Articles and videos about LEF

Articles

Direct Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries. Low-Tech Magazine (based in France) published this lengthy, well-researched article, mostly about LEF. It talks a lot about optimal utilization, AKA “community is the magic bullet that makes renewable energy work.”

Power Shift, Award-winning Living Energy Farm Makes Living Off-grid Sustainable. This article by Matt Dhillon at Cville Weekly is one of the best brief summaries of LEF we have ever seen.

Decolonizing Puerto Rico Through Solar Power.  Article by Megan McGee, published by Truthdig, an excellent review of our work in Puerto Rico.

On a Virginia Farm and Abroad, DC Microgrids with a Twist. An article by Microgrid Knowledge about the DC Microgrid at LEF, and our outreach projects.

Bringing DC Solar Systems to Native American Reservations. An article from Electrical Contractor Magazine about our work on the Diné and Hopi Reservations in 2020.

International Permaculture has done 2 articles on LEF. One is in issue #93, Autumn 2017, and the second is in issue #94, Winter 2017.

Article about LEF at the Atlantic Online Magazine

Article about LEF in The Central Virginian

LEF on CNN

Cville weekly in Charlottesville VA

Slideshow produced by Alexis a while ago 

Videos

How to Live Without Fossil Fuel (Introductory Video)

Powering a Community with Solar Electricity (LEF has the only DC powered community that we know of, here’s how it works) 

The Best Way to Store Off-Grid Energy 

Batteries that Last (almost) Forever 

Virginia Homegrown created a program at LEF (the LEF part starts at the 29 minute mark in the program) 

Featured on Eco Commune Tour – Living Energy Farm (circa 2015)

Running a machine shop with solar energy

How to never pay an electric bill

Our solar powered Grain Mill