Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Presentation on the Global Village Construction Set
Last week we spoke at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
The topic was the Global Village Construction Set: Open Source Engineering for Sustainable Living. I focused on the construction of economies that utilize local resources. I proposed the route of open source, flexible fabrication – applied to Community Supported Manufacturing – as a viable route …
15 Comments » - Posted in Collaborators,Global Village Construction Set,Open Engineering by Marcin
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
CEB Infrastructure
In order to build with the Compressed Earth Block press, and in order to produce these machines at Factor e, we need a certain level of infrastructure. Here is what we are doing:
Say you want to fabricate CEB presses. Start with a facility: CEB walls and living roof, where 1000 square feet may …
18 Comments » - Posted in Compressed Earth Block Press,Global Village Construction Set,Open Engineering,Open Source Economic Development by Marcin
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Just Tools for Life Revisited
Time is a marvelous means for putting things into perspective. Your most embarrassing moment as a seven-year-old becomes the funniest story of the evening twenty years later. And likewise, those hilarious jokes at two in the morning, produce puzzled looks by noon the next day.
And while “Just Tools for Life” didn’t fall …
2 Comments » - Posted in Education,Factor e Farm,Global Village Construction Set,Open Source Ecology,Organizational Development by Brittany
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Oh Well
We have not been blogging much lately, because spring is here and we’re on the land. When spring hits, the sparks start flying with action outside. We’re building Sanctuary, aka Factor e Farm.
The last week we’ve been drilling our well using a basic drilling rig from Rockmaster. On the Third Day, we hit water.
The …
8 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Infrastructure,Natural Building by Marcin
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Just Tools for Life
Stan Rhodes recently sent us a couple books in the mail: “Influence: Science and Practice” by Robert Cialdini and “Made to Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath. I quickly devoured both books as they both proved to be interesting and well written.
The topics are somewhat similar, but each book inspired a completely different reaction …
