Building Community through Gifting
I've started to explore the concept of "building community'" as an alternative strategy to the impending economic/social/energy collapse, ie. the end to the only way of life most of us know.
The annual Rainbow Gathering http://www.gatheringspot.net/topic/spiritual-activism/years-rainbow-gathering is one type of "Gift Community" wherein participants share food, accommodation, entertainment, etc. without the exchange of money.