Living Completely Free

Be sure to review my original blog post.

Mark Boyle (a.k.a. Saoirse, which is Gaelic for "freedom" and pronounced "sear-shuh") set up the Freeconomy website (http://www.justfortheloveofit.org). The idea is that like-minded people sign up, list their skills and donate them to others. In return they receive favours back. For instance, a hairdresser may give a mechanic a haircut and in exchange the mechanic would fix the hairdresser's bicycle. No money ever changes hands. The website appears to have been successful. Boyle says 4,200 people with 900 different skills from 85 countries have signed up.

This concept has been so successful, that people regularly visit sites where things are given away freely. The most notable being FREECYCLE. Others worthy of checking out include TAKEMEIMFREE and CURB SURF.