1 00:00:03,674 --> 00:00:06,953 Hi, mi name is Alvaro 2 00:00:07,332 --> 00:00:10,194 and live in Picasent near Valencia 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,416 I'm trying to be the most self sustainable as is possible 4 00:00:15,631 --> 00:00:21,575 to avoid, producing and consuming from this system 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,679 Q1: can you say anything more about what you do, the projects etc? 6 00:00:33,385 --> 00:00:42,835 do you translate or should i start?_yes, what is that you do in the movement, and the reasons you joined. 7 00:00:43,418 --> 00:00:49,931 well i got in the zeitgeist movement because i think 8 00:00:50,808 --> 00:01:01,084 It is the social movement that has the best plan to solve the planet's problems 9 00:01:01,084 --> 00:01:07,479 and i'm involved in several projects in the zeitgest movement 10 00:01:07,479 --> 00:01:13,394 developing some technologies of renewable energies 11 00:01:13,394 --> 00:01:23,759 helping in what i can. with some colleagues with computer technology knowledge 12 00:01:23,759 --> 00:01:25,443 free software 13 00:01:25,443 --> 00:01:37,199 and some things related to agriculture, ecological agriculture 14 00:01:37,199 --> 00:01:41,676 recycling organic residues. 15 00:01:41,676 --> 00:01:48,441 I started as an activist 6 months ago 16 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:56,724 and i'm very happy and very hopeful about the work that's being done 17 00:01:59,985 --> 00:02:11,610 why do you like the movement and the resource based economy? 18 00:02:11,979 --> 00:02:18,527 the resource based economy seems to be the only feasible way 19 00:02:18,527 --> 00:02:25,278 to survive in a planet with limited resources 20 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:34,923 i think its obviously clear that we can´t keep devastating the planet at the speed we are doing it 21 00:02:34,923 --> 00:02:40,523 we must adapt ourselves to the production rhythms of nature 22 00:02:40,523 --> 00:02:50,571 but that doesn’t mean that we have to give up confort, 23 00:02:50,571 --> 00:02:58,948 technology today could allow us to live in a world were we could have abundace of all the things 24 00:02:58,948 --> 00:03:05,373 without having to deprive ourselves of virtually anything 25 00:03:07,018 --> 00:03:11,271 and almost without having to work 26 00:03:11,323 --> 00:03:13,726 that’s what the technology based in resources is about 27 00:03:13,926 --> 00:03:20,606 applying the technologies to live in consonance with the capacity of the planet 28 00:03:20,606 --> 00:03:26,806 but apliying the technology to make our life easier 29 00:03:29,372 --> 00:03:35,561 Q2: can you say something about the movement in Spain? 30 00:03:37,789 --> 00:03:44,956 the history and the future of the movement in Spain 31 00:04:00,676 --> 00:04:08,066 i'm not very old in the movemnt. i've only been for 6 months 32 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:12,978 so i am not one of the other, like him 33 00:04:17,948 --> 00:04:36,723 so more important question is if you could say something more about the economic political and social situation in spain 34 00:04:36,723 --> 00:04:44,417 or if you prefer to speak about the movement in spain, were can it go 35 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:51,147 how can it evolve, the local situation basicly 36 00:04:51,393 --> 00:05:02,084 i see the movement in spain like in the rest of the world. The situation in spain its not better 37 00:05:02,084 --> 00:05:10,304 than in the majority of the countries, they are starting to feel the symptoms of a sistem that is tumbling down 38 00:05:10,304 --> 00:05:21,126 and its no longer sustainable. there are a lot of problems that come from the non-sustainability of this system 39 00:05:21,126 --> 00:05:28,559 the tecnological unemployment is affecting a lot of people, there are 5 milions of unemployees 40 00:05:28,559 --> 00:05:41,283 and the social situation is becoming more tense and some attempts of response are coming up, 41 00:05:41,283 --> 00:05:48,717 but most of people are lost and they don’t have the answers to the questions they are making 42 00:05:48,717 --> 00:05:59,186 we offer an answer an alternative to this system and our job is to reach as many people as we can, 43 00:05:59,186 --> 00:06:04,194 and make them understand, that what we are suggesting is not only viable 44 00:06:04,194 --> 00:06:11,004 but that it would also be very good for everybody 45 00:06:11,004 --> 00:06:22,377 how do you see the transition from what we have now to a resource based economy, to the better world? 46 00:06:22,377 --> 00:06:24,845 my favorite question 47 00:06:25,631 --> 00:06:40,912 the transition is one of the most controversial questions inside the movement, how would it go, 48 00:06:40,912 --> 00:06:45,717 from the actual system to the resourced based economy. 49 00:06:45,717 --> 00:06:48,583 Many people can not picture it clearly. 50 00:06:48,583 --> 00:06:53,880 i imagine how that transition can be made 51 00:06:53,880 --> 00:07:05,283 and i think that it would be a gradual process of adopting different technologies 52 00:07:05,283 --> 00:07:11,746 that can make possible for people to have access to resources in a free way 53 00:07:11,746 --> 00:07:20,139 i mean developing and distributing technologies in open source 54 00:07:20,139 --> 00:07:27,886 for people to be able to provide for themselves with the neccessary resources to live. 55 00:07:27,886 --> 00:07:36,285 in several cases provinding ourselves without having to work, or working very little compared to what we do today 56 00:07:36,285 --> 00:07:47,811 to gain money to buy things to live in comfort. we have a lot of technology that we are not applying 57 00:07:47,811 --> 00:07:52,026 and majority of the people don´t know about it 58 00:07:56,241 --> 00:08:00,458 if we apply the technology that we already have, we could live without problems 59 00:08:00,458 --> 00:08:09,026 all the world almost without having to work. 60 00:08:09,026 --> 00:08:22,554 i see this process of transition, like a way to slowly implement those technologies. 61 00:08:22,554 --> 00:08:30,986 at first in a personal way. giving the example of its use and that they are applicable 62 00:08:30,986 --> 00:08:41,675 and as the quantity of activists and interested people about zeitgeist growth, 63 00:08:41,675 --> 00:08:50,036 the aplication and implementation of those technologies will increase. 64 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:56,342 and it would be a process of feedback the more people that work out of the system 65 00:08:56,342 --> 00:09:03,850 thanks to the implementation of those technologies that allow people to access for free to the resources 66 00:09:03,850 --> 00:09:10,353 more people would be seeing the efects of it and that it really works 67 00:09:10,353 --> 00:09:18,957 and therefore more people will feel attracted to work outside the monetary system 68 00:09:18,957 --> 00:09:21,665 and to join the resouce based economy. 69 00:09:21,665 --> 00:09:32,113 and gradually the system will be empyting of its labor force and consummers 70 00:09:32,113 --> 00:09:39,712 to finaly disapear on a pacific and gradual way 71 00:09:49,955 --> 00:09:52,583 there is not much light now 72 00:09:52,921 --> 00:09:57,792 this camera are pretty good with this, we can still make it. 73 00:10:07,882 --> 00:10:19,625 Q. message to the people of the world. what do you want to tell to the people. 74 00:10:22,164 --> 00:10:25,654 some advice maybe, what should they do to change their lives or something. 75 00:10:25,654 --> 00:10:38,641 you know maybe it could be something about we should grow... 76 00:10:39,288 --> 00:10:46,540 it can be one sentence, something that you think its important, it could be your favorite quot. 77 00:10:46,586 --> 00:10:59,543 it could be something that you recently discoverd in your life and whant to share it.something close to your heart that you want to share with others 78 00:11:07,971 --> 00:11:13,873 if you whant build another world...in spanish or english? sorry 79 00:11:28,977 --> 00:11:34,725 if we want to build another world we must do it ourselves 80 00:11:38,355 --> 00:11:46,343 - you can do it with dog. yeah you can take the dog in your hand, and the second one too - 81 00:11:46,343 --> 00:11:54,582 the perfect motion._ you must see i built a fantastic machine. 82 00:11:54,582 --> 00:11:56,613 all right. 83 00:11:57,798 --> 00:12:08,270 if we whant to buil a world like...no no...its not that, cut. 84 00:12:09,086 --> 00:12:11,605 ok i know i'll start over. 85 00:12:18,711 --> 00:12:28,219 to buil the world we want we will have to do it ourselves, and we will have to learn how to do it 86 00:12:28,219 --> 00:12:31,801 we must learn to build things