Want to get off fossil fuels but don’t know where to start? Thinking about ditching utilities but overwhelmed by the complexity? Many off-grid advocates attest that countercultural living saves money and infuses meaning into daily life. For my environmentalists listening, burning fewer fossil fuels also means you’re living and breathing your pro-climate values.

On today’s show author and off-grid enthusiast Ryan Mitchell offers his best tips for stepping back from—but not completely abandoning— ...