Collection: Earth Time Capsule
About the Our Time Capsule: a look at the history of tomorrow
Our Time Capsule is crafted to capture the essence of our era (2000-2025), carefully curated with information and artifacts that reflect the most pivotal aspects of society and humanity of our time. The Time Capsule will contain artifacts, DNA and information relevant to the following categories as each of these categories are pillars on which mankind stands. They are: Environment, Economy, Governance, Youth (Education, Challenges and Opportunities), and Spirituality. We will also include items representing Space and Technology and other issues facing humankind in our era. If any one of these pillars fall, society and potentially all of mankind will collapse. We will include a conversation of these pillars and issues in our “Mind File” that will be placed in the capsule. Science is currently talking about quantum entanglement and possibly this “Time Capsule” connection to the past with the future will yield a sense of "Human Entanglement."
Our mission is to create for installation at 00:25 of January 1, 2025 a Time Capsule to be opened in the 22nd century in order to provide a cultural, sociological and historical bridge connecting our present-day society to our future generation of the 22nd century while raising money for College Bound AZ so that our youth can achieve their dreams of a brighter future through post-secondary education.
Our endeavor serves several key purposes:
1. Preservation of the Present: To safeguard a snapshot of our current life, technology, thoughts, and aspirations, offering an authentic glimpse into our era for those in the future.
2. Education and Insight: To educate future generations about the past, giving them a deeper understanding of their heritage, our evolution of society, and the progress made over time.
3. Continuity of Humanity's Story: To contribute a chapter to the ongoing story of humanity, ensuring that the narrative of our age is not lost to time but is preserved for posterity.
4. Reflection and Comparison: To encourage reflection on the growth of civilization, technological advancements, and social developments, allowing future people to compare their lives with ours.
5. Inspiration for the Future: To inspire future innovators, thinkers, and leaders by showcasing the challenges we faced and the dreams we harbored, motivating them to build upon our legacy. 6. Fostering a Sense of Unity among all mankind: To remind those in the future that they are part of a larger human story that transcends time, fostering a sense of unity and shared destiny across centuries.
Our plan is to create a time capsule to be opened in the 22nd century and for the capsule’s contents to be unearthed, reviewed and then added to and then to "pay-it-forward" from century to century as we go into the future. It is to be replanted at the start of each new century. We estimate the size of the capsule to be 24"X24"X12" deep, hermetically sealed in an argon blanket. The Capsule will also house current artifacts, a mild file and human and species DNA.
In summary, our time capsule is a gesture of peace and goodwill to the future, an act of preservation, and a testament to the enduring spirit of humanity, carried forward with the hope that it will enlighten, inspire, and connect us with the generations to come. It is also a mission to request future generations to preserve the past while speaking to their future generations by replanting this time capsule so that each new century one can retrieve it add to it and replant it for the next and the next 100 year visions.
