The crazy
bet of these villages!
Living without money is possible. This is what these few small communities in the Eastern Pyrenees have experienced.
Uli Alto, a small village lost in the Arce valley, lives without money. At the origin of this project we find Erwan, Valérie and Lucie, three ingenious companions, who were looking for a piece of silent vegetation. They then fall by chance in this small village abandoned since the 50's and decide to leave the system. The beginning of an adventure ...
Their secret: autonomy
Living without money is not easy. The key to this way of life: autonomy. Because it takes to decide to no longer be dependent on EDF bills! When they settled in Uli Alto, the three friends were just starting to take an interest in renewable energies and the wind turbine factory with recycled materials.
In general, the village operates in economic autarky: the money no longer there, everything is based on recovery, mutual aid and unscrambling. Toilets have been built in nature, drinking water and shower comes from the river, etc.
Faced with the success of the initiative and the growing aspirations for a new way of life, others join them, permanently or temporarily, driven by the same desire to leave the consumer society.
Living without money is not easy. The key to this way of life: autonomy. Because it takes to decide to no longer be dependent on EDF bills! When they settled in Uli Alto, the three friends were just starting to take an interest in renewable energies and the wind turbine factory with recycled materials.
In general, the village operates in economic autarky: the money no longer there, everything is based on recovery, mutual aid and unscrambling. Toilets have been built in nature, drinking water and shower comes from the river, etc.
Faced with the success of the initiative and the growing aspirations for a new way of life, others join them, permanently or temporarily, driven by the same desire to leave the consumer society.
Animals in
freedom and organic harvest
Regarding food, the village is 100% autonomous. With its goats, ewes, cows and chickens, the small community has enough to provide for meat, eggs, milk and other dairy products.
The rest of the meals come from a collective vegetable garden. All fruits and vegetables are obviously grown without any pesticides. Sometimes, animals in freedom trample the small garden: these are the risks of this community without fence! It is then necessary to go glean some seeds in the nature. The only money of the village, set up under a system of common pot, comes from the sale of their organic bread.
Regarding food, the village is 100% autonomous. With its goats, ewes, cows and chickens, the small community has enough to provide for meat, eggs, milk and other dairy products.
The rest of the meals come from a collective vegetable garden. All fruits and vegetables are obviously grown without any pesticides. Sometimes, animals in freedom trample the small garden: these are the risks of this community without fence! It is then necessary to go glean some seeds in the nature. The only money of the village, set up under a system of common pot, comes from the sale of their organic bread.
Global dynamics
The village of Uli Alto is not a complete exception. There are "many" these communities in the Pyrenees to want to live differently. Once a month, these villages without money organize meetings during participatory projects. Each one then brings his know-how: cut wood, talent of carpenter, cook, editor ... It carries out larger constructions, which require a collective labor, like to build an ecological house for example.
This is an opportunity to talk about the future for this kind of community, which can only survive at a local scale. The goal is to find ways for a sustainable and self-describing economy, while these small villages are victims of their success. Thus, in the village of Lakabe, they are now more than 50 to have made the choice of a different life: it gives sobering!
The village of Uli Alto is not a complete exception. There are "many" these communities in the Pyrenees to want to live differently. Once a month, these villages without money organize meetings during participatory projects. Each one then brings his know-how: cut wood, talent of carpenter, cook, editor ... It carries out larger constructions, which require a collective labor, like to build an ecological house for example.
This is an opportunity to talk about the future for this kind of community, which can only survive at a local scale. The goal is to find ways for a sustainable and self-describing economy, while these small villages are victims of their success. Thus, in the village of Lakabe, they are now more than 50 to have made the choice of a different life: it gives sobering!
Source: http://toitsalternatifs.fr/habitatalternatif/vivre-sans-argent-en-dehors-societe-consommation/
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