16
Sep
If you wonder what your impact on the planet is, then you might want to take the Ecological Footprint Quiz.
15
Sep
The makers bill the Seascooter as a Personal underwater transporter, but that’s going a bit too far.
The Seascooter is just a small, safe hand-held propeller – driven by an electric motor, which gives you an hour’s water transport at the push of a button.
14
Sep
Even if you are not into gambling or horses, consider using caravan sites at some of the top UK racecourses as a place to park your camper for a few nights.
14
Sep
The greenapplemap.org are making a green energy map of New York, which will feature
‘Energetic Enterprises’, like green businesses & services, local food production & purchasing, energy/environment research & training programs;
14
Sep
From Organic NZ –
Construction has started on a home in West Auckland that, when finished, will mark the start of a new company’s crusade to make New Zealand the benchmark for healthy, clean and sustainable living.
11
Sep
Reading a book is so-o-o off-grid, especially if its a second-hand edition of Henry Thoreau’s “Walden, or Life in the Woods” first published 150 years ago. This seminal text chronicling Thoreau’s 2-year experiment in basic living is filled with transcendental observations which are even more timely now than they were then.
10
Sep
The Camper-van revolution is upon us. The RV is shaking off its image of snoring retirees and untethering itself from power supplies or campsites.
Enter the Earth-Roamer XV LT, a gnarly, $155,000 built to order rig that charges off the grid in grand enviro style.
10
Sep
We can send a man to the moon and computer power doubles every 12 months, but what the hell happened to batteries? They just are not getting better fast enough.
What good is my multifunctional cellphone, digital camera, or iPod, if it runs out of juice after an hour? The more powerful these little devices become, the more power they consume and heat they throw off. Forget getting my thighs singed each time I use the laptop.
6
Sep
Finding and buying your first home has never been harder, we are told, so it should come as no surprise that people are looking for other ways to live. And there are more than you might think. On TV series “Guerrilla Homes, ” architect Charlie Luxton looks at ingenious ways of solving the nationwide crisis in affordable housing. Here are 10 of the most striking – though not necessarily practical – ways to get ahead without getting a house.