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Founded in 2008, The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Organization which conducts community based activism and awareness actions through a network of Global/Regional Chapters, Project Teams, Annual Events, Media and Charity Work.
The Movement's principle focus includes the recognition that the majority of the social problems which plague the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption, scarcity, a political policy, a flaw of "human nature" or other commonly held assumptions of causality.
Rather, The Movement recognizes that issues such as poverty, corruption, collapse, homelessness, war, starvation and the like appear to be "Symptoms" born out of an outdated social structure. While intermediate Reform steps and temporal Community Support are of interest to The Movement, the defining goal here is the installation of a new socioeconomic model based upon technically responsible Resource Management, Allocation and Distribution through what would be considered The Scientific Method of reasoning problems and finding optimized solutions.
This "Resource-Based Economic Model" is about taking a direct technical approach to social management as opposed to a Monetary or even Political one. It is about updating the workings of society to the most advanced and proven methods Science has to offer, leaving behind the damaging consequences and limiting inhibitions which are generated by our current system of monetary exchange, profits, corporations and other structural and motivational components.
The Movement is loyal to a train of thought, not figures or institutions. In other words, the view held is that through the use of socially targeted research and tested understandings in Science and Technology, we are now able to logically arrive at societal applications which could be profoundly more effective in meeting the needs of the human population. In fact, so much so, that there is little reason to assume war, poverty, most crimes and many other money-based scarcity effects common in our current model cannot be resolved over time.
The range of The Movement's Activism & Awareness Campaigns extend from short to long term, with the model based explicitly on Non-Violent methods of communication. The long term view, which is the transition into a Resource-Based Economic Model, is a constant pursuit and expression, as stated before. However, in the path to get there, The Movement also recognizes the need for transitional Reform techniques, along with direct Community Support.
For instance, while "Monetary Reform" itself is not an end solution proposed by The Movement, the merit of such legislative approaches are still considered valid in the context of transition and temporal integrity. Likewise, while food and clothes drives and other supportive projects to help those in need today are also not considered a long term solution, it is still considered valid in the context of helping others in a time of need, while also drawing awareness to the principle goal.
The Zeitgeist Movement also has no allegiance to a country or traditional political platforms. It views the world as a single system and the human species as a single family and recognizes that all countries must disarm and learn to share resources and ideas if we expect to survive in the long run. Hence, the solutions arrived at and promoted are in the interest to help everyone on the planet Earth, not a select group.
http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmeIMjsen28&feature=player_embeddedFounded in 2008, The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Organization... more
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Please repost this video to get the word out there. The people need to know that there is a solution to the mess we have created.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_ElRKNTUQPlease repost this video to get the word out there. The people need to know that there... more
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Technology is changing the world we live in at an astounding pace. For some, this is great news, but for many it will be bad, very bad…at first. The implications for society in the near future will be earth shattering and in fact, the effects are already being felt in many areas. We will experience nothing less than the re-sculpting of society from the ground up. The way the world works, the very nature and structure of our society and economy is not compatible with the world that is coming and must change or die. Let us then examine what some of those changes are that are coming, what the short term implications are and then offer a potential solution; the only solution that I have found so far.
Read my entire blog post here:
http://kellybalthrop.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/change-is-the-future-part-i/Technology is changing the world we live in at an astounding pace. For some, this is... more
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Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical "life ground" attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a "Resource-Based Economy".Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary... more
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This is the Official Online (Youtube) Release of "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" by Peter Joseph. [30 subtitles pending]
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical "life ground" attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a "Resource-Based Economy".
On Jan. 15th, 2011, "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" was released theatrically to sold out crowds in 60 countries; 31 languages; 295 cities and 341 Venues. It has been noted as the largest non-profit independent film release in history.
This is a non-commercial work and is available online for free viewing and no restrictions apply to uploading/download/posting/linking - as long as no money is exchanged.
A Free DVD Torrent of the full 2 hr and 42 min film in 30 languages is also made available through the main website [below], with instructions on how one can download and burn the movie to DVD themselves. His other films are also freely available in this format.
Website:
www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com
www.zeitgeistmovie.com
Release Map:
http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/zmap
$5 DVD:
http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/dvd
Movement:
www.thezeitgeistmovement.comThis is the Official Online (Youtube) Release of "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward"... more
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zeitgeistmovingforward.comhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/are-we-safer/
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.zeitgeistmovingforward.comhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/are-we-safer/... more
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This is the fastest growing global social movement in history. We advocate a resource based economy with the use of science,technology and nature instead of politics,money and war. All working for common good for all human beings without social stratification. There are currently over 400,000 registered members.This is the fastest growing global social movement in history. We advocate a resource... more
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