From BBC News:
A Bristol man is beginning a year-long experiment to live without money.
Economics graduate Mark Boyle, 29, plans to live off the land in a borrowed caravan while relying on friends and "a woolly jumper".
He describes himself as a "freeconomist" who exchanges skills without having to use money and believes capitalism is flawed.
The social experiment is being launched later in Timsbury, Bristol, to coincide with Buy Nothing Day.
Language note: A Google search for 'freeconomist' returned only 403 results, so it's not a word that's likely to make it into the Oxford English Dictionary for a while. However, there is a Freeconomy Community with 7427 members in 100 countries. Find out more about their philosophy and download an article on Freeconomy.
Footnote: The founder of the Freeconomy movement, Mark Boyle, failed in his attempt to walk to India earlier in the year, only getting as far as Calais (blame it on the French!)
Lesson idea: There's plenty of material here (articles, website, videos) to create a lesson about Freeconomy. I'd be interested to hear what my business students think of this movement!
