Freeconomy Blog - December 2008
Sun
28 Dec
The meaning of humane...
I am feeling a bit down today; yes I’m fully aware I should focus on the positives in life but some days, you know, it’s all just a bit too much. By the way if you are really sensitive or don’t like reading stuff that may be hard to take, then I would stop reading now as you are probably not going to enjoy the rest of this blog - just to warn you, I don’t want to offend anyone.
Thu
25 Dec
Happy Christmas Freeconomists!
Two days ago I started off on a moneyless hitchhike from the south west of the UK to the north west of Ireland, a journey of about 1,000km. I was really hoping that I would make it home for Christmas with my parents, and my main worry was that if I wasn’t home by about 10pm on Christmas Eve, I would have had to spend Christmas Day walking up the barren roads of Ireland with very little food at my disposal.
Wed
17 Dec
Buy Nothing Christmas...
Up to last week I assumed I wouldn’t be going home to see my folks this Christmas; the problem being a combination of me not being able to use money and a rather large body of water between the UK and Ireland. Which I was a bit sad about as I don’t get to see them enough these days.
Thu
11 Dec
My Morning Oats and Oaths...
It's amazing how quickly our habits change when they have to. I am only two weeks into my year long experiment and already being moneyless is becoming 'normalised'. Human beings are adaptable creatures, when survival is at stake it's remarkable what we can do, that's one of the things that gives me great hope for the future; as long, that is, that it doesn't come at a huge cost to every other species.
Thu
04 Dec
Food debates, mangled bicycles and hungry mice...
For the last eight months I have been on what I called a 'veganic locavore' diet; a bit of a precursory experiment to my year without money. It involved me eating nothing but organic, local and vegan food, with the aim of having as gentle a footprint on the environment as I thought I could.