CIVILIZATION ALPHA
Roadmap to post-scarcity
About us: how do we contribute?
Awareness
The more we are, the more the interconnected system will function. We organize events to spread the knowledge collected on this site.
Project Cybersym
We are developing a distributed digital tool which will aid people to create a new, decentralized digital economy, not based on the market prices, but rather on the resources required to fullfill the demand.
Mass production of self-sustainable housing
Civilization Alpha is sponsoring plans for cheap housing units, affordable by everyone. These housing units can be considered as a closed ecosystem, and can be built from recycled material and are designed to be self-sustainable and last a century.
Food production
Using urban vertical farming, we aim at the production of most of the demand at the shortest distance, minimizing the carbon footprints.
About
According to the Maslow's pyramid of human needs, people need shelter, safety and food to be able to focus on higher purposes.
We feel that internet can be use as a binding element across self-sustainable societies so that more demands can be fulfilled.
Civilization Alpha is designing a new form of interconnected system which will understand the location of goods and use their demand as direct indicator for currency.
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The Venus Project
Created the concept and advocates the transition to the resource base economy. Designs by Jaque Fresco are used to inspire people of the possibilities which lay ahead.
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The Zeitgeist Movement
is a global sustainability activist group working to bring the world together for the common goal of achieving a resource based economy before it is too late. It is a social movement, not a political one, with over 1100 chapters across nearly all countries.
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Transition Network
Is a charitable organisation whose role is to inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the Transition model, creating initiatives that rebuild resilience and reduce CO2 emissions.
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Permaculture
A system of agricultural and social design principles centered around simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems.
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Earthships
are intended to be "off-the-grid ready" homes, with minimal reliance on both public utilities and fossil fuels. Earthships are constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun. Earthships are designed to use thermal mass construction and natural cross ventilation, assisted by thermal draught (Stack effect), to regulate indoor temperature.
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Creative Commons
Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. The goal is realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity.
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Ethereum
Based on blockchain technology, Ethereum is the decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third party interference. Ethereum and other blockchain technology-related initiatives have the potential of transforming the world we live in within a few years.
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Envienta
“It is a ‘connect the dots' type initiative which aims to collact various forms of open source technology to make up an entire lifestyle based on low-cost modular solution and open knowledge. It is an important mainstream-oriented project which can help to spread the word about integrating open source design and technology into our daily lives.
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StopResetGo
Is a holistic framework consisting of complimentary digital tools that will help bring together the countless amazing but highly fragmented movements, change agents and organizations already out there doing amazing work. A global platform that taps into the deep currents of collaboration within all of us will serve to greatly amplify the impact each of us can make, to create a tsunami of change.
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Upcoming events
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October
2016
EARTHSHIP BIOTECTURE LECTURE by Michael Reynolds (European Tour)
- Place: Ruigoord - Amsterdam
- Time: 6:30 PM
"Imagine a home that heats itself, that provides its own water, that grows its own food. Imagine that it needs no expensive technology, that it recycles its own waste, that it has its own power source. And now imagine that it can be built anywhere, by anyone, out of the things society throws away. Thirty years ago, architect Michael Reynolds imagined just such a home - then set out to build it.”
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March
2016
"The Choice Is Ours" Screening and Debate
- Place: Amsterdam - The Thinking Hut
- Time: 3:30 PM
The most pressing issues facing humankind today - from climate change to widespread crime to financial calamity to the rapidly depleting natural resources of our planet - take center stage in The Choice is Ours, but they're approached from a refreshingly unique perspective. This elegantly produced film promotes our capacity to invoke positive change in the world, and considers the behavioral and cultural shifts which must take place to make this possible.
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April
2015
Aftershock Discussion: What will you do?
- Place: Amsterdam - The Thinking Hut
- Time: 6:00 PM
Calling for a fast change in our view towards life. We are not alone, and together we can outgrow the current situation.
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April
2015
Abrupt Climate Change and Living a Life of excellence
- Place: Amsterdam - University of Amsterdam
- Time: 4:00 AM
Prof dr Guy McPherson is going to talk about the latest findings, and his conclusions...
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Civilization Alpha advocates a smooth transition to a resource based economy by building an alternative grid. The switch in the value system that our grid will allow will have immense repercussions in many human activities, starting from their food and energy production, to technology, automation, lifestyle, education and more. We indicate that this transition will in time eliminate the root causes of the most impending problems nowadays.
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People will continue to search for answers to universal and perplexing problems. But to find meaningful answers, one must first know what questions to ask.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
As we begin to plan for a new human society, we need to foster common values about clean air, water, and other elements of self-sustenance. These, along with a complete inventory of Earth's resources, will form the basis for a holistic approach to cybernated decision-making.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
Whenever money is involved, there is elitism.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system.
Jaque Fresco, The Venus Project
We are in the process of taking our first baby steps towards a civilization that can stand on his own feet. We will need to try, then fail, than try and fail again until we will learn how to walk, how to run, and how to jump.
Roberto Valenti Civilization Alpha
Frequently Asked Questions
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How can we convince everyone?
We need to inform, not convince. Our focus is to create a system which allows people which are already convinced to take a step in the right direction. The other will follow in due time.
02.
How can we exchange goods without means of money? Are we going back to barter?
We are designing a distributed system for wishes (demands), resources (offer) and operators (jobs) are tokenized and excheangeable directly.
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What will people do if they don't have to work?
This will only happen in a post-scarcity situation. Until then, people will have to contribute to satisfy a need in high demand. When automation replaces these jobs, people will be able to focus on higher purposes.