Teepee for Off-Grid living in the Great White North. 4 Jul 2013 | 09:44 pm

We built this 15' diameter, 15' tall Teepee on the North shore of Lake Superior using the Plains Indians Teepee pattern below. We needed about 15, 20' Spruce poles that we easily found on our property...

Off-Grid Cabin on 38 acres only $ 69,900, near Bancroft, Ontario Canada 26 Jun 2013 | 02:46 pm

Year round paved road and 1731 feet on Esson Creek! 38 well treed acres adjacent to Crown Land. Property features new Bunkie. Great get-a-way property! Perfect for an Off-grid home and or village on 3...

Living way off the grid in a Tall Ship ! The Peacemaker 23 Jun 2013 | 06:06 pm

So we visited the Tall Ships in Brockville Ontario last weekend (June 14-16) and my absolute favorite boat was the 150' long Peacemaker. You can learn more about this boat on their web site here :  ht...

Living off the Grid in Upper Canada Village. This is how it's done ! 19 Jun 2013 | 06:56 am

We visited Upper Canada Village today, a beautiful 17th Century village along the St Lawrence River east of Kingston Ontario. What an amazing place, stone and timber homes and shops totally off the gr...

Tesla and Airstream need to get together and build a Solar-Electric Camper Car 16 Jun 2013 | 10:05 pm

Solar Powered Camper Car Concept. For the ultimate Offgrid Living experience, I would combine the incredible Electric car battery technology of the Tesla car, the brilliant compact interior design of ...

OFF THE GRID from San Francisco to Vermont. 10 Jun 2013 | 10:47 pm

A message from Rob Greenfield : Hello fellow off the gridders! I am currently cycling OFF THE GRID  from San Francisco to Vermont. I'm halfway through my 103 day trip and haven't turned ...on a light...

Tesla Model S - Rated Best car ever.... 28 May 2013 | 07:26 pm

Is it finally time for an Electric Car ? Maybe..... If you had a roof of Solar Panels... definitely ! Consumer Reports  is calling the Tesla Model S the best car it has ever tested. The Model S, an...

A Tree house, a real house in the trees ! 11 May 2013 | 07:59 pm

So, could you live here ? I think I could. I'd be a little nervous in a big wind storm though. What do you think ? A wonderful place to dream, a perfect writer's cabin.  Location will remain undisclos...

"Simplify, Simplify " - Henry David Thoreau 4 May 2013 | 06:35 am

Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau became a key me...

The Wisdom of Black Elk, Oglala Lakota 4 May 2013 | 06:29 am