effect Boyle chose to go without money for three years. Now he has begun a community smallholding that is as cash-free as possible – and is opening the world’s first free pubMark Boyle proved how,in a world dominated by money, he could live in Britain surviving entirely without cash – by bartering, or swapping and connecting with local communities. And after three years,what was his first cash purchase? A £4 pair of trainers from a charity shop.“It was such a weird moment. Living without money had eventually become completely normal for me, and there I was standing in a charity shop handing over a piece of paper and walking out with this really useful pair of runners. It felt as outlandish as giving it up in the first dwelling had, and ” he says.
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Source: theguardian.com