Friday, March 10, 2006
OFF THE GRID
In the early 1970s, more than one million young people stoked on hippie idealism and old copies of Mother Earth News went "back to the land," choosing to homestead as their pioneer ancestors did in rural cabins, often without running water or electricity. Unfortunately, most of them came right back to the cities and suburbia after an uncomfortable few years.
But what if you could go "off the grid" and still have all your "stuff"? That’s the premise for many of today’s back-to-the-landers, who are building more comfortable retreats from civilization, complete with electricity courtesy of solar panels and windmills.
A Few Off-Grid Links
* Getting Green Off The Grid is a good site.
* Friends of the Earth
* Daryl Hannah on being off-grid - (via beetwist) - Link
* Environmental News Network
* E, the Environmental Magazine
Sure would be good to have some type of solar panel or windmill setup. Living on a houseboat would be ideal. Have a beautiful Friday. It is such a glorious day so I'll be out in the yard digging and weeding and mulching.
In the early 1970s, more than one million young people stoked on hippie idealism and old copies of Mother Earth News went "back to the land," choosing to homestead as their pioneer ancestors did in rural cabins, often without running water or electricity. Unfortunately, most of them came right back to the cities and suburbia after an uncomfortable few years.
But what if you could go "off the grid" and still have all your "stuff"? That’s the premise for many of today’s back-to-the-landers, who are building more comfortable retreats from civilization, complete with electricity courtesy of solar panels and windmills.
A Few Off-Grid Links
* Getting Green Off The Grid is a good site.
* Friends of the Earth
* Daryl Hannah on being off-grid - (via beetwist) - Link
* Environmental News Network
* E, the Environmental Magazine
Sure would be good to have some type of solar panel or windmill setup. Living on a houseboat would be ideal. Have a beautiful Friday. It is such a glorious day so I'll be out in the yard digging and weeding and mulching.
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