My name is Jason. I have seen all the Zeitgeist movies and have become very interested in the movement. I can't say i'm much of an activist but frankly the global economic situation scares the crap out of me. We definitely need to change if we want a future, so i am more than willing to stand behind any individuals who wish to take a stand.
I had been doing a lot of research on the net about the corruption that exist with the government, banks, and the monetary system. Fortunately it doesn't take much to figure out where we were headed. My concern was, what can we do? And, who was leading the way? When a friend had sent me the link for the newest Zeitgeist release, i immediately sat and watched beginning to end with baited breath. Needless to say. Mr. Joseph has created a well directed description of the issues, the culprits, and the remedy. Big changes have to be made and change can be scary. In this case it's necessary.
I look forward to much more info from the movement and to contribute as much as i can. This IS our world, and we CAN fix it.

Regards
Jason

My name is Neil and I also started following the movement after watching Zeitgeist Addendum soon after it came out. I had not realized the second Zeitgeist (Addendum) had come out until I heard on the radio, 102.1 The Edge, Toronto rock station. They were talking about controversial documentaries, mainly the first Zeitgeist when someone called in and announced that Addendum had aired. Since then I have listened to most of Peter Joseph’s pod casts, watched hundreds of YouTube videos and discussed many different topics to many different people.

I am 21 years of age and a graduate of Conestoga College, in the Architecture – Construction Engineering Technology program. We all know that everything we buy in today’s society becomes obsolete, and in many cases through planned obsolesces. Well it is no different with buildings. Every building that has ever been built is only designed to last so long, and in most cases only 50 years and up to but rarely 150 years. That means major renovation or demolition will occur to every building. Think about it every 75-100 years if we magically moved everyone out of Toronto for about a year – year and a half (provided there were enough workers), in today’s society, it would be substantially less exceptive and less wasteful to demo all of Toronto all at once and rebuild.

The logic the Venus Project presence makes a great deal of sense to me, and it should for almost every person. The more research I do and the more I think about it, it seems to me that humanity is unevolving. We are becoming more selfish, jealous and violent, among many other things. We are not born this way, we are taught this way.

I am excited that I can be a part of this generation because it will be zeitgeist and Venus Project that people will turn to when things go from bad to worse. So please if you took the time to login and read a few of these member introductions post one yourself or post something else. Thank you.

Neil Duncan

Hey :)

My name is Devon. I have been involved with the movement since January of 2009. I was first in contact with the Toronto group and felt it wise to start a more local branch. Since that time I have been in distant contact with the Toronto movement and developed aspects of the local movement on facebook as well as in partnership with Tom. Together Tom and I held a Z-day event in Kitchener-Waterloo at Wilfrid Laurier University. I hope that we can continue to meet and grow the core support for the movement to facilitate further outreach through education, communication and participation.

Much of what we assume to be necessary in society is not. I believe there is sufficient evidence provided by the movement and similar related sources that justify this outlook. Too much of our lives is spent working not for the betterment of the Earth but rather to maintain the structural integrity of a system leading towards its own demise. I believe we must focus our awareness to these issues and realize the massive potential of ourselves and technology to create abundance and better quality of living for all. It is not a question of money, it is a question of human resource. Money acts as the chains that stratify our opportunities, allow only an exclusive minority to have advantages we can all share. This is our goal. To create a shift in awareness and our values in order to recondition our values away from the profit motive and towards human/life concern. The movement is both practical and spiritual, guiding both technology and our values towards understanding the common bond that we shares on this Earth; recognizing the simplicity of our connectedness and oneness.

I am currently attending the University of Guelph as an undergraduate majoring in psychology with a specific focus on social psychology. Much of what is taught in the social sciences is kept out of mainstream knowledge which clearly identifies the divide between the political arena and knowledge of the sciences. The movements ideal, however radical they may seem have solid grounded scientific basis to them.

The transition can be self motivating. We would all like to know that what we spend our time working towards will be worth the effort we expend. The aim of the movement cannot fulfill that requirement any better, for it is the direction we would like to see for ourselves, our loved ones, this Earth and all the generations to come.

Devon