Space Space station concept model orbiting earth. Space stations provide the advantages of a gravity-free research environment. They can be entirely automated and self-contained to permit maintenance and

Transportation The Venus Project proposes different transportation solutions for different purposes. The transportation within the city and between cities would be shared between autonomous transveyors,

Construction The construction of the new cities also involves methods significantly different from the ones used today. Fast and reliable construction techniques take advantage of prefabricated material

Energy There are many forms of renewable energy sources that could supply the world with more power than current global needs. The sources mentioned below are just some examples of renewables. Evidently,

Full lecture available in three formats: Audio With Scrolling Video Transcript: Audio: Transcript: Jacque Fresco seeks a definition of the term "information" and concludes that something is

Evidence shows that life on Earth has evolved from the available environmental factors. We can see that different creatures have different abilities but an orca would not survive on land the same way a

Values Evidence shows that most of our behavior is determined by the environment we live in. Changing the environment also results in change in behaviour in the long run. People remaining longer periods

Semantics: Language of Relevance Language has evolved over centuries through ages of scarcity, superstition, and social insufficiency, and often contains ambiguity and uncertainty when important issues

This month, we would like to give you some updates as to what is being worked on in The Venus Project. We also have one more audio lecture by Jacque Fresco from our vast archive collection which we are

Our methods of thinking help us choose between formulations, ideas, thoughts, notions, hypotheses and theories. They enable us to decide what is true and what is false. They should also help us pick the

When computers eventually have sensors extended into all areas of the physical and social complex, we will be able to achieve centralization of decision-making. In a global resource-based economy, decisions

“If you had a free society, you couldn’t get people to go to war. If you had an intelligent type of upbringing amongst children, they would say: ‘There must be many other ways of solving problems, other

Full lecture: Jacque Fresco explores the concepts of rationality, common sense, opinions, love, doing the right thing, communication, information, thinking objectively, being fair and open-minded. He suggests

In this lecture, Jacque Fresco warns against the dangers of metaphysical thinking. Fresco describes several cases of metaphysics and unusual phenomena and gives a naturalistic account to explain and scrutinize

“For most people, the promise of the project sounds like an unattainable utopia, but if you examine it more closely, there are surprisingly many scientifically founded arguments that open up an entire

In our updates this month, we are excited to share with you the lecture that Roxanne Meadows presented at Knowledge Summit 2018, and the response it received. We also have a newly produced audio lecture

“For most people, the promise of the project sounds like an unattainable utopia, but if you examine it more closely, there are surprisingly many scientifically founded arguments that open up an entire

UPPER IMAGE: Total Enclosure System These skyscrapers assure that more land will be available for parks and wilderness preserves, while concurrently helping to eliminate urban sprawl. Each one of these

The Venus Project proposes a design for a global society that has a specific function – maintaining the ecological balance while improving the standard of living for all its members. The current system

Why circular cities? It would be far easier and would require less energy to build new, efficient cities than to attempt to update and solve the problems of the old ones. Read more City Layout Number 6