Sustainable Living

Would you believe it’s possible to grow 60,000lbs of organic fruits and veggies per acre? According to Urbanhomestead.org they can produce approximately 3 tons of food annually (2009) on only …

What’s stopping you from going off grid right now? Is it money? Most likely. Money is the main reason why people don’t go off grid sooner, if ever. Your financial …

This shipping container home concept uses 4 shipping containers for a total of 2560 square feet. At this size, you could easily incorporate 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms into the …

ZeroHouse is a prefab concept home designed by architect Scott Specht. It is an off the grid, high-tech, modular, completely self-sufficient home. It’s a very cool design – similar to …

HIGH TECH OFF GRID LIVING: There are always purists in any group of people, club or niche area of interest. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion, and somehow they believe …

This is another design concept that uses 3 shipping containers for a 1280 square foot ranch style shipping container home. The key here is to maximize floor space with a …

Sustainable fuel sources are incredibly important and will become more so as the world continues to deplete fossil fuels. Biofuels hold great promise as renewable fuel sources. The key is …

Shelter, water, food, and a job. These are the necessities. The four pillars of life. However, one also needs a foundation on which to erect these pillars. That foundation is …

Vertical farming is the future of agriculture, though it’s not a new concept at all. The Babylonians did it long ago with a vertical farm most of us have heard …

Off Grid Living – an advanced lifestyle After spending years living without the electric, phone, cable, sewer, and natural gas grids, I can say that there is nothing primitive about …