Freeconomy Blog - May 2008
Tue
27 May
Yes we can...
There’s always a thin line between reporting on issues you know that you should relay to the rest of the world, and making everything seem all doom and gloom. On one hand, you have a responsibility to raise awareness. The problem exists when the issue is perceived as being pretty depressing. I say ‘perceived’ as in most cases it’s meant to be the opposite! On the other hand, if you don’t tell people about it, they have less time to act.
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Sat
17 May
How I feel about it all so far...
One of the commentators on my last blog pointed out that I should report back to everyone the results, so far, of my dive down the rabbit hole of ecological living. Which made me realise I have an ingrained dislike of reporting! In my old job I was exactly the same – loved doing stuff but could never be bothered writing reports on it!
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Sun
11 May
Going off-grid after a great week for the community...
Spring is such a magical time of year. Not only do I see green everywhere as life begins its wondrous cycle again, I feel a new lease of life myself. I think we forget sometimes that we are as much part of ‘nature’ as a tree, and just as it awakes after the long cold winter, so do we. I know I certainly do anyway.
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Tue
06 May
What would Gandhi do about it all…?
Despite the onslaught of work that ensued after a couple of really positive articles came out about ‘freeconomy’ at the weekend, I eventually decided that it was nothing that couldn’t wait 24hrs and took off to the forest in search of food, fun and friendship. And what a good decision it was – beautiful weather, great people and lots of foraging. On the way there we found comfrey, St. George's mushrooms, ramsons, nettles and ground ivy for tea and I even learned how to make coffee from the root of a dandelion. We had a camp-fire, a sing-song and arose the next morning to the sounds of the local birdlife, fully refreshed and ready to be of service. The slow life really is the good life!
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Sun
04 May
No camping and foraging for me then this weekend…!
It woke up this morning all ready to pack my bags to take off camping and foraging for the weekend in the woods with some friends, only to learn that ‘The Times on Sunday’ have written a great article (click link to read) centred around ‘Freeconomy’ and all the ways we can live without using money. Which is amazing, the word itself is only seven months old and already it is being used to describe a way of life that is becoming not only possible, but easier and almost more essential by the day. By next year it may even make the Collins Dictionary!
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