Here’s What It’s Like to Live in the Woods, Off the Grid
Many years, living off the grid was associated with a certain segment of population. In this extensive article by National Geographic, some important issues are raised. Everyone has lots to learn from the Wild Roots, a forest commune located in the woods of North Carolina. The small ...
Eco-friendly tiny house with a drawbridge deck
If you live in an area with a colder climate, such as Canada or Northern Europe, it does not mean you have to give up your dream of owning a tiny home. When built with the use of good quality materials, tiny homes can be very durable and warm. Eh! is a Canadian tiny house located ...
How to Build an Off Grid Log Cabin: For FREE!
James start to building his new log cabin, for free, and he talk about the time lived off-grid and show us his old log cabin that has been standing for 25 years now – 15 of those years completely unmaintained.
Stay tuned for the following videos as he complete the cabin using ...
Here’s What It’s Like to Live in the Woods, Off the Grid
In 2007, a man and a woman walked into the woods of North Carolina to a small camp. The camp turned into their home, and the home into a community.
So goes the story of the early days of Wild Roots, a forest commune in western North Carolina, built on a few founding principles—living ...
This Solar-Powered RV Runs Without Fuel Or Charging Stations
Imagine a trip around the country with no budget for fuel! Yes, this is possible now thanks to this impressive motorhome. The RV company Dethleffs has done something people couldn’t even dream of with this Iveco Daily Electric chassis. The car is perfectly capable of offering you ...
How to Make a Vermicomposting Flush Toilet
Quinta do Vale is an an off-grid permaculture project of 2.5ha in the mountains of Central Portugal and an evolving demonstration/experimentation site for many aspects of sustainable living.
They created a composting toilet system with a flush toilet, a worm-composting bin and a filter ...
Smartflower Solar Panel
Clean solar power, whenever you need it – until now it has just been a pipe dream. Now you are closer than ever to realising that dream, because smartflower POP+ can not only turn the sun’s energy into electricity very efficiently; it can store it in sufficient quantities ...
Splitting firewood safely in record time
Splitting wood quickly is not a fad but a useful thing when you’re trying to live off-grid. If something can save you time it’s definitely worth the while. The Vipukirves axe, as it is named, is specially designed so you can chop wood a lot faster than usual. Due to carefully ...
Texas Modular Home Will Run on Rainwater and Sunshine Alone
Can you believe that all you need for making everything in your home work is only sunshine and rainwater? This Texas modular house proves it to be a great idea turned into reality. The designs you’re looking at were made by a team of creative students. The goal was to provide ...
