Clear Compass Media

The mission of Clear Compass Media, LLC is to create compelling media that assists humanity in thriving through the evolutionary challenges threatening our survival.  This website and the documentary film THRIVE: What on Earth Will It Take? are the main projects of Clear Compass Media. We are a small team of committed individuals based out of Soquel, CA, dedicated to getting the message of THRIVE out to as many people worldwide as possible.

 

About the Filmmakers

Foster Gamble - President & Co-Founder of Clear Compass Media; Creator, Host, Co-Writer, and Director of Visual Design for THRIVE

At age 14, Foster Gamble had a vision where he glimpsed what he perceived to be the Universe’s fundamental energy pattern. He spent the next 35 years trying to figure out the details and implications of what he had seen. That quest took two paths: a scientific journey and an exploration of the human potential to navigate successfully through the challenges threatening our survival. THRIVE represents the convergence of these two paths.

While at Princeton University, Foster helped to create their first film-making department. At the time, the emergence of a global media delivery system seemed likely, and Foster’s love of film combined with his concern for the planet inspired him to focus on what would be the most critical content to one day deliver through that system.

In his search for a way out of our violence and demise, Foster discovered Aikido – the non-violent martial art – which proved for him the possibility of being simultaneously powerful and gentle. He earned a third degree black belt and trained in and taught Aikido for 15 years.

Applying Aikido principles to daily life informed Foster’s professional career: He created a training and technology company, MindCenter, that employed brainwave biofeedback to help people learn how to manage stress and to tune their consciousness. He also created Interaction Dynamics, a training program for mastering skills in communication, team-building and conflict resolution for couples, business teams, schools and families across the United States. He combined Aikido energy principles and mind fitness techniques in Zonesport Training, which tapped his passion for sports in helping high level athletes to enhance their performance. Addressing the demands of balancing his own personal, family and professional lives led Foster to create a program called LifeBalance.

Furthering his exploration of what was keeping humanity from thriving, Foster spent nearly a decade “following the money” in every sector of human endeavor. The process revealed an understanding of our predicament that led him to create the strategic solutions offered in THRIVE. Foster’s exploration of “living geometry” – how nature builds the “material” world, came to fruition in 1997 when he co-convened the Sequoia Symposium, a multi-disciplinary scientific think tank exploring perspectives on “Unification Theory.” 

There, the primary patterning that the universe uses to sustain healthy systems was clarified and cohered, as was its use as a blueprint for us to design sustainable, all-inclusive technologies and social systems. This discovery represents the convergence of science and the evolution of consciousness that Foster set out to explore after his initial vision, and is the “code” that is featured in the documentary film, THRIVE, and on this website.

Foster lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife Kimberly Carter Gamble.

 

Kimberly Carter Gamble - CEO of Clear Compass Media; Producer, Director, and Co-Writer of THRIVE

Kimberly Carter Gamble is the Producer, Director and Co-Writer of THRIVE, a popular and important documentary that has been translated into 20 languages and seen by ten million people in its first year. Kimberly’s intention with THRIVE was to take a bold and comprehensive look at what is really going on in the world, using an empowering and inviting tone to engage people in effective solutions. The granddaughter of a suffragette, Kimberly was imbued early with a personal sense of the important role for women in ushering in transformative global change.

Kimberly is a former journalist for Newsweek International and is currently CEO of Clear Compass Media. When asked about THRIVE, Kimberly says “Having the courage to risk stepping out of what David Icke calls the “hassle-free zone” is the quality I am most proud to have mustered in this life, and it felt great to infuse the clarity and compassion that come from that process into the story –and production - of THRIVE.”

One especially encouraging insight that emerged for Kimberly in the course of making THRIVE was that the most informed people are consistently the most hopeful, because once the nature of the problem is clear, so are the solutions. Kimberly is committed to using her privilege to empower these bold and leveraged solutions.

 

 

About the Team

Claire Darling – Social Media Manager

Claire Darling started working with Clear Compass Media after graduating from UCSC with a Politics degree in 2006.  Since working on the movie, THRIVE, Claire has researched, written about, and become an advocate for many of the issues presented in THRIVE.  She has always been interested in social change movements and community-based activism and hopes to help inspire a movement around THRIVE.   Claire is particularly passionate about campaign-finance reform, alternative economic models, and collaborative whole-systems organization. She enjoys gardening, hiking, and biking around her current home of Santa Cruz, CA.

 

 

 

Marshall Lefferts – Associate Producer of THRIVE

 For more than thirty years, Marshall Lefferts has been aware that this time was coming — this time wherein the human family is called upon to cross the threshold of its own conscious evolution. Inspired at age 19 by both the sublime power of Aikido and the pragmatic vision of Buckminster Fuller, Marshall has been a student of cosmic design in the physical and metaphysical realms ever since. Having a whole-systems perspective on life, he has brought his skills as a designer and producer to various projects for the Buckminster Fuller Institute, and as co-director of theFoundation for Conscious Evolution. Marshall has also created the Cosmometry Project, a knowledgebase and organizing framework for diverse research on the modeling and mapping of the living geometry of the cosmos.

Collaborating on THRIVE has been a highlight in his life as it brings together all of his skills and knowledge into a comprehensive offering that, at its core, is founded upon an unquestionable faith in the integrity of life when lived in harmony with nature’s fundamental design.

 

 

We look forward to hearing from you!  Please refer to the questions below before contacting us. We will do our best to respond to your inquiries promptly.  Thank you!

Questions About Watching the Movie

THRIVE is now available to watch for FREE at www.thrivemovement.com/the_movie in 20+ languages. Simply click on the "Watch Now" button and follow the prompts to watch the movie. If you are having trouble streaming, please visit YouTube's technical support page for troubleshooting tips. 

If you are still having difficulty, please email info@thrivemovement.com and provide as much information as possible, including your operating system (Mac, PC, Linux, Other), browser version (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer), and a description of the issue.  

 

Store Sales, Shipping, Returns

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For questions about existing orders: please include your order number or receipt in your request to expedite the process.

For questions about new orders: please let Topspin know exactly what you are trying to purchase and that it’s through thrivemovement.com.

Please report any unresolved issues to us at info@thrivemovement.com.

Press/Media Requests

For press materials please visit our Press Room page. For other press inquiries, please contact: pr@thrivemovement.com. 

Speaker Requests

Do you want Foster Gamble (Host and Creator of THRIVE) and/or Kimberly Carter Gamble (Producer, Director and Co-Writer of THRIVE) to speak at an event? Please contact: pr@thrivemovement.com. 

 

Feedback About the Film

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General Inquiries

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Westwood Creek Productions

Westwood Creek Productions is a full-service production and post-production house in Ashland, OR.  Production facilities include an extensive grip and gaffer package with energy efficient lighting, high definition cameras and monitoring, steadycam, and extended-reach jib arm with motion-tracking hothead and teleprompter capabilities. WCP’s post-production facilities include several offline/online editing and special effects bays with control surfaces, calibrated color correction, and an audio mixdown suite. 

 

Stephen Gagne – CEO of Westwood Creek Productions; Director and Editor of THRIVE

Stephen Gagne studied film production and editing with Martin Scorsese at NYU's School of the Arts in the early 1970s. He’s worked on a wide range of documentaries around the world, in roles both behind and in front of the camera as the underwater piano player for wild dolphins for a series of PBS specials, and live concert work, including Scorsese’s Last Waltz movie, Streisand’s A Star Is Born, and tours with Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and the Grateful Dead.  Please see Stephen's resume on IMDB for further information.

 

Brent Streeper – Editor and Motion Graphics Artist for Westwood Creek Productions; Editor of THRIVE

Brent Streeper is an experienced editor and motion graphics artist who’s been working with Stephen at Westwood Creek Productions for three years.  After graduating from the University of Utah in 2002 with a BA in Film Studies, he moved to Ashland, Oregon where, prior to joining the Thrive team, he had worked on four independent features as well as numerous commercials and short form projects.  Brent enjoys the technical side of the editorial process almost as much as the artistic process of creating an edit.  He believes that storytelling in any form can be a transformative tool and looks forward to continuing his work with socially meaningful projects.

Liquid Buddha Studios - Visual Effects for Conscious Evolution

liquid buddha studios is an animation, visual effects and motion graphics collaborative, where we translate abstract spiritual and scientific concepts into compelling, high production value eye-candy.

We utilize state of the art software and hardware to accomplish all aspects of 3D visual effects work, from concept to production and post-production. We specialize in motion tracking, green screen key and compositing, dynamic particle simulation effects, 3D software engineering and character animation. 

We are a lean, fully virtualized team, able to handle global clients through a collaborative virtual environment, with video-conferencing, and online review & approval systems, all supported from our dedicated rendering server-farm at our anchor studio in Ashland, Oregon, USA.

 

About the Team:

Goa Lobaugh: Founder/CEO of liquid buddha studios; Director of Visual Effects for THRIVE

After working as a software engineer inside tech giants Intuit and AOL, Goa established the studio from a calling to express visually. "I knew I had to create, and the toolset most empowering to me was digital. I founded the studio with the belief that creativity is healing and when applied consciously, artistry can carry that transformative power forward into the world." Goa has led the team at liquid buddha in creating visual alchemy for filmmakers, scientists and spiritual leaders since 2000.

 

Casey Pyke: Effects Artist, Animator, Puppeteer

Making films of all kinds since middle school, Casey continued his education in film and visual effects at Southern Oregon University.  There, he created animated films that were showcased in the Ashland Independent Film Festival and he received honors in the film department.  Casey began working for liquid buddha studios in 2007, during his junior year and continues to make films on his own time.

 

Nick Johnson: Effects Artist, Animator, Free-cycler

Nick Johnson always had a desire to draw as a kid and was really interested in the 'making-of' documentary films.  When he first started college, Nick was interested in art and eventually realized his passion was computer animation so he decided to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Computer Animation at Full Sail University.  Since graduating in 2007, Nick’s desire to create digital art continues to grow.  Joining up with liquid buddha studios in 2008 has given Nick a unique opportunity to create digital effects in an intimate and open-minded environment.

 

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"Working with the Thrive team has supported our mission to inspire positive change through artistry.  We are deeply grateful to be part of the Thrive awakening."

 - team liquid buddha

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Film Score

Gary Malkin - Original Score for THRIVE

Award winning composer/producer Gary Malkin has composed hundreds of scores for feature films, television shows, national commercials, and recordings since 1979.  Formerly the founder of the leading Bay Area music production companies known as Music Design and Remal Music Group, Malkin is the founder and principal composer of MUSAIC, a full-service music production company specializing in creating original musical solutions for all media including video games and web environments. He is also the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed CD/book, Graceful Passages, A Companion for Living and Dying, released by the life-enhancing media production company, Wisdom of the World.

Gary has enjoyed a long collaboration with the well-respected composer/producer Dan Alvarez, who has been collaborating with Gary since 1991.  With Emmy, ASCAP and CLIO awards to his credit, Gary is dedicated to making a difference in the world by creating musical resources and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze social healing.

 

Dan Alvarez – Original Score for THRIVE

Dan Alvarez is a San Francisco based composer and music producer. Active for over twenty five years, his composing, arranging, sound design, production, and performing credits include more than thirty record albums, as well as a multitude of radio and television commercials, feature and documentary films, video games, and network television series. A cornerstone of his music is the oft eclectic blending or fusing of different musical styles and sonic textures – between the electronic and the acoustic, the modern and the classic, the ethnic and the mainstream. He is fond of saying “The only rule in blending instruments or sounds is that there are no rules, except to do only what works and sounds good!”

Dan is the recipient of two regional Emmy awards and an Addy award for his work in documentary film music and tv advertising. He has composed original music for the multimillion selling Sims 2 and 3 video games, as well as the long-running TV series Unsolved Mysteries (NBC, CBS, Lifetime) and Healing Quest (PBS).

Recently, in an exciting new venture with Gary Malkin, under the moniker Wisdom of the World, Dan’s composing talents and multimedia experience are being used to help bring messages of healing wisdom to listeners by way of musically “scoring” the recordings of words spoken by some of the great luminaries in the field of personal and spiritual development.

 

THRIVE Theme Song

Ariel Thiermann - THRIVE Theme Song Producer, Co-Writer, and Lead Vocals

Ariel is a California based singer, songwriter and vocal coach whose work is rooted in the ancient art of song making, vocal improvisation and story telling.  She has performed throughout the US and internationally, both solo and with her award winning a cappella trio Mayim, and has released five albums spanning 15 years of her work as a musician.  Drawn to the transformative power of harmony and the musical traditions of indigenous cultures, she has recorded songs from many countries including Bulgaria, Mexico and Zimbabwe.  In addition to her explorations of vocal cultures from around the world, Ariel writes original music and spoken word poetry. Her music and poetry has touched a broad range of audiences. Her last release, Behold has been heard in over 4,000 Starbucks cafes as well as in the popular program Photoshow.  In the words of one critic, she moves in the territory “once occupied by such icons as Joan Armatrading and Laura Nyro.” Performing music of “depth and passion married to nuanced musical arrangements.” Alongside her path as a vocal artist, Ariel is passionate about helping people of every age explore, expand and express their voice. She travels widely leading Get Vocal workshops in the U.S. and Europe.

You can learn more about Ariel and her work at http://www.arielthiermann.com and http://www.getvocalnow.com.

 

 

Austin Willacy - THRIVE Theme Song Co-Writer and Lead Vocals

Austin Willacy is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter who has toured extensively throughout the U.S and Europe as a solo artist and is also a part of The House Jacks, a multi-award winning a cappella rock band.  Austin is the director of ‘Til Dawn, Youth in Arts’ award-winning teen a cappella group and has facilitated over 30 youth retreats. Austin has also co-facilitated three of YES!’s Leveraging Privilege for Social Change Jams and has been on the board of Rainforest Action Network and the Freight & Salvage for three years and has been an active volunteer for Bread & Roses for 16 years.  He donates his musical talent to a wide range of educational, social and environmental organizations.  

Austin’s music has been featured on “Road Rules”, and on the soundtrack of two indie documentaries, “Word Wars,” and “A Lawyer Walks into a Bar…”.  He’s appeared in Rolling Stone and has performed with icons such as Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles and James Brown and rising stars like Jem, Vienna Teng, Rachael Yamagata and Amos Lee.

When he’s not touring, Austin uses his vocal talents for the powers of good.  He sang “Killer Queen”, “Fat Lip”, “Stellar” and “Woman” for Guitar Hero and has contributed dozens of vocals to the award-winning Karaoke Revolution video game series (including Jay-Z, Billy Joel, Boy George, Stevie Wonder, The Bee Gees, Maroon 5, Michael Jackson and more) and has had his music featured on NBC’s The Sing Off and in Australia for a national television campaign.

 

 

2D Animation

Michelle Enemark - 2D Animation for THRIVE

Michelle Enemark is a motion graphics artist located in Brooklyn, New York. She finds inspiration in the aesthetics of history and a wonder of the natural world. Michelle has created motion graphics for a variety of documentaries, and is happiest when she has the opportunity to contribute to environmentally or socially conscious works. Her favorite animal is the narwhal.

For more, please visit mjenemark.com. 

Writing Consultants

Neal Rogin - Co-Writer of THRIVE

Neal Rogin is a multi-award winning writer and filmmaker whose work has reached millions of people around the world. He scripted a film for rock legend, Sting, and his Rainforest Foundation, which was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Short Subject. He also received a National Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for Spaceship Earth, a half hour television special that aired on the Disney Channel. Rogin is a best selling author, and the Communications Director and a Board Member for The Pachamama Alliance, a non-profit partnership between people from the modern world and the indigenous tribes in the Amazon region of Ecuador.   He was the head writer and associate producer of the 16-hour global radio broadcast of the “LIVE AID Concert for African Famine Relief,” which reached more than 1.5 billion people in 160 countries around the world, the largest broadcast event in history.  Rogin wrote, directed and produced the documentary film, The Eagle and the Condor, highlighting the importance of merging ancient indigenous wisdom with the modern technological worldview. His latest film, The Awakening Universe, based upon the book, The Universe Story by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, and “The Cosmic Narrative" by Drew Dellinger, explores how the New Cosmology is changing the very definition of what it means to be a human being.

 

Mary Earle Chase - Co-Writer of THRIVE

Since receiving degrees from Duke University and Harvard University in the late 1960s, Mary’s career path has followed her heart.  Beginning as a teacher and educator, then becoming a psychotherapist, and then entering the world of media as a writer and producer, her intention has always been to inspire and empower people to love themselves, love each other, and love the planet. Along with her creative partner, Neal Rogin, she has crafted communications for est, The Hunger Project, and The Pachamama Alliance. She is the author of three books and has contributed to dozens of media projects, most recently the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium.  Her collaborative work on THRIVE gave expression to her heart’s desire to bring forth a just, sustainable, and thriving world for all.

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