March 2011

People

Jackson Browne next song about plastic bottles

Singer’s ranch in California is off the grid , he operates a plasticfree backstage, and travels on bio-diesel

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Community

Michael Bunker, author of Surviving Off Off-Grid

The Amish author of Surviving Off Off-Grid talks to the editor of www.off-grid.net

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How to go off-grid in Canada

One of our readers, called Craig, posted these tips as a comment on LandBuddy but they deserve a wider audience.

Some simple hints if you are going to come here to Canada.

1) The cheapest land is in northwestern Ontario or maritimes. Forget about BC unless you really want to get way off the beaten path like on the Cassiar highway.

2) Be prepared for winter. Yes it is cold here half the year except for areas in the okanogan of BC on on the coast. You might like the constant rain though being from England. Kamloops is a neat deserty place but the ecomony kind of sucks. Okanogan nice but expensive.

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Preppers in Utah return to the Gold standard

Bill requiring state to recognize gold and silver coins issued by the federal government as legal tender awaits Governor’s signature

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People

New York Times journalist sullies off-grid out-house

Excerpt from “Off the Grid” by Nick Rosen

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Land

Seeking: ideal off-grid location. Offering: first edition of “Walden”

looking for a south-facing, gently sloping, wooded five acres, with a creek, a couple hours from a big airport, and with nice neighbors. West Virginia is my favored area.

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Land

Going off-grid in Ecuador – join me!

Over 600 acres untouched virgin land. Natural springs, waterfalls, streams, abundant pasture, forests, mountains

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Off-Grid competition – $300,000 in prizes

2011 MAR 21 – (VerticalNews.com) — For the fourth year, ConocoPhillips and Penn State University kick off the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize. Their goal is to see who can develop the most original and actionable solutions that can help improve the way the United States develops and uses energy.

The competition, which began in 2008, awards up to $300,000 and recognizes innovative ideas and solutions in three areas: developing new energy sources, improving energy efficiency, and combating climate change.

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Land

Let him live in peace!

Would not clear the weeds from his land, so it was done for him and he was charged $71,000. Now home siezed to pay bill

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Energy

Euro power grid plan

German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle has called for expansion of the European power grid to be accelerated, to allow cross-border power trading in electricity. This will delight energy companies, which trade far more power than they actualy deliver. Trading can inflate the price of power to the end user as it is whisked across the continent, adding margin wherever it goes.

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Community

Life in the slow lane

Not only the shallow lives people live today, also I’m pained by the fact that everyone seems to have lost their connection with each other.

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Urban

Urban Danger

“Civil unrest could be a very high probability,” says a ten-term US congressman from Maryland. “….those who understand, need to take advantage of this opportunity when the winds of strife are not blowing to move their families out of the city.”

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