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Lead contamination. Chlorine and fluoride. E.coli. Fracking pollutants. Toxins and pharmaceuticals. There are so many things that might be mixed in the water that flows from the faucet, that turning …
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When I think of using a clothesline, I think of a conversation I had when I still lived in the city. While hanging my laundry, my neighbor’s little boy poked his head through the fence.”Whatchoo …
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Most of us were raised on flush toilets. You go in the bathroom, do what you’ve got to do, and then the press of a shiny lever flushes all your unpleasantries into oblivion, never to be thought of …
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The first summer my family and I moved to our homestead, we were not able to get a garden into the rocky, wild ground, but somehow we had a fantastic fall harvest and started accumulating jars of dry …
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Living off the grid - whether by choice or by chance - is all about efficiency. You need to learn to make the most of your land, your water, and even your food waste. That's where worm composting …
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Converting a school bus into a permanent residence is a bit like a coming-of-age story. You take a school bus, probably one very similar to the one you rode in elementary school, gut it entirely, and …
In my experience, it seems that discussions about off-grid water systems only take place in niche communities of homesteaders or preppers. If you were to bring it up in “normal” workplace …
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I’ve always loved camping, and one of my favorite parts is the outdoor cooking experience. Food cooked over a campfire is something you just can’t replicate at home in your kitchen.A lot of times, …
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"So let me get this straight. You want me to pull the electric pump out so you can put in a manual pump?"My husband and I nodded at the man who had come to remove our broken electric pump. He …
When we moved from a city of 200,000 to a homestead in a hilly, Ozark town of 2,000 residents, my husband and I fully anticipated there would be an adjustment period. As I wrote in my first article …
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Coffee is something I really used to enjoy. In my memories, that roasted, dark liquid is synonymous with warm cafes, good conversation, and air perfumed with delicious aromas. But now that I'm more …
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It’s no secret that modern living is a bit of a morass of consumerism, waste, and debt. In a world where the latest smartphone debuts less than a year after its previous iteration, where the Joneses …
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In our modern day, with cable TV shows banking off of the "weirdness" of living off the grid, the very phrase "Off-Grid" images of end-of-the-world preppers stocking up MREs and ammo, wild-haired …
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There's a charm to underground homes and so-called 'hobbit homes', but many former owners of such buildings have moved out due to problems with moisture and related conditions. But, earth might be the …
Some earth homes take advantage of something called thermal mass, which basically means that the mass of a structure has some capacity to store heat. So the mass of a home can stay at a more constant …
Living off the grid might seem like a dream come true for some of us. No longer tied to electricity or natural gas coming for a utility, we have greater choices for locations and saving money over the …
2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率对许多美国人来说，建造一个远离电网的小木屋是他们的梦想，但是钱总是建造任何建筑的巨大障碍。至少，这是传统观点。Derek …
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Despite all the benefits that easy access to electricity allows many of us to enjoy, here at Insteading, we tend to think of "the grid" as an oppressive sort of thing. Instead of glowing light bulbs …
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Environmental science professor Jeff Wilson believes that American homes have gotten way too big, and way too wasteful, giving people something they don't need at a price that- often- they can't …
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As surprising as it may seem, you actually don't have the right to grow your own fruits and vegetables on your own private property.In some states- Florida, namely- people have been fined …
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Lightweight, waterproof containers are a miracle of modern technology. You might never know how much you'll need a bucket, or a water jug, or a few dozen little plant pots until you don't have them, …
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获得清洁的水在任何生存情况下都是必不可少的——对于计划长期不使用电网的自耕农和生存主义者来说，这是一个特别关键的问题。One way to …
Robin Speronis lives in a modest home in Cape Coral, Florida- and she's living in a way that many environmentalists and preppers would call ideal: 100% completely removed from the city's electrical …
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Keeping minor cuts and scrapes clean and avoiding infection is just as important as steering clear of disease-carrying mosquitoes in a disaster/survival situation. More often than not, it's the little …
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Do you know how much water you'll need to survive if you're ever caught truly off-grid? The US government says you need 1 gallon of water, per person, every 3 days, just to survive. Their recommended …
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More and more people are turning to the "grow food, not lawns" movement for a variety of reasons. Some of us are urban farming revolutionaries, some of us are preppers, and some of us are just …
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We all love the idea of growing our own. Sometimes that's vegetables or microgreens, sometimes it's rabbits, and- on rare occasions- that can even mean grubs and maggots.When it comes to poultry …
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So you've got your homegrown vegetables and yard-bred rabbit yummies all ready to be canned and dried. Some of it, though, you'll want to eat fresh- but you'll have a narrow window to do so, …
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If you're in Florida and hope to live a more sustainable lifestyle free from the influence of energy companies and massive agricultural conglomerates by adding solar panels to your home, harvesting …
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This isn't the first time I've covered DIY teardrop trailers. Over on Gas 2, we even published a how-to manual from Mechanix Illustrated a while back. This, though, is the first time we've seen one of …
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One of the topics that regularly comes up on the prepper/post-collapse pages I frequent is the bug out vehicle. Almost no other topic brings up more diverse and "energetic" opinions than what the best …
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What you're looking at here is a pretty novel outdoor sporting concept called the Kahuna - a lightweight composite-bodied outrigger kayak that's ready at a moment's to put you up for the night when …
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Farmers have been trying to extend the growing season of their crops for hundreds of years. So far, the greenhouse has been the dominant technology, since it doesn't usually require electricity to …
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Remember "Blast from the Past", that late-90s cold-war parody/rom-com that starred Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone and told the story of a family that built a lavish underground bomb shelter …
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Solar ovens are long-lasting, zero-emission cooking tools that use no fuel - making them perfect for both off-the-grid cooking and developing countries that don't have access to a reliable grid to …
Italian architect Renzo Piano has come up with a small, simple-living home design that is less of a shiver shack and more of a one-person, off the grid castle - and, if you’re in the market for a …
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In most homes and apartments, cooking takes place on a stove, in an oven, or, on those nights when you're just too tired to think, in the microwave. But these aren't the only ways to prepare a meal, …
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When someone mentions living "off the grid," what do you picture? Most people see a remote location with a small, ultra-efficient house and no one else around for miles. For many years, this was …
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