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People Living Off the Grid

Les Stroud: Off the Grid Documentary

by Bob on March 20, 2010

In these documentary videos, Les Stroud, Sue Jamison, and their two young children share their experiences of living ‘off the grid’ as they pursue their dream of building a self-sustaining lifestyle in the country by moving to their acreage in northern Ontario, Canada.

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1,000 Maine Families Live Off the Grid

by Bob on October 9, 2008

The Maine Solar Energy Association estimates there are about 1,000 households in Maine that live totally off the grid and generate all their own electrical power. And they’re not living a life of hardship either. They have everything everyone else has, only smaller and energy-efficient. Here are some of their stories.

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