Have you seen all the films featuring Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project?

If not, see here a list of the latest:

https://www.thevenusproject.com/learn-more/documentaries/

The Venus Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to designing human habitats that simultaneously enhance human well-being while remaining fit to the carrying capacity of Earth and local ecosystems, accommodating multiple resource scenarios and resilient to any catastrophic event. In service of this purpose, The Venus Project explores new materials, new sources of energy, new construction methods, and a new resource management paradigm for a humane and sustainable culture. The pioneering origins of The Venus Project extend far into history. As one of the earliest responses to the metacrisis, the history of work spans decades and hitherto represents a 90 year continuity.

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The Venus Project presents the culmination of decades of inquiry into the connection between global resource mismanagement and problems such as war, poverty, crime, climate change, and ecological destruction. In response to these challenges, The Venus Project harnesses a holistic design methodology, including interdisciplinarity and a systems approach, in combination with evolutionary mechanisms to renew human habitats and restore the natural environment. With a philosophy emphasizing connection and integration and prioritizing balance, we present a set of values and objectives that outline the conditions of success for a sustainable civilization.

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Above all, The Venus Project asserts that no civilization will prevail in the long-term without acknowledging that the enhancement of human wellbeing depends first on its alignment with nature. Despite energy and material constraints, with the wise application of the best of what we collectively already know, through science and technology, both in service of an unwavering devotion to ecology, we believe our hypotheses, if tested, offer the brightest prospect for an unparalleled positive impact.

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If you aren't aware of the past works of The Venus Project, have you seen a summary on our website? We look forward to filling in more past works and detail as we further develop this section.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/portfolio/past-works-by-the-venus-project/

In 1980, Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows purchased 10 acres of land in Venus, FL that later expanded to 21.5 acres. They experimented with Fresco’s building designs and processes constructing 3 residences and 7 additional structures comprising two shops, an editing suite, a lab (which now houses Fresco’s archives), a supply shed, and 2 domes that eventually housed hundreds of scale models.

This was enhanced with ponds, bridges, decks, patios, wooded pathways and lush tropical landscaping. They developed videos, books, drawings, models, schematic illustrations, and photography, along with devising apparatuses and set designs for filming these scale models. The footage was edited into documentaries to help bring to life Fresco’s visions of an alternative socioeconomic system he called a Global Resource Based Economy proposing a holistic, positive alternative to our most detrimental social issues.

As Fresco became known through various documentaries, the center became a hub of activity where people visited, lived and contributed to the volume of work that Fresco and Meadows, such as computer generated images of Fresco’s designs, archiving Fresco’s body or work, setting up and contributing to social media platforms, and maintenance of the grounds. People worldwide attended weekly Tours/Seminars presented by Jacque Fresco and presently carried out by Roxanne Meadows.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/portfolio/past-works-by-the-venus-project/

Fame came late in Jacque Fresco’s life. He had to wait until the internet was developed where novel, unorthodox, revolutionary ideas flowed freely. In 2010 at 94 years of age, due to attention drawn to him through several documentaries, Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows embarked on a 19-country world speaking tour giving 24 lectures to full auditoriums.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/portfolio/past-works-by-the-venus-project/

At 100 years of age Fresco’s work was displayed at the prestigious Artis Museum in Naples, Florida. The exhibit’s curator, Silvia Perrea, a graduate school professor of architecture stated that Jacque Fresco was the most prolific architectural designer she had ever seen.

In the last 47 years of his life (and much was lost before that) he produced 5,500 design sketches covering broad ranges of society with 3,851 in city, building, and home designs alone, over 400 scale models, and accumulated over 900 hours of lectures on diverse subject matters. All of this work during this time has been digitized and archived by Nathanael Dinwiddie.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/portfolio/past-works-by-the-venus-project/

How much do you know about the co-founder of The Venus Project?

Roxanne Meadows worked with futurist Jacque Fresco for 41 years to develop and promote The Venus Project. The function of this project is to develop and implement alternative solutions to the many problems that confront the world today. She participated in many ways, from organizing and designing books, producing and editing eight documentaries, co-writing articles, co-designing the interior, and doing a large part of the construction of the 10 buildings of The Venus Project’s 21-acre Center in Florida.

She prepared blueprints, models, and renderings for various city designs and other proposals presented by The Venus Project.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/board-of-directors/

Have you seen Roxanne Meadow's resume? It reflects an extensive history assisting Jacque Fresco in the formative years of The Venus Project.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project/roxanne-meadows/

Have you met the board of directors of The Venus Project?

Nate Dinwiddie encountered the work of Jacque Fresco at an early age. An enduring fascination with Fresco’s biography and body of work, Nate, as a documentarian, interviewed over 30 associates of historical and contemporary significance to Fresco’s life and to The Venus Project. This research gave extensive insight that preserves institutional continuity and memory.

Nate collected and digitized Fresco’s body of work to preserve and access Jacque Fresco’s 80 years of research and design. The archive includes audio and video recordings, photographic material, visual renderings, technical illustrations, publicity documents, personal papers, physical models, and data media. Nate further organized a transcription project to transcribe the hundreds of hours of Jacque Fresco’s lectures.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/board-of-directors/

Have you met the board of directors of The Venus Project?

As a child at the tail end of apartheid South Africa, Theofilos Chaldezos witnessed grave injustice, sparking a quest for solutions. A video from The Zeitgeist Movement led him to Jacque Fresco’s visionary ideas. This introduction evolved into a deep immersion in Fresco’s teachings and exploration beyond conventional boundaries, marking a transformative journey toward innovative solutions.

The pivotal moment came in 2013, as Theo stepped onto the grounds of The Venus Project’s center in Venus, Florida. Here, he connected with the essence of the project and began his learning through The Mentor Program (a course that The Venus Project offered). Theo’s passion for learning and sharing knowledge took center stage. When the original mentor departed, Theo was allowed to transform the course into the dynamic Sociocyberneering Education Project.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/board-of-directors/

Have you met the board of directors of The Venus Project?

Borislav Zlatanov learned about the concept of a Global Resource Based Economy in 2009, upon which he volunteered to help make this vision a reality. He has embraced developing an interdisciplinary skill set as a necessary approach to making progress on the global challenges facing humanity today.

As a software engineer and server administrator, he learned an engineering way of thinking, which plays an essential role in problem-solving. Whether automating everyday operations or imagining and implementing new ways of doing things, having an interdisciplinary perspective helps him design solutions based on the underlying human needs and organizational workflows.

Borislav was instrumental in initiating the TVP Integrated Aquaponics System and is a key driver in the R&D team.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/board-of-directors

The Venus Project envisions a world that:
• Coincides with the carrying capacity of Earth
• Favors scientific method as a source of explanations
• Relies on engineering to improve human life on Earth
• Coordinates all people to transcend national borders
• Fulfills the necessities of life, education, health, and culture
• Treats resources as common heritage and engages in equitable resource sharing
• Addresses problems via prevention using a systems approach
• Shares and applies new technologies for the benefit of life
• Prioritizes the production of high-quality, long-lasting products
• Restores and enhances the natural biosystems and ecosystem services
• Stabilizes the world’s population through education and voluntary birth control
• Withstands and adapts to change

https://www.thevenusproject.com/concepts/vision/

The Venus Project envisions a world without:
• War
• Poverty
• Crime
• Prisons
• Police
• Military
• Money
• Debt
• Servitude
• Disease
• Polution
• Prejudice
• Artificial Scarcity
• Nation-States
• Market-States
• Nationalism
• Elitism
• Perverse Incentives

https://www.thevenusproject.com/concepts/vision/

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