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If you want to introduce alternative power supplies around the house and garden or even live totally off-grid in your boat, caravan or yurt and need a practical introduction to solar power and 12 volt supplies, here is the essential eBook guide to the subject.

When the power goes out, you need to be prepared. A solar powered generator is a great way to have electricity during an emergency, but buying one can be expensive. Fortunately, you can build your own solar powered generator for a fraction of the cost, often less than $300. This handy, step-by-step guide will show you how.

So what do you do when the power goes out? Do you fumble around in the dark looking for candles or a torch to light the way? Is it an inconvenience or a major disaster when you lose the mains?Well, look no further.This eBook is a how to guide, with comprehensive instructions that will enable you to benefit from my experience and research, and build your very own small solar power system even on a modest budget.So discover how easy it is to make your own small solar ...

Eric Layton, a well-known solar expert, wrote this guide for readers that are trying to build their own solar or wind system.Using pictures, this do-it-yourself (DIY) solar and wind system was built with a battery back-up system. His new book is a comprehensive guide on the design, thought process, equipment, and technique on designing this DIY system. Using photographs taken throughout the building process, he covers why he chose certain components in addition to any issues buildi...

StovemanshipThe wood stove is making a comeback where firewood is cheap enough and concerns with air pollution don't prohibit its use. This article is directed at the safe and efficient use of the small portable wood stove when weight is not a major problem, in winter camping by toboggan, on the remote trap line, in horse packing and canoeing.

This book describes the basics of the Stirling engine, as well as some of the most promising alternative models, how to go about building them and how they can be used to generate power for home use. Home power generation is not new. You can buy home generator kits and solar panels by the ton. The main problem is they cost so much. The Stirling is astonishingly easy to make and can be built from scrap or commonly found components at a fraction of the cost of a home solar kit and yet produc...

Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival - Gems from Wilderness Arts and Recreation MagazineThis manual covers the following - Clothing-Sleeping Bag-Axe-Saw-Knife-Fire-Shelter-Bush Bed-The Most Edible Boreal Plants and Mushrooms-Cooking-Signal Fires-Current Survival Knowledge-Survival Kits for Pedestrian, Vehicle and Aircraft-Map and Compass-River Crossing-High Altitude Travel-Insects-Bear Safety-Lightning-Quicksand and finally Basic Ropework.Written ...

The Lean-To and It's Variants Used in Survival and Bush Bough BedsOpen Fronted Lean-to Principles, The Simple Open-Fronted Lean-to, Thermal Mass Version, Insulation Version, The Open-Fronted Lean-to Made of Flexible Materials, More Than One Occupant, Bough Beds, The Simple Bed, The Standard Mat, The Deluxe Bed, Larger Beds, Making a Winter Snow-Based Bed are all covered.Written by Mors Kochansk

A Survival Kit Shelter, The Super Shelter and Some of It's VariantsThe topic of bush survival shelters can be extensive and complex. To some, shelter simply means a roof over one's head, a place to get in out of the rain or more generally, something that provides protection from the various discomforts imposed by the environment. This article covers the physics behind shelter design and useage and the super shelter and some of it's variants.Written by Mors ...

Fire Skills for the Northern ForestKnowledge Helpful in Lighting FiresMany factors participate in the process of combustion. If these factors are identified and understood firelighting may be less of a challenge and skills may be acquired more quickly.Written by Mors Kochanski

“The Joy of Hobby Farming will guide you toward self-sufficiency and restore your faith in your own two hands, if you’d just start digging.” —Ferenc Maté, author of A Vineyard in TuscanyWhen the farm is a lifestyle, but not quite a way to earn a living, it’s considered hobby farming. Most of us want to live a sustainable and healthy life in which we protect the environment and keep it safe from development and overproduction. But we can take this ...