An Oklahoman has escaped the rat race and most of his bills by living off-grid. He has running hot water, pumps underground ...

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In the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown, Eric Mack moved his family into a half-built house outside Taos, New Mexico, and devoted himself to going off the grid. “Everyone needed a pandemic project, ...

Living off-grid conjures images of survivalists in remote places and a rustic, “Little House on the Prairie” lifestyle with chores from morning to night. Yet only a tiny fraction of people living ...

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When most people think about off-grid living, they picture a pokey cabin hidden away in a remote location with limited resources—and perhaps a vegetable patch or two. But one incredibly luxurious ...

Sunday, May 22 was the last day my apartment was connected to Manhattan’s energy grid. That morning I used my pressure cooker—powered by portable solar panels I had bought on Craigslist and carried to ...