Black Hills Sustainable Living (and Black Hills Permaculture) exists to aid those in search of a more sustainable lifestyle.

Our aim is to identify methods of taking advantage of natural and renewable forms of energy production to produce what we need to live, and, perhaps, to be able to trade excess production with others for some of  their excess production.

We think it makes sense to use the powers nature already exercises to more efficiently warm, cool, clothe, house and feed ourselves.

If you want to "go back to the stone age" and attempt to live entirely without connection to the economic, political, and energy distribution grid, we think the information here will help.

We think it's more likely (and a more feasible approach) that you're interested in saving money (or its equivalents) while becoming less dependent on a power grid whose efficiency is subject to the whims of nature and man, and while impacting your natural environment less adversely.