Man To Go Cashless For A Year
We need more activists :)
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Mark-Boyle-From-Bristol-To-Beco...
An economics graduate is about to begin a year-long mission to live without money.
Mark Boyle, 29, plans to put his potatoes where his mouth is and become the ultimate 'freeconomist' by ditching cash for 12 months.
He intends to live completely off the land and waste products he scrounges around his borrowed caravan at Timsbury, near Bath.
And he'll even use his very own composting toilet for good measure.
"I've been preparing a lot over the last couple of months, but the challenge will be the things I can't plan for - a broken arm, exhaustion or the worst case scenario, a family bereavement," he said.
"I suspect the most difficult thing will be socialising in a world that revolves around money. I'll be living on a day-to-day basis, hand to mouth, which means I'll never really know where my next meal comes from."
Mark plans to scour skips and other people's rubbish to find what he needs. He'll also make use of a scheme called Freecycle, a network of recycling enthusiasts; and Freeconomy which allows people to swap skills.
As I read one of his friends is going to pay for his insurance. Alexa he is trying to show us that we are destroying earth day by day and making it less worth for living. Like we could produce much less garbage, we could live with much less water and so on. Did you watch Wall-E? If not recommend you to watch it. Sure anime and imaginary but nice one to remind us to care about our world. :)
"What doesn't kill me; makes me stronger..."
I wonder if he'll still get his social security benefits..
Wants to see if it's 'economically' viable to live without using money to survive.
Probably he will join co-operatives and stuff like that .. Mend a fence in exchange for a loaf of bread etc.
Sort of thing I would have liked to have taken on when I was younger - doubt if I could have done it though.
Mind you, living in Basrah for a couple of years (during the Iraq/Iran war c.1981) came pretty close! Hee
Good luck to him..
Last year a lady did that, but she "cheated" a little by actually paying for many things in advance..
It'll be interesting to see how he gets on.