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Use back button to escape frame Index - DIY and tinkering/science - Building - Power and off-grid living - general - Solar - Hydro - Pedal power - Off-grid equipment and products - Torches (flash lights) and LED info - Heating - Refrigeration and cooling - Water - Survival - Small is beautiful - downsizing, self-reliance and ecology matters - Other downsizers - Green products and services - Waste, avoiding it, dealing with it - Transport - Land flora and fauna and food production - Health, body, mind and spirit - Resources - Forums - For fun - For women - Campaigns, politics, legal, news - be informed - Other interesting stuff - Links - general - Error page for following links - check again, worth trying DIY, tinkering, science ■ Treehugger - Fuel cells ■ sustainablevillage.com - a lot of appropriate technology products, also good for inspiration. Not easy to navigate, but worth persevering ■ info.phys.uvic.ca - Thermodynamics ■ bio diesel ■ nativetech.org++ - native hide tanning (N. America) ■ goodfellow.com - Metals and materials for research and industry ■ howtomendit.com - how to mend anything - forum ■ pfaf.org - soap plants ■ candlepowerforums.com - on torches (flash lights) ■ flashlightreviews.com ■ flashlightrevies.com - modification details ■ futurehorizons.net - Free energy? ■ ***Common Compound Library++ - searchable, cross-reference ■ Mad Science Network ++ - search the archives, and ask questions anatomy to zoology, engineering, astronomy and more ■ how stuff works ■ journeyforever.org.at.htm - appropriate technology definition ■ eskimo.com - Cool Science - projects and links and fun stuff ■ ***sunnyjohn.com - devices, tools and nifty gadgets - great projects ■ ***sunnyjohn.com - homepage of above ■ selfhelpandmore.com - DIY made simple with forum ■ equipped.com - on LED flashlights and LED's ■ knots ■ realknots.com knots ■ lateralscience.co.uk - quirky stuff, curiosities, compelling ■ escimo.com - Tesla stuff ■ ***Rough Science - projects with few resources and much ingenuity Learn the basic principle of seemingly complex things in a practical hands-on way ■ jrwhipple.com - self-reliance, projects ■ jrwhipple.com - solar dehydrator from above site ■ stewardwood.org - DIY sheets - this is a frame site, and I can't give a direct link to the page, click on 'Resources', then 'Our expanding collection of DIY guides' at bottom left includes fun stuff like how to build a nukiller reactor ■ ukworkshop.co.uk - woodwork forum ■ beaverlake.homestead.com/ - some interesting stuff, but slow loading and bad links ■ solar dehydrator ■ canadianhomeworkshop.com - homeworkshop forum, site ■ diynot.com - home improvements guide ■ beaverlake.homestead.com - collecting water underground from the air ■ ironmongerdirect.co.uk - ironmongery ■ leofixings.com - fixings, ironmongery ■ romark.co.uk - ironmongery and more ■ sustainablevillage.com - wood shop ■ thesoapkitchen.co.uk - soap supplies ■ howstuff works.com ■ rural skills resource - newsgroup ■ Engines of our ingenuity ■ arrl.org - amateur radio news ■ ****cavemanchemistry.com - a chemistry course linked with history, quirky, fascinating, great experiments ■ primitive skills ■ espares.co.uk - spares for many appliances Building ■ ***backwoodshome.com - lady builder in the USA - great story ■ lowcarbon.co.uk - earthship project in UK ■ ***greenhomebuilding.com - Excellent site - many types of building techniques explained A must-see for the environmentally conscious builders ■ abeysmallcombe.com - earth and art architecture ■ geocities..../libertyhouse - earth formed/sheltered building - good concept. The email address did not work when I tried a while ago. Anyone know about this project, the person behind it, the progress? Please let me know ■ livos.co.uk - organic paints and varnishes - I use them, very good, reasonably priced ■ patternlanguage.com++ - the book is a design classic. I have used a number of the concepts in my development ■ ***treedome.com - the ultimate in green architecture, buildings and structures made from living trees. Excellent, a must-see ■ strawbalebuildingassociation.org.uk - in the UK ■ aecb.net - Association for environment conscious building ■ eere.energy.gov - energy efficiency in buildings, database US ■ sci-scotland.og.uk - Earthship images ■ earthshipconsultant.com - experience of earthship building ■ sanjuancounty.com - earthship chronicle ■ dwellwell.org - hand built houses Power and off-grid living - general ■ staev.com - ultra capacitors up to 5000F (yes, that is full farads!) ■ powerchips.com ■ tempcononline.com - thermocouples ■ varmaraf.is - thermator thermoelectric generators ■ off-grid.net - Off-Grid news ■ green-trust.org - slotted disc turbine ■ backwoodshome.com - article on independent power supply ■ rebelwolf.com- energy self sufficiency newsletter PDF ■ offgrid.homestead.com - Off-gridders ■ backwoodshome.com - paring down for off-grid living ■ toshiba.co.jp - Toshiba Lithium-Ion quick charge batteries ■ otherpower.com - the cutting edge of low technology ■ treehugger.com - direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) ■ fas.org - the Malone liquid based engine (PDF) ■ mech.ed.ac.uk - more malone ■ pubmedcentral.nih.gov - heat engines with liquids ■ baileycraft.com - more heat engines ■ sustainablevillage.com - Multi-Purpose Independence Tool Kit - treadle powered multipurpose device ■ cashncarrion.co.uk - wind-up phone mobile phone charger with LED torch ■ mobilefun.co.uk - ditto. ■ goholistic.co.uk - ditto ■ watermotor.net - shaft energy from water ■ off-grid.net - solar powered hydrogen production ■ hydrogen experiment ■ juiced.ca - alternative energy Canada Solar ■ aeesolar.com solar energy design guide and catalogue ■ treehugger.com - coatable, plastic, flexible photovoltaics ■ pyronet.50megs.com - home-made solar panels ■ sunmachine.de - the sun machine, sterling cycle ■ backwoodssolar.com - goods and information on going off-grid (solar biased) ■ solarcentury.co.uk - Total solar roof - electric and hot water Hydro ■ microhydropower.com - makers of the Water Baby, Stream Engine and Low Head generator(also sell direct) ■ otherpower.com - hydro electricity ■ Ampair - maker of submersible generators ■ a Stream Engine hydro system in the Penines ■ norrisscreen.com coanda screens for hydro intake ■ norrisscreen.com intake screens ■ Pico Hydro website ■ watermotor.net - using a small turbine-power shaft assembly to power tools directly ■ wildwaterpower.com - an unusual water wheel, pressurizes slow moving water Pedal power ■ otherpower.com - made from 3 speed bicycle ■ oneforindia.org - generator ■ econvergence.net - Pedal-a-Watt ■ windstreampower.com - generators to purchase, two models ■ stewardwood.org - the pedal generator at Steward's Woods community ■ sustainablevillage.comtreadle power to be precise, a universal driver for tools and more ■ pedalpro.com - outboard pedal power for boat Off-grid equipment and products ■ thegeorgeoutdoors.co.uk outdoor equipment incl. 12V water heater, possibly suitable as diversion load (must be sized properly for your system), and storm kettle ■ modernoutpost.com - dynamo shaver ■ modernoutpost.com - hand crank blender - on my shopping list! ■ riverswayleisure.co.uk - low wattage and DC products more (UK) ■ roadpro.co.uk - 12V products incl. cheap water heater (beverage), usable maybe as dump load ■ In Car Comfort - more 12V appliances ■ soalrexpert.com - Go Solar - Inverter information ■ green-trust.org++ - Anderson PowerPoles, a modular connector - pity they are not more widely available ■ andersonpower.com - PowerPoles ■ hydrogenappliances.com - submersible water heaters ■ windstreampower.com - independent power products, including pedal generator ■ backwoodssolar.com - wide selection of off-grid goods and equipment ■ backwoodssolar.com - from bulbs to bed warmers and more, and a DC isolator for cord less phones Torches (flash lights) and LED info ■ surplusshed.com - solar LED torch ■ skylight-swiss.com - solar LED torch (flashlight) ■ flashlight reviews.com - and modification details must-see for torch enthusiasts and tinkerers ■ windturbine-1.com - LED information ■ equipped.com LED information Heating ■ cabelas.com - Eco fan - powered by the wood stove to circulate hot air Refrigeration and cooling ■ Crosby Icy balls ■ Patent office list ■ riverswayleisure.co.uk - 12V compressor cool box ■ backwoodshome.com - keeping food cold ■ waeco.co.uk - the manufacturer of 12V compressor driven refrigerators and cool boxes ■ kollmann-marine.com - an expert on marine refrigeration, gateway to refrigeration forum ■ kollmann-marine.com - refrigeration forum ■ exair.com - vortex tubes, splitting compressed air into a cold and hot stream ■ newmantools.com - more vortex tubes ■ avxcel.com - marine refrigeration ■ projects.bre.co.uk - some really cool links, if you pardon the pun a number of innovative cooling methods explained, with such novelties as thermo acoustic cooling ■ projects.bre.co.uk - sources of information on innovative cooling techniques ■ boat appliances - ■ howstuffworks.com - thermoaccoustics ■ howstuffworks.com - refrigeration ■ p-a-hilton.co.uk - vapor compression heat pump cycle, demonstration unit PDF ■ backwoodshome.com - article, keeping your food cold off-grid ■ live.psu.edu - thermo acoustic ■ acs.psu.edu - thermo acoustic ■ sciencentral.com - thermo acoustics ■ patft.uspto.gov - thermo acoustics patent ■ theepicenter.com - pallet root cellar Water ■ bigfootmfg.com - well drilling equipment, small scale ■ beaverlake.homestead.com - collecting water underground from the air Survival ■ bushcraftuk.co.uk - Lapp Puukko knife supplier in the UK ■ btcv.org.uk - the Kelly kettle and other outdoor equipment ■ bushcraftuk.com - Bush craft forum ■ fire piston ■ millenium-ark.net - Dare to Prepare book ■ survival.com - Hoods Wood Survival ■ justpeace.org - Preparednes, practical wisdom for daily living ■ Pat Gardiner - article - are self sufficiency and survivalism different things? ■ nodoom.com - Book - No such Thing as Doomsday ■ survival-center.com - The Big List - preparednes list ■ hollowtop.com - Granny's Country Store - primitive survival supplies ■ trackertrail.com++ - ****excellent bushcraft site ■ trackertrail.com - fire piston ■ firepistons.com - fire piston ■ thetradingpost.co.uk - Tregor outdoor equipment, sell the Lapp Puukko knife ■ equipped.com - reviews on outdoor/survival equipment and techniques ■ millenium-ark.net - preparednes site ■ bbc.co.uk - slug eating risks ■ leafcycle.co.uk - leaf curd a true survival food ■ hollowtop.com - primitive skills book ■ survivalforum.com - survival forum ■ loompanics.com - **** controversial books Small is beautiful - down sizing, self-reliance and ecology matters ■ backwoodshome.com - many articles on self-reliance and more ■ gotoreviews.com - Meta efficient ■ geopathfinder.com - ***alternative lifestyle, very good ideas, highly recommended ■ backwoodshome.com - ***excellent article about living in a small space ■ care2.com - ***healthy home solutions - many recipes, hints and tips ■ thehempire.com - - all things hemp ■ notsobighouse.com - author's website ■ bmj.bmjjournals.com++ - ***The Second Gasoline War and how we can prevent the third article in BMJ ■ wowzone.com - ****The 100th monkey - critical mass, and a glimmer of hope ■ bytesmiths.com++ - Van to camper conversion and run on vegetable oil ■ rainbowbody.net - Chief Seattle speaks ■ verdant.net - christmas alternative ■ buynothingchristmas.org - the (anti)christmas page(s) ■ earthcouncil.net - earth's carrying capacity ■ census.gov - US Census Bureau, world population figures ■ census.gov - Information on world population ■ bestfootforward.com - ecological footprint calculator ■ energybulletin.net - the long fingers of petroleum ■ downsizer.net - Downsizer - advice on downsizing, also with forum ■ simpleliving.net - Tools, examples and contacts for simple living ■ mrsharkey.com - list of bus conversions ■ Richard's personal site - with thought provoking material ■ simpleliving.com - Simple living online magazine ■ Creators not Consumers - ■ downthelane.net - downsizing ■ downsizer.net - green DIY funerals ■ greenmetropolis.com - book exchange ■ motherearthnews.com - for selfrelient living ■ countrysidemagazine.com - for a self-reliant life style ■ dieoff.org - ****world population issue ■ frugalfun.com - frugal living ■ lowimpact.org - low impact initiative, skills and advise to reduce your impact ■ jrhipple.com - self-reliance ■ mobilehomestead.com - nomadic life style ■ northdoorway.com - homestead outfitters ■ treehugger.com - ews blog of green products and ideas ■ trumpeter.athabascau.ca - Ecosophy ■ selfsuffishintish.com - downsizing, with a slant on urban almost self sufficiency ■ moderntradingpost.com - supplier of many essentials - a haven for the selfrelient person and off-grid products ■ modernoutpost.com - outdoor equipment ■ lehmans.com - more self reliant essentials and off-grid products ■ diaperfreebaby.org - babies don't need diapers - how its done ■ rewild.org - going feral Other downsizers ■ Pat Gardiner - self-sufficiency in style ■ Pat Gardiner - 'outlaws' article ■ stewardwood.org - ****alternative community in the UK with lots of practical information ■ solarhaven.org - ****great site on alternative lifestyle ■ geopathfinder.com - downsizing ■ geopathfinder.com - ****alternative lifestyle, very good ideas, highly recommended ■ downthelane.net - downsizing experience Green products and services ■ gotorevies.com - MetaEfficient products, or so they say ■ dermaglow.co.uk++ - natural cosmetics ■ ecolots.co.uk - green advertising platform ■ blahdeeblah.co.uk - ethical webdirectory ■ greenisp.net - green ISP ■ naturalcollection.com - natural cosmetics range from the Natural Collection ■ naturalcollection.com - Natural Collection, a variety of products ■ aromantic.co.uk - natural cosmetics and skin care products ■ ecostreet.co.uk - eb directory of eco-friendly and sustainable living ■ greenfibres.com - Green Fibres - organic clothes, linen, fabrics, fibres, bedding ■ btcv.org.uk - storm kettle ■ naturaldiscovery.co.uk - green products, general ■ pakucho.co.uk - organic, naturally coloured T shirts Waste, avoiding it, dealing with it ■ diaperfreebaby.org - babies don't need diapers - how its done ■ espares.co.uk - spares for many appliances ■ freecycle.org - recycling your unwanted goods with other people ■ wahmsearchengine.com - frugal living ■ sunfrost.com - ****maker of the Scrap Eater - solar composter ■ ecopatio.com - another supplier for the Scrap Eater ■ jenkinspublishing.com - build your own sawdust toilet ■ jenkinspublishing.com - pictures ■ green-trust.org++ - build your own sawdust toilet ■ weblife.org - ***Humanure Handbook online, free ■ cityfarmer.org - worm composting ■ troubleatmill.com - ***build your own stackable worm composter on a budget ■ recycleworks.co.uk - recycling products and information ■ the Jean Pain composting method ■ more on Jean Pain ■ wasteonline.org.uk - information on waste ■ verdant.net - techniques to saving resources and money Transport ■ bio diesel ■ eco-car.net - electric scooters etc. ■ ctc.org.uk - the UK's National Cyclist's organization ■ freewheelers.co.uk - organized lift sharing in the UK ■ liftshare.org - more lift sharing in the UK ■ fuelcelltoday.com - fuel cell motorbike ■ articles on cycle motors, mopeds and similar ■ lifecycleuk.org.uk - cycling promoting charity ■ sheldonbrowns.org.uk - Sheldon Brown's cycles ■ sustrans.org.uk - Sustrans organization promoting walking, cycling and public transporting the UK ■ atob.org.uk - bikes on trains in the UK ■ National environmental transport body in the UK ■ cobr.co.uk - cycle shop and info Land flora and fauna and food production ■ acousticecology.org - sound in the environment ■ alanaecology.com - field equipment for naturalists ■ sonic.net - ancient bristle cone pine, the worlds oldest living inhabitant at 4,767 years of age ■ news.bbc.co.uk - an Australian discovery, the botanical equivalent of finding a live dinosaur offspring to go on sale for the general public ■ news.bbc.co.uk - slugs ■ bioImages.org.uk - virtual field guide UK ■ botanical.com - Electronic version of A Modern Herbal ■ handbooks.btcv.org.uk - handbooks, online - rural skills ■ buglife.org.uk - the invertebrate Conservation Trust ■ permaculture.dhs.org - building top soil ■ careforthewild.com - Care for the Wild - helping wild animals around the world, wildlife protection ■ rspb.org.uk - common questions on birds ■ english-nature.org.uk - English Nature - wildlife gardening ■ growing vegetables ■ care2.com - how to handle a wildlife emergency ■ life cycle and biology of slugs and snails ■ northmoortrust.co.uk - poultry agroforestry ■ realtime.net - reference guide for herbs ■ pawpaw info ■ rbgkew.org.uk - data available from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ■ bbc.co.uk - helping wildlife ■ bbc.co.uk - ****the secrets of El Dorado, transcript of the Horizon program on the search for the legendary city, and a more precious discovery - black soil ■ scrolla.hw.ac.uk - solar geometry calculator, useful tool for placement choice relative to sun exposure ■ scrolla.hw.ac.uk - solar movement, as above ■ jelsim.org - more solar graphs, interactive ■ jelsim.org - (screen shot only) sun and shadow, interactive ■ rogersmushrooms.com - the excellent Roger Phillips mushroom book online ■ secretworld.org.uk - - wildlife rescue in the UK ■ gardeningguild.com - Yeoman's gardening guild, irreverent, useful for the lazy and tight-pursed (though you pay for most of the advice) ■ treedome.com - ****living structures and buildings, excellent must-see ■ weather lore - ■ theseedsite.co.uk - weeds, and how to recognize them during different stages, incl. as seedlings ■ plants.usda.gov - plants database USA ■ growbiointensive.org - biointensive gardening ■ verdant.net - organic gardening ■ rain.org - soil food web ■ recycling.moonfruit.com - **** recycled container growing, some good ideas, slow loading site ■ nettles.org.uk - about nettles ■ lehmans.com - shelling sunflower seeds article ■ alsnetbiz.com - Boric acid, natures insecticide, antiseptic etc ■ countrysideinfo.co.uk++ - Offwell Woodland and Wildlife Trust ■ millenium-ark.net - canning links ■ millenium-ark.net - canning basics Health, Body, Mind and Spirit ■ nlm.nih.gov - medical encyclopedia ■ care2.com - which plastics are safe for lunch box ■ earthnotes.tripod.com - basic principles and skills for herbalism ■ doctoryourself ■ happyjuicer.com - juicer comparisment chart ■ juicersonline.co.uk - Z-star manual all-purpose juicer, similar to Sampson ■ bargainjuicers.com - another source for above juicer ■ leafcycle.co.uk - ****information on leafu, a tofu like protein food derived from leaves real survival food ■ link list of many sites on health topics - ■ shirleys-wellness-cafe.com++ - ****excellent site with information on alternatives for you and your animal friends ■ realtime.net - reference guide for herbs ■ bbc.co.uk - sleep ■ lucidity.com - lucid dreaming ■ growing and juicing wheat grass - ■ pantheism.net - belief form ■ earthcouncil.net - the importance of play ■ alsnetbiz.com - Boric acid, natures insecticide, antiseptic etc ■ perfume allergies Resources ■ babel.altavista.com - Babelfish translator ■ google.com - Google's translator ■ exchangerate.com - Exchange rate calculator ■ filext.com - learn about file extensions (computer) ■ infobel.com - Infobel, global telephone directory ■ yell.com - Yellow Pages ■ archive.org - internet archive, retrieve defunct pages ■ onelook.com - Dictionary ■ chemie.de - chemical look-up (English pages on German site) ■ wikipedia.org++ - online encyclopedia ■ calculatorcat.com - calculating and converting - clocks, moon phases, body mass and more ■ radiotimes.com - get the online TV guide and save paper and money - UK ■ tvzap.com - another TV guide for the UK ■ how stuff works ■ guardian.co.uk - a selection of resource links ■ google.com - book texts ■ martindalecenter.com - list of resource links ■ iaf.net - address finder in the US, also reverse telephone numbers ■ spices reference Forums ■ A Country Life ■ Green-Trust - sustainable living ■ EcoForum - sustainable living ■ Off-grid news - more a blog than a forum, but comments welcome ■ Earthships - ■ Homesteading Today - ■ Down the Lane - downsizing ■ Selfsufficientish - self sufficiency (nearly) with an urban slant ■ Otherpower's forum - off-gridders ■ dslreports.com - broadband - international ■ dslreports.com - dtto, UK ■ The Environment site - ■ how to mend anything - ■ candlepower Forum - for torches (flash lights) ■ Greenmatters - ask questions and get answers ■ Frugal Living - ■ River Cottage - ■ refrigeration forum - ■ bush craft forum - ■ selfhelpforums.com - DIY discussions ■ woodworking ■ survivalforum.com ■ otherpower.com - renewable energy For fun ■ lawsidepupils.co.uk - Gary Larson ■ users.ox.uk - lots of humor links ■ wackykatz.com - Kitties, almost risque ■ saidwhat.co.uk - quotes, sayings etc. ■ artemisports.com - belly dance patterns ■ alabe.com - free astrological chart ■ google.com - satellite fly over - see our wonderful planet, every corner of it ■ howstuffworks.com - a tutorial for google earth can be found at ■ multimap.com - for better resolution aerial photos in the UK ■ evidence of Saddam's atrocities - ■ calculatorcat.com - moon phases ■ snopes.com - urban legends ■ davidicke.net - who was Jesus humor For women ■ eco feminism ■ mooncup.co.uk - the reusable menstrual cup ■ scarleteen.com - myths about washable pads dispelled ■ backwoodshome.com - ****Woman builder in the USA, vertical log cabin (and I thought that was my idea) - great story Campaigns, politics, legal, news, controversial - be informed ■ mcspotlight.org - the McDonald campaign ■ Hansard (House of Commons daily debates) records - ■ enough.org - anti consumerism campaign ■ stopthehogs.com - campaign for farm animals ■ truthout.org - the news CNN probably won't show ■ positivenews.org.uk ■ caerlas.org.uk **** human rights case - what is a home? ■ unlearning.org - the institute of unlearning - see through the crap ■ subliminal.org - ■ unlearning.org - book - The American Messiah Other interesting stuff ■ samizdat.com - tips article on the perils of working from home ■ ditchmonkey.blogspot.com - blog of a man living rough to raise money for trees ■ downthelane.net - article on dowsing ■ biomimicry ■ earthwise-uk.com - earthwise gathering UK ■ wilber.shambhala.com - author Ken Wilber - philosophy Links - general ■ downsizer.net - links to many sites ■ another link collection - ■ timsbrain.com - thoughts and links on various environmental subjects - a good resource ■ solstice.crest.org - green directory for renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living Error page for following links - check again, also sites under construction ■ (shopping) ■ Covenant Acres site map ■ ■ ■ article by rabbi on God, the Tsunami and Generosity ■ survival http://www.gburnett.unisonplus.net/Perma/ http://www.nakedpines.com/nakedpinesstoneworks.htm ***http://www.methane-gas.com/ metahne gas (http://web.archive.org/web/20040612094637/methane-gas.com/) from archive http://www.covenantacres.com/sitemap.html http://www.covenantacres.com/HomemadeProjects.html http://www.algonet.se/~parlei/psg/index.html primitive skills ***http://www.icomm.ca/survival/ survival is a state of mind (http://web.archive.org/web/20041116003404/http://www.icomm.ca/survival/) from archive ***http://www.flash.net/~blhill/pages.aux/pond/recipes.html fake rock (http://web.archive.org/web/20020802200055/http://www.flash.net/~blhill/pages.aux/pond/recipes.html#lowell) from archive |