still some work left to do back here, but she's got a fan up and some lights. this will be a wonderful place to sit and chill in the summer.

you can read an article on marilyn pedretti's strawbale home from her local paper here.

seen on the 2007 MREA wisconsin solar tour.

CEO of the Council of Energy, Environment and Water India, Arunabha Ghosh was one of the panelists participating in the Session: "Maximizing socio-economic benefits through off-grid renewable energy solutions"

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A 12 volt fan as quiet as this seems to be hard to find. I ordered this one from China. It is made for plugging into the cigarette lighter of a vehicle and is popular with truck drivers apparently. I connected it to a cigarette lighter type outlet which I could then plug into the solar panel because it had the same kind of connector.

A beautiful little building, inspired by the Earthships of Phoenix, a concept by the architect Mike Reynolds... I heard him speak at the University of Stirling, and subsequently at a Scottish Parliament committee... From those early meetings, this little baby Earthship was born - a demonstration model, shall we say, and one that I'd been meaning to visit for years!

The idea is that the building is completely off-grid, and self-sustaining. The roof catches water which is filtered for drinking. Waste from showers and taps is then used for toilets, and this waste is subsequently used to grow plants... The building is built into a south-ish-facing slope, with walls made of rammed-earth tires which act as an effective heat-sink. As an antithesis to high-insulation buildings with a high embodied-energy and thus carbon footprint, the Earthship minimises the footprint even further - the glazing is virtually the only material that need come in from off-site. The result is actually rather beautiful.

Find out more about Earthships at www.earthship.net/ and about this one in particular at www.sci-scotland.org.uk/index.shtml - I'd recommend visiting!

The tree we planted for Bryan is near the water bottle. Nice view.

ATCO installed a micro cogeneration system in this off-grid home in Red Deer, Alberta. It replaced generators and is now more efficient and cheaper to operate. Photo supplied

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We drove 3 oldtimer Landrovers from Belgium into the Catalan Pyrenees and back. Off-road, off-grid and with a minimal ecological footprint. Nobody would find traces of us sleeping next to a ravine or in a forest.

Marcus Wiemann, Executive Director of the Alliance for Rural Electrification, at the Panel Session on "Scaling-up mini-grid deployment"

Wilbur Hot Springs. Volcanic Mineral Springs and Solar-Powered Hotel surrounded by an 1800 acre Nature Preserve. photo by Meg Solaegui

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In May 2014, we decided to leave the 9 to 5 and get off the grid. We found a school bus and are transforming it into a skoolie

Inverter disconnect switch arrived in broken condition. Tab broken off switch and switch would not remain closed.

Repointing the last face, the north face, of the almacen in Riocaliente, Asturias.

Peter Weston, Director of Investment Advisory Services at Energy4Impact, delivered a presentation at the Panel Session on innovative financing instruments to meet the mini-grid sector needs

We went once more "Up the Pyrenees mountains and down again" in 3 dauntless Land Rovers..

A video from last year's relaxed Land Rover drive through the Pyrenees: www.youtu.be/ja9FGhrygv0

When we bought our land in 1984 we had an old nonrunning school bus towed to the property.

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We're going traveling. With this solar power set-up we'll be off-grid capable.

The Transition area

Here at the Sunrise Off-Grid festival 2009

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VW T5 Glowing in the sunset looking out of Friston Forest

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Foggy morning on the north coast

Burying the meter long earth rod for the photovoltaic system at the off-grid Almacen, Riocaliente, Asturias, Spain.

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Working on the bathroom, almacen, Riocaliente

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Help needed in renovating my off-grid home with the aim of creating a warm comfortable welcoming space using sustainable, low cost, low impact materials.

CEO of AbzeSolar, H.R.H Princess Abze Djigma was one of the panelists participating in the Session: "Maximizing socio-economic benefits through off-grid renewable energy solutions"