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		<title>10 ways to beat the Depression of 2008</title>
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 This is what to expect Off-gridder Lamar has researched the great depression and &#8220;gleaned much info from my  parents that  lived through it&#8221; 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&#8217;t worry that your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/29/10-ways-to-beat-the-depression-of-2008/</link>
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		<title>Harrelson&#8217;s Hawaii haven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woody Harrelson lives in an off-grid community in Maui - description and interview]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/28/harrelsons-hawaii-haven/</link>
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		<title>End of Consumerism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell has announced the end of the consumer society in a remarkable series of unreported speeches to the business community]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/07/30/end-of-consumerism/</link>
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		<title>I live in my car</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jassen Bowman lives in his car out of choice - here's a unique glimpse into the thought process of a car-dweller]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/04/23/i-live-in-my-car/</link>
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		<title>50 ways to save money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of simple ways to save money in a normal household.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2007/09/18/50-ways-to-save-money/</link>
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		<title>On a commune in Finland</title>
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 Toni Tanskanen: not religious - spiritual I&#8217;m living in the countryside in a community in Southern Finland. We live in a 150-year-old log house. Our goal is to be as independent of society as possible. This is a life long project for me. We have now 12 square metres land in organic agriculture, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/10/04/on-a-commune-in-finland/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t drink the water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More evidence emerges that tap water contains pharmaceuticals. So maybe bottled water is better after all?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/10/01/dont-drink-the-water/</link>
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		<title>Coping with the downturn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How two ordinary families are struggling, and failing, to overcome the US credit crunch]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/27/coping-with-the-downturn/</link>
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		<title>Cell-phone base stations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The phone industry's efforts to put cellphone base stations everywhere is spurring advances in renewable power]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/27/cell-phone-base-stations/</link>
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		<title>Down to Earth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An offgrid newbie describes her first experience of "wilderness therapy"]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/22/down-to-earth-2/</link>
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		<title>Number 1 Vegetable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why everyone should grow (and eat) Kale]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/20/number-1-vegetable/</link>
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		<title>Solar carports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the recession worsens, cheap energy is more important than ever. Across America, and the world, everything from wood fires to solar shingles are being employed in order to survive and cut costs]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/16/solar-carports/</link>
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		<title>24 towers from Tulsa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This transcript of a discussion between Tulsa highrise managers shows the way the nation is getting to grips with new eco-specifications for buildings.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/16/24-towers-from-tulsa/</link>
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		<title>Wave powered computers</title>
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 From big oil to big wave The data centres at the heart of the global Internet may soon all be off-grid. Google has filed a patent for a datacentre that uses wave motion to power on-board computers and the ocean&#8217;s water to cool them
The search giant has filed a patent for a &#8216;floating datacentre&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/12/wave-powered-computers/</link>
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		<title>Freedom beer</title>
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 Freedom: Secret is in the water FREEDOM BEER, which was kind enough to provide 50 cases of its amber nectar for the launch last year of &#8220;How to live Off-Grid&#8221; by Nick Rosen, gets its key ingredient from an off-grid source.  The entire water supply at the Midlands base of the organic beer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.off-grid.net/2008/09/12/freedom-beer/</link>
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