Living Without Money

Living Without Money
This page is to draw attention to some of the people who have made a conscious choice to live without using money. Many such lifestyle gift economists do not have websites, but some do! Here are some inspirational stories which are WWW accessible...

1991-

 * Öff Öff Jürgen Wagner who founded in Germany the 'unideological'(most-possibly 'consensus-opened') "Schenkers-Movement" ("Givers- or Gift-Movement"), living without luxury, state (identity card etc) and money, only exchanging gifts in UNCONDITIONAL GLOBAL(or HOLISTIC) LOVE and offering such nonviolent sharing as way to "(global)consensus-sharing"-community-culture in nature-life on "free earth"; invitation to Forum. Subject to some harassment by parties unknown who apparently object to his moneyless lifestyle. (b-day: May 12th)

1996-

 * Heidemarie Schwermer, the subject of the 2011 documentary film LivingWithoutMoney.org (b-day: Jan 14th)

2000-

 * Suelo, in Utah, US, who asks "Is it ethical to use a bank?", and says that "everybody lives without money at a certain level, and if we all lived on that natural instinct, everything would balance out." He avoids barter and maintains a fairly extensive blog about his life and thoughts. He was recently the subject of a book, The Man Who Quit Money. (b-day: May 1st)

2008-

 * Mark Boyle, in UK, who started http://www.justfortheloveofit.org (b-day: May 8th)

2009-

 * elf Pavlik, living in Europe and refusing to use state papers such as id, passport, driving licence etc. (b-day: Sep 19th)''
 * Adin in South Africa. Avoiding money for 5 years to draw attention to it. (b-day: Dec 23rd)
 * Rasputin since 2009-08-05 one more "complete" "Schenker(giver)" in "Schenkers-Movement", leading the "House of Hospitality", a project with 'unconditional fraternal social work' as a gift to people in need; since 2013 on pilgrimage

2010-

 * Tomi Astikainen (b-day: Nov 11th)
 * Robin (site in Dutch)

2011-

 * Julez Edward (b-day: Feb 10th)
 * Spyke, who travels around Ireland as a handyman, now accepting barter and working on a permanent dwelling.

2012-

 * C.J. Colwell, A "21st century American" travelling around USA

2013-

 * Colin Turner, "I believe that a world without money is not just possible, but preferable – and urgently necessary for humanity to progress."

2016-

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