“Anything you learn to do for yourself or for other people without paying for it; any utilization of recycled or discarded materials; anything you make instead of buy; give instead of sell; any new skill or new song or new art you teach yourself or another will reduce the dominion of money and grow a gift economy to sustain us through the coming transition. The world of the Gift, echoing primitive gift societies, the web of ecology, the spiritual teachings of the ages, is nigh upon us. It tugs on our heartstrings and awakens our generosity. Shall we heed its call, before the remainder of the earth’s beauty is consumed?”
Charles Eisenstein, Sacred Economics