Auroville: A City Without Politics, Religion, or Money -- Moneyless Society

Source: Humans Are Free | by Organic And Healthy

The brainchild of Mirra Alfassa, Auroville is a universally welcoming place, regardless of nationality, culture, religion, or language.

Instead, it celebrates what we all are: Citizens of earth.

Alfassa created a charter by which the city runs, and no nation can claim property of the place. Instead, it belongs to the world.

There is no authority, legal or political, nor a person of power, that the inhabitants need to respect. There are no written laws either.

Instead, there is only one supreme universal truth by which the city runs; citizens work toward harmony, love, and acceptance, and prioritize education and research.

As a result, the functioning of the town is organized in a very modern and environmentally friendly way. They have implemented systems of wastewater treatment, as well as systems of ground water depletion.

Mirra Alfassa

Auroville uses eco-friendly methods for production of organic food, as well as technologically advanced methods for making the poor soil fertile. With the time, the town has become self-sufficient when it comes to food production and drinking water.

Starting from the seventies, they have started a process of forestation, and today the city is settled within a belt of forests and fields, making it one of the cleanest places on earth.

Even crazier, Aurovillians use no money – they have a whole economy functioning on principles of sharing, giving, and exchanging.

There is a distribution center in the city where both citizens and strangers can get a meal, but mainly, people produce what they need and exchange items with neighbors, without any aspirations of earning from the barter economy.

Auroville city center

As a result of the cosmopolitan spirit embedded in the city, today it is inhabited with representatives from more than 50 nations.

It is protected under the authority of UNESCO, which in a way secures its future existence. The town has no restrictions – everyone is welcomed to come and to find his own peace.