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The Off Grid Home is website that is dedicated to going/living off-grid in the US. We decided that most of the information we found pertaining to going/living off-grid and/or green came mostly from UK and Canada. Since we wanted something a little closer to home we started this site. Contributors are always welcome.

Change is A Coming

July 2, 2008 – 10:21 am

Most of you may have noticed that we have been silent as of late.  Don’t worry it’s not that we have stopped our campaign to make you more informed of how to get your life and home off the grid or even just more self-sufficient.  That is our goal in life.  If we can help [...]

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NAHB’s Voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines

June 13, 2008 – 5:16 am

By Neda Dabestani-Ryba
Prudential Carruthers REALTORS
The voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines are designed to move environmentally friendly home building concepts further into the mainstream marketplace. Currently, there are approximately thirty communities throughout the U.S. that have green home building programs in place or in development. By developing the set of voluntary national guidelines, NAHB intends [...]

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Conserve Water, Save The Environment With A Lovely Raingarden

June 11, 2008 – 6:52 am

By : Marie Wakefield
The native soil and forests of many areas store, filter, and slowly release cool, clean water to streams, wetlands, and estuaries. The rich diversity of life in marine and fresh water, as well as on land, depends on clean water to thrive.
As cities grow, they encroach upon and change natural settings; wild [...]

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To Build A House For $8000? – It Is Easy!

June 10, 2008 – 5:33 am

By : Sam Brown
How much would you spend to build your own new home? It is difficult to say when you start to calculate the cost of your dream house. There is a firm answer - as little as £4,000.
That was the price tag estimated to a cottages project which has been edited in southern [...]

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