof mounted microwind system start at about £1,500

Many invest in wind energy technologies in addition or as an alternative to solar power.
Small systems known as microwind or small-wind turbines can produce electricity to help power the lights and electrical appliances in a typical home.
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