Freeconomy

Hi

Someone on freecycle mentioned this new thing called freeconomy which has skill swops,tool share and even land sharing.

It sounds great You can go to www.justfortheloveofit.org to find out more..

Love

Anna

So what is The Freeconomy Community about?

It's about making the transition from a money-based communityless society to a community-based moneyless society.
It's about helping others and providing an opportunity for others to help you.
It's about sharing the skills you have learnt through your life and learning those you haven't.
It's about sharing your tools so you all can have access to all the tools under the sun without it costing the earth.
It's about using any free space you have to either benefit positive, ethical and local projects, or to enable volunteers to keep doing their amazing work for free.
It's about sharing the land you don't need in order to facilitate a local food community.
It's about freeconnecting neighbours.
It's about keeping the taxman out of it.
It's about learning to help each other again.
It's about getting ready for a post peak oil world.
It's about making dinner for a friend who was yesterday a stranger.
It's about keeping money out of the equation.
It's about communicating face-to-face and phasing out technological communication.
It's about putting the soul back into society.
It's about helping each other not for profit, but just for the love-ofit.
What is a Freeconomy?

A Freeconomy is a moneyless society in which no money changes and there is no duality between giving and receiving; here they are seen as the two sides of the same non-monetary coin.
Freeconomy is a manifestation of trust, kindness, community and love. Money and credit are a manifestation of fear, insecurity and greed. Freeconomy is the common denominator to all of its solutions; Money and credit are the common denominators of all the world's ills.
Right now freeconomies are the minority. This is unimportant. Soon they will be the overwhelming majority. Each one of us is a seed. The regenerative power of one seed cannot be underestimated. A forest can grow from the germination of a single seed, and similarly one simple act of generosity can give life to an infinite number of others.
So what was the motivation behind it? (by Saoirse)

Over the last number of years I have been looking around at the major issues of the world, and thinking 'How can I possibly help solve them all?' Environmental destruction on a criminal scale, factory farms, sweatshops, the war on peace, multinational corporations, billboards - by no means a small job.
But one lazy Sunday afternoon I jumped up out of the bath of inaction and shouted 'Eureka'! I had a sudden realisation - there was a common denominator within them all - money. Without money and its alter-ego's credit and profit, a lot of the above issues would start to look after themselves.
So I decided to get rid of money. I should make it clear that I don't blame the innocent notes and coins that are labelled as such. For me, I label the fear, insecurity and lack of faith in humanity and the universe to look after us as money. How I was going to do this though was another matter.
But now I truly believe I have found the answer. This web-site is not it; a web-site couldn't possibly be. But this site and its underlying concept is a long stretch of the road that will take us there.
I hope you guys believe in it as much as I do. This is an opportunity for us to make the transition to a society without money, and how much more enriched would life and our interactions be if we succeed?
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