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  • Off Grid Living for Beginners

  • Step-by-Step Guide from Planning to Building a Homestead to Living Off the Land and Become Self-Sufficient
  • By: Emma Nora
  • Narrated by: Dr. Michelle Savage
  • Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (45 ratings)

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Off Grid Living for Beginners

By: Emma Nora
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Leave the chaos of city life for a true feeling of independence and self-sufficiency.

Are you getting increasingly dissatisfied and disillusioned with the nonstop daily grind?

Do you find yourself daydreaming about lakes, forests, trails, and cultivating the land…as your officemates drone on about their favorite movies and awesome video games?

Do you value environmental health, sustainability, renewable energy, and related advocacies more than your conventional-minded friends do?

If these are your realities, even while being surrounded by the comforts of modern living, you just might be cut out for a wonderful life off the grid!

Home Power Magazine says there are close to 200,000 families living off the grid in the United States. Worldwide, the figure is estimated to be around two billion. Evidently, there are countless individuals and families who have turned their dream of flourishing off the grid into reality. Like you, they have longed for a more autonomous, less wasteful, and nature-based lifestyle, and because they are now living the off-grid dream, it means you can, too.

This comprehensive guide will take you through each strategic step in the process of preparing, building, and finally settling into a healthy and productive life independent from grid technology.

In Off Grid Living for Beginners, you will discover:

  • Why living off the grid is an exceedingly viable alternative to the hectic city lifestyle
  • The six-step long-term approach used by successful homestead dwellers that you can adopt to your own situation
  • How to practice living off the grid while you’re still completely dependent on grid technology
  • How to determine if a land property is ideal for off-grid home building
  • How you can stay connected to the outside world from your off-grid home
  • Practical instructions for beginners on small-scale agriculture, livestock raising, and other means of living off the land
  • Why and how you can live well in a rural setting, even if you’ve always been a city dweller
  • How to set up water, energy, heating, cooling, composting systems, and more, which are crucial to living off the grid
  • Over 10 ways of earning enough income to sustain your off-grid lifestyle

And, much more.

The mere prospect of abandoning everything and everyone in the city for an uncertain existence on some rural homestead may be enough to discourage you. In honest, practical terms, Off Grid Living for Beginners explains each of the different options you can take. You can live off the grid only partially, for instance, and if you wish to detach completely from grid-technology networks, there are proven strategies for a safe, smooth, and successful transition. It’s going to be a challenge, certainly, but you will be working toward invaluable, lifelong benefits.

If you’re ready to embrace off-grid living and enjoy the rewards of self-sufficiency in a natural environment, then scroll up, and click the “buy now” button right now.

©2021 Emma Nora (P)2021 Emma Nora
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Exactly what I needed!

This book covers it all. I have been interested in off-grid living for a while but have never known where to start. I now feel like I have the knowledge to start to move my lifestyle more off the grid. I loved the section on how you can still stay connected to the real world even when living off-grid. It is packed with so much knowledge; I will be listening to it a second time.

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A well balanced guide

An interesting subject. I like the fact the author presented both the positives and the negatives to living off grid. The ideas and methods are practical and provide a sensible jumping off point for anyone thinking of leaving the rat race and starting a more peaceful lifestyle.

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It's possible

I didn’t know living off the grid was even possible. This book has highlighted all of the necessary pieces to living off the grid for beginners. My main concern was making enough money to afford the lifestyle of living off the grid and the book did a great job outlining several ways I could do it and still make enough to survive.

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Excellent information

i love the idea of living off the grid , so this book was full of great info . step by step guide to help u choose the right place and how to live off the land and become self-sufficient. now I just need to find the right place

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Freedom from the chaos

I've always wanted to disconnect from my phone and be more in tune to nature and the simple things in life.

This book has inspired me to do so, as well as becoming more self-sufficient. Good book. Would recommend.

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Off grid living for a noob like me

Thanks, Emma for your audiobook. I was an Off-Grid Noob before listening to your audiobook but not anymore! I like the details, tips, and tricks you mention in every chapter. Especially the suggestion to try living Off-Grid when living on the Grid. To learn how to avoid common mistakes and experience the pros and cons before making the jump to this amazing way of life.

I recommend this audiobook to everyone that is interested in learning about the Off-Grid way of life!

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First step to my dream life

This book is packed with a ton of information. It has everything you need to start living off the grid! I have always lived in cities, and I am so tired of the fast-paced and stressful lifestyle. Living off-grid is my dream, but it has always seemed impossible to me until now. With the information I learned in this book, I feel more motivated and confident to change my lifestyle.

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Great Book!! Perfect for off the grid lovers!

I love this book, it covers so many concepts for living conscientiously and sustainably. Concise and informative.

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Best book on living of the grid!

A great book to teach about how to live off the grid. This book is very honest, deglamorizing living off the grid since it sounds easy enough, and giving the reader numerous tips on how to live off the grid either fully, or partially. Emma continues with honest talk that it can be expensive to go solar since the mindset is that it wouldn't cost that much. Describing in detail how to live off the grid in a friend-to-friend type demeanor made listening very enjoyable.

I also appreciated that Emma also included how to get off of public electricity. as well as checking state laws as that not all states will allow it. This is a detail that I've rarely heard about and happy to hear that as a reminder. She also discusses starting a garden adding that getting the kids evolved will teach them good work ethics since " there is always something to do".

The narrator is very easy to listen to with an enthusiastic voice that also made listening enjoyable. There is a lot of good material and information in each chapter whether the reader is interested in a complete shift to self-sustainability, or wants to be partially.

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This is the book I've been waiting for

The year 2020 made me rethink a lot of things. Primary among them is how dependent I am on well, everyone else to get what I need, and I'd love to work toward being more self-sufficient. I don't think i'll go all the way with this idea, but it's really fun to read about. And, I plan to incorporate a lot of the things I learned. Excellent narrator too. Recommend!

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