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The Permaculture Information Web is a collaborative project to provide a comprehensive resource of permaculture related information. This wiki uses a precise language to describe the different parts of human habitat and that language is used to categorize the articles in this wiki.

In this wiki, community members are using principles of permaculture design to build a base of knowledge for designing human habitats.

The living parts of these habitats are made of elements; things like apple trees, chickens and dandelions. Groups of elements that interact in a beneficial way are organized into guilds. A guild is defined by a few core elements that define that guilds character.

One or more guilds guilds can be associated with built structures as suited to a particular location to create a pattern. For example, a hayfield, mulch, a chicken tractor, chicken forage plant guilds, fencing, and a compost system may combine into a chicken forage garden system, where chickens and materials are moved around to achieve a particular economy and diverse yield. patterns, built structures, and even elements are associated with the zones that describe the proximity to our homes and paths of travel.

These patterns are tuned to local context, described by hydrology, soils, and landscape setting. designs must be attuned to the creations of nature as well as the natural disturbance regimes that dominate landscapes. Techniques and tools are used to evaluate and construct these patterns.

Ecological design and permaculture work are done by organizations and groups that are doing work on specific sites or have online resources. These sites are distributed across many lands, and are similar patterns occur within the natural provinces of the earth called ecoregions.

On this site people share ideas as well as online resources, books, documents, and their designs

== Other permaculture wikis ==

Various other attempts have been made at [[Appropedia:Permaculture wiki|permaculture wikis]] but the only active global permaculture wiki appears to be [[Appropedia:|Appropedia]]. The Open Source Ecology wiki also has several pages about permaculture. (Please add any other active projects here.)

= See also =

* [[Open Source Permaculture]]
* [[Open source software for permaculture]]

[[Category: Related Wikis]]
[[Category:Wiki]]

Open Source Permaculture

2012-04-09T18:10:01Z

Chriswaterguy: /* See also */ * Open source software for permaculture

{{Category=Permaculture}}
=What is Open Source Permaculture?=

This is from a discussion with Lucas Gonzalez in the Canary Islands:

I think we should start raising awareness for the concept of Open Source Permaculture. Let's define what that mean by the term. This would be a crucial upgrade to what Permaculture today is about.

I have ended up an a parcel of land. I read the theory, and found myself basically clueless in terms of producing an integrated permacultural operation when I got onto the land. I believe that proper information access could have allowed us to avoid wasteful, trial-and-error-reinventing-the-wheel on the practical level (living material choices). We are still suffering from huge waste along these lines - either by spending long research hours or planting crop that will not do well here. There are issues that one can't read about - such as layout and geography - but the living material issue should be a non-issue. This way, the focus could be on further adaptation and breeding of region-specific materials - not in not knowing the optimal materials. This point may be difficult to grasp for people without an open source philosophy or without agricultural experience - but better access to information is a true bane of permaculture - as it tries to survive in a playing field of its factory-farm-global-neighbors.

Moreover, one cannot emphasize how many surprises there are in the plant world. You could read all you want - but you will never find out about what plant material is really available - you will always find particular (and extremely useful, unique, more adapted, more disease resistent, etc.) varieties from some next-door neighbor or other unexpected source. It is impossible to keep up with nature's diversity. The only way to address this is to record instances - and make them widely accessible on the internet.

The hypothesis to be tested is simple: Can permaculture become the dominant paradigm - a favored alternative to its factory-farm-global-neighbors?

To me, open source permaculture (OSPC) is:

1. '''Info on plant choice'''. Data on what explicit varieties work where - with a visual, global map (see http://www.permaculturemap.com/) - if we make this a worldwide project. This point - combined with basic theory, such as [http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC28/Mollison.htm Mollison's work] - leads to permacultural designs that anyone can implement where they are. The shortcomings of all global-reaching work on the topic is the lack of site-specific information - requiring the invitation of outside experts (permacultural designers). Theory abounds - but practice boils down to knowing particular varieties of living materials and where to get them. One could live on the theory only and end up with suboptimal systems - but optimization can happen from site-specific performance data.

2. '''Propagation''' - how you would get the living materials accessibly - on the cheap. This includes both industry standard techniques for propagation, and bioregional facilities where this plant material can be obtained. It should be obtained along OS lines - DIY option where you could, for example, do sweat equity at a propagation facility to get low cost or free materials. Or, it could be that you buy the materials outright. The requirement is that the bioregional facilities have EVERYTHING - diversity, quantities, and prices that allow easy access to producing an integrated permaculture implementation.

3. '''Machinery''' - open source equipment for processing; energy production; field equipment. Other supporting equipment for complete permaculture startup and maintenance, from [http://p2pfoundation.net/Neosubsistence neosubsistence] to economically significant market production capacity.

4. '''Economic analyses of productive operations'''. Both on the subsistence and market levels - such that analyses promote replicability.

=Why this, and What's "food swadeshi" anyway?=

Let's say you're interested in ''food swadeshi'': '''growing food for your own self-sustenance, for your community or for a "grow food locally" business'''. You've read several books and many webpages, and maybe you've gone to one or two courses or meetings or whatever.

Now you're standing on your very own piece of land (or in your very urban setting) and you look around.

Questions start to pop up in your head. ''How do I ...? What do I ...? Where do I ...?''

It's now that you realise there's a whole body of information that is ''at a distance'' from where you are. It's in the minds of many food growers all over the world, in databases and webpages, but somehow it's not too easy to get the exact answers to your specific, extremely local and burning questions.

You could go so much faster if you had now the information you'll have in 5 years time!

=Information and human networks=

You could of course tap onto a ''friendship network'' and that's fine if you have plenty of access to that, or even if you gain access to an already existing ''network of knowledgeable friends''.

Such a network will also sustain your values, help you "trade" physical stuff, and a whole lot of "goodies" that come with human networks.

That said, if you want to go a bit faster on the information aspects, human networks often have some limitations:
* Your (old) friends probably have the same information as you do, which means they also share your ignorance.
* Let's say you join a network of "food growers". They may call themselves organic growers, permaculturists, or whatever. You're in need of specific information. But often it will happen that your (new) friends don't know everything you'll ask them, because their conditions are different (maybe they live in another country) and their knowledge is limited by their own experience (huge as it may be when compared to yours).
* You don't know what you can ask them: do you know that they know what you need to know?
* You don't want to treat them as a 24x7 resource. At least if you want to keep them as friends. ;-)
* Finally, don't tell your friends, but maybe you're that type of person who can learn faster if they have lots of information they can look into at their own pace. Just like many people learn to do stuff on their own, be it maths or juggling or whatever, if they have the books and some time on their own.

It's also true that you can access the information resources we're about to daydream about, and use them ''as a group'' (beverages and all), so it's not either/or at all!

Now, let's get on with this idea!

=What we think we need=

This is an evolving idea, and here's what we think we need:

# Ready access to CONCEPTS: anything from permacultural ethics to design criteria. This is easy to find right now, but could be integrated in our "fab info" design.
# Ready access to DESIGNS: keyhole raised beds, poultry tractors, etc. These would be text descriptions, videos and the whole thing. If it's in other languages, a link to translation tools would be a nice add-on.
# Ready access to INFORMATION: what are the features of plants? which particular and explicit varieties are well-adapted to particular regions. This requires local and bioregional information.
# A way to do SUBSTITUTIONS: Say a particular design uses a specific plant, which is not available to us. What other plants could we use? This could be extended if we look for FEATURES: imagine "google tree shade tropical edible-by-goats".
# PROPAGATION/SOURCING - where do you get the plant or orther living material? The most direct route is if you propagate the material yourself. Beyond this, you need seed, plant, mushroom, animal, other stock sources - such as businesses, individuals, etc.
#OPEN SOURCE EQUIPMENT
#ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Are there more questions? Phrased differently? With many more details? This will be our first step, but please do read on.

Marcin says: To summarize this, I propose we narrow our mission to:

#INFORMATION (as above) - focusing on mapping ''what works''
#PROPAGATION/SOURCING (as above) - focusing on obtaining the ''what works''
#OPEN SOURCE EQUIPMENT - this does not exist, but is crucial for competing with your factory-farm-global-neighbors
#ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - foundation for replicable, open business models

I think these 4 elements are SUFFICIENT for producing state-of-art operations, competitive with global neighbors.

This is because CONCEPTS and DESIGNS are readily available in literature. SUBSTITUTIONS are covered by INFORMATION. We could do all the topics - but I'd focus on the essential information.

=How to move forward=

* First, look at our needs and phrase them appropriately. Feel free to jump in right now, Marcin and others! What questions do you ask on the field? Feel free to give details, with "stories that help"!
* Second, do the kind of work some software developers do, moving through those "needs" imagining things in slow-motion. What questions we'd ask. What results we'd expect from the system. What we do next. How we contribute (with questions or information). We'll get to this step soon, I hope.
* At some point in time, we'll want to look beyond the imagined tool to the wider ecosystem. Where's some information already (wikipedia, webpages, people's heads)? What can "they" provide and use? What are their interests and motivations? What do they find difficult or easy to do (talk, type, chat)? Are there helpers around (permaculture students who would be interested in cooperatively growing a tool which would help them if they feed it)? Probably lots of other factors. This will have to be iterative with the other steps, in the classic spiral pattern.
* Go wild with ideas. Think about clever hacks, maybe something that sits on top of wikipedia and google maps? A helpful clever software agent that helps us because it knows both more and less than we do? No limits to our thinking, please!
* Create a simple implementation of something that provides value straight away, and which is not too hard to implement. Here's where we need python gurus etc! Feel free to step in and introduce yourself! ;-)

At all times, look at what we can personally do. Even if the only thing we can do is tell our contacts about this.

=Agricultural informatics=
An identifying feature of permaculture is that it is heavy on design, information and intelligent planning. Not much water goes into making a permaculture farm work, not much fertilizer, not much stuff, but a huge amount of information. Information is the main resource.

In the past few decades, there have been teams of permaculture designers going around the world spreading this information. These designers have trained other designers, and the information is starting to make a dent in the world food system, turning patches of it away from monoculture and towards more productive methods. (I'm not talking about permaculture in the narrow sense, but all sustainable, intense farming systems.)

But what if we could spread this information at light-speed? What if it didn't require teams of people travelling around the world, or long training programs? What if, when you wanted to build a permaculture farm, you could consult a piece of software which gathers information on an open-content basis, gathers climate data, that knows what plants work in your climate, has a worldwide map of permaculture systems and what organisms they've used, and suggests [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#Guild guilds] appropriate to your area? How about a program that lists the inputs and outputs of different organisms, and matches them up to form closed-loop systems? If we make it really easy for people to set up a different kind of farm, then they can produce more food locally and food security is finally secured, which doesn't seem too much to ask. All that is required is a website (or downloadable program), with some solid, clever programming behind it, and an open-content system and we could lower the barrier to entry to being a competent permaculturalist so that anyone could do it. Might this be the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_tab#Trim_tab_as_a_metaphor trimtab] needed to transform the world food supply system?--[[User:Conor|Conor]] 20:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

See my proposal for [[open source software for permaculture]]

=Comments?=

Please write here or to imagina dot canarias at gmail dot com. You may also want to join http://www.globalswadeshi.net or look into http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com Finally, you may know about others who have covered lots of ground and whom we badly need to know about!

Thanks!

[[User:James Clark]]: This is a good start. To really get this firing on all cylinders, so to speak, I think the following needs to happen:
1.We need an agricultural seed ancestry registry (Project Freeseed?; Freeseed.org and/or OSSeed.org are available!); something that gives the features of the parent seeds so that creative hybridization can take place, and it needs to be protected by CC-BY-SA, and made where nothing that comes from it is ever proprietary. This is how we beat Big Ag.
2. Ties with other permacultural organizations, perhaps a mutual training program... I am getting involved with Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms[www.wwoof.org] to increase my permacultural skills, as well as others as they opportunities present themselves.
3. The natural world is incredibly diverse, and so this could be diversified in countless directions. However, at least to start, I think we need to define some key permacultural species for every climactic zone. This will be a huge undertaking, and we will need a multitude of people to accomplish it. Just as an example, I am including a link to a brainstorming document for what I want to do in Alaska in the next couple years, and how to use herbal medications to treat my [Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome], a personal goal of mine that has ties to this concept.[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1smhOXdo7N_-nnjP0uzjHy8Ij578IX9xlRjznas4L1Fw/edit?hl=en_US]
4.Species Taskforce- a working group for specific needs, plants, or problems that work together towards a common goal, I.E. making a cold weather hybrid of a plant. These working groups will help develop cornerstone species such as bamboo, grains, gluten free grain substitutes, new zone-hardy hybrids, ect.
5. We need more natural scientists involved in this, and it is pursuit of this end that I am going to go volunteer on WWOOFer farms to see if I can socially network all the Mechanical and Electrical Engineer-types we have with some more ecologists, so that we may cross-train and both parties will come out better for it.I will also be blogging about it, and will be contributing more to the ecology and applied-ecology info on this wiki than I have in the past.
6. I will be specifically engaging my ignorance in this area from here on out, and plan on buying land for a permaculture "preserve" in Zone 4 area of Alaska in the next 18 months so that will follow the OSE model, and welcome any involvement in doing this right, as I want this to yield graduate-school quality scientific research, and will need help to reach this end.

= See also =

* [[Permaculture Wiki]]
* [[Open source software for permaculture]]

=Contacts and other initiatives=

* http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com/Andy
* http://permaculturewiki.com
* http://www.permaculture.org.au/topics/
* http://www.wwoof.org
* [[Appropedia:Permaculture]]
* [[Appropedia:Permaculture wiki]]

Open source software for permaculture

2012-04-09T18:09:25Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Similar Proposals */ == See also == * Permaculture Wiki * Open Source Permaculture

{{Category=Permaculture}}
{{Category=Software}}

'''Proposal''': I would like to see a piece of open-source software that helps with permaculture design. It would be an expert system doing the work of a permaculture designer, for free.

Maybe something like this already exists and I don't know about it. If you know of such software, please add a link to this page.

A fairly simple, but very helpful, algorithm would go something like this:
#You input things you want to grow. This could be specific plants (e.g. 'Little Gem lettuce'), or broad categories (e.g. hard timber, grains)
#You input climate information. Or better yet, you input your location and the software finds climate information online.
#The software accesses a database of organisms (possibly derived from [http://www.pfaf.org/user/default.aspx Plants For A Future]). It knows the [[Inputs and outputs in permaculture|inputs and outputs]] of each organism and matches them up; where one element can work in synergy with another, it points that out to the user and suggests they be planted near each other. (e.g. Fruit trees need rotting matter, strawberries produce that when they die, so plant your strawberries near your fruit trees.) Where none of the elements you listed cover the needs (e.g. you want fish, but have no food source for them), it suggests an element that could fill the need and is appropriate to your climate.
#It should also be able to access a database of pests and weeds and suggest ways of dealing with them. (e.g. If you grow cabbages, it would suggest chickens to eat the slugs. If you grow vegetables, it would suggest spearmint to repel insects.) There are databases online that could be mined for this information (like [http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/biorationals/ Biorationals]); see the links at [[biological pest control]].

'''Additions''': I think the above is a good start, but to get a really accurate modeling of a permaculture patch one has perhaps to do some more magic. So the Software should additionally
#be able to cope with micro climate measurement to find suitable niches for plants on the area (the overall climate is of course important, but the affections of micro climate are often overwhelming). The micro climate could be collected through something like an micro climate measure stick, getting information on wind, radiation, moisture, soil moisture, soil temperature as well as temperatures in different heights.
# have access to a database of predefined permaculture patterns (like a potato-tower with a squash upon it and surrounded by some legumes growing up the tower but with the plants outside the tower so that the potatoes and legumes do not interfere) and characteristics for the zone in which it grows good, animal impact an plant impact for the whole pattern. In the above example you would get an error when you want to put potatoes also on the ground next to this pattern, as legumes and potatoes don't grow good next to each other etc. This database should be open with an good interface t collect best practice approaches. To have patterns simplifies also the computational effort of checking if the plants match to each other. Especially as there are so many parameters, that PFAF won't cover all of them
#take the temporal evolution of the system in account. e.g. to suppose planting different herbs under trees in the first years and make suggestions for the development of the patch when the trees, shrubs etc. get mature.

Edit We could look at the USGS data collection standard operating procedure for a good how-to guide on this. Also data may already exist for some locales in GIS format.

==Similar Proposals==

http://www.foodandtechconnect.com/site/2011/04/20/polyculturetech-part-i-the-permaculture-information-web-growing-guilds/

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/global-survival/VNwvEKJTyzc

http://www.appropedia.org/Permaculture_wiki is the idea and http://www.appropedia.org/Chickens is an example of adding subpages to a wiki element, so that there are inputs, outputs and used-in elements. A database of the elements present at FeF might be a good example with which to test this, and might atract appropedians. [[User:LucasG|LucasG]] 13:56, 25 March 2012 (CEST)
:Note that [[Appropedia:|Appropedia]] now has Semantic MediaWiki, so we can build an interesting database of permaculture elements inputs, outputs, functions etc. The [http://www.freebase.com/view/base/permaculture Freebase example] looks good, and could serve as a good target for a set of templates on Appropedia.
:Who knows Semantic MediaWiki enough to help us get this going? (We're looking for interns, so that might be our answer - if we can find one with Semantic experience, that could be magic.) --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 09:06, 27 March 2012 (CEST)

http://www.freebase.com/view/base/permaculture - a prototype built on Freebase, well fleshed out.

http://open-food.org/

http://www.resilientcommunities.com/software-can-make-it-easier-to-run-a-micro-farm/

== See also ==

* [[Permaculture Wiki]]
* [[Open Source Permaculture]]

Open source software for permaculture

2012-03-27T07:06:39Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Similar Proposals */ Semantic on Ap

Permaculture

2011-12-22T15:04:52Z

Chriswaterguy: /* See Also */ 3 relevant pages

{{Category=Permaculture}}

See [[Factor E Farm Site Plan]]

The term related to either "Permanent Agriculture" or "Permanent Culture". Permaculture is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_thinking systems thinking] design model focusing on sustainable and regenerative systems. It considers ecological theory informed by the lifestyles of indigenous cultures as well as modern technological advancements. Permaculture ranges a diverse field of design methods, anything from perennial-based agricultural systems, to the homestead, to individual or community structures.

The majority of permaculture design is considered within the framework of '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zones_(Permaculture) zones]'. Holmgren [Who?- Reference Needed] has also theorized a series of 'meta-zones' in which he describes spheres of influence. In this meta-zone system, Zone 0 represents a person's core, their self, whereby energy inputted for change has a high likelihood of impact or result. This series of meta-zones ends at the global level; at the global level one is less likely to experience any form of direct impact.

Permaculture is considered a unique design system because of its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#Core_values core values] and [http://www.permacultureprinciples.com/principles.php principles]. While it was once considered a fringe movement of alternative culture, permaculture is now seen as an intelligent, informed, and truly important body of study:

<blockquote>''"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that."'' </blockquote><div style="text-align: right; direction: ltr; margin-left: 1em;">- Dr David Suzuki geneticist, broadcaster, and international environmental advocate</div>

'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#References Wikipedia: permaculture References et al]'''

There is a growing movement dealing with [[Open Source Permaculture]], in which all the agricultural information and genetic resources are shared.

==See Also==

* [[Open Source Permaculture]]
* [[Permaculture Wiki]]
* [[Ekopedia: Permaculture]]
* [[Appropedia: Permaculture]]

==Online Resources==
*[http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5040528/PERMACULTURE__A_Designers_Manual__Bill_Mollison ''Permaculture: A Designer's Manual''] by Bill Mollison. The book that started it all, available on The Pirate Bay.
*[http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4070954/An_Introduction_to_Permaculture An Introduction to Permaculture] - a torrent with 12 gigabytes of educational books and videos about permaculture, agroforestry and things like that. Includes ''The One Straw Revolution'' by Masanobu Fukuoka.
*'''[http://www.permaculture.info/index.php/Main_Page Permaculture Wiki]'''
* [http://www.wikieducator.org/permaculture_design WikiEducator: permaculture design]
* [http://www.wikieducator.org/category:permaculture WikiEducator: category:permaculture]
*[http://www.pfaf.org/index.php Plants for a Future Database] >7k species, lots edible perennials
*[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/default.html NewCrop] Perdue's edible species profiles
*[http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/index.asp AgroForestryTree Database] World Agroforestry Center's tree species profiles
*[http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/index.asp Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network] more agroforestry resources
*[http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library?e=d-00000-00---off-0fnl2.2--00-0--0-10-0--0-0---0prompt-10---4------4-0-1l--11-en-50-0--20-about--100-0-1-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00-0-1-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=CL1 Food and Nutrition Library 2.2] lots of free e-books on food, nutrition, farming

Permaculture Wiki

2011-12-22T15:02:09Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Other permaculture wikis */ = See also = *Open Source Permaculture - another page about almost the same thing

Open Source Permaculture

2011-12-22T15:01:09Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Contacts and other initiatives */ = See also = *Permaculture Wiki- another page about almost the same topic

{{Category=Permaculture}}
=What is Open Source Permaculture?=

This is from a discussion with Lucas Gonzalez in the Canary Islands:

I think we should start raising awareness for the concept of Open Source Permaculture. Let's define what that mean by the term. This would be a crucial upgrade to what Permaculture today is about.

I have ended up an a parcel of land. I read the theory, and found myself basically clueless in terms of producing an integrated permacultural operation when I got onto the land. I believe that proper information access could have allowed us to avoid wasteful, trial-and-error-reinventing-the-wheel on the practical level (living material choices). We are still suffering from huge waste along these lines - either by spending long research hours or planting crop that will not do well here. There are issues that one can't read about - such as layout and geography - but the living material issue should be a non-issue. This way, the focus could be on further adaptation and breeding of region-specific materials - not in not knowing the optimal materials. This point may be difficult to grasp for people without an open source philosophy or without agricultural experience - but better access to information is a true bane of permaculture - as it tries to survive in a playing field of its factory-farm-global-neighbors.

Moreover, one cannot emphasize how many surprises there are in the plant world. You could read all you want - but you will never find out about what plant material is really available - you will always find particular (and extremely useful, unique, more adapted, more disease resistent, etc.) varieties from some next-door neighbor or other unexpected source. It is impossible to keep up with nature's diversity. The only way to address this is to record instances - and make them widely accessible on the internet.

The hypothesis to be tested is simple: Can permaculture become the dominant paradigm - a favored alternative to its factory-farm-global-neighbors?

To me, open source permaculture (OSPC) is:

1. '''Info on plant choice'''. Data on what explicit varieties work where - with a visual, global map (see http://www.permaculturemap.com/) - if we make this a worldwide project. This point - combined with basic theory, such as [http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC28/Mollison.htm Mollison's work] - leads to permacultural designs that anyone can implement where they are. The shortcomings of all global-reaching work on the topic is the lack of site-specific information - requiring the invitation of outside experts (permacultural designers). Theory abounds - but practice boils down to knowing particular varieties of living materials and where to get them. One could live on the theory only and end up with suboptimal systems - but optimization can happen from site-specific performance data.

2. '''Propagation''' - how you would get the living materials accessibly - on the cheap. This includes both industry standard techniques for propagation, and bioregional facilities where this plant material can be obtained. It should be obtained along OS lines - DIY option where you could, for example, do sweat equity at a propagation facility to get low cost or free materials. Or, it could be that you buy the materials outright. The requirement is that the bioregional facilities have EVERYTHING - diversity, quantities, and prices that allow easy access to producing an integrated permaculture implementation.

3. '''Machinery''' - open source equipment for processing; energy production; field equipment. Other supporting equipment for complete permaculture startup and maintenance, from [http://p2pfoundation.net/Neosubsistence neosubsistence] to economically significant market production capacity.

4. '''Economic analyses of productive operations'''. Both on the subsistence and market levels - such that analyses promote replicability.

=Why this, and What's "food swadeshi" anyway?=

Let's say you're interested in ''food swadeshi'': '''growing food for your own self-sustenance, for your community or for a "grow food locally" business'''. You've read several books and many webpages, and maybe you've gone to one or two courses or meetings or whatever.

Now you're standing on your very own piece of land (or in your very urban setting) and you look around.

Questions start to pop up in your head. ''How do I ...? What do I ...? Where do I ...?''

It's now that you realise there's a whole body of information that is ''at a distance'' from where you are. It's in the minds of many food growers all over the world, in databases and webpages, but somehow it's not too easy to get the exact answers to your specific, extremely local and burning questions.

You could go so much faster if you had now the information you'll have in 5 years time!

=Information and human networks=

You could of course tap onto a ''friendship network'' and that's fine if you have plenty of access to that, or even if you gain access to an already existing ''network of knowledgeable friends''.

Such a network will also sustain your values, help you "trade" physical stuff, and a whole lot of "goodies" that come with human networks.

That said, if you want to go a bit faster on the information aspects, human networks often have some limitations:
* Your (old) friends probably have the same information as you do, which means they also share your ignorance.
* Let's say you join a network of "food growers". They may call themselves organic growers, permaculturists, or whatever. You're in need of specific information. But often it will happen that your (new) friends don't know everything you'll ask them, because their conditions are different (maybe they live in another country) and their knowledge is limited by their own experience (huge as it may be when compared to yours).
* You don't know what you can ask them: do you know that they know what you need to know?
* You don't want to treat them as a 24x7 resource. At least if you want to keep them as friends. ;-)
* Finally, don't tell your friends, but maybe you're that type of person who can learn faster if they have lots of information they can look into at their own pace. Just like many people learn to do stuff on their own, be it maths or juggling or whatever, if they have the books and some time on their own.

It's also true that you can access the information resources we're about to daydream about, and use them ''as a group'' (beverages and all), so it's not either/or at all!

Now, let's get on with this idea!

=What we think we need=

This is an evolving idea, and here's what we think we need:

# Ready access to CONCEPTS: anything from permacultural ethics to design criteria. This is easy to find right now, but could be integrated in our "fab info" design.
# Ready access to DESIGNS: keyhole raised beds, poultry tractors, etc. These would be text descriptions, videos and the whole thing. If it's in other languages, a link to translation tools would be a nice add-on.
# Ready access to INFORMATION: what are the features of plants? which particular and explicit varieties are well-adapted to particular regions. This requires local and bioregional information.
# A way to do SUBSTITUTIONS: Say a particular design uses a specific plant, which is not available to us. What other plants could we use? This could be extended if we look for FEATURES: imagine "google tree shade tropical edible-by-goats".
# PROPAGATION/SOURCING - where do you get the plant or orther living material? The most direct route is if you propagate the material yourself. Beyond this, you need seed, plant, mushroom, animal, other stock sources - such as businesses, individuals, etc.
#OPEN SOURCE EQUIPMENT
#ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Are there more questions? Phrased differently? With many more details? This will be our first step, but please do read on.

Marcin says: To summarize this, I propose we narrow our mission to:

#INFORMATION (as above) - focusing on mapping ''what works''
#PROPAGATION/SOURCING (as above) - focusing on obtaining the ''what works''
#OPEN SOURCE EQUIPMENT - this does not exist, but is crucial for competing with your factory-farm-global-neighbors
#ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - foundation for replicable, open business models

I think these 4 elements are SUFFICIENT for producing state-of-art operations, competitive with global neighbors.

This is because CONCEPTS and DESIGNS are readily available in literature. SUBSTITUTIONS are covered by INFORMATION. We could do all the topics - but I'd focus on the essential information.

=How to move forward=

* First, look at our needs and phrase them appropriately. Feel free to jump in right now, Marcin and others! What questions do you ask on the field? Feel free to give details, with "stories that help"!
* Second, do the kind of work some software developers do, moving through those "needs" imagining things in slow-motion. What questions we'd ask. What results we'd expect from the system. What we do next. How we contribute (with questions or information). We'll get to this step soon, I hope.
* At some point in time, we'll want to look beyond the imagined tool to the wider ecosystem. Where's some information already (wikipedia, webpages, people's heads)? What can "they" provide and use? What are their interests and motivations? What do they find difficult or easy to do (talk, type, chat)? Are there helpers around (permaculture students who would be interested in cooperatively growing a tool which would help them if they feed it)? Probably lots of other factors. This will have to be iterative with the other steps, in the classic spiral pattern.
* Go wild with ideas. Think about clever hacks, maybe something that sits on top of wikipedia and google maps? A helpful clever software agent that helps us because it knows both more and less than we do? No limits to our thinking, please!
* Create a simple implementation of something that provides value straight away, and which is not too hard to implement. Here's where we need python gurus etc! Feel free to step in and introduce yourself! ;-)

At all times, look at what we can personally do. Even if the only thing we can do is tell our contacts about this.

=Agricultural informatics=
An identifying feature of permaculture is that it is heavy on design, information and intelligent planning. Not much water goes into making a permaculture farm work, not much fertilizer, not much stuff, but a huge amount of information. Information is the main resource.

In the past few decades, there have been teams of permaculture designers going around the world spreading this information. These designers have trained other designers, and the information is starting to make a dent in the world food system, turning patches of it away from monoculture and towards more productive methods. (I'm not talking about permaculture in the narrow sense, but all sustainable, intense farming systems.)

But what if we could spread this information at light-speed? What if it didn't require teams of people travelling around the world, or long training programs? What if, when you wanted to build a permaculture farm, you could consult a piece of software which gathers information on an open-content basis, gathers climate data, that knows what plants work in your climate, has a worldwide map of permaculture systems and what organisms they've used, and suggests [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#Guild guilds] appropriate to your area? How about a program that lists the inputs and outputs of different organisms, and matches them up to form closed-loop systems? If we make it really easy for people to set up a different kind of farm, then they can produce more food locally and food security is finally secured, which doesn't seem too much to ask. All that is required is a website (or downloadable program), with some solid, clever programming behind it, and an open-content system and we could lower the barrier to entry to being a competent permaculturalist so that anyone could do it. Might this be the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_tab#Trim_tab_as_a_metaphor trimtab] needed to transform the world food supply system?--[[User:Conor|Conor]] 20:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

See my proposal for [[open source software for permaculture]]

=Comments?=

Please write here or to imagina dot canarias at gmail dot com. You may also want to join http://www.globalswadeshi.net or look into http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com Finally, you may know about others who have covered lots of ground and whom we badly need to know about!

Thanks!

[[User:James Clark]]: This is a good start. To really get this firing on all cylinders, so to speak, I think the following needs to happen:
1.We need an agricultural seed ancestry registry (Project Freeseed?; Freeseed.org and/or OSSeed.org are available!); something that gives the features of the parent seeds so that creative hybridization can take place, and it needs to be protected by CC-BY-SA, and made where nothing that comes from it is ever proprietary. This is how we beat Big Ag.
2. Ties with other permacultural organizations, perhaps a mutual training program... I am getting involved with Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms[www.wwoof.org] to increase my permacultural skills, as well as others as they opportunities present themselves.
3. The natural world is incredibly diverse, and so this could be diversified in countless directions. However, at least to start, I think we need to define some key permacultural species for every climactic zone. This will be a huge undertaking, and we will need a multitude of people to accomplish it. Just as an example, I am including a link to a brainstorming document for what I want to do in Alaska in the next couple years, and how to use herbal medications to treat my [Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome], a personal goal of mine that has ties to this concept.[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1smhOXdo7N_-nnjP0uzjHy8Ij578IX9xlRjznas4L1Fw/edit?hl=en_US]
4.Species Taskforce- a working group for specific needs, plants, or problems that work together towards a common goal, I.E. making a cold weather hybrid of a plant. These working groups will help develop cornerstone species such as bamboo, grains, gluten free grain substitutes, new zone-hardy hybrids, ect.
5. We need more natural scientists involved in this, and it is pursuit of this end that I am going to go volunteer on WWOOFer farms to see if I can socially network all the Mechanical and Electrical Engineer-types we have with some more ecologists, so that we may cross-train and both parties will come out better for it.I will also be blogging about it, and will be contributing more to the ecology and applied-ecology info on this wiki than I have in the past.
6. I will be specifically engaging my ignorance in this area from here on out, and plan on buying land for a permaculture "preserve" in Zone 4 area of Alaska in the next 18 months so that will follow the OSE model, and welcome any involvement in doing this right, as I want this to yield graduate-school quality scientific research, and will need help to reach this end.

= See also =

*[[Permaculture Wiki]]

=Contacts and other initiatives=

* http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com/Andy
* http://permaculturewiki.com
* http://www.permaculture.org.au/topics/
* http://www.wwoof.org
* [[Appropedia:Permaculture]]
* [[Appropedia:Permaculture wiki]]

Open Source Permaculture

2011-12-22T14:53:44Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Contacts and other initiatives */ Appropedia's open source permaculture work - links

{{Category=Permaculture}}
=What is Open Source Permaculture?=

This is from a discussion with Lucas Gonzalez in the Canary Islands:

I think we should start raising awareness for the concept of Open Source Permaculture. Let's define what that mean by the term. This would be a crucial upgrade to what Permaculture today is about.

I have ended up an a parcel of land. I read the theory, and found myself basically clueless in terms of producing an integrated permacultural operation when I got onto the land. I believe that proper information access could have allowed us to avoid wasteful, trial-and-error-reinventing-the-wheel on the practical level (living material choices). We are still suffering from huge waste along these lines - either by spending long research hours or planting crop that will not do well here. There are issues that one can't read about - such as layout and geography - but the living material issue should be a non-issue. This way, the focus could be on further adaptation and breeding of region-specific materials - not in not knowing the optimal materials. This point may be difficult to grasp for people without an open source philosophy or without agricultural experience - but better access to information is a true bane of permaculture - as it tries to survive in a playing field of its factory-farm-global-neighbors.

Moreover, one cannot emphasize how many surprises there are in the plant world. You could read all you want - but you will never find out about what plant material is really available - you will always find particular (and extremely useful, unique, more adapted, more disease resistent, etc.) varieties from some next-door neighbor or other unexpected source. It is impossible to keep up with nature's diversity. The only way to address this is to record instances - and make them widely accessible on the internet.

The hypothesis to be tested is simple: Can permaculture become the dominant paradigm - a favored alternative to its factory-farm-global-neighbors?

To me, open source permaculture (OSPC) is:

1. '''Info on plant choice'''. Data on what explicit varieties work where - with a visual, global map (see http://www.permaculturemap.com/) - if we make this a worldwide project. This point - combined with basic theory, such as [http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC28/Mollison.htm Mollison's work] - leads to permacultural designs that anyone can implement where they are. The shortcomings of all global-reaching work on the topic is the lack of site-specific information - requiring the invitation of outside experts (permacultural designers). Theory abounds - but practice boils down to knowing particular varieties of living materials and where to get them. One could live on the theory only and end up with suboptimal systems - but optimization can happen from site-specific performance data.

2. '''Propagation''' - how you would get the living materials accessibly - on the cheap. This includes both industry standard techniques for propagation, and bioregional facilities where this plant material can be obtained. It should be obtained along OS lines - DIY option where you could, for example, do sweat equity at a propagation facility to get low cost or free materials. Or, it could be that you buy the materials outright. The requirement is that the bioregional facilities have EVERYTHING - diversity, quantities, and prices that allow easy access to producing an integrated permaculture implementation.

3. '''Machinery''' - open source equipment for processing; energy production; field equipment. Other supporting equipment for complete permaculture startup and maintenance, from [http://p2pfoundation.net/Neosubsistence neosubsistence] to economically significant market production capacity.

4. '''Economic analyses of productive operations'''. Both on the subsistence and market levels - such that analyses promote replicability.

=Why this, and What's "food swadeshi" anyway?=

Let's say you're interested in ''food swadeshi'': '''growing food for your own self-sustenance, for your community or for a "grow food locally" business'''. You've read several books and many webpages, and maybe you've gone to one or two courses or meetings or whatever.

Now you're standing on your very own piece of land (or in your very urban setting) and you look around.

Questions start to pop up in your head. ''How do I ...? What do I ...? Where do I ...?''

It's now that you realise there's a whole body of information that is ''at a distance'' from where you are. It's in the minds of many food growers all over the world, in databases and webpages, but somehow it's not too easy to get the exact answers to your specific, extremely local and burning questions.

You could go so much faster if you had now the information you'll have in 5 years time!

=Information and human networks=

You could of course tap onto a ''friendship network'' and that's fine if you have plenty of access to that, or even if you gain access to an already existing ''network of knowledgeable friends''.

Such a network will also sustain your values, help you "trade" physical stuff, and a whole lot of "goodies" that come with human networks.

That said, if you want to go a bit faster on the information aspects, human networks often have some limitations:
* Your (old) friends probably have the same information as you do, which means they also share your ignorance.
* Let's say you join a network of "food growers". They may call themselves organic growers, permaculturists, or whatever. You're in need of specific information. But often it will happen that your (new) friends don't know everything you'll ask them, because their conditions are different (maybe they live in another country) and their knowledge is limited by their own experience (huge as it may be when compared to yours).
* You don't know what you can ask them: do you know that they know what you need to know?
* You don't want to treat them as a 24x7 resource. At least if you want to keep them as friends. ;-)
* Finally, don't tell your friends, but maybe you're that type of person who can learn faster if they have lots of information they can look into at their own pace. Just like many people learn to do stuff on their own, be it maths or juggling or whatever, if they have the books and some time on their own.

It's also true that you can access the information resources we're about to daydream about, and use them ''as a group'' (beverages and all), so it's not either/or at all!

Now, let's get on with this idea!

=What we think we need=

This is an evolving idea, and here's what we think we need:

# Ready access to CONCEPTS: anything from permacultural ethics to design criteria. This is easy to find right now, but could be integrated in our "fab info" design.
# Ready access to DESIGNS: keyhole raised beds, poultry tractors, etc. These would be text descriptions, videos and the whole thing. If it's in other languages, a link to translation tools would be a nice add-on.
# Ready access to INFORMATION: what are the features of plants? which particular and explicit varieties are well-adapted to particular regions. This requires local and bioregional information.
# A way to do SUBSTITUTIONS: Say a particular design uses a specific plant, which is not available to us. What other plants could we use? This could be extended if we look for FEATURES: imagine "google tree shade tropical edible-by-goats".
# PROPAGATION/SOURCING - where do you get the plant or orther living material? The most direct route is if you propagate the material yourself. Beyond this, you need seed, plant, mushroom, animal, other stock sources - such as businesses, individuals, etc.
#OPEN SOURCE EQUIPMENT
#ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Are there more questions? Phrased differently? With many more details? This will be our first step, but please do read on.

Marcin says: To summarize this, I propose we narrow our mission to:

#INFORMATION (as above) - focusing on mapping ''what works''
#PROPAGATION/SOURCING (as above) - focusing on obtaining the ''what works''
#OPEN SOURCE EQUIPMENT - this does not exist, but is crucial for competing with your factory-farm-global-neighbors
#ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - foundation for replicable, open business models

I think these 4 elements are SUFFICIENT for producing state-of-art operations, competitive with global neighbors.

This is because CONCEPTS and DESIGNS are readily available in literature. SUBSTITUTIONS are covered by INFORMATION. We could do all the topics - but I'd focus on the essential information.

=How to move forward=

* First, look at our needs and phrase them appropriately. Feel free to jump in right now, Marcin and others! What questions do you ask on the field? Feel free to give details, with "stories that help"!
* Second, do the kind of work some software developers do, moving through those "needs" imagining things in slow-motion. What questions we'd ask. What results we'd expect from the system. What we do next. How we contribute (with questions or information). We'll get to this step soon, I hope.
* At some point in time, we'll want to look beyond the imagined tool to the wider ecosystem. Where's some information already (wikipedia, webpages, people's heads)? What can "they" provide and use? What are their interests and motivations? What do they find difficult or easy to do (talk, type, chat)? Are there helpers around (permaculture students who would be interested in cooperatively growing a tool which would help them if they feed it)? Probably lots of other factors. This will have to be iterative with the other steps, in the classic spiral pattern.
* Go wild with ideas. Think about clever hacks, maybe something that sits on top of wikipedia and google maps? A helpful clever software agent that helps us because it knows both more and less than we do? No limits to our thinking, please!
* Create a simple implementation of something that provides value straight away, and which is not too hard to implement. Here's where we need python gurus etc! Feel free to step in and introduce yourself! ;-)

At all times, look at what we can personally do. Even if the only thing we can do is tell our contacts about this.

=Agricultural informatics=
An identifying feature of permaculture is that it is heavy on design, information and intelligent planning. Not much water goes into making a permaculture farm work, not much fertilizer, not much stuff, but a huge amount of information. Information is the main resource.

In the past few decades, there have been teams of permaculture designers going around the world spreading this information. These designers have trained other designers, and the information is starting to make a dent in the world food system, turning patches of it away from monoculture and towards more productive methods. (I'm not talking about permaculture in the narrow sense, but all sustainable, intense farming systems.)

But what if we could spread this information at light-speed? What if it didn't require teams of people travelling around the world, or long training programs? What if, when you wanted to build a permaculture farm, you could consult a piece of software which gathers information on an open-content basis, gathers climate data, that knows what plants work in your climate, has a worldwide map of permaculture systems and what organisms they've used, and suggests [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#Guild guilds] appropriate to your area? How about a program that lists the inputs and outputs of different organisms, and matches them up to form closed-loop systems? If we make it really easy for people to set up a different kind of farm, then they can produce more food locally and food security is finally secured, which doesn't seem too much to ask. All that is required is a website (or downloadable program), with some solid, clever programming behind it, and an open-content system and we could lower the barrier to entry to being a competent permaculturalist so that anyone could do it. Might this be the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_tab#Trim_tab_as_a_metaphor trimtab] needed to transform the world food supply system?--[[User:Conor|Conor]] 20:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

See my proposal for [[open source software for permaculture]]

=Comments?=

Please write here or to imagina dot canarias at gmail dot com. You may also want to join http://www.globalswadeshi.net or look into http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com Finally, you may know about others who have covered lots of ground and whom we badly need to know about!

Thanks!

[[User:James Clark]]: This is a good start. To really get this firing on all cylinders, so to speak, I think the following needs to happen:
1.We need an agricultural seed ancestry registry (Project Freeseed?; Freeseed.org and/or OSSeed.org are available!); something that gives the features of the parent seeds so that creative hybridization can take place, and it needs to be protected by CC-BY-SA, and made where nothing that comes from it is ever proprietary. This is how we beat Big Ag.
2. Ties with other permacultural organizations, perhaps a mutual training program... I am getting involved with Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms[www.wwoof.org] to increase my permacultural skills, as well as others as they opportunities present themselves.
3. The natural world is incredibly diverse, and so this could be diversified in countless directions. However, at least to start, I think we need to define some key permacultural species for every climactic zone. This will be a huge undertaking, and we will need a multitude of people to accomplish it. Just as an example, I am including a link to a brainstorming document for what I want to do in Alaska in the next couple years, and how to use herbal medications to treat my [Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome], a personal goal of mine that has ties to this concept.[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1smhOXdo7N_-nnjP0uzjHy8Ij578IX9xlRjznas4L1Fw/edit?hl=en_US]
4.Species Taskforce- a working group for specific needs, plants, or problems that work together towards a common goal, I.E. making a cold weather hybrid of a plant. These working groups will help develop cornerstone species such as bamboo, grains, gluten free grain substitutes, new zone-hardy hybrids, ect.
5. We need more natural scientists involved in this, and it is pursuit of this end that I am going to go volunteer on WWOOFer farms to see if I can socially network all the Mechanical and Electrical Engineer-types we have with some more ecologists, so that we may cross-train and both parties will come out better for it.I will also be blogging about it, and will be contributing more to the ecology and applied-ecology info on this wiki than I have in the past.
6. I will be specifically engaging my ignorance in this area from here on out, and plan on buying land for a permaculture "preserve" in Zone 4 area of Alaska in the next 18 months so that will follow the OSE model, and welcome any involvement in doing this right, as I want this to yield graduate-school quality scientific research, and will need help to reach this end.

=Contacts and other initiatives=

* http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com/Andy
* http://permaculturewiki.com
* http://www.permaculture.org.au/topics/
* http://www.wwoof.org
* [[Appropedia:Permaculture]]
* [[Appropedia:Permaculture wiki]]

Appropedia

2011-07-03T13:17:49Z

Chriswaterguy: Created page with "URL: Welcome to Appropedia Appropedia is a wiki for all aspects of sustainable and appropriate technology, catering to developing countries needing improved hea..."

URL: [[Appropedia:|Welcome to Appropedia]]

Appropedia is a wiki for all aspects of sustainable and appropriate technology, catering to developing countries needing improved health and better quality of life, as well as to wealthy communities needing to reduce their environmental impact - and also improve quality of life.

Topics covered include energy, permaculture, sustainable farming, livestock, sustainable transport, intentional communities, green computing, clean water, wastewater, sanitation, greywater, principles of international development, and more.

[[Category: Related Wikis]]
[[Category:Wiki]]

Open Source Ecology

2011-07-03T11:23:34Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Collaboration */ iw link format

{{Category=OSE}}

'''What is Open Source Ecology (OSE)?'''

See [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2012recent presentation]:

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</html>

Download our short brochure: [http://openfarmtech.org/FactorEFive.pdf Factor e Farm in Five Minutes]
Or [http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=12745753&access_key=key-2dh0ahuycz3iprxc30gq&page=1&version=1&viewMode= view it online].

=Distillations videos=

The [[Distillations]] videos give an overview of OSE and the progress at [[Factor e Farm]] in 2008.

=Introduction=

Open Source Ecology is developing and testing the [[Global Village Construction Set]], a set of tools to build replicable, open source, modern, off-grid resilient communities. By weaving open source permacultural and technological cycles together, we intend to provide basic human needs while being good stewards of the land, using resources sustainably, and pursuing [[Right livelihood|right livelihood]]. With the gift of openly shared information, we can produce industrial products locally using open source design and [[:Category:Digital Fabrication|digital fabrication]]. This frees us from the need to participate in the wasteful resource flows of the larger economy by letting us produce our own materials and components for the technologies we use. We see small, independent, land-based economies as means to transform societies, address pressing world issues, and [[OSE_Brochure|evolve to freedom]].

[[Factor e Farm]] is the land-based facility where we are putting this theory into practice. Here we are testing the prototypes of of Global Village Construction Set by using them to support a community of developers, working piece by piece towards self sufficiency. Ultimately, our goal is to make this self sufficiency available to all. To this end, the GVCS is designed to be self-replicable. After the first set is complete, it will be used to fabricate copies of itself from raw materials (or the cost of scrap metal). At that point we will shift to begin developing networks of interconnected self-sufficient villages and homes.

Taken literally, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] means that the goods and knowledge for reproducing the complete product (the "source") is freely accessible (open), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology ecology] is the study of living interactions between organisms and their natural environment. From a human perspective, we seek to push our vision of ecology beyond [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_crisis ecological crisis] and into ecological harmony and human productivity.

You can read the entire theory of Open Source Ecology in the [[OSE Proposal]] document.

=OSE Websites=

*The [http://openfarmtech.org/ OSE Wiki] which you are reading right now is our main information and development center.

*The [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ Weblog] is the main news center.

*[http://factorefarm.org/ FactorEFarm.org] is our main communications center.

We apologize for the confusing layout of the sites while we are going through growing pains. Eventually we will move to OpenSourceEcology.org with a more organized site design.

=Inventing a New Civilization on a Shoestring Budget=
Say you want to build a village, enterprise, or for that matter - an entire civilization – because civilization is just a compilation of productive enterprises. Say you have only $10k in your pocket. You can begin to build your habitat with a CEB press of 3000 bricks per day production, and a sawmill with 3000 board feet per day of production – easily. You will need a tractor for earth moving and power. These 3 tools total $6500 for materials to build these tools from open source plans. You can then build the entire technological infrastructure with a personal fabrication open source Fab Lab – with metal melting furnace, 3D printer, CNC machines, and circuit fabrication, for another $3500 in materials, for a total of $10k. You’ll have to learn the skill to build and operate the production machinery. We can teach you, and you can even propagate a 5-kingdom gene bank for an entire agricultural infrastructure – it’s on the house. You’ll just have to find yourself some land, sun, water, and scrap steel. What if this package could be self-replicating? Fab Lab and gene bank make it so. Now we’re talking.

An imaginary situation? Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but we’re taking the development of the above very seriously at Factor e Farm. See the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Distillations Distillations videos]. And if you are compelled to help - we started a request for proposals for the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=First_World_Conference_on_Open_Source_Ecology First World Conference on Open Source Ecology]. Please consider applying.

If you can’t make it to the Conference, but would like to support this as a True Fan of this work, then subscribe to our campaign by [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=458 going to our blog].

=Factor e Farm=
*Our main open source collaboratory and land-based development facility, since 2007, is [[Factor e Farm]], in the Kansas City area, central USA. See [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ our weblog] for ongoing updates.
**Ongoing events and workshops are posted at the [http://groups.google.com/group/factorefarm Factor e Farm mailing list]
**Our Drupal website is [http://factorefarm.org/ here]
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=First_Year_at_Factor_e_Farm First year of Factor e Farm]

*Wiki development site for the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation Global Village Construction Set]
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support Donate to the project]

*See our legacy webpage [http://web.archive.org/web/20040122063720/http://sourceopen.org/ here.]

*Archives of some of our theory and history are [http://ose.noblogs.org/ here].

=External Links=
*P2P Foundation called us, arguably, [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowskis-open-farm-the-most-important-social-experiment-in-the-world/2008/01/22 ''the most important social experiment in the world'']
*[http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/25/open-source-compress.html BoingBoing article] on the open source, CEB press - [The Liberator]
*[http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/02/the-liberator-a.html Wired magazine blog] on The Liberator
*Discussion of the [http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/steve_bosserman/2008/02/09/giving_it_away_making_money.htm economic model for open source production] - with The Liberator as a case in point
**[http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/steve-bosserman-on-economic-sustainability-in-a-world-of-open-design/2008/02/19 Followup discussion on economic sustainability of open production] by P2P Foundation
*Discussion on [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowski-on-a-policy-to-expand-material-peer-production-through-land/2008/06/25 land stewardship basis of distributive economies]
*Open source design and manufacturing resource at the P2P Foundation - [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design]
*[http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/proposed-ose-specifications-aim-to-guarantee-truly-open-physical-peer-production/2008/02/12 OSE Specifications for Distributive Production] and [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=OSE_Specifications internal link]
*Review of sustainability movements - [http://kevflanagan.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/permaculture-appropriate-technology-and-open-source-ecology/]
*Greenr - Accelerate the Change - [http://www.greenr.com/blog/2008/05/04/open-source-ecology blog post on Open Source Ecology]
*German blog discussing the [http://nachhaltigbeobachtet.ch/blog/archive/2008/07/10/besser-als-die-siedler-von-catan.html wealth of resources that come from land]

=Videos=
*[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Factor_e_Live Factor e Live series] - chronicles of Global Village construction
*Video Interview on [http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/global-swadeshi-dialogs-667 Global Swadeshi Dialogues]
*Video of Presentation on the Global Village Construction Set, [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-710075551990473235 U. Missouri, Columbia, 2008]
*[http://agroinnovations.com/component/option,com_mojo/Itemid,182/p,39/lang,en/ Audio interview with Agroinnovations]

=Highlights of our Work=
*Advanced Compressed Earth Block [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=91 (CEB) press prototype] done
*[http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=311 Open source tractor prototype in action]
*[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Overview Product ecology overview]
*OSE [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#Deployment Product Development Cycle]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Neocommercialization Neocommercialization] of open source technology
*[http://openfarmtech.org/OSE_Proposal.doc Technical proposal] for the Global Village Construction Set

=Collaboration=
*[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Core_Team Core Development Team application] - for the Global Village Construction Set
*[http://groups.google.com/group/solar-turbine Solar Turbine development] email group
*Student internships and research - see [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Category:Research_Projects Research Projects]
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=OSEMidMO OSE Mid-MO]
*We are accepting organic farming internships through [http://attrainternships.ncat.org/internDetail2.asp?id=1559 ATTRA], [http://www.organicvolunteers.org/farm_finder.asp?Mode=1&S=17 Organic Volunteers], and [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]
*Find out why you should donate [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support here.]

See the Appropedia entry for an overview of Open Source Ecology: [[Appropedia:Open Source Ecology]]

Heliostat

2011-07-03T11:22:53Z

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A heliostat is a mirror that tracks the sun and continuously reflects sunlight onto a fixed target. Heliostats are often controlled by electric motors which constantly move the mirror to compensate for the movement of the sun during the day and year. These movements may be calculated by a computer. Alternatively, a photosensor may be used to find the current position of the sun. Large solar thermal power plants sometimes consist of an array of heliostats that focus sunlight onto a central tower.
[[File:heliostat1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Commercial heliostat array]]

==Heliostats by Leo Gerst at Heliostat.us==
Leo Gerst (link: [http://www.heliostat.us Heliostat.us]) has built heliostat prototypes that cost $130 per square meter total for a 2-axis tracking heliostat - using off-shelf parts. This is a breakthrough price achievement, and indicates potential economic feasibility of concentrator solar thermal power using heliostats on a small scale. For example, 30 such mirrors, at $4k - at 30 kW of energy focused on a square meter - could realistically power a heat engine. The detailed price list is:

[[Image:heliostatcost.jpg]]

Download the Excel spreadsheet for some sourcing links [http://openfarmtech.org/heliostat_BOM.xls here].

==Conversation of Leo Gerst with Marcin==
*See heliostat prototypes from Leo (leogerst at hotmail dot com): http://www.heliostat.us/howitworks.htm

*Within 150 feet, 2.5 feet up and 6 foot wide.

*Home Depot mirror - 36x32" mirror - ended up being 5' wide for an image 115 feet - left to right was 4 feet, 1 foot high image, $40 at Home Depot

*Flat mirror is less expensive

*Motors for 8 dollars, so $16 per mirror. PIC, $12 - bootloader on processor, $3 for PIC itself, but $12 with program
*$1.20 for all-thread
*$150 controller - but go with OS
*Proof of concept: gather energy effectively. Make a hotspot.
*1 ton turbine - 1 ton of water per hour
*$100 per panel
*Probably discount at 1000 glass pieces
*Pole in front in picture is the detector
*Photo sensors are $1 each, key to the project
*Shower head screws into PVC

==Conversation of Leo Gerst with Alex Hornstein==
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alex Hornstein <alex#at#nublabs#dot#com>
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Heliostat Thesis
To: Leo Gerst <leogerst#at#gmail#dot#com>

hey Leo,

My (undergrad and only) thesis was actually on designing and building a handheld oscilloscope. I've been working for the past three or four years on heliostats and solar stuff in general, but I don't have any academic papers for you.

I like what you've done, and it looks pretty advanced. Nobody's ever beat a cost of $250 for a square meter of built, installed and actuated heliostat, and it's exciting that your cost is so low. Looking at your youtube video of your mirrors moving, I really appreciate your sensing solution--that's very smart and effective. I think your biggest problem right now is of accuracy. Looking at the step size of your mirrors as they move, it looks like their accuracy is worse than .5 degrees, and the maximum theoretical concentration a field of heliostats is limited by your angular error (as well as the optics of your receiver). I'd work on improving that.

==Arduino-Based Heliostat Controller==
From [[Daan van Geijlswijk]], daan #at# zininzelfdoen.nl, who is working on an open source heliostat system: http://zininzelfdoen.ning.com/ . One particular focus of this effort is the development of lighting systems for buildings ("sun mirror")

==Work by Gabriel Miller at Cerebral Meltdown==
Heliostats are generally used for solar energy. Although not as popular as solar panels, they can potentially give you access to considerable amounts of untapped heat energy for a much lower price, assuming, of course, you build it yourself.
* more at: http://www.cerebralmeltdown.com/heliostatprojects/

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==Work by Brendan from heliostats.org==
Brendan from [http://www.heliostats.org/ Heliostats.org] has very detailed information about his open source heliostat project on his blog-like website. His concept uses gears printed out with a Makerbot. The heliostat is controlled by an Arduino.

'''Parts list: $100 per square meter''' (from a [http://www.heliostats.org/2010/10/parts-list-100-per-square-meter.html blog post, Oct 17th 2010])
*$1: Cinder block - Not what I used, but close enough.
*$1: Concrete - I used about 1/4 of a 50 lb bag to make one stat
*$3: 24” length 1/2”-13 threaded rod - Ballpark
*$1: 1/2”-13 nuts (3), washers (4) - Cost is a guess
*$9: 24” length 1 1/2" perforated angle iron and 12” length 1 1/2" angle iron - About $3/foot
*$10: Motors (2) - $5 each in quantities >50.
*$2: 1/4”-20 nuts, bolts and washers (say 12 each) - Guess
*$10: Plastic parts - Guess. This would be in volume
*$2: 12” 14”-20 threaded rod (2) - Roughly
*$6: In-line ball joints (2)
*$3: Phenolitic balls with 14"-20 threaded inserts (2) - I think I got these for 50 cents each, but using this for now
*$35: Mirror, 1 square meter, Ikea - Controversial. I'm sure true 'solar mirrors' have coatings for strength and UV resistance, etc, so this may give too cheap a perspective. But, these are also retail. ESolar is working with Google to figure out how to make cheaper solar mirrors. Here's a general link on the topic.
*$4: Wire - Guess -- .20/foot x 20 feet average per stat
*$5: Arduino - Maybe it's cheating, but I'm assuming one arduino runs at least 6 stats
*$3: Motor control electronics - Again, maybe cheating, but in any mature situation, these would be custom made for cheap.

In general, these are retail prices but without taxes or shipping. There are no costs for installation and profit. It's not meant to be perfect. In earlier calculations I've gotten into the $80 per square meter range and I still think that's possible.

My vision is something like an in-lawn sprinkler system. Central control is in the garage, 10-20 mirrors would be a typical residential installation. A home owner could do it themselves, or hire someone local who could install it all in a day or two and make $500 or so. 10-20 square meters of mirror isn't enough to power your house but if the ROI was 5%-10% it would attract some interest. A mid-tier application might be 100 heliostats generating about 10kW at peak, making the owner about $2K/year for a capital investment of $15K-$20K, so 10%+ return. A larger application would be an open source 'power tower' type configuration with thermal storage and power generation from steam turbines.

Note: For the figures above, the value of generated power assumes available solar energy of 1000 watts per square meter, with the conversion to electricity operating at 10% efficiency (100 watts per square meter). It assumes 5 hours a day of sun, 300 days a year, so this really only works for the US Southwest and similar climates. Power is considered to be worth .12/kW-hour -- whether used or sold back to the utility.

==Work by Lucifer Ursum==
[http://home.tiscali.nl/markhome/index.html?suntrack/suntrack Here is a heliostat] which was sent in by Mark. He says that he has had it up and running for about a year now without having to make any recalibrations. It looks pretty cool. He has several more projects on his site besides just this one, so don't forget to check them out too. More information at [http://www.heliostaat.nl/ Heliostaat.nl (in Dutch)].

==Dan Rojas and Josh Jordan at GreenPowerScience==
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==Work by Rob at IwillTry.org==
Array of 7 mirrors, each 1′x4′ in size mounted to a 4′x8′ plywood backing reinforced by a 2×3 frame to prevent warping. The frame is supported by a welded steel gimbal mount allowing rotation about both horizontal and vertical axes. Each axis is equipped with a stepper motor and leadscrew to adjust the position. [http://www.iwilltry.org/b/projects/build-a-heliostat-for-solar-heating-and-lighting/ Link here]

[[File:Heliostat_Array_Cassegrain_reflector.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Field of heliostats in a "beam down" Cassegrain reflector arrangement. The array focuses the sunrays onto a hyperbolic reflector which brings them down to ground level where a solar thermal reactor is located.]]

==Heliostat array==
Multiple heliostats can be set up as large arrays, all focusing on one target. They may be arranged in an optical configuration such as a "beam-down" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassegrain_reflector Cassegrain reflector] (see right), which makes the energy very convenient to work with at ground level. Such arrays could be built in the agricultural setting, providing energy for a variety of uses on the farm itself and its surroundings (see next section, "applications"). The land could still be used for pasture, with decent biomass yield. A reasonably-sized array would collect thermal energy of 200-300 kW at peak, which might well be enough to make the farm completely energy independent. Note that the array can be focused on various different targets at different times. For some applications requiring high energy density (e.g. steam engine, thermochemistry, metallurgy etc.), the heliostats would focus on the hyperbolic mirror, while for other applications, a nearby greenhouse or large solar food dryer might be the target. The array could also be split up into different groups, reflecting onto separate targets for some time, then realigning again. The farmer would decide ahead of time how best to utilize the expected sunlight on any given day, and program the array accordingly. Having this additional energy available allows more of the added value (food, fuels) to be captured on the farm.

These ideas are featured in more detail at the '''[[Open Heliostat Array Project]]''' page.

==Various applications and product ecology==
[[File:Zonnespiegel.jpg|300px|thumb|right|"Zonnespiegel", Daan van Geijlswijk, NL]]

* generally, there are broad uses for [[concentrating solar power]] (CSP).

* [[solar Combined Heat Power System| combined heat and power (CHP)]] system

* '''lighting''' and space '''heating''' for buildings (provides additional degrees of architectural freedom, e.g. house doesn't have to have large south facing windows, can have smaller windows if there are heliostats funneling in sunlight and heat; could improve [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Underground_Housing underground housing] and [http://earthship.com/ Earthships])

* improved solar '''cooking''', '''canning''' and '''baking'''. Also solar '''food drying''': more heat = faster drying - very important if you don't want your fruits and vegetables to rot in the dryer. Allows for much greater volumes to be processed. Build a "heat bank" (of CEBs, metal, concrete, water etc.) to dry food even on cloudy days. No heliostat, no heat bank !

* solar '''distillation''' of [[Fuel_Alcohol|alcohol]] and other fuels (save biomass fuel for other uses such as [[biochar]])

* '''biomass drying''', even '''solar''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrefaction '''torrefaction'''] (examples of wet biomass: biogas slurry, manure, [http://www.humanurehandbook.com/ humanure], [[duckweed]], wood etc.)

* '''solar pyrolysis''' system for [[biochar]] production where all of the heat comes from sunlight rather than from the pyrolysis products such as [[Pyrolysis_Oil |bio-oil]] and [[Biochemicals_from_Pyrolysis| various organic chemicals]]. This way, none of the pyrolysis products would have to be burned up to keep the reaction going. This would increase the efficiency of biomass use. It is an unproven idea - no designs exist.

* enhanced lighting and heating of '''greenhouses''' (example: [[Earth_Sheltered_Greenhouse |Walipini]]/earth sheltered greenhouse), either directly or by first heating hot water

* solar alarm clock (let's hope that the sun is shining when you have to wake up !)

* improved electricity yield of '''photovoltaic cells''' (more light=more power, although at some point the PV cells get too hot and efficiency goes down; this can be prevented by coupling with a solar water heating system which keeps the PV cells cool and puts out hot water at the same time)

* '''water heating''' for various applications; examples: aquaponics (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaculture_of_tilapia Tilapia aquaculture])

* solar thermal '''water treatment''', disinfection, sewage treatment

* solar '''desalination''' (see [[Oceansource]])

* '''steam''' (and superheated steam) for a wide variety of uses (sterilizing and cleaning things, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_steam_sterilization soil sterilization], industrial process heat, etc.)

* to power an open source [[:Category:Steam Engine|modern steam engine]]

* '''solar fuels''': fuels can be [[Solar_Upgrading_of_Hydrocarbons| solar-upgraded]] in various ways. The calorific value of a liquid (bio-)fuel can be increased by solar input. Fossil fuels can similarly be solar-upgraded via endothermic processes (e.g. solar reforming or cracking of natural gas, solar gasification of coal, whereby coal is not combusted but used as a reactant in a process fuelled by CSP.

* one example of a solar fuel is: '''[[Methane to methanol|methane to methanol]]''', using concentrated sunlight. Source of methane is [[biogas]] or [[Compressed_Fuel_Gas|syngas]]. '''Methanol''' is a fuel that is liquid at room temperature (=does not require compression) and can be used in an internal combustion engine. It is increasingly popular in China to power vehicles.

* '''solar hydrogen''' production: either from splitting water (difficult and requires high temperatures, although catalysts are being developed to improve this), or by solar thermal cracking of methane.
[[File:Solar_reactor.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Solar reactor in the lab of Prof. Aldo Steinfeld und doctoral student Philipp Furler at ETHZ (Zurich, Switzerland). This lab has done a lot of work on areas such as solar thermochemistry and solar fuels.]]

* solar '''calcination''' for the production of lime and cement (proven concept: [http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0038092X05002240 solar chemical reactor], also described [http://www.pre.ethz.ch/research/projects/?id=lime here in more detail]). Lime can be used for the stabilization of CEBs. The calcination process (in whatever way it is done) requires high temperatures of 900-1000°C or higher. Not a problem on a sunny day but you will need multiple heliostats or your focus point will be too tiny to get any serious amount of calcination done. Lime is also an essential ingredient for the production of [[Acetylene_production| acetylene]].

* '''solar sintering''' of sand and clays to make construction materials such as tiles, bricks and pipes. This technology is being developed in the US (NASA, private companies) for the purpose of melting lunar regolith ([http://www.permanent.com/i-sinter.htm ref] and [http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/DOCS/EIC049.HTML ref]. A concentrated beam of light is focused onto the substrate, heating it up but not to melting temperature. The grains stick together, solidifying the material.

* extreme solar concentration for '''metallurgy''' (i.e. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_furnace "solar furnace"]). One would focus multiple heliostats onto one spot, then concentrate the light further with either a parabolic mirror (metal please, hold the polycarbonate !) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens Fresnel lens], hopefully made of glass, not plastic). The disadvantage of a glass Fresnel lens is the huge expense (unless the glass can be CNC-milled). Its advantage is that work can occur ''behind'' the lens, offering far better worker protection. In contrast, the parabolic lens has its focus point in the path of incoming light - clearly not ideal when you want to work there, smelting away). We don't call it ''death ray metallurgy'' for nothing ! At any rate, the idea would be '''carbothermal reduction''' using solar energy, which requires a methane or hydrogen atmosphere and temperatures of 1050 - 1100°C (Allen et al., 1994). Please have a look at the videos shown on the '''[[Metal_Refining|metal refining]]''' page for what such a system might look like.

* combining solar concentrator with '''gas-fired flame''' to reach higher temperatures (i.e. gas = methane, biogas or syngas). Light is concentrated into flame; important for metallurgy and solar calcination (steel melts at 1400-1500°C, limestone is calcined at 900-1000°C)

* combining solar concentrator with [[Open_Source_Induction_Furnace_Project|'''induction furnace''']]: scrap metal is pre-heated to (say) 600°C under a Fresnel lens, then quickly thrown into the induction furnace for complete melting. This saves precious electricity and fuel to generate electricity. A triple combo is also possible: solar concentrator + gas-fired flame for pre-heating, then the induction furnace. For many metals, solar and gas may be able to achieve most of the way to the melting point, and then induction does the rest (melting points: aluminum 660°C, copper 1084°C, iron 1350°C)

* Applications in the '''production of special materials'''. Many new materials have interesting properties but require high initial energy input (one example is the [[Carbonized_Chicken_Feathers|carbonization of chicken feathers]]). This can in part or completely be provided by CSP.

[[Image:Death_ray.jpg|300px|right]]

==External Links==
* Wikipedia page: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliostat Heliostat]
* [[Appropedia: Heliostats]]
* [[Appropedia: Understanding Solar Concentrators]]
* [http://www.heliotrack.com/ Heliotrack]
* [http://www.redrok.com/concept.htm Redrok Heliostat Design Concepts]
* [http://www.practicalsolar.com/products.html Practical Solar Heliostat System]

Water filters

2011-07-03T11:21:07Z

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{{Category=Water}}

==Types==

* Instructions for making a water filter from gravel, sand, grass and a plastic bottle: [[appropedia: UV_Water_Purification]]
* UV LEDs can be used to kill pathogens and are cheap. The 'Pure Bottle' uses a hand-powered UV bulb: ][http://wythtech.posterous.com/purify-the-dirtiest-of-water-using-pure-bottl][http://inhabitat.com/pure-water-bottle-filters-99-9-of-bacteria-with-uv-light/purebot/][http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Projects/Project.aspx?ID=1096&RegionId=19&Winindex=3]. Steripen is similar: [http://www.google.com/products/catalog?cid=15965904709718733332]. An open-source version of these would be nice.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_sand_filter Slow sand filter] with layers of fine sand at the top, coarse sand in the middle and gravel at the bottom.
* According to research by Micha Hummler: Original Plans from Josh Kearns and Aqueous Solutions: *http://www.aqsolutions.org/
* Here is a $90 DIY water filter for purifying [[rainwater]] to drinking quality. Bill of materials and instructions are included (CC-SA license): http://www.aqsolutions.org/images/2008/05/bucket-filter.pdf
* Ceramic Water Filter: http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/Design/ceramic-water-filter
* [http://pottersforpeace.org/?page_id=9 Potters For Peace - Water filters]
* [http://s189535770.onlinehome.us/pottersforpeace/?page_id=352 Potters For Peace on colloidal silver] for water filters
*charcoal filter: inexpensive and very effective (but need to make sure that there are no residual volatiles in the charcoal); can later be reused as [[biochar]]

==See Also==
* [[Living Machines]]
*[[Moringa]], a tree whose seeds can be crushed and used to purify water
* Forum discussion on [http://openfarmtech.org/forum/discussion/44/water-filtration-purification-with-clay-pots-and-colloidal-silver Water filtration / purification with clay pots and colloidal silver]
* Appropedia: [[appropedia:Low_cost_water_filtering|Low cost water filtering]]

Open Source Induction Furnace Project

2011-07-03T11:20:44Z

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* [[:Category: Induction Furnace]]
* [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/category/global-village-construction-set/induction-furnace/ Induction Furnace blog posts]
* [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/induction-furnace/ Induction Furnace Forum]

Project management site: http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osif

==Introduction==

The Open Source Induction Furnace Project seems to be the most promising way to implement the [[foundry]].
This project involves the design of:
* a high-power induction furnace circuit (between 20 and 50 kW), and
* the melting chamber proper.

Well, we could buy a turnkey system perhaps for $5k total used, and run it from the LifeTrac generator. The only disadvantage to this route is that if it breaks we’re dead-in-the-water – either with the impossibility of fixing closed-source technology, or a high repair bill. A single component which blows and is inaccessible for fixing could in principle turn a working power supply into worthless junk. Thus, it is worthwhile to tame this technology by open-sourcing the design.

==Goals==

To fulfill our [[foundry]] goals,
The furnace should have the following characteristics:

#Induction furnace or any other technology that can do this within a budget of 20 kW of electric input, with minimal pollution
#Suitable for melting all metals and alloying
#300 lb per hour steel melting furnace for casting
#240 v ac, 20 kW power source available

==Conceptual Diagram==

This is a conceptual diagram of the entire Induction Furnace system from the [[Global Village Construction Set]]. The furnace is powered by 20 kW of 240VAC electricity from the [[LifeTrac]] generator. The entire system includes the power electronics, induction coil, and heating vessel - into which metal for melting is inserted. This diagram intends to document the relationship of functional components in the induction furnace system, as a basis for technical development of components and their integration.

The electronics part should be adaptable to different metals and different metal melting coil geometries. Melting coils should also be modular, such that the power electronics can feed different coils. Basic functions include selection of heating frequencies, which are required for melting different metals or metal geometries. There should be a feedback in the electronics, where the amount of power given to the coil should match the quantity/geometry of metal being melted.

[[Image:induction_concept.jpg]]

==Details==
The complete design should include all of the following:

===Induction Furnace Circuit===
# Scalable from 20 up to 50 kW in units of 1 or 5 kW
# Allows for power and frequency selection
# Power source may be either 1 or 3 phase electrical power

===Heat Dissipation System===
Specifications of a cooling or heat dissipation system.

===Coil===
# Modular, adaptable design specifications for primary coil windings

===Melt Chamber===
# Geometical design of melt chamber and basic power transfer calculations
# Should include provisions for loading and pouring
# Given our goals, which is best: a coreless or a channel induction furnace type [http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-induction-furnace.htm] ?
## channel: useful in the melting of lower melt temperature metals; less turbulence at the surface.
## coreless: stronger stirring
# Pouring: manual pouring methods are more suited to low volume production lines.
====Crucible====
* See: Crucibles for Induction Melting - Guidelines for Selection and Use: http://www.engineeredceramics.com/crucible.htm

===Other Considerations===
# Complete bill of materials
# Fabrication files for circuit and other components
# Sourcing information for components
# System design and process flow drawings

==Notes==
===Benny===
I just read that you plan to build up an induction furnace. That´s a an interesting and exciting plan.While reading the article some remarks came to my mind.

But before I want to introduce myself:

I am Benny from Germany, Hannover.
I am diploma engineer for electrotechnology and working at the university. I am dealing with some induction heating/ melting applications like induction melting of glasses (that is possible!) and induction furnaces for cast iron.

Some remarks from my point of view:

# It is possible to build up a low cost furnace with the mentioned parameters.
# The frequency of 9,6 kHz is much to high. The efficiancy will be so bad, that it will be hardly possible to melt steel or iron. Due to the small penetration depth of about 2 mm with this frequency and this electrical resistance. So it needs a really small diameter of the crucible, and thats not helpful. Also the refractory material will be strained too much, so that a small lifetime is given. This will raise the cost for the operating.
# 50 Hz or 60 Hz is a better solution. And you can save the cost for the hf-converter.
# How much material do you want to cast at one time? The maximum, what i expect to be possible with 50 kW will be about 50 to 60 kg.
# What kind of raw material should be charged? It is important for the starting, because the initial density should not be too small (packing density). And the other question is, what kind of scrap it will be.
There are so many problems known with content of zinc (hot zinc dipped) and other materials. The lifetime of common refractory material is really small. And what is more important the security for the personal is not given without a strong exhaust system, due to the toxic steam. I expect this as a strong cost factor.

===Power Supply===
*50 kW for $1600 - [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200415768835&rvr_id=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=L*F%3F&GUID=1357ab741250a0265337bec7ff94d6a7&itemid=200415768835&ff4=263602_263622]
*20 kw STC 3 phase 120 - 480V, also 1 phase - generator - $692 -[http://cgi.ebay.com/20kw-STC-3-Phase-277-480-12-Wire-generator-Head-altern_W0QQitemZ160369799644QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Generators?hash=item2556c8f1dc]
*50 kw STC 3 phase- $1300 - [http://cgi.ebay.com/50KW-STC-3-Phase-12-Wire-generator-alternator_W0QQitemZ160357088416QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Generators?hash=item255606fca0]
**LifeTrac 55 hp can produce 38 kW with this head

===Melt Calculations===
[[Image:inductioncalc.jpg]]

==Wiki Links==

[[Foundry]]

[[Induction Furnace Request for Bids]]

==External Links==
* [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1373 Original Blog Post]

===Resources===
* [http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/hobbies/induction-furnace-and-cupola-furnace-information.html Articlesfactory: Furnace Selection]
* [http://inductionheater.org/ Inductionheater.org]
* [http://www.dansworkshop.com/electricity-and-electronics/induction-heating.htm Dansworkshop: Induction Heating]
* [http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/electricityinduction.htm Educypedia: Induction-related Articles]
* [[Appropedia: Induction Heating]]
* [http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/ Allaboutcircuits: Articles on Electricity and Electronics]
* [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3798344.html 1974 US Patent 3798344] Channel Type Induction Furnace (Many induction furnace patents are more than 20 years old, and therefore public domain.)

===DIY Furnaces===
*http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/indheat.html
*http://www.hvguy.4hv.org/ih/
*http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms/Elec_IndHeat1.html
* [http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms/Elec_IndHeat9.html Achieved 10 kW]; Induction Furnace Kit: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms/Elec_IndHeat8.html
*http://www.dansworkshop.com/electricity-and-electronics/induction-heating.htm

===Commercial===
*Commercial induction furnace power supplies from Superior Induction - [http://www.superiorinduction.com/?gclid=CO2fgNqPtZkCFRAhDQodqjeo5Q]
*EPRI works with induction - The EPRI Center for Materials Production at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA, 412-268-3243
* [http://www.made-in-china.com/productdirectory.do?subaction=hunt&mode=and&style=b&isOpenCorrection=1&word=induction+furnace&comProvince=nolimit&code=QimLEmnJSxJQ List of chinese induction furnace manufacturers]

===Forum Posts===
* You can start your own discussions on our [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/induction-furnace/ Open Source Induction Furnace Forum]
* CNC Zone - Induction furnace topic: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13545
* Metal Casting Zone - Furnace Info: http://www.metalcastingzone.com/metal-casting-forum/casting-furnaces
* Metal and Metallurgy engineering Forum: http://www.eng-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=330&page=1
* Electronics and electricity: http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/
* Electronics: http://www.electro-tech-online.com/
If you think there are missing or incorrect details here, please help correct that.

[[Category:Induction Furnace]]
[[Category:Specifications]]
[[Category:Metalworks]]
[[Category:Digital Fabrication]]

Biogas

2011-07-03T11:19:34Z

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{{Category=Biofuel}}
''We badly need a '''main page''' on biogas, please help write intro here.

Only existing page we have: http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Biogas_start_up''

== Challenges ==
Biogas production can be problematic in temperate climates: low temperatures may lead to breakdown of microbial populations. This can potentially be overcome with insulation or earth sheltering.

Biogas can be dirty (high sulfur content etc.) Use of biogas: when used for combustion, no upgrading necessary. When intended use is internal combustion engine (transportation), biogas may need to be upgraded (cleaned).

[[File:Cooking_with_biogas.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Cooking with biogas]]

[[File:Construction_of_digester.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Cooking with biogas]]

==Simple Open Source Biogas System==
[http://www.supergas.dk/ Supergas] - In 1996-97 [http://www.superflex.net/ Superflex] collaborated with biogas engineer Jan Mallan to construct a simple, portable biogas unit that can produce sufficient gas for the cooking and lighting needs of an African family. The system has been adapted to meet the efficiency and style demands of a modern African consumer. It is intended to match the needs and economic resources that we believe exist in small-scale economies. The orange biogas plant produces biogas from organic materials, such as human and animal stools. For a modest sum, a family will be able to buy such a biogas system and achieve self-sufficiency in energy. The plant produces approx. 3-4 cubic meters of gas per day of the dung from 2-3 cattle. This is enough for a family of 8-10 members for cooking purposes and to run one gas lamp in the evening.

== Applications and Product Ecology ==
* biogas for cooking, heating
* [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/CEB_Vaults Guastavino masonry] or plain CEBs to build biogas digester and holding tank for stored biogas. One holding tank could be used for the storage of biogas and [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Compressed_Fuel_Gas compressed fuel gas]
* methane for the production of [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Direct_Reduced_Iron_(DRI) direct reduced iron] from rust or high-grade iron ore
* compressed biogas for transportation / internal combustion engine
* liquid slurry from biogas tank can be used to fertilize [[duckweed]] pond
* solid contents coming out of digester can be composted (vermicompost, BSF compost, [[biochar]] compost)
* when biogas is burned inside a greenhouse, the CO2 enrichment can provide a boost to plant growth (CO2 concentrations up to 1500ppm needed). This is effect widely used by commercial growers, but unfortunately they are using mostly fossil methane.
* various uses in [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Category:Metalworks metallurgy]
* process bulky biomass before it can go into a digester, using [[hammer mill]]

== External Links ==
* [[appropedia:Category:Biogas|Appropedia Category: Biogas]]
* [[appropedia:Biogas_and_liquid_biofuels|Appropedia main biogas page]]
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogas Biogas]

Aquaponics

2011-07-03T11:18:30Z

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{{Category=Controlled-environment growing}}
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants using water rather than soil). It is an incredibly productive means of growing food, allowing a person to sustain themselves on less than 100m<sup>2</sup>. Some people with large systems growing 5000 plants a week have reported that, once their system is set up, they earn €1000 a week spending 2 hours a day at work. Aquaponics is ecologically sound and sustainable. Scalable designs for systems are available online.

See also:

* [[Aquaponics/Research]]
* [[Aquaponics/Suggested Fish]]

==How aquaponics works==
[[File:Aquaponics.gif|center|850px]]
Edible fish are grown in a tank. Their poop enriches the water with nutrients.<br>This enriched water is pumped into gravel beds with edible plants rooted in them. As the water flows through the gravel beds, the plants' roots and the bacteria that grow on the gravel take nutrients from the water. This both nourishes the plants and cleans the water.<br>The water, now clean, flows back into the fish tank.

The system provides fish, vegetables and herbs for people. Some systems have grown fruit trees aquaponically, but this is still experimental.

==Feeding the fish==
*'''Commercially available fish food''' is the most common way of feeding the fish in aquaponics. The disadvantage is that your system then requires constant input of resources.
*'''Algae''' will grow endemically in nearly any body of still water. Fish will eat these, but in practice it is not possible to grow enough algae to sustain an aquaponic system. You can increase the fraction of the fish's requirements met by algae by providing a surface underwater for the algae to grow on. (Remember when you had a goldfish as a kid, and the little castle in his tank got covered with green stuff?) Use something with high surface area.
*'''[[Duckweed]]''', an extremely fast-growing high-protein pond weed, can be grown on the surface of the tank. There are species of duckweed adapted to nearly all climates.
*'''Insects'''. Herbs that attract insects can be grown in rafts on the surface of the fishtank. Mulberry and tea trees are used in aquaculture to attract insects as fish food.
*'''[[Worms]]''' from a compost heap can be fed to the fish. The worms can be fed with grass cuttings, food waste and other organic waste. Some of the compost from the wormery can be added to the water input to the gravel beds; this diversifies the nutrients the plants receive. Aquaponics combined with vermiculture is nearly a closed-loop system. Organic waste is converted into worms, worms into fish, fish into vegetables. The fish and the vegetables are converted into human life!
*'''[[Black Soldier Fly]] larvae'''. An integrated Black Soldier Fly and aquaponics system can turn 12kg of food waste into 1kg of delicious fish, plus the vegetables in the grow-beds.

Duckweed grows very fast and Black Soldier Fly larvae convert very efficiently. A system with a small duckweed tank, a wormery and a Black Soldier Fly bioconversion unit should have no problem getting by without buying fish food. This cuts operating costs to near zero. The more varied the fish's diet, the better they are likely to taste.

==System design==
A rule of thumb is that the volume of the gravel beds should be twice that of the fish tank. Gravel beds would typically be about 30cm deep.

Fish can normally be stocked at 2-3kg of fish per cubic meter of water.

The species of fish used depends on the climate.

==Water quality==
===Temperature===
The required temperature depends on the species of fish you want to grow. If you choose fish that are adapted to your local climate, you will save money on heating costs. The larger the tank, the harder it is

===pH===
pH needs to be tested every week or more. A pH of around 6.2-6.4 is best, though this varies somewhat depending on the species of fish.

If pH gets too low, it could be a sign that parts of the gravel bed have developed anaerobic bacteria, which produce acids. If this happens, remove any plants with very large root systems, as these create pockets where air cannot get to.

If the pH is too high, it is generally a sign that the plant biofilters are not keeping up with the fish's production of ammonia. Plant more plants.

===Oxygenation===
Aquaponic systems require an air pump underwater. Having the flow from the gravel beds falling from a height and splashing into the fish tank will help oxygenate it too.

It is very important to keep the aerator pump running at all times. If the oxygen supply to the fish is cut off for just 45 minutes, you will have dead fish. For this reason, it is wise to have a backup air pump that will kick in if your pump fails. There can never be too much oxygen in the water; excess oxygen will bubble to the surface and escape.

===Nutrients===
A lot of aquaponic systems require calcium, potassium and iron to be added about every two weeks. If you have a wormery and add a little of the worm-compost to the water flowing into the gravel beds, this should provide these missing nutrients.

==Open-source systems==
* [http://farmfountain.com/howto/index.html Farm Fountain], an open-source, indoor, vertical aquaponic system.
* [http://www.fastonline.org/content/view/15/29/ Barrelponics] - Aquaponics in a barrel. Barrelponics definitely meets the [[OSE Specifications]]; it is a scalable, environmentally-friendly, open-source local food system.
* [http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ The Urban Farming Guys] in Kansas City are developing a low-cost Aquaponics system. The [http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/aquaponics-how-to instructional video] outlines the principles of aquaponics. [http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/wiki/knowledgebase-2/aquaculture-aquaponics/aquaponics-system-plans/40-gallon-tote-basement-system Design for a small aquaponic system].

==Work to be done==
Aquaponics is still in its infancy and is developing every year. More research needs to be done into polycultured systems that can grow more than one type of fish. (Different fish require different water temperatures and pH, so some species are incompatible. However, tilapia and prawns - which are both delicious - have been farmed together in fish farms [http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/tilapia/prawns.php].) Another avenue of research would be to use lights or herbs to attract insects to the tank where the fish can eat them; another step towards making a more diverse, more closed-loop system.

===Concept for compost-heated, compost-powered aquaponic system===
Say you want to set up an aquaponics system. You decide to grow tilapia, because they have many advantages for aquaponics. But tilapia like a water temperature of 28-30°C (82-86°F) and you live in a climate where it gets cold in winter. Using good [[Greenhouses|greenhouse design]], you are able to stabilize the temperature year-round, but there's no way you'll get it up to 28-30° without a heat source. This will require an input of power, in addition to the power needed for the pump.

There could be a way to kill two birds with one stone: build a [[thermophilic compost]] heap against one side of the fish tank. The heat from the compost will warm the water up. It is very unlikely that you will make it too hot this way, because compost won't go much above 30°. Secondly, for the pump you keep a [[Stirling Engine with Hydraulic Transmission|stirling engine]] at the compost heap. This is driven by the heat of the composting and is hydraulically connected to the water pump. Just an idea...

==Resources==
* [http://www.fastonline.org/content/category/4/15/29/ Aquaponics info at F.A.S.T.]
* [http://www.backyardaquaponics.com Backyard Aquaponics] - Includes a thriving [http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/ forum]
* [http://www.growingpower.org/ Growing Power] - a non-profit dedicated to educating people about growing food
* [http://www.friendlyaquaponics.com/ Friendly Aquaponics] - contains plans for systems
* [http://www.aquaponicsjournal.com/articles.php Aquaponics Journal articles]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics#Further_reading Wikipedia aquaponics article] - Further Reading section
* [https://www.aquaponics.com/aquaponics/aquaponicsoverview.php ''Aquaponics Information'' at aquaponics.com]
* [[appropedia:Aquaponics|Aquaponics on Appropedia]]
* [http://www.windward.org/ Windward] - a self-sufficient community that uses aquaponics. They have an informative website.
* [http://socalfishfarm.com/fish/ SoCal Fish Farm] - a commercial aquaponics operation. Their website has good information on tilapia, shrimp, aquaponics and [[Greenhouses|solar greenhouses]]
* [http://passionforproduce.net/ Passion For Produce] - backyard aquaponics garden in Sarasota, FL
* [http://www.aquaponics-shop.com Aquaponics Shop] - Australia dedicated aquaponics shop with commercial assistance and research

Permaculture Wiki

2011-07-03T11:17:35Z

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Spinning and weaving

2011-07-03T11:14:50Z

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The ability to make clothes is important for local self-sufficiency and economic development. Local, sustainable fibers such as wool and [[Hemp|hemp]] can be used.

==Spinning (making threads)==
[[Appropedia:Spinning_wool|Plans for a simple drop spindle]] on Appropedia. Made from a bicycle wheel.

[http://www.craftsmanspace.com/free-projects/spinning-wheel-plan.html Detailed plans for a treadle wheel]. Requires woodworking skills. (This could be [[Digital Fabrication|digitally fabbed]] much faster.)

==Weaving (making cloth)==
[http://www.osloom.org/?page_id=2 OSLoom] is a project to build an open-source, digitally-controlled loom. The build is scheduled for March 2011. See their [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mbenitez/osloom-an-open-source-jacquard-loom-diy-electrom kickstarter video] for more.

OSLoom will be a Jacquard loom, which is a very advanced type of loom capable of weaving complex patterns. Instructions for a simple manual cardboard loom can be found [http://www.biglearning.com/article-cardboard-loom.htm here]

[[Appropedia:AT CAD Team/AT loom]] - Proposal for open-source loom on Appropedia. No progress yet.

[[Category:Clothing]]

Educational Resources

2011-07-03T11:13:08Z

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Resources to explore some ideas and viewpoints. This collection was compiled primarily by [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] and reflects what he thinks should be shared and explored.
==To Be Sorted==
Here are some salient resources for appropriate technology open source information:

*Large list of downloadable books - http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM [http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/4459710/CD3WD_-_Helping_the_3rd_World_to_help_itself.4459710.TPB.torrent direct download of all tittles 13GB large]
*How to Make Everything - http://www.howtomakeeverything.com/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
*Honeybee Network - http://www.sristi.org/hbnew/index.php
* National Innovation Foundation (India) - http://nifindia.org
*Village Earth's AT Library
*[[Appropedia:|Appropedia]]
*Soil and Health Library
*[[Related OpenCourseWare Material]]
*[http://www.pssurvival.com/PS/index.htm Large pole shift survivalist (!!!) collection some need verification and some contain claims not confirmed by specialists]
*[http://www.autonopedia.org Autonopedia]

==Books==

===Theory===
* [[http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/small-is-beautiful-schumacher-pdf.html]] - Small is Beautiful
* [http://omlc.ogi.edu/aikido/talk/osensei/artofpeace/ The Art of Peace - Morihei Ueshiba]
* [http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html The Art of War - Sun Tzu]
* [http://users.tkk.fi/renko/gorinnosho.html Go Rin No Sho - Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi]

===Homesteading===
*[[The Owner Built Homestead]]
*[http://www.pioneerliving.net/havemoreplan.htm The Have More Plan]

===Fabrication===
*There are a wide variety of books that go beyond the average how-two available from [http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/index.html Gingery publishing].

===Political===
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls1BXOCxmWs The Grand Chessboard - Zbigniew Brzezinski]
*[http://www.rainbowbody.net/Finalempire/index.html Final Empire - William H. Kötke]
*[http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cryptogon Educational library]
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/094500110X?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=094500110X Tradgedy and Hope - Carrol Quigley]
*[ Philip Dru: Administrator - Edward Mandel House]
==Films==
This is a list of movies on the internet about many subjects that may help in understanding what is going on. Have fun learning about the world! They're in a general order for each subject to build upon the information in the previous movies. Many of them may not be entirely truthful or tell all sides of the story, but after watching many of them you might be able to start putting things together.

===Media===

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7344181953466797353 Spin, by Brian Springer]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6737097743434902428 Outfoxed]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1925114769515892401 Orwell Rolls In His Grave]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151 Century of the Self (Part 1)] ([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-678466363224520614 Part 2])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6111922724894802811 Part 3])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1122532358497501036 Part 4])

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5631882395226827730 Manufacturing Consent]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3979568779414136481 Press for Truth]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6632255652046262625 Behind The Big News]

===Food===

[http://www.livevideo.com/video/Drachnid/7ED1177127A54A15B0FB0A93106DEDE1/king-corn-1-4.aspx King Corn] [http://www.livevideo.com/video/Drachnid/2BF40DC291874453B0CDD84B7EF5BF3C/king-corn-2-4.aspx Part 2] [http://www.livevideo.com/video/Drachnid/91D5C8A8E55347A49444A5EB70C944CF/king-corn-3-4.aspx Part 3] [http://www.livevideo.com/video/Drachnid/12D885375FDC4DBFBE891F4D03FC7D55/king-corn-4-4.aspx Part 4]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6262083407501596844 The World According to Monsanto]

[http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/index.htm Soy]

===Education===

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3197707524036023590 John Taylor Gatto: Classrooms of the Heart]

[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4F31BEB6DE57EA3F Interview with John Taylor Gatto]

([http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=John+Taylor+Gatto&hl=en&sitesearch= etc.])

===Freedom===

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHg86Mys7I The Philosophy of Liberty] ([http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf flash])

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5602751196414323436 Liberty: The American Revolution (Part 1)]
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1886145627130631491 Part 2])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1086122546684391794 Part 3])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3440665465027527206 Part 4])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=476121666647804785 Part 5])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1728850897330746009 Part 6])

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6732659166933078950 Overview of America]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3105519703637733227 Unconstitutional]

===Money and Debt===

[http://www.chrismartenson.com The Crash Course]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279 Money As Debt]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4840432044369494646 Maxed Out]

[http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=david+walker&hl=en&sitesearch= David Walker] - ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_APRkrXeY CNN: "Economic Disaster Ahead"],
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgrxpp97OQ America's Financial Future (Part 1)]
([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXr_Ga_n0pY Part 2]),
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7461407498377956300 60 Minutes interview],
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-16u9x3tfE Glen Beck interview],
[http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=david+walker&hl=en&sitesearch= etc])- David M. Walker: Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office ([http://www.GAO.gov GAO.gov]), from 1998 to 2008 (Resigned after 10 years into 15 year term.)

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4353655982817317115 Argentina's 2001 Economic Collapse]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-466210540567002553 Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173 America: Freedom to Fascism]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5232639329002339531 Fiat Empire]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6507136891691870450 Creature From Jekyll Island] - "A Second Look at the Federal Reserve"

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936 The Money Masters]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1466397368167658753 Commanding Heights (Part 1)] ([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3122039563423208507 Part 2])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=112129377629231653 Part 3])

===Foreign Policy/War===

[http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a6_1178485259&o=1 George Tenet interviewed on 60 Minutes: April 29, 2007 (Part 1)] ([http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fca_1178485684&o=1 Part 2])
([http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2bb_1178486050&o=1 Part 3])- George Tenet: Director of Central Intelligence, from 1997 to 2004

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2t_tDsZrk Paul O'Neil interviewed on 60 Minutes: Jan. 2004 (Part 1)]
([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-D1jCZ31Uw Part 2])- Paul O'Neill: Secretary of the Treasury, from Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2002

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8702350984346990592 The War Tapes] - Filmed by the soldiers themselves in Iraq

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-348783717621633926 Baghdad ER]

[http://www.archive.org/details/Trucking_In_Iraq Trucking in Iraq] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs0pdzhi4zs (Part 1)] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGDFik86qP8 Part 2])
([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZgqOywzVyk Part 3])

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2798679275960015727 The Power of Nightmares (Part 1)] ([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6277881193659506084 Part 2])
([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1433149975726132762 Part 3])

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2459382896193581807 The Ground Truth]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5459669199356402963 Sir! No Sir!] - "The G.I. Revolt"

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3505348655137118430 The Constitution in Crisis] with Bill Moyers of PBS, about the National Security Council and CIA

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6621486727392146155 Contractors in Iraq]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7553360276446246577 Taxi to the Dark Side]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2894821400057137878 The influence of AIPAC on US Foreign Policy]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2451908450811690589 Occupation 101]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7094545816220336237 The Iron Triangle] - "The Carlyle Group"

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159 Robert Newmans History of Oil]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8653788864462752804 The Fog of War]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3405669348838274375 Why We Fight]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7371253996117324045 Uncovered]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5522575736561316064 One Nation Under Siege]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7726031384917866364 Truth and Lies]

===Power Structures of Society===

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_M1V_NefnM The Roots of the UN] - New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani presents the U.N. Secretary General and a short history of the United Nations and the Rockefeller family on C-SPAN

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRkCvubUGCM Carroll Quigley: Tragedy and Hope]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4245169480003136735 The American Power Structure]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2634703139474212867 The U.N.]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261 Endgame]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=449294564876413449 An Inside View of International Banking]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=572316141482410895 An Overview of Our World]

===Corporations===

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=972394030048527048 Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3836296181471292925 Walmart: High Cost of Low Prices]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=192012118972057552 The Corporation]

===Politicians===

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2815881561030958784 Trials of Henry Kissinger]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6470450895164255089 Clinton Chronicles]

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2802238322400032215 Chinagate]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASlETEx0T-I Zbigniew Brzezinski]

===Elections===

*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4463776866669054201 Hacking Democracy]
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5965670944815984616 American Blackout]

===Societal Dilemmas===

*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9153550196656656736 The Story of Stuff]
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=864268000924014458 War on Drugs]
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1176502192861669578 An Inconvenient Truth]
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3309910462407994295 Global Warming Doomsday]

===What to do?===

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6015291679758430958 An Idea Whose Time Has Come]

==Articles==
*[http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm Harper's on education]

==Music==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcE8YWdGtnI&feature=PlayList&p=CB7E92318438D2D5&index=0&playnext=1 Rachel's]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-obKx7i15M&feature=PlayList&p=B517F254AF927E5A&index=0&playnext=1 A Silver Mount Zion]
*[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0A637CBCEB6AEC8C Post Rock]

==Websites==
http://www.librum.us/

[http://trueworldhistory.info TrueWorldHistory.info]

[http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=136107 Wake Up course]

[http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=129763 For Liberty compilation]

[[Category:Education]]

Marketing

2011-07-03T11:12:48Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Open Source Organizations */ iw link format

This page lists all the audiences that are interested in openfarmtech.org products. It is for use by the openfarmtech marketing team - which is anyone in our loose association of supporters who publicize the work of the Open Source Ecology movement.

If you're looking for marketing content, go to [[marketing materials]].

'''What to Do?'''

Please spread the word about Open Source Ecology to everyone you know, especially those that might be interested in joining us here or supporting OSE. You can use the [[marketing materials]] to help.

=Marketing Contacts=
Please post marketing contacts on this page. Then, please contact them. If you have contacted them, indicate so. You could also post your email, and keep a paper trail by putting the emails into [[Marketing Responses|marketing responses]].

=Marketing List=

==Open Source Organizations==
* [[appropedia:|Appropedia]]
*Open Sustainability Network - [http://www.appropedia.org/Open_Sustainability_Network]
*http://www.danielbachhuber.com/ - Vinay and Mark talking with Daniel on open documentation.
*info@communicopia.com - http://www.communicopia.com/who-we-are/contact-us#vancouver - on viral marketing
*http://openeverything.wik.is/
*http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Open
* [http://www.wikieducator.org WikiEducator]

==Permaculture==
*over 200k people worldwide are trained in permaculture and need open sourced ecological technologies to employ in their systems. OSE can provide a framework for collaborative permaculture technology innovation. I've spoken with many permaculturists who are looking for online collaborative spaces to share species lists, parts and element designs. speak with permaculture magazines about an article on OSE as a permaculture technology innovation network for element design. [http://www.permacultureactivist.net/ Permaculture Activist: USA] and [http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk/ Permaculture Magazine: UK] [[User:Liam.rattray|Liam.rattray]] 17:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

==Localization==
*http://relocalize.net/
*Community supported manufacturing (CSM) - http://www.postcarbon.org/relocalize/manufacturing - see [http://openfarmtech.org/csm.ppt Powerpoint on proposed industry]

==Abundance==

*http://www.artofabundance.com/about_paula.htm

==Back to the Land==
*back40forums.com

==Survival==
[[The Survival Podcast]]

==Peak Oil==
*Sharon Astyk from a peak oil reference - http://sharonastyk.com/

==Open Source Economics==
*Institute for the Future - http://www.iftf.org/tech

==Free School Movement==

==Other Outside Audiences==

*Video website equivalnet to YouTube, with tractors only - [[LifeTrac]] would be a welcome addition. - [[http://www.youtractor.com/]]
*'Green industry' website for people in lawn care and landsaping - who had a discussion about 'tractor vs. skid' loader. [[LifeTrac]] is both. - [http://www.lawncafe.com/t9210-skidsteer-v-tractor.html]
*Another 'green industry' site - [[http://www.lawnsite.com/archive/index.php/t-3038.html]]
*CEB block is one of their relief technologies - [http://www.ecoshelter.org] - Vinay interviewed them

* Contact some students, specifically Oberlin College, The Rural Studio, and University of Vermont

==Allied Efforts==

*Sandi Brockway from Macrocosm USA - [[http://www.macronet.org/]]
*John Robb at Global Guerrillas - [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/]

==Musicians==

*http://www.riotfolk.org/ - rec'd by ama

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[[Category:Marketing]]

November 2008 Funding Page

2011-07-03T11:10:33Z

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=Donate Now=

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<paypal>1</paypal>

If you do not like PayPal, here are [[other donation options]].

'''November 2008 Funding Goal: $3400'''. See [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 last month's progress report] and [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=November_2008_Funding November plans]

'''Total collected: $2032'''
*Last donation on Nov. 30

'''Remaining: $1368'''

Collection period for November goes until the end of November. Here are other [[Wanted Items]] that we need for our work.
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=Projects=

We are currently running 3 parallel [http://factorefarm.org/view/projects/all projects] of the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation Global Village Construction Set]. Active projects are those projects that have a Project Manager. If you would like to be a project manager for one of our [http://factorefarm.org/view/projects/all projects], please [mailto:joseph.dolitlle@gmail.com contact us].

*CEB Press - the funding button at the top of this page goes to the CEB Press project, which is currently the project closest to Product Release.

*You may fund the Solar Turbine and Sawmill projects [http://factorefarm.org/view/help/donations here].
**Solar Turbine project - total collected - $192. Last donation on Nov. 27, 2008
**Sawmill - total collected - $96 as of Nov. 26. Initial sawmill budget is contained under the CEB project funding at present. See [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 blog] for details. Any funding that goes directly to the Sawmill project will be utilized in Sawmill project phases beginnning on Dec. 1, 2008.

=Why Should You Support Us?=

*You may have seen the [[appropedia:Open_Source_Ecology|overview of our work at Appropedia]].
*You may have seen our documentation of progress at Factor e Farm - [[Factor e Live]]
*Here are notes on the [[Economic Impact of OpenFarmTech]].
*You have seen the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=329 6 month development program] from our blog:

[[Image:6monthprog.jpg]]

*The bottom line is that this will happen '''with your contributions''':

[[Image:augmented_program.jpg]]

*And here is what will happen '''without your support''':

[[Image:retarded_program.jpg]]

*The greater program is '''building the world's first replicable post-industrial village''' - see [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation presentation]. The program is marked by community supported agroecology, community supported manufacturing, [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Neocommercialization neocommercialization], digital fabrication, and high quality documentation of all the above. Our first complete product development cycle is the [[CEB_Press]] - to be open-sourced fully by mid-2009, including fabrication capacity of up to 4 machines per week. All funds go back to further open source development.

=People=

We are currently (9.23.08) recruiting 4 people to help with the CEB construction phase. If you'd like to participate or if you have suggestions, please [mailto:joseph.dolittle@gmail.com contact us.]

'''Update 9.24.08''' - Robert Todd will be joining us tonight. It looks like Alex Rollin will be joining us here next week.

[[Image:Bob Todd.jpg]]
[[Image:alex rollin.jpg]]

'''Need 2 more people.''' [mailto:joseph.dolittle@gmail.com Contact us].

=Why You Should ''Really'' Support Us=

Our overall vision is deeper. We aim to develop a rigorous technique for [[Crowdsource Research]], and a funding method for supporting world-class open source product development - as a viable alternative to corporate R&D. We're trying to go directly to the people for funding - for benefiting people directly. Imagine a veritable product development pipeline - for a decentralized, post-industrial system of production. We are interested in [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/proposed-ose-specifications-aim-to-guarantee-truly-open-physical-peer-production/2008/02/12 distributive economics] - where wealth is distibuted freely because the enabling information is free- and [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Slide_10 local feedstocks] provide the materials for economies of abundance. This is a scenario that blends ancient wisdoms with modern technology - for unprecedented prosperity on a small scale, in these times of great change.

[[Category: Notes]]

October 2008 Funding

2011-07-03T11:10:15Z

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=Donate Now=

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<paypal>1</paypal>

If you do not like PayPal, here are [[other donation options]].

'''October 2008 Funding Goal: $3125''' [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=329 (see details)]

'''Total collected as of Oct. 31, 2008:'''
*'''Monetary donations - $2465'''. Last donation Oct. 30.

*'''[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=In-kind_Donations_for_October_2008 In-kind donations] - $240'''

*'''Total: $2705'''

'''Remaining: $420'''

Collection period for October goes until the end of October. Here are other [[Wanted Items]] that we need for our work.
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=Why Should You Support Us?=

*You may have seen the [[appropedia:Open_Source_Ecology|overview of our work at Appropedia]].
*You may have seen our documentation of progress at Factor e Farm - [[Factor e Live]]
*Here are notes on the [[Economic Impact of OpenFarmTech]].
*You have seen the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=329 6 month development program] from our blog:

[[Image:6monthprog.jpg]]

*The bottom line is that this will happen '''with your contributions''':

[[Image:augmented_program.jpg]]

*And here is what will happen '''without your support''':

[[Image:retarded_program.jpg]]

*The greater program is '''building the world's first replicable post-industrial village''' - see [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation presentation]. The program is marked by community supported agroecology, community supported manufacturing, [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Neocommercialization neocommercialization], digital fabrication, and high quality documentation of all the above. Our first complete product development cycle is the [[CEB_Press]] - to be open-sourced fully by mid-2009, including fabrication capacity of up to 4 machines per week. All funds go back to further open source development.

=People=

We are currently (9.23.08) recruiting 4 people to help with the CEB construction phase. If you'd like to participate or if you have suggestions, please [mailto:joseph.dolittle@gmail.com contact us.]

'''Update 9.24.08''' - Robert Todd will be joining us tonight. It looks like Alex Rollin will be joining us here next week.

[[Image:Bob Todd.jpg]]
[[Image:alex rollin.jpg]]

'''Need 2 more people.''' [mailto:joseph.dolittle@gmail.com Contact us].

=Why You Should ''Really'' Support Us=

Our overall vision is deeper. We aim to develop a rigorous technique for [[Crowdsource Research]], and a funding method for supporting world-class open source product development - as a viable alternative to corporate R&D. We're trying to go directly to the people for funding - for benefiting people directly. Imagine a veritable product development pipeline - for a decentralized, post-industrial system of production. We are interested in [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/proposed-ose-specifications-aim-to-guarantee-truly-open-physical-peer-production/2008/02/12 distributive economics] - where wealth is distibuted freely because the enabling information is free- and [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Slide_10 local feedstocks] provide the materials for economies of abundance. This is a scenario that blends ancient wisdoms with modern technology - for unprecedented prosperity on a small scale, in these times of great change.

[[Category: Notes]]
[[Category: Past Events]]

Network Leaders

2011-07-03T11:07:44Z

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#Lucas Gonzales - imagina.canarias@gmail.com - asked for one person from the Canary Islands for the Core Team. '''Yes'''. Will pass on funding request to his audience.
#[[Sam Rose]] - will pass our request on to many people. '''Yes'''.
#Dave Pollard - How to Save the World Blog -
#Fromthewilderness.com - ftwwebmaster@gmail.com
#"Josef Davies-Coates" <josef@uniteddiversity.com> - '''Yes'''. Is excited about helping, will probably want to buy a machine.
#Chris Watkins, [[Appropedia]] - They may be able to help, as [[Appropedia:A:Highlighted Projects|Featured Project]] at Appropedia, '''yes'''.
#Planyourescape.ca - sent an email
#Michel Bauwens - '''Yes''', can forward an email on a quarterly basis.
#Jeff Vail - [http://www.jeffvail.net/2007/04/mefab-open-architecture-project.html open source house design software] - is excited about our development method, will write a feature. '''Yes'''.
#Global Ecovillage Network - Europe, Americas, Pacific
#LA Ecovillage
#Gretchen and Gayle VanEss, Paul Schwab
#Homepower Magazine
#SustainDane
#Per Kielland Lund
#Open Mind Foundation
#ANPRC
#Vinay Gupta, Hexayurt
#Smari McCarthy, Iceland Fab Lab
#Magius, OSE Italy Team, '''Yes''', will pass it on.
#Jeff Budderer, One Village Foundation
#Factor 10 Engineering at Rocky Mountain Institute
#GreenSource blog
#NoImpactMan, New York City
#Reinder Van Tijen, Demotech, Netherlands
#EcoGeek blog
#New Ways wiki
#Solarpowerrocks.org
#Agroblogger
#Open Design Association, open CAD organization
#Christian Siefke, author
#Andy, Homebrewpower UK
#Pathtofreedom blog
#Minciu Sodas
#Global Villages list
#Franz Nahrada
#WikiMedia Foundation
#ftwwebmaster@gmail.com - the wild
#A W.I.S.H. (A World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity)
#Habitat for Humanity (including Wayne Nelson)
#Builders without Boarders
#World Hand's Project
#Network Earth
#Architecture for Humanity/ Open Architecture Network
#Red Feather
#Natural Building Network
#Green Home Building
#Environmental and Sustainable Construction Association, Ireland
#Rocky Mountain Institute
#Conservation Value
#Association for Environmentally Conscious Building, England
#Earth Activist Training
#Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Germany
#Designers Accord

[[Category:People]]

Rubber from Dandelions

2011-07-03T11:07:22Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Resources and References */ iw link format

Ken Fern, author of [http://www.pfaf.org Plants for a Future], was the first writer to open my eyes to the astounding array of uses for plants. One of the greatest eye-openers was that the latex found in various temperate zone plants was significant enough to be commercially viable. On his [http://www.pfaf.org website], Fern lists over 60 species (!) that produce potentially useful amounts of latex, including various dandelions, milkweeds, thistle and ground nuts.

I tucked that info in the back of my mind, only to come across it again and again in various other readings about edible. medicinal, and useful plants. Apparently dandelion, our ubiquitous friend, was actually cultivated in Poland during World War II for its latex. Dandelions are still cultivated today for their latex in various Eastern Europe and Western Asian countries according to ''Wild Foods and Useful Plants'' by Christopher Nyerges.

With that in mind, I began my search on turning dandelion (and other temperate plants) into tires (and other useful rubber products). The first webpage I opened on this topic [http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2008/08/12/dandelion-rubber-from-weeds-to-tires/] announced that Ohio State University had (Summer 2008) received a $3 million grant to "start turning dandelions into rubber." This seems absurd to me, considering rubber production from dandelions has been viable AT LEAST since world war II. Moreover, dandelion is ubiquitous, a plant of the common person. Nyerges refers to as the ''"poor man's ginseng"'' as it is nutritionally and medicinally rich (although sorely under valued as such). As such, the study of turning it and other plants into latex should be open and decentralized. Latex production should be common knowledge and I hope that in the near future it is produced on a community or village scale.

The goal here is to provide practical information and plans for making local rubber out of temperate climate resources.

== History and Resources on Rubber Produced in Temperate Climates ==

== Temperate Climate Plants that Produce Latex and an Evaluation of their Practical and Ecological Use in Rubber Making. ==

=== Plants that produce latex (scientific: common names) ===
The original basis of this list is from the well-researched and documented Plants for a Future website [http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K%5B%5D=latex]. Others may be added as further research is done.

*''Agoseris glauca'': Mountain Dandelion
*''Apios americana'': Ground Nut
*''Apocynum androsaemifolium'': Spreading Dogbane
*''Apocynum cannabinum'': Indian Hemp
*''Asclepias asperula'': Antelope Horns
*''Asclepias brachystephana''
*''Asclepias californica'': California Milkweed
*''Asclepias decumbens''
*''Asclepias eriocarpa'': Woollypod Milkweed
*''Asclepias erosa'': Desert Milkweed
*''Asclepias galioides'': Bedstraw Milkweed
*''Asclepias hallii'': Purple Silkweed
*''Asclepias incarnata'': Swamp Milkweed
*''Asclepias involucrata'': Dwarf Milkweed
*''Asclepias lanceolata'': Purple Silkweed
*''Asclepias latifolia'': Broadleaf Milkweed
*''Asclepias mexicana''
*''Asclepias ovalifolia''
*''Asclepias pumila'': Low Milkweed
*''Asclepias purpurascens'': Purple Milkweed
*''Asclepias quadrifolia'': Fourleaf Milkweed
*''Asclepias rubra'': Red Silkweed
*''Asclepias speciosa'': Showy Milkweed
*''Asclepias subulata'': Rush Milkweed
*''Asclepias sullivantii ''
*''Asclepias syriaca'': Common Milkweed
*''Asclepias tuberosa'': Pleurisy Root
*''Asclepias viridiflora'': Green Milkweed
*''Chrysothamnus graveolens'': Rubber Rabbitbrush
*''Chrysothamnus nauseosus'': Rubber Rabbitbrush
*''Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus'': Green Rabbitbrush
*''Cynanchum acutum'':
*''Eucommia ulmoides'': Gutta-Percha
*''Euonymus europaeus'': Spindle Tree
*''Euonymus hamiltonianus''
*''Euonymus hamiltonianus maackii''
*''Euonymus hamiltonianus sieboldianus''
*''Euonymus japonicus'': Japanese Spindle Tree
*''Euonymus latifolius''
*''Euonymus verrucosus''
*''Euphorbia lathyris'': Caper Spurge
*''Hymenoxys richardsonii'': Pingue Hymenoxys
*''Marsdenia tenacissima'': Rajmahal Hemp
*''Nerium oleander'': Oleander
*''Parthenium argentatum'': Guayule
*''Scorzonera acanthoclada'': Teke-Saghyz
*''Scorzonera albicaulis''
*''Scorzonera divaricata''
*''Scorzonera hissaricata''
*''Scorzonera racemosa''
*''Scorzonera tau-saghyz'': Tau-Saghyz
*''Scorzonera tragapogonoides''
*''Scorzonera turkestania''
*''Scorzonera virgata''
*''Solidago canadensis scabra'': Canadian Goldenrod
*''Solidago fistulosa''
*''Solidago leavenworthii''
*''Solidago rigida'': Stiff Goldenrod
*''Sonchus oleraceus'': Sow Thistle
*''Taraxacum hybernum''
*''Taraxacum kok-saghyz'': Rubber Dandelion
*''Taraxacum megalorrhizon''
*''Taraxacum officinale'': Dandelion

=== Taraxacum, Dandelion ===

==== Quantity, Quality, Ecology ====
Within the species of Dandelion, ''Taraxacum kok-sanghyz'' (abreviated as TKS), the Russian or Rubber Dandelion has the highest latex content. According to Nyerges TKS has 20 percent latex content, while the ''officinale'' species has 16-17 percent dry-weight latex. Yields of 150-500 kilos per hectare are recorded [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Taraxacum+kok-saghyz].

Since the common dandelion has the greatest medicinal and nutritive value, ecologically, it may seem most prudent to grow this multi-purpose species. However, the latex from T.officinale is "a low quality latex, which can be used for making rubber" [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Taraxacum+officinale], which suggests that it is not ideal for this purpose.

The latex from T. kok-sanghyz however, is described as high quality and comparable to latex from Rubber Trees [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Taraxacum+kok-saghyz] [http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2008/08/12/dandelion-rubber-from-weeds-to-tires/].

== How to Convert Latex into Rubber ==
This section is divided into plants that are processed in similar ways. Equipment for planting, harvesting, and extracting as well as processing should be defined. Sources for plant material, seeds or otherwise should also be included.

=== Taraxacum, Dandelion ===
The roots of the plant are used for latex production, harvested in fall before a hard frost can destroy any of the latex. I'd like to see a study on actual changes in latex composition before and after frost. Also, a study comparing the content at various other stages of the plants growth would be beneficial.

The roots are macerated, which, according to the free on-line dictionary [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/macerated] means to "To separate into constituents by soaking". I don't have information on what to soak them in. Fern says water is used as a soaking medium. Are there better mediums to use? Does the root need to be crush before it is soaked? How long should it soak for? Fern references Polhamus. L. G. ''Rubber: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization'' which may have beneficial information for our purposes.

Fern suggests, specifically under the T. kok-sanghyz description, after the latex is extracted, starch inulin can be converted to fuel alcohol. This secondary use would increase the ecology of using the TKS species.

== Chemistry of Rubber and Rubber Products ==

== Equipment Needed for Rubber Production: From Harvest to Processing ==

==Research Projects==
We invite student research projects with the aim of:
*Harvesting dandelion as a test species
*Extracting latex
*Converting latex to sample rubber in the ''B. Z. Gill Rubber Liberation Laboratory''

== Resources and References ==
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K%5B%5D=latex] Plants for a Future's listing of plants with latex. PFAF is a well-researched, well-documented database with descriptions of 7000 temperate edible, medicinal, and useful plants by Ken Fern of England.
* [http://www.christophernyerges.com/ Nyerges, Christopher]: ''Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plant''s.
* [http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2008/08/12/dandelion-rubber-from-weeds-to-tires/] Blog of business opportunities. This article gives a brief description of the possibility of turning latex from dandelions into rubber. More news based than practical information based.
* From ScienceDaily: "[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090910091629.htm Dandelion Rubber? Researchers Make Russian Dandelion Suitable For Large-scale Rubber Production]"
* [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/File:Pat1740079.pdf Thomas Edison Patent: ''"Extraction of Rubber from Plants"'' (1929)]
* related: [[appropedia:Dandelion_wine|Dandelion wine (Appropedia)]]

[[Category:Research]]
[[Category:Materials]]

Olivier Chaput

2011-07-03T11:06:55Z

Chriswaterguy: iw link format

PS. Wow, very powerful quote at the end of your email.

I am particularly interested in what your plans are for the future.

Would you consider a month-long stay at Factor e Farm (USA) next year - to collaborate more closely? It

Marcin

http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation

http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Olivier Chaput <olivier@kaospilots.nl> wrote:

http://doodle.ch/8pvtwr2pp82m794y (To indicate your availabilities)

Hi everybody,

As you might know I am working besides my studies to promote collaboration between wiki that works for sustainability and green causes.

I start with [[Ekopedia]], got in contact with [[Green Wikia]], [[Appropedia]] and many others... A short list here show some of them... [[Appropedia:Site_list_for_Sustainability_Wiki_Search|http://www.appropedia.org/Site_list_for_Sustainability_Wiki_Search]]

They don't always know each others... They are sometimes afraid to loose their identity in any kind of co-creation... However they are all motivated and passionated wishing to improve the world.

Through my studies I learn facilitation and a basis of my formation is learning by doing so what I propose to you is to try a Skype meeting to generate/co-create a better/some collaboration... Why a Skype meeting? Because where are all around the world and I don't have the resource to invite all of you at my apartment for a meeting. Skype seems a good way to collaborate and skip space issue. It will be a challenge (for me at least) to facilitate this Skype conference but I believe that it can be fruitful.

Here is a tools to find a date... I propose to do that end of August, before I will be farming in Belgium with my best friend. So just follow the link and let me know your availabilities.

http://doodle.ch/8pvtwr2pp82m794y

I would like also some feed(-back) forward... What do you think about this initiative? What would be your expectations from it? What are your position toward "your" wiki (time-role-...).

So hope to generate enthusiasm and get some reactions.

See you soon

--
Olivier Chaput
KaosPilot Team 1 Rotterdam

"Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty."

[[Category: Collaboration Discussions]]

Friendly Organizations

2011-07-03T11:05:49Z

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Feel free to edit this page or discuss your ideas related to possible partnerships in [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/partnerships/ our forum].

You can also create a page and add it to the [[:Category: Collaboration Discussions]]

For related wikis, see [[:Category: Related Wikis]]

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==Misc.==
*Juliet Schor - discusses us in her book, Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth. See [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2081 blog].
*Kevin Carson - [http://www.amazon.com/Homebrew-Industrial-Revolution-Low-Overhead-Manifesto/dp/1439266999 The Homebrew Industrial Revolution] - large section of chapter on OSE
*[http://www.communityfortomorrow.org/ASoundSolution.htm Community for Tomorrow]
*John Robb's [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2010/04/starters-universal-mechanical-power-sources.html?cid=6a00d83451576d69e2013485b06f06970c Global Guerillas]
*[http://www.transitionnetwork.org/ Transition Network] - Provides general information on Transition Towns and includes a global directory of initiatives.
*[http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/ Global Guerrillas] - John Robb's website on "networked tribes, systems disruption, and the emerging bazaar of violence. Resilient Communities, decentralized platforms, and self-organizing futures."
* Jan. 2011 - [http://shareable.net/blog/the-next-net Shareable]
* [http://www.communityfortomorrow.org/ Community of tomorrow]
*[http://www.oceanarks.org/ OceanArks] - Promoting several sustainable technologies, like using plants to clean up polluted water, urban agriculture etc.
*7.25.08 - [http://fabuntu.org/ Fabuntu]
*The Nature of Order - [http://books.google.com/books?id=kZtZ57_nz-UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=strong+centers&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0*PPA8,M1]
*6.1.08 - [http://madconomist.com/what-if-us-collapses-soviet-collapse-lessons-every-american-needs-to-know Collapse of US Empire]
*6.1.08 - [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147&hl=en Non Peak Oil]
*5.30.08 - [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljefferson.htm Early OpenFarmTech]
*5.30.08 - [http://www.bloglines.com/ BlogLines]
*5.29.08 - [http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/ltras/itech/ Open Farm Hardware]
*5.29.08 - [http://algalturfscrubber.com/ Algal Turf Scrubber]
*5.24.08 - [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/258 TED talk with Paul Stamets on mycelium]
*5.24.08 - [http://rodaleinstitute.org/about_us Rodale Institute]
*AIDG Business Incubation - http://www.aidg.org/incubation.htm
*Personal Sovereignty Foundation - http://EcoComics.org/personal%20sovereignty%20foundation.html
*Ripple peer money system - http://ripple.sourceforge.net/
*Euclides Mance - Brazil peer economy movement - http://www.solidarius.com.br/mance/index.php?lng=en
*Global directory of environmental technologies - http://www.eco-web.com/
*Project management - http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000076&topic_id=1&topic=Ask%20E%2eT%2e
*Design for Disassembly - http://www.co-design.co.uk/design.htm
*Open Circuit Design - http://opencircuitdesign.com/
*Lakota secede from the Union - http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/12/lakota-withdraw.html
*The Story of Stuff - http://www.storyofstuff.com/
*Relocalization Network - http://www.relocalize.net/groups
*Jeff Budderer blog on us - http://blog.onevillage.tv/wp/?p=483
*RMI on Factor 10 cost reduction- http://10xe.com/subpages/tunnel.html
*Wired mag on emergency shelter: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/10/gallery_instant_housing?slide=8&slideView=8
*o.design - http://www4.autistici.org/o.design/modules/news/
*Freedom Force - http://www.freedom-force.org/
*Open Source Green Vehicle - http://www.osgv.org/contact-ssm-osgv/
*[http://freeconferencecalls.com Free conference calls]
*http://omni.mcn.org/electriliteb/ - Electric Vehicle, to be developed in the open source
*[http://www.ilsr.org/pubs/pubsalist.html Institute for Local Self Reliance]
*Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - http://www.cpsr.org/about
*Constitution.org on invisible contracts - http://www.constitution.org/mercier/incon.htm
*Anxiety Culture - http://www.anxietyculture.com/contents.htm
*Critical Path primer - http://www.anxietyculture.com/criticalpath.htm
*Mindfully.org- http://www.mindfully.org/About-Mindfully_org.htm
*On distraction - http://www.anxietyculture.com/distract.htm
*Gupta Option - http://guptaoption.com/3.future_islam.php
*http://www.farmcatalog.com/1%60books/voices.aspx
*China is not doing so well, either: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ID18Ad01.html + http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-climate_change_debate/article_2407.jsp
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Term_Capital_Management
*Sunvention - http://www.sunvention.com/html/todo1_english.html
*Anil Gupta - http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/
*National Innovation Foundation, India - http://nifindia.org/
*State-in-a-Box governance - http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/my-state-in-a-box-identity-services-architecture-paper-is-now-online-290
*Hacks in all areas- http://www.hackaday.com/2006/11/07/siamese-electric-motors/
*Adam Kumpf @ MIT - http://web.mit.edu/kumpf/www/index.html + [http://web.mit.edu/kumpf/www/kumpf-links.html Inventing Sites]
*Will O'Brien - http://biobug.org/articles/
*Stanford: Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability - http://extreme.stanford.edu/index.html
*book "Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them" (1909) http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html[http://www.republicoflakotah.com/about-us/faq/ Republic of Lakotah]
*[http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ Low Tech Magazine] and [http://www.notechmagazine.com/ No Tech Magazine]

==Fabrication, makers and hackers==
*[http://vermeulen.ca/product-hacking.html Product hacking]
*OS metal depository, transaction system http://pktp.co.cc/
*FabFolk - http://www.fabfolk.com/
*Mobile Fab Lab - http://mobilefablab.blogspot.com/
*www.fablabinnova.blogspot.com
*Fab Lab Forum 4 - http://cba.mit.edu/events/07.08.fab/
*[http://fablab.no/ Norway FabLab]
*Fab@Home - http://www.fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fab%40Home:Overview
*The Multimachine - http://opensourcemachine.org/
*[http://ng.cba.mit.edu/dist/PV.mp4 Fab Lab promo commercial]
*[http://blog.cowtowncomputercongress.org/ Cowtown Computer Congress] - Local Kansas City hackerspace.
*[http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/ Hackerspaces] - Provides general information and a directory of hackerspaces around the world.
*Smari McCarthy, Iceland Fab Lab leader - http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2007/10/16/an-offer-you-cant-refuse/
*Make Blog - http://blog.makezine.com/
*Instructibles - http://www.instructables.com/
*DIY Life - http://www.diylife.com/
*Ready Made Blog - http://readymade.com/blogs/rmblog
*[http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ Finkbuilt], a tinkerer's blog
*[http://www.humblefactory.com/ HumbleFactory] - very innovative ideas for open hardware

==Food==
*[http://growingpower.org/ Growing Power], based in Chicago and Milwaukee. Educating people about local food systems. Aquaponics, beekeeping, wormeries.
*[http://arkfab.org/ ArkFab]. This seems to have an identical vision to OSE: to create a post-scarcity world thru open-source development of local food systems and digital fabrication.
*[http://cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/index.htm cd3wd]. 13 gigabytes of information on development for the 3rd world
*Dasagavya: organic growth promoter for plants - http://www.hindu.com/seta/2006/05/18/stories/2006051801921800.htm
* [[Refarm the city]]
* http://www.permaculture.com
* [http://ooooby.ning.com/ Ooooby]
*5.25.08 - [http://permacultureinstitute.pbwiki.com/ Chaordic Permaculture Institute]
*Organic Hydroponic Lettuce Production - http://www.organitech.com/index.php?goto=bep
*[http://www.fao.org/corp/knowledgeforum/en/ FAO knowledge forum]. Huge online collexion of knowledge on farming. [http://www.fao.org/sard/en/init/1574/2225/1846/index.html SARD initiative] focuses on educating people about sustainable agriculture
*[http://carbon.org/ Institute for Simplified Hydroponics]
*[http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/ Growing Edge]

==Appropriate technology & development==
*[http://www.thefullbellyproject.org/ The Full Belly Project], open-source appropriate technology. Inventors of the universal nut sheller
*[[Appropedia:|Appropedia]], open-content encyclopedia of appropriate technology
*[http://www.tinytechindia.com/ Tiny Tech India], tools for small-scale rural development

==Building==
*[http://earthship.com/ Earthship Biotecture] - With a background of 40 years of research and development of self-sufficient housing made from recycled materials, Earthship Biotecture focuses on development of Earth friendly and people friendly community living concepts that require little or no mortgage payment and no utility bills.
*[http://hexayurt.com/ Vinay Gupta's Hexayurt]
*[http://www.jeffvail.net/2007/04/mefab-open-architecture-project.html Open Architecture Network]
*Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building - http://grisb.org/
*[http://oikos.com/ OIKOS Green Building Sources]
*[http://www.calearth.org/ Cal-Earth] promotes 'superadobe' building
*[http://www.dwell.com/ Dwell Magazine]
*[http://www.prototype-creation.de/ TS Prototype Creation] Offers engineering services for all sorts of ecofriendly construction and building technology

==Open culture==
*P2P Foundation blog on the open economy - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/what-kind-of-economy-are-we-moving-to-1-overview-of-attention-economy-concepts/2007/10/03
*Open Product Design from Christian Fiebig, Germany - http://opensourceproductdesign.org/
*6.15.08 - [http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/jason-rohrer/freeDistribution.html Model beyond copyright]
*Open Source development theory - http://www.guptaoption.com/5.open_source_development.php
*6.15.08 - [http://www.engr.uconn.edu/msl/paper/holonic/paper1.html Holonic Management]
*6.4.08 - [http://givebank.org/projects.html Give Bank Open Source Product Design]
*6.4.08 - [http://onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1942 peer economy emergence - threat or boon?]
*Berkeley Center for Open Innovation - http://openinnovation.haas.berkeley.edu/Home_COI.html
* P2P Foundation [http://p2pfoundation.net/ wiki] and [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/ blog]
*P2P Economy for business - http://p2peconomy.com/
*Hot off the press (Oct. '07) on physical production - http://www.peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page by [http://siefkes.net/ Christian Siefkes, Ph.D.]
*4.9.08 - OS is antidote to planned obsolescence - [[http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/03/28/open-source-the-only-weapon-against-planned-obsolescence]]
*4.9.08 - Design Club - http://opendesignclub.com/index.php/About.html
*Feb. 2011 - Open MythSource: http://openmythsource.com/ - interviewed on the [http://agroinnovations.com/index.php/en_us/multimedia/blogs/podcast/2011/02/episode-121-state-banks-opensource-mythology-and-viralized-transgenics/ Agroinnovations Podcast]
*5.5.2011 - Cultural Creatives: http://culturalcreatives.cc/the-revolution-movie

==Ecovillages, ashrams and resilient communities==
*[http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/26/technology/village_saving_planet.biz2/index.htm Gaviotas revisited]
*[http://www.powerfromthesun.net/jtlylecenter.html J.T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies] - an experiment in sustainable living in California
*[http://gen.ecovillage.org/ Global Ecovillage Network] - "The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a growing network of sustainable communities and initiatives that bridge different cultures, countries, and continents. GEN serves as umbrella organization for ecovillages, transition town initiatives, intentional communities, and ecologically-minded individuals worldwide."
*The Farm - http://www.thefarm.org/lifestyle/index.html
*Vigyan Ashram - new education - http://vigyanashram.com/ - vapabal@gmail.com
*[http://www.auroville.org/ Auroville], see [[Auroville Earth Institute]]
*http://www.twinoaks.org/
*[http://www.arcosanti.org/ Arcosanti]
*[http://www.thenzp.com/1_3.aspx The New Z-Land Project] - "The New Z-Land Project's mission is to create a prototype circular city and sustainable community in New Zealand which will subscribe to a Resource Sharing Society."
*[http://resilientcommunities.org/ Resilient Communities] - Blog run by Bob Stilger that focuses on healthy and resilient communities.
*[http://www.nyhistory.com/central/oneida.htm Oneida]
*[http://mtbest.net/ Mt Best], a homestead in Australia. Website has some innovative ideas on energy efficiency etc.
*[http://ecosustainablevillage.com.ip01-web23.net/Village_Maps.htm Eco Sustainable Village], consultants for building sustainable communities
*[http://villageforum.com/ Village Forum] - A website helping people create small communities
*[http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=66&L=0 Tamera] - "Tamera’s aim is to develop an example of a model for a nonviolent co-existence of people and between people and nature."
*[http://www.berkana.org/ Berkana] - "Berkana and our partners share the clarity that whatever the problem, community is the answer. We prepare for an unknown future by creating strong and sustainable relationships, by wisely stewarding the earth’s resources, and by building resilient communities."
*[http://www.atlasinitiativegroup.org/ Atlas Initiative Group] - "The mission of the Atlas Initiative Group is to design, plan and build Atlas City in America, providing a peaceful transition model from a monetary based system economy to a resource based system economy demonstrated through an advanced city which will maximize automation and provide the highest standard of living for its participants."
*7.17.08 - A new country - http://wiki.aardsource.org/Main_Page
*7.1.08 - [http://seasteading.org/seastead.org/ephemerisle/index.html Ephemerisle] - a festival held at sea to get people thinking about the possibilities of living at sea. Now discontinued.

==Support==
*[http://bfi.org/ Buckminster Fuller Institute]
*[http://unreasonableinstitute.org/ Unreasonable Institute] - "At Unreasonable Institute we give high-impact social entrepreneurs wings. We are an international accelerator and investor in early stage social ventures and we seek out 25 of the world's most brilliant and bold social entrepreneurs to attend our annual 6 week Institute. There we will unite these entrepreneurs (deemed Unreasonable Fellows) and pair them with personal and entrepreneurial skill training, daily guidance from over 50 expert mentors, as well as opportunities and access to the seed capital their ventures need to take flight. " (Nikolay: not sure whether this one can be of direct help, but is here just for the record).
*[http://awesomefoundation.org/ The Awesome Foundation], founded to increase the amount of awesomeness in the world. Members of each local chapter pool together $1000 a month and give it to whoever has an idea for doing something awesome.
*1000 True Fans - http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php

==Energy==
* Feb. 2011 - All Power Labs: Gasifier Experimenters Kit: http://www.gekgasifier.com/
*6.2.08 - [http://www.stanford.edu/~hydrobay/lookat/mkii.html another Tesla turbine thingy]
*6.2.08 - [http://kimmelsteampower.com/gallery.html Kimmel Steam Power]
*Boundary Layer Turbines - http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/Devices/TeslaTurbine/index.html
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAivXAusus Flash steam Babington oil buner] on Youtube
*Ken Boak's oil and wood power - http://www.geocities.com/kenboak/wastewatts.html
*[http://www.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/babington/default.htm Page from Green Trust site on vegetable oil burner]
*[http://www.biofab.org/ The BIOFAB]: International Open Facility Advancing Biotechnology (BIOFAB) was founded in December 2009 as the world's first biological design-build facility. This professionally staffed public-benefit facility was initiated by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is led by bioengineers from UC Berkeley and Stanford University. The BIOFAB is operated in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the BioBricks Foundation (BBF), and the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC).
*[http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/smallchp%20 List of Bioenergy companies]
*[http://jnaudin.free.fr/ JLN Labs] - Free-Energy solutions and new generation of space-propulsion systems.
*[http://bingofuel.online.fr/bingofuel BingoFuel] - Alternative Fuels researches.

==Economics and abundance==
*[http://www.michaeljournal.org/plenty.htm In This Age of Plenty] from Louis Even.
*Open protocols and standards to exchange new units of value : http://open-udc.org.
*Futurism - http://thevenusproject.com/resource_eco.htm.
*Chris Anderson on [http://www.netvision.de/uk/dispatching/?event_id=5bb1b5e95afabb2e62d2b148ded47706&portal_id=369401748e8249f142a700d8098a3473 post scarcity economics]
*[http://www.rbose.org/ Resource Based Open Source Environment] - "A collaboration platform for the development of open sourced solutions based on resource management and implementing them in our daily lives."
*[http://www.rbefoundation.com/ Resource Based Economy Foundation] - A foundation focused on using science and technology to produce an abundance of the critical resources relevant to human survival.
*[http://www.planetcollective.com/ Resource Based Earth Collective] - A social network focused on creating a resource based economy of sustainable living and resilient communities.
*Zeitgeist the movie - http://zeitgeistmovie.com/sources.htm
*[http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com The Zeitgeist Movement] - A global movement dedicated to promoting and actualizing the vision of The Venus Project.
*[http://www.p-ced.com/1/ People-Centered Economic Development] - Advocacy for an alternate economic paradigm measured in human terms.

==Who might be interested in open source ecology? who has the same vision?==

* [http://www.sristi.org/cms/en/our_network Honey Bee Network] (which has a link to http://www.techpedia.in/)
* [http://www.hackerspaces.org Hackerspaces]
* [http://www.debian.net Debian], http://planet.debian.net
* [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu], http://planet.ubuntu.com
* [http://www.openp2pdesign.org openp2pdesign.org], [http://www.openp2pdesign.org/twitter/ twitter news]
* [http://www.welserver.com/ Web Energy Logger], with a live map of US data.

[[Category: Collaboration]]

Web Image Development

2011-07-03T11:04:54Z

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[[Category:Overview]]
==Goal:==

Primary: Develop A robust information source for all parties interested in OSE and specifically Factor E Farm, containing information for donors and volunteers, including on and off-site collaborators

Secondary: To further develop the web image of OSE, utilizing opensourceecology.org and reorganizing the wealth of information on Open Farm Tech.

==Vision:==

'''Primary:'''

- A simple mechanism for keeping interested parties informed about all past, current and future projects, including progress and impact of donations (i.e. showing dollar amounts connected to in progress and completed projects)

- A well developed set of publicity resources, such as PDF brochures and such, containing information for potential donors and volunteers, as well as a press kit.

- A listserv to let folks know whats goin on, that can even be updated off-site with enough information (i.e. if they are really busy, a quick skype interview), and another where collaboration and discussion can happen

'''Secondary:'''

- Development of opensourceecology.org as a main page for OSE, kind of like a portal, then further links from sidebar take you to well developed openfarmtech.org pages with embedded navigation, similar to what appropedia did with opensustainabilitynetwork.org.

- Portal would include latest Factor E Live, Weblog feed, Latest OpenFarmTech updates, and listserv feed possibly?

unfinished email:
Web Development Stuff:

this stuff is awesome, i linked to it on the http://www.openfarmtech.org/index.php?Web_Image_Development page (i have been watching the 'recent changes' page on openfarmtech, this would probably be a good one to turn into a feed for the portal.)

found this app that will turn articles into feeds, and then this for posting feeds (for the portal).

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:XFeed_-_RSS_Feed_Aggregator
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiArticleFeeds

If you turn Factor E Live into a channel or series, possibly through another site than youtube, then there can probably be a constantly updating embed. Also, we can feed latest pictures from flickr somehow i am sure.

All of this requires installing relatively simple extensions in mediawiki, or even having the surface webpage for opensourceecology.org be html with all kinds of embedded stuff, linking to the blog and openfarmtech.org, kind of like appropedias opensustainabilitynetwork.org. Then subnavigation as they do as well, etc.

If you could give us broad categories for openfarmtech, we can go through and apply those, and then do further subcategories

==Related Pages:==

These should all be great resources for pursuing these goals

[[Special:Allpages]]

[[Volunteer_Application]]

[[Marketing_Brochure]]

[[Proposal_2008]]

[[Slide_1]] - awesome presentation Marcin and Brittany gave at MU

[[Wanted_Items]]

[[Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support]]

[[Information_Architecture]]

==External Links:==

[http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6445|Sasha’s compelling overview of why one should support us]

[[appropedia:Open_Source_Ecology| OSE rundown @ appropedia]]

Hexayurt construction

2011-07-03T11:04:27Z

Chriswaterguy: /* External Links */ iw links

==Introduction==

This article is intended to provide a detailed description of the construction of the hexayurt so that the successes can be replicated and the few mistakes can be avoided.

The design applied at Factor E Farm as the Paul Newman Center for Temporary Housing (kind of kidding... Rob, call it what you like) was a perfect hexagon with 6' walls, 10' peak, and 14' foot width. It will comfortably house 3-4 people and should last about 10 years, given precautions taken. It is a tension structure, so that the building itself will give it structural support.

Rob, who has a history and family background in building construction, was quite skeptical of the structural integrity of the building. It proved to be excellent, and come together better than was thought.

==Step 1: Materials==

Materials aquired were 14? 4x8 OSB boards
100' of metal flashing (about 5-6" wide, and of substantial thickness)
about 18 2x4s (for the roof, they dont need to be anything too fancy, we used salvaged wood that was fairly thin)
Lots of screws (we used drywall, though we would encourage stainless steel)
Paint
Tar (dont need too much)
Gravel (for the foundation)
Vinyl steal material (this was an extra precaution)

==Step 2:Painting and Tarring, Site Prep and Foundation==

'''Painting and Tarring'''

The next step was to paint and tar the OSB boards. All of the OSB boards were painted on all edges, as OSB's weakness is moisture on the ends, which causes it to swell and rot. The paint applied on the edges, corners and such 3 inches in to the board should quell this.

Additionally, Tar was applied to the bottom edge of 6 of the OSB boards, about 4 inches in, so that high water would be deterred from any prolonged exposure to the boards.

'''Site Prep and Foundation'''

We used open engineered technology for site prep! but any rototiller will do. We used the lifetrac with open rototiller to break up the soil, then we went through, measured everything out, ensured there was more than enough space for the walls, then pulled out roots, broke up clumps, and leveled it out with the rakes, and in the process stomped it down with our boots. We used a 2x4 and level to ensure the grade was correct.

Then, we dumped gravel at the assumed edges of the structure, measured it out, and then tamped it down at about 5-6 in wide by 3 in thick, leaving space for a door.

Also, make sure to clear the area from any meddling chickens. (Richard: One of them left a little gift for me on the ground that my hand discovered while making the wall panels)

==Step 3: Cutting==

After the paint and tar dries, the next step is to start cutting the boards.
Because we decided on 6' walls instead of 8', we were able to eliminate 3 OSB boards from the materials list and cut 3 in half for the topmost board.

-So, cut 3 OSB boards in half, making them 2'x8'.

-Cut 6 OSB boards in half diagonally, corner to corner for the pinweel roof (take extra precaution to ensure that these are straight and true, as they will ensure that the roof comes together well in the end. Also, if you are using foiled boards, cut them in half in opposite ways, so as to provide all foil on top)

-Cut 12 2x4s to have a long edge and a short edge, at a 30 degree angle, so that they can be linked together inside horizontally and form the hexagon with the walls

-Cut flashing strips into 6 8' strips and 6 6' strips for the walls, then additionally 6 more 8' strips for the roof

-Using a hammer punch, punch along roof strips and wall strips all along the edge, about 2-3cm in from the edge, making double punches near the ends. For the vertical wall strips, make sure that they are more dense. 2 people can set up a process doing this and have it done very quickly. Make sure to wear gloves as the flashing has sharp edges!!! (richard: i learned this the hard way. twice...)

For speed, have one small team cutting and punching flashing while another team draws and cuts board.

==Step 4: Panel Construction==

'''Wall Panels'''

With tar side down, attach 4'x8' OSB boards to 2'x4' boards, using the 2x4 with the long edge against the boards. Ensure that they are all flush, and that the 2x4 is evenly attached to both boards!

After this, attach flashing strip to one edge (left or right, doesnt matter, just keep it consistent throughout).

A trick Rob discovered with the flashing, to keep it flush as possible with the board, is to use the screw gun at an angle, pointing away towards the loose flashing end. It doesnt need to be an extreme angle, just enough to pull it taught when the head goes in.

Then, attach the flashing and the topmost 2x4 to the top of the 2'x4' OSB board. Leave a consistent space between the top of the 2x4 and the top of the OSB board (we left about 1/4 in). This makes placing the roof much easier and safer.

When attaching any of the flashing, ensure that you are placing less than half (more like a third) of the width of the flashing on the 1st board. This will ensure a good amount will be left to attach to the other board, whether roof or wall, given that the angle between will take up some of that width.

'''Roof Panels'''

Make a triangle with the panel pieces, screwing them into the 2x4 underneath evenly. Ensure that all is flush and that the bottom edge of the 2x4 is far enough away from the bottom edge of the panel to ensure that it wont get in the way when raising the roof. These 2x4s do not need to attach to the rest of the frame, as the roof is self supporting.

Then, like the wall panels, attach flashing consistently on one side, leaving width space for angle and attachment.

==External Links==

* [[appropedia:Hexayurt|Appropedia site on the hexayurt]], tons of info.
* [[appropedia:Hexayurt_playa_checklist]] - More specifically, assembly instructions for the one Vinay built on the playa at burning man. Lots of options for construction now!

=Hexayurt Review=
[[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 10:12, 13 February 2009 (PST)
I tried living in the hexayurt for a little while, here are my thoughts. It was in November 2008. Weather was cold but not much rain or snow yet. Yurt was quite sturdy and kept the wind and water out, but was cold inside. Before Bob left we put the 55 gal. drum stove in and cut a hole in the side for the flue that had two bends. The stove was and is a difficulty, hard to light and very smoky. I slept on the futon mattress we had on the dirt floor of the yurt at the time. The floor was still kind of damp, I guess it was built when the ground was not entirely dry or water had gotten under the walls underground. In the morning it seemed very damp inside the yurt, which I think was from the damp ground. I don't know how it would be if it had a good stove.

Nick took over the yurt when he came here. We moved the stove and had the flue go straight up to have a better thermal draw. With the stove going the yurt is pretty warm, but the door needs to be opened a lot to let the smoke out. It doesn't have insulation so it cools off quickly without a fire constantly going. The drum stove either burns out quickly and leaves the yurt cold in the morning or burns extremely hot and smoky all night making the yurt almost too hot and smoky to stay in. A good stove might leave it still pretty cold in the morning but it could be fired up easily and the temperature regulated better. Smoke still seems like a problem to me, even with a good stove in the cordwood hut.
[Image:Hexayurt.JPG]

--[[User:Vinay Gupta|Vinay Gupta]] 16:05, 13 February 2009 (PST)
Ah, yes, I'm not surprised than an uninsulated plywood structure was cold in winter. The Hexayurt geometry does not have decisive advantages in heat retention over other building shapes.

--[[User:Andrewed|Andrewed]] 04:19, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Your results are perfectly consistent with any use of an uninsulated structure on exposed dirt in winter in Missouri, with a poorly functioning stove. Even 1" styrofoam boards on the ceiling, 1/2" styrofoam boards on the walls, and a plastic tarp on the floor would have helped you immensely. Also, the use of a [http://www.rocketstoves.com rocket stove] from Aprovecho in Oregon (plans available from them) or the very cheap [http://www.woodgas-stove.com woodgas stove] that Vinay recommends on his website would have kept you warm without the extreme hassle with smoke and complicated chimneys that you suffered. Better luck this winter?

--[[User:Jeb|Jeb]] 04:29, 1 September 2009 (PST)
I also recommend the [http://www.rocketstoves.com rocket stove] book mentioned above, and have built some small "pocket rocket" designs to experiment with so far. Building the fancy version with cob thermal storage battery would be ideal for maintaining comfort, but probably time consuming enough for a dedicated project visit itself. The battery woodgas stoves look excellent for outdoor cooking on the go, but probably not much good for heating inside without draft ventilation. However, the new [http://www.woodgasfirepl.com patio model] would probably work great in a tipi by comparison.
[[Category:Housing and construction]]

Permaculture Wiki

2011-07-03T10:58:14Z

Chriswaterguy: inactive - alternatives

{{linkstub}}

URL: [[Permaculture: Main Page]] (site currently offline 3 July 2011. See [[#Other permaculture wikis]] for alternatives.)

The Permaculture Information Web is a collaborative project to provide a comprehensive resource of permaculture related information. This wiki uses a precise language to describe the different parts of human habitat and that language is used to categorize the articles in this wiki.

In this wiki, community members are using principles of permaculture design to build a base of knowledge for designing human habitats.

The living parts of these habitats are made of elements; things like apple trees, chickens and dandelions. Groups of elements that interact in a beneficial way are organized into guilds. A guild is defined by a few core elements that define that guilds character.

One or more guilds guilds can be associated with built structures as suited to a particular location to create a pattern. For example, a hayfield, mulch, a chicken tractor, chicken forage plant guilds, fencing, and a compost system may combine into a chicken forage garden system, where chickens and materials are moved around to achieve a particular economy and diverse yield. patterns, built structures, and even elements are associated with the zones that describe the proximity to our homes and paths of travel.

These patterns are tuned to local context, described by hydrology, soils, and landscape setting. designs must be attuned to the creations of nature as well as the natural disturbance regimes that dominate landscapes. Techniques and tools are used to evaluate and construct these patterns.

Ecological design and permaculture work are done by organizations and groups that are doing work on specific sites or have online resources. These sites are distributed across many lands, and are similar patterns occur within the natural provinces of the earth called ecoregions.

On this site people share ideas as well as online resources, books, documents, and their designs

== Other permaculture wikis ==

Various other attempts have been made at [[Appropedia:Permaculture wiki|permaculture wikis]] but the only active global permaculture wiki appears to be [[Appropedia:|Appropedia]]. (Please add any other active projects here.)

[[Category: Related Wikis]]
[[Category:Wiki]]

Michel in Milan

2010-04-17T03:51:18Z

Chriswaterguy: very basic email masking - please do not post raw emails online.

FYI - Michel has put us in touch with some people "how p2p does support collaborative services (a service mode implicated by grassroots social innovation)
in more micro perspectives, everyday life problems like food, house, transportation, welfare, community services and so on." They appear to be Chinese and Korean PhD students studying in Italy.

Nice to know that the "leading lights of the open design movement... are all loosely associated with appropedia.org," :-)

I'll make a brief response, but feel free to jump in if you wish (or let me know if you want to be CCed).

Chris

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 AT gmail DOT com
Date: Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Greetings
To: Gong MiaoSen miaosen.gong At Gmail com
Cc: Joon Baek joonsbaek AT gmail DOT com, Manzini Ezio ezio DOT manzini AT polimi DOT it, Vinay Gupta hexayurt AT gmail DOT com, Smári McCarthy smari AT yaxic DOT org, Chris Watkins chriswaterguy AT appropedia DOT org

Dear Gong and Joon,

I appreciate your interest very much and am sure both of you will be pioneering approaches within or outside your respective countries. It's great to see people from Asia involved in this, as this is where the most interesting stuff will be happening in a few years

I think it may be of use to put you in touch with some of the leading lights of the open design movement, so you can exchange ideas with people much more directly in the know, but please keep me in the loop,

they are all loosely associated with appropedia.org,

these pages on our own wiki have lots of info as well: http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design

don't hesitate to ask for concrete things, if I don't know, I may know the people who know <g>

Michel

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Gong MiaoSen <miaosen.gong@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Michel,
I hope you had a nice trip!
thanks again for your lecture and nice conversation with us.
as far as i understand, we have strong common interests on p2p and social innovation.
maybe you focus more p2p based social innovation in macro perspectives like politics, economy and governance.
our research focuses more how p2p does support collaborative services (a service mode implicated by grassroots social innovation)
in more micro perspectives, everyday life problems like food, house, transportation, welfare, community services and so on.
so it would be very helpful if we have more opportunities to exchange our research and opinions.

look forward to next time!
and keep in touch!

all the best!

Miaosen Gong
------------------------------
PhD Candidate, DIS-INDACO, Politecnico di Milano
Via Durando 38/A, 20158 Milano
tel:+39 02 2399 5967
cellphone:+39 3339425646
fax: +39 02 2399 7274
miaosen.gong AT Gmail com
www.sustainable-everyday.net
www.changingthechange.org
www.design.polimi.it
[[Category:Collaboration_Discussions]]

Talk:Development Infrastructure

2007-08-30T15:31:11Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Great wiki, and very much aligned */ content types - link

== Is "Open" an appropriate term? ==

From the [[Main Page]]:

''We like to be clear about the meaning of open, or open source,' as used in this work for items of physical production. By open source, we mean documented to the point where a student may replicate a given item, without even consulting with the developers. To us, this embodies the most complete form of documentation possible, where sufficient detail is provided to enable independent replication. This is open source according to OSE Specifications.''

The OSE specifications are wonderful, but the OSE definition of open source (indeed, the usage of "Open Source Engineering" in the project title itself) is ''significantly'' different from - and conflicting with - the common (and legal, iirc) usage of the term. I '''strongly''' suggest changing the terminology used, as it's a potential point of severe conflict with the majority of the open source community, who may object to the usage of their term in this manner that could confuse people.

The adjective "open," when applied to code, content, or anything else, typically refers to material licensed such that:

* the copyright holders retain their copyright (unlike public domain, which is giving your copyright up completely)
* anyone is libre to use it for gratis (some licenses allow gratis use for any purpose, others require attribution, and yet others restrict gratis use to noncommercal applications).
* anyone is libre to improve it (some licenses require inclusion of the source code or other base material that makes it easy to edit & remix; others do not allow derivative works, and still others have a "copyleft" clause that require all derivative works be open-licensed themselves)
* anyone is libre to share the work and/or their improvements of it with others for gratis (some licenses require attribution, others have a copyleft clause... etc. - see notes above.)

The adjective "open" does ''not'' usually mean:

* sufficient documentation (sufficient according to who?)
* well-designed, well-thought-out projects (by whose standards, anyway?)

The rationale is that people will flock around good projects, and not use bad ones. Let social dynamics determine the standard of how high-quality something has to get. A set of instructions that would enable one group of people (say, trained English-speaking engineers with a decade of experience) to replicate a device independently may be completely insufficient for another (say, Peruvian high-school students who don't read English fluently and have just learned to use a lathe).

The OSE specification on the [[Main Page]] is a superset of the conventional definition of "open" - I think it should be noted as such, under a different name. For instance, "Global Village projects must be released under an open source license (list acceptable licenses here) and in addition, meet the following quality criteria and be approved by (moderator) as sufficiently well-documented to allow, under most circumstances, the majority of (describe demographics of group) to build (device) independently."

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua Mel Chua]

:Good thoughts... my comments [[#Great wiki, and very much aligned|below]] don't address this so I just wanted to say that I'm in agreement - don't see anything I disagree with, anyway. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:28, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

== Great wiki, and very much aligned ==

Very brief response - not much time right this second, but I had to say how great it is to find someone whose goals are so enlightened (which is a not-very-modest way of saying I think your goals are aligned with ours at [http://appropedia.org/ Appropedia]).

To address a couple of issues raised in our email discussion:
# '''Wiki merge or partnership? Precedents?''' From Appropedia's perspective (I think I can speak on behalf of all of us) - absolutely! We love [http://www.wikiindex.org/The_Wiki_Synergy_Project synergy]. Putting our work on the one site would be like putting burning coals together to create a much stronger flame. (Forgive the floral language.) There are lots of precedents for mergers - in fact, a majority of the content on our site started out on other wikis, especially WikiGreen. All 5 admins had started different wikis, or were about to start them, when we teamed up and merged.
# '''Differences between OSE and Appropedia.''' There certainly are differences, but I see them as complementary. There are various options for dealing with [http://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Content_types different types of content]. first options are categories, namespaces and templates. Subwikis with cross-login may be appropriate for clearly distinguished projects, but in this case I think OSE and Appropedia are very closely aligned and we could easily deal with the content in one wiki.
#* '''OSE is more technical than Appropedia'''. Definitely. This is not a matter of choice by Appropedia - simply that the technical stuff has not yet received enough attention. It's receiving more now thanks to Vinay and friends' excellent work on the [http://appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Project Hexayurt Project], and I'm sure it will receive far more when we have people dedicated to Open Engineering - including Marcin, hopefully.

Note also our partnership with the [http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/ Open Architecture Network] (OAN) which is also very technically oriented. In that case they work off a different system (Drupal rather than a wiki) and the current plan is to provide a feed of Appropedia content to the relevant pages of OAN. In that case, there are more difficulties (due to the different platforms) and also a clearer distinction in terms of content (as they are focused on architecture).

Note also that Appropedia is very much a work in progress - how you see it in its current state is just a taste of how we envisage it.

Looking forward to your responses! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:11, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

Talk:Development Infrastructure

2007-08-30T14:59:11Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Is "Open" an appropriate term? */ typo

== Is "Open" an appropriate term? ==

From the [[Main Page]]:

''We like to be clear about the meaning of open, or open source,' as used in this work for items of physical production. By open source, we mean documented to the point where a student may replicate a given item, without even consulting with the developers. To us, this embodies the most complete form of documentation possible, where sufficient detail is provided to enable independent replication. This is open source according to OSE Specifications.''

The OSE specifications are wonderful, but the OSE definition of open source (indeed, the usage of "Open Source Engineering" in the project title itself) is ''significantly'' different from - and conflicting with - the common (and legal, iirc) usage of the term. I '''strongly''' suggest changing the terminology used, as it's a potential point of severe conflict with the majority of the open source community, who may object to the usage of their term in this manner that could confuse people.

The adjective "open," when applied to code, content, or anything else, typically refers to material licensed such that:

* the copyright holders retain their copyright (unlike public domain, which is giving your copyright up completely)
* anyone is libre to use it for gratis (some licenses allow gratis use for any purpose, others require attribution, and yet others restrict gratis use to noncommercal applications).
* anyone is libre to improve it (some licenses require inclusion of the source code or other base material that makes it easy to edit & remix; others do not allow derivative works, and still others have a "copyleft" clause that require all derivative works be open-licensed themselves)
* anyone is libre to share the work and/or their improvements of it with others for gratis (some licenses require attribution, others have a copyleft clause... etc. - see notes above.)

The adjective "open" does ''not'' usually mean:

* sufficient documentation (sufficient according to who?)
* well-designed, well-thought-out projects (by whose standards, anyway?)

The rationale is that people will flock around good projects, and not use bad ones. Let social dynamics determine the standard of how high-quality something has to get. A set of instructions that would enable one group of people (say, trained English-speaking engineers with a decade of experience) to replicate a device independently may be completely insufficient for another (say, Peruvian high-school students who don't read English fluently and have just learned to use a lathe).

The OSE specification on the [[Main Page]] is a superset of the conventional definition of "open" - I think it should be noted as such, under a different name. For instance, "Global Village projects must be released under an open source license (list acceptable licenses here) and in addition, meet the following quality criteria and be approved by (moderator) as sufficiently well-documented to allow, under most circumstances, the majority of (describe demographics of group) to build (device) independently."

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua Mel Chua]

:Good thoughts... my comments [[#Great wiki, and very much aligned|below]] don't address this so I just wanted to say that I'm in agreement - don't see anything I disagree with, anyway. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:28, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

== Great wiki, and very much aligned ==

Very brief response - not much time right this second, but I had to say how great it is to find someone whose goals are so enlightened (which is a not-very-modest way of saying I think your goals are aligned with ours at [http://appropedia.org/ Appropedia]).

To address a couple of issues raised in our email discussion:
# '''Wiki merge or partnership? Precedents?''' From Appropedia's perspective (I think I can speak on behalf of all of us) - absolutely! We love [http://www.wikiindex.org/The_Wiki_Synergy_Project synergy]. Putting our work on the one site would be like putting burning coals together to create a much stronger flame. (Forgive the floral language.) There are lots of precedents for mergers - in fact, a majority of the content on our site started out on other wikis, especially WikiGreen. All 5 admins had started different wikis, or were about to start them, when we teamed up and merged.
# '''Differences between OSE and Appropedia.''' There certainly are differences, but I see them as complementary. There are various options for dealing with different types of content. first options are categories, namespaces and templates. Subwikis with cross-login may be appropriate for clearly distinguished projects, but in this case I think OSE and Appropedia are very closely aligned and we could easily deal with the content in one wiki.
#* '''OSE is more technical than Appropedia'''. Definitely. This is not a matter of choice by Appropedia - simply that the technical stuff has not yet received enough attention. It's receiving more now thanks to Vinay and friends' excellent work on the [http://appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Project Hexayurt Project], and I'm sure it will receive far more when we have people dedicated to Open Engineering - including Marcin, hopefully.

Note also our partnership with the [http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/ Open Architecture Network] (OAN) which is also very technically oriented. In that case they work off a different system (Drupal rather than a wiki) and the current plan is to provide a feed of Appropedia content to the relevant pages of OAN. In that case, there are more difficulties (due to the different platforms) and also a clearer distinction in terms of content (as they are focused on architecture).

Note also that Appropedia is very much a work in progress - how you see it in its current state is just a taste of how we envisage it.

Looking forward to your responses! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:11, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

Talk:Development Infrastructure

2007-08-30T09:28:56Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Is "Open" an appropriate term? */

== Is "Open" an appropriate term? ==

From the [[Main Page]]:

''We like to be clear about the meaning of open, or open source,' as used in this work for items of physical production. By open source, we mean documented to the point where a student may replicate a given item, without even consulting with the developers. To us, this embodies the most complete form of documentation possible, where sufficient detail is provided to enable independent replication. This is open source according to OSE Specifications.''

The OSE specifications are wonderful, but the OSE definition of open source (indeed, the usage of "Open Source Engineering" in the project title itself) is ''significantly'' different from - and conflicting with - the common (and legal, iirc) usage of the term. I '''strongly''' suggest changing the terminology used, as it's a potential point of severe conflict with the majority of the open source community, who may object to the usage of their term in this manner that could confuse people.

The adjective "open," when applied to code, content, or anything else, typically refers to material licensed such that:

* the copyright holders retain their copyright (unlike public domain, which is giving your copyright up completely)
* anyone is libre to use it for gratis (some licenses allow gratis use for any purpose, others require attribution, and yet others restrict gratis use to noncommercal applications).
* anyone is libre to improve it (some licenses require inclusion of the source code or other base material that makes it easy to edit & remix; others do not allow derivative works, and still others have a "copyleft" clause that require all derivative works be open-licensed themselves)
* anyone is libre to share the work and/or their improvements of it with others for gratis (some licenses require attribution, others have a copyleft clause... etc. - see notes above.)

The adjective "open" does ''not'' usually mean:

* sufficient documentation (sufficient according to who?)
* well-designed, well-thought-out projects (by whose standards, anyway?)

The rationale is that people will flock around good projects, and not use bad ones. Let social dynamics determine the standard of how high-quality something has to get. A set of instructions that would enable one group of people (say, trained English-speaking engineers with a decade of experience) to replicate a device independently may be completely insufficient for another (say, Peruvian high-school students who don't read English fluently and have just learned to use a lathe).

The OSE specification on the [[Main Page]] is a superset of the conventional definition of "open" - I think it should be noted as such, under a different name. For instance, "Global Village projects must be released under an open source license (list acceptable licenses here) and in addition, meet the following quality criteria and be approved by (moderator) as sufficiently well-documented to allow, under most circumstances, the majority of (describe demographics of group) to build (device) independently."

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua Mel Chua]

:Good thoughts... my comments [[# Great wiki, and very much aligned below]] don't address this so I just wanted to say that I'm in agreement - don't see anything I disagree with, anyway. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:28, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

== Great wiki, and very much aligned ==

Very brief response - not much time right this second, but I had to say how great it is to find someone whose goals are so enlightened (which is a not-very-modest way of saying I think your goals are aligned with ours at [http://appropedia.org/ Appropedia]).

To address a couple of issues raised in our email discussion:
# '''Wiki merge or partnership? Precedents?''' From Appropedia's perspective (I think I can speak on behalf of all of us) - absolutely! We love [http://www.wikiindex.org/The_Wiki_Synergy_Project synergy]. Putting our work on the one site would be like putting burning coals together to create a much stronger flame. (Forgive the floral language.) There are lots of precedents for mergers - in fact, a majority of the content on our site started out on other wikis, especially WikiGreen. All 5 admins had started different wikis, or were about to start them, when we teamed up and merged.
# '''Differences between OSE and Appropedia.''' There certainly are differences, but I see them as complementary. There are various options for dealing with different types of content. first options are categories, namespaces and templates. Subwikis with cross-login may be appropriate for clearly distinguished projects, but in this case I think OSE and Appropedia are very closely aligned and we could easily deal with the content in one wiki.
#* '''OSE is more technical than Appropedia'''. Definitely. This is not a matter of choice by Appropedia - simply that the technical stuff has not yet received enough attention. It's receiving more now thanks to Vinay and friends' excellent work on the [http://appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Project Hexayurt Project], and I'm sure it will receive far more when we have people dedicated to Open Engineering - including Marcin, hopefully.

Note also our partnership with the [http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/ Open Architecture Network] (OAN) which is also very technically oriented. In that case they work off a different system (Drupal rather than a wiki) and the current plan is to provide a feed of Appropedia content to the relevant pages of OAN. In that case, there are more difficulties (due to the different platforms) and also a clearer distinction in terms of content (as they are focused on architecture).

Note also that Appropedia is very much a work in progress - how you see it in its current state is just a taste of how we envisage it.

Looking forward to your responses! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:11, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

Talk:Development Infrastructure

2007-08-30T09:24:59Z

Chriswaterguy: /* Great wiki, and very much aligned */ expand comments a little

== Is "Open" an appropriate term? ==

From the [[Main Page]]:

''We like to be clear about the meaning of open, or open source,' as used in this work for items of physical production. By open source, we mean documented to the point where a student may replicate a given item, without even consulting with the developers. To us, this embodies the most complete form of documentation possible, where sufficient detail is provided to enable independent replication. This is open source according to OSE Specifications.''

The OSE specifications are wonderful, but the OSE definition of open source (indeed, the usage of "Open Source Engineering" in the project title itself) is ''significantly'' different from - and conflicting with - the common (and legal, iirc) usage of the term. I '''strongly''' suggest changing the terminology used, as it's a potential point of severe conflict with the majority of the open source community, who may object to the usage of their term in this manner that could confuse people.

The adjective "open," when applied to code, content, or anything else, typically refers to material licensed such that:

* the copyright holders retain their copyright (unlike public domain, which is giving your copyright up completely)
* anyone is libre to use it for gratis (some licenses allow gratis use for any purpose, others require attribution, and yet others restrict gratis use to noncommercal applications).
* anyone is libre to improve it (some licenses require inclusion of the source code or other base material that makes it easy to edit & remix; others do not allow derivative works, and still others have a "copyleft" clause that require all derivative works be open-licensed themselves)
* anyone is libre to share the work and/or their improvements of it with others for gratis (some licenses require attribution, others have a copyleft clause... etc. - see notes above.)

The adjective "open" does ''not'' usually mean:

* sufficient documentation (sufficient according to who?)
* well-designed, well-thought-out projects (by whose standards, anyway?)

The rationale is that people will flock around good projects, and not use bad ones. Let social dynamics determine the standard of how high-quality something has to get. A set of instructions that would enable one group of people (say, trained English-speaking engineers with a decade of experience) to replicate a device independently may be completely insufficient for another (say, Peruvian high-school students who don't read English fluently and have just learned to use a lathe).

The OSE specification on the [[Main Page]] is a superset of the conventional definition of "open" - I think it should be noted as such, under a different name. For instance, "Global Village projects must be released under an open source license (list acceptable licenses here) and in addition, meet the following quality criteria and be approved by (moderator) as sufficiently well-documented to allow, under most circumstances, the majority of (describe demographics of group) to build (device) independently."

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua Mel Chua]

== Great wiki, and very much aligned ==

Very brief response - not much time right this second, but I had to say how great it is to find someone whose goals are so enlightened (which is a not-very-modest way of saying I think your goals are aligned with ours at [http://appropedia.org/ Appropedia]).

To address a couple of issues raised in our email discussion:
# '''Wiki merge or partnership? Precedents?''' From Appropedia's perspective (I think I can speak on behalf of all of us) - absolutely! We love [http://www.wikiindex.org/The_Wiki_Synergy_Project synergy]. Putting our work on the one site would be like putting burning coals together to create a much stronger flame. (Forgive the floral language.) There are lots of precedents for mergers - in fact, a majority of the content on our site started out on other wikis, especially WikiGreen. All 5 admins had started different wikis, or were about to start them, when we teamed up and merged.
# '''Differences between OSE and Appropedia.''' There certainly are differences, but I see them as complementary. There are various options for dealing with different types of content. first options are categories, namespaces and templates. Subwikis with cross-login may be appropriate for clearly distinguished projects, but in this case I think OSE and Appropedia are very closely aligned and we could easily deal with the content in one wiki.
#* '''OSE is more technical than Appropedia'''. Definitely. This is not a matter of choice by Appropedia - simply that the technical stuff has not yet received enough attention. It's receiving more now thanks to Vinay and friends' excellent work on the [http://appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Project Hexayurt Project], and I'm sure it will receive far more when we have people dedicated to Open Engineering - including Marcin, hopefully.

Note also our partnership with the [http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/ Open Architecture Network] (OAN) which is also very technically oriented. In that case they work off a different system (Drupal rather than a wiki) and the current plan is to provide a feed of Appropedia content to the relevant pages of OAN. In that case, there are more difficulties (due to the different platforms) and also a clearer distinction in terms of content (as they are focused on architecture).

Note also that Appropedia is very much a work in progress - how you see it in its current state is just a taste of how we envisage it.

Looking forward to your responses! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:11, 30 August 2007 (PDT)

User:Chriswaterguy

2007-08-30T09:20:23Z

Chriswaterguy: links & brief intro

This is me: [http://appropedia.org/User:Chriswaterguy my Appropedia user page]

[http://appropedia.org Appropedia] admin and co-founder.

Strong believer in synergy - and hopeful we can create some here.

Talk:Development Infrastructure

2007-08-30T09:11:41Z

Chriswaterguy: Great wiki, and very much aligned

== Is "Open" an appropriate term? ==

From the [[Main Page]]:

''We like to be clear about the meaning of open, or open source,' as used in this work for items of physical production. By open source, we mean documented to the point where a student may replicate a given item, without even consulting with the developers. To us, this embodies the most complete form of documentation possible, where sufficient detail is provided to enable independent replication. This is open source according to OSE Specifications.''

The OSE specifications are wonderful, but the OSE definition of open source (indeed, the usage of "Open Source Engineering" in the project title itself) is ''significantly'' different from - and conflicting with - the common (and legal, iirc) usage of the term. I '''strongly''' suggest changing the terminology used, as it's a potential point of severe conflict with the majority of the open source community, who may object to the usage of their term in this manner that could confuse people.

The adjective "open," when applied to code, content, or anything else, typically refers to material licensed such that:

* the copyright holders retain their copyright (unlike public domain, which is giving your copyright up completely)
* anyone is libre to use it for gratis (some licenses allow gratis use for any purpose, others require attribution, and yet others restrict gratis use to noncommercal applications).
* anyone is libre to improve it (some licenses require inclusion of the source code or other base material that makes it easy to edit & remix; others do not allow derivative works, and still others have a "copyleft" clause that require all derivative works be open-licensed themselves)
* anyone is libre to share the work and/or their improvements of it with others for gratis (some licenses require attribution, others have a copyleft clause... etc. - see notes above.)

The adjective "open" does ''not'' usually mean:

* sufficient documentation (sufficient according to who?)
* well-designed, well-thought-out projects (by whose standards, anyway?)

The rationale is that people will flock around good projects, and not use bad ones. Let social dynamics determine the standard of how high-quality something has to get. A set of instructions that would enable one group of people (say, trained English-speaking engineers with a decade of experience) to replicate a device independently may be completely insufficient for another (say, Peruvian high-school students who don't read English fluently and have just learned to use a lathe).

The OSE specification on the [[Main Page]] is a superset of the conventional definition of "open" - I think it should be noted as such, under a different name. For instance, "Global Village projects must be released under an open source license (list acceptable licenses here) and in addition, meet the following quality criteria and be approved by (moderator) as sufficiently well-documented to allow, under most circumstances, the majority of (describe demographics of group) to build (device) independently."

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua Mel Chua]

== Great wiki, and very much aligned ==

Very brief response - not much time right this second, but I had to say how great it is to find someone whose goals are so enlightened (which is a not-very-modest way of saying I think your goals are aligned with ours at [http://appropedia.org/ Appropedia].

To address a couple of issues raised in our email discussion:
# '''Wiki merge or partnership? Precedents?''' From Appropedia's perspective (I think I can speak on behalf of all of us) - absolutely! We love [http://www.wikiindex.org/The_Wiki_Synergy_Project synergy]. Putting our work on the one site would be like putting burning coals together to create a much stronger flame. (Forgive the floral language.) There are lots of precedents for mergers - in fact, a majority of the content on our site started out on other wikis, especially WikiGreen. All 5 admins had started different wikis, or were about to start them, when we teamed up and merged.
# '''Differences between OSE and Appropedia.''' There certainly are differences, but I see them as complementary. There are various options for dealing with different types of content. first options are categories, namespaces and templates. Subwikis with cross-login may be appropriate for clearly distinguished projects, but in this case I think OSE and Appropedia are very closely aligned and we could easily deal with the content in one wiki.

Looking forward to your responses! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 02:11, 30 August 2007 (PDT)