Customise your favourite outdoor gear
A kayaker and his brother painted shark jaws on the front of their kayak. A long-distance cyclist attached mirrors and…
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Freezers and fridges in Africa
One of South Africa’s largest producers of household appliances has announced plans to offer solar powered fridges and freezers to…
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Indian getaways
. Here’s some ideas about where you could holiday off the grid in India… MARITIME ADVENTURE Sunbathe on pristine-white sand…
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Recycling for fun and profit
The circular economy is being talked up at the moment. The safeguarding of valuable resources by keeping them in use…
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£150 idyllic house made from waste
A British farmer has built a house for just £150. Using an ancient building technique and materials he found in…
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Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid – book review
In homebuilding, innovation in materials technology and energy efficiency is everywhere, but construction methods seem always to lag behind as…
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Service charges for off-grid buildings
SEATTLE (AP) – Why should off-gridders pay the same rate for County services as those who are on the grid?…
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A flat roof could be your new home
Need a free place to stay? Try a flat roof
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Roll out the rain barrel
Rainwater harvesting is legal in Colorado - but still hedged about with too many rules - most people ignore the…
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Kiwi theater goes off-grid
A theater in Wellington stages a fully off-the-grid production. Others will follow.
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Beyond biofuels
Byrnes (left) and Senator Statement by Robert Byrnes, Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems to Congressional Small Business Subcommittee on Rural and…
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Telecommuters the norm by 2018
Big companies expect more of their staff to work from home, or sub-contract. There will be no job security, yet…
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