Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Mo dern America

A rambling and unfocused book that is often infuriating on its lack of detail. There are a number of longer explorations of off-gridders, but for too many of them it's a cursory, 'I met them, they live here, they have solar power' and on to the next one. If the book had focused on a a smaller number, but looked into them in more depth, this would have been a far more interesting and informative book. The division of the chapters into religious, political etc reasons for going off grid is pretty weak, as most people seem to have multiple reasons for going off grid, a fact acknowledged by the author, which makes the artificial devisions even more perplexing.It's a fairly interesting read, but don't expect to come away with any great understanding of off-grid life.

Good read, not what I was expecting at all, but it does give some insight into a nomadic life. Good for the fact that it doesn't make you want to ssell up and leave, it shows a little of each aspect to the nomadic lifestyle, lack of free health care for one. well written and easy to follow.

WOW, what a book. Loads of information, insights and tails from off the grid. This could be the one book to give you the last bit of info you need to want to go do it..

Excelent book. This is not a Guide, but describes the question behind off grid living

Why are people "off the grid"?The writer tries to answer this question. From people just too poor to be on the grid to people just convinced from an ecological point of view, the writer meets all those kind of people and presents them to us in this book. I liked the interviews, but sometimes I don't get the objectif of the book. The positiv point is that the writer doesn't juge the peolpe interviewed.