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The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization founded in 2008. The movement's Mission Statement suggests a large scale change in the Social System, including the implementation of a Resource-Based Economy Model. The movement is critical of fractional reserve banking. The Zeitgeist Movement was inspired by Peter Joseph's film Zeitgeist: Addendum,.

Activities

The Zeitgeist Movement conducts many periodic events each year in its work to transition into a new social system, where money or property serve no purpose, and global resources are shared in a sustainable manner. As of 2012, the Global Organization of Regional Chapters holds three types pf public events: Monthly TownHalls , An annual Media Festival and an annual global awareness day called Zday. Other projects include a Weekly Radio Show that features different project and Chapter Coordinators in a rotational fashion, a Media Project, Official Public Blog for contribution, a user submitted site for Science and Technology information called "ZeitNews" and others. In the new type of society advocated there would be no class system where a minority of people own the majority of wealth. The movement aims to provide information on why this type of transition is necessary and how to possibly make it happen.

Z-Day

A featured event of The Zeitgeist Movement is its annual international event called "Z-Day", held in March of each year. On this date, members of the movement hold local gatherings to promote the understandings of the movement. The first Z-Day was on March 15, 2009. The main event in New York City had a sold-out crowd of around 900 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for over two hours. The 2010 Z-Day main event on March 13 — a 6-hour live web cast presentation with lectures from the movement's key figures — took place in New York City. In March 13, 2011 lectures were given to an audience at "Friends House" in Euston, London. "Z-Day 2012" was a two day event held at the Vogue Theatre on March 10, 2012, and at the Denman Theatre on March 11, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Press

The Zeitgeist Movement has been featured on Russia Today, The New York Times and the Huffington Post.

See also

• Post-scarcity economy
• Technocracy

References

1. http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/mission-statement
2. ^ "They've Seen the Future and Dislike the Present". New York Times. 2009-03-16.
3. Bill Stamets (February 15, 2011). "Art-house films: 'Marwencol,' 'Zeitgeist'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
4. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/chapters
5. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/townhalls
6. http://zeitgeistmediafestival.org/
7. http://zdayglobal.org/
8. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/radio_shows
9. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/quickstart
10. "Zeitgeist: Moving beyond money". RT. March 26, 2011.
11. ^ "The Zeitgeist Movement: Envisioning A Sustainable Future". Huffington Post. Mar 16, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
12. "What is Zday".
13. "Zeitgeist Day 2012 - Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC".
14. http://rt.com/usa/news/zeitgeist-world-joseph-society-599/
15. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html
16. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/travis-walter-donovan/the-zeitgeist-movement-en_b_501517.html

External links

• Official Website

• Sustainability organisations
• Environmental movements
• The Zeitgeist Movement
• Organizations established in 2008