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How to go off-grid in Canada

One of our readers, called Craig, posted these tips as a comment on LandBuddy but they deserve a wider audience.

Some simple hints if you are going to come here to Canada.

1) The cheapest land is in northwestern Ontario or maritimes. Forget about BC unless you really want to get way off the beaten path like on the Cassiar highway.

2) Be prepared for winter. Yes it is cold here half the year except for areas in the okanogan of BC on on the coast. You might like the constant rain though being from England. Kamloops is a neat deserty place but the ecomony kind of sucks. Okanogan nice but expensive.…

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Courses, guides & tutorials

Chassidy gets a Headcold

Chassidy Fitkin is learning to be a herbalist. She continues her diary of discovery as she dumps the MD and conquers, you guessed it, a headcold…

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Less is More

Someone very close to me spent over a year trying to convince me to quit my job, sell off most of my belongings and set sail on a lifetime of boating with him. I resisted…

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Wind turbines 101

Wind turbines can be an efficient way of providing clean and renewable energy for your home.  There are a number of small wind energy devices that generate power and cost effectively provide a significant level of electricity. Costs for a roof mounted microwind system start at about £1,500

Many invest in wind energy technologies in addition or as an alternative to solar power.
Small systems known as microwind or small-wind turbines can produce electricity to help power the lights and electrical appliances in a typical home.
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Off-Grid updates

My off-grid life is more enjoyable and more fulfilling than just about any part of my old life – living in the city, working 2 jobs just to make ends meet (barely), work, eat, sleep, pay bills, repeat. Honestly I am more busy now, but it’s things I want to do, not things I am forced to do by government, society and life as I used to live it. I get to choose what fun activities and community activities I wish to do and is that ever fun! How does this work?

Simple,…

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How We Went Off-Grid

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20 x 8 Ft. Outdoor Storage Shed, Desert Sand

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