The Books
Four books, each grown out of an experiment in living, translated into more than twenty languages.
Memoir · 2019
Tales from a life without technology
Mark's account of life after he gave up complex technology: a home built by hand, water carried from the spring, food grown and gathered close by, and days set by the light and the weather instead of a screen. Funny, honest and often moving, it is a book about the meaning of home and the true cost of convenience.
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Essays · 2015
On resistance, ecology and change
A provocative challenge to the environmental movement. Mark asks whether peaceful protest alone can still bring about the change the living world needs, and what the alternatives might be.
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Philosophy & Practice · 2012
Live well, live rich, live free
Part philosophy, part practical handbook. The thinking behind a life with less money and more meaning, with hands-on guidance on food, shelter, energy, transport and community for anyone who wants to start.
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Memoir · 2010
A year of freeconomic living
The book that started it all. On Buy Nothing Day 2008, a business graduate from Donegal set out to live for a year without spending or earning a penny. This is the story of how he did it, what went wrong, and what it taught him about community, food and freedom.
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A note from Mark