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User talk:JfbEarthBank

2008-04-17T15:09:15Z

JfbEarthBank: There are reasons for urgency & completing a Global EcoVillage Construction Set

There must be a way to "cut to the chase". In my case, not only is "socializing-time" accelerating but Time itself appears to be running out[not rewinding]. The Mayans viewed calendar time as ending in [our] 2012. Actually Mayan astronomers posit that another full 26,000 yr solar orbit begins after the significant solar convergence w/ the galactic core. Pragmatically, the time for resettling/migrating to a relatively safe place on the planet is closing in quickly. Before the end of 2008 we may not have any dependable currency to use with a disappearance of fiat currency. That's one reason why EarthBank, Inc. was chartered in the State of Florida [1986]: to provide gold-backed "local currency" in the form of EarthDollars. That purpose was set back by Hurricane Andrew [1992]wiping out our asset base and resulting in an inactive charter/org. With no backup documentation[our co-authored "Disclosure Document"], we resorted to survival behavior and organizing organic gardening small-scale, concentraqting on soil building an urban farm for sprouting products [Green Gardens in Miami]. Now Green Gardens has been regulated out of existence. Other Nature Sanctuary-type of nursery places are not producing self-sufficiency; the organic farmers' markets are doing "business as usual" which will not survive the coming changes.

Always working on alternatives for the past forty years plus; now, I don't see what I'm doing as an Alternative but the only way to assure some knowledgeable human survival. Those of us carrying evolutionary skills & knowledge need to collaborate, share materials engineering, tool-making, major transportation solutions like what is offered on http://frank.germano.com - a V. Schauberger/Tesla-type of "free energy" propulsion/generating system w/ built-in longevity in one-off use of materials in making an AIRSHIP! At the same time packaging food production in the most mobile most nutrient-dense format by utilizing already designed methods found in http://www.kitchenculturekit.com and "FOOD FROM SUNLIGHT" as well as manuals instructing us on microalgal culturing and using books like "The Permaculture Book of Ferment & Human Nutrition" by Bill Mollison, "Eco Farms" an Acres U.S.A. Primer and seaponics texts describing scientific experiments with sea-solids for totally balanced[recovery]of trace minerals and essential nutrients, enzymes, etc.

Of course I'm awaiting feedback, mentoring, financing[alternatives] and can only hope that urgency is one of our shared traits.

== Affiliations/associations ==

These are some suggested affiliations/associations that i have attempted to cultivate w/ ensuing blocks & denials: Lifeboat Foundation http://www.lifeboat.com - "Safeguarding Humanity" founder=Eric Klein.
When requested, I wrote a "White Paper" on spirulina and the importance of designing wholistic habitat as if for application in Cosmic Space. My designing has been guided by perceived necessity for moving everything inside out of "harm's reach"; e.g. harmful solar radiation, depleted, deteriorating soil, nutrient sources, genetic manipulations, toxic over-spray of ag chemicals, etc., etc.[more present perils & projected harm can be enumerated and documented if desired]. Revealing potential perils is not to empower negativity but to prove necessity for preparedness and establish design/solution parameters. I would rather face reality and refine adjustments toward evolutionary movement.
Lifeboat Fndtn seems to be motivated to promote Kurzweil's agenda and justify academia & post-grad positioning of "scientists".

Intentional Community http://www.ic.org certainly has compiled a substatial directory listing of varied community-building, resident-recruiting efforts and all of them could use the "Global Village Construction Set" esp. the "multimachine" & Fab Lab ...

Specific places like "Tree of Life": http://www.treeoflife.nu because I worked there and know that they have expansion plans and plenty of usable land; and their network is extensive.

User talk:JfbEarthBank

2008-03-22T16:40:29Z

JfbEarthBank: Affiliations/associations

There must be a way to "cut to the chase". In my case, not only is "socializing-time" accelerating but Time itself appears to be running out[not rewinding]. The Mayans viewed calendar time as ending in [our] 2012. Actually Mayan astronomers posit that another full 26,000 yr solar orbit begins after the significant solar convergence w/ the galactic core. Pragmatically, the time for resettling/migrating to a relatively safe place on the planet is closing in quickly. Before the end of 2008 we may not have any dependable currency to use with a disappearance of fiat currency. That's one reason why EarthBank, Inc. was chartered in the State of Florida [1986]: to provide gold-backed "local currency" in the form of EarthDollars. That purpose was set back by Hurricane Andrew [1992]wiping out our asset base and resulting in an inactive charter/org. With no backup documentation[our co-authored "Disclosure Document"], we resorted to survival behavior and organizing organic gardening small-scale, concentraqting on soil building an urban farm for sprouting products [Green Gardens in Miami]. Now Green Gardens has been regulated out of existence. Other Nature Sanctuary-type of nursery places are not producing self-sufficiency; the organic farmers' markets are doing "business as usual" which will not survive the coming changes.

Always working on alternatives for the past forty years plus; now, I don't see what I'm doing as an Alternative but the only way to assure some knowledgeable human survival. Those of us carrying evolutionary skills & knowledge need to collaborate, share materials engineering, tool-making, major transportation solutions like what is offered on http://frankgermano.com - a V. Schauberger/Tesla-type of "free energy" propulsion/generating system w/ built-in longevity in one-off use of materials in making an AIRSHIP! At the same time packaging food production in the most mobile most nutrient dense format by utilizing already designed methods found in http://www.kitchenculturekit.com and "FOOD FROM SUNLIGHT" as well as manuals instructing us on microalgal culturing and using books like "The Permaculture Book of Ferment & Human Nutrition by Bill Mollison and seaponics texts describing scientific experiments with sea-solids for totally balanced[recovery]of trace minerals and essential nutrients, enzymes, etc.

Of course I'm awaiting feedback, mentoring, financing[alternatives] and can only hope that urgency is one of our shared traits.

== Affiliations/associations ==

These are some suggested affiliations/associations that i have attempted to cultivate w/ ensuing blocks & denials: Lifeboat Foundation http://www.lifeboat.com - "Safeguarding Humanity" founder=Eric Klein.
When requested, I wrote a "White Paper" on spirulina and the importance of designing wholistic habitat as if for application in Cosmic Space. My designing has been guided by perceived necessity for moving everything inside out of "harm's reach"; e.g. harmful solar radiation, depleted, deteriorating soil, nutrient sources, genetic manipulations, toxic over-spray of ag chemicals, etc., etc.[more present perils & projected harm can be enumerated and documented if desired]. Revealing potential perils is not to empower negativity but to prove necessity for preparedness and establish design/solution parameters. I would rather face reality and refine adjustments toward evolutionary movement.
Lifeboat Fndtn seems to be motivated to promote Kurzweil's agenda and justify academia & post-grad positioning of "scientists".

Intentional Community http://www.ic.org certainly has compiled a substatial directory listing of varied community-building, resident-recruiting efforts and all of them could use the "Global Village Construction Set" esp. the "multimachine" & Fab Lab ...

Specific places like "Tree of Life": http://www.treeoflife.nu because I worked there and know that they have expansion plans and plenty of usable land; and their network is extensive.

User talk:JfbEarthBank

2008-03-20T17:48:43Z

JfbEarthBank: Reasons for Being Involved in Evolving

Category:Core Team Members

2008-03-20T16:06:58Z

JfbEarthBank: Seeking traditional "respect for elders" role of Applied Anthro observer/participation

]Welcome core team people! This is the core team directory for key contributors to the Open Source Ecology/open product development/open infrastructure creation/global village construction set.

Here we are collecting information about the Core Team. Please answer the following questions. The information will be accessible to other Core Team members to help them to get to know you and work with you more effectively. This information is intended for that purpose. Each Core Team member will have a page, and all pages will be accessible through this page.

'''Name:'''John Fraser Beckley aka alternative/spiritual/transcendant ID=Jason OZ Janus [since 1968]

'''Contact Information:''' - phone, Skype, email, webpage, blog, other jfbeckley9@hotmail.com ; jason@earthbank.org ; www.earthbank.org [cache page only at this time]
OR visit me on-board in the Coconut Grove Free Anchorage [FL 5529 HF]

'''Contributions relevant to project:''' - any related education, skills, experiences, resources that may contribute to moving the project forward.
Early years gardening; selected by NASA recruiters as volunteer for their "biometric" R&D [=where I learned to control biofeedback VDTscreens in 1954]; Peace Corps/Philippines GroupVII[1962-64 where life-changing village encounters and early organic crop production & electricity generating experiments were conducted with elem. school students; Beloit College(WI)- Civil Rights activities: wrote grant applications for "Headstart" program & supervised innovative education "PROJECT:VISION" in ten AL cities; went to OAXACA, MEXICO on a NSF Grant/Beloit College Project to introduce solar cooking in order to reduce
loss of tree cover & soils in Teotitlan del Valle & conducted personal interest study of elem. school in San Bartolo Coyotepec; returned to Chicago forming a live/work collaborative/communal setting that turned into Naturalism, Inc.=24/7/365 five years drug rescue/crisis service and divinity training/rehab; started/organized/coordinated problem-solving ORGS or Corps from 1971: UPFRONT INC. "How much do you know about what you put into your body?"; A.D.E.P.T.S.= Assn. of Dynamic Environmental Perception Training & Sciences "Study of the Obvious & Subtle Energies"; worked with Philip Hiss of "Golden Flower" to harvest and deliver the first four shipments of commercial organic produce from Florida; worked directly with organic marketing pioneers: STARR ORGANICS INC & GLASER FARMS; went to Suriname in 1977 after being invited to set-up an orchard/garden therapy program by the current U.N. Liason in Paramaribo[as a result, met and agreed to proposal w/ Headman of Tribal River Nation to solve food storage problems in exchange for 1000 hectares to build EcoVillage/Spaceport.... ]That started a process of discovery finding appropriate ecological technology mobile enough to stand alone sustainably. So far I have the land stewardship for food preservation technology exchange set up; also, a village design "floor plan", natural resource-low-cost materials engineering geopolymers.org connection for a free tech transfer,and a nutrient-dense food production plan and years of self-correcting exercises/refining process ''Accomplishments:''' Any visible achievements or accomplishments that demonstrate your abilities along the lines of the work here.
Developed wholistic [Maslow hierarchical needs-guided]EcoVillage Plan [concentric-community pavillion centered garden grove radial pathways medicine wheel sectored 16-habitat-places each with multimachine fab lab & communal residence & pie-portioned garden-grove projected to be placed in the pristine eco-zone of Tumucumuque highlands near the indigenous Park. Been to Suriname, met the Headman of Tribal River Nation, a sovereign, autonomous people and anticipate delivering what is needed for a completed Global Village Construction Set...
'''Present engagements and actions.
are you currently engaged in on a day-to-day level

Meeting with family members of a Nicaraguan "landed estate" social enterprise effort serving battered women & displaced natives to accomplish Green Project Development.

'''Networks:''' Social networks, groups, clubs, organizations, or other leaders that you have access to

int'l permaculture listserv; local organic producers; geopolymers.org (met with principle: Joseph Davidovitz during his lecture series at Barry Univ, Miami FL); ACCESS is a key word that is limited by lack of laptop or OLPC-type of device that could be remedied by techsoup.org for ex. because I have worked with many in the past that could be accessed now given this Open Source Ecology effort...

'''Level of Commitment to the ''Good Work'':''' This question helps us assess what you are capable of in terms of practical commitment levels and depth of involvement. Are you doing full time organizational/progressive/open source/other work for a living, or is it a part time diversion from working another, unrelated full-time job?

Officially in retirement mode financially living off S.S.A. award benefits; Global Village construction has been an aspiration hanging onto the pragmatic baseline technology exchange for habitable land[1000 hectares for food preservation tech]made years ago between Headman of the Tribal River Nation in Suriname and the conceptual org= Mother Earth Life Sanctuary And Temples Of Spiritual Awakening
Organizing/coordinating advancements & human evolution are ongoing, everyday activities for me

'''Livelihood goals:''' - What would you like to see yourself working in/making a living on a long-term basis? Is that what you're doing now?

It's what I'm doing now; the model is: foodtech in exchange for materials engineering, multimachine, human needs-filling "prosumer" production facilities

'''Your interests in open product/infrastructure development:''' What in particular interests you in open development?

Everything for Everybody is a longtime commitment dating from "Everything Under One Roof" project first proposed in Wash. D.C. back in 1970

'''Which of the projects are you interested in?''' - select CEB, Solar Turbine, Agriculture, etc., or all, of the main projects listed at [[Overview]]

ALL

'''Are you interested in living in a startup, land-based Global Village as being discussed here?'''

YES

'''How did you find out about us?'''

Probably from entries on the permaculture listserv

'''Are there any other things you'd like to say?'''

Yes - asap will send documents or resource referrences since library just installed a scanner! But later!
Pls guide me to a more interactive mode of communication e.g. blog or "Zone"

Category:Core Team Members

2008-03-19T18:04:55Z

JfbEarthBank:

]Welcome core team people! This is the core team directory for key contributors to the Open Source Ecology/open product development/open infrastructure creation/global village construction set.

Here we are collecting information about the Core Team. Please answer the following questions. The information will be accessible to other Core Team members to help them to get to know you and work with you more effectively. This information is intended for that purpose. Each Core Team member will have a page, and all pages will be accessible through this page.

'''Name:'''John Fraser Beckley aka alternative/spiritual/transcendant ID=Jason OZ Janus [since 1968]

'''Contact Information:''' - phone, Skype, email, webpage, blog, other jfbeckley9@hotmail.com ; jason@earthbank.org ; www.earthbank.org [cache page only at this time]
OR visit me on-board in the Coconut Grove Free Anchorage [FL 5529 HF]

'''Contributions relevant to project:''' - any related education, skills, experiences, resources that may contribute to moving the project forward.
Early years gardening; selected by NASA recruiters as volunteer for their "biometric" R&D [=where I learned to control biofeedback VDTscreens in 1954]; Peace Corps/Philippines GroupVII[1962-64 where life-changing village encounters and early organic crop production & electricity generating experiments were conducted with elem. school students; Beloit College(WI)- Civil Rights activities: wrote grant applications for "Headstart" program & supervised innovative education "PROJECT:VISION" in ten AL cities; went to OAXACA, MEXICO on a NSF Grant/Beloit College Project to introduce solar cooking in order to reduce
loss of tree cover & soils in Teotitlan del Valle & conducted personal interest study of elem. school in San Bartolo Coyotepec; returned to Chicago forming a live/work collaborative/communal setting that turned into Naturalism, Inc.=24/7/365 five years drug rescue/crisis service and divinity training/rehab; started/organized/coordinated problem-solving ORGS or Corps from 1971: UPFRONT INC. "How much do you know about what you put into your body?"; A.D.E.P.T.S.= Assn. of Dynamic Environmental Perception Training & Sciences "Study of the Obvious & Subtle Energies"; worked with Philip Hiss of "Golden Flower" to harvest and deliver the first four shipments of commercial organic produce from Florida; worked directly with organic marketing pioneers: STARR ORGANICS INC & GLASER FARMS; went to Suriname in 1977 after being invited to set-up an orchard/garden therapy program by the current U.N. Liason in Paramaribo[as a result, met and agreed to proposal w/ Headman of Tribal River Nation to solve food storage problems in exchange for 1000 hectares to build EcoVillage/Spaceport.... ]That started a process of discovery finding appropriate ecological technology mobile enough to stand alone sustainably. So far I have the land stewardship for food preservation technology exchange set up; also, a village design "floor plan", natural resource-low-cost materials engineering geopolymers.org connection for a free tech transfer,and a nutrient-dense food production plan and years of self-correcting exercises/refining process ''Accomplishments:''' Any visible achievements or accomplishments that demonstrate your abilities along the lines of the work here.
Developed wholistic [Maslow hierarchical needs-guided]EcoVillage Plan [concentric-community pavillion centered garden grove radial pathways medicine wheel sectored 16-habitat-places each with multimachine fab lab & communal residence & pie-portioned garden-grove projected to be placed in the pristine eco-zone of Tumucumuque highlands near the indigenous Park. Been to Suriname, met the Headman of Tribal River Nation, a sovereign, autonomous people and anticipate delivering what is needed for a completed Global Village Construction Set...
'''Present engagements and actions.
are you currently engaged in on a day-to-day level

Meeting with family members of a Nicaraguan "landed estate" social enterprise effort serving battered women & displaced natives to accomplish Green Project Development.

'''Networks:''' Social networks, groups, clubs, organizations, or other leaders that you have access to

'''Level of Commitment to the ''Good Work'':''' This question helps us assess what you are capable of in terms of practical commitment levels and depth of involvement. Are you doing full time organizational/progressive/open source/other work for a living, or is it a part time diversion from working another, unrelated full-time job?

'''Livelihood goals:''' - What would you like to see yourself working in/making a living on a long-term basis? Is that what you're doing now?

'''Your interests in open product/infrastructure development:''' What in particular interests you in open development?

'''Which of the projects are you interested in?''' - select CEB, Solar Turbine, Agriculture, etc., or all, of the main projects listed at [[Overview]]

'''Are you interested in living in a startup, land-based Global Village as being discussed here?'''

'''How did you find out about us?'''

'''Are there any other things you'd like to say?''' Yes - asap will send documents or resource referrences since library just installed a scanner! But later!

Category:Core Team Members

2008-03-18T17:50:56Z

JfbEarthBank:

Welcome core team people! This is the core team directory for key contributors to the Open Source Ecology/open product development/open infrastructure creation/global village construction set.

Here we are collecting information about the Core Team. Please answer the following questions. The information will be accessible to other Core Team members to help them to get to know you and work with you more effectively. This information is intended for that purpose. Each Core Team member will have a page, and all pages will be accessible through this page.

'''Name:'''John Fraser Beckley aka alternative/spiritual/transcendant ID=Jason OZ Janus [since 1968]

'''Contact Information:''' - phone, Skype, email, webpage, blog, other jfbeckley9@hotmail.com ; jason@earthbank.org ; www.earthbank.org [cache page only at this time]
OR visit me on-board in the Coconut Grove Free Anchorage [FL 5529 HF]

'''Contributions relevant to project:''' - any related education, skills, experiences, resources that may contribute to moving the project forward.
Early years gardening; selected by NASA recruiters as volunteer for their "biometric" R&D [=where I learned to control biofeedback VDTscreens in 1954]; Peace Corps/Philippines GroupVII[1962-64 where life-changing village encounters and early organic crop production & electricity generating experiments were conducted with elem. school students; Beloit College(WI)- Civil Rights activities: wrote grant applications for "Headstart" program & supervised innovative education "PROJECT:VISION" in ten AL cities; went to OAXACA, MEXICO on a NSF Grant/Beloit College Project to introduce solar cooking in order to reduce
loss of tree cover & soils in Teotitlan del Valle & conducted personal interest study of elem. school in San Bartolo Coyotepec; returned to Chicago forming a live/work collaborative/communal setting that turned into Naturalism, Inc.=24/7/365 five years drug rescue/crisis service and divinity training/rehab; started/organized/coordinated problem-solving ORGS or Corps from 1971: UPFRONT INC. "How much do you know about what you put into your body?"; A.D.E.P.T.S.= Assn. of Dynamic Environmental Perception Training & Sciences "Study of the Obvious & Subtle Energies"; worked with Philip Hiss of "Golden Flower" to harvest and deliver the first four shipments of commercial organic produce from Florida; worked directly with organic marketing pioneers: STARR ORGANICS INC & GLASER FARMS; went to Suriname in 1977 after being invited to set-up an orchard/garden therapy program by the current U.N. Liason in Paramaribo[as a result, met and agreed to proposal w/ Headman of Tribal River Nation to solve food storage problems in exchange for 1000 hectares to build EcoVillage/Spaceport....

'''Accomplishments:''' Any visible achievements or accomplishments that demonstrate your abilities along the lines of the work here.

'''Present engagements and activities:''' - What are you currently engaged in on a day-to-day level

'''Networks:''' Social networks, groups, clubs, organizations, or other leaders that you have access to

'''Level of Commitment to the ''Good Work'':''' This question helps us assess what you are capable of in terms of practical commitment levels and depth of involvement. Are you doing full time organizational/progressive/open source/other work for a living, or is it a part time diversion from working another, unrelated full-time job?

'''Livelihood goals:''' - What would you like to see yourself working in/making a living on a long-term basis? Is that what you're doing now?

'''Your interests in open product/infrastructure development:''' What in particular interests you in open development?

'''Which of the projects are you interested in?''' - select CEB, Solar Turbine, Agriculture, etc., or all, of the main projects listed at [[Overview]]

'''Are you interested in living in a startup, land-based Global Village as being discussed here?'''

'''How did you find out about us?'''

'''Are there any other things you'd like to say?'''