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Passive Income Streams and Off the Grid Living

Some people might like the excitement of Urban night life and culture while others might enjoy the pure Americana of Suburbia. In good economic times these lifestyles aren’t extremely difficult to support. Metropolitan hubs like these have many opportunities to find employment or opportunities to sell products and services to those workers. Trying to…

Off the Grid December Update

Off the Grid December Update

Hello loyal readers and those just dropping in to check out, welcome to our Off the Grid December Update. Just a quick update from us at GridRebellion.com. This is our second update and our third month since being launched. I’m still trying to get on a regular posting schedule. So bear with us as we enter a steady state of operation. I look forward to 2015 as we take…

Restoration Agriculture

My rule of thumb for a great book on things I’m interested to learn is if I want to put the book down half way through and start doing what the author is writing about. Mark Shepard’s book Restoration Agriculture definitely fits that bill. I would highly recommend this book to anyone into self sufficiency , sustainable living or even someone looking to start a business…

Omega 3 Rich Food – Purslane

Omega 3 Fatty Acids Rich Super Food

I was wrestling with how to categorize this article. Is it a Wildcrafting article, Medicinal or Super Foodarticle? Well anything packed with essential nutrients and is widely available is super in my book! Most people’s diets are deficient in Omega 3. Problem is, it’s hard to find good sources outside of fish and meat. Well look no farther then your feet; you…

Urban Permaculture Tour

  Green-Wood Cemetery Gate

  I’ve been reading Restoration Agricultureby Mark Shepard. So when I got an email about an Urban Permaculture Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn from the New York Permaculture Meetup group, I quickly got excited about the many varieties I’d see to potentially add to my planned restoration farm. Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 and…

November Off the Grid Update

November Off the Grid Update

Well it’s been close to a month since launching GridRebellion.com! The initial work to get the site up running and functioning well seems to have slowed down so I can now focus on providing great content on off the grid living , homesteading and permaculture for you the reader. Be sure to sign up for our email newsletter to get all the updates and get exclusive deals.

Blindly Trusting in These 10 Fragile Systems Can Get You Killed

The 10 Fragile Systems that can get you killed

Have you ever stood on or rode something that seemed stable to you, but after you got on it, said “Woe, I almost broke my neck on that thing”. The first time I ever rode a horse was like that. It was a real nice friendly horse and we got along well but once our guide took us from the beginner trail onto the advanced trail, things got a little hairy…

Want to Know How to Invest in Gold?

  Just Got My Karatbar in the Mail!

Just got my first Karatbar in the mail and it really surpassed my expectations. Watch the video where I highlight some of the features of Karatbars.

I’ve been involved in the gold and silver markets for over 8 years. I know of no better way for someone new to the market to invest in gold. You don’t need to worry about numismatic value of rare coins or trust…

Log Burners of the World, Attention Please

Imagine heating your home for the year with 1/10th the amount of wood used by a conventional wood burning stove producing 1/1000th of the smoke! Imagine heating your home for the day on a few twigs and branches or even just junk mail. Rocket Mass Heaters are an incredibly efficient wood burning stoves that you can build inexpensively yourself.

Wood…