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A 25m x 70m, NW-facing, steeply inclined, elevated piece of Yorkshire moorland.

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Articles
- Dry Sanitation Solutions by Elizabeth Scott, Fiordland Medical Practice, NZ
- Fuel Cells Make Power for Homes in Japan
- Going Off Grid with Chris Anderson
- Grand Designs guide to living off-grid
- How I built my house for £4000
Books about building
- Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide to Alternative Building Methods by Clarke Snell and Tim Callahan
- Building with Straw Bales: A Practical Guide for the UK and Ireland by Barbara Jones
- Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home by Rob Roy
- How to Build Your Own Home: The Ultimate Guide to Managing a Self-build Project and Creating Your Dream House by Tony Booth and Mike Dyson
- The Green Self-build Book: How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home by Jon Broome
- The New Autonomous House: Design and Planning for Sustainability by Brenda Vale and Robert Vale
- The Self-build Survival Guide: How to survive building or renovating your dream home – the eco-friendly way by Katy Jackson and Daniel Salisbury
Books about composting loos
- Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure by Joseph Jenkins
- Lifting the Lid: An Ecological Approach to Toilet Systems by Peter Harper, Louise Halestrap
- The Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet Systems – A Water-saving, Pollution-preventing Wastewater Solution by David Del Porto, Carol Steinfeld, David Del Porto
Books about living off-grid
- How to Live Off-grid: Journeys Outside the System by Nick Rosen
- Off the Grid Homes by Lori Ryker
Books about self-sufficiency
- The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide by John Seymour
Books about water - harvesting, storage and drainage
- Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse by Heather Kinkade-Levario
- The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building, and Using Greywater Systems, Includes Branched Drains by Art Ludwig
- Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds by Art Ludwig
Books about wind and other off-grid power
- Choosing Windpower by Hugh Piggott
- Homeowners’ Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence Through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower by Daniel D. Chiras
- Power with Nature: Alternative Energy Solutions for Homeowners by Rex A. Ewing
- Small Wind Systems for Rural Energy Services by Smail Khennas, Simon Dunnett, and Hugh Piggott
- Solar Water Heating: A DIY Guide by Paul Trimby
- Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems by Paul Gipe
- Windpower Workshop by Hugh Piggott
Information hubs
- Earthship.net
- Green Building
- GreenSource
- Low impact Living Initiative
- National Energy Foundation
- Off-grid.net
- Scoraig wind electric – Hugh Piggot
- The off-grid home.com
Inspiration
- Ben Law – woodsman
- Cascadia Cob
- Envisioneer.net
- Shedworking
- Simon Dale’s low-impact woodland home
- Steve Carter’s log home in the West Highlands of Scotland
Other off-grid blogs
- Living off grid at Eclectic Culture Farm
Some experts
- Elemental Solutions – water management
The toys
- ecoheatpumps.co.uk
- Enersys – industrial batteries
- Fuel cells UK
- Heat exchange systems
- John Cantor heat pumps
- Naturalwatt – off-grid power station on a plate
- Proven Energy – wind turbines
- Underground water tanks