Off the Grid

Catherine New

This Man Has Not Had A Bank Account In 14 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.07.2012

Josh Crawford, 42, of Squaw Valley, Calif., has not had a checking account or credit card in 14 years. But that has not stopped him from participating...

Aaron Sankin

A Small Victory For Food Trucks?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.13.2012

SAN FRANCISCO--California Assemblyman Bill Monning's proposed bill prohibiting food trucks from vending within 1,500 feet of any elementary, middle or...

Alec Soth: Escape Artist

Catherine Despont | Posted 05.02.2012

Catherine Despont

If there is something lonely and frightening in these images, there is also something dream-like and remembered -- something fed by our own fantasies -- the desire for freedom and safety, the desire to provide for oneself.

On Technology and Writing

Maddy Lederman | Posted 04.29.2012

Maddy Lederman

The story was called Edna In The Desert; a bratty Brentwood 13-year-old is shipped off to her grandparents for the summer, sans cell phone service or internet access. Edna had a tough technology withdrawal to look forward to along with some serious soul searching

Aaron Sankin

The End Of Our Food Truck Revolution?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.28.2012

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Even though House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently called food trucks "a model for small business innovation," other Californ...

Robin Wilkey

Street Food Just Got A Whole Lot Cooler

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 01.25.2012

Oh, the search for SF street food. Sure, you can chase Off the Grid around town or trek out to BFE Fort Mason to find all your favorites. But just try...

Carly Schwartz

Truckin With Nance: Our Lady Leader Goes Off The Grid

HuffingtonPost.com | Carly Schwartz | Posted 01.24.2012

Nancy Pelosi loves a good crab cake sandwich. The Baltimore native had the chance to try her birthplace's most famous delicacy -- Fog City style --...

Rocky Road: Food Trucks Clash With Downtown Businesses

| Posted 12.21.2011

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly. By Jonathan Kauffman When Anamika Khanna and Tim Volkema, two of Kasa Indian Eatery's owners, le...

Being Ok With A Cliche

Erin Byers Murray | Posted 12.28.2011

Erin Byers Murray

"She went off the grid to write a book about being off the grid so she could come back to a better place on the grid."

How Much Land Do You Need To Go Off The Grid?

Posted 10.24.2011

The original homesteaders, the pioneers who went West, were following the American dream as it was understood in the 19th century -- they wanted a hou...

'Gypsies': Kentucky Sisters Seek Social Security Numbers

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER and BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 10.14.2011

LONDON, Ky. -- For more than two decades, a pair of sisters in rural Kentucky have lived without Social Security numbers, doing odd jobs like bartendi...

PHOTOS: Awkward Corner Or SF's Hottest New Food Hub?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 09.20.2011

For a little over year, a shortcut on my daily commute led me to regularly travel down McCoppin Street. Hardly a day went by where I didn't bear witne...

Living Off The Grid And Growing Organic

Daniel Klein | Posted 09.10.2011

Daniel Klein

We weren't sure what to expect when we drove 12 miles into a Canyon in Utah to meet 70 year old twins, living off the grid, growing organic vegetables...

Education In Alaska: A Different Set Of Challenges

NPR | Will Stern | Posted 07.29.2011

The Southeast Island School District in remote Alaska is a tad different from yours and mine. Take the case of Garrick Obern-dorfer, who commutes to t...

Really Big and Off the Grid

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 07.10.2011

Robyn Griggs Lawrence

2011-05-10-greenpost.jpgMichael Funk's home is responsibly built and completely off the grid. It's solid, an heirloom in a jewel of a setting.

The Best Phone to Take Off-Grid

Nick Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Rosen

Being off the grid, your cellphone is the key piece of technology. Which to buy, how to use it and how to preserve the battery life are all critical decisions to off-grid knowledge workers.

Launching Off-the-Grid Settlements in the U.S.

Nick Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Rosen

I get about 20 emails a week from people who want to go live "off the grid" without utility power and water, so I launched landbuddy.com -- a way people could pool skills and resources.

WWOOFing: Off-the-Grid Living Tests Our Limits

Jen and Aaron Pattap | Posted 05.25.2011

Jen and Aaron Pattap

Positive: It's cold and raining outside but we're dry, safe, and cozy in a private cabin. Negative: We have no electricity.

Arne Backstrom's Body Recovered After Skiing Accident On Remote Peru Mountain

AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.25.2011

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian mountain rescue police brought the body of acclaimed freeskier Arne Backstrom down off 5,752-meter (18,780-foot) Pisco mou...

How to Cool Down While Powering Down (and Saving Money)

Nick Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Rosen

Here is a distillation of the lessons I learned while researching my book Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America.

There's Never Been a Better Time to Go Off the Grid

Nick Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Rosen

As the technology continues to improve, living off-grid has become more comfortable. Millions value the simplicity of off the grid living, and the freedom it confers because it is a low-cost existence.

'Off The Grid': 9 Amazing Attempts To Live Without The Electricity Grid (PHOTOS)

Nick Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Rosen

Those who seek to live this way want to do so without obstacles like zoning, building permits, or social ostracism (all of which I encountered).

Off The Grid: 8 Books On Living Outside The System

Los Angeles Times | Susan Salter Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Although books about carving out your own piece of the pie have been written ever since the Transcendentalists took issue with the direction that Amer...

Living Large in an Airstream

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Lee Schneider

Salwender believes the Airstream offers a more grounded way to travel, helping people connect with themselves, and as proof he offers a few stories.

Living Off The Grid: William Powers' Extraordinary 12 X 12

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Cope

Powers' book provides for an entrancing account of his time living in No Name Creek North Carolina after accepting an invitation from Dr. Jackie Benton to live in her cabin which has a 12 X 12 footprint and is completely off the grid.