Skip to main content

The Moneyless Manifesto by Mark Boyle - Review



I have recently read, Mark Boyle's Moneyless Manifesto. It resonated with me in many ways. He highlights the extent to which we are disconnected from the system which support out lives as we strive through and around the lenses of money. During my master thesis with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation at Cranfield University, those who I interviewed highlighted this issue as the main challenge to achieve a truly sustainable system. Individuals, businesses, politicians and educators are all slow down in their innovation pathways by the money paragdim.

But the question remain can we really live without Money? Mark Boyle did it over three years. Throughout the book, he offers advices and personal experiences to support the idea that it is possible to do without. Other authors, researchers, practitioners in their own field offer guidance on how to implement some solutions for a moneyless living.

Sometimes, his own experience such as successful healing from an infection using plants made me slightly skeptical. I recognised that my reaction was based on fear by asking myself question starting with 'What if'. 'what if I don't have money and get very ill?' 'what if the plants I used are poisonous' what if? what if? what if?' 
I also accepted that I do not know much about the healing abilities of plant and promised myself to get to know them better. 

Gift Circle on the 7th June 2014 at 3pm Riverside Festival 
But there are three things that I will do:

First organising a 'gift circle' (On the 7th of June 14). Getting people together is my forte and I really like the idea of giving out of generosity. 
Secondly, using 'MoonCup' because with standard hygienic pads, I pollute every month, with the MoonCup I won't!. 
Finally, why not organising a festival...'a festival of making' in Leicester in 2015 (I'll keep you posted)!



Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ambivalent feelings about staying or leaving

Do you want to stay in one place and be rooted to ground yourself in a specific environment? Do you want to be leaving and go to different places to elevate yourself? Can you do both at the same time? Yes you can do both, do not ever think that where you are is static, the place is constantly changing and it is within the details that you can find new meaning for oneself and if this is not enough, plan time in and go to come back different..
Read more

Designers of Money Futures - Permaculture

The latest Permaculture session I had was 'Money Futures'. We discussed the reasons why we need Money, the impact of money on the global and living world. Questions were asked about the other alternatives of money and whether we could do without it. It became clear that the discussion was a difficult one to have as we recognise our needs to belong. We recognise our needs to improve our surroundings. We recognise how much unskilled and clueless we were. We recognise the power of money in making our wishes reality by filling the gap of our own inabilities. Human relationship is probably the most expensive commodity. It forces some to enter the rat-race for happiness and belonging. It is an unfortunate conclusion. Luckily enough, it is not the end of the story. There are many alternatives to money and the gift economy is actually in scale a lot more prominent that people might think. It is not promoted on television but for sure it exists. Join a voluntary group, knock...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sleep, a precious nightmare

I am the light sleeper. Night is my 'precious nightmare'. I shut the windows and my thick curtain tight. Then, I advice everyone that I am going to sleep. Darkness and silence are precious commodities at bedtime. The lack of sleep due to unforeseen reasons is a high cost for me and anyone around me. When the night roar and turn into day, I battle through the night against the outside world. The outside world is a funny place. Its tremor is different depending on where you live.  I grew up in the countryside as a child where the night is pitch and the birds jam all day long. At bedtime, my only enemies were the clock and the light. The tick-tock danced a manic waltz in my bedroom once, twice. It always ended up at the door, without batteries or smashed against the wall. The light entered in my room through the bottom of the door. It brought with it white ghosts and witches. I'd stared at them. I'd wait for them to leave but they would not. My only o...
Post a Comment
Read more