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89How to Live Off-Grid Successfully
If you have been wondering how to live off grid, is it really possible, and can I do it, the quick answer to all of these questions is, "Yes!". What do you need to do to get there?
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88Sell Solar Power Into Your Grid and Make Money
A recent New York Times article blasted solar energy systems as making “no economic sense.” The truth: solar photovoltaic systems aren’t cheap but they do payback. Sales of solar photovoltaic systems have been rising up to 50% annually in some states and it’s not just environmental do-gooders who are investing in the renewable energy. For many homeowners, solar energy is about dollars and cents.
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87Treadle Sewing Machines:Sew Simple
Knowing how to use a treadle sewing machine is on it's way to becoming a lost art. Many people think that the treadle, or manually powered, sewing machine is a thing of the past but that is not true.
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85How To Build An Earthship
What do you get when you put together pop cans, glass bottles, old tires, chicken wire and concrete? Would you believe, it's a house? This would be a special earth friendly house design called an Earth...
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89Why I'd like to Live at a Medieval Monastery
But let's set aside the fact that I'm female, not even Catholic, and it's the twenty-first century, and consider why a medieval (rather than a modern) European monastery would be an ideal location to live --...
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70Solar Power House
One of the best things you could do for your family and the world environment is to make a switch to a solar home and the resultant living green lifestyle. Historically we have relied on fossil fuels to...
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67Solar Roof Panels
Businesses and home owners benefit from the advantages of green energy alike; used in all the electrical applications, solar power is considered the solution of the future. Most governments aim at making...
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67Low impact & sustainable living: a real choice for the future?
Sustainable Living In 2005, all UK Government departments committed to the sustainable development strategy, 'Securing the Future'; however, it is up to each individual department to produce their own...
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61Effective Passive Solar Design At Home
Passive solar design is one of the simplest ways to save electricity and improve the comfort of your home without using any high-tech gadgets. It is the process of using sun's natural light and heat in...
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81Switching to Renewable Energy Sources
Many times one of the biggest desires of people who have the dream to homestead is to go off grid with their own renewable energy resources, whether they be solar, wind, or a combination of techniques. Being...
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