Show Notes
Could you live without money? No support payments, no savings account, no secret benefactors?
Jo Nemeth [https://jolowimpact.wordpress.com/] has been doing so for the past decade, and reckons she is less stressed and more secure in her moneyless life (in which she shares a home with eight other humans and plays the role of house keeper/manager/grower/frugavore).
This is a truly radical tale of a woman who went the whole hog and gave up the bacon 💰 to invest in relationships and reciprocity. We cover:
What is poverty/wealth?
Why live without money?
Jo has no hope!
Less money = more freedom
Why to be a home economist
Issues in a nine person household
The deliciousness of aligning your actions with your values
Moneyless gift giving, cravings, medical and more
Waste food seagull mode
Receiving is harrrrd
Kids + collapse
On taking care of things
Collapse priorities
Growing locally adapted food
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙♀️
Jo's home on the web [https://jolowimpact.wordpress.com/]
Jo on Instagram ~ @jolowimpact [https://www.instagram.com/jolowimpact/?hl=en]
Jo in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/01/meet-the-woman-who-lives-without-money-i-feel-more-secure-than-when-i-was-earning]
Mark Boyle ~ The Moneyless Man [https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-au/products/moneyless-man-book-mark-boyle-9781786075994?sku=GOR010143080&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17920610358&gbraid=0AAAAADFDvN0dB-PefieiFKHxw5txjzZow&gclid=CjwKCAiA8bvIBhBJEiwAu5ayrMl5bQBWKtYsFjuhuu6C2vQxk5cCAAqnVUlneDZlCdmrDZJiH6_SdBoCW_kQAvD_BwE] + The Way Home [https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-way-home-mark-boyle/book/9781786077271.html?source=pla&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21618361565&gbraid=0AAAAA-Ia9hNfX40zPbcSPid12Fkj4QSfe&gclid=CjwKCAiA8bvIBhBJEiwAu5ayrCe7q_b4gjH5t_8jTJBScFucyS2a_64p4SV1bZcdrKZhTD1uGE7-VxoC8r8QAvD_BwE]
Eaarth ~ Bill McKibben [https://billmckibben.com/books/eaarth/]
Luke Kemp ~ Goliath's Curse [https://www.penguin.com.au/books/goliaths-curse-9780241741245]
Artist As Family [https://artistasfamily.is/]
The Art of Frugal Hedonism [https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/the-art-frugal-hedonism/] ~ Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb
The really really free market [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Really_Free_Market]
Just Collapse [https://justcollapse.org/]
Sound credits: first raven [https://freesound.org/people/shaunie_p/sounds/807467/], flock of ravens [https://freesound.org/people/dbache/sounds/555187/].
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