Energy Independent Living

Living Off The Grid

December 19, 2010

Image by itmpa via Flickr What does living off the grid mean to our family? And why would we want to cut ourselves off from the world like that? These are the two most frequently asked questions by visitors to our home and to our website. For most people it really looks like living off [...]

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How To Save On Electricity Bill – Build A Wind Generator

December 19, 2010

That electricity bill, it arrives every month and you are wondering how to save on electricity bill. Before we moved off the grid we found a way to do just that. How To Save On Electricity Bill – Build A Wind GeneratorHow does knocking $100 off that bill every month sound? It sounded good to [...]

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How to Make Solar Panels

December 17, 2010

We knew that learning how to make solar panels was the only solution as soon as we saw the price of the new ones we were looking at for our off grid home. That was over 15 years ago now, and after a ton of research and more practice than we would care to admit [...]

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Energy Savings Guide

December 17, 2010

By Les and Jane Oke Our Mission – Your Purpose: Living Off The Grid in Today’s World Our first priority in writing this book was to make renewable energy choices easier to understand by starting off with some small steps you can take right away in your own home. Many people have tried to complicate [...]

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