Living Without Money

[ktlight]

Is it possible to feel rich without possessions? Can you live happily without money? In the documentary Living Without Money, we meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djzitB1xyoc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djzitB1xyoc&feature=player_embedded

MARK BOYLE IS CALLED 'THE MONEYLESS MAN'.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDSCxtY11dA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDSCxtY11dA

[pharoah21]

It's imperative for us to learn how to live without money, because money is on it's way out right now.

Time for me to learn how to garden, I've already bought myself a push bike ;)

[KosmicKat]

It's not just what we can do for ourselves. It is also what we can do for other people.

[Operator]

It's not just what we can do for ourselves. It is also what we can do for other people.

I started not to charge (or less) everybody for everything I do ...
It's amazing what you get back in a while !

I cannot live without money completely yet, but I am driving it further and further down. The trick is basically to show others
how you do it (make a practical example) and they will be needing less money from you too ... :biggrin1:

For me it started with being less dependent on utilities ... generate your own electricity (windmill) and seek alternative ways
to get water (condense from humid air, reuse of waste water, solar distillation of salt water) and growing your own vegetables.
If you spend less money in a supermarket you will save money on your doctor visits too because you will get more healthy in no time.

It looks hard in the beginning but you should simply not give up and take care that things work !

[Corncrake]

A recent article in the Ecologist demonstrates that even living in the city with a bit of effort one can live without money:



Maria Evrenos left her wallet at home for a week to discover that even an inexperienced urban forager can survive without money for a week by treasuring other people's trash.

"Ah, here is another soft one", the corner shop assistant says, squeezing a slightly blemished plum, before she drops it into my canvas bag.

And there it nestles next to two partially concave kiwis and another kilo or so of fruits and vegetables.

"I don't know how many times a day I have to do this, it's ridiculous!" she says, while inspecting her fresh produce section. "Look here", she points to another beauty spot on an otherwise ripe banana. "Like this, and no-one will buy. We throw it away." And she slips it into my bag.

Today I'm a taker of even the most cosmetically tainted carrot (looking more like a witch's nose then a cartoon bunny's accessoire).

I've taken on the mission to survive a whole week on food and things that otherwise would have gone to waste; tending to the abandoned, left-over, rejected, outdated and happily shared.

Read the rest here:



http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/2292873/my_freegan_week_in_london_surviving_without_money.html

[superconsciousness]

I've been waiting for this to start popping up on the radar more and more for a while...we are way behind the moneyless power curve in the U.S.