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When we went offgrid, we installed a 12v piston pump in our basement, connected to our shallow well. It had the ability to “suck” from a max of about 25′ deep. You can see this pump at http://www.green-trust.org/products/. Many folks have much deeper wells, even several hundred feet. We are happy to announce that we [...]
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Jerry was a big proponent on living sustainably on river rafts, and was a fellow tinkerer. He passed away a few days ago of a heart attack in his sleep. He started the group Riverats 4 years ago to get folks interested in the challenges of living offgrid on the water ways. He will be [...]
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Have you seen the movie Tron? Not the original, but the most recent version? You may, like me, have thought the light cycles were awesome, and disappointing they weren’t real. Who wouldn’t want one? Well, now they are real, sorta. It’s electric, it can do 100 mph, and 100 miles on a 35 minute charge, [...]
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Many people dream of going completely off the grid and producing all of their own electricity. William and Lorraine Kemp made that dream a reality at their home in rural Ontario. The Kemps have a wind turbine and two solar arrays for electricity. They …
Many others are also building Aquaponics systems, and producing massive amounts of fish and veggies in very little space, and with few commercial inputs. The basic process is simple. Fish produce ammonia, bacteria converts the ammonia into nitrites, then nitrates, feeding the plants, and cleaning the water that returns to the fish. Here are some [...]
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