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Thu 26 Mar 2009

What is Open Source Ecology?

Posted by Jeremy

Before reading this post, we invite everyone to write a message about what you feel Open Source Ecology means to you, and your ideas on how this can be communicated effectively to others. How do you feel about Open Source Ecology?

Open Source Ecology’s latest core message is “Building the world’s first replicable, open source, modern off-grid global village – to transcend survival and evolve to freedom.” But what does that mean? Here are some explanations of what we think the message of Open Source Ecology means:

Replicable means that the entire operation can be copied and ‘replicated’ at another location at low cost. (more…)

Categories: Open Source Ecology, Organizational Development, The Story of Stuff, Viral Village

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Tue 24 Mar 2009

Open Source Development Pipeline Continues to Flow

Posted by Marcin

How does one reinvent corporate R&D by using open source methods? We missed a couple of details in yesterday’s hairy diagram and explanation. Now it should all be clear:

Now a couple of words on the above. (more…)

Categories: Open Collaboration, Open Engineering, Open Source Economic Development, Open Source Product Development Pipeline, Viral Village

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Thu 5 Mar 2009

Hexacube 2

Posted by Marcin

Today our work was mentioned in The Guardian, on building the world with open source. The article began with Vinay’s Hexayurt. While on the topic of hexagonal structures, here is our second Hexacube. It took 2 days to build with 3 people, but the time was extended because we didn’t have enough drills for screwing. I think it really takes one day with 4 people equipped with constantly charged cordless drills. We placed this Solar Cubicle right next to the first one, for better thermal performance. Usual exterior trim is included.

Categories: Viral Village

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Sun 22 Feb 2009

Factor e Farm in Five Minutes

Posted by Marcin

Thanks to Mathew, one of our True Fans, we now have a publicity 4-pager for anyone who wants a quick overview of Factor e Farm. This is useful for spreading the word, and I’ll be taking copies with me to any presentation that I give. You can download a copy here (1.6M, pdf).

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