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What are you doing?

Where do you see yourself next week, next month, next year, in a decade? Are you actively planning your life or are you merely floating through the flotsam and jetsam of your daily grind? Far too many of us are … Continued

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A Shower in a box

If you need a portable shower, or a way of cleaning food or dishes – or even dogs – on the move, RinseKit is a portable, pressurized water tank with a hose hidden inside. It opens like a toolbox. The company … Continued

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Arvo off grid

Arvo Thompson went from wanting to live off grid to actually doing it, a step that sadly, not enough people actually do. He has been living the life for 15+ years, designing and building everything on his property himself. He … Continued

How does it work?
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Budget solar install

I love seeing how other people do their solar systems, especially those who create and maintain their systems on a shoestring budget, which is how we do things around here. A quick search on YouTube for solar power netted this … Continued

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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 600 million low-income African families. Let’s hope they also manage to export a few hundred thousand in our direction. The … Continued

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Transitioning to the Off-Grid Mindset

Its all about downsizing.

The more you bring the off-grid mindset into your life before you move, the easier the move will come. You will begin to live cheaper, healthier, and happier before you build a single thing. One day at a time. One step at a time.

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Killing parasites naturally

Two nights ago, THEY arrived, the dreaded kissing bugs, they are known to carry Chagas, it seems that each year they are more and more numerous, they show up at night, when you are asleep, they are attracted to our … Continued

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5 things you never knew about Dustin Brown

The Rasta-headed German who beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon this week may have been knocked out of the competition today, but his past living off-grid in a Volkswagen is now a part of Tennis history. For years Brown toured the … Continued