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May 19, 2017 A Canadian couple is celebrating 25 years living off-grid – and they don’t even live on land … or on a boat, either. Wayne Adams and Catherine King built an entire floating homestead they lovingly refer to ...

It is hard to picture Ryan Halpin as a clean-shaven corporate executive working 50 hours a week, but that is how he was before he followed his dream of pursing an off-the-grid lifestyle. Halpin — with his long hair and ...

There is a new fad in Silicon Valley and Wall Street: Some of America’s richest and smartest people have become survivalists. “Anyone who’s in this community knows people who are worried that America is heading toward something like the Russian ...

The use of cast iron for cooking is a nearly global standard in any culture that has mastered the casting of iron. Durable, long-lasting and easy to make, cast iron has been surpassed in recent years by other lighter materials, ...

Each year, millions of Americans flee the cities — and the traffic and stress — for a more enjoyable rural life. This week’s guests on Off The Grid Radio did that, too, and then went a step further by building ...

Off-grid living has many shapes and forms, but living on a 1970 converted school bus generally isn’t one of them. Yet one American family is doing exactly that, and on this week’s encore presentation of Off The Grid Radio, we talk ...

Homesteading is becoming more and more popular, but few off-gridders choose a location deep into the wilderness, far removed from roads and accessible only by seaplane. But that is what Ron and Johanna Melchiore did 16 years ago when they ...

Resourcefulness is one trait we in the off-grid community easily develop. We learn to improvise and make do with the barest essentials, refusing to dispose things that can serve functions other than their intended use. One ordinary item that can ...

The off-grid and homesteading lifestyle has a tremendous amount of appeal for many. In a time of seemingly ever-increasing instability in our world, the idea of living in a truly self-reliant and sustainable way is more attractive than ever. With ...

June 13th, 2016 Video courtesy of OTGN This week Rich Murphy, a regular writer for Off The Grid News, shares with us some tips on how he uses his new Pocket Power X in his day to day life and ...