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Cariboo Chilcotin WaterfrontIn a recent Ted Talk Marcin Jakubowski spoke about what I would call “appropriate technology re-visited”. For me, going off grid takes me back to my exposure to the appropriate technology discussions and experiences that I enjoyed in the late 1970s in Costa Rica. Wind power, solar power, hydro power, conversions of gas engines to [...]
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Michelle Buchanan found this site and left a comment, inviting me to take a look at her blog. I’m really glad that she did. Michelle and her husband went off grid years ago on Quadra Island. Although she’s back on grid now, she’s written a list of twelve things to consider before going off grid. [...]
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Wikipedia defines “The term off-the-grid (OTG) or off-grid [as] living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities“. That works for me. Its encompassing and inclusive enough to permit all kinds of creativity and non-conformity. You could hike three days over the mountains to get away from everyone and everything, or [...]
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