Living off the grid

. What It's Like Living off the Grid "...Living off the grid means many things these days. Some say they're "off the grid" if they go camping and leave their mobile phone at home for a weekend. Others think being off the grid is living like hermits and runaways, stuck somewhere in between a bush and a hard place. Like the Canadian government we think that off-grid means being disconnected from electricity. Electricity, after all, is the mother of all grids...." Reference: www.huffingtonpost.ca

off-the-grid community increasingly reliant on solar power

. North Fork offers more remote experience at Montana's Glacier National Park "...The North Fork doesn't have the grand old lodges like those near Glacier's principal gateways, but this piece of paradise isn't without comforts. Rustic, marvelously tasty and memorable, they are in Polebridge, a mile from the park's northwestern entrance. This off-the-grid community increasingly reliant on solar power is the hub for an area where the summer population numbers maybe a few hundred, up from five to 10 in the winter...." Reference: www.greenfieldreporter.com

A story of off the grid living

. Earthship, New Mexico "...A few months later I was living in Taos, New Mexico, on another mesa, this time in an earthship with a stonemason boyfriend I picked up along the way. People say that earthships are the most ecologically sustainable housing thus far created—built halfway into a hill so the earth does the heating and cooling and the temperature stays around 70 all year, with big south-facing greenhouse windows and raised garden beds inside, a grey water recycling system, and windows on either side of the long corridor so the wind blows through. And somehow, when you’re inside, looking up at the big blue sky and the castle-like clouds drifting by, you actually feel like you’re in a ship, moving like a giant worm across the desert...." Reference: www.brooklynrail.org

Earthship Biotecture

. Earthship Biotecture "...the Earthship is the epitome of sustainable design and construction. No part of sustainable living has been ignored in this ingenious building." Earthships can be built in any part of the world, in any climate and still provide electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and sustainable food production...." Reference: earthship.com/

People who are actually living off the grid

. Stories of People Who Are Doing it: Living Greener, Off-the-Grid "...Eighteen years ago, Kirsten Jacobsen moved to Taos to build Earthships — sustainable buildings made with recycled materials such as earth-filled automobile tires, aluminum cans and glass bottles. The brainchild of architect Michael Reynolds, the Earthship exceeds LEED standards and building codes while integrating its own power, water, sewage treatment and food systems.

Jacobsen — now Education Director for Earthship Biotecture..." Reference: www.forbes.com

Earthship: a cutting-edge, sustainable green home made from recycled materials

. Australia falling for Earthship marketers "...Boasting an outer shell made of stacked car tyres packed with earth, an Earthship claims to be a cutting-edge, sustainable green home made from recycled materials. ..." Reference: www.off-grid.net

Off-the-Grid Solar Living

. The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Off-the-Grid Solar "...In our part of Maine, quiet and remote means off the electrical grid. Our summer rental cabin had..." Reference: nytimes.com