Getting Green Off The Grid

This is a handy little guide.
instructables : LED’s for beginners

More on the recumbent power generator.
Recumbent Generator Part #2

I really can’t imagine this happening in the US unless it’s somewhere in Oregon or California.
But it’s a worthy goal, providing it’s all voluntary.
German Neighborhood Lives Without Cars, Military Base-Turned-Residential Area Is Now A Successful Model Of A Car-Free Urban Lifestyle - CBS News

It’s pickup time at the Vauban kindergarten here at the edge of […]

Excellent idea. Also keeps the large trucks off of side streets.
Seven Days: Brown Goes Green — on Mountain Bikes

VERMONT — When United Parcel Service started out in 1907, the messenger service made deliveries via bicycle. This holiday season, the company is borrowing a page from its people-powered past. Since the last week of November, […]

What a great way to work off those extra holiday calories!
Treehugger: Pedal Power Lights LED Billboard

Great way to recycle. A few other projects besides the recumbent generator.
Bent Genny (Human Powered Recumbent Generator)

Another novel idea to shovel the snow.
A Snow Plow for a Bike

Since I commute to work on my bike, something I could carry with me would be very convenient. I started experimenting with plows that could be towed behind a bike.

Their website says that they’ll run off of AC or DC power. Good for those running solar and wind power.
The only power consumption information I could find stated that it ranks CeeLite along with LED for low power consumption. They do have a handy little electricity tutorial, though.
SCI FI Tech | SCIFI.COM

CeeLite panels […]

Some helpful tips for a greener Christmas.
Some of the things we do:
- We have an artificial tree that’s about 20 years old
- We use one strand of lights on the tree, none on the house
- We use newspaper for wrapping instead of fancy wrapping paper, and then recycle it afterward
- Sometimes we don’t even wrap […]

Who doesn’t love a good bowl of soup after coming in from the cold?
The Little House on the Mountain | Travel & Outdoors | New West Network

With no electricity available, all of the buildings on the Rankin homestead, including the Soup Shack, are off the grid. They get their power from a combination propane, wind […]