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by marese on December 17, 2009 · 0 comments

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Off-Grid founder Nick Rosen is interviewed on CNN today.

The article puts Off-Grid living into the context of Copenhagen.  In the interview given at the start of the climate talks, Rosen dismissed the whole process,saying it had no chance of success.

We are still being fed the lie that we can somehow keep our lifestyles just like they are — just tweak them a little bit with some economical use of energy here and some taxes there — and somehow it can just go on as before,” Rosen said.
“I see people who live off-grid as the foot soldiers of the environmental revolution, the early adopters of what we will all have to do in the very near future.”

“We are still being fed the lie that we can somehow keep our lifestyles just like they are — just tweak them a little bit

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Hot springs holidays

December 4, 2009
Hot springs holidaysThere are a burgeoning number of resorts going off-grid to provide vacationers with a full-fledged eco-experience.  Check out this Hot Springs in New Zealand, as featured on the Travelgood.com web site. We are building a database of off-grid resorts and other eco-travel opportunities and destinations all around the world.  We already have a database of UK and Irish and US resorts -- now please send all your best off-grid travel suggestions to news@off-grid.net.

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Eco-sensitive investments

October 6, 2009
Eco-sensitive investments

The Green Reaper In the Netherlands legislation has encouraged green investing, and although there is nothing yet on that scale in the US or the UK, you don't need to go to Holland to find green investments.With over 30 dedicated green portfolios to choose from, there is little excuse for keeping your  savings in conventional investment vehicles.

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What to do, now there’s no jobs

September 30, 2009
What to do, now there’s no jobs

Marese: don't be a sheep! I volunteered to work on a farm because there was no chance of a job in my part of America after I graduated.  In the 1950s, 20-somethings went on a European tour. In the  1960s we dropped out.  In the 1970s we protested, and in the 1980s we got a job. The 1980s then stayed with us right up until the credit crunch. Now the age of greed and  individualism is over at last, what’s the next step?

For about $25 each, we can buy  two-year memberships in Workaway.info, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), and Help Exchange (HelpX), all Web-based directories of hosts seeking helping hands in exchange for room and board.

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Top shop says next step is off the grid

November 18, 2008
Top shop says next step is off the grid

Will Chester-Master - green dream An Organic Farm Shop in Gloucestershire has won Environmental retailer of the year award. And their next plan is to take the farm off-grid.

Abbey Home Farm on Burford Road just outside Cirencester, offers fresh homemade meals and food from the farm.

The farm shop and cafe has its own bore hole, solar panels and wood-chip boiler which provide heating and hot water for the whole building. They are also planning to apply for permission to install a large wind turbine on site to provide all the power the farm needs.

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Cabin for sale

November 17, 2008
Cabin for saleA Tennessee cabin with 45 acres advertised on a couple of web sites as follows: Built in 2005 with 8 inch pine logs on bottom floor and log siding on second floor. Green metal roof. Entirely secluded with no neighbours in sight.

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10 ways to beat the Depression of 2008

September 29, 2008
10 ways to beat the Depression of 2008

This is what to expect Off-gridder Lamar has researched the great depression and "gleaned much info from my parents that lived through it" to come up with some useful tips for what, thanks to our great leaders in Washington and New York, will be some real tough times:

1. Don't worry that your savings and checking account will disappear. FDIC banks are guaranteed for $100.000 per person.

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The Goldman Sachs eco-system

August 18, 2008
The Goldman Sachs eco-system

Patagonia's McDivitt If you want to save the planet, better buy it - before the bad guys do.

In the latest example of moral status anxiety, millionaires are snapping up vast tracts of wilderness in underdeveloped countries to preserve it for posterity.

Sebastián Piñera, one of the richest men in Chile, has created Parque Tantauco on one of South America's largest islands, Chiloé, off the coast of Patagonia.

Piñera bought the land in 2005 and set about protecting the offshore habitat of blue whales and the inland virgin forests.

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Solar powered cycling

May 31, 2008
Solar powered cyclingRacing for the sun Let the sun help you up those hills. There are a number of bike designs which incorporate a solar powered motor - see links below. Another option is the pedal-charged battery, which powers the motor which powers the bike. Check out these sites:

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