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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.

Health/Medical

For people interested in maintaining an independent life style knowing how to be healthy is important. This site provides information on the health care reform bill, self-reliant health, nutrition, alternative medicines and treatments.

The health care reform bill is complicated. Learn about how the bill will impact you and about how it might affect your self reliant lifestyle.

Many people who are self-reliant take great care of their health because they do not want to rely on doctors and drugs. A few simple steps like learning about how to enjoy exercise and eating fresh foods can make you healthier.

Learning about nutrition can also help make you a more self reliant person. Peruse our articles to find information about how to avoid food that people might have allergies to. And learn about the medicinal qualities of a myriad of different foods.

Health is a complicated issue so learning how to take of yourself can be difficult. These articles will give you some health tips on how to become more self reliant.

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What is Reiki and how it heals
The Japanese method for relaxation and stress reduction which also helps in healing is called Reiki.......
Self Reliant Health: Learning to Enjoy Exercise - Jun 09, 2010
In addition to adopting a healthy diet , exercise is the other obvious thing to do for good health. However, if you’re exercising on your own it’s necessary to avoid jumping into something that can injure you. Americans love to exercise hard. We think that if we’re not breaking a sweat we’re not....
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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away - Jun 08, 2010
This is a follow-up to Jim’s post about pharmaceutical companies withdrawing their business from Greece because Greece can’t sell the drugs for the company’s asking prices. The suggestion is that when we’re facing a totally unsustainable debt that very well could be our undoing, that there are....
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More Debt Fallout: Health Care Woes Strike Greece - Jun 07, 2010
In the US we take for granted the availability of drugs and health care if we have access to some sort of plan, like Medicare or a private insurance plan. And until now, they did in Greece as well. But too much debt has a funny way of coming back and haunting you in ways you would not think about.....
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The Impact of H.R. 3200 on Self Reliance - Apr 06, 2010
by Jim Ingham As time moves forward we find out we actually know very little about what is in the new health care reform bill. And it is still hard to know what the ramifications are. But certain ramifications are emerging. States are suing to stop the bill because they say it interferes with....
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Self Reliant Attitude Key to Better Health - Statesman Journal
A self reliant attitude, vigilance, and confidence lead to better long-term health management. But where does a self reliant attitude come from? It starts in childhood. Teaching your children that they can effect change in their own lives instills a lifelong self confidence that will serve them well when it comes to taking responsibility for their own health concerns.
Self Reliance and the Health Care Debate - Mar 20, 2010
The health care debate is front and center in the main stream media, in Washington, and across the United States. A tremendous amount is at stake for many different factions, and of course for each individual American. The process has been convoluted and may become even more convoluted. No one....
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List of Inexpensive Gluten-Free Foods - Hillbilly Housewife
If you have a special diet for medical reasons, it may seem impossible to also eat frugally. For people who can't eat gluten, this is especially true. Rather than buying an expensive loaf of gluten-free bread, look into the less expensive alternatives provided on this list. Fresh fruits and vegetables, potatoes, beans, dairy products, and a ton more, are ordinary foods that are always gluten-free.
Nutrition Data
On Nutrition Data find info detailing the nutritional value of almost any food.
Wikihow: How to Make Homemade Cough Drops
Colds and allergies often bring along painful coughs. Learn how to make your own cough drops with this recipe to combat the painful cough.
Akron Beacon Journal: Healthy and Frugal Common Sense Cures
Save money on medicine by learning from Dr. Cynthia Koelker about how cheaper remedies can heal common ailments.
Hot Lemonade for a Bad Cold
Current project - Created on 01/11/2010 by Lauren
Recently I was afflicted with a bad cold and a particularly sore throat. I used to take things like Dayquil to get through colds, but that lightheaded, disconnected feeling OTC drugs give can seem to....
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Remedy of the Day: Post-Holiday Blues
After the big family gatherings of the holiday season many of us suffer from the blues. Learn some natural, pharmaceutical-free strategies for getting rid of the post-holiday blues.
Suite 101: Herbal Medicine
Looking for a natural cure to a common ailment? This website features many natural cures for health problems.
Ready Nutrition: Homemade Cough Lozenges
Cough lozenges can be really helpful in getting rid of that annoying cold. Make them for yourself with the useful recipes on this site.
 
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