The Moneyless Manifesto By Mark Boyle

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Other works by this author

This book was written by Mark Boyle, who has written a number of other interesting books and articles:

Books

The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living (2010) (BUY) (https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the-moneyless-man/)

The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living (2010) (BORROW) (https://www.worldcat.org/title/1046071492)

The Moneyless Manifesto (2012) (BUY) (this book) (https://www.permanentpublications.co.uk/the-moneyless-man-publishes-the-moneyless-manifesto/)

The Moneyless Manifesto (2012) (BORROW) (https://www.worldcat.org/title/813392593)

Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi (2015) (BUY) (https://newsociety.com/books/d/drinking-molotov-cocktails-with-gandhi)

Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi (2015) (BORROW) (https://www.worldcat.org/title/907652946)

The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology (2019) (BUY) (https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the-way-home/)

The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology (2019) (BORROW) (https://www.worldcat.org/title/1085198213)

Articles

The Guardian 2009-10-28 I live without cash – and I manage just fine (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2009/oct/28/live-without-money)

The Guardian 2009-11-02 The cashless man responds to your comments (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/02/cashless-man-responds)

The Guardian 2009-11-08 My year of living without money (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/09/mark-boyle-money)

2010-06-02 Moneyless man reveals how to live a cashless life without starving (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/jun/02/mark-boyle-moneyless-man-food-for-free)

The Guardian 2010-06-15 Travel without money poses challenges that make holidays more fun (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/15/moneyless-man-mark-boyle-holiday-guide)

The Guardian 2010-10-29 Moneyless man: To gather possessions, don't we need cash? Not so (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/jun/29/moneyless-man-cash-gather-posessions)

The Guardan 2010-07-12 Soapdodgers of the world, unite (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/12/moneyless-man-soap-free-hygiene)

The Guardian 2010-07-27 Green, fun and free: How to dance and make merry without spending a penny (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/jul/27/moneyless-man-party-for-free)

The Guardian 2010-08-10 How to build sustainable homes without spending a penny (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/aug/10/sustainable-housing-environment)

2012-10-01 50 months: 'We need to set our own personal carbon targets' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/oct/01/50-months-mark-boyle)

The Guardian 2015-09-15 Living without money: what I learned (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/15/living-without-money-what-i-learned)

The Guardian 2016-12-19 Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/19/life-without-technology-rejecting-technology)

The Guardian 201-02-06 No bills, so many riches: the lessons of living like a prince outside cyberia (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/06/life-without-technology-tech)

The Guardian 2017-03-25 Bored? No way. Ditching technology makes life complicated and beautiful (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/25/boredom-ditched-technology-life-beautiful)

The Guardian 2017-05-22 Environmentalism used to be about defending the wild – not any more (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/22/life-without-technology-environmentalism-defending-wild-sustainability)

The Guardian Life without social media has taught me the virtues of being social (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/10/social-media-24-hour-news-cycle)

The Guardian 2017-09-21 I live a healthier life now I’m free of the trappings of modernity (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/21/healthier-life-free-modernity-doctors-technology-exercise-herbs)

The Guardian 2017-11-27 What do I miss about technology most? Match of the Day and my parents’ voices (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/27/living-without-technology-convenience-unintended-consequences)

The Guardian 2018-03-19 My advice after a year without tech: rewild yourself (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/19/a-year-without-tech-debt-gadgets-reconnect-nature)

The Guardian 2019-03-30 After two years off-grid, I'm embracing daily letters, good sleep and my DIY hot tub (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/30/off-grid-daily-letters-good-sleep)

Table Of Contents

I.

Acknowledgements and Contributors (moneylessman_00_i_ack_00.gmi)

II.

Foreword by Charles Eisenstein (moneylessman_01_ii_foreword_00.gmi)

Introduction.

Introduction (moneylessman_02_intro_intro_00.gmi)

A reluctant author (moneylessman_02_intro_intro_01.gmi)

All art is propaganda (moneylessman_02_intro_intro_02.gmi)

Chapter 1. The Money Delusion.

The Money Delusion (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_00.gmi)

Moneyless philosophy and the delusion of self (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_01.gmi)

The Monetary Culture (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_02.gmi)

Time isn’t money (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_03.gmi)

Real community requires interdependency (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_04.gmi)

Our disconnection from what we consume (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_05.gmi)

The personal, social, ecological and economic consequences of money (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_06.gmi)

The Division of Labour (DOL) married to money (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_07.gmi)

Money causes waste (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_08.gmi)

Gross inequality through the storing of value (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_09.gmi)

Prostitution is to sex what buying and selling is to giving and receiving (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_10.gmi)

Time to choose a new story? (moneylessman_03_01_delusion_11.gmi)

Chapter 2. The Moneyless Menu.

The Moneyless Menu (moneylessman_04_02_menu_00.gmi)

The gift economy (moneylessman_04_02_menu_01.gmi)

The 100% local economy (moneylessman_04_02_menu_02.gmi)

Resource-based economy and “pay-it-forward” (moneylessman_04_02_menu_03.gmi)

Chapter 3. The POP model.

The POP model (moneylessman_05_03_pop_00.gmi)

Moneyless women and men (moneylessman_05_03_pop_01.gmi)

Chapter 4. Challenges and transitional strategies.

Challenges and transitional strategies (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_00.gmi)

Current human culture (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_01.gmi)

Addiction to industrialisation (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_02.gmi)

Land ownership (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_03.gmi)

Planning permission for low / zero impact living (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_04.gmi)

Council tax – the tax on being alive (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_05.gmi)

Insurance (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_06.gmi)

Being a parent (moneylessman_06_04_challenges_07.gmi)

Chapter 5. Labour and Materials.

Labour and Materials (moneylessman_07_05_labour_00.gmi)

Labour (moneylessman_07_05_labour_01.gmi)

Materials (moneylessman_07_05_labour_02.gmi)

Chapter 6. Land.

Land (moneylessman_08_06_land_00.gmi)

Land of the free (moneylessman_08_06_land_01.gmi)

Create an inspiring vision and pursue it passionately (moneylessman_08_06_land_02.gmi)

Campaigning for realistic land reform (moneylessman_08_06_land_03.gmi)

Chapter 7. Home.

Home (moneylessman_09_07_home_00.gmi)

Free house (moneylessman_09_07_home_01.gmi)

Cheap (or potentially free) to build, free to run houses (moneylessman_09_07_home_02.gmi)

Compost toilets (moneylessman_09_07_home_03.gmi)

Chapter 8. Food and Water.

Food and Water (moneylessman_10_08_food_00.gmi)

Wild food foraging (moneylessman_10_08_food_01.gmi)

Growing (moneylessman_10_08_food_02.gmi)

Skipping (moneylessman_10_08_food_03.gmi)

Other ideas (moneylessman_10_08_food_04.gmi)

Water (moneylessman_10_08_food_05.gmi)

Chapter 9. Washing

Washing (moneylessman_11_09_washing_00.gmi)

Bodies (moneylessman_11_09_washing_01.gmi)

Teeth and mouth (moneylessman_11_09_washing_02.gmi)

Hair (moneylessman_11_09_washing_03.gmi)

Clothes (moneylessman_11_09_washing_04.gmi)

Home (moneylessman_11_09_washing_05.gmi)

Chapter 10. Transport and Holiday accommodation.

Transport and Holiday accommodation (moneylessman_12_10_transport_00.gmi)

Transport (moneylessman_12_10_transport_01.gmi)

Accommodation when you get there (moneylessman_12_10_transport_02.gmi)

Chapter 11. Living Off-grid.

Living Off-grid (moneylessman_13_11_offgrid_00.gmi)

Electrical Energy (moneylessman_13_11_offgrid_01.gmi)

Cooking (moneylessman_13_11_offgrid_02.gmi)

Heating (moneylessman_13_11_offgrid_03.gmi)

Open source ecology (moneylessman_13_11_offgrid_04.gmi)

Information security (moneylessman_13_11_offgrid_05.gmi)

Chapter 12. Education.

Education (moneylessman_14_12_education_00.gmi)

Home education (moneylessman_14_12_education_01.gmi)

Freeskilling (moneylessman_14_12_education_02.gmi)

Other projects and ideas (moneylessman_14_12_education_03.gmi)

Chapter 13. Health and Sex.

Health and Sex (moneylessman_15_13_health_00.gmi)

A personal anecdote (moneylessman_15_13_health_01.gmi)

Localised healthcare options (moneylessman_15_13_health_02.gmi)

Women’s health (moneylessman_15_13_health_03.gmi)

Wild sex (moneylessman_15_13_health_04.gmi)

Chapter 14. Clothing and Bedding.

Clothing and Bedding (moneylessman_16_14_clothing_00.gmi)

Clothing (moneylessman_16_14_clothing_01.gmi)

Bedding (moneylessman_16_14_clothing_02.gmi)

Chapter 15. Leisure.

Leisure (moneylessman_17_15_leisure_00.gmi)

Learn to play (and make) an instrument (moneylessman_17_15_leisure_01.gmi)

Painting, parties and booze (moneylessman_17_15_leisure_02.gmi)

Other fun stufff (moneylessman_17_15_leisure_03.gmi)

Chapter 16. The Beginning is Nigh.

The Beginning is Nigh (moneylessman_18_16_beginning_00.gmi)

Notes.

Notes (moneylessman_19_notes.gmi)

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