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Zeitgeist Monetary Transition Plan
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- Life.
- Life is what brings us together.
- Life is what separates us.
- Life is what makes us so special.
- And yet, life is so common.
- We decide what to do with our lives.
- It is our choice.
- Or is it?
- In 1943, Abraham Maslow released a paper called "A Theory of Human Motivation".
- This paper outlines hierarchy levels for human needs.
- Humanity collectively shares these needs and everyone of them relies on money.
- Money that buys our food.
- Money that buys our health.
- Money that buys our admittance to a group.
- And money that represents our achievements and goals in life.
- Yet this subject is rarely known to us.
- Where does money come from?
- And why is it so important to act now?
- We should act because of poverty,
- lack of morals in education,
- and that we are trashing our brains with TV, our bodies with junk food,
- exploiting children in third-world countries, and polluting our environment.
- There are three major factors that require us to act right now.
- They are money, energy, and global climate change.
- These three, linked together in a chaos of interests.
- We will review each of these three subjects in order to understand what they are.
- First, we have money.
- What is money?
- Money, in simple words, is a claim of human labor.
- How much human labor has been invested in your work?
- It could be carpentry, delivery, advertising and so on.
- It all sums up to one single thing, which is labor.
- But money, as money, is not the only factor in this formula.
- There are also people who create, what we call, economy.
- Money is created out of thin air. Believe it or not, out of nothing.
- You might ask yourself, "Why should that necessarily be a bad thing?"
- Well, let me tell you a little story.
- Let's say, one day,
- you get up in the morning and everything around you is gold.
- A golden table, a golden tree, the trash becomes gold
- and you can even swim in a golden pool.
- Sure it would be cool at first.
- But after awhile, everyone agrees that the gold is not rare anymore.
- With the amount of gold there is, it is actually worth nothing.
- You certainly can't sell it.
- It is scarcity that gives it value.
- Money can be looked at like this as well.
- When there is too much money in circulation,
- inflation occurs, and your money is worth less.
- To further increase inflation,
- banks issue loans, keeping only 10% of the money as a reserve,
- and then add interest to this, further multiplying the money available.
- To better understand the mechanics of money,
- you need to watch the movie "Zeitgeist Addendum" at www.zeitgeistmovie.com.
- There is a lot of material on this subject,
- and we recommend that you discover more.
- Second is energy.
- Currently, energy is a necessary tool to run the world.
- We consume, transport and harvest our food with energy.
- More than 50% of all our total energy currently comes from oil.
- Oil is a finite resource and works in a certain way.
- In the beginning of drilling, oil was very cheap.
- Yet, after the peak, it's completely reversed---very expensive.
- We are entering a phase that is beyond easily accessible oil, globally.
- For example, the last large oil find in the United States occurred in the 1930's.
- But the really scary thing is,
- our population growth has rapidly multiplied over recent years.
- In the upcoming year, 70 million people are predicted to be born into this world.
- That's almost one-quarter of the current U.S. population.
- This means more food, more steel, more cars, more oil, more energy
- that needs to be produced to fulfill this growing need.
- The need for energy is far greater than our current supply of oil.
- Soon, oil will be so expensive that only the rich will be wealthy enough to use it.
- And with that, everything else that oil produces---
- which includes transportation, plastics and food, as well---
- where will that leave us then?
- Third, is the environment.
- Meanwhile we consume like there is no tomorrow,
- exploit the land and its limited resources.
- We pollute the air we breathe, we pollute the water we drink
- and create irreversible damage to precious ecosystems.
- And, on top of that, we are changing our climate.
- Experts and scientists say we are rapidly approaching the point of no return.
- We need to ask ourselves a few fundamental questions.
- This is happening in our lifetime, and we need a solution.
- Because we CAN have a sustainable economy.
- We can have a clean, sustainable energy.
- And we can stop the world from inevitable destruction.
- But we need a vision, and we need a plan.
- Our ultimate goal
- is to complete a transformation of consciousness in humanity,
- from our current world view, that we are all separate entities on this planet,
- competing against each other for resources,
- to being fully emerged in a vision that we are, in fact, all here together,
- in essence, one.
- Hence we must work together. There is no scarcity if we all work in a symbiosis
- to preserve and nurture our environment and fellow people.
- This can be accomplished when we all unite together,
- under a collective banner,
- to create a resource-based economy instead of a monetary one.
- Just imagine, for a second, the best money can't buy,
- unhindered technologies, free to access for millions;
- a society where equality is more important than the bottom line.
- It's time to put aside an outdated method of division
- and embrace a moneyless society
- where mundane labor jobs are a thing of the past.
- Robots and computers shouldn't be something we fear. Instead we should view them as an extension of human ability.
- Just think of the things that really have allowed for daily improvements in your life:
- dishwashers, reading glasses, lightbulbs, etc. All these are technically created devices.
- The idea of allowing technology to flourish will improve all of our lives dramatically.
- This will free up humans to spend time on things we really love, like our children, creative outlets and fostering community projects.
- The RBE is not simply some idealist's dream.
- It represents the life work of man called Jacque Fresco in the form of The Venus Project.
- The Venus Project is a veritable blueprint for the genesis of a new world civilization.
- One that is based on human concern and environmental reclamation.
- The plans for The Venus Project offer society a broader spectrum of choices
- based on the scientific possibilities directed toward a new era of peace and sustainability for all.
- Through the implementation of a resource-based economy, and a multitude of innovative and environmentally friendly technologies
- directly applied to the social system, The Venus Project proposal will dramatically reduce crime,
- poverty, hunger, homelessness and many other pressing problems that are common throughout the world today.
- This project also introduces a set of workable and practical values.
- You will now hear a step-by-step proposal for how we go about making this paradigm shift a reality in our lifetime.
- From the previous short review, the Zeitgeist movies and many other films and documents, you know the situation.
- Thanks to Jacques Fresco's vision, you know the ultimate goal.
- Now, how do we move there? What is our path? What is our plan?
- Please take a look at the following presentation of the Transition Plan.
- What we propose is the evolution from a monetary system to a resource-based economy step-by-step.
- The idea is that this progress will accelerate itself in time.
- It is a transformation from the full, 100% dependency on money
- to sustainable, self-sufficient and, in terms of resources, profitable communities.
- Of course, we are all aware of all other necessary steps on the global level,
- like evaluation of the Earth's resources and cooperation between governments.
- What if we work from the ground up, somehow outside the system,
- create a peaceful, global, people's revolution
- while influencing the top by systematically removing our contributions to the monetary system?
- We plan to do it piece by piece, step-by-step.
- You can think about it as taking one puzzle piece from the monetary system and adding it to our resource-based economy.
- In time, all the puzzle pieces will become part of our picture.
- How fast it will happen depends entirely upon us.
- Individual action is required, as well as unification of different organizations working together towards the common goal.
- You are probably wondering, "What are these elements? And which puzzle pieces should we take first? Second? Third?
- And how do we make sure they fit nicely into the new picture and, at the same time, not destroy the first.
- Simply speaking, how do we make this transformation smooth? What are the steps?"
- Well, frankly, there is still a lot of work and calculation to do.
- But here is our idea for such a transformation.
- Step 1: Establishing self-sufficient farms.
- The first step is to establish automated farms and communities in a few locations
- powered by clean, free energy such as solar, geothermal or wind.
- This will ensure the basic needs and provide resources and funding for further development.
- Another part of this stage is the linking up and unificaton of existing communities, world-wide.
- This first step requires significant investment, and therefore
- it should be achieved by using support from available programs, such as EU donations,
- university research programs, local government subsidies and other existing foundations.
- Step 2: Providing energy.
- The next step is establishing a clean energy-producing company, for example a solar panel manufacturer.
- It reduces the cost of starting new communities and provides margin for equipment.
- Step 3: Construction of the Automated Factory.
- With basic resources, food and energy secured, the next step will be to
- establish and operate automated factories
- where all necessary machines can be designed and manufactured.
- Step 4: Creating Transport
- The automated and globally coordinated connections between these colonies
- will be established.
- It will reduce the need for outsourcing our shipping services
- and allow direct resource exchange between the projects.
- Step 5: Securing Raw Materials.
- This step involves establishing facilities to ensure necessary resources.
- It is also important to notice that every community shall be established according
- to the rules of recycling and intelligent waste management.
- Step 6: Further Development.
- With a network of advanced, self-sufficient communities,
- production facilities and global transport,
- we finally will be able to focus on the next fields and final outsourcing of
- services like education, healthcare, space program and ocean cities.
- Chapter 4. Resource Based Economy Foundation (RBEF)
- This chapter is dedicated to a description of the global tool
- that can be used to achieve the Transition Plan.
- It is called the Resource Based Economy Foundation, or RBEF.
- Before we proceed further we would like to point out some very important facts
- and differences making this foundation unique.
- The Resource Based Economy Foundation is to be created
- from the ground up, within the monetary system, using existing mechanisms.
- Through the coordination of multiple activities,
- projects and enterprises in a fully transparent way,
- the RBE Foundation will provide resources, including funds
- and a coordination platform for various projects
- aiming on introduction of a resource-based economy.
- RBEF, later called Foundation,
- exists as a tool for the Resourced Based Economy Project
- during the transition period and provides the necessary resources and funding.
- According to the principles, all work shall be done on a voluntary basis.
- All acquired resources, including money,
- shall be redistributed among the RBE projects.
- The Foundation serves as a transition-based link
- between the current monetary system and the future resource-based economy.
- The Foundation is a center for all projects
- which require and/or generate resources and funds.
- All decisions concerning the funds and management
- shall be as automated as possible and made in scientific ways
- in order to acheive 100% transparency about the funds.
- The Foundation shall exist as long as the money is necessary
- and an irreplaceable resource,
- for the initiation and efficient operation of RBE projects.
- Let's go over some of the values that the Foundation stands for.
- 1. Resource Base Economy
- The Foundation exists solely because of and for the RBE projects.
- 2. Volunteer Work
- Work and time is much better contributed than money, therefore
- the operation of the RBEF will be primarily based on the work of volunteers.
- Management of this work shall be done in scientific and organized manner.
- 3. Scientific Management.
- Much of the fundamental management of the Foundation
- will be left to the Foundation's computerized system
- rather than to human decisions.
- 4. Transparency
- All funds are fully transparent
- and accounted for from the moment they enter
- the system to the moment they are spent.
- 5. Automated Funds Distribution
- Distribution of the funds shall be done in an automated and
- pre-defined way leaving no space for individual human errors.
- 6. Respect
- is a must for everyone, their opinions, abilities
- and unique approaches to solutions.
- So how does it all work?
- Describing the whole mechanism
- would take much more time than we have here.
- Therefore we would like to present the general idea instead.
- Nevertheless, we hope to work together with you on the RBEF details
- in the near future to cooperate with your own project.
- Well, frankly speaking, the RBEF is a tool to buy us out from the monetary system
- to the resource-based economy.
- Also a tool to accept and use existing mechanisms and donations,
- like EU Funds, government grants, etc.
- It of course varies from country to country.
- The idea is that everyone has a full control over their donations and
- can track each donation all the time.
- Donators can also choose to fund a specific project of their choice directly.
- So, if you decided to buy a shovel for project A,
- which posted it as a request as part of the startup package,
- you can actually see the scanned receipt, bank transfer
- and even the very shovel at the project through an on-site, real-time webcam.
- 100% transparency is one of the main values of the Foundation.
- It is as simple as that.
- The goal is to build the first cities by the common effort of humanity
- and therefore buy us out from the current corrupted system.
- Here's a specific example in relation to US taxes.
- In most countries,
- when a person or organization donates money to a non-profit organization,
- the donating entity doesn't have to pay tax.
- They're able to write-off the amount on a donated sum.
- What this also means
- is that entities can donate their tax directly to the Foundation
- instead of their host government.
- It is the simplest way to have control over your tax
- and dedicate it to something worthy rather than sponsoring corporations.
- We will have an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide
- for contributers to be able to do this online.
- Taxes.
- A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or legal entity
- by a state or a functional equivalent of a state.
- The monetary system heavily depends on taxation and thus cannot
- exist without this, and this is what the Transition Plan takes advantage of.
- In the United States, any person who possesses any kind of property
- or earns a wage can legally write off any donation to a non-profit bank.
- It holds true for most countries as well
- and differs by some local rules and regulations.
- In any case this will legally allow people to donate around 50% of their tax money
- and support a resource-based economy.
- The New Z-Land project is a practical first step towards creating a resource-based economy,
- based on the concept of Jacque Fresco's at "The Venus Project".
- During the initial transition period
- we aim to build a sustainable community in Northland, New Zealand.
- The community will build its way up to having a population of approximately 500 people.
- This community will not only function as a prototype for future development
- but also a research and development center for new RBE technologies within itself.
- The goal is to create a workable model to then create similar developments across the world.
- Eventually we will be able to create a web of interconnected, self-sufficient communities
- making the transition to a resource-based economy.
- New Zealand's geographical location, combined with ideal weather conditions
- and island isolation with a small population that allows for ease and adaptability,
- has huge potential for transformation.
- Through examining the viability and implementing the logistics including
- resource and energy usage, carrying capacity and economic barriers,
- the resource-based economy will see its first fruitation project in the next three years.
- See our website for further details.
- At the New Z-land project
- all possibilities to relieve humans of labor, scarcity and control, are tried,
- tested and implemented. The project, in itself, is a living, evolving experiment.
- Once researched, these technologies will be shared with the world
- to improve other like-minded cities.
- Once completely automated and operational,
- the project will serve as the first working model of a resource-centric city
- as depicted by "The Venus Project."
- Success of this city will serve as a tribute to all resource-based economies
- and will lead to further developments of this nature.
- The creation of the resource-based economy dream can unravel into reality.
- a Child's Voice
- Losing my future is not like losing an electon
- or a few points on the stock market.
- I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in our ozone.
- I'm afraid to breathe the air, because I don't know what chemicals are in it.
- I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home, with my dad
- until just a few years ago we found a fish full of cancers.
- And now we hear of animals and plants going extinct, every day,
- vanishing forever.
- In my life, I have dreamt of seeing great herds of wild animals,
- jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies
- but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
- Did you have to worry of these things when you were my age?
- All this is happening before our eyes, and yet
- we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions.
- I'm only a child, and I don't have all the solutions,
- but I want you to realize: neither do you.
- You don't know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer.
- You don't know how to bring the salmon back up a dead stream.
- You don't know how to bring back an animal, now extinct.
- And you can't bring back the forest that once grew where there is now a desert.
- If you don't know how to fix it, please, stop breaking it.
- Here, you may be delagates of your governments,
- business people, organizers, reporters or politicians,
- but really, you're mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles,
- and all of you are someone's child.
- I'm only a child and yet I know that we are part of a family, 5 billion strong,
- in fact, 30 million species strong,
- and borders and goverments will never change that.
- I'm only a child yet I know we are all in this together and should act
- as one single world towards one single goal.
- In my anger, I am not blind
- and in my fear, I'm not afraid of telling the world how I feel.
- In my country, we make so much waste,
- we buy and throw away, buy and throw away,
- and yet, northern countries will not share with the needy.
- Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to share.
- We are afraid to let go of some of our wealth.
- In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food, water and shelter.
- We have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets.
- The list could go on for two days.
- Two days ago, here in Brazil,
- we were shocked when we spent time with some children living on the streets.
- This is what one child told us.
- "I wish I was rich. And if I were, I would give all the street children food,
- clothes, medicines, shelter and love and affection."
- If a child on the streets who has nothing, is willing to share,
- why are we who have everything still so greedy?
- I can't stop thinking that these are children my own age,
- that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born.
- That I, could be one of those children living in the "favelas" of Rio.
- I could be a child starving in Somalia.
- Or a victim of war in the Middle East
- or a beggar in India.
- I am only a child, yet I know if all the money spent on war
- was spent on finding environmental answers,
- ending poverty and finding treaties,
- what a wonderful place this Earth would be.
- At school, even in kindergarten,
- you teach us how to behave in the world.
- You teach us to not fight with others, to work things out.
- To respect others. To clean up our mess.
- Not hurt other creatures. To share, not to be greedy.
- Then why you go out and do...
- do the things you tell us not to do?
- Do not forget why you're attending these conferences.
- Who you're doing this for.
- We are your own children.
- You are deciding what kind of world we're growing up in.
- Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying:
- "Everything is going to be alright."
- "It's not the end of the world."
- and "We're doing the best we can."
- But I don't think you can say that to us anymore.
- Are we even on your list of priorities?
- My dad always says:
- "You are what you do, not what you say."
- Well, what you do makes me cry at night.
- You grownups say you love us,
- but I challenge you, please,
- make your actions reflect your words.
- Thank you.
- Chapter 6. How to get involved
- "United we stand, divided we fall"
- Basically we need to cooperate together instead of fragment in groups,
- chipping away at the impossibly huge, bureaucratic mountain.
- The only real way is by dedicated members.
- Hopefully we can all band together under a united project that will define us all.
- Everyone watching this presentation knows
- things are not right about the current system,
- preventable things.
- The problem is we often feel powerless as individuals.
- This plan gives us the tools to take affirmative, positive action.
- All we need is you to help further enhance and develop these ideas.
- What can you do?
- First, arm yourself with information.
- Read the "Orientation Guide" at the Zeitgeist website, located at
- www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
- There's also a very informative digital presentation located there as well.
- Also checkout: www.storyofstuff.com
- This is a brilliant summary of the current consumer driven situation,
- by following the history of stuff.
- From extraction, through sale, use and disposal.
- All the stuff, and how it affects communities at home and abroad.
- Also, register your skills and resources at: www.zeitgeistresources.com
- Enlist your resume, name, and anything else you think would be helpful.
- You can also join the transition plan,
- and resource based economy foundation groups at:
- www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
- And join our team to allow further action, knowledge exchange and coordination.
- And last but not least: SPREAD THE WORD
- Tell everyone you know, encourage them to participate.
- So we can gather momentum with other movements and organizations.
- Chapter 7. Call for Unification
- Don't ask "how much does it cost?",
- ask: "Do we have resources?"
- It's time to do the right thing, instead of the profitable thing.
- This is the first time, in the human history, that we are all connected
- on this one blue planet.
- For the first time, our communication knows almost no barriers.
- Multicultural exchange of ideas is possible, now, more than ever.
- In the past we able to achieve great things, as one race.
- Things that made us proud, no matter the nation, religion,
- or the color of the skin.
- It is time to unite.
- Time to start use a technology that help our lives.
- Time to finally grow up, focus on our main similarities,
- and stop fighting on our small differences.
- Time to start helping each other because it is the right thing to do,
- rather than it is profitable.
- We call for unification and international cooperation.
- Not as a nation.
- Not because we can share profits, or we are told to do so
- but as a human being.
- You, me... US.
- Over our differences, and because it is the right thing to do.
- For a common future.
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