The Moneyless Man (26 page)

City Car Club,
92

climate change,
4
,
8
,
9
,
16
,
92
,
106
,
108
,
148
,
152
,
185
,
193
,
198
;

and flooding,
98–9
;

and food waste,
139

clothes,
161
,
174

cockroaches,
120

communal-sufficiency,
189–90

communications,
44–5
,
48–9

compost toilet,
31–2
,
67
,
76
,
77
,
182

condoms,
142

consumerism, and disconnection,
3–5

consumption habits,
26–8

cooking,
34–6

coppicing,
107
,
108

Couchsurfing,
152
,
154

credit cards,
7

credit crunch,
10

cuttlefish bones,
68

cycling,
43–4
,
73–4
,
92–3
,
96
,
132–3

Daily Mirror
,
63–4
,
68

Daily Telegraph
,
80

Death Cap mushrooms,
158

debt,
6–7
;

and competition,
7–8

Details
,
127

diapers,
169–70

Diaper-free baby,
170

Dig for Victory,
195

Drennan, Fergus,
40
,
47
,
49–51
,
55
,
58
,
59
,
60
,
68
,
73
,
100–1
,
142
,
158
,
171
,
173–5
,
176

Dryad’s Saddle fungus,
102–3

dumpster-diving,
40–1
,
137–39
,
141–4
,
171
,
173–4

Dunbar Number,
190

Dunbar, Robin,
190

Earthlings,
175

earthships,
123–4
,
182

Easterlin, Richard,
149

Eat the Change
,
34

economics,
9
,
11–12

electricity,
33
,
37–8

Elimination Communication,
170

email,
48
,
68

energy,
33–9
,
100–4

entertainment,
72–3
,
140–1
,
175

environment,
76–7

Essential,
172

Esso,
95

Fareshares,
172

fennel,
68

festivals,
144–53
,
168–77

field mushrooms,
158

firewood,
107–9

flooding,
98–9

food,
39–42
,
66–7
,
171–2
;

and carbon footprint,
139
;

Christmas,
89–90
;

growing,
97–100
;

organic,
4
,
34
,
41
;

sell-by dates,
137–8
;

spring,
106
;

waste,
59
;

see also
foraging

Food for Free Freeconomy Feast,
46–7
,
57–61

food poisoning,
116

foraging,
40
,
99
;

autumn,
157–60
;

summer,
135–39
,
141–44
;

tea,
112–14

fossil fuels
see
no new fossil fuels, law of

Free Shop,
161

Freeconomy Community: long-term vision,
180–3
;

‘the real’,
178–9
;

web based,
14–15
,
34
,
59
,
107
,
118
,
152–4
,
165

Freeconomy Feastival 2009,
168–77

Freecycle,
30
,
154
,
161

freegans,
138
,
143
,
174

Freegle,
30
,
154

Freelender,
144–5

Freeskilling,
34
,
69
,
78
,
153
,
181

fungi,
102–3
,
158

Gandhi, Mahatma,
4
,
32–3
,
63
,
197

Gibran, Kahlil,
The Prophet
,
70

gift economy,
145

giving: and receiving,
191–3
;

and selling,
13
;

unconditional,
20–1

Global Freeloaders,
152

Goldman, Emma,
140

Good News Show,
141

green capitalism,
151

Greenpeace,
33

Guardian
,
165

Guardian online
,
143
,
164–5

Gumtree,
141

Hamilton, Andy,
40
,
61
,
134
,
173

Hamilton, Dave,
40
,
142

Hartley, Dorothy,
158

hay fever,
117–19

hazelnuts,
158–9

health,
114–19
;

alternative practitioners,
175

Henley, Jon,
143

Hesse, Hermann:
Siddhartha
,
163

Hicks, Bill,
185

hitchhiking,
22
,
82–4
,
85–8
,
92

honey,
117–18

Hopkins, Rob,
10
,
150

Hospitality Club,
152

Howard, Russell: Good News Show,
141

humanure,
31–2

hungry gap, the,
66
,
97–100

i105-i107fm,
53
,
54

ink: from mushrooms,
103

insurance companies,
9

internet,
15
,
45
,
64
,
126
;

see also
blogs; email

Irish Times
,
50

It’s not Easy being Green
(BBC),
169

Ivory Funnels,
158

Jew’s ears,
66–7
,
77

John Lame Deer,
129

justfortheloveofit.org,
15

kale,
99

Kingsnorth, Paul,
165

laptops,
19
,
34
,
37
,
48
,
63
,
68
,
104
,
150
,
153
,
165

Lasn, Kalle,
12

laundry,
74–6

LETS,
14

Liftshare,
92
,
152
,
154

Linux,
49
,
68
,
153

local currencies,
189

Mabey, Richard:
Food for Free
,
99

McKibben, Bill:
Deep Economy
,
70

media interest,
63–5
,
143
,
164–61

mice,
120–3

Midwest FM,
53

Monbiot, George,
10
,
165

Money as Debt,
175

Money Saving Expert,
141

mooncups,
179–80

mountain biking,
132–3

movie nights,
140–1

movies,
140–1
,
175

mushrooms,
66–7
,
77
,
158
;

ink and paper from,
100
,
102–3

Nature Crunch,
10

New Year’s Eve,
93–4

Newman, Rob:
The History of Oil
,
175

Newstalk
,
51

no-money, law of,
18

no new fossil fuels, law of,
22–3

no pre-payment of bills, law of,
23

normality, law of,
19–20

off-grid living,
19
,
22
,
23
,
33–9
,
63
,
100
,
123
;

festivals,
148–9
,
175

oil,
22
,
28
,
110
,
119

Open Mike nights,
141

OpenOffice,
49

Osborn, Tim,
98–9

paper: from mushrooms,
101
,
102–3
;

for writing,
75

Paradox,
145–7

pay-it-forward,
20–1

peak oil,
9
,
10–11
,
16
,
148
,
193
,
198

Peck, M. Scott:
The Road Less Traveled
,
186

pens,
101

Permaculture,
27
,
54
,
150
,
180

Phantom FM,
53

plantain hay fever remedy,
118

polytunnels,
98

poverty,
24–5

puffball mushrooms,
158

Rabeder, Karl,
149

Radford Mill Farm,
31
,
69

Ramblers Association,
93

raspberries,
159

rats,
120

ReaditSwapit,
75

receiving: and giving,
191–3

relationships,
109–12
;

and support,
187–8

resourcefulness,
194–5

resources, local,
193–4

respect, law of,
22

Reynolds, Michael,
123

Roadkill Chef
see
Drennan, Fergus

rocket stove,
34–6
,
67
,
69
,
75

roundhouses,
124

RTE,
52
,
82
,
95

RTE Radio
1
,
53

Schwermer, Heidemarie:
Living without Money
,
126–7

Scotch Bonnets,
158

security,
9
,
14

Seize the Day,
145
,
150

Self-Sufficient-ish Bible, The
(Hamilton and Hamilton),
40

Selfsufficientish.com,
99

Seoige
,
53
,
81–2
,
88
,
94–5

Seoige, Gráinne,
81–2
,
94–5

sharing,
15

Shell,
95

shelter,
29–33
,
123–5
,
182
;

festival season,
151–2

silence, week of,
160–4

Simon, Theo,
150–1

skills, essential,
190–1

Sky News,
51

Sky News Radio,
52

Skype,
48

smoothie bike,
175

soapwort,
65

solar power,
37–8
,
74
,
100
,
101
,
104

solar shower,
68
,
90

South West news,
51

squats,
37

Story of Stuff, The,
175

straw bale homes,
124

Strawbridge, Brigit,
169

street parties,
140

Streets Alive,
140

Suelo, Daniel,
127–9

Sukhdev, Pavan,
10

Sunrise Off-grid festival,
148–9

supermarkets,
41
,
137
-8,
141–2
,
172
,
173
,
195

SUSTRANS,
93

swallows,
156

Swaparama Razzmatazz,
161

Swishing,
161

Tauschring
,
127

tea,
112–14

teepees,
125

teeth cleaning,
68

text messaging,
48–9

The Independent
,
51

Thoreau, Henry David:
Walden
,
70

time management,
63
,
74–9

Timebanks,
14

Tolle, Rolf,
9

Toolshare scheme,
107

Trade-it
,
67

trailers,
29
,
125

Transition Movie, The,
175

Transition Towns,
73
,
174

transportation,
43–4
,
81–2
,
92–3
;

Bristol to Donegal,
80–8
;

Donegal to Bristol,
95–6

Trisha Goddard Show
,
64

tryptophan,
119

underground houses,
124

urban foraging
see
foraging

value of things,
195–6

Vaughan, Adam,
164
,
165