My family and I have lived on an off-grid compound in the rural New Mexico desert for nearly five years. By “off-grid,” I mean we collect our own rainwater, grow much of our own food and source our ...

If you need to be connected to the internet but there's no Wi-Fi or cellular signal nearby, and not even an Ethernet port in sight, then you have to look up to the skies -- to the satellites whooshing ...

I've compiled a list of expenses I wish I'd known about before making the big move to off-grid living. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water ...

Being off-grid doesn't have to mean being offline. There are more options for pulling broadband from the sky than ever before. I’ve been living off-grid for almost half a decade, but I haven’t had to ...