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How We Built Our Earthship, an Off-grid Prairie Home
Video by Green Energy Futures. When you tell people you’re building an Earthship, there are two stock responses. First there are the believers. These …
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Watch Out For This Energy Paradox In Your Quest For Self-Reliance
Efficiency is the watchword of progress. We have been taught to believe that an efficient process is better than an inefficient one. But does …
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Is Small or Large Scale Wind Power a Viable Alternative Energy Option?
If Americans have one phobia, it is the phobia of running out of fuel sources to power our cars, homes, and electronic devices. However, …
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How To Build A Simple “4 Block” Rocket Stove For Only $5.16
Building a rocket stove doesn’t get simpler than this. Four concrete blocks is all it takes to build this wind- and rain resistant rocket …
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Origo 5100 HeatPal Alcohol Heater and Cooker Review
The Origo 5100 HeatPal by Dometic is an electricity-free heater and cooker that provides 1500 watts of heating or cooking power. It’s designed for …
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Eliot Coleman and the Four-Season Farming Revolution
What if you could grow fresh vegetables year-round without heaters or grow lights? What if your rainbow of crops included everything from kale to …
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K-TOR Power Box Pedal-Powered Generator Review
The Power Box by K-TOR is a human powered 120 Volt 20 Watt generator or, to make it simple, it’s like a stationary bicycle …
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With These Fully Transparent Solar Panels Your Windows Could Harvest Energy
It is called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator, and researchers from Michigan State University report that they can be used on buildings, cell phones …
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K-Tor Pocket Socket 2 Review
The Pocket Socket 2 by K-TOR is a portable hand crank generator with a power output of 10 Watts and 120 volt DC, enough …
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Worlds First Portable Wind Turbine for USB Devices
This portable wind turbine, the Flutter, is touted as being the “Key to Power Independence” and with 31 days still to go it has …
