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Hello from off the grid. Jane and I are happy to report that we are nearing the completion of our third book 'How to Build your own House'. Looking forward to bringing this much anticipated book to you. It has been a cold winter up here in Canada. But the sun is getting higher in the sky and we have enjoyed this the most under-rated of seasons... Les and Jane
Learn how You can be Living Off The Grid in Less than 1 year! Our family has dedicated our life to Living Off The Grid and helping you achieve a better life.
· Living Off the Grid guidebook updated for 2008
· Break free from the ‘wage slave’ cycle now!
· Debt Free Living is possible in less than 3 years
· Build your own Wind Generator in 2 weeks
· Design and Build your own Off Grid Home
· Solar Panels easy installation guide
· Living off the grid photos and videos
Learn How to start Living Off the Grid
Living off the grid for 15 years...
Our family, my wife Jane and I and our children have been living off the grid for the past 15 years.
We know that you can learn how to live off the grid too. Whether you live in the United States (from Alaska to California), Canada, Great Britain (the U.K.) – England, Scotland or Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, or anywhere in Asia, Africa or South America you have the resources to achieve this goal for yourself. Add in the knowledge you will gain from this website and our many how to guides and you will be on your way.
I know that for many years I could not stand up and face that definition- I followed the crowd and did what everyone expected I should do. Go to University, have a great money-making career, be unhappy with my career, retire and do what I want with my life- albeit I would have wasted 60 years in the process.
Our Story...
Our journey to Living off the grid began in 1994. I started to suspect there was a better way to live my life, that my destined path was not the normal way of most Canadians. NO longer a wage slave??????????
That year my wife Jane and I bought 20 acres of land, determined to live without the monthly mortgage to the utility company and live a healthy sustainable life. But how?
First off, our dream was to build our own home.
It Was Up To Us !
If we were to live off the grid
When we began to take control of our own life a funny thing started to happen, the land and our life began to take a clearer form for the future. We had a purpose!
The decision to take responsibility for our own choices also extended to our choice of a power source to run our homestead. We chose a solar off grid system with solar panels and a small wind generator over grid hydro for many reasons, but the main one remains that the sun is a renewable, sustainable resource. By taking responsibility for our power choices we have built sustainability into our life and our lifestyle.
Our lifestyle confuses some of our visitors who are tied into the dependent, disconnected lifestyle that so surrounds us. Simply put, our lifestyle is as sustainable as we choose to make it- for all of us. We are all a reflection of those choices.
In the years since we built our homestead it has become our purpose, our goal, our mission to promote sustainable living>
Our enthusiasm for sustainable living using renewable energy is contagious. Every visitor to our home is left with the sense that living the lifestyle we have chosen is possible for them- living off the grid is something they can do.
It is hard work sometimes living as Jane and I were intended to live, but the joy is in the fact that we could go on, endure if you will, any major blowout of industrial society.
When we run out of fossil fuel we will still be able to feed ourselves and produce our own power- we have achieved a state of sustainability in our life.
Not only would we endure, and provide for ourselves quite nicely, but we would also be nourishing ourselves and our need for security, community and family- All things necessary for a sustainable lifestyle off the grid.
Anything is possible with off the grid living.
Make Your Own Wind Generator If your family is anything like ours you want to make a wind generator because it is just so expensive to buy one. The 1000 watt wind generator needed to power our Off Grid home brand new costs in excess of $2,500! For this family that is a lot of money to plunk down, a lot of money. So we set out to find another answer. Find out how we got started... read more
We asked recently "What is holding most of you back from living off the grid?"
The answer in our most recent survey, is the huge amount of consumer debt, credit card debt and mortgage debt that binds us where we are. Learn how to Break free of the 'wage slave' cycle. Get out of debt and live off grid. We will show you how in this updated article - Living Debt Free
Are you looking for a simple Solar Panel Installation Guide?
When Jane and I first started out living off the grid, we quickly figured out that we just didn't know enough about Solar Panels and solar energy to make a good decision about purchasing solar panels or installing them. We don't know everything about solar energy, but we did find someone who did. This is the best solar planning guide we have found, written by an expert and at a very reasonable price. We learned enough to do the job ourselves or to confidently hire someone to do a solar installation for us. A Simple Guide to Solar Panels
