Portugal fugitive lived in caves
An escaped murderer who spent 16 years on the run hiding in caves and living mainly off fruit has been recaptured in northern Portugal, police have said. The 54-year-old man tried to resist arrest when...
Utah cave dweller thrives without money
Daniel Suelo gets the same question, all the time. "Why?" The 48-year-old kneels in front of the desert cave he calls home, sips cedar tea from a chipped mug and explains, again, why he has intentionally...
I live without cash – and I manage just fine
In six years of studying economics, not once did I hear the word "ecology". So if it hadn't have been for the chance purchase of a video called Gandhi in the final term of my degree, I'd probably have ended up...
A History Of Self Reliance
Though rooftop solar power, 500-mile diets and home-brewed biodiesel may seem like a new trend, humans have been going back to the land for centuries. Here is an abbreviated timeline of the high points in...