After two years off-grid, I'm embracing daily letters, good sleep and my DIY hot tub
Mark Boyle
This is what I’ve learned from living without email, electricity, or a phone…
March 2018
Life without technology
My advice after a year without tech: rewild yourself
Mark Boyle
We can’t all go and live in the woods, of course. But if we resist debt, resist gadgets, and reconnect with nature, the world might just change, writes Mark Boyle
November 2017
Life without technology
What do I miss about technology most? Match of the Day and my parents’ voices
Mark Boyle
When I’m tired or busy I think about the convenience and sugar-coated allure of the life I left behind. Then I think about its unintended consequences, says Mark Boyle
September 2017
Life without technology
I live a healthier life now I’m free of the trappings of modernity
Mark Boyle
Being healthy is not about doctors, ambulances and technology. I use natural methods to keep my body in balance, writes Mark Boyle, the Guardian’s Life Without Technology columnist
July 2017
Life without technology
Life without social media has taught me the virtues of being social
Mark Boyle
The Guardian’s Life Without Technology columnist on weaning himself off the news and rediscovering chatting to his neighbours instead
May 2017
Life without technology
Environmentalism used to be about defending the wild – not any more
Mark Boyle
We’re domesticating areas instead of protecting them. Living without technology I’ve found my place in the natural world – and this path could be our salvation
March 2017
Life without technology
Bored? No way. Ditching technology makes life complicated and beautiful
Mark Boyle
For three months I’ve lived without tech and now realise we need to question its ever-encroaching invasion – before we end up in bed with a sex robot
February 2017
Life without technology
No bills, so many riches: the lessons of living like a prince outside cyberia
Mark Boyle
Reading Thoreau by the fire, fishing for trout, and playing chess over blackberry wine are just some of the pleasure I’ve found since I turned my back on tech
December 2016
Life without technology
Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
Mark Boyle
From Wednesday, I’m going to live without my laptop, internet, phone, washing machine or television. I want my life back. I want my soul back
September 2015
Moneyless man
Living without money: what I learned
A moneyless economy shows how our lives are intrinsically linked to the great web of life. In this deep ecology, our security comes from our relationships with people and nature
October 2012
100 months to save the world
50 months: 'We need to set our own personal carbon targets'
Mark Boyle proposes personal yearly goals for each of our transitions to a low-carbon life
August 2010
Green living blog
How to build sustainable homes without spending a penny
From Earthships to underground houses, The Moneyless Man says building low-impact housing for free is theoretically possible
July 2010
Moneyless man
Green, fun and free: How to dance and make merry without spending a penny
Green living blog
Soapdodgers of the world, unite
June 2010
Moneyless man
Moneyless man: To gather possessions, don't we need cash? Not so
Mark Boyle: Making pillows from wild reedmace or picking up DVDs on websites such as Freecycle is free and has wider benefits too
Green living blog
Travel without money poses challenges that make holidays more fun
Mark Boyle: A sense of adventure will pay your way to interesting places while meeting inspiring people
Environment blog
Moneyless man reveals how to live a cashless life without starving
Mark Boyle: Separation between stomachs and the soil means most food comes in plastic packets, but eating for free can be fun
November 2009
Moneyless man
My year of living without money
Green living blog
The cashless man responds to your comments
October 2009
Green living blog
I live without cash – and I manage just fine
Armed with a caravan, solar laptop and toothpaste made from washed-up cuttlefish bones, Mark Boyle gave up using cash
