Getting Green Off The Grid

Soap!
September 2006
The glycerin byproduct from a biodiesel reaction will contain almost 100% of the catalyst used in the biodiesel reaction. Therefore, the glycerin and lye or KOH have already formed soap by the time the glycerin is drained from the biodiesel reaction container. The liquid or gelatinous glycerin soap is good for cleaning greasy hands […]

Interesting cooking technique.
Retained Heat Cooking
Daily cooking [on a stove or over a fire] frequently includes a long simmering period which is required for many beans, grains, stews, and soups. The amount of fuel needed to complete these cooking processes can be greatly reduced by cooking with retained heat.

Sweet. I’ve got plenty of these types of tins laying around.
Field & Stream - Photo Gallery - Make a Survival Kit out of an Altoids Tin

As long as it’s the good stuff…and doesn’t use slave labor to harvest it.
Food Ingredients First: Nutrition, Ingredients and Foods Online - Newsmaker
Research from the University of Birmingham in the UK suggests that by indulging in chocolate, we could be contributing to a new source of renewable energy.
Hydrogen is one of the cleanest fuels available […]

I like Survivorman, this should be a good show.
Les Stroud - TV
While renegotiating doing another season of “Survivorman™”, Les Stroud is producing two one-hour specials for Canada’s OLN (Outdoor Life Network) called “Stroud… Off The Grid”. This new and captivating show will highlight Les’ family’s move to their 150 acre bush lot with solar power, […]

There’s a cap on how much can be sold back? No wonder it hasn’t taken off as well as it could. On the one hand, government has limited the incentives to generate your own power (and make a profit on it). On the other hand, government is forcing the installation of solar […]

As long as they can do this without harming the local ecology, I’m all for it.
Duluth News Tribune | 08/21/2006 | Getting off the grid at Pattison Park
Plans to study the feasibility of using the Black River and dam to generate all the parks power got a financial boost today. Lt. Gov. Barb Lawton joined […]

That’s a term I haven’t heard before - zero energy. It’s a misnomer, he’s using energy, just not any from the power companies.
MiamiHerald.com | 08/27/2006 | One man’s fight to become free of FPL
‘Our goal is to produce all the energy for the home and then some,’’ Talib said.
Talib’s home, which he designed, is […]

Imagine that. No one took them seriously!
Guardian Unlimited | Science | Steve Boggan: The men who can produce limitless amounts of clean, free energy
According to McCarthy and Walshe, the marketing manager, there have been no fewer than eight independent validations of their work conducted by electrical engineers and academics “with multiple PhDs” from world-class […]

One of the problems facing any environmental movement is the notion that one is putting the environment before money. While it may seem like an attractive offer, the fact is that being environmentally sound generally costs more money than the alternative. Green people tend to frighten off the mainstream. People ask “Why […]