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Off The Grid in America (Penguin, 2010)
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10 comments

1 cecil s wilson { 11.28.11 at 10:15 pm }

i am a loving kind person who wishes to live off the grid i have worked hard my entire life and have nothing to show i have realy not much money but own my home which i would sell to get the supplyes needed to build a cumunity of fellow off the grid people i have seen a place that is in the woods that only has solar and wind power it was a beauitifull cabin self sustaining with wood heat but it was a hunting cabin and you could see a heard of elk that walked through the lower meadow in the misty morning the call of the wolfs that sound as close as to be beside you ,the smell of the moss in the morning the meadow of elk the wind in the trees that is were i long to be but i wish not to be alone but to share with others i have skills of many kind .i was a trapper ,a hunter,a mechanic,carpenter,a single father raised my kids from 1 year old .have worked over time and never took holidays and still am living from pay check to paycheck and i have many other skills to help if there is anyone else please coment on here lets all come together speak how you feel it will make your mind and heart feel better

2 Parker { 11.30.11 at 11:16 am }

I am in a very similar situation you are in.I have a reliable vehicle, pt time job.not a lazy bone in my body,and am itching to get off grid!!

3 angie { 12.07.11 at 6:18 pm }

reply to cecil & parker’s comment:
I want the same as you both. But I am in my 50′s now, sons are grown and are raising their own families. I have been an adventuresome soul the last 15 yrs and traveled a great deal, am an artist by trade. In spirit I am a pioneer woman and I want to live it now. I can do the loner thing but like you I don’t want to. Been researching the off grid thing for about 3 years and I have a modest nest egg to do it on. I too would be braver and more sucessful with a friend or two to combine efforts like building a cabin. I can grow a garden, can it up, sew, cook anything from scratch, nurse the sick (retired nurse of 23 yrs.), ride a horse, milk a cow, skin a rabbit or two, out fish a pro, tell a tale that would make Steven King cry “mama”, and still be a girl. But I can’t go off grid alone, and I can’t hold both end s of a log. So, there you go. What could we do? Willing to share with like minded and able.

P.S. going to do this one way or another as my last great adventure.

4 glen j { 12.10.11 at 7:44 am }

angie, I have been planing to live off the gird for over 5 years. I have been off the grid a year now. Got my earth bag home about 3/4 done. It has been hard to do it by myself but do-able.I live in colorado over looking the san luis valley. It’s great I myself have worked in the medical field for over 22 years and sure do not miss it.

5 Lenny { 01.03.12 at 8:49 am }

angie, sounds like my kind of woman . i have lived in alaska , hunted, fished, skinned, trapped, planted and canned,worked construction when i was young, owned my own co. now a retired nurse. live in smokies of tn. looking to go off the grid. dont know where yet. have any ideas e-mail me at alamis_l@yahoo.com

6 Zameil { 01.08.12 at 11:57 am }

I have 80 acres in NW Nevada….and I am looking to get the right group of individuals together to create a place of freedom. So when do we start?

7 K { 01.09.12 at 7:29 am }

This is for Angie. Hi Angie, I want to do the same…..I have the land (17acres) in Ozark hills area of Missouri, I am 46, female, my girls are gone and grown as well. Anyway, you sound very much like me in thoughts and wishes…I want the same things. Please email me for details if you are interested because honestly, two people who have never met, building a cabin together is probably more difficult than we can imagine. Please email to kcmcdermott31@gmail.com with more details as to your wishes for the future. Thank you and have a nice day! K

8 Leviticus { 01.09.12 at 4:47 pm }

You all are wonderful and it sounds like you all understand. Maybe we could all come together with something.

9 PoRich { 02.06.12 at 7:05 pm }

I’m just another guy (52) interested in off-grid living. I don’t have money but I have many skills I can offer (electrical, solar, electronic) and fun too!

10 Tabitha { 02.12.12 at 6:17 pm }

Hey, check us out at http://www.serenityoaksvillage.org we are looking for people to join us.
Tabitha

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