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Off Grid Living is Illegal! Sort of…

OK, here’s the deal. Off grid living is illegal. Sometimes. Sort of. Let’s start off by clearing up some misconceptions. In it’s most simplistic definition, being “off grid” is being disconnected from...

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Awesome Solar Powered Off Grid Farm in a Box

This is a cool concept, it is giving people the ability to grow on a fairly large scale, 2 acres in even the most remote areas. Or in areas that have lost power and are in need of producing food. This...

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Checklist for Winterizing Your Off Grid Cabin and Homestead

As you know we are well into winter at this point, but it is never too early to start getting ready for a better prepared winter next year. You might still get some helpful insights for this year but...

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Couple Builds Greenhouse Around Home to Grow Food and Keep Warm

Well when it comes to extreme greenhouses this one is a new idea to me. They have built the green house around the whole house! Wow they live a very cold environment so they wanted to use the energy of...

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Ginger a Natural Medicine and How to Use it

Fist of all Ginger has been used for thousands of years as a natural treatment for nausea, it could be from motion sickness or pregnancy. Or just because you are feeling nauseous. Try candied ginger,...

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Gorgeous Portable Solar Powered Home Can be Moved Anywhere

This is a new version of the modular or mobile homes of the past. It is a very modern prefab home.  The unit is movable via a crane which can place it almost anywhere. Even on the top of a hill or...

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Tiny Portable Woodstove Perfect Heating Solution For Living Small

Well this little wood stove is introducing the old world to the new, in a small and portable way. It can be folded up and moved around like a camp stove but allow you to burn wood for heat in your...

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How to Build a DIY Chicken Tunnel For Your Homestead

This is a way to keep your chickens where you want them and lets them have more freedom and access to more bugs and weeds. It is a win win situation, chickens want to roam free, but we want to keep the...

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How To Build Your Own Log Furniture

Being off grid is synonymous with being more self sufficient, it is also usually a more rustic way to live. So making your own super cool and extremely beautiful log furniture seems to be perfect for...

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How To Make a 5 Gallon Bucket Water Filter

It could happen to you, you might have to drink water from a source you just don’t trust like the pond down the road, or a barrel of rain water. You might be forced to drink water from a lake or creek...

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How To Grow 10 Times The Food in Half The Time

Here’s a great article on aquaponics and how you can use this growing method to increase your overall crop yield faster than you could ever imagine. Aquaponics is the growing of plants and fish...

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Off Grid World Open Sources All Online Content & Designs Off Grid World, a world leader in cutting edge, high technology progressive sustainable living content has made the bold move to open source...

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Farming Preschool Would Teach Kids How To Grow Their Own Food

Here’s a great idea for a preschool/kindergarten which would teach children how to grow their own food. I think this is a phenomenal idea for building a foundation of sustainable living for future...

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Amazing Off Grid Expandable Portable Shipping Container Home

Check out this amazing expandable shipping container home design! Take a standard 20′ shipping container and expand it out from both sides and the ends. This more than triples the original square...

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Motorcycle Goes 300 Miles on 1 Liter of Water

A motorcycle that runs on water! It will go about 300 miles on just one liter of water. A Brazilian man has modified a small motorcycle to run on hydrogen. We all know that an ICE (internal combustion...

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Tiny House Village for the Homeless Goes Off Grid With Solar Power

A small tiny house village for the homeless in Eugene, Oregon goes solar with portable solar systems. The Opportunity Village is a tiny house community for the homeless which helps them with life’s...

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HUD Wants To Outlaw Living in RVs and Tiny Homes

Living in a Tiny House or RV Could Soon Be Illegal. The government (namely the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a.k.a. HUD) is proposing to make it illegal to live in an RV or tiny house....

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FALSE! – HUD is NOT Making it Illegal to Live in Your RV…It’s already illegal!

FALSE! – HUD is NOT Making it Illegal to Live in Your RV…It’s already illegal! A few days ago I wrote a post about HUD making it illegal to live in RVs and tiny houses. It seems I might have jumped in...

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Durable Portable Easy-to-Install Shipping Container Roof Kits

Durable, Portable and Easy-to-Install Podroof Shipping Container Roof Kits Offering the highest quality roof available for outdoor shelters. Podroof shipping container roof kits are made of American...

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Colorado Legalizes Rainwater Collecting & Rain Barrels

We’ve all seen states crack down on people collecting rainwater, which really makes no sense to people who support conservation. Well, apparently Colorado has changed their minds and made it legal to...

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