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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.

Survivalism

Survivalists are people who hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Survivalists want to stay ahead of the pack so they take the time to develop the skills and mindset and stockpile the materials needed to stay totally self reliant in any emergency situation.

American survivalism is rooted in the 1960's when the fear of nuclear war prompted people to build fallout shelters and stockpile in the event of a nuclear attack. Over the years the rationale behind the survivalist mentality has changed according to whatever threats are perceived as imminent: hyperinflation, civil unrest, societal collapse, food shortages, and war. Other survivalists ascribe to the view that it is necessary to prepare for the apocalypse.

Unfortunately over the years survivalists have been painted in a negative light by the media. Popular belief holds that survivalists are paranoid and that preparing for disasters is a type of aberrant behavior. However recent events have attested to the wisdom of survivalism: 9/11, the recession, hurricane Katrina, as well as disasters in other countries all show that the future is uncertain and disaster can strike at any time, anywhere.

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On Hurricanes and Oil Disasters - Jul 22, 2010
The Weather Channel has a very good article today on the effects a hurricane might have for the Gulf Coast given the current BP oil tragedy. It comments on many issues, including a possible oil/water spray for those on the coast but states that no oil will fall on those living people living further....
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The BP disaster's effect on human health - Jul 21, 2010
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster continues to unfold. BP has said they have capped the well and this was supposed to be good news for all involved. But the reality is that it now seems oil and gases are seeping through the sea floor in places other than the one well. No one knows, or more likely no....
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4 Ways to Plan Ahead for the Economic Downturn - Jun 03, 2010
Have you given any thought as to what the economy looks like if we see a deepening of the recession due to the Gulf Oil Spill or any other event? For many people the economic situation is bad now, but what do things look like if the situation took another, deeper downturn? I don't think it is out....
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Need Motivation to Start Prepping? - May 21, 2010
Having a hard time getting motivating for prepping? Sometimes it seems hard to get to the prepping and the creation of a life based on self reliance and community networking. Usually it seems like life goes on in spite of what bad news we see on the television or in the newspapers. For the most....
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Are We Facing an Economic Collapse Like Greece? - Apr 26, 2010
Greece has lost control of its ability to govern itself because of government overspending. This is now requiring the country to enact severe austerity programs. After years of fiscal mismanagement, the markets do not trust the Greek government's ability to pay their debts. So interest rates are....
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Preparedness - Blue Wolf Survival and Preparedness
Blue Wolf Survival provides a guide to being prepared and how to think about preparedness. Some ideas of what to prepare are dust masks, cash money, first aid kits, and heat and light sources.
Library of Survivalism - Textfiles
A library of texts that cover many of the most important aspects of survival. Virtually every topic of survival is included, including wound care, building shelters, building fires, and urban/suburban survival tactics.
U.S. Army Field Manual - Rk19-bielfeld-mitte
Read the army's manual for survival which covers issues like herbal medicine, making shelter, water sources, basic fire principles. This manual includes over twenty three chapters of relevant survival information.
Preparedness Nuggets Pages - Just Peace
A long list of preparedness topics in the form of nuggets. Each nugget cover a variety of topics in a easy to digest portion. For example nugget 1 contains beer sourdough for Bread, Bread and Flour, Dutch oven baking, outdoor brick ovens, several shopping lists, and how to use a solar cooker.
Survival Report on YouTube
Survival Reporter has been prepping since 1986 and he shares everything he's learned since then on this Youtube channel. Topics include gardening, beekeeping, homesteading, and pioneer skills all from the perspective of being in a survival situation. Some good advice is that the best thing to do to is to learn these skills now because in an emergency, it might be too late to learn.
What's Wrong With the World - Millennium Ark
There are many reasons why people should practice food storage and know about basic survivalism. This site covers natural and man made disasters that can put us at risk.
Library of Survivalism - How-To Survival Library
This survival library has a huge amount of information on wide range of survival topics that cover everything a beginner would need. Everything! Including, but not limited to: different uses of solar power, storing and preserving food, starting fires, gardening, and medical issues. Great site!
Learn about the Survival Risk Quotient - Captain Dave's Survival Center
Learn about what the survival risk quotient is. He analyzes world events and judges how severe a survival scenario we are currently facing.
Survivalism - Wikipedia
A typical detailed and concise Wikipedia article providing information on the historical development and current embodiments of survivalism. Survivalism is not a new phenomenon, but some form of it has existed for much of the 20th century.
Survival Spot Blog
Survival Spot offers information on many aspects of emergency preparation, including essential skills and preparedness strategies for health, nutrition, and self preservation. Survival Spot also links to other great survival sites to keep you informed about this important aspect of self reliance.
 
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