@aptlyndecided Hey @rutger , yes, what you describe sounds very much like my life. I'm glad there's a wider subculture around it!

And agree with all else you both say. Really our project here at #TheHappyPig (https://mstdn.social/@DarkOptimism/109410285273214948) is about bringing that forward (offering a place where people can be at zero financial cost).

And the wonderful Ecological Land Co-op movement that I used to chair likewise.

Seeding the future; preparing people for the sequels to our troubled civilisation ✊

For those interested to know more about life here at #TheHappyPig 🐷 , here's the 45 minute episode of #BenFogle's #Channel5 show #NewLivesInTheWild where he came to stay and hang out with #MarkBoyle:
https://www.darkoptimism.org/NewLivesInTheWild.mp4

Or here's a 4 minute taste of the place by actress and model #LilyCole:
https://www.nowness.com/series/retreats/retreats-marble-hill-lily-cole-mark-boyle-the-moneyless-man

More info at:
https://darkoptimism.org/projects#TheHappyPig

#gifteconomy

For those interested to know more about life here at #TheHappyPig 🐷 , here's the 45 minute episode of #BenFogle's #Channel5 show #NewLivesInTheWild where he came to stay and hang out with #MarkBoyle:
https://www.darkoptimism.org/NewLivesInTheWild.mp4

Or a 4 minute taste of the place by actress and model #LilyCole, in which I appear:
https://www.nowness.com/series/retreats/retreats-marble-hill-lily-cole-mark-boyle-the-moneyless-man

More info at:
https://darkoptimism.org/projects#TheHappyPig

#gifteconomy #Ireland

@drifthood Yeah, I'm from England, live much of the time at #TheHappyPig in Ireland and partner with Sterling College in Vermont, USA on the online community we've built together.

And I quit flying 20 years ago, which doesn't make all this international collaboration any easier! 😂 I've actually never set foot in the US, and probably never will.

#Introductions 🙃

I'm an #author/#activist who published 'Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy'.

Now leading #SterlingCollege's online program '#SurvivingTheFuture: Conversations for Our Time'.

I live with #MarkBoyle at #TheHappyPig, our #gifteconomy (free!) pub and bunkhouse.

And produced 2020 film 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' about my late mentor #DavidFleming, author of '#LeanLogic'.

#Introduction #NewHere

#Introductions 🙃

I'm an #author/activist who published 'Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy'.

Now leading #SterlingCollege's online program '#SurvivingTheFuture: Conversations for Our Time'.

I live with #MarkBoyle at #TheHappyPig, our #gifteconomy (free!) pub and bunkhouse.

And produced 2020 film 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' about my late mentor #DavidFleming, author of '#LeanLogic'.

#Introduction #NewHere