The greatest takeaway from The Everything Guide to Living off the Grid is how many times you will ask yourself, “Why didn't I think of that?” Like any good teacher, this book asks you to think and to question your assumptions. You’ve made up your mind. You’re tired of the rat race, tired of high crime rates, tired of the local politics. It’s time to move off the grid. But where do you start? Sign up for classes on raising chickens? Go to the library and start researching solar power?
That’s where The Everything Guide to Living Off the Grid comes in. If your local community college offered a course in sustainable homesteading, this would be the required textbook.