https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=MaureenOpen Source Ecology - User contributions [en]2026-05-10T18:56:28ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.13https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Key_phrases&diff=11350Key phrases2009-12-15T20:59:37Z<p>Maureen: </p>
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<div>last updated 11.30.09<br />
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*And until the paradigm has shifted its business as usual: "we rob the other guy, and pass the savings on to you..."<br />
*Modern agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food. - [http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/c13/page_76.shtml Albert Bartlett]<br />
*Essence of consensus is creativity - Jack Reed. I add, Essence of consensus is creativity expressed by effective production/meeting of needs. Or, we can simplify: ''There is no need for consensus, as long as people live and let live.''<br />
*Best things in life are free.<br />
*Redefine ownership with use and access.<br />
*Can't retrofit existing communities? Sure you can, starting by unplugging from the System, but political autonomy is not addressed by this yet. This requires extra work, and there are no clear solutions.<br />
*The solution for everything is the solution for anything.<br />
*Open Source Ecology is the practical application of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory general systems theory] towards creating a post-scarcity society. ''General systems theory is telling us that that everything is interconnected - so we cannot really change what must be changed by simply rallying against one or a couple of issues.''<br />
*''We do not have a representative democracy in the United States. We have an unequal democracy where the major decisions that affect our lives are affected by power/money interests. We need to return to the people the decisions that affect their everyday lives.'' Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis<br />
*From Community Planet Foundation [http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=7458428999541217548&hl=en&fs=true 38 minute video] - ''Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.'' - Benito Mussolini<br />
*We make things that don't break<br />
*Different system of technology means different economy and politic. <br />
*A resilient community is by definition autonomous - no power centers involved when you are not dependent on anybody for handouts, even on trade. Trade is good - but you engage it voluntarily, not because you have to<br />
*Voluntary contract, enterprise community<br />
*Free enterprise is redefined - away from monopoly capitalism<br />
*Mini-China on your desktop<br />
*We're not a factory farm, we are a factor e enterprise - exponential improvement in productivity and quality of life.<br />
*The political systems are broken - assessment of Earth<br />
*The economic systems are broken - assessment of Earth<br />
*disruptive economics<br />
*evolve to freedom<br />
*innovation = invention + diffusion<br />
*post-scarcity<br />
*opensourcing the wheel, not reinventing the wheel<br />
*Open Source Fab Lab = RepLab<br />
*technology has a human interface usable by a person with a high school education<br />
*"to further the establishment and growth of novel, autonomous communities, enabling innovation with new social and industrial systems."<br />
*Decent technology (decentralization technology)<br />
*Resilient Community Construction Set<br />
*the "unleashed" ability to make things<br />
*As James Howard Kunstler once said after visiting the Googleplex: "The changes we need are not like pushing pixels around the screen." (I am paraphrasing...source: here - highly recommended audio ). <br />
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=Transhumanist Audience=<br />
I think your message of independence will resonate extremely well with them. They are revoluzzis who would like nothing more than to change power structures and topple hierarchies. Focus on that and you'll win big time. I would also emphasize your important argument of high-tech neo-subsistence. These people are tech fanatics. Let's face it: all too often we don't need very sophisticated technology. Old-school, proven solutions exist, we just need to rediscover them. You know that better than I do. But that's not what they want to hear. They like high tech solutions because they have the potential to revolutionize and cause damage to existing power structures. The way to reconcile this is that you could focus on design. We rediscover and refine some old stuff (f.ex. steam engine... ). But we add a 21st century cutting edge design. That is how the environmental movement in general is succeeding in distancing itself from the jute-bag, Birkenstock wearing hippy image. Emphasize art ! This will also fly. You will make many new true fans.<br />
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[[Category:Marketing]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geopolymers&diff=11285Geopolymers2009-12-05T05:12:34Z<p>Maureen: </p>
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<div>==Introduction==<br />
This may be a low-energy, strong brick technology that is also totally decentralizable in production, and may be widely accessible on many continents.<br />
<br />
==Energy Requirements==<br />
<br />
This following graph shows the relationship between firing temperature of geopolymer bricks and compressinve strength. The graph shows that with a firing temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, geopolymers become as s strong as concrete blocks, and with higher firing temperatures, they can be about twice as strong as concrete:<br />
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[[Image:firingtemps.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Caveat: there is a requirement of about 2% stabilizer (base salts) for this to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
===What is it?===<br />
Geopolymerization is the process of polymerizing silica and alumina containing minerals with the use of alkali solvents. Discovered (or rediscovered) by Joseph Davidovits, geopolymer cements are likely similar to materials used in antiquity. Although cements are the most common application of geopolymerization, a range of refractory and structural products have been produced. The products of geopolymerization are called poly-silicates.<br />
<br />
The vast majority of minerals on the earth's surface exist as alumino-silicate crystals (for example: clays, feldspars, quartz). By dissolving these and then allowing them to recondense, materials with longer range crystalline structure than its components may be formed.<br />
<br />
The most basic inorganic polymerization process uses abundant kaolin clays and silica rich wastes to make a strong cement. A solution of simple aluminosilicates dissolved in an alkali solution acts as a binder, polycondensing upon dehydrolization into a microcrystaline structure which spans the space between silica rich particles. With little technology and at low temperatures, [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material bricks] and cements many times stronger than Portland cement are produced. With more intensive technology (artificial atmospheres, high pressures, controlled temperatures) and at hundreds to thousands of degrees Celsius, much more structured polymers can be produced which will never combust at any temperature (due to a lack of carbon to react with oxygen), and which also have very low thermal expansion coefficients. <br />
<br />
Currently, much of this research is closed source and proprietary. Room temperature setting cements, refractory mineral foams and non-combustible panels for airplanes are amongst the products being researched, and possibly already being widely produced. As the field progresses, more advanced geopolymers and geopolymerizing processes will likely emerge.<br />
<br />
The [http://www.geopolymer.org/ Geopolymer Institute] has many useful technical papers on the subject, and has also released several collections of papers from "geopolymere" conferences in France. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources of Materials==<br />
* a source of silica that can be made soluble in an alkali solvent. This could be a "kaolinitic" clay from subsoil (methods for adequacy analysis needed), diatomaceous earth or volcanic ash. (Note that a handful of kaolinitic clay mixed in a glass of water and allowed to dry completely will leave a discrete hard disc resembling a white poker chip. If it cracks and/or sticks to the sides of the glass is not kaolin.) <br />
* source of '''alkali solvents''' (NaOH) - most common way is through the electrolysis of brine or "salt water," (i.e. sodium chloride in water). Chlorine and hydrogen gases are produced as valuable byproducts. Another source is hard wood ash, which has been used in the past for soap making (Dissolve ash in rain water, filter out large debris, then boil off the water. Or you and suspend the hardwood ashes in a dishcloth over a pot and drip the rainwater through.)<br />
* a source of calcium carbonate (limestone, calcareous subsoil, etc.) is generally also used.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sample Recipe==<br />
<br />
''The making of alkaline solution,<br />
12 hr before mixing, slowly! dissolve 320gm sodium hydroxide (pure lye, as in a drain cleaner) into a liter of water. This should be stirred in slowly, with care, wearing gloves and goggles as it is very caustic. This mix will generate some heat while dissolving.<br />
*After the lye solution is fully dissolved (12hr) mix one part lye solution with 2 1/2 parts sodium silicate. (available at pottery supplies) <br />
* Basic recipe #8<br />
4 1/2 parts metakaolin<br />
1/2 part lime (type s)<br />
8 parts aggregate (sand mix)<br />
alkaline solution as needed (about 1/3 the amount of metakaolin and ash, by weight)<br />
<br />
*Mix all the dry ingredients together then stir in just enough alkaline solution to make a stiff mix. Keep the liquid content as low as possible. Cure like concrete, warm and moist.<br />
<br />
*Class C Fly ash can replace the metakaolin and lime, if its type F fly ash replace only the metakaolin.''<br />
<br />
taken from: [http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/strawbale_listserv.repp.org/2007-May/001015.html]<br />
<br />
Here is a Dr. Michel Barsoum’s formula for a man-made limestone. To a high pH water, add limestone powder, diatomaceous earth and a very small amount of lime. Form and cure at 90 degrees Centigrade. This yielded a stone with a compressive strength > 20MPa and able to withstand 2 months of submersion in water. He stressed that the one of the keys to geopolymerization is the rapid dissolution of silica and that this is best achieved using diatomaceous earth as a silica source, not clay. Because natural earth materials vary, unlike standardized commercial products, the formulae and properties of the final polymerized stone building products may vary greatly from region to region. (Link below.)<br />
<br />
Some have described geopolymer as a man-made zeolite; some as man-made limestone. It could also be likened to a man-made soil duripan, especially if volcanic ash is used as a amorphous silica source. Clearly, a range of local natural earth materials can be successfully used, but a period of formula testing is necessary.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.geopolymer.org/<br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/learning/video-tutorial-geopolymer-for-newcomers Geopolymer for Newcomers (Prof. J. Davidovits)] <br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material Overview: talk by Prof. J. Davidovits]<br />
**Video and technical paper [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material]<br />
**Dr. Barsoum explains what geopolymer is, how it is made and how it was used in the ancient world [http://www.materials.drexel.edu/pyramids/GeopolymerWhitePaper-Barsoum.pdf}<br />
<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymers<br />
* http://www.geopolymers.com.au/<br />
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[[Category:CEB]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geopolymers&diff=11283Geopolymers2009-12-05T05:03:32Z<p>Maureen: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
This may be a low-energy, strong brick technology that is also totally decentralizable in production, and may be widely accessible on many continents.<br />
<br />
==Energy Requirements==<br />
<br />
This following graph shows the relationship between firing temperature of geopolymer bricks and compressinve strength. The graph shows that with a firing temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, geopolymers become as s strong as concrete blocks, and with higher firing temperatures, they can be about twice as strong as concrete:<br />
<br />
[[Image:firingtemps.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Caveat: there is a requirement of about 2% stabilizer (base salts) for this to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
===What is it?===<br />
Geopolymerization is the process of polymerizing silica and alumina containing minerals with the use of alkali solvents. Discovered (or rediscovered) by Joseph Davidovits, geopolymer cements are likely similar to materials used in antiquity. Although cements are the most common application of geopolymerization, a range of refractory and structural products have been produced. The products of geopolymerization are called poly-silicates.<br />
<br />
The vast majority of minerals on the earth's surface exist as alumino-silicate crystals (for example: clays, feldspars, quartz). By dissolving these and then allowing them to recondense, materials with longer range crystalline structure than its components may be formed.<br />
<br />
The most basic inorganic polymerization process uses abundant kaolin clays and silica rich wastes to make a strong cement. A solution of simple aluminosilicates dissolved in an alkali solution acts as a binder, polycondensing upon dehydrolization into a microcrystaline structure which spans the space between silica rich particles. With little technology and at low temperatures, [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material bricks] and cements many times stronger than Portland cement are produced. With more intensive technology (artificial atmospheres, high pressures, controlled temperatures) and at hundreds to thousands of degrees Celsius, much more structured polymers can be produced which will never combust at any temperature (due to a lack of carbon to react with oxygen), and which also have very low thermal expansion coefficients. <br />
<br />
Currently, much of this research is closed source and proprietary. Room temperature setting cements, refractory mineral foams and non-combustible panels for airplanes are amongst the products being researched, and possibly already being widely produced. As the field progresses, more advanced geopolymers and geopolymerizing processes will likely emerge.<br />
<br />
The [http://www.geopolymer.org/ Geopolymer Institute] has many useful technical papers on the subject, and has also released several collections of papers from "geopolymere" conferences in France. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources of Materials==<br />
* a source of silica that can be made soluble in an alkali solvent. This could be a "kaolinitic" clay from subsoil (methods for adequacy analysis needed), diatomaceous earth or volcanic ash.<br />
* source of '''alkali solvents''' (NaOH) - most common way is through the electrolysis of brine or "salt water," (i.e. sodium chloride in water). Chlorine and hydrogen gases are produced as valuable byproducts. Another source is hard wood ash, which has been used in the past for soap making (Dissolve ash in rain water, filter out large debris, then boil off the water. Or you and suspend the hardwood ashes in a dishcloth over a pot and drip the rainwater through.)<br />
* a source of calcium carbonate (limestone, calcareous subsoil, etc.) is generally also used.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sample Recipe==<br />
<br />
''The making of alkaline solution,<br />
12 hr before mixing, slowly! dissolve 320gm sodium hydroxide (pure lye, as in a drain cleaner) into a liter of water. This should be stirred in slowly, with care, wearing gloves and goggles as it is very caustic. This mix will generate some heat while dissolving.<br />
*After the lye solution is fully dissolved (12hr) mix one part lye solution with 2 1/2 parts sodium silicate. (available at pottery supplies) <br />
* Basic recipe #8<br />
4 1/2 parts metakaolin<br />
1/2 part lime (type s)<br />
8 parts aggregate (sand mix)<br />
alkaline solution as needed (about 1/3 the amount of metakaolin and ash, by weight)<br />
<br />
*Mix all the dry ingredients together then stir in just enough alkaline solution to make a stiff mix. Keep the liquid content as low as possible. Cure like concrete, warm and moist.<br />
<br />
*Class C Fly ash can replace the metakaolin and lime, if its type F fly ash replace only the metakaolin.''<br />
<br />
taken from: [http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/strawbale_listserv.repp.org/2007-May/001015.html]<br />
<br />
Here is a Dr. Michel Barsoum’s formula for a man-made limestone. To a high pH water, add limestone powder, diatomaceous earth and a very small amount of lime. Form and cure at 90 degrees Centigrade. This yielded a stone with a compressive strength > 20MPa and able to withstand 2 months of submersion in water. He stressed that the one of the keys to geopolymerization is the rapid dissolution of silica and that this is best achieved using diatomaceous earth as a silica source, not clay. Because natural earth materials vary, unlike standardized commercial products, the formulae and properties of the final polymerized stone building products may vary greatly from region to region. (Link below.)<br />
<br />
Some have described geopolymer as a man-made zeolite; some as man-made limestone. It could also be likened to a man-made soil duripan, especially if volcanic ash is used as a amorphous silica source. Clearly, a range of local natural earth materials can be successfully used, but a period of formula testing is necessary.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.geopolymer.org/<br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/learning/video-tutorial-geopolymer-for-newcomers Geopolymer for Newcomers (Prof. J. Davidovits)] <br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material Overview: talk by Prof. J. Davidovits]<br />
**Video and technical paper [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material]<br />
**Dr. Barsoum explains what geopolymer is, how it is made and how it was used in the ancient world [http://www.materials.drexel.edu/pyramids/GeopolymerWhitePaper-Barsoum.pdf}<br />
<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymers<br />
* http://www.geopolymers.com.au/<br />
<br />
[[Category:CEB]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geopolymers&diff=11281Geopolymers2009-12-05T04:52:33Z<p>Maureen: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
This may be a low-energy, strong brick technology that is also totally decentralizable in production, and may be widely accessible on many continents.<br />
<br />
==Energy Requirements==<br />
<br />
This following graph shows the relationship between firing temperature of geopolymer bricks and compressinve strength. The graph shows that with a firing temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, geopolymers become as s strong as concrete blocks, and with higher firing temperatures, they can be about twice as strong as concrete:<br />
<br />
[[Image:firingtemps.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Caveat: there is a requirement of about 2% stabilizer (base salts) for this to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
===What is it?===<br />
Geopolymerization is the process of polymerizing silica and alumina containing minerals with the use of alkali solvents. Discovered (or rediscovered) by Joseph Davidovits, geopolymer cements are likely similar to materials used in antiquity. Although cements are the most common application of geopolymerization, a range of refractory and structural products have been produced. The products of geopolymerization are called poly-silicates.<br />
<br />
The vast majority of minerals on the earth's surface exist as alumino-silicate crystals (for example: clays, feldspars, quartz). By dissolving these and then allowing them to recondense, materials with longer range crystalline structure than its components may be formed.<br />
<br />
The most basic inorganic polymerization process uses abundant kaolin clays and silica rich wastes to make a strong cement. A solution of simple aluminosilicates dissolved in an alkali solution acts as a binder, polycondensing upon dehydrolization into a microcrystaline structure which spans the space between silica rich particles. With little technology and at low temperatures, [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material bricks] and cements many times stronger than Portland cement are produced. With more intensive technology (artificial atmospheres, high pressures, controlled temperatures) and at hundreds to thousands of degrees Celsius, much more structured polymers can be produced which will never combust at any temperature (due to a lack of carbon to react with oxygen), and which also have very low thermal expansion coefficients. <br />
<br />
Currently, much of this research is closed source and proprietary. Room temperature setting cements, refractory mineral foams and non-combustible panels for airplanes are amongst the products being researched, and possibly already being widely produced. As the field progresses, more advanced geopolymers and geopolymerizing processes will likely emerge.<br />
<br />
The [http://www.geopolymer.org/ Geopolymer Institute] has many useful technical papers on the subject, and has also released several collections of papers from "geopolymere" conferences in France. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources of Materials==<br />
* '''kaolinitic''' clays from subsoil - methods for adequacy analysis needed !<br />
* source of '''alkali solvents''' (NaOH) - most common way is through the electrolysis of brine or "salt water," (i.e. sodium chloride in water). Chlorine and hydrogen gases are produced as valuable byproducts. Another source is hard wood ash, which has been used in the past for soap making (Dissolve ash in rain water, filter out large debris, then boil off the water. Or you and suspend the hardwood ashes in a dishcloth over a pot and drip the rainwater through.)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sample Recipe==<br />
<br />
''The making of alkaline solution,<br />
12 hr before mixing, slowly! dissolve 320gm sodium hydroxide (pure lye, as in a drain cleaner) into a liter of water. This should be stirred in slowly, with care, wearing gloves and goggles as it is very caustic. This mix will generate some heat while dissolving.<br />
*After the lye solution is fully dissolved (12hr) mix one part lye solution with 2 1/2 parts sodium silicate. (available at pottery supplies) <br />
* Basic recipe #8<br />
4 1/2 parts metakaolin<br />
1/2 part lime (type s)<br />
8 parts aggregate (sand mix)<br />
alkaline solution as needed (about 1/3 the amount of metakaolin and ash, by weight)<br />
<br />
*Mix all the dry ingredients together then stir in just enough alkaline solution to make a stiff mix. Keep the liquid content as low as possible. Cure like concrete, warm and moist.<br />
<br />
*Class C Fly ash can replace the metakaolin and lime, if its type F fly ash replace only the metakaolin.''<br />
<br />
taken from: [http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/strawbale_listserv.repp.org/2007-May/001015.html]<br />
<br />
Here is a Dr. Michel Barsoum’s formula for a man-made limestone. To a high pH water, add limestone powder, diatomaceous earth and a very small amount of lime. Form and cure at 90 degrees Centigrade. This yielded a stone with a compressive strength > 20MPa and able to withstand 2 months of submersion in water. He stressed that the one of the keys to geopolymerization is the rapid dissolution of silica and that this is best achieved using diatomaceous earth as a silica source, not clay. Because natural earth materials vary, unlike standardized commercial products, the formulae and properties of the final polymerized stone building products may vary greatly from region to region. (Link below.)<br />
<br />
Some have described geopolymer as a man-made zeolite; some as man-made limestone. It could also be likened to a man-made soil duripan, especially if volcanic ash is used as a amorphous silica source. Clearly, a range of local natural earth materials can be successfully used, but a period of formula testing is necessary.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.geopolymer.org/<br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/learning/video-tutorial-geopolymer-for-newcomers Geopolymer for Newcomers (Prof. J. Davidovits)] <br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material Overview: talk by Prof. J. Davidovits]<br />
**Video and technical paper [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material]<br />
**Dr. Barsoum explains what geopolymer is, how it is made and how it was used in the ancient world [http://www.materials.drexel.edu/pyramids/GeopolymerWhitePaper-Barsoum.pdf}<br />
<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymers<br />
* http://www.geopolymers.com.au/<br />
<br />
[[Category:CEB]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geopolymers&diff=11280Geopolymers2009-12-05T04:48:41Z<p>Maureen: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
This may be a low-energy, strong brick technology that is also totally decentralizable in production, and may be widely accessible on many continents.<br />
<br />
==Energy Requirements==<br />
<br />
This following graph shows the relationship between firing temperature of geopolymer bricks and compressinve strength. The graph shows that with a firing temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, geopolymers become as s strong as concrete blocks, and with higher firing temperatures, they can be about twice as strong as concrete:<br />
<br />
[[Image:firingtemps.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Caveat: there is a requirement of about 2% stabilizer (base salts) for this to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
===What is it?===<br />
Geopolymerization is the process of polymerizing silica and alumina containing minerals with the use of alkali solvents. Discovered (or rediscovered) by Joseph Davidovits, geopolymer cements are likely similar to materials used in antiquity. Although cements are the most common application of geopolymerization, a range of refractory and structural products have been produced. The products of geopolymerization are called poly-silates.<br />
<br />
The vast majority of minerals on the earth's surface exist as aluminosilicate crystals (for example: clays, feldspars, quartz). By disolving these and then allowing them to recondense, materials with longer range crystalline structure than its components may be formed.<br />
<br />
The most basic inorganic polymerization process uses abundant kaolin clays and silica rich wastes to make a strong cement. A solution of simple aluminosilicates dissolved in an alkali solution acts as a binder, polycondensing upon dehydrolization into a microcrystaline structre which spans the space between silica rich particles. With little technology and at low temperatures, [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material bricks] and cements many times stronger than Portland cement are produced. With more intensive technology (artificial atmospheres, high pressures, controlled temperatures) and at hundreds to thousands of degrees celsius, much more structured polymers can be produced which will never combust at any temperature (due to a lack of carbon to react with oxygen), and which also have very low thermal expansion coefficients. <br />
<br />
Currently, much of this research is closed source and proprietary. Room temperature setting cements, refractory mineral foams and non-combustible panels for airplanes are amongst the products being researched, and possibly already being widely produced. As the field progresses, more advanced geopolymers and geopolymerizing processes will likely emerge.<br />
<br />
The [http://www.geopolymer.org/ Geopolymer Institute] has many useful technical papers on the subject, and has also released several collections of papers from "geopolymere" conferences in France. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources of Materials==<br />
* '''kaolinitic''' clays from subsoil - methods for adequacy analysis needed !<br />
* source of '''alkali solvents''' (NaOH) - most common way is through the electrolysis of brine or "salt water," (i.e. sodium chloride in water). Chlorine and hydrogen gases are produced as valuable byproducts. Another source is hard wood ash, which has been used in the past for soap making (Dissolve ash in rain water, filter out large debris, then boil off the water. Or you and suspend the hardwood ashes in a dishcloth over a pot and drip the rainwater through.)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sample Recipe==<br />
<br />
''The making of alkaline solution,<br />
12 hr before mixing, slowly! dissolve 320gm sodium hydroxide (pure lye, as in a drain cleaner) into a liter of water. This should be stirred in slowly, with care, wearing gloves and goggles as it is very caustic. This mix will generate some heat while dissolving.<br />
*After the lye solution is fully dissolved (12hr) mix one part lye solution with 2 1/2 parts sodium silicate. (available at pottery supplies) <br />
* Basic recipe #8<br />
4 1/2 parts metakaolin<br />
1/2 part lime (type s)<br />
8 parts aggregate (sand mix)<br />
alkaline solution as needed (about 1/3 the amount of metakaolin and ash, by weight)<br />
<br />
*Mix all the dry ingredients together then stir in just enough alkaline solution to make a stiff mix. Keep the liquid content as low as possible. Cure like concrete, warm and moist.<br />
<br />
*Class C Fly ash can replace the metakaolin and lime, if its type F fly ash replace only the metakaolin.''<br />
<br />
taken from: [http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/strawbale_listserv.repp.org/2007-May/001015.html]<br />
<br />
Here is a Dr. Michel Barsoum’s formula for a man-made limestone. To a high pH water, add limestone powder, diatomaceous earth and a very small amount of lime. Form and cure at 90 degrees Centigrade. This yielded a stone with a compressive strength > 20MPa and able to withstand 2 months of submersion in water. He stressed that the one of the keys to geopolymerization is the rapid dissolution of silica and that this is best achieved using diatomaceous earth as a silica source, not clay. Because natural earth materials vary, unlike standardized commercial products, the formulae and properties of the final polymerized stone building products may vary greatly from region to region. (Link below.)<br />
<br />
Some have described geopolymer as a man-made zeolite; some as man-made limestone. It could also be likened to a man-made soil duripan, especially if volcanic ash is used as a amorphous silica source. Clearly, a range of local natural earth materials can be successfully used, but a period of formula testing is necessary.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.geopolymer.org/<br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/learning/video-tutorial-geopolymer-for-newcomers Geopolymer for Newcomers (Prof. J. Davidovits)] <br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material Overview: talk by Prof. J. Davidovits]<br />
**Video and technical paper [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material]<br />
**Dr. Barsoum explains what geopolymer is, how it is made and how it was used in the ancient world [http://www.materials.drexel.edu/pyramids/GeopolymerWhitePaper-Barsoum.pdf}<br />
<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymers<br />
* http://www.geopolymers.com.au/<br />
<br />
[[Category:CEB]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geopolymers&diff=11279Geopolymers2009-12-05T04:22:09Z<p>Maureen: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
This may be a low-energy, strong brick technology that is also totally decentralizable in production, and may be widely accessible on many continents.<br />
<br />
==Energy Requirements==<br />
<br />
This following graph shows the relationship between firing temperature of geopolymer bricks and compressinve strength. The graph shows that with a firing temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, geopolymers become as s strong as concrete blocks, and with higher firing temperatures, they can be about twice as strong as concrete:<br />
<br />
[[Image:firingtemps.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Caveat: there is a requirement of about 2% stabilizer (base salts) for this to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
===What is it?===<br />
Geopolymerization is the process of polymerizing silica and alumina containing minerals with the use of alkali solvents. Discovered (or rediscovered) by Joseph Davidovits, geopolymer cements are likely similar to materials used in antiquity. Although cements are the most common application of geopolymerization, a range of refractory and structural products have been produced. The products of geopolymerization are called poly-silates.<br />
<br />
The vast majority of minerals on the earth's surface exist as aluminosilicate crystals (for example: clays, feldspars, quartz). By disolving these and then allowing them to recondense, materials with longer range crystalline structure than its components may be formed.<br />
<br />
The most basic inorganic polymerization process uses abundant kaolin clays and silica rich wastes to make a strong cement. A solution of simple aluminosilicates dissolved in an alkali solution acts as a binder, polycondensing upon dehydrolization into a microcrystaline structre which spans the space between silica rich particles. With little technology and at low temperatures, [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material bricks] and cements many times stronger than Portland cement are produced. With more intensive technology (artificial atmospheres, high pressures, controlled temperatures) and at hundreds to thousands of degrees celsius, much more structured polymers can be produced which will never combust at any temperature (due to a lack of carbon to react with oxygen), and which also have very low thermal expansion coefficients. <br />
<br />
Currently, much of this research is closed source and proprietary. Room temperature setting cements, refractory mineral foams and non-combustible panels for airplanes are amongst the products being researched, and possibly already being widely produced. As the field progresses, more advanced geopolymers and geopolymerizing processes will likely emerge.<br />
<br />
The [http://www.geopolymer.org/ Geopolymer Institute] has many useful technical papers on the subject, and has also released several collections of papers from "geopolymere" conferences in France. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources of Materials==<br />
* '''kaolinitic''' clays from subsoil - methods for adequacy analysis needed !<br />
* source of '''alkali solvents''' (NaOH) - most common way is through the electrolysis of brine or "salt water," (i.e. sodium chloride in water). Chlorine and hydrogen gases are produced as valuable byproducts. Another source is hard wood ash, which has been used in the past for soapmaking (dissolve ash in rain water, filter out large debris, then boil off the water)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sample Recipe==<br />
<br />
''The making of alkaline solution,<br />
12 hr before mixing, slowly! disolve 320gm sodium hydroxide (pure lye, as in a drain cleaner) into a liter of water. This should be stirred in slowly, with care, wearing gloves and goggles as it is very caustic. This mix will generate some heat while dissolving.<br />
*After the lye solution is fully dissolved (12hr) mix one part lye solution with 2 1/2 parts sodium silicate. (availible at pottery supplies) <br />
* Basic recipe #8<br />
4 1/2 parts metakaolin<br />
1/2 part lime (type s)<br />
8 parts aggregate (sand mix)<br />
alkaline solution as needed (about 1/3 the amount of metakaolin and ash, by weight)<br />
<br />
*Mix all the dry ingredients together then stir in just enough alkaline solution to make a stiff mix. Keep the liquid content as low as possible. Cure like concrete, warm and moist.<br />
<br />
*Class C Fly ash can replace the metakaolin and lime, if its type F fly ash replace only the metakaolin.''<br />
<br />
taken from: [http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/strawbale_listserv.repp.org/2007-May/001015.html]<br />
<br />
Here is a Dr. Michel Barsoum’s formula for a man-made limestone. To a high pH water, add limestone powder, diatomaceous earth and a very small amount of lime. Form and cure at 90 degrees Centigrade. This yielded a stone with a compressive strength > 20MPa and able to withstand 2 months of submersion in water. He stressed that the one of the keys to geopolymerization is the rapid dissolution of silica and that this is best achieved using diatomaceous earth as a silica source, not clay. Because natural earth materials vary, unlike standardized commercial products, the formulae and properties of the final polymerized stone building products may vary greatly from region to region. (Link below.)<br />
<br />
Some have described geopolymer as a man-made zeolite; some as man-made limestone. It could also be likened to a man-made soil duripan, especially if volcanic ash is used as a amorphous silica source. Clearly, a range of local natural earth materials can be successfully used, but a period of formula testing is necessary.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.geopolymer.org/<br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/learning/video-tutorial-geopolymer-for-newcomers Geopolymer for Newcomers (Prof. J. Davidovits)] <br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material Overview: talk by Prof. J. Davidovits]<br />
**Video and technical paper [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material]<br />
**Dr. Barsoum explains what geopolymer is, how it is made and how it was used in the ancient world [http://www.materials.drexel.edu/pyramids/GeopolymerWhitePaper-Barsoum.pdf}<br />
<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymers<br />
* http://www.geopolymers.com.au/<br />
<br />
[[Category:CEB]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geopolymers&diff=11278Geopolymers2009-12-05T03:11:10Z<p>Maureen: /* External Links */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
This may be a low-energy, strong brick technology that is also totally decentralizable in production, and may be widely accessible on many continents.<br />
<br />
==Energy Requirements==<br />
<br />
This following graph shows the relationship between firing temperature of geopolymer bricks and compressinve strength. The graph shows that with a firing temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, geopolymers become as s strong as concrete blocks, and with higher firing temperatures, they can be about twice as strong as concrete:<br />
<br />
[[Image:firingtemps.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Caveat: there is a requirement of about 2% stabilizer (base salts) for this to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
===What is it?===<br />
Geopolymerization is the process of polymerizing silica and alumina containing minerals with the use of alkali solvents. Discovered (or rediscovered) by Joseph Davidovits, geopolymer cements are likely similar to materials used in antiquity. Although cements are the most common application of geopolymerization, a range of refractory and structural products have been produced. The products of geopolymerization are called poly-silates.<br />
<br />
The vast majority of minerals on the earth's surface exist as aluminosilicate crystals (for example: clays, feldspars, quartz). By disolving these and then allowing them to recondense, materials with longer range crystalline structure than its components may be formed.<br />
<br />
The most basic inorganic polymerization process uses abundant kaolin clays and silica rich wastes to make a strong cement. A solution of simple aluminosilicates dissolved in an alkali solution acts as a binder, polycondensing upon dehydrolization into a microcrystaline structre which spans the space between silica rich particles. With little technology and at low temperatures, [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material bricks] and cements many times stronger than Portland cement are produced. With more intensive technology (artificial atmospheres, high pressures, controlled temperatures) and at hundreds to thousands of degrees celsius, much more structured polymers can be produced which will never combust at any temperature (due to a lack of carbon to react with oxygen), and which also have very low thermal expansion coefficients. <br />
<br />
Currently, much of this research is closed source and proprietary. Room temperature setting cements, refractory mineral foams and non-combustible panels for airplanes are amongst the products being researched, and possibly already being widely produced. As the field progresses, more advanced geopolymers and geopolymerizing processes will likely emerge.<br />
<br />
The [http://www.geopolymer.org/ Geopolymer Institute] has many useful technical papers on the subject, and has also released several collections of papers from "geopolymere" conferences in France. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources of Materials==<br />
* '''kaolinitic''' clays from subsoil - methods for adequacy analysis needed !<br />
* source of '''alkali solvents''' (NaOH) - most common way is through the electrolysis of brine or "salt water," (i.e. sodium chloride in water). Chlorine and hydrogen gases are produced as valuable byproducts. Another source is hard wood ash, which has been used in the past for soapmaking (dissolve ash in rain water, filter out large debris, then boil off the water)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sample Recipe==<br />
<br />
''The making of alkaline solution,<br />
12 hr before mixing, slowly! disolve 320gm sodium hydroxide (pure lye, as in a drain cleaner) into a liter of water. This should be stirred in slowly, with care, wearing gloves and goggles as it is very caustic. This mix will generate some heat while dissolving.<br />
*After the lye solution is fully dissolved (12hr) mix one part lye solution with 2 1/2 parts sodium silicate. (availible at pottery supplies) <br />
* Basic recipe #8<br />
4 1/2 parts metakaolin<br />
1/2 part lime (type s)<br />
8 parts aggregate (sand mix)<br />
alkaline solution as needed (about 1/3 the amount of metakaolin and ash, by weight)<br />
<br />
*Mix all the dry ingredients together then stir in just enough alkaline solution to make a stiff mix. Keep the liquid content as low as possible. Cure like concrete, warm and moist.<br />
<br />
*Class C Fly ash can replace the metakaolin and lime, if its type F fly ash replace only the metakaolin.''<br />
<br />
taken from: [http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/strawbale_listserv.repp.org/2007-May/001015.html]<br />
<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* http://www.geopolymer.org/<br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/learning/video-tutorial-geopolymer-for-newcomers Geopolymer for Newcomers (Prof. J. Davidovits)] <br />
**Video: [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material Overview: talk by Prof. J. Davidovits]<br />
**Video and technical paper [http://www.geopolymer.org/applications/ltgs-brick-low-cost-construction-material]<br />
**Dr. Barsoum explains what geopolymer is, how it is made and how it was used in the ancient world [http://www.materials.drexel.edu/pyramids/GeopolymerWhitePaper-Barsoum.pdf}<br />
<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymers<br />
* http://www.geopolymers.com.au/<br />
<br />
[[Category:CEB]]</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans&diff=10898True Fans2009-11-21T06:03:13Z<p>Maureen: /* True Fans */</p>
<hr />
<div>=Introduction=<br />
<br />
True Fans are supporters of the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=458 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages campaign ]. Here you can read why people have joined the campaign, as a motivation for you to join if you're not already signed up.<br />
<br />
=True Fans=<br />
<br />
[[Category:1000 Squared]]<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Benjamin Kaplin'''<br />
I'm a mechanical engineering student, and I support the OSE because a completed Open Source Village kit would represent several orders of magnitude of improvement over existing projects to improve living conditions around the globe with technology. I grew up reading Stephenson, and one of the most powerful images in his book <em>Diamond Age</em> is The Seed, a nanotechnology McGuffin that one of the main characters devotes his life to that would take the control of production and self-determination out of the hands of the McCorporations and put it into the hands of revolutionaries and the impoverished.<br />
Needless to say, nanotech is still several decades away from that dream, and contributing to the True Fans campaign helps a realistic Seed program without pulling me away from my studies.<br />
|[[Image:0213090948.jpg|thumb|Benjamin Kaplin]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Marcin Jakubowski''', opensourceecology at gmail dot com, marcin_ose on Skype<br />
I started the campaign because I have observed how little of humanity's true potential has been tapped. Everyone slaves their life away to a system that is crumbling at the seams. I believe that we can all reach absolute prosperity and evolve to freedom - by becoming skilled and productive [[Integrated Humans]], and by helping anyone else to do the same. History has shown that this is a general formula for lasting prosperity. As long as we're wise, it should be trivial to get beyond the economics of scarcity. We need to show the world how to build the world's first, replicable, open source Global Village.<br />
|[[Image:marcin.jpg|thumb|Marcin Jakubowski]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Jeremy Mason''', jeremymaso at gmail dot com<br />
I am supporting OSE because I want to someday replicate Factor e Farm and help everyone evolve to freedom. <br />
|[[image:jeremy.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Mason]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Scott Akridge'''<br />
As I get older I'm more and more interested in helping people. A couple weeks back I enlisted the help of a friend to help in developing a CEB press when I began doing research and found www.openfarmtech.org with the open source CEB press. I continued looking for more information but kept coming back to this site for more info and learned more about the project and found I wanted to get involved. I started by becoming a member and donating $10 a month with plans to build the CEB press and build a couple structures then make the effort a cooperative. After reading more I've decided to also build a sawmill, assuming I can recruit some help. I think this is a great project and am excited to be a part of it in a small way.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Toby Martin'''<br />
I support OSE because...<br />
* It's an intelligent and direct effort to address some of the most serious problems we face as individuals and as a society.<br />
* It's one of the most interesting and creative projects I've ever heard of. <br />
* I see no reason in principle that it can't improve people's lives.<br />
* It's actually happening.<br />
|[[Image:TF2.jpg|thumb|Toby Martin]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com<br />
I support OSE because both the model and the elements add some important missing pieces to what I perceive is going on.<br />
* I think it's important to have local possibilities for water, food and energy everywhere. Not just at the household level but more importantly at the village or more aggregated levels. Even if you end up buying stuff from elsewhere, it's best if that happens by choice, not by necessity. It was not by choice when things were local by default and it's not by choice now that things are global by default.<br />
* The whole process of open sharing of ideas, processes, know-how is intriguing and, at the very least, extremely fun to watch. (I really wish I had more time to join in myself, but I'm doing things that need doing. So I translate, tell others, and chip in with a little cash, less than what others spend in smoking. My choice.)<br />
* I'm particularly interested in some items for specific locations. Energy for water in sunny places is a must. Shelter and water collection systems. You name it.<br />
* Do we really know how far and how fast this can go? I think there's bound to be a catalitic process so that more and more technologies will come out openly, in an exciting incarnation of the Stone Soup story. So I want to help keep the fire going.<br />
* It really looks like this can be done, should be done, will be done in 2 years. Less than 2 years now. The whole world now has a sense of urgency, I feel. I'd like to see what we can do after this. But the time is ripe for this, now.<br />
* It's interesting to note how open content gives us a sense of ownership. Many have felt that with software. I want to see that with hardware.<br />
|no image yet<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Joseph Zarr''', joseph.zarr@gmail.com [[Image:DSC_0169.JPG|thumb|Joseph Zarr]]<br />
<br />
I am an anthropologist, a farmer, and a permaculturist by training. I support OSE because, well, let's be frank: This is arguably the coolest project on the planet. I am most attracted to Factor E Farm and OSE because of the overall themes of personal improvement (via daily spiritual and physical discipline - in whatever forms a person deems appropriate), human production, and an intertwined personal and community growth. We must collaboratively market the ownership of our futures.<br />
<br />
"For less than the price of one coffee per week, for less than the price of one first class stamp per day, you can help change the world. Subscribe!" <br />
<br />
As our resource pool dwindles globally, largely due to corporate theft and errant industrial practices, we will have to produce locally and 'in-source'. With a dwindling petroleum base, our dream of cheap energy will disappear. These are simple facts. We must invest human energies in locally-based solutions. We must ignore our propagandized 'reality' and create a meaningful existence together. <br />
With drastically increasing populations (estimated 70 million per year), we must teach ourselves the merits of collaboration, co-housing, and SHARING. My opinion is the era of individualized ownership is archaic and ill-advised. Only by sharing and producing what we actually need, and sharing what we already have (be it skills, books, resources etc.), will we experience the next stage of cultural progress. Hopefully, in the not so distant future our children's hands will not deform due to excessive playing of video games but, rather, they will callous, strengthen and scar due to meaningful labor and a 'hands-on' reality; i.e. literacy, numeracy, production = freedom. The only debts we owe are to ourselves and our community. Let's pay up.<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Josef Davies-Coates'''<br />
I'm founder United Diversity and co-founder of The Open Co-op and support this project because of all the many many VERY cool projects I follow, this is perhaps the most inspiring and important. I can't think of a better way I could possibly spend my money.<br />
|[[Image:Josephdc.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Reto Stauss''', reto.stauss(at)gmail.com, rstauss on Skype<br />
<br />
I am mainly attracted by the momentum this projects develops. And of course because it is not talking but doing. My hope is that inspires my own little project (actually it already did): [http://manufakturingruendung.ch/en open source goods produced by small, agile manufactories]. Lucas, Joseph, sign your points.<br />
|[[Image:Reto.jpg|thumb|Reto Stauss]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Geoff Capper''', geoff (at) floodstreetfarmlet.net<br />
I am supporting OSE because it is showing us that it is possible to regain control over the complex systems that to an extent have come to rule our lives. We can build our own machinery, we can build our own future, we can be free. The activity at Factor e Farm is truly inspiring, and I hope to use many of the products building up our own small farm, which may hopefully inspire others locally.<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tom Lindsey''', thomas.lindsey at gmail dot com<br />
I support OSE because I want Factor e Farm to succeed so I can use the tools they are developing, replicate Factor e Farm, and create a future of freedom for myself and loved ones. <br />
|[[Image:tomlindsey.jpg|thumb|Tom Lindsey and Boomer]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Edward Miller''', embraceunity -at- gmail dot com<br />
I became a true fan because I would like to see our civilization become more resilient by using decentralized technological solutions, and to evolve towards a post-scarcity society. I plan to move on site soon to help build a RepRap machine.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Jussi Haverinen''', haverinen.jussi at gmail dot com<br />
I'm a strong believer in power of free software approach to technology and very interested in transformative technology and it's effect on society. Politically I'm an social ecologist and I do think that the main task that has to be done is to abolish capitalism and the state through direct democracy in the cities and neighbourhoods (confederated together of course). My skills: mostly computer knowledge, relatively good unix admin skills, and some language skills but that's about it. I only have limited knowledge of farming, construction, electronics, handcraft, but I'm willing to learn. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Mark Thomas''', factore at thomastechcon dot com<br />
My wife and I are serial homesteaders--we built up a goat dairy from scratch in South Africa, a [http://thomasphotos.wordpress.com small livestock farm in Appalachia], and are just starting on a lambing operation in Southside Virginia.<br />
<br />
Politically, I base my ethics on the [[Nonaggression Axiom]] and I do think that the main task that has to be done is to abolish democracy and the state through direct capitalism. Apologies to Jussi above! I do my political writing at [http://distributedrepublic.net/blog/mark Distributed Republic] and much of my reading at [http://mises.org/ the Ludwig von Mises Institute].<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''David Voeller''', carefulwiththat at gmail dot com<br />
Open Source Ecology is applying knowledge and skill in the most effective way possible, to create a livable future. The convergence of Permaculture principles and Open Source methodology has been a long time coming. Open Source has shown us that technological advancement need not be encumbered by destructive and wasteful hierarchical control. Permaculture has taught us that a fulfilling and ethical life is not only possible, but realistic in a variety of climates and conditions. Open Source Ecology's work has the possibility to allow many more people to live within their resources; and to drastically increase the quality of life for those already doing so.<br />
|[[Image:davidvoeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Eric Hunting''', TheMillennialProject at gmail.com <br />
We are on the cusp of a transformation in the nature of our civilization. A fundamental shift in the way just about everything works in our society predicated on the evolution of the processes and technologies by which just about everything in our habitat is made. Emerging digital fabrication technology combined with emerging awareness of the factors of industrial sustainability are not only changing how we make things but who is making them and where. Industrial Age paradigms that have been concentrating industrial, economic, and political power for a century are failing in the face of a progressive shrinking, smartening, and demassifying of the tools of production and communication. Open Source Ecology is on the cutting edge of this transformation, pursuing and cultivating a spectrum of tools, new and old, that can realize a radical new level of sustainable community self-sufficiency with the intent of disseminating these tools globally. The Factor E Farm project is an incubator for a nascent movement with world-sweeping potential. <br />
|[[Image:EricHuntingAv.jpg|thumb|Eric Hunting]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''[http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/ Erik de Bruijn]''', ose at erikdebruijn.nl <br />
We've heard about, or even experienced, the collaborative power of passionate individuals around the world. When they join hands, contributing their energy, freely sharing their ideas and building on them, this mode of production can be highly productive. It may well outperform the traditionally closed 'institutional' mode of production, like Wikipedia is giving us an abundance of knowledge at no cost. OSE attempts, and is actually very successful at extending this notion of knowledge sharing into a way of living.<br />
They codify and freely reveal their knowledge into design files and rich instructional material such as video tutorials. Those serve to inspire, but also to practically make this concept replicable and effective.<br />
|[[Image:erikdebruijn.jpg|thumb|Erik de Bruijn]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''A. N. Alias''', anon23bf at nyx dot net<br />
I support OSE because we need viable alternatives to the military-industrial complex as a foundation for survival in the near future, particularly if predictions about the coming hyperinflationary depression turn out to be well founded.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''[http://ollehost.dk/blog/ Olle Jonsson]''', olle.jonsson at gmail dot com<br />
I had seen the impressive LifeTrac project on the web, but when I heard about the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1254 RepLab] initiative, I was hooked. I'm just a random web developer, but I want to help push toward a generalized, open digital fabrication toolkit. When each hackerspace, lab, and interested individual has access to equipment like that, things get really interesting.<br />
|[[Image:olleolleolle.jpg|thumb|Olle Jonsson]]<br />
|}<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Maureen''', baubo at dishmail.net<br />
I support factor E open source farm because when the cheap industrial food machine breaks down for lack of diesel fuel and capital, people are going to be shocked, angry and then desperate to learn a new way of living. OSE is not just a theory, a book or a blue print. It’s an open source physical model of a DIY food, energy and shelter producing system. Large-scale industrialization was largely a wrong turn for humanity. By shrinking the scale, localizing throughputs, working smarter and sharing information globally we can create a bright new future – a true renaissance. Factor E farm is breaking trail for us all. I can’t think of a better investment.<br />
|}</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans&diff=10897True Fans2009-11-21T05:59:00Z<p>Maureen: </p>
<hr />
<div>=Introduction=<br />
<br />
True Fans are supporters of the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=458 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages campaign ]. Here you can read why people have joined the campaign, as a motivation for you to join if you're not already signed up.<br />
<br />
=True Fans=<br />
<br />
[[Category:1000 Squared]]<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Benjamin Kaplin'''<br />
I'm a mechanical engineering student, and I support the OSE because a completed Open Source Village kit would represent several orders of magnitude of improvement over existing projects to improve living conditions around the globe with technology. I grew up reading Stephenson, and one of the most powerful images in his book <em>Diamond Age</em> is The Seed, a nanotechnology McGuffin that one of the main characters devotes his life to that would take the control of production and self-determination out of the hands of the McCorporations and put it into the hands of revolutionaries and the impoverished.<br />
Needless to say, nanotech is still several decades away from that dream, and contributing to the True Fans campaign helps a realistic Seed program without pulling me away from my studies.<br />
|[[Image:0213090948.jpg|thumb|Benjamin Kaplin]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Marcin Jakubowski''', opensourceecology at gmail dot com, marcin_ose on Skype<br />
I started the campaign because I have observed how little of humanity's true potential has been tapped. Everyone slaves their life away to a system that is crumbling at the seams. I believe that we can all reach absolute prosperity and evolve to freedom - by becoming skilled and productive [[Integrated Humans]], and by helping anyone else to do the same. History has shown that this is a general formula for lasting prosperity. As long as we're wise, it should be trivial to get beyond the economics of scarcity. We need to show the world how to build the world's first, replicable, open source Global Village.<br />
|[[Image:marcin.jpg|thumb|Marcin Jakubowski]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Jeremy Mason''', jeremymaso at gmail dot com<br />
I am supporting OSE because I want to someday replicate Factor e Farm and help everyone evolve to freedom. <br />
|[[image:jeremy.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Mason]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Scott Akridge'''<br />
As I get older I'm more and more interested in helping people. A couple weeks back I enlisted the help of a friend to help in developing a CEB press when I began doing research and found www.openfarmtech.org with the open source CEB press. I continued looking for more information but kept coming back to this site for more info and learned more about the project and found I wanted to get involved. I started by becoming a member and donating $10 a month with plans to build the CEB press and build a couple structures then make the effort a cooperative. After reading more I've decided to also build a sawmill, assuming I can recruit some help. I think this is a great project and am excited to be a part of it in a small way.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Toby Martin'''<br />
I support OSE because...<br />
* It's an intelligent and direct effort to address some of the most serious problems we face as individuals and as a society.<br />
* It's one of the most interesting and creative projects I've ever heard of. <br />
* I see no reason in principle that it can't improve people's lives.<br />
* It's actually happening.<br />
|[[Image:TF2.jpg|thumb|Toby Martin]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com<br />
I support OSE because both the model and the elements add some important missing pieces to what I perceive is going on.<br />
* I think it's important to have local possibilities for water, food and energy everywhere. Not just at the household level but more importantly at the village or more aggregated levels. Even if you end up buying stuff from elsewhere, it's best if that happens by choice, not by necessity. It was not by choice when things were local by default and it's not by choice now that things are global by default.<br />
* The whole process of open sharing of ideas, processes, know-how is intriguing and, at the very least, extremely fun to watch. (I really wish I had more time to join in myself, but I'm doing things that need doing. So I translate, tell others, and chip in with a little cash, less than what others spend in smoking. My choice.)<br />
* I'm particularly interested in some items for specific locations. Energy for water in sunny places is a must. Shelter and water collection systems. You name it.<br />
* Do we really know how far and how fast this can go? I think there's bound to be a catalitic process so that more and more technologies will come out openly, in an exciting incarnation of the Stone Soup story. So I want to help keep the fire going.<br />
* It really looks like this can be done, should be done, will be done in 2 years. Less than 2 years now. The whole world now has a sense of urgency, I feel. I'd like to see what we can do after this. But the time is ripe for this, now.<br />
* It's interesting to note how open content gives us a sense of ownership. Many have felt that with software. I want to see that with hardware.<br />
|no image yet<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Joseph Zarr''', joseph.zarr@gmail.com [[Image:DSC_0169.JPG|thumb|Joseph Zarr]]<br />
<br />
I am an anthropologist, a farmer, and a permaculturist by training. I support OSE because, well, let's be frank: This is arguably the coolest project on the planet. I am most attracted to Factor E Farm and OSE because of the overall themes of personal improvement (via daily spiritual and physical discipline - in whatever forms a person deems appropriate), human production, and an intertwined personal and community growth. We must collaboratively market the ownership of our futures.<br />
<br />
"For less than the price of one coffee per week, for less than the price of one first class stamp per day, you can help change the world. Subscribe!" <br />
<br />
As our resource pool dwindles globally, largely due to corporate theft and errant industrial practices, we will have to produce locally and 'in-source'. With a dwindling petroleum base, our dream of cheap energy will disappear. These are simple facts. We must invest human energies in locally-based solutions. We must ignore our propagandized 'reality' and create a meaningful existence together. <br />
With drastically increasing populations (estimated 70 million per year), we must teach ourselves the merits of collaboration, co-housing, and SHARING. My opinion is the era of individualized ownership is archaic and ill-advised. Only by sharing and producing what we actually need, and sharing what we already have (be it skills, books, resources etc.), will we experience the next stage of cultural progress. Hopefully, in the not so distant future our children's hands will not deform due to excessive playing of video games but, rather, they will callous, strengthen and scar due to meaningful labor and a 'hands-on' reality; i.e. literacy, numeracy, production = freedom. The only debts we owe are to ourselves and our community. Let's pay up.<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Josef Davies-Coates'''<br />
I'm founder United Diversity and co-founder of The Open Co-op and support this project because of all the many many VERY cool projects I follow, this is perhaps the most inspiring and important. I can't think of a better way I could possibly spend my money.<br />
|[[Image:Josephdc.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Reto Stauss''', reto.stauss(at)gmail.com, rstauss on Skype<br />
<br />
I am mainly attracted by the momentum this projects develops. And of course because it is not talking but doing. My hope is that inspires my own little project (actually it already did): [http://manufakturingruendung.ch/en open source goods produced by small, agile manufactories]. Lucas, Joseph, sign your points.<br />
|[[Image:Reto.jpg|thumb|Reto Stauss]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Geoff Capper''', geoff (at) floodstreetfarmlet.net<br />
I am supporting OSE because it is showing us that it is possible to regain control over the complex systems that to an extent have come to rule our lives. We can build our own machinery, we can build our own future, we can be free. The activity at Factor e Farm is truly inspiring, and I hope to use many of the products building up our own small farm, which may hopefully inspire others locally.<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tom Lindsey''', thomas.lindsey at gmail dot com<br />
I support OSE because I want Factor e Farm to succeed so I can use the tools they are developing, replicate Factor e Farm, and create a future of freedom for myself and loved ones. <br />
|[[Image:tomlindsey.jpg|thumb|Tom Lindsey and Boomer]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Edward Miller''', embraceunity -at- gmail dot com<br />
I became a true fan because I would like to see our civilization become more resilient by using decentralized technological solutions, and to evolve towards a post-scarcity society. I plan to move on site soon to help build a RepRap machine.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Jussi Haverinen''', haverinen.jussi at gmail dot com<br />
I'm a strong believer in power of free software approach to technology and very interested in transformative technology and it's effect on society. Politically I'm an social ecologist and I do think that the main task that has to be done is to abolish capitalism and the state through direct democracy in the cities and neighbourhoods (confederated together of course). My skills: mostly computer knowledge, relatively good unix admin skills, and some language skills but that's about it. I only have limited knowledge of farming, construction, electronics, handcraft, but I'm willing to learn. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Mark Thomas''', factore at thomastechcon dot com<br />
My wife and I are serial homesteaders--we built up a goat dairy from scratch in South Africa, a [http://thomasphotos.wordpress.com small livestock farm in Appalachia], and are just starting on a lambing operation in Southside Virginia.<br />
<br />
Politically, I base my ethics on the [[Nonaggression Axiom]] and I do think that the main task that has to be done is to abolish democracy and the state through direct capitalism. Apologies to Jussi above! I do my political writing at [http://distributedrepublic.net/blog/mark Distributed Republic] and much of my reading at [http://mises.org/ the Ludwig von Mises Institute].<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''David Voeller''', carefulwiththat at gmail dot com<br />
Open Source Ecology is applying knowledge and skill in the most effective way possible, to create a livable future. The convergence of Permaculture principles and Open Source methodology has been a long time coming. Open Source has shown us that technological advancement need not be encumbered by destructive and wasteful hierarchical control. Permaculture has taught us that a fulfilling and ethical life is not only possible, but realistic in a variety of climates and conditions. Open Source Ecology's work has the possibility to allow many more people to live within their resources; and to drastically increase the quality of life for those already doing so.<br />
|[[Image:davidvoeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Eric Hunting''', TheMillennialProject at gmail.com <br />
We are on the cusp of a transformation in the nature of our civilization. A fundamental shift in the way just about everything works in our society predicated on the evolution of the processes and technologies by which just about everything in our habitat is made. Emerging digital fabrication technology combined with emerging awareness of the factors of industrial sustainability are not only changing how we make things but who is making them and where. Industrial Age paradigms that have been concentrating industrial, economic, and political power for a century are failing in the face of a progressive shrinking, smartening, and demassifying of the tools of production and communication. Open Source Ecology is on the cutting edge of this transformation, pursuing and cultivating a spectrum of tools, new and old, that can realize a radical new level of sustainable community self-sufficiency with the intent of disseminating these tools globally. The Factor E Farm project is an incubator for a nascent movement with world-sweeping potential. <br />
|[[Image:EricHuntingAv.jpg|thumb|Eric Hunting]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''[http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/ Erik de Bruijn]''', ose at erikdebruijn.nl <br />
We've heard about, or even experienced, the collaborative power of passionate individuals around the world. When they join hands, contributing their energy, freely sharing their ideas and building on them, this mode of production can be highly productive. It may well outperform the traditionally closed 'institutional' mode of production, like Wikipedia is giving us an abundance of knowledge at no cost. OSE attempts, and is actually very successful at extending this notion of knowledge sharing into a way of living.<br />
They codify and freely reveal their knowledge into design files and rich instructional material such as video tutorials. Those serve to inspire, but also to practically make this concept replicable and effective.<br />
|[[Image:erikdebruijn.jpg|thumb|Erik de Bruijn]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''A. N. Alias''', anon23bf at nyx dot net<br />
I support OSE because we need viable alternatives to the military-industrial complex as a foundation for survival in the near future, particularly if predictions about the coming hyperinflationary depression turn out to be well founded.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''[http://ollehost.dk/blog/ Olle Jonsson]''', olle.jonsson at gmail dot com<br />
I had seen the impressive LifeTrac project on the web, but when I heard about the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1254 RepLab] initiative, I was hooked. I'm just a random web developer, but I want to help push toward a generalized, open digital fabrication toolkit. When each hackerspace, lab, and interested individual has access to equipment like that, things get really interesting.<br />
|[[Image:olleolleolle.jpg|thumb|Olle Jonsson]]<br />
|}<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Maureen''', baubo at dishmail.net<br />
I support factor E open source farm because when the cheap industrial food machine breaks down for lack of diesel fuel and capital, people are going to be shocked, angry and then desperate to learn a new way of living. Factor E is not just a theory, a book or a blue print. It’s an open source physical model of a DIY food, energy and shelter producing system. Large-scale industrialization was largely a wrong turn for humanity. By shrinking the scale, localizing throughputs, working smarter and sharing information globally we can create a bright new future – a true renaissance. Factor E farm is breaking trail for us all. I can’t think of a better investment.<br />
|}</div>Maureenhttps://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans&diff=10896True Fans2009-11-21T05:55:31Z<p>Maureen: /* True Fans */</p>
<hr />
<div>=Introduction=<br />
<br />
True Fans are supporters of the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=458 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages campaign ]. Here you can read why people have joined the campaign, as a motivation for you to join if you're not already signed up.<br />
<br />
=True Fans=<br />
<br />
[[Category:1000 Squared]]<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Benjamin Kaplin'''<br />
I'm a mechanical engineering student, and I support the OSE because a completed Open Source Village kit would represent several orders of magnitude of improvement over existing projects to improve living conditions around the globe with technology. I grew up reading Stephenson, and one of the most powerful images in his book <em>Diamond Age</em> is The Seed, a nanotechnology McGuffin that one of the main characters devotes his life to that would take the control of production and self-determination out of the hands of the McCorporations and put it into the hands of revolutionaries and the impoverished.<br />
Needless to say, nanotech is still several decades away from that dream, and contributing to the True Fans campaign helps a realistic Seed program without pulling me away from my studies.<br />
|[[Image:0213090948.jpg|thumb|Benjamin Kaplin]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Marcin Jakubowski''', opensourceecology at gmail dot com, marcin_ose on Skype<br />
I started the campaign because I have observed how little of humanity's true potential has been tapped. Everyone slaves their life away to a system that is crumbling at the seams. I believe that we can all reach absolute prosperity and evolve to freedom - by becoming skilled and productive [[Integrated Humans]], and by helping anyone else to do the same. History has shown that this is a general formula for lasting prosperity. As long as we're wise, it should be trivial to get beyond the economics of scarcity. We need to show the world how to build the world's first, replicable, open source Global Village.<br />
|[[Image:marcin.jpg|thumb|Marcin Jakubowski]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Jeremy Mason''', jeremymaso at gmail dot com<br />
I am supporting OSE because I want to someday replicate Factor e Farm and help everyone evolve to freedom. <br />
|[[image:jeremy.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Mason]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Scott Akridge'''<br />
As I get older I'm more and more interested in helping people. A couple weeks back I enlisted the help of a friend to help in developing a CEB press when I began doing research and found www.openfarmtech.org with the open source CEB press. I continued looking for more information but kept coming back to this site for more info and learned more about the project and found I wanted to get involved. I started by becoming a member and donating $10 a month with plans to build the CEB press and build a couple structures then make the effort a cooperative. After reading more I've decided to also build a sawmill, assuming I can recruit some help. I think this is a great project and am excited to be a part of it in a small way.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Toby Martin'''<br />
I support OSE because...<br />
* It's an intelligent and direct effort to address some of the most serious problems we face as individuals and as a society.<br />
* It's one of the most interesting and creative projects I've ever heard of. <br />
* I see no reason in principle that it can't improve people's lives.<br />
* It's actually happening.<br />
|[[Image:TF2.jpg|thumb|Toby Martin]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com<br />
I support OSE because both the model and the elements add some important missing pieces to what I perceive is going on.<br />
* I think it's important to have local possibilities for water, food and energy everywhere. Not just at the household level but more importantly at the village or more aggregated levels. Even if you end up buying stuff from elsewhere, it's best if that happens by choice, not by necessity. It was not by choice when things were local by default and it's not by choice now that things are global by default.<br />
* The whole process of open sharing of ideas, processes, know-how is intriguing and, at the very least, extremely fun to watch. (I really wish I had more time to join in myself, but I'm doing things that need doing. So I translate, tell others, and chip in with a little cash, less than what others spend in smoking. My choice.)<br />
* I'm particularly interested in some items for specific locations. Energy for water in sunny places is a must. Shelter and water collection systems. You name it.<br />
* Do we really know how far and how fast this can go? I think there's bound to be a catalitic process so that more and more technologies will come out openly, in an exciting incarnation of the Stone Soup story. So I want to help keep the fire going.<br />
* It really looks like this can be done, should be done, will be done in 2 years. Less than 2 years now. The whole world now has a sense of urgency, I feel. I'd like to see what we can do after this. But the time is ripe for this, now.<br />
* It's interesting to note how open content gives us a sense of ownership. Many have felt that with software. I want to see that with hardware.<br />
|no image yet<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Joseph Zarr''', joseph.zarr@gmail.com [[Image:DSC_0169.JPG|thumb|Joseph Zarr]]<br />
<br />
I am an anthropologist, a farmer, and a permaculturist by training. I support OSE because, well, let's be frank: This is arguably the coolest project on the planet. I am most attracted to Factor E Farm and OSE because of the overall themes of personal improvement (via daily spiritual and physical discipline - in whatever forms a person deems appropriate), human production, and an intertwined personal and community growth. We must collaboratively market the ownership of our futures.<br />
<br />
"For less than the price of one coffee per week, for less than the price of one first class stamp per day, you can help change the world. Subscribe!" <br />
<br />
As our resource pool dwindles globally, largely due to corporate theft and errant industrial practices, we will have to produce locally and 'in-source'. With a dwindling petroleum base, our dream of cheap energy will disappear. These are simple facts. We must invest human energies in locally-based solutions. We must ignore our propagandized 'reality' and create a meaningful existence together. <br />
With drastically increasing populations (estimated 70 million per year), we must teach ourselves the merits of collaboration, co-housing, and SHARING. My opinion is the era of individualized ownership is archaic and ill-advised. Only by sharing and producing what we actually need, and sharing what we already have (be it skills, books, resources etc.), will we experience the next stage of cultural progress. Hopefully, in the not so distant future our children's hands will not deform due to excessive playing of video games but, rather, they will callous, strengthen and scar due to meaningful labor and a 'hands-on' reality; i.e. literacy, numeracy, production = freedom. The only debts we owe are to ourselves and our community. Let's pay up.<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Josef Davies-Coates'''<br />
I'm founder United Diversity and co-founder of The Open Co-op and support this project because of all the many many VERY cool projects I follow, this is perhaps the most inspiring and important. I can't think of a better way I could possibly spend my money.<br />
|[[Image:Josephdc.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Reto Stauss''', reto.stauss(at)gmail.com, rstauss on Skype<br />
<br />
I am mainly attracted by the momentum this projects develops. And of course because it is not talking but doing. My hope is that inspires my own little project (actually it already did): [http://manufakturingruendung.ch/en open source goods produced by small, agile manufactories]. Lucas, Joseph, sign your points.<br />
|[[Image:Reto.jpg|thumb|Reto Stauss]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Geoff Capper''', geoff (at) floodstreetfarmlet.net<br />
I am supporting OSE because it is showing us that it is possible to regain control over the complex systems that to an extent have come to rule our lives. We can build our own machinery, we can build our own future, we can be free. The activity at Factor e Farm is truly inspiring, and I hope to use many of the products building up our own small farm, which may hopefully inspire others locally.<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tom Lindsey''', thomas.lindsey at gmail dot com<br />
I support OSE because I want Factor e Farm to succeed so I can use the tools they are developing, replicate Factor e Farm, and create a future of freedom for myself and loved ones. <br />
|[[Image:tomlindsey.jpg|thumb|Tom Lindsey and Boomer]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Edward Miller''', embraceunity -at- gmail dot com<br />
I became a true fan because I would like to see our civilization become more resilient by using decentralized technological solutions, and to evolve towards a post-scarcity society. I plan to move on site soon to help build a RepRap machine.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Jussi Haverinen''', haverinen.jussi at gmail dot com<br />
I'm a strong believer in power of free software approach to technology and very interested in transformative technology and it's effect on society. Politically I'm an social ecologist and I do think that the main task that has to be done is to abolish capitalism and the state through direct democracy in the cities and neighbourhoods (confederated together of course). My skills: mostly computer knowledge, relatively good unix admin skills, and some language skills but that's about it. I only have limited knowledge of farming, construction, electronics, handcraft, but I'm willing to learn. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Mark Thomas''', factore at thomastechcon dot com<br />
My wife and I are serial homesteaders--we built up a goat dairy from scratch in South Africa, a [http://thomasphotos.wordpress.com small livestock farm in Appalachia], and are just starting on a lambing operation in Southside Virginia.<br />
<br />
Politically, I base my ethics on the [[Nonaggression Axiom]] and I do think that the main task that has to be done is to abolish democracy and the state through direct capitalism. Apologies to Jussi above! I do my political writing at [http://distributedrepublic.net/blog/mark Distributed Republic] and much of my reading at [http://mises.org/ the Ludwig von Mises Institute].<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''David Voeller''', carefulwiththat at gmail dot com<br />
Open Source Ecology is applying knowledge and skill in the most effective way possible, to create a livable future. The convergence of Permaculture principles and Open Source methodology has been a long time coming. Open Source has shown us that technological advancement need not be encumbered by destructive and wasteful hierarchical control. Permaculture has taught us that a fulfilling and ethical life is not only possible, but realistic in a variety of climates and conditions. Open Source Ecology's work has the possibility to allow many more people to live within their resources; and to drastically increase the quality of life for those already doing so.<br />
|[[Image:davidvoeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Eric Hunting''', TheMillennialProject at gmail.com <br />
We are on the cusp of a transformation in the nature of our civilization. A fundamental shift in the way just about everything works in our society predicated on the evolution of the processes and technologies by which just about everything in our habitat is made. Emerging digital fabrication technology combined with emerging awareness of the factors of industrial sustainability are not only changing how we make things but who is making them and where. Industrial Age paradigms that have been concentrating industrial, economic, and political power for a century are failing in the face of a progressive shrinking, smartening, and demassifying of the tools of production and communication. Open Source Ecology is on the cutting edge of this transformation, pursuing and cultivating a spectrum of tools, new and old, that can realize a radical new level of sustainable community self-sufficiency with the intent of disseminating these tools globally. The Factor E Farm project is an incubator for a nascent movement with world-sweeping potential. <br />
|[[Image:EricHuntingAv.jpg|thumb|Eric Hunting]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| stlye="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''[http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/ Erik de Bruijn]''', ose at erikdebruijn.nl <br />
We've heard about, or even experienced, the collaborative power of passionate individuals around the world. When they join hands, contributing their energy, freely sharing their ideas and building on them, this mode of production can be highly productive. It may well outperform the traditionally closed 'institutional' mode of production, like Wikipedia is giving us an abundance of knowledge at no cost. OSE attempts, and is actually very successful at extending this notion of knowledge sharing into a way of living.<br />
They codify and freely reveal their knowledge into design files and rich instructional material such as video tutorials. Those serve to inspire, but also to practically make this concept replicable and effective.<br />
|[[Image:erikdebruijn.jpg|thumb|Erik de Bruijn]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="width:100%"<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''A. N. Alias''', anon23bf at nyx dot net<br />
I support OSE because we need viable alternatives to the military-industrial complex as a foundation for survival in the near future, particularly if predictions about the coming hyperinflationary depression turn out to be well founded.<br />
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| '''[http://ollehost.dk/blog/ Olle Jonsson]''', olle.jonsson at gmail dot com<br />
I had seen the impressive LifeTrac project on the web, but when I heard about the [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1254 RepLab] initiative, I was hooked. I'm just a random web developer, but I want to help push toward a generalized, open digital fabrication toolkit. When each hackerspace, lab, and interested individual has access to equipment like that, things get really interesting.<br />
|[[Image:olleolleolle.jpg|thumb|Olle Jonsson]]<br />
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I support factor E open source farm because when the cheap industrial food machine breaks down for lack of diesel fuel and capital, people are going to be shocked, angry and then desperate to learn a new way of living. Factor E is not just a theory, a book or a blue print. It’s an open source physical model of a DIY food, energy and shelter producing system. Large-scale industrialization was largely a wrong turn for humanity. By shrinking the scale, localizing throughputs, working smarter and sharing information globally we can create a bright new future – a true renaissance. Factor E farm is breaking trail for us all. I can’t think of a better investment.<br />
|}</div>Maureen