Mark Boyle, bekend als De Geldloze Man, is een schrijver die afstand heeft gedaan van geld en zich richt op het delen van middelen en vaardigheden binnen gemeenschappen. Zijn werk duikt in alternatieve manieren van leven buiten conventionele economische systemen, en biedt lezers inzichten in een duurzaam en gemeenschappelijk bestaan. Door middel van zijn geschriften streeft hij ernaar om grotere verbondenheid en zelfredzaamheid te inspireren, voortbouwend op zijn persoonlijke ervaring van leven zonder financiële middelen.
Drinking Molotov Cocktails With Gandhi attacks the very roots of the world's crises and reframes our understanding of how to solve them. It is eloquent, visionary and beautifully wrought - a turning point in our journey towards an ecological society.
Using the story of the rise and faltering of the West as its backdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear and concise introduction to Human Geography, including its key concepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporary debates, and celebrated case studies.
Imagine living for an entire year without money. Former businessman Mark Boyle did just that and here is his extraordinary and compelling story. How do friends and family react? What do you eat? How do you wash? Mark Boyle finds out the hard way and explores the troubling consequences of our obsession with money. Encountering cuttlefish toothpaste, seasonal foods, paper made out of mushrooms, and compost toilets, Boyle puts the fun into frugality and will inspire you to question what really matters in life.
It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. THE WAY HOME is a modern-day Walden -- an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology. Mark Boyle, author of THE MONEYLESS MAN, explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire - much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.
It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.
A Year of Freeconomic Living
Encountering seasonal foods, solar panels, skill-swapping schemes, cuttlefish toothpaste, compost toilets and - the unthinkable - a cash-free Christmas, this book puts the fun into frugality and offers some great tips for economical (and environmentally friendly) living.Imagine a year without spending—or even touching—money. Former businessman Mark Boyle did just that and here is his extraordinary story. Going back to basics and following his own strict rules, Mark learned ingenious ways to eliminate his bills and discovered that good friends are all the riches you need. Encountering seasonal foods, solar panels, skill-swapping schemes, cuttlefish toothpaste, compost toilets, and—the unthinkable—a cash-free Christmas, Boyle puts the fun into frugality and offers some great tips for economical (and environmentally friendly) living. A testament to Mark's astounding determination, this witty and heart-warming book will make you re-evaluate your relationship to your wallet
Drawing on almost three years of experience as The Moneyless Man, ex- businessman Mark Boyle not only demystifies money and the system that binds us to it, he also explains how liberating, easy and enjoyable it is to live with less of it.
Nachádzame sa v kritickom bode dejín. Nemôžeme mať donekonečna rýchle autá, počítače o veľkosti kreditiek a všetky moderné vymoženosti, a zároveň čistý vzduch, rozľahlé dažďové pralesy, čerstvú pitnú vodu a stabilnú klímu. Naša generácia môže mať jedno, alebo druhé, ale nie oboje. Ľudstvo si musí vybrať. Obe možnosti majú svoje náklady obetovanej príležitosti. Prístroje, alebo príroda? Vyberte si zle, a ďalšia generácia už nemusí mať ani jedno. To sú slová Marka Boylea, autora tejto jedinečnej knihy, ktorý vás prevedie svojím odvážnym experimentom, pri ktorom sa úplne zriekol peňazí. Čitateľnou a pútavou formou sa zoznámite s jeho motiváciou a životnou filozofiou a stanete sa jeho spoločníkmi na ceste, ktorú nelemujú bankovky a platobné karty.
„Była godzina dwudziesta trzecia, kiedy po raz ostatni sprawdziłem pocztę i wyłączyłem telefon, licząc na to, że robię to na zawsze.” Mark Boyle, znany na świecie jako „człowiek bez pieniędzy”, opisuje swoje życie bez technologii, rządzone rytmami pór roku, na tle krajobrazu dalekiego od miejskiego zgiełku. W swojej książce dzieli się wnioskami, które skłoniły go do „powrotu do korzeni”, oraz osobistą podróżą w poszukiwaniu sensu życia i pielęgnowaniem człowieczeństwa bez udziału urządzeń elektronicznych. Jego pełna otwartości, podszyta poczuciem humoru opowieść skłania do refleksji: czy jestem w stanie przełączyć się na stałe na tryb offline? Czy poczucie wygody zatraca we mnie radość z codziennych czynności? Jakie działania mogę podjąć, aby bliżej połączyć się ze światem i otaczającymi mnie ludźmi?