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Articles from the 'Go Off Grid' series


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  • Should you go off-grid? (part 2)

    Scott Ware, contributing writer|Oct 1, 2022

    Continued from our Aug. 20, 2022 issue. "I consider myself something of a prepper," I was recently told by a new acquaintance. This is becoming a popular sentiment. As various supply chains come up short or almost dry up completely, we're starting to get the message that we've reached a tipping point in our consumerism and are about to find out what we're addicted to when it's no longer available, even from Amazon. It seems smart to try to notice our consumer dependencies and compulsions and to...

  • How do you go off-grid? (part 1)

    Scott Ware, contributing writer|Aug 20, 2022

    Do you dream of not making mortgage or rent payments for the rest of your days? Would you rather drink water from your own well instead of the municipality's? Would you like to never pay another electric company bill because you switched to solar? Then you just might be an Off-Grid Prepper. Whether you buy undeveloped land and prep it yourself or buy property that's already developed and just chill in your hammock while you oversee your private empire, off-grid living is more than a passion – i...