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2. Off-the-grid - Wikipedia

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   The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from residential homes to small communities. Off-the-grid living allows for buildings and people to be self-sufficient, which is advantageous in isolated locations ...

3. Is Off-the-Grid Living the Future of Housing? - AOL

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   According to Sheri Koones, author of "Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid," the most optimal solution for wide-scale sustainable modern housing is not the independent, self-sufficient household ...

4. New Mexico's Earthship Homes Are a World Away From ... - AOL

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   Currently, approximately 750,000 households live off the grid, with that number increasing about 10 percent each year, according to Nick Rosen, author of "Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for ...

5. Autonomous building - Wikipedia

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   "Wind Power for Home and Business" by Paul Gipe; An opinion piece by Brenda and Robert Vale; The Cropthorne House - notes on design and comparison with the Vales' Southwell House; Bad End 2 - 21st Century Hobbit Hole - precast concrete in home construction; Off-grid.net; Self Sufficiency Guide; Self Sufficient Living Archived 2021-04-12 at the ...

6. Michael E. Reynolds - Wikipedia

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   Two of his early self-sufficient communities include the Rural Earthship Alternative Community Habitat (REACH) and the 1,100 acre Social Transformation Alternative Republic (STAR), both in northern New Mexico. [1] Over time, the earthships incorporated features designed to make them comfortable to inhabit while existing off-the-grid.

7. Sustainable living - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes, they are off-the-grid homes that do not require any public energy, water, or sewer service. If not off-the-grid, sustainable homes may be linked to a grid supplied by a power plant that is using sustainable power sources, buying power as is normal convention. Additionally, sustainable homes may be connected to a grid, but generate ...

8. Off-the-Grid Rentals for an Unplugged Vacation - AOL

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   This off-grid tiny home (one of two on the property) has a composting toilet, a fully stocked kitchen, a fire pit (with firewood provided), air conditioning, and even Wi-Fi via a Verizon hotspot.

9. Self-sustainability - Wikipedia

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   Self-sustainability is a type of sustainable living in which nothing is consumed other than what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include simple living, food storage, homesteading, off-the-grid, survivalism, DIY ethic, and the back-to-the-land movement.