ancient Egypt, 33
ancient Romans, 33
Arawari, Fatuma, microloan user, 26–27
awareness, raising, 17, 29, 40
Baltimore, MD, 35
Bangladesh, 27
banks: deposits, 22; Grameen Bank, 27–28; Kiva microloans, 27; loans, 15, 27–28, 29, 30; machines, 18; Medici bank, 18; owing money to, 24; statements, 23; time banks, 41
bartering. See trading
Beal, Deron, 37
Black Women’s Blueprint barter network, 35
bonded labor, 30
book exchange, phone booth, 35
borrowing: instead of buying, 6, 33–34, 38, 42, 43; money, 24, 26–28, 29–30. See also swapping; trading
Boulder Food Rescue, 33
Boyle, Mark, Irish activist, 36–37
Brooklyn, NY, 35
building: barns, 11, 12, 29; factories, 14; houses, 11, 12, 28, 29, 30; libraries, 33; porches, 24; wells, 43; with tools, 35
business, 16, 20, 24, 26, 29–30, 37; starting up, 6, 12, 13, 14, 27, 28
Communism, 13
Communist Manifesto, The, 13
community: building, 6, 25, 34, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43; space, 25, 33, 38, 39
consumerism, 24, 36: collaborative consumption, 17; consumer choice, 24, 43
Copenhagen, Denmark, 40
cowry shells, as currency, 11
currency, 9, 11, 18. See also coins; money
Deventer, the Netherlands, 40
Earth Day, 17
Earth-friendly, 17
electricity, 14
Engels, Friedrich, author, 13
environment, 6, 17, 21–22, 25, 43; regulation of, 21
environmental movement, 17
Europe, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 38
factories, 12, 13, 14; pollution from, 16, 22
factory-made, 13
families, 8, 9, 12, 21, 23–24, 25, 26–27, 28, 29, 37; in need, 15, 16, 21, 30, 34, 41, 42, 43; nomadic, 2–3, 9; size of, 23
fei stone, 9. See also currency; money
food: bartering for, 35, 36, 41; following, 8, 9; free, 37; growing, 9, 16, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, 41, 43; lacking, 12, 21, 23; waste, 30
Ford, Henry, automobile designer, 13
Freeconomy movement, 37
Free the Children organization, 29–31
friendship, 11, 12, 14, 25, 26, 30, 31, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43
Galerie Lafayette shopping mall, 9
garage sales, 30
garbage, 17, 21, 30, 33, 37, 38. See also waste
gardening, 6, 16, 30, 31, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42; guerrilla gardening, 38. See also food
Gobols neighborhood, Glasgow, Scotland, 41
Great Depression, 16
helping others, 11, 14, 17, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43: to escape poverty, 26, 27, 31; to escape slavery, 30. See also volunteering
Hine, Lewis, US photographer, 12
Hole Food Rescue, 33
houses, 11, 23, 24, 29, 33: building, 16, 28, 30
Human Library, 40
kid power, 43
Kielburger, Craig, activist, 29–30
labor: bonded, 30; child, 12, 20, 21, 29, 30; laws, 12, 20; practices, 22; slavery, 30, 43; sweat equity, 28, 29, 30, 43
Lembata, Indonesia, 10
lemonade stands, 15, 26, 30, 31, 43
libraries: ancient Roman, 33; Human Library, 40; kitchen, 6, 33–34; public, 17, 33, 34, 42; tool, 34, 35; toy, 34
LifeCycles Fruit Tree Project, 32, 33
lifestyle, sustainable, 25, 36
Los Angeles, CA, 32
MacDonald, Kyle, 33
machinery, 12
Marx, Karl, author, 13
Masih, Iqbal, child slave, 29–30
Medici bank, 18
Me to We clubs, 31
money, 9, 10, 12–16, 18; as power, 11, 13, 19, 23; borrowing, 24, 26–28, 29–30; earning, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 28, 29; fundraising, 29, 31, 43; idea of, 11; living without, 36–37; profit, 20; savings, 11, 15, 19, 29; value of, 18. See also wealth
Mulder, Michelle, author, 7, 15, 22
Near East, 9
neighbors, 6, 8, 12, 14, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43; neighborhood space, 25, 32, 38–40
Nobel Peace Prize, 27
Ortega, Jose, artist, 25
Pakistan, 29: anti-slavery movement, 30
Paris, 9
posters, for advertising, 14, 16
poverty, 6, 16, 25, 26, 27, 31
power: kid, 43; money as, 11, 13, 19; muscle, 43; pedal, 33
products: advertising of, 14; affordability of, 23, 24; manufacturing of, 6, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24; planned obsolescence, 13, 14; replacement of, 17. See also consumerism
Redwater, AB, 12
resources: natural, 6, 23, 35; saving, 16, 17, 34, 37; sharing, 13, 16, 37, 38; use of, 16, 23, 37
reusing, 16, 17. See also swapping; trading
Russia, 13
savings, 11, 15, 19, 22, 29. See also money
shares, 15
sharing: living space, 7, 40; money, 13; resources, 13, 16, 37, 38; skills, 16, 41, 42; time, 17, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33; yard sharing, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
shopping, 2, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 24, 31, 43: buying power, 19, 22, 23, 37; Buy Nothing Day, 36, 37; on the Internet, 17; smart shoppers, 23
slavery, 30, 43. See also labor
Spain, 41
St. Paul’s, MN, 15
steam engine, 12
Stop the Violence organization, 40
storage facilities, 23
Sudan, 23
Sudbury, ON, 34
swapping, 10, 35, 42–43. See also borrowing; trading
time: banks, 41; spending, 11, 13, 14, 25, 29, 40. See also sweat equity; volunteering
toy libraries, 34
Trade School network, 41
trading, 9, 33, 34–35, 36, 41. See also borrowing; swapping
Turkey: invention of coins, 11; Istanbul, 19; Selçuk, 33
United Kingdom, 33
United States, 12, 14, 15, 19, 31, 32, 33, 35
urban farming, 30
volunteering, 17, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33
waste, 21, 30, 34, 36. See also garbage
Watt, James (Scottish inventor), 12
wealth, 20, 23, 25, 35: new concept of, 25
work: for money, 11–13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 25; for trade, 18; hours of, 14, 20–21; out of, 15. See also labor
workers: children, 12, 20, 21, 29, 30; factory, 13, 14; fair treatment of, 20–21, 22, 43; minimum age of, 20–21; rights of, 21, 43; servants, 20
Yap, Island of, 9
Yunus, Muhammad, inventor of microloans, 27