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More to the Story

Have you seen the first three zeitgeist films & where intrigued? Perhaps you still have questions or would just like to expand your grasp on TZM concepts further. While Zeitgeist Moving forward best explains the premise of a resourced based economy, including scientific evidence of its requirement & implementation. There are many hours of lectures [...]

Call to Coordinators

We are currently seeking volunteers within the movement to organise local events on a state/city level. In addition to this, we would also like you to be a local contact for new member’s. So far monthly movie meetups & occasional social dinners have proven successful in developing an outlet for like minds to discuss TZM [...]

Letter to Julia from a Sustainability Advocate

The following is a letter from a Sustainability Showcase supporter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: Dear Julia I am writing to you because you are the leader of the nation of which I am a citizen. Though the matter about which I write is essentially a global issue, the inability at this point for [...]

Sustainability Showcase: Catalyzing a Confluence for Sustainability

It is no secret that we are living in interesting and challenging times, and collaborative strategies for sustainability are what we need if we are to address our planetary emergency head-on.

The Wake Up Phenomenon

Just imagine having no choice but to undergo a mental and spiritual reconfiguration process, having to update your internal belief and operational faculties due to being privy to new information which makes you truly open your eyes to the world around you. Imagine waking up one day and realising that the world which you perceived your whole life as completely

We cannot avoid the global crisis… but we can deal with it

As Churchill said in relation to the United States, but he could have been saying it about us a species. “The Americans can always be relied up to do the right thing – after they’ve exhausted all other possibilities.” So we will respond – and very soon – possibly within the next few years but almost certainly this decade. The

The Best Way to Save Money This Holiday Season

So here we are almost through October and hurtling headlong into another season of mindless consumption. It won’t be long now and we will be seeing all those mind-numbing ads telling us that it is time to hit the strip-mall and get sacks full of materialistic garbage in order to prove our love to each other. Nothing says “I love

Lizard’s Revenge (Part 2): Roxby Downs and the call to the desert

The Lizard’s Revenge Festival had the primary aim of shutting down BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine through awareness raising and education, while also showcasing the use of renewable clean energy technology, writes Ruth Forsythe.

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Morality and Money

Economic theory addresses only those human interactions that involve an exchange of money or commodities; as such, it ignores the larger part of human existence. Economics does not address love, family, culture, health, spirituality, the environment, or many other things that make life rich and meaningful.

Putting an end to sex trafficking

With an estimated 3 million women, girls and a small number of boys worldwide currently enslaved in the sex trade, sex trafficking is one of the fastest growing organised crimes. Generating $27.8 billion each year, the sad thing is that as sex trafficking grows, it self-perpetuates.