Category — COMMUNITY

A New York hipster-blogger tries living on his perfect piece of land in Kauai. Good premise for a film.

With his lovely wife and beautiful three month old daughter. That moves it from a gadget show to something a bit more human. Oh, and please could he have $150,000 for a container full of audio and video equipment and solar panels so a film crew can document his every move and post it on the Web. Sure, why not? (more…)

With the latest mass shooting event last week, something that I feel terribly sorry about, it should have never happened, there has been a backlash of politicians and left leaning folks who are marking and targeting preppers as crazy people and they want something done about these prepper types, they are using this tragedy as an opportunity to classify preppers as a threat. It would seem that putting up food for hard times, having the means to defend and protect yourself, and being more self reliant & independent among other things makes you a threat to the powers that be. I just read a great article written by Daisy Luther (bio and website link at the end of this article) explaining it as well if not better than I could. (more…)

Are you a lone ranger type of person or do you want to be with other like minded people in a group setting? There are different directions you can go when going off grid. I listen to different people discussing the pros and cons of going off grid all by your self, as a couple, as a family unit, with extended family, and in group or colony settings. (more…)

Meet the Cultural Creatives –one of their main characteristic is that they feel alone, so don´t talk about their beliefs, apart from to their closest group of friends.

The below characteristics were identified as qualities of a Cultural Creative. Agreement with 10 or more indicates status as a Cultural Creative according to sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson

• love of nature and deep caring about its preservation, and its natural balance.
• strong awareness of the planet-wide issues (i.e. climate change, poverty etc.) and a desire to see more action on them

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NAtGeo TV had a show in the UK last night about the growing number of British preppers – men and women who are preparing against future catastrophes ranging from economic collapse to electro-magnetic flares that knock out all electric equipment.

What they have in common is they are ready for a world without food distribution, and with no law and order.

Most have spent thousands of pounds preparing for disaster.

Pictured here with her with survival equipment, American ex-pat, Annie Durbin, who lives in east London, is one of Britain’s female preppers.
She said: ‘The specific point that I became interested in prepping was in the summer of 2011, just after the riots. (more…)

A first British showing for the acclaimed series A Natural Order by Lucas Foglia, the young American documentary photogapher who spent five years in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia among people who live “off the grid” in the American backwoods.
Lucas Foglia grew up on a farm on Long Island just 30 miles from Manhattan. His parents were part of the post 1960’s “back to the land movement”. Much of the area surrounding the family home became increasingly urbanised, but his parents continued to strive for self-sufficiency. (more…)

I am so saddened by the aftermath of the big storm that hit the north east part of the USA. This is so apropos to what I have been writing about lately, namely prepping on a budget. I have to wonder how many people were really prepared for this storm, how many had food, water, fuel, batteries and such… (more…)

Watch out for dishonest claims from Production company Bullseye TV, makers of tawdry shows like “I secretly Hate you.”

They have just been commissioned to make a one-off doc called Preppers UK: Surviving Armageddon, for National Geographic Channel UK. It is a Documentary spin off of US hit Doomsday Preppers, focused on British survivalists.

They will no doubt be telling people it is a serious look at this important movement, but in our opinion they will portray anyone foolish enough to agree to take part as a demented survivalist. (more…)

Are you part of a group of people planning to move to living off the grid?  Or part of an existing off-grid group looking for more members?  Or perhaps you know of  a group or community that is making the move off the grid?

We need to make contact with groups that fit this description, in the United States, Britain and elsewhere –  and may be able to offer resources and/or land – please contact nick@off-grid.net

Please send us videos or still photos, showing yourself and your group, as well as a written description of your philosophy and plans.