In 2006, Les Stroud produced a special documenting his family's journey to building an off-the-grid home.
The show, Off the Grid with Les Stroud, chronicled the process of buying property and refitting an old farm house with solar and wind power, a rain catcher and well, as well as the adjustments the Stroud family had to make to adapt to this style of living.
This films depicts their journey.
Watch below, on Google Video, or another YouTube source.