Zeitgeist Day 2013 Success!
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5th Annual "Zeitgeist Day" Success! Congratulations to all Chapters!Five hours of video from "Realizing Human Progress & Sustainability" is now online. Zday Speakers at this year's Main Event
The 2013 Zeitgeist Day (aka Zday) global awareness weekend had hundreds of events happen in multiple countries & languages across the world on March 16th & 17th. This social/cultural event was themed "Realizing Human Progress & Sustainability" with a focus on expressing the Movement's train-of-thought for public understanding and the evolving of cultural values.
 The Main Event happened from 2 - 9pm at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, CA in front of a sold out crowd of 300 attendees and 8000 webcast viewers. 11 presentations were given during the course of the day by speakers from Italy, UK, Canada and the US. Along with displays on technological unemployment, inflation & hyperinflation, zeitgeist chapters and exhibits like ET3's mock-up mag-lev train compartment and early Global Redesign Institute visualizations.Presentations ranged from a History of Economic Thought to System's Theory, Social Values present and future, the "Case for Unity" for humanity, Technology, The Transition to a NL/RBE (a Natural Law/Resource Base Economic Model), and much more. All 11 presentations plus the 1-hour Q&A Panel discussion are all posted on TZM's YouTube Channel.
 In addition to the Main Event in Los Angeles there where 100's of mirrored events worldwide. They took many shapes and forms from simple internet presentations, to public park meetings, to bannering events. The point is that a global effort occurred centered around the conversation "Realizing Human Progress & Sustainability" and defining the Zeitgeist Movement's train-of-thought. For a map of events that took place jump over to the main Zday website zdayglobal.org. For a printed version of the information presented at the main event you can download TZM's Orientation Guide (click here to download PDF) or visit the HTML version at thezeitgeistmovement.com/orientation.If you're interested in helping get this information out into the public please look into a local chapter near you, or if you have the time and desire, start a chapter in your area and become part of the larger network.
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Zday Events in California for 2013
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One of the main goals of Zeitgeist Day (Zday) is to increase public awareness of the solutions available to most social problems by utilizing the scientific method, technology and finding balance with the laws of nature to thrive in a sustainable way..
Below is a list of Events in California happening March 16th & 17th, 2013
       See the full world map of events at www.zdayglobal.org
   
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The Zeitgeist Movement Defined
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 We are proud to release Part I of the new TZM Orientation Guide. This guide is the culmination of many sources and ideas that have evolved since the methods of scientific discovery have emerged. This is Part I of IV and is being released as a series of essays which cover The Scientific Worldview, Sourcing Solutions, Logic vs Psychology, The Case for Human Unity, and The Final Argument: Human Nature. Please note that this Guide is actively under development with the other 3 sections to be released as they are completed.
Download PDF version here: TZM Orientation Essays 1 - 11
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Zeitgeist Day 2013 Main Event
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Sunday March 17th, 2013 at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles Live Webcast starts at 2pm (Pacific Time) The 2013 symposium entitled “Realizing Human Progress & Sustainability” will address the most pressing social issues of our time with presentations from social activist Peter Joseph, author Federico Pistono, Former NASA Engineer Douglas Mallette and more. This daylong event will also showcase speakers covering current understandings in the areas of: Human Values, Monetary Economics, Applied Science, Technological Unemployment and Environmental Sustainability. There will be Q & A sessions with the audience, a live webcast and exhibits that demonstrate applied technology to meet human need. Main Event Speakers
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Zday Official Website: http://zdayglobal.org
Zeitgeist Day (ZDAY for short) occurs annually with 100s of parallel events in over 60 countries. The goal of ZDAY is to increase public awareness to the solutions available by utilizing the scientific method for social concern as advocated by The Zeitgeist Movement.
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One Planet Project in Delhi
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The One Planet Project carried out by Zeitgeist Delhi members
to spread awareness about the Resource Based Economic Model
STREETWISE IN INDIA A beautifully busy Sunday in the bustling capital of a bustling India, we simply had to be on the streets! - One Planet Project, New DelhiAs a culture, India loves to talk and share ideas. Given our population, finding people to discuss ideas with is one thing we never have to worry about. So we picked a specific target group, time, and place. And the rest was easy! One Planet Project was conducted in the hubbub of a posh marketplace on a Sunday, the day that people from the middle-and-upper-middle class (the The idea was to provoke them to think by asking a few basic yet important questions about their life and world. Using a questionnaire based on intriguing statistics about India and the globe, we got our audiences “thinking without being directly pushed”. This was an approach led by pure inspiration, thanks to which people got interactive and proactive, seeking additional information on their own from our team. 25 questionnaires, 50 people, an 80-20 interest ratio and a few curious onlookers later, here’s what we found: As a people, Indians are fairly aware of world events. Compared to the West, the media here is more open and free, in spite of having its fair share of propaganda. The Indian youth are increasingly aware of current issues, while the general public takes a keen interest in national and global affairs, from economics and politics to international diplomacy. Even as we speak, our country is in the midst of India Against Corruption, a nationwide anti-corruption movement on the lines of (but not identical to) Occupy. Such factors made discussions on social and economic issues easier. But like any culture, we have our shortcomings too. While concepts of religion, capitalism and nationalism pose some obstacles to the free flow of information and ideas, the biggest problem that stares us in the face is apathy, or general lack of interest! Perhaps this is due to the indifference that comes from facing century after century of oppression, or having a strong connection to Eastern Mysticism whereby human suffering and social ills could be justified as fate. In other words, getting people to care is and will be our biggest challenge. Ironically, this challenge gets even bigger because of how supposedly well our economy is doing. People have jobs, industries are growing, demand for skilled labor is rising, and we’re all making decent money. (Well, some classes are.) The overall sentiments here are very different from those of the West, because things are still looking good to our average middle-class urban TV-watcher. Look at how India has unfolded over the last two centuries. Ever since the so-called economic reforms of 1991, the rich and the middle-class have done increasingly well and the future economy looks more and more robust, while the poor are only getting poorer. This ‘perceived prosperity’ paints an unjustly rosy picture for India’s educated class. The result is a complete absence of the ‘perceived urgency for change’. The core ills of the current system are yet to dawn upon the masses in their entirety. That’s where we come in – for awareness, for inspiration, for change. And change has begun. TZM Delhi, India
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Zeitgeist Media Festival 2012 - Live Webcast
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From the Avalon Theater in Hollywood, CASunday August 5th, 2012 4pm - 11pm (Pacific) -8GMT
The Mission of The Zeitgeist Media Festival is to foster a global awareness, through artistic expression, that we all share the same basic needs; to understand we are truly One Family sharing One Habitat and that our world views, and hence social approach, should reflect this fundamental Global Perspective.” "In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function,
art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it."
--Ernst Fischer http://zeitgeistmediafestival.org/
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Zeitgeist Media Festival 2012
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August 5th, 2012 | 4pm - 11pm
The Avalon Theatre Hollywood
The annual "Zeitgeist Media Festival" (ZMF) combines live music, short films, art and comedy around the ethos that we are One Species sharing One Planet and it is time the world learns to work together for the betterment of all. This year the Media Festival's main event will be at the famous Avalon Theater. This is an At-cost Event! Performer & Speaker Highlights!
Lili Haydn- violin virtuoso Short Film Screenings
"Requiem 2019"- Rutger Hauer & Stefan Frost
Events Happening World Wide Aug 3rd, 4th, 5th
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A Short Video from TZM Taiwan
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An activism initiative from the Zeitgeist Movement chapter of TaiwanThe CC feature in YouTube will display the english translation.Quote from the video: "I believe that caring about, and then changing the misfortune and hardship of the world is the responsibilty of every human being on Earth..." This is a great example of how people express these ideas by creating a form of communication of their own, crossing the national, cultural and language barriers that keep the world separated.
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Zeitgeist The Movie - Remastered
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The original Zeitgeist was actually not a "film", but a performance piece, which consisted of a vaudevillian style multi-media event using recorded music, live instruments and video. The event was given over a 6-night period in New York City and then, without any interest to professionally release or produce the work, was "tossed" up on the Internet arbitrarily. The work was never designed as a film or even a documentary in a traditional sense - it was designed as a creative, provoking, emotionally driven expression, full of artistic extremity and heavily stylized gestures.
www.zeitgeistmovie.com
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Scaled Model of a Circular City at San Diego Zday 2012
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As part of this year's Zday events, a member of the San Diego chapter created a scaled model of a circular city, based on an artistic rendering by Jacque Fresco. This years display helped to give an in-person view for event attendees during a short Q&A discussion. The most notable question being asked "How do we get from here to there?"
San Diego Chapter Site
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Culture In Decline: Premiering in July
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What do you get when George Carlin meets Carl Sagan?
From the creator of the Zeitgeist Film Series comes the dumbest reality show of all time: The Real OneCulture In Decline will be a free, online monthly show hosted by Peter Joseph that will take a satirical approach to serious issues.
Featuring live public interviews coupled with challenging vignettes Please follow us through Facebook/Twitter/Youtube to stay up-to-date on the world online premiere Coming July 2012 www.facebook.com/pages/
www.youtube.com/user/ twitter.com/#!/CultureInDecline Copyright ©2012
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TZM Announces the "One Planet Project"
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TEDxOjai - Peter Joseph - The Big Question
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This is the 2nd TEDx event that Peter Joseph has been invited to speak at. Along with founding the Zeitgeist Movement, he spent much of 2010/2011 giving lectures and helping to produce relevant media/materials to spread the interest for a new social system. In this talk, Peter Joseph examines todays economy and reflects our environmental misalignment and the value war.
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Z-Day Los Angeles Webcast
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Webcast of Zeitgeist Day Los Angeles 2012
From the University of Southern California
Introduction by Eva & Shar: http://youtu.be/uKC7QUAV9og Elisa & Nicholas Frank of Holigent: http://youtu.be/SljdvV6177A Jason Lord "A Perfect Storm": http://youtu.be/oZ7-wc9XUSw Joe Alexopoulous "A MAD Economy": http://youtu.be/hdvMLXc6s5o Brandon Kristy "The Lifeground": http://youtu.be/9TE7gSIWb9E Jen Wilding "Communicating RBE Concepts": http://youtu.be/D3iL5tIoNXg
Saturday, March 10th From 12pm - 6pm (Pacific Time)
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Z-Day in California 2012
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Zeitgeist Day (Zday) is an annual global event that occurs in the middle of March each year. Zday is about generating global interest, support and awareness for a sustainable social system for all the world's people in the most technically and socially-responsible manner possible, mainly through scientific unfolding. There are many events happening around the globe (see zdayglobal.org). Click the link below to find information for Zday Events throughout California. Z-Day Events in CAAs one of the most pivotal awareness actions we conduct, ZDAY has historically been a great public awareness success with an average of 350 events occurring across 60 countries each year since 2009. These events are put on by volunteers and are usually free events. Many incur costs for venues, materials, printing, etc.. If you're unable to attend a Zday event this year but wish to contribute to our efforts, please donate through these secure, per-project, donation widgets on this page. Help Support Z-Day - Click Here!
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Radio France Internationale - Interview
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"ZFest" Event in Tel Aviv
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On February 6th 2012 (7:30am Pacific Time), The Zeitgeist Movement Israel will host a Global Awareness Event in Tel Aviv, Israel in the context of Human Sustainability and World Peace.
On the heels of what appears to be an accelerating intent for military intervention in Iran from the United States and it allies, along with the world's major powers rapidly increasing armament developments in the midst of growing social destabilization, resource depletion and economic breakdown, The Zeitgeist Movement, a worldwide sustainability advocacy group working without borders or countries will be conducting a conference on the increasingly important issues of global cooperation and the means to obtain peace and human prosperity for the long term. This now sold out event will be streamed live online for free via Ustream: www.ustream.tv/channel/peter-
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Zday 2012
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As one of the most pivotal awareness actions we conduct, ZDAY has historically been a great public awareness success with an average of 350 events occurring across 60 countries each year since 2009. Each year, one location is set for a central focus and this event tends to be the largest and most noted in the Media. Free Live Webcasts occurring as well.
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Students Seek Social Revolution
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A group of High School students self-formed a Zeitgeist Movement Club at the El Camino Real Charter High School after seeing Zeitgeist Addendum and Moving Forward. They found the LA Chapter through ZMCA. They are now active with getting announcements out to the school's "morning address" for the entire school regarding our information. This article was published in their local school paper, The King's Courier, on November 30th, 2011 as a result of their efforts to bring this information to the student body. Click image to zoom & read full article
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Peter Joseph on Russia Today | Money, Debt, & RBE
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From RT.com: "...with all of the problems in the world today, how do people begin to think about, let alone implement solutions that can improve their lives and those of others in society? Economists like Steve Keen support debt jubilees, others like Lew Rockwell and Ron Paul support sound money as the solution, but what about something more radical? What about getting grid of money, profit and competition all together? Well, Peter Joseph, author of the Zeitgeist series, believes that society can evolve to do just that. He joins us during the show to talk about the role of debt, the monetary system, and social norms that encourage what he views as inefficient and destructive behavior that does more harm for society than good."
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Hypocritial Science Denialism in TZM
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I have science-related debates with fellow Zeitgeist supporters on a regular basis. Many of us are avid and knowledgeable advocates of science, as it should be. However, when you mix science and counter-culture activism working against the establishment, there almost necessarily will be a demographic of science denialists floating around as well. Sadly, this is an embarrassing self-contradiction for the Zeitgeist Movement as we promote science above everything else as the way to align ourselves with the natural world, so let's try to nip these individuals in the bud through our favorite form of social persuasion: education.
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Webcast of the October Townhall at USC
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Part I of the October Los Angeles Townhall at
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ZM Global Website v2.0 Online
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After many months of design, layout, content research and platform tests, the new ZM Global website is online and active! The new site has been re-designed to focus the visitor on the most relevant projects and news relating to The Zeitgeist Movement. Please visit www.thezeitgeistmovement.com to quickly familiarize yourself with the new interface and its difference from the old website. The forums have been dropped for many reasons, one being that it was detracting from the necessary information of the knowledgebase, lectures, and other educational materials that contain most of the information that the Movement advocates. Participation in the Movement can take many forms, from personal actions, or in an official chapter or on a project team.
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Peter Joseph speaks to thousands at OccupyLA
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Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, spoke to a large crowd at the October 15th OccupyLA march. Many listened intently as protesters & supporters gathered a few blocks away and marched up to the steps of City Hall were Peter was invited to speak around 1pm. Hopefully more such engagements will happen as Occupy Wall Street evolves.
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Ben McLeish Interview about TZM
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Ben McLeish Interview from UpStream Productions
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San Diego's September Town Hall
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Part 1 of San Diego's first Town Hall MeetingThis is part one of a series of videos recorded on September 23rd at the Joyce Beers Community Center as part of the ongoing Town Hall series of events happening monthly around the world.
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Monterey Chapter Street Activism Video
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The Monterey Chapter took on some street activism at their local farmers market this September. Another great example of engaging people with thoughtful questions and introducing the public to the Movement!
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Zeitgeist Media Festival 2011
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Sept 9th - 11th Around The World!
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Zeitgeist Media Festival 2011 - August Update
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The countdown continues for the First Annual Zeitgeist Media Festival - a global, multi-media event working to utilize the Arts as a medium of sharing and creating sustainable values in the pursuit of a better world. *LA TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE:
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Sacramento Street Talk Series
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As part of our min-video project about money and happiness, we interviewed over 20 people during the Sacramento 2nd Saturday event. Check out the complete video here. Be on the look out for our next production, and make plans to participate in next month‘s 2nd Saturday Street Activism event. See more photos here.
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The Zeitgeist Media Festival
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Recognizing the power of art and media to help change the world, "The Zeitgeist Media Festival" engages the artistic community and their power to changes values. It proposes that needed changes in the structural/economic workings of society can only manifest in tandem with a personal/social transformation of values in each of us. While intellectual knowledge serves its role of showing the path, many in the world follow their feelings- not the knowledge. The Zeitgeist Media Festival hopes to bridge those levels, while also illuminating a focus where changing and improving the world is no longer considered a fringe, suspect or ever dangerous pursuit.... but rather the highest and most honorable level of personal/social integrity we have. Many seem to forget that the world society as it exists was created by us... and we can change it anytime we want. Charity Food Drive:
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TZM Townhall - Los Angeles
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The Zeitgeist Movement's Townhall Meeting is a community forum for the public to engage the Movement's founder and coordinators about root-cause understandings to social problems, and the solutions we advocate culminating in what can be termed a 'global, resource-based economic model.' Our premier Townhall is hosted by the director of the Zeitgeist Film Series, Peter Joseph, along with Movement coordinators for the US and California. July 19th from 7-9pm at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. Webcasting worldwide on Ustream.tv - Free to the public. Seating is limited. Live Ustream Webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tzm-town-hallVideo from the first Townhall meeting in June 2011 - Venice, CA
Video from the 2nd Townhall meeting in July 2011 - Venice, CA
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Townhall Meetings - Global
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Overview: The Zeitgeist Movement's Townhall Meetings are live, public events conducted by Official Regional Chapters. These localized events are similar in function to our annual global "Zeitgeist Day" [ZDAY] events but ideally occur monthly, rather than annually. Modeled after patterns proven effective by civil right's movements historically, the goal is to inform the public of TZM's understandings and goals and hence grow awareness and membership. While annual events such as "ZDAY" and TZM Media Festival are critical annual Chapter events for public awareness in a large scale context, these local, smaller monthly events serve to provide a more grassroots, personal engagement, working to create regional momentum and continued interest. As denoted in TZM materials, the power of our work is only as good as the techniques we utilize to inform others of our observations and intents. While internet based activism is indeed powerful, live human interaction is critical to Chapter development and hence the goal of global critical mass. This also opens the door for more press coverage as well, which is important. Ideally, these events should be synchronized globally. As a general suggestion, the 3rd weekend of each month is the current period. As this process develops, a dynamic Global Map will posted on this website to show all monthly events.
Space & Format: Keep it simple. TZM Townhalls do not need to be epic, expensive or complex. Each Regional Chapter should estimate their attendance and find an inexpensive space which fits. As your monthly events continue, you naturally adapt the environment based upon the ongoing response. A 20-50 person seated space for a 1-2 hour event is likely common for many. While in the big city centers, up to 200 people might be comfortable. A small video projection system for visual aids is also suggested for the clarity of your presentations. The format for the Event itself is left to the creativity of the Chapter Event Coordinators and presenters but here are a number of suggestions: 1) Intro Orientation: A 10-15 introduction to the history of The Movement, its basic observations with respect to the current economic model and supporting values, along the trains of thought that arrive at the need for a new social model (Resource-Based Economy) is a good way to begin. Here are some lecture format/content examples: -Ben Mcleish Lectures:
Documentation: As far as the event itself - live, free streaming (Ustream) [ if you have internal access in the space.] and direct recording/upload is highly recommended. They should be posted on your local chapters Youtube/Networking sites. This is important as it continues to inform the internet audience as well and show the momentum, generating more interest. Promotion: Access and Security: Sadly, as with any advancement for true social change, tension and dispute is possible. Larger events might need to have some form of security. It is at the discretion of each Chapter to gauge such a need. This might incur a budget requirement as well. Overall, the approach to these meetings should be calm, objective and non-inflammatory. Any person attending with hostility should be treated with respect to avoid disputes. it is important that those chapter members creating these events be prepared to handle, in a civil, respectful way, anyone who might cause problems. Unfortunately, there are no hard and fast rules for this but generally speaking if respect is shown, respect is reciprocated. Event Posting: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it To avoid confusion and possible abuse, only Official Chapter Coordinators can submit these events. Please join/contact your Local Chapter if you would like to host such an event in your area.
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Zday 2011 Worldwide
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LA Premiere
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The Premiere of Zeitgeist: Moving ForwardA night to remember! A sold out night at the Japan America Theatre downtown Los Angeles. 845 Seats and a waiting list to get in the theatre. Artivist Film Festival organization hosting the night, interviews by KPFK, some celeb presence and local media in attendance. This was part of an independent, volunteer effort to premiere the film in 315 theatres/venues, in 60 countries, and in 30 languages worldwide!! Many with multiple viewings. Opening cheers & excitement and a thunderous response to the opening scene! I think there is a new T-shirt ready to be made!! (gotta see the film to get the joke) 2-hours and 40mins of an exploration of human/social development, behavior, monetary structure, applied science and a resource-based economy and a fabulous nod toward Monty Python mid-film! The Q&A was preceded by Peter being greeted by a standing ovation. As tired as he was, having gotten barely any sleep for weeks to make this global release deadline, he engaged the public in a lengthy Q&A until midnite. Thank you to:
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE SCREENING
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Zeitgeist Moving Forward Premiere
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In January of 2011 there were 341 premiere screenings around the world in 30 languages across 60 countries! The global theatrical release of the movie turned into an unprecedented film premiere. What started as a thought of having maybe 30 total theaters screening the film instead turned into 30 languages alone with a total count of 335 theaters in 60 countries! With multiple screenings at most of the 335 theaters, our total number of screenings is well over 1,000 world-wide. The response to the film has been huge... reports coming in of sold-out crowds in venues ranging upwards of 500-900 seat capacity. 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”. One of the unique attributes of this work, which separates it in style from most documentaries, is that it has a parallel dramatic/cinematic theme, with notable actors, which abstractly plays out various gestures related to the overall message of the film. The work also vigorously employs numerous 2d and 3d visual abstracts/animations, while returning to the standard, traditional documentary orientation as the foundation. Official Film Trailer
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Screenings in California
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Screening information for Zeitgeist:Moving Forward in California
Los Angeles Chapter
Los Angeles Chapter
San Diego Chapter
Long Beach Chapter &
Santa Barbara Chapter
Santa Barbara Chapter
San Francisco Chapter
San Fransisco Chapter
Monterey Chapter
Sacramento Chapter
Ventura Chapter
Love & Faith World Outreach
$6 at the door
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"Why I Advocate" Media Campaign
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The Zeitgeist Movement's "Why I Advocate" Media Testimonial Campaign Step #2: Step #3:
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Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
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Starting January 15, 2011 over 300 groups will host theatrical screenings of the documentary “Zeitgeist: Moving Forward” in 30 languages across 50 countries spanning from Mongolia to Macedonia to the United States and Canada. This film is being distributed as a non-commercial release and is fully coordinated by volunteers of The Zeitgeist Movement, whose membership has grown to over 500,000 worldwide since its inception in the fall of 2008. See the Global Map for screenings worldwide
*Notable screening locations: Europe; South America; USA; Canada; Mexico; Australia; New Zealand; Singapore; Mongolia; India (2,000 seat venue); Turkey; Canary Islands; Al-Dehesha Refugee camp in Bethlehem; Taiwan; Japan; Israel; Slovenia; Slovakia; Croatia; Latvia; Fiji Islands; Bulgaria. “Zeitgeist: Moving Forward” is the third documentary by award-winning filmmaker Peter Joseph, founder of The Zeitgeist Movement - a social movement that advocates transition from the current monetary system towards a global Resource-Based Economy in order to move beyond the problems of politics, crime, poverty and war. “Zeitgeist: Moving Forward” is a feature-length documentary which will present the case for why such a transition from the current social/economic paradigm is necessary by exploring Human Behavior, Monetary Economics and Applied Science. Mr. Joseph is a two-time recipient of the Artivist Film Festival’s “Best Feature” Award for his cinematic works, which include 2007’s viral film “Zeitgeist: The Movie,” and its 2008 sequel, the award-winning “Zeitgeist: Addendum.”
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