Open Source Ecology

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Open Source Ecology
Abbreviation OSE
Formation 2003; 10 years ago (2003)
Headquarters Factor e Farm
Location 745 SW Willow Road, Maysville, Missouri, USA.[1][2]
Region served Worldwide
Chair Marcin Jakubowski
Budget $4,000 monthly
Website Opensourceecology.org
Open Source Ecology: Practical post scarcity
The 50 machines that compose the Global Village Construction Set

Open Source Ecology (OSE) is a network of farmers, engineers and supporters, whose main goal is the eventual manufacturing of the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). As described by Open Source Ecology "the GVCS is an open technological platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts."[3] Groups in Oberlin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and California are developing blueprints, and building prototypes in order to pass them on to Missouri.[4][5][6] The devices themselves are built and tested on the Factor e Farm in rural Missouri.

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History[edit]

Marcin Jakubowski, a physicist, founded the group in 2003.[7] In the final year of his doctoral thesis at the University of Wisconsin, he had the feeling that his career field was too closed off from the world's problems, and he wanted to go a different way. After graduation, he devoted himself entirely to OSE.

OSE made it to the world stage in 2011 when Jakubowski presented his Global Village Construction Set TED Talk.[8] Shortly after, the GVCS won Make magazine's Green Project Contest. The Internet blogs Gizmodo and Grist produced detailed features on OSE. Jakubowski has since become a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow (2012) and TED Senior Fellow (2012).

Open Source Ecology is also developing in Europe as OSE Europe.[9]

Factor e Farm[edit]

The Factor e Farm is the main headquarters, where the machines are prototyped and tested. The farm itself also serves as a prototype. The residents grow their own food, collect rainwater, and produce all their electricity by solar panels.[10]

Current progress[edit]

So far, twelve of the fifty machines have been designed, blueprinted, and prototyped, with four of those reaching the documentation stage.[11] On October 2011 a Kickstarter fundraising campaign collected 63,573 USD for project expenses and the construction of a training facility.[12] The project has been funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation[13] and is a semifinalist in the Focus Forward Film Festival.[14]

  • Powercube v7 Assembly video

  • Liberator Compressed Earth Brick Press v4 Assembly video

  • LifeTrac tractor - Design Rationale

  • LifeTrac tractor - Fabrication Report

  • LifeTrac tractor- Fabrication Drawings

Awards and recognition[edit]

  • In 2011, the project won the Green Project Contest organized by the Make magazine.[15]
  • It was also selected as one of the 21 semi-finalists for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, among 162 participants.[16]
  • TIME rated OSE's Civilization Starter Kit as a top invention of the year 2012.[17]

List of machines[edit]

The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) comprises 50 industrial machines:[18][19]

Category Global Village Construction Set (GVCS)
Habitat:

 · CEB press v4  · Concrete mixer  · Sawmill  · Bulldozer  · Backhoe
Agriculture:

 · Tractor: LifeTrac v3  · Seeder  · Hay rake  · Microtractor  · Rototiller  · Spader  · Hay cutter  · Trencher  · Bakery oven  · Dairy milking machine  · Microcombine harvester  · Baler  · Well-drilling rig
Industry:

 · Multimachine  · Ironworker  · Laser cutter  · Welder  · Plasma cutter  · Induction furnace  · CNC torch table  · Metal roller  · Wire and rod mill  · Press forge  · Universal rotor  · Drill press  · 3D Printer  · 3D Scanner  · CNC circuit mill  · Industrial robot  · Woodchipper / Hammermill
Energy:

 · Power Cube: PowerCube v7  · Gasifier burner  · Solar concentrator  · Electric motor / generator  · Hydraulic motor  · Nickel–iron battery  · Steam engine  · Steam generator  · Wind turbine  · Pelletizer  · Universal power supply
Materials:

 · Aluminium extractor  · Bioplastic extruder
Transportation:

 · Car  · Truck

GVCS replication[edit]

During October, 2011 the first successful duplication of a Global Village Construction Set product by a third party group was completed. Jason Smith along with James Slade and his organization Creation Flame '[1] developed a functioning open source CEB press.[20] A group in Baltimore, Maryland, and a group in Dallas, Texas have also begun production of GVCS machines.[21]

See also[edit]

Portal icon Renewable energy portal
Portal icon Sustainable development portal
Portal icon Ecology portal
Portal icon Free software portal

References[edit]

  1. ^ Factor e farm information Accessed: 7/28/2011.
  2. ^ "Google Maps Factor e Farm location". maps.google.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  3. ^ "Open Source Ecology", Accessed: 7-23-2011.
  4. ^ Rohan Pearce (2011-12-14). "Can open source save the planet?". Techworld Australia. 
  5. ^ Leah Messinger (2011-03-23). "A Mad Scientist's 50 Tools for Sustainable Communities". The Atlantic. 
  6. ^ Ashlee Vance (2012-11-01). "The Post-Apocalypse Survival Machine Nerd Farm". Bloomberg Businessweek. 
  7. ^ "About", Accessed: 7-19-2011.
  8. ^ "Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization", April 2011. Accessed: 7-19-2011.
  9. ^ "OSE Europe". Opensourceecology.org. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  10. ^ Factor e Farm Information Accessed 7-31-2011.
  11. ^ GVCS Prototype Status, Accessed: 1-11-2013
  12. ^ "Fundraising". Kickstarter.com. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  13. ^ "Marcin Jakubowski". Shuttleworthfoundation.org. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  14. ^ "Build yourself.". Vimeo.com. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2013-02-07.  Text " Tristan Copley Smith " ignored (help)
  15. ^ "Open Source Ecology: Interview with Founder Marcin Jakubowski". makezine.com. 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  16. ^ The 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Semi-Finalists | The Buckminster Fuller Challenge[dead link]
  17. ^ "Tech Best Inventions 2012". TIME.com. 
  18. ^ "GVCS". Open Source Ecology. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  19. ^ "Global Village Construction Set". Open Source Ecology. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  20. ^ Creation Flame progress Accessed: 11/22/2011
  21. ^ Other GVCS Replications Accessed: 11/22/2011

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