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Mark Boyle was born on 8 May, 1979 in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, is an Irish writer. Discover Mark Boyle's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 44 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 8 May, 1979
Birthday 8 May
Birthplace Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1930

Inspired by the nonviolent salt march led in India by Gandhi in 1930, and by the woman in America known as Peace Pilgrim, he set off in January 2008, carrying no money and only a small number of possessions.

However, he was forced to turn back only a month into the trip, as language barriers and difficulties in persuading people he would work for food and a place to stay halted his journey shortly after he arrived in Calais.

One of his travelling companions had travellers cheques for emergencies, which allowed them to travel back to the UK.

He had not planned the trip, believing it was best to let fate take its course.

Later in the same year, Boyle developed an alternative plan: to live without money entirely.

1979

Mark Boyle (born 8 May 1979), also known as The Moneyless Man, is an Irish writer best known for living without money from November 2008, and for living without modern technology since 2016.

Boyle writes regularly for the British newspaper The Guardian, and has written about his experiences in a couple of books.

2002

He took a degree in Business at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, before moving to Britain in 2002.

During the final year of his degree, Boyle watched the film Gandhi, about the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi.

He has frequently cited this as the moment that changed his life.

During his first six years in Britain, Boyle lived in Bristol and managed two organic food companies.

2007

In 2007, after a conversation with a friend during which they decided "money... creates a kind of disconnection between us and our actions", Boyle set up the Freeconomy Community.

A few months after creating the Freeconomy Community, Boyle set out on a two-and-a-half-year trek from Bristol to Porbandar in India, the birthplace of Gandhi.

Boyle has been the primary author of the Freeconomy Blog since it was launched in 2007.

Guest writers have recently included fellow moneyless people Heidemarie Schwermer, Daniel Suelo and Tomi Astikainen.

Boyle is currently working with others to set up the UK's first land-based Freeconomic community.

2008

After some preparatory purchases (including a solar panel and wood-burning stove), he began his first year of "moneyless living" on Buy Nothing Day 2008.

Boyle has received considerable positive and negative publicity for his moneyless lifestyle, appearing on television, radio and other media in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, South Africa, United States and Russia.

Much of the attention has focused on his day-to-day routine, including food, hygiene, and traditionally expensive aspects of life, such as Christmas.

Mark Boyle is one of a small number of well-known individuals who have lived without money in recent times.

These include, and Daniel Suelo.

However, Boyle frequently reminds his readers that a moneyless life is not a new idea; indeed it is the system of money itself that is the new development, having existed for only a small fraction of humanity's c. 200,000-year existence.

Other observers note that for nearly all of recorded human history (the c. 5,000 years since the invention of writing) there has been a system of money or currency in place.

The Freeconomy Community was created to allow people to share, moving away from exchange economies towards a pay it forward philosophy.

2009

Other founding members include Shaun Chamberlin, author of The Transition Timeline (2009), and Fergus Drennan, also known as the BBC's 'Roadkill Chef'.

2010

His first book, The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living, was published in 2010.

2014

The original www.justfortheloveofit.org site shared similarities with websites such as The Freecycle Network, Freegle and Streetbank, and in 2014 Streetbank and Freeconomy decided that "the two projects would be so much stronger if they came together" and merged.

Alongside the online component of the Freeconomy Community, several areas including Bristol and London hold Freeskilling sessions, where freeconomists take turns to pass on their skills in free one-off evening classes.

Past topics have included subjects ranging from charity fundraising and anger management to bicycle maintenance, bread-making and campaigning skills.

2019

His fourth book, The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology, was published in 2019.

Boyle lives near Loughrea, in the west of Ireland.

Mark Boyle grew up in Ballyshannon, County Donegal.