The Venus Project
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| Motto | Beyond Politics, Poverty and War |
| Type | Non-profit Organization |
| Website | www.thevenusproject.com |
The Venus Project is an organization started by self-educated structural engineer, industrial designer, and futurist Jacque Fresco. Fresco's project aims to restructure society through worldwide utilization of a theoretical design that he calls a resource-based economy. Those ideas use a version of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation with a global socio-economic system based on social cooperation and scientific methodology.
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History [edit]
The Venus Project was started by Jacque Fresco and by former portrait artist Roxanne Meadows in Venus, Florida, United States.
2002 - "The Best That Money Can't Buy" book was published.
Zeitgeist movies [edit]
The Venus Project is featured prominently in the documentary film Zeitgeist: Addendum, in relation to global problems explained in the film.[1] The film premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival in Los Angeles, California on October 2, 2008, winning their highest award.[2] It was released online for free on YouTube.[1] Following the movie, an organization called the Zeitgeist Movement was established to promote the aims of the Venus Project. In 2011, an additional film, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, was also released. At that time Zeitgeist was a promoter and advocate of the Venus Project. In April 2011, the Venus Project formally disassociated itself from Zeitgeist as it no longer felt represented by Zeitgeist.[3]
Resource-based economy [edit]
The term "Resource-based Economy" is applied by the Venus Project to a hypothetical economic system in which goods, services and information are free. This use of the term is found in information from Jacque Fresco.[4]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Zeitgeist: Addendum". Video. YouTube. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ^ "Home :: The Artivist Film Festival (from web.archive.org)". October 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2012. "Presenting The 2008 Artivist Award Winners! "ZEITGEIST ADDENDUM" Director: Peter Joseph. Best Feature - Artivist Spirit Award"
- ^ "TVP / TZM Split on V-Radio".
- ^ "Resource Based Economy". The Venus Project.
External links [edit]
- The Venus Project
- The Pangea — Greece Activism
- FUTURAGORA — Portugal Activism
- Civilisation 2.0 — France Activism
- Future by Design DVD, Directed by William Gazecki
Coordinates: 27°04′25″N 81°25′51″W / 27.073667°N 81.43079°W
