I lived in Alaska for nearly 5 years. I can tell you that is one place where people really want to get away from it all too. Rural Alaska is brutal yet breathtaking. Many lived off the grid in the state. Some in not much more than a shack while others lived off the grid in stunn...
Randy Weaver was a college drop-out and former Green Beret. He and his wife Vicki were religious fundamentalists who distrusted the government and believed the end of the world was imminent. They started hoarding guns and made plans to move to a secluded area and live off the grid. In 198...
And as rising crime and inflation make city life less tenable, he said, more people now view off-grid living as a workable alternative. Among the more popular off-grid communities in the United States are Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon, Earthaven in North Carolina, and Dancing Rabbit Ecovi...
a 52-minute documentary film piloted byNational Geographicphotographer and directorEric Valli. The film captures the prep and completion of Lynx’s 2011 Stone Age Living Project with students in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains. The time it takes a group to prepare for living in the wild requires...
Idaho: Thompson Log Cabin, Lewiston Thought to have beenconstructed in the 1860s, this rustic log cabin is one of the oldest private homes in Idaho. It was relocated from its original site in 1937 and moved a second time following extensive restoration and preservation efforts in 2013. ...
For our purposes, off the grid represents a whole lifestyle shift toward a more sustainable existence. You may not be able to uproot your world and move to your secluded off-grid dream property in the mountains – yet – but regardless of where you live, you can make small changes in ot...
Santella, Chris
Overconnected? Want to grow your own crops? Unplug from it all in one of the Best States to Live Off the Grid.
Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring Mesa Verde National Park First up on this year's national park "spring tour" was Mesa Verde NP in Colorado. We camped in a rather precarious FREE camping area very near the entrance to the park. We managed to get our house level side-to-side without ...
and moved to Idaho. He supported his acting career for years by bartending and waiting tables. Then he got a couple breaks. Woody Allen cast him in The Purple Rose of Cairo, but his performance was left on the cutting-room floor. Ditto for Swing Shift, with Goldie Hawn. Finally, he ...