Venus Project - Our NexGen City 2.0?

Think big, think space age, yes everyone it has arrived. Technology is advancing at a lighting pace and the Venus Project epitomizes that.

Imagine a city totally redesigned using the minimum expenditure of energy possible and using the cleanest technology available. This city will be working in harmony with nature to achieve the highest standard of living for the whole community.

The Venus Project's city is designed in a geometrically elegant and efficient circular arrangement, similar to ancient methods of farming.

The main dome sits at the center of the circle housing the network of computers that are needed to run the city as well its educational, health and child care facilities

The dome is surrounded by the cultural ring consisting of various entertainment centers. The housing units are landscaped in natural surroundings and are close to dining amenities.

The buildings are powered using renewable energy sources and all the food will be produced organically within the city further contributing to a cleaner and healthier environment.

One of the main aims of the city is to achieve a high standard of living by removing any expenses whilst giving people more leisure time; this in turn creates a satisfying lifestyle for the individual

Phase one of the Venus project has commenced in central Florida but on a much smaller scale. The buildings are dome shaped for their large strength and stability. When properly engineered such domes can withstand extreme temperatures and are resistant to earthquakes, rodents and termites.

The Venus project will make use of an intricate web of computers, dubbed the electronic automated nervous system designed to take care of those boring monotonous tasks, and in turn by putting machines to work, it will allow the community to reach social fulfillment hopefully leading to an elevated spiritual and intellectual level.

The complex will utilize advanced real-time 3-D imaging of the weather, climate, population, ocean currents of the world. These along with all the other features are all freely available to the community.

The Venus Project is not looking to make this a singular development but it hopes to eventually involve the whole world and evolve it into a giant network of connected cities.

New ways of thinking and living-University of Global Resource Management.

The University of Global Resource Management or World University would be a continually evolving research institute. Student performance will not be based on results, but rather on "competence accreditation". The research conducted at this center will be directly applied to society to benefit social structure. There will be a constant feedback from the community and this continual forwarding of information will allow for a more efficient society; allowing modifications to be made to structures so that maximum comfort and safety can be assured.

How free is free? The project will make use of a resourced based economy in which all use of money, credit, barter and debt is eliminated. All resources become the common heritage of the community and not just a select few. In an economy based on resources rather financial wealth, we can utilize existing resources and easily produce all of the necessities of life gaining high standard of living. By removing the stress due to accumulating enough money to take care of the family or providing nutrition to communities in poverty, society as a whole will be able to evolve. Food, clothing, safety and quality of life are all basic requirements of life and there is no need to pay for them. I believe that this could be a wonderful experience for all of mankind, but the question of feasibility arises. It would be impossible to find funding for a project of this scale, the only way a project of this magnitude could work would be in a "resource-based world economy" and "the world's resources are held as a common heritage of all of the earth's peoples."

The above statement is something that so many cultures have fought towards for so many years, and if it could one day be possible, it truly would bring some peace to this world.