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Colin R. Turner is an Irish author and social activist. He is the founder of the Free World Charter, and author of two books based on proposals for a moneyless society. In 2013, Turner embarked on a round-the-world travel attempt without using money.

Biography
Turner has been a guest on RTV Marbella's Marbella Now TV and Mi Marbella programmes.

The Free World Charter
'The Free World Charter' consists of ten principles Turner believes will "optimise life on Earth for all species" and eliminate greed and poverty.

Open sharing economy
Turner proposes what he calls an 'open sharing economy', founded on the basic principles of sharing and shifting individual purpose from self-interest to group interest. He defines the open economy as: "the application of an open, distributed model to a traditionally closed-loop economic system. In other words, rather than every individual seeking only to benefit themselves, a common understanding exists that enables everyone to benefit everyone, including themselves."

Criticism
'The Free World Charter' has been covered by alternative media websites such as ShoutOutUK, and Collective Evolution. Mark Boyle (Moneyless Man) described Turner's work on the chapter to be "... of great importance". The reviewer in ShoutOutUK thought that redistribution of wealth would be better than Turner's abolition of the monetary system.

Freeworlder consider Turner's 'open sharing economy' to be similar to a Resource Based Economy such as that proposed by The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement, but differs in that it proposes reaching a post-scarcity economy through acts of sharing, and not necessarily through technology.