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Audio Slide Show: Living simply off the grid

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Published Monday, July 07, 2008

Machel Piper and Febe Dancier simplified their lives and built a cob house in rural Winter, Wis. The friends live in the 175-square-foot clay, sand and straw house without electricity or running water.