The Venus Project
This is a Brief Introduction to The Venus Project
While The Venus Project has no leaders–a strange statement to those who have never encountered such a organization before, but the person who founded The Venus Project is called Jacque Fresco.
There are many others who have been a part of The Venus Project for a long time; one such person is Roxanne Meadows. “She studied technical and architectural rendering and model making under Jacque Fresco for 4 years.” [1]
Jacque Fresco lived through the great depressions and “realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants were still intact, and resources were still there, but people didn’t have money to buy the products. Jacque Fresco felt the rules of the game we play by were outmoded and damaging.” [1]
The Venus Project has lots of videos you can watch and the media people are always making new stuff. This is the official YouTube account for The Venus Project: http://www.youtube.com/user/thevenusprojectmedia and The Venus Project website also has embedded videos to help discuss how a Resource Based Economy would work:
This is a sample video form the above-mentioned website: The Venus Project-Resource Based Economy :
Shortened link to video: The Venus Project-Resource Based Economy : http://youtu.be/PIMy0QBSQWo.
Imagine
“Imagine a world where war is outdated, there is no shortage of resources, and every human being enjoys a high standard of living.”
Jacque Fresco has.
A F I L M B Y A C A D E M Y A W A R D® N O M I N A T E D D I R E C T O R W I L L I A M G A Z E C K I
Future by Design (Movie) is now available as DVD and iTunes
JACQUE FRESCO — A MODERN-DAY DA VINCI
The Venus Project is also still in the process of making a major motion picture. Keep track of any developments in this process–by clicking on this link.
The Venus Project is Looking for Volunteers
The Venus Project is in the process of forming a world-wide teams. These teams are called Global Activism Teams: http://www.thevenusproject.com/en/get-involved/global-activism-teams. You could be a part of making our future a better place to live in. Where everyone has enough food. There is no war. There is no poverty.
“TVP Global Activism Teams will work in their local communities to promote the aims and proposals of the Venus project to the public, and by putting individuals, socially responsible agencies and organizations, universities in contact with Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows once the initial contact has been made and an interest has been shown, this will be include direct localized street activism using The Venus Projects approved media.” [ http://www.thevenusproject.com/en/get-involved/global-activism-teams, accessed April 2012]
This section also provides contacts for other types of teams and volunteers. Notably, the movie mentioned below needs people with various expertise. The movie will make it possible for The Venus Project to do other major projects if it’s successful.
Be Part of Changing the World to a Resource Based Economy
The Venus Project proposes changes that are at a global scale. If you want to get a brief idea of the global changes, this article might help: “The Venus Project In A Nutshell (Almost):” http://bit.ly/h4lXzJ, http://pear.ly/Qy3H
Some people come to The Venus Project expecting global change, or local changes to suddenly occur once they join. Currently The Venus Project is trying to inform as many of the 7 billion people on this earth that a solution to our problems exist–that we don’t need to have war, poverty, starvation, debt, and unnecessary human suffering.
The Venus Project will only work if the entire world’s people unite and become one community–that may seem impossible to you who–wish change right now, but even science concedes that this will eventually happen, not only on a planetary scale, but on much larger scales that includes our entire solar system if we choose to venture into space: The Kardashev Scale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale.
Are we ready for a transition to a resource based economy right now? The resounding answer is yes, and there will be a transition period, that may last at minimum 20 years or less depending on technology as new cities are built all over the world to make sure every person in this world has housing, enough food, health care, transport, education access and many more things.
The only thing holding us back is that many of the world people still do not know a solution exists; and large scale efforts (that must include all of the worlds people) to change things is not occurring at the moment–and that may depend on how bad we let the economic system get before a demand for change is made (or a forced solution is imposed on us by governments–that may not be in our best interests if based on the existing economic system).
For those of you who don’t know: The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement have split up
It’s Official, The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement have split up: http://bit.ly/eHpaIs , http://pear.ly/QA0H
The Venus Project is in the Process of Making a Major Motion Film
The Venus Project is in the process of making major motion picture depicting life in a resource-based economy. If you wish to read about this major motion picture project or donate money to it:
“The Venus Project wishes to thank all the people who have made donations.”
You might also be interested in checking out this video
The documentary Paradise or Oblivion, produced by Roxanne Meadows, introduces the culmination of Jacque Fresco’s work, and viable solutions for the future.
A ROXANNE MEADOWS PRODUCTION
A DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY ROXANNE MEADOWS, WRITTEN BY JACQUE FRESCO, ORIGINAL MUSIC BY CARLY PARADIS, EDITED BY ROXANNE MEADOWS & ASSISTANT JOEL HOLT
“PARADISE OR OBLIVION”
OFFICIAL (48 MIN) [DOCUMENTARY]
Shortened link to video: ”Paradise or Oblivion” Official (48 min) [documentary]: http://youtu.be/KphWsnhZ4Ag #thevenusproject #RBE @frescotweets
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR PARADISE OR OBLIVION: http://www.paradiseoroblivion.com/
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE “PARADISE OR OBLIVION” OFFICIAL TRAILER (48 MIN DOCUMENTARY) AT THE ABOVE WEBSITE AND IT COMES IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES (SUCH AS AFRIKAANS, ARABIC, CZECH, FRENCH, GREEK, GERMAN, HEBREW, HINDI, PERSIAN FARASI, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH, AND SO ON)
PARADISE OR OBLIVION TRAILER (3 MIN) FOR (48 MIN) DOCUMENTARY
Shortened link to video: ”Paradise or Oblivion” Official Trailer (3 min) for (48 min) Documentary [trailer]: http://youtu.be/Ip_ElRKNTUQ #thevenusproject #RBE @frescotweets
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR PARADISE OR OBLIVION: http://www.paradiseoroblivion.com/
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE “PARADISE OR OBLIVION” OFFICIAL TRAILER (48 MIN DOCUMENTARY) AT THE ABOVE WEBSITE AND IT COMES IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES (SUCH AS AFRIKAANS, ARABIC, CZECH, FRENCH, GREEK, GERMAN, HEBREW, HINDI, PERSIAN FARASI, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH, AND SO ON)
References
- [1] http://thevenusproject.com/en/jacque-fresco; accessed 2012
Short link to this post: The Venus Project, beyond politics, poverty and war: http://bit.ly/mrfjOg , http://pear.ly/Qluz
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I hope they get the help they need to share he vision,
Thought you might like my minor (budget) motion machinima film,
To The Venus Project
Bright Blessings
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Thanks for the video film. I enjoyed watching it. Your film reminds me that Second Life could be a nice place to model The Venus Project buildings and society.
I think a big thing that is important about The Venus Project is letting people know:
I think your film helps spread a message that a solution is out there already and you understand our feelings well:
Thank you for taking the effort to making several films that reveal who we are and what we feel.
In particular, thank you for making a film about what people in the future might think and feel about The Venus Project while at the same time spreading the message about the existence of a solution to the major problems we face in today’s world.
With much respect and gratitude Gharr
Go to The Venus Project to find out more about the new film that is being made.