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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.

New Electrics

Self-reliance is dependent on your ability to power your endeavors. Lucky for you new electronics are constantly making your drive for self-reliance easier then ever. New home power sources are becoming more economical, environmentally safe and efficient.

Some of the articles we have reviewed discuss how power creation will move away from centralized power plants to home power systems through a variety of expected and unexpected power sources such as nuclear, solar, and bio-fuel generators.

New electrics also include the future of power outside of your home. Articles discuss satellite solar power, fiber optic solar panels, carbon capture, and algae biofuels. All of these ideas present very real potential for the development of producing power.

Technologies are being applied now to power generators that will make you more self-reliant. We have articles on the developing Bloom Box and Hymini Portable. While these technologies are in developmental phases, staying informed about their evolution and availability can keep you ahead of the game when it comes to producing your own energy.

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The Bloom Box - How might it affect your energy plans?
This is kind of exciting, did you see 60 Minutes the other night? The Bloom Box is a very well financed effort with some big names behind it. Its developers say it can be offered at $3,000 for the average US home once in production. Read up on it - maybe it will affect your thinking as you move towards more self reliance for your energy needs!
Ecofriend: Hymini Portable Charger Now Harvests Solar Energy as Well
A good way to save money is to use rechargeable batteries. A new solar paneled battery charger can charge batteries using the sun's light.
The Next Big Future
The Next Big Future works to track significant technological progress being made that will greatly affect future generations. The blog focuses on nanotechnology, nuclear and energy technology, quantum computers, life extension, space technology and artificial intelligence.
The Union: Local Man's Solar Shingles Offer Option to Solar Panels
Learn about a new way to take advantage of solar power. Sun Energy Engineering Co. has produced solar shingles that can be installed on a roof like normal shingles.
Xenophilia: Toward Home-Brewed Electricity with 'Personalized Solar Energy' + Artificial Photosynthesis
This article describes how new technologies will shift energy production away from huge central processing plants to individual homes.
Alternative Energy: Fiber Optics Could Provide New Options for Photovoltaics
Read this in-depth article detailing how the Georgia Institute of Technology is making old solar panels a thing of the past by creating a new, smaller photovoltaic system that's easier to conceal.
Matter Network: Go Fly a Kite
This contraption harvests the energy generated by the rapid unspooling of a kite. The inventors plan a demo by the end of 2010.
Wall Street Journal: Five New Technologies That Could Change Everything
Space-based solar power... carbon capture... algae biofuel... these are some of the major ideas that could change the world's energy use in major ways.
Innovalight Homepage
Learn more about the advances in solar power technology. Innovalight is working on a solar cell requiring fewer manufacturing steps to make solar power more affordable for consumers. Their goal is to "bring solar power to the masses."
TechNews World: LG's E-Reader Prototype Soaks Up Sun
Say sayonara to Amazon's Kindle, and wave hello to LG's recently unveiled prototype of a solar-powered e-reader. Store thousands of books on a machine that runs on sunlight.
Financial Times.com: Dyson Launches the Bladeless Electric Fan
Does an electric blade-less fan sound like something from a futuristic television series? Now the dream has become a reality! James Dyson, a British inventor, has developed a fan without annoying, obnoxious blades. The outcome is a steady, even flow with minimal interruptions. The fan made its way into Australian and American stores on October 13th.
Homepower Magazine
This is an online magazine publishing information about solar, wind, and water energy. It includes how-to advice for people who want to design and build their own projects. (Free membership required to view most articles.)
Build It Solar: Sixteen Energy Saving Projects, and Results
Energy saving tips are everywhere, but have you ever wondered how much that CFL bulb really saves? These projects completed in the Build It Solar administrator's home calculate the savings of sixteen projects in terms of kwh, CO2 reduction, start up costs, and more. Everything from energy-efficient appliances to insulation and conservation techniques are included.
Eartheasy: Flexible Batteries That Never Need to Be Recharged
If you've ever had your camera or phone die on you in the midst of capturing a memory or making an important phone call, then you understand the frustration of batteries that only last so long. Thankfully, Scientists have come up with a solution to combat this problem: a battery that recharges by itself with either natural or indoor light.
Eartheasy: LED Lighting Update
Learn all about new scientific discoveries concerning LED light bulbs. The bulbs use a mere 2-10 watts of electricity, making them even more energy efficient than CFL bulbs.
 
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