An overview with descriptions of the alternatives to fossil fuels is provided. Sufficient details are given to enable the reader to proceeed with constructing or developing items like a biogas digester, designing a wind turbine, solar heater and other simple technologies. Alternative sources of Energy are not Hi-Tech,and even a layman can understand the principles involved. The Enabling of Rural Technologies should be the aim of even the Multinational Corporations. Every Indian citizen is enjoined by the Constitution to protect the Environment, and one of the essential tools is the knowledge of how alternative sources of Enenrgy could be used. It is hoped that such a study would be of use to students and the general reader.