The Moneyless Manifesto By Mark Boyle
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The book was written by Mark Boyle, who has written a number of other interesting books:
- The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living (2010)
- The Moneyless Manifesto (2012)
- Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi (2015)
- The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology (2019)
Table Of Contents
I.
Acknowledgements and Contributors
II.
Forward by Charles Eisenstein
Introduction.
Introduction
A reluctant author
All art is propaganda
Chapter 1. The Money Delusion.
The Money Delusion
Moneyless philosophy and the delusion of self
The Monetary Culture
Time isn’t money
Real community requires interdependency
Our disconnection from what we consume
The personal, social, ecological and economic consequences of money
The Division of Labour (DOL) married to money
Money causes waste
Gross inequality through the storing of value
Prostitution is to sex what buying and selling is to giving and receiving
Time to choose a new story?
Chapter 2. The Moneyless Menu.
The Moneyless Menu
The gift economy
The 100% local economy
Resource-based economy and “pay-it-forward”
Chapter 3. The POP model.
The POP model
Moneyless women and men
Chapter 4. Challenges and transitional strategies.
Challenges and transitional strategies
Current human culture
Addiction to industrialisation
Land ownership
Planning permission for low / zero impact living
Council tax – the tax on being alive
Insurance
Being a parent
Chapter 5. Labour and Materials.
Labour and Materials
Labour
Materials
Chapter 6. Land.
Land
Land of the free
Create an inspiring vision and pursue it passionately
Campaigning for realistic land reform
Chapter 7. Home.
Home
Free house
Cheap (or potentially free) to build, free to run houses
Compost toilets
Chapter 8. Food and Water.
Food and Water
Wild food foraging
Growing
Skipping
Other ideas
Water
Chapter 9. Washing
Washing
Bodies
Teeth and mouth
Hair
Clothes
Home
Chapter 10. Transport and Holiday accommodation.
Transport and Holiday accommodation
Transport
Accommodation when you get there
Chapter 11. Living Off-grid.
Living Off-grid
Electrical Energy
Cooking
Heating
Open source ecology
Information security
Chapter 12. Education.
Education
Home education
Freeskilling
Other projects and ideas
Chapter 13. Health and Sex.
Health and Sex
A personal anecdote
Localised healthcare options
Women’s health
Wild sex
Chapter 14. Clothing and Bedding.
Clothing and Bedding
Clothing
Bedding
Chapter 15. Leisure.
Leisure
Learn to play (and make) an instrument
Painting, parties and booze
Other fun stufff
Chapter 16. The Beginning is Nigh.
The Beginning is Nigh
Notes.
Notes