The Zeitgeist Movement
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| URL | TheZeitgeistMovement.com |
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| Type of site | Social movement |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | 31 languages |
| Content license | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0[1] |
| Launched | August 18, 2008 |
| Alexa rank | 89,585 (November 6, 2011[update])[2] |
The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization currently working in over 1000 regional chapters across 70 countries.[3]
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[edit] Activities and publications
[edit] The Zeitgeist Media Festival
The Zeitgeist Media Festival is an annual global event where socially conscious artists from around the world unite in a celebration of possibility and hope for the future of our species. This 2011 event period is the first global event of its kind and we hope to start a cultural trend where actually caring about each other and the world becomes a common value.[4]
[edit] Zeitgeist Day (Z-Day)
The Zeitgeist Movement holds an annual "Z-Day" in March. The first Z-Day was on March 15, 2009 and the second on March 13, 2010. On this day, the Zeitgeist Movement has local gatherings to learn and share information with all interested individuals. In 2009 there were more than 450 events held in 70 countries around the world.[5] In 2009, among other events, Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco spoke to a sold-out crowd of around 900 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for over two hours.[6] The third Z-Day was on March 13, 2011. Peter Joseph and others spoke to a sold-out audience of 1100 at "Friends House" in Euston, London.
Michelle Rodriguez of Avatar attended Z Day 2011 in Los Angeles on March 12, 2011 at Los Angeles Convention Center.[7] She said she is intrigued by the idea of the Venus Project. "Z-Day 2012" will be held at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 10, 2012.[8]
Brandon Boyd of Incubus also attended Z Day in Los Angeles with his girlfriend Baelyn Neff.[9] He said Zeitgeist Moving Forward is his favorite Zeitgeist film so far. He also said he is very familiar with Jacque Fresco and watched a documentary film about Jacque Fresco's work called Future by Design.
[edit] Media Project
According to a press release circulated to members on May 12, 2010, the Zeitgeist Media Project (ZMP) Beta was released. According to the press release the Media Project is an extension of the Communications Team.[10]
[edit] Chapters
The Zeitgeist Movement members are organized into country/regional, state and city "sub"-chapters.[11] Each chapter/sub-chapter is hosted and maintained independently on its own domain, or in sub-domains from the Zeitgeist Movement's main site. The chapters are coordinated by individuals or groups of individuals who are well-versed in the movement's tenets and direction and have chosen to donate their time to help further its current goals. According to the Zeitgeist Movement July 2010 Newsletter, the Zeitgeist Movement has 46 official country chapters and over 200 regional sub-chapters internationally.[12] This includes all 50 official U.S. state chapters.[13]
[edit] Radio address
Rotating members of the movement deliver a weekly radio address which is broadcast every Wednesday on BlogTalkRadio. These broadcasts define the Zeitgeist Movement and discuss the progress of the movement's efforts, hold interviews with various relevant personalities, and provide information for the Zeitgeist Movement's chapters. There are two other BlogTalkRadio shows that discuss the Zeitgeist Movement, a resource-based economy and the Venus Project. One is Z Radio, a weekly broadcast co-hosted by Thunder and Franklee, and produced by Shawn Hodgins. The other, known as V-Radio,[14] is hosted by Neil Kiernan Stephenson.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Copyright
- ^ "thezeitgeistmovement.com – Traffic Details from Alexa". Alexa Internet, Inc. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thezeitgeistmovement.com. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "The Zeitgeist Movement - Frequently Asked Questions". http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/faq.
- ^ "The Zeitgeist Media Festival". http://zeitgeistmediafestival.org/.
- ^ "What is Zday". http://www.zday2010.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46.
- ^ Alan Feuer (March 16, 2009). "They’ve Seen the Future and Dislike the Present". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html?_r=2. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Michelle Rodriguez from Avatar at Zeitgeist Day Los Angeles". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4C6Xqd8qRc.
- ^ "Zeitgeist Day 2012 - Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC". http://www.voguetheatre.com/detail.php?id=252.
- ^ "Brandon Boyd of Incubus at Zeitgeist Day Los Angeles". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhJ8Vchv8KU.
- ^ http://www.zeitgeistmediaproject.com
- ^ The Zeitgeist Movement Polish
- ^ http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/July2010NL.pdf
- ^ "The Zeitgeist Movement Website". The Zeitgeist Movement. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "V-Radio". http://www.blogtalkradio.com/v-radio.
[edit] External links
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