Learn These Things for Off-Grid Living
Long before you live off-grid, you’ll need to rethink a few things about modern living, and learn a few new skills as well. Off-grid living comes with a decent learning curve. This is especially true when you’ve grown up in a place where everything you need is sold at a store 10 minutes away. Here’s […]
This Tiny House was 3D Printed in Under 24 Hours for Less than $10,000
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS 3D Printed Tiny House – Home Building of the Future While the horrific taunt of bills, student debt, and high rent plague this generation of innovators, one San Francisco Company has found a solution. Apis Cor is building houses using a 3-D printer in only 24 hours. One semester of school tuition is […]
Off Grid Device Converts Household Waste in to Sustainable Energy
It’s called HomeBiogas, and the company behind it claims it will change the world. It works by using bacteria to decompose household waste, such as food scraps and pet litter, producing biogas which can then be used as run of the mill cooking gas. The HomeBiogas, which is 100% off the grid and requires zero electricity, […]
Underground Shipping Container Home – Earth Cooled
This Double Shipping Container home is a great idea if you want to live underground. Using the Earth to keep your home a constant temperature is an age old idea. With building codes in effect on many places of earth, sometimes building an alternative home is proven difficult. Time and time again, free human beings find […]
Spectacular 20ft Off Grid Shipping Container Home
Brenda converted a 20ft shipping container into an amazing off grid tiny home! Her passion for shipping container homes began when she was a small girl, and as an adult she turned her dreams into reality! She decided to keep her home under 10 square meters to avoid her local government from having to vote […]
10 Things We Wish We Had Known Before Going Off Grid
Solar power is easier than you think Plants cannot grow without rich soil Water runs downhill, gravity fed water systems are easy Carrying water is the WORST Batteries run out Bears like trash Firewood is a ton of work Yurts are better at cold weather than they are at hot weather Temporary is longer than […]
7 Simple DIY Root Cellars – Keep Your Food Fresh With No Electricity
As you dig into the earth, you will find that the soil becomes increasingly cool. This is because the sun’s hot light is unable to penetrate the lower depths of our earth. Indigenous and primitive people were able to keep their food fresh by using the cooling properties found deep in Mother Earth. Today, you […]
Off Grid Floating Home – Travel the World in a Jet Capsule
A New Way to Live Off Grid A company called Jet Capsule has designed an off grid floating home that would allow you to live self sufficiently in the middle of the ocean! This off-grid boat home comes with a 4mph solar powered motor, allowing residents to travel the ocean at a leisurely pace. An on-board […]
Solar – Next Generation Off Grid Communities
There’s nothing like upgrading to solar from using a generator! The FREEDOM! Ranch is well on its way to becoming self sustainable. Adam Kokesh and Macey Tomlin are hosts to our Undocumented Human family, Brian, Alma, and Neo. We plan, together, to build the first EVER Sapioponic House. You can follow our journey through the […]
Bicycle Powered Tiny Home for $150 or Less
I have seen tiny houses built by nine year olds, and I have seen tiny houses built by churches, but this guy takes tiny houses to a whole new level. These bicycle houses can go anywhere. You can live debt free, and you can travel from homestead to homestead. With this house, you have the […]
9-Year-Old Builds Tiny Homes For The Homeless Because “Everyone Deserves A Place To Live”
This kind-hearted activist is inspired to help the homeless by building them safe and mobile housing units called tiny homes. We’ve featured some incredible young activists on the site before, but this nine-year-old girl from Bremerton, Washington is positively impacting the lives of many in an incredibly unique and inspiring way. When Hailey Fort was just […]
Five Off the Grid Houses Built for Less than $5,000 Each
Ever wanted to live in an off the grid cabin that you built yourself but didn’t think you had the time, money, or know how? Well here are five examples of off the grid homes that were built by relative amateurs each for under $5,000! 1. The $500 Log Cabin This log cabin was built […]