Do-It-Yourself Projects To Get You Off The Grid: Rain Barrels Chicken Coops Solar Panels And More

Illustrated with full-color photographs accompanying easy-to-follow instructions, this unique collection utilizes the best that the online community has to offer, a mammoth database churning out ideas to make life better, easier, and, in this case, greener.

Here are fun, useful projects designed to get you thinking creatively about going green. Let the Instructables team illustrate just how simple it can be to make your own backyard chicken coop or turn a wine barrel into a rainwater collector.

Here, you will learn to:


Clip a chicken’s wings
Power your lawn mower with solar power
Create a chicken tractor for the city
Water your garden with solar power
Build a thermoelectric lamp
Create an algae bioreactor from water bottles
And much more!


Get started today—making your life greener. Get off the grid!