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Off-Grid.net

Off-grid brings you news, knowledge, discussion, and classifieds from the off-grid world. What seems like a tiny niche is growing in popularity as people seek a life outside of the city. Off-gridders must find ways to produce their own energy, food, water, shelter, and other necessities. Connect with people who live off the beaten path or begin the search for your own property on this site.

Build It Solar

Dedicated to do-it-yourself renewable energy projects, Build It Solar provides hundreds of ideas and plans for any kind of home energy endeavor. New to renewable energy? Start with the "Half Plan" that uses a variety of energy saving projects to cut your energy usage in half. New to solar? Look for the do-it-yourself site survey to understand your property's solar potential. Not limited to solar, Build It Solar also includes tons of projects for wind power and biofuels.

Earth2Tech

Energy self reliance is a big topic for environmental, political, and individual reasons. Earth2Tech posts news about technological developments that can affect us on personal and societal levels. Stay on top of the news about electric cars, the smart grid, the bloom box fuel cell, solar power applications, and LED lightbulbs.

Wisebread

Wisebread is well-known for its advice on real personal finance. It's a community of bloggers who write about frugal living, lifehacks, careers, and other financial wisdom. Being smart with your money isn't supposed to inhibit you: rather, Wisebread's advice helps people worry less about money, allowing you to focus on the really important things in life. They also feature an active forum where you can ask questions and interact with other people who are trying to live within their means.

Instructables

Do you want to know how to build a vertical garden? How about your own solar panel array? Maybe you're looking for ways to reuse a linen closet full of old pillowcases. Instructables is a community based site that allows anyone to post a how-to project complete with photos and instructions. The result: a lifetime's supply of projects that can help you save money, recycle, or simply satisfy your appetite for making stuff.

Survival Spot

Disasters are a reality that shouldn't be ignored. That's the reason Survival Spot was created - to share information about a variety of survival and preparedness topics. Topics cover many aspects of survival, including gardening, food storage, health, and self defense. Also read about getting by in the wilderness and reviews of essential gadgets and gear. Like any other type of self reliance, preparedness is something to get into gradually and this blog can give you ideas on where to start.

Self-Reliance-Exchange

Written by a group of self reliant people, Self Reliance Exchange is quickly building an enormous database that covers a huge range of categories on self reliant practices and philosophies. Anyone interested in self reliance will find something useful to take away from this blog - recipes from scratch, emergency preparedness, and personal finance are great categories to start looking into here.

Simple Self Reliance

This writer explores the concept of self reliance and how self reliance fits in this modern society. How far can you realistically go down the path of self reliance? How can you stay on track with your priorities? He also writes on the grandaddy of self reliance, Henry David Thoreau. We can't wait to see how this blog unfolds!

American Preppers Network

For information and news from the world of emergency preparation, American Preppers Network is a great resource. Learn about food storage, what to expect during a natural disaster, and about other survival techniques. You can also connect with other preppers in your region and all over the world in the forum and through the numerous links to other prepping blogs on the web.

Barter

Barter is the direct exchange of goods and services without a standard currency. It's the oldest form of trade and it's never disappeared from human societies. Bartering occurs on many levels - corporations as well as individuals barter to get what they need. If a currency becomes unstable or devalued, barter tends to become the primary type of exchange.

This category includes several websites that act as bartering brokers, as well as information on why bartering can work for you now. Also learn more about situations in which barter could become necessary, and what you can do to prepare yourself with goods and skills that you can use to get what you need. Many self reliant oriented skills are ideal for use in a barter economy.

 

Latest Additions

Need Something Done? Join a Time Bank! - Jun 04, 2010
Time banking is an interesting concept for all those people who want to move toward self reliance. Time banking is a more sophisticated form of bartering. Bartering works between two people usually, person A cuts hair, for example, and person B, mows yards. So they swap services and are both happy.....
Bartering Helps Small Businesses - Miami Herald
As small businesses see their lines of credit shrink and have trouble securing loans, many will barter with one another to keep things moving. This article profiles small business owners in Florida who help each other out by exchanging free advertising, credits, gift certificates, and other services to save on expenses - and to build a network. Also find a list of online bartering organizations that anyone can participate in.
More on bartering, and the advantages it offers
This is a site for mothers and gives some information all of us can use regarding the benefits of bartering. few Internet barter sites are mentioned in the article and also in the comments section.
A slideshow on bartering
This is a New York Times slide show on bartering. It shows you how other people are using this age old system to mitigate the difficult economic times we face.
Barter - anyone????
Have you thought about bartering goods and services to become a bit more self reliant? Here is a story of a woman in southern California who has set up a web-based barter and borrowing system. Its called Neighbor Goods. Its about people working together directly. You can look for local barter sites for your location, or even start one up. It's a great solution for touch economic times.
Welcome to Tradesource
Do you have a small business? Major retailers often have a monopoly on supplies. Tradesource is a great tool for small businesses to contact each other and work out better deals for supplies.
Barter Bee
Barter Bee allows people to barter movies, music, and games with other people. By trading with others, you rack up points that allows you to find the media of your choice.
Favorpals
Welcome to the barter system. Trade skills with someone else on this useful community site.
Barter Quest
Trade anything for anything on this unique bartering site. Join clubs that emphasize the trading of books, antiques, clothing, and more.
Ready Nutrition: A Free Falling Economy Makes Bartering Go Boom
Depressions cause bartering to proliferate. This article provides a list of the most valued tradeable items.
Craigslist - Find or Sell Almost Anything
Find a job, bike parts, silverware, windowpanes, a new friend.. barter, buy, or find for free. Craigslist is the place to find things inexpensively or to find a good home for your unneeded things.
Wise Bread: Why It's Wise to Barter
The idea of bartering your skills for someone else's is becoming an increasingly popular medium of trade. Learn how to safely barter, make sure you've made a good deal, and how timing is more important than you think.
Emergency Food Storage Pros: Food Storage Bartering: My This for Your That
Learn how to think about food in a whole new way: as a form of currency. This article suggests things that you may need, as well as things that may be useful for bartering.
OnSimplicity.net: Simplify Your Life by Bartering for What You Need
With the age-old method of bartering making an appearance in modern society, many people have been able to get what they want by the exchange of goods or services. This article looks at the basics of bartering and how to keep the barter system simple.
Barter Trade Exchange: Human Edited Directory of Barter Exchanges and Resources
This helpful collection of bartering organizations shows bartering clubs and groups by separating them by state. Simply click on your home state, and a list of bartering organizations appear complete with addresses, telephone numbers and names of people to contact.
 
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