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{{Infobox organization
| name = The Venus Project
| image = The Venus Project logo and wordmark.svg
| size = 150px
| caption = The Venus Project logo
| formation = {{Start date and age|1995}}
| motto = Beyond Politics Poverty and War
| type = ]
| purpose = 'Redesign of culture'
| location = ], ]
| key_people = {{Plain list|
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* Roxanne Meadows}}
| website = {{URL|thevenusproject.com}}
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] (right) with Roxanne Meadows]]
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'''The Venus Project''' corporation was incorporated by ] in 1995 to advocate a theoretical economic system, what it calls a ''resource-based economy''. {{CN|date=April 2015}} The Venus Project was founded in 1995 as a for-profit corporation by Fresco and Roxanne Meadows in Venus, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|title=Detail by Entity Name: THE VENUS PROJECT, INC.|url=http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail/EntityName/domp-p95000013860-a3c2b71d-6339-48ef-bf4b-457252854fed/venus%20project/Page1|work=Division of Corporations|publisher=Florida Department of State|accessdate=2014-01-21|quote=Florida Profit Corporation}}</ref>

{{asof|2011}} Fresco lectured and gave tours of the Venus Project location.<ref name="New American">{{cite web | last = Newman | first = Alex | title = Zeitgeist and the Venus Project | publisher = ] | date = March 10, 2011 | url = http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/10634-zeitgeist-and-the-venus-project | accessdate = January 29, 2014}}</ref>

The documentary-style films '']'' (2008) and '']'' (2011) focus on ideas from the Venus Project though the two groups split from each other as far as supporting one another after the movies mentioned were made.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (Official Release 2011)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2014-01-26|author=TZMOfficialChannel}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.thevenusproject.com}}

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27°04′25″N 81°25′51″W / 27.073667°N 81.43079°W / 27.073667; -81.43079

The Venus Project
The Venus Project logo
Formation1995; 30 years ago (1995)
TypeFor-profit corporation
Purpose'Redesign of culture'
Location
Key people
Websitethevenusproject.com
Futurist Jacque Fresco (right) with Roxanne Meadows
The design studio at the research center in Venus, Florida

The Venus Project corporation was incorporated by Jacque Fresco in 1995 to advocate a theoretical economic system, what it calls a resource-based economy. The Venus Project was founded in 1995 as a for-profit corporation by Fresco and Roxanne Meadows in Venus, Florida.

As of 2011 Fresco lectured and gave tours of the Venus Project location.

The documentary-style films Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008) and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011) focus on ideas from the Venus Project though the two groups split from each other as far as supporting one another after the movies mentioned were made.

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References

  1. "Detail by Entity Name: THE VENUS PROJECT, INC". Division of Corporations. Florida Department of State. Retrieved 2014-01-21. Florida Profit Corporation
  2. Newman, Alex (March 10, 2011). "Zeitgeist and the Venus Project". The New American. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. TZMOfficialChannel. "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (Official Release 2011)". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
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