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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y callejones sin salida (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cualquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es propuesto para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y el militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product_Ecologies|Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores que los homólogos industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la plataforma GVCS debe superar la media de productividad de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben ajustarse a criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para para hacer frente a los requerimientos de condiciones constantemente cambiantes.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia programada (peak point performance),si no sistemas que alcanzan su máximo rendimiento y adecuación dentro de una comunidad resilente integrada con sus propios sistemas de soporte de vida natural. Parte del diseño de sistemas se orienta a la sinergia en cuanto que el GVCS intenta conseguir su máximo potencial cuando todos sus componentes funcionan junto con algún otro. <br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil a través de un diseño sólido, funcionalidad orientada al usuario, código abierto, diseño DIY.<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro trabajo van desde el 1er hasta el 4ª mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas operativas.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no son dispositivos exclusivos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Economía Completa''': El trabajo de OSE procura ser un proyecto factible para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños están dirigidos a un estilo de vida que es mantenidoo por los miembros de la comunidad. Esto se puede denominar un estilo de vida neo-subsistente, donde las comunidades pueden proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de materiales. Esto se conoce como Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología.<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que se pueda disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados operativos, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenida y resiliente.<br /> #'''No-Violencia''': El GVCS está diseñado para proporcionar todas las necesidades de una comunidad sin matar ni robar a otros.<br /> #'''Contrato Social Amistoso''': El conjunto de herramientas GVCS está diseñado para promover un contrato social justo, equitativo y promotor de vida en una comunidad que viva con el GVCS. Las cualidades de las GVCS tienen por objeto fomentar las buenas relaciones entre un grupo de población a pequeña escala. El contrato social se basa en la división del trabajo colaborativo, donde la productividad de los miembros individuales contribuye al bienestar de toda la comunidad. El requisito básico es el aprendizaje permanente y la administración regenerativa de la tierra y los recursos, junto con la no violencia.<br /> #'''Comunidad y Familia''': OSE promueve la reconexión de las personas entre sí para obtener una mayor libertad sobre las limitaciones materiales. Esta reconexión también incluye reconexión a una de nuestras verdaderas necesidades: la familia, incluyendo la familia global de todos los seres vivos.<br /> #'''Técnicas Probadas''': Nos enfocamos en técnicas, conceptos y tecnologías probadas en el tiempo. Todos los principios son por lo general provenientes del saber común, del conocimiento histórico o del saber adquirido a lo largo de eones de civilización.<br /> #'''Integración Interdisciplinaria''': Ofrecemos tecnología punta en tanto tratamos de integrar el conocimiento de campos y disciplinas diversas. Valoramos los cruces fronterizos sin complejos y la fertilización cruzada extraida de tantas culturas, regiones y periodos de tiempo como sea posible.<br /> #'''Suficiencia''': Nuestro diseño se centra en la suficiencia, es decir: entendemos que tenemos que llegar a un cierto nivel de rendimiento y eso es suficiente. Lo cual es distinto de adición continua a la frívola parafernalia.<br /> #'''Nueva Economía''': Un aspecto de la OSE es que permite la creación de una economía basada en recursos, donde la verdadera riqueza está fundamentada en el valor de los recursos naturales, principalmente locales, en donde la abundancia se crea a partir de agregar valor a los recursos naturales mediante su transformación para la utilizacón humana.<br /> #'''Fabricación Flexible''': Este es un modo de producción distinto del de la especialización. En la fabricación flexible, maquinaria de propósito general es utilizada por trabajadores altamente calificados para producir una amplia gama de productos en contraste a las máquinas especializadas operadas por personal muy poco cualificado, produciendo apenas un solo elemento. Nuestros medios de fabricación flexible son la fuente de un fábrica-laboratorio de código abierto.<br /> #'''Recursión Tecnológica''': La tecnología de fabricación flexible también permite a los productores producir piezas y máquinas más complejas. Esto permite a una comunidad local alcanzar eventualmente la capacidad de producir cualquier tecnología conocida por la humanidad.<br /> #'''Industria 2.0''': Este es un concepto que propone que la fabricación flexible, combinada con un desarrollo colaborativo junto con un repositorio global accesible (a través de internet) del diseño de productos, tendría el potencial para convertirse en el nuevo motor de la producción. Esto es particularmente útil para la relocalización de la economía productiva y para la economía distributiva. La Industria 2.0 es un objetivo directo de la OSE.<br /> #'''Permafactura''': Fabricación ecológica con diseños para durabilidad de por vida.<br /> #'''Recursos Locales''': El GVCS se alimenta de recursos locales tales como el agua, la luz del sol, la roca y el suelo a través de la recursión tecnológica.<br /> #'''Replicabilidad''': El trabajo de la OSE está destinado a ser reproducible, autoreplicable y viral. Su naturaleza de código abierto, bajo coste y simplicidad es la clave para ello.<br /> #'''Significado''': La tecnología, cuando se usa apropiadamente, tiene la intención de volver a conectar a uno con el significado y con los ecosistemas naturales. La reconexión con la naturaleza puede ocurrir a partir de la interacción constante entre los seres humanos y la naturaleza cuando los recursos naturales son custodiados de manera responsable para satisfacer las necesidades humanas a través de procesos benignos.<br /> <br /> <br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Métodos y Aproximaciones Estratégicas=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Componentes de las Especificaciones OSE=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Importancia Económica==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Documentación Abierta==<br /> <br /> ===Contenido Abierto===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Accesibilidad sencilla o documentación y diseños descargables===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Ilustraciones de Diseños===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Coste de Materiales (CDM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Herramientas====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Información Libre===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Economía Distributiva==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Naturaleza Transformativa de la Empresa==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Diseño de Sistemas==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparencia del Modelo de Producción y del Proceso de Desarrollo==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Proceso de Desarrollo===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creación de Niveles de Post-Escasez en la Producción==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicidad y Bajo Coste==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==De por Vida; Diseño Modular; Diseño-Orientado-al-Desensamblaje; Diseño Escalable (DE)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Diseño Modular Multipropósito===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Escalabilidad===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localización de Fuentes de Materia Prima y de Producción==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Niveles de Localización===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Cualidades Ecológicas==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Viabilidad Económica y Replicabilidad==<br /> <br /> ===Minimización del Consumo, Gastos Generales y Burocracia===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Evolución del Producto===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Facilidad de Fabricación===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Franquicia Abierta o [[Modelo de Negocio Abierto|Open Bussines Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Asistencia de Fase Inicial===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Trasfondo Económico===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Economía Distributiva===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Diseño de Sistems===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecología===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Proceso de Desarrollo===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicidad de Diseño===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Diseño escalable===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localización===<br /> ====Materiales====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Producción====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y callejones sin salida (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cualquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es propuesto para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y el militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product_Ecologies|Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores que los homólogos industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la plataforma GVCS debe superar la media de productividad de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben ajustarse a criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para para hacer frente a los requerimientos de condiciones constantemente cambiantes.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia programada (peak point performance),si no sistemas que alcanzan su máximo rendimiento y adecuación dentro de una comunidad resilente integrada con sus propios sistemas de soporte de vida natural. Parte del diseño de sistemas se orienta a la sinergia en cuanto que el GVCS intenta conseguir su máximo potencial cuando todos sus componentes funcionan junto con algún otro. <br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil a través de un diseño sólido, funcionalidad orientada al usuario, código abierto, diseño DIY.<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro trabajo van desde el 1er hasta el 4ª mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas operativas.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no son dispositivos exclusivos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Economía Completa''': El trabajo de OSE procura ser un proyecto factible para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños están dirigidos a un estilo de vida que es mantenidoo por los miembros de la comunidad. Esto se puede denominar un estilo de vida neo-subsistente, donde las comunidades pueden proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de materiales. Esto se conoce como Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología.<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que se pueda disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados operativos, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenida y resiliente.<br /> #'''No-Violencia''': El GVCS está diseñado para proporcionar todas las necesidades de una comunidad sin matar ni robar a otros.<br /> #'''Contrato Social Amistoso''': El conjunto de herramientas GVCS está diseñado para promover un contrato social justo, equitativo y promotor de vida en una comunidad que viva con el GVCS. Las cualidades de las GVCS tienen por objeto fomentar las buenas relaciones entre un grupo de población a pequeña escala. El contrato social se basa en la división del trabajo colaborativo, donde la productividad de los miembros individuales contribuye al bienestar de toda la comunidad. El requisito básico es el aprendizaje permanente y la administración regenerativa de la tierra y los recursos, junto con la no violencia.<br /> #'''Comunidad y Familia''': OSE promueve la reconexión de las personas entre sí para obtener una mayor libertad sobre las limitaciones materiales. Esta reconexión también incluye reconexión a una de nuestras verdaderas necesidades: la familia, incluyendo la familia global de todos los seres vivos.<br /> #'''Técnicas Probadas''': Nos enfocamos en técnicas, conceptos y tecnologías probadas en el tiempo. Todos los principios son por lo general provenientes del saber común, del conocimiento histórico o del saber adquirido a lo largo de eones de civilización.<br /> #'''Integración Interdisciplinaria''': Ofrecemos tecnología punta en tanto tratamos de integrar el conocimiento de campos y disciplinas diversas. Valoramos los cruces fronterizos sin complejos y la fertilización cruzada extraida de tantas culturas, regiones y periodos de tiempo como sea posible.<br /> #'''Suficiencia''': Nuestro diseño se centra en la suficiencia, es decir: entendemos que tenemos que llegar a un cierto nivel de rendimiento y eso es suficiente. Lo cual es distinto de adición continua a la frívola parafernalia.<br /> #'''Nueva Economía''': Un aspecto de la OSE es que permite la creación de una economía basada en recursos, donde la verdadera riqueza está fundamentada en el valor de los recursos naturales, principalmente locales, en donde la abundancia se crea a partir de agregar valor a los recursos naturales mediante su transformación para la utilizacón humana.<br /> #'''Fabricación Flexible''': Este es un modo de producción distinto del de la especialización. En la fabricación flexible, maquinaria de propósito general es utilizada por trabajadores altamente calificados para producir una amplia gama de productos en contraste a las máquinas especializadas operadas por personal muy poco cualificado, produciendo apenas un solo elemento. Nuestros medios de fabricación flexible son la fuente de un fábrica-laboratorio de código abierto.<br /> #'''Recursión Tecnológica''': La tecnología de fabricación flexible también permite a los productores producir piezas y máquinas más complejas. Esto permite a una comunidad local alcanzar eventualmente la capacidad de producir cualquier tecnología conocida por la humanidad.<br /> #'''Industria 2.0''': Este es un concepto que propone que la fabricación flexible, combinada con un desarrollo colaborativo junto con un repositorio global accesible (a través de internet) del diseño de productos, tendría el potencial para convertirse en el nuevo motor de la producción. Esto es particularmente útil para la relocalización de la economía productiva y para la economía distributiva. La Industria 2.0 es un objetivo directo de la OSE.<br /> #'''Permafactura''': Fabricación ecológica con diseños para durabilidad de por vida.<br /> #'''Recursos Locales''': El GVCS se alimenta de recursos locales tales como el agua, la luz del sol, la roca y el suelo a través de la recursión tecnológica.<br /> #'''Replicabilidad''': El trabajo de la OSE está destinado a ser reproducible, autoreplicable y viral. Su naturaleza de código abierto, bajo coste y simplicidad es la clave para ello.<br /> <br /> <br /> #'''Meaning''' – Technology, when used appropriately, is intended to reconnect one to meaning, and to natural ecosystems. Reconnection to nature can occur from constant interplay between humans and nature, as natural resources are stewarded responsibly to meet human needs by benign processes.<br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Métodos y Aproximaciones Estratégicas=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Componentes de las Especificaciones OSE=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Importancia Económica==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Documentación Abierta==<br /> <br /> ===Contenido Abierto===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Accesibilidad sencilla o documentación y diseños descargables===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Ilustraciones de Diseños===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Coste de Materiales (CDM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Herramientas====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Información Libre===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Economía Distributiva==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Naturaleza Transformativa de la Empresa==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Diseño de Sistemas==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparencia del Modelo de Producción y del Proceso de Desarrollo==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Proceso de Desarrollo===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creación de Niveles de Post-Escasez en la Producción==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicidad y Bajo Coste==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==De por Vida; Diseño Modular; Diseño-Orientado-al-Desensamblaje; Diseño Escalable (DE)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Diseño Modular Multipropósito===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Escalabilidad===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localización de Fuentes de Materia Prima y de Producción==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Niveles de Localización===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Cualidades Ecológicas==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Viabilidad Económica y Replicabilidad==<br /> <br /> ===Minimización del Consumo, Gastos Generales y Burocracia===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Evolución del Producto===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Facilidad de Fabricación===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Franquicia Abierta o [[Modelo de Negocio Abierto|Open Bussines Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Asistencia de Fase Inicial===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Trasfondo Económico===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Economía Distributiva===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Diseño de Sistems===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecología===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Proceso de Desarrollo===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicidad de Diseño===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Diseño escalable===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localización===<br /> ====Materiales====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Producción====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: /* Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y callejones sin salida (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cualquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es propuesto para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y el militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product_Ecologies|Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores que los homólogos industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la plataforma GVCS debe superar la media de productividad de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben ajustarse a criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para para hacer frente a los requerimientos de condiciones constantemente cambiantes.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia programada (peak point performance),si no sistemas que alcanzan su máximo rendimiento y adecuación dentro de una comunidad resilente integrada con sus propios sistemas de soporte de vida natural. Parte del diseño de sistemas se orienta a la sinergia en cuanto que el GVCS intenta conseguir su máximo potencial cuando todos sus componentes funcionan junto con algún otro. <br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil a través de un diseño sólido, funcionalidad orientada al usuario, código abierto, diseño DIY.<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro trabajo van desde el 1er hasta el 4ª mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas operativas.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no son dispositivos exclusivos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Economía Completa''': El trabajo de OSE procura ser un proyecto factible para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños están dirigidos a un estilo de vida que es mantenidoo por los miembros de la comunidad. Esto se puede denominar un estilo de vida neo-subsistente, donde las comunidades pueden proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de materiales. Esto se conoce como Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología.<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que se pueda disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados operativos, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenida y resiliente.<br /> #'''No-Violencia''': El GVCS está diseñado para proporcionar todas las necesidades de una comunidad sin matar ni robar a otros.<br /> #'''Contrato Social Amistoso''': El conjunto de herramientas GVCS está diseñado para promover un contrato social justo, equitativo y promotor de vida en una comunidad que viva con el GVCS. Las cualidades de las GVCS tienen por objeto fomentar las buenas relaciones entre un grupo de población a pequeña escala. El contrato social se basa en la división del trabajo colaborativo, donde la productividad de los miembros individuales contribuye al bienestar de toda la comunidad. El requisito básico es el aprendizaje permanente y la administración regenerativa de la tierra y los recursos, junto con la no violencia.<br /> #'''Comunidad y Familia''': OSE promueve la reconexión de las personas entre sí para obtener una mayor libertad sobre las limitaciones materiales. Esta reconexión también incluye reconexión a una de nuestras verdaderas necesidades: la familia, incluyendo la familia global de todos los seres vivos.<br /> <br /> #'''Proven Techniques''' – We focus on time-proven concepts, techniques, and technologies. All are principles are generally regarded as common, historical knowledge or wisdom learned through eons of civilization. <br /> #'''Cross-Disciplinary Integration''' – We provide cutting edge practice in so far as they are integrations of knowledge from many fields and disciplines. We value unabashed boundary-crossing and cross-fertilization, drawing from as many cultures, regions, and time periods as possible.<br /> #'''Sufficiency''' – Our design focuses on sufficiency – ie, we understand that we need to reach a certain level of performance, and that is sufficient. This is distinct from continuous addition of frivolous bells and whistles.<br /> #'''New Economics''' – One aspect of OSE is that it allows for the creation of a resource based economy, where true wealth is based on the value of natural, primarily local resources, where wealth is created from adding value to natural resources by transforming them to human-usable form.<br /> #'''Flexible Fabrication''' – This is a mode of production distinct from specialization. In flexible fabrication, general purpose machinery is used by highly skilled workers to produce a wide array of products – as opposed to specialized machines, operated by highly deskilled workers, producing only a single item. Our means to flexible fabrication is the open source fab lab.<br /> #'''Technological Recursion''' – The flexible fabrication technology also allows producers to produce more complex machines and parts. This allows a local community to, eventually, attain the capacity to produce any technology known to humankind. <br /> #'''Industry 2.0''' – This is a concept that flexible fabrication, combined with a collaboratively-developed, global repository of down-loadable product design has the potential to become the new engine of production. This is particularly useful towards relocalization of productive economies and towards distributive economics. Industry 2.0 is a direct goal of OSE. <br /> #'''Permafacture''' - ecological fabrication with lifetime design.<br /> #'''Local Resources''' – The GVCS is fueled by local resources, such as water, sunlight, rock and soil. Via technological recursion, <br /> #'''Replicability''' – OSE work is intended to be replicable, self-replicating, and viral. The open source nature, low-cost, and simplicity of our designs are key to this.<br /> #'''Meaning''' – Technology, when used appropriately, is intended to reconnect one to meaning, and to natural ecosystems. Reconnection to nature can occur from constant interplay between humans and nature, as natural resources are stewarded responsibly to meet human needs by benign processes.<br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Methods and Strategic Approaches=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Components of OSE Specifications=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Economic Significance==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Open Documentation==<br /> <br /> ===Open content===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Readily accessible or downloadble documentation and design===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Design Drawings===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Bill of Materials (BOM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Tools====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Free information===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Distributive Economics==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Transformative Nature of Enterprise==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Systems Design==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparency of Production Model and Development Process==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creation of Post-Scarcity Levels of Production==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicity and Low Cost==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==Lifetime, Modular Design; Design-for-Disassembly; Design-for-Scalability (DfS)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Multipurpose Modular Design===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Scalability===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localization of Material Sourcing and of Production==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Localization Levels===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Ecological Qualities==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Economic Feasibility and Replicability==<br /> <br /> ===Minimization of Waste, Overhead, and Bureaucracy===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Open Franchising or [[Open Business Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Economic Significance===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Distributive Economics===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Systems Design===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecology===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicity of design===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Design for scalability===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localization===<br /> ====Materials====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Production====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: /* Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y callejones sin salida (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cualquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es propuesto para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y el militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product_Ecologies|Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores que los homólogos industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la plataforma GVCS debe superar la media de productividad de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben ajustarse a criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para para hacer frente a los requerimientos de condiciones constantemente cambiantes.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia programada (peak point performance),si no sistemas que alcanzan su máximo rendimiento y adecuación dentro de una comunidad resilente integrada con sus propios sistemas de soporte de vida natural. Parte del diseño de sistemas se orienta a la sinergia en cuanto que el GVCS intenta conseguir su máximo potencial cuando todos sus componentes funcionan junto con algún otro. <br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil a través de un diseño sólido, funcionalidad orientada al usuario, código abierto, diseño DIY.<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro trabajo van desde el 1er hasta el 4ª mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas operativas.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no son dispositivos exclusivos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Economía Completa''': El trabajo de OSE procura ser un proyecto factible para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños están dirigidos a un estilo de vida que es mantenidoo por los miembros de la comunidad. Esto se puede denominar un estilo de vida neo-subsistente, donde las comunidades pueden proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de materiales. Esto se conoce como Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología.<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que se pueda disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados operativos, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenida y resiliente.<br /> #'''No-Violencia''': El GVCS está diseñado para proporcionar todas las necesidades de una comunidad sin matar ni robar a otros.<br /> #'''Contrato Social Amistoso''': El conjunto de herramientas GVCS está diseñado para promover un contrato social justo, equitativo y promotor de vida en una comunidad que viva con el GVCS. Las cualidades de las GVCS tienen por objeto fomentar las buenas relaciones entre un grupo de población a pequeña escala. El contrato social se basa en la división del trabajo colaborativo, donde la productividad de los miembros individuales contribuye al bienestar de toda la comunidad. El requisito básico es el aprendizaje permanente y la administración regenerativa de la tierra y los recursos, junto con la no violencia.<br /> <br /> <br /> #'''Community and Family''' – OSE promotes the reconnection of people to one another as a result of increased freedom from material constraints. This reconnection also includes reconnection to one's true needs, to one's family, and to the global family of all living creatures.<br /> #'''Proven Techniques''' – We focus on time-proven concepts, techniques, and technologies. All are principles are generally regarded as common, historical knowledge or wisdom learned through eons of civilization. <br /> #'''Cross-Disciplinary Integration''' – We provide cutting edge practice in so far as they are integrations of knowledge from many fields and disciplines. We value unabashed boundary-crossing and cross-fertilization, drawing from as many cultures, regions, and time periods as possible.<br /> #'''Sufficiency''' – Our design focuses on sufficiency – ie, we understand that we need to reach a certain level of performance, and that is sufficient. This is distinct from continuous addition of frivolous bells and whistles.<br /> #'''New Economics''' – One aspect of OSE is that it allows for the creation of a resource based economy, where true wealth is based on the value of natural, primarily local resources, where wealth is created from adding value to natural resources by transforming them to human-usable form.<br /> #'''Flexible Fabrication''' – This is a mode of production distinct from specialization. In flexible fabrication, general purpose machinery is used by highly skilled workers to produce a wide array of products – as opposed to specialized machines, operated by highly deskilled workers, producing only a single item. Our means to flexible fabrication is the open source fab lab.<br /> #'''Technological Recursion''' – The flexible fabrication technology also allows producers to produce more complex machines and parts. This allows a local community to, eventually, attain the capacity to produce any technology known to humankind. <br /> #'''Industry 2.0''' – This is a concept that flexible fabrication, combined with a collaboratively-developed, global repository of down-loadable product design has the potential to become the new engine of production. This is particularly useful towards relocalization of productive economies and towards distributive economics. Industry 2.0 is a direct goal of OSE. <br /> #'''Permafacture''' - ecological fabrication with lifetime design.<br /> #'''Local Resources''' – The GVCS is fueled by local resources, such as water, sunlight, rock and soil. Via technological recursion, <br /> #'''Replicability''' – OSE work is intended to be replicable, self-replicating, and viral. The open source nature, low-cost, and simplicity of our designs are key to this.<br /> #'''Meaning''' – Technology, when used appropriately, is intended to reconnect one to meaning, and to natural ecosystems. Reconnection to nature can occur from constant interplay between humans and nature, as natural resources are stewarded responsibly to meet human needs by benign processes.<br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Methods and Strategic Approaches=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Components of OSE Specifications=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Economic Significance==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Open Documentation==<br /> <br /> ===Open content===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Readily accessible or downloadble documentation and design===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Design Drawings===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Bill of Materials (BOM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Tools====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Free information===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Distributive Economics==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Transformative Nature of Enterprise==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Systems Design==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparency of Production Model and Development Process==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creation of Post-Scarcity Levels of Production==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicity and Low Cost==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==Lifetime, Modular Design; Design-for-Disassembly; Design-for-Scalability (DfS)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Multipurpose Modular Design===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Scalability===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localization of Material Sourcing and of Production==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Localization Levels===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Ecological Qualities==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Economic Feasibility and Replicability==<br /> <br /> ===Minimization of Waste, Overhead, and Bureaucracy===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Open Franchising or [[Open Business Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Economic Significance===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Distributive Economics===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Systems Design===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecology===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicity of design===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Design for scalability===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localization===<br /> ====Materials====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Production====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y callejones sin salida (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cualquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es propuesto para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y el militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product_Ecologies|Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores que los homólogos industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la plataforma GVCS debe superar la media de productividad de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben ajustarse a criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para para hacer frente a los requerimientos de condiciones constantemente cambiantes.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia programada (peak point performance),si no sistemas que alcanzan su máximo rendimiento y adecuación dentro de una comunidad resilente integrada con sus propios sistemas de soporte de vida natural. Parte del diseño de sistemas se orienta a la sinergia en cuanto que el GVCS intenta conseguir su máximo potencial cuando todos sus componentes funcionan junto con algún otro. <br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil a través de un diseño sólido, funcionalidad orientada al usuario, código abierto, diseño DIY.<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro trabajo van desde el 1er hasta el 4ª mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas operativas.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no son dispositivos exclusivos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Complete Economy''': El trabajo de OSE procura ser un proyecto factible para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños están dirigidos a un estilo de vida que es mantenidoo por los miembros de la comunidad. Esto se puede denominar un estilo de vida neo-subsistente, donde las comunidades pueden proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de materiales. Esto se conoce como Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología.<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que se pueda disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados operativos, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenida y resiliente.<br /> #'''No-Violencia''': El GVCS está diseñado para proporcionar todas las necesidades de una comunidad sin matar ni robar a otros.<br /> #'''Contrato Social Amistoso''': El conjunto de herramientas GVCS está diseñado para promover un contrato social justo, equitativo y promotor de vida en una comunidad que viva con el GVCS. Las cualidades de las GVCS tienen por objeto fomentar las buenas relaciones entre un grupo de población a pequeña escala. El contrato social se basa en la división del trabajo colaborativo, donde la productividad de los miembros individuales contribuye al bienestar de toda la comunidad. El requisito básico es el aprendizaje permanente y la administración regenerativa de la tierra y los recursos, junto con la no violencia.<br /> <br /> <br /> #'''Community and Family''' – OSE promotes the reconnection of people to one another as a result of increased freedom from material constraints. This reconnection also includes reconnection to one's true needs, to one's family, and to the global family of all living creatures.<br /> #'''Proven Techniques''' – We focus on time-proven concepts, techniques, and technologies. All are principles are generally regarded as common, historical knowledge or wisdom learned through eons of civilization. <br /> #'''Cross-Disciplinary Integration''' – We provide cutting edge practice in so far as they are integrations of knowledge from many fields and disciplines. We value unabashed boundary-crossing and cross-fertilization, drawing from as many cultures, regions, and time periods as possible.<br /> #'''Sufficiency''' – Our design focuses on sufficiency – ie, we understand that we need to reach a certain level of performance, and that is sufficient. This is distinct from continuous addition of frivolous bells and whistles.<br /> #'''New Economics''' – One aspect of OSE is that it allows for the creation of a resource based economy, where true wealth is based on the value of natural, primarily local resources, where wealth is created from adding value to natural resources by transforming them to human-usable form.<br /> #'''Flexible Fabrication''' – This is a mode of production distinct from specialization. In flexible fabrication, general purpose machinery is used by highly skilled workers to produce a wide array of products – as opposed to specialized machines, operated by highly deskilled workers, producing only a single item. Our means to flexible fabrication is the open source fab lab.<br /> #'''Technological Recursion''' – The flexible fabrication technology also allows producers to produce more complex machines and parts. This allows a local community to, eventually, attain the capacity to produce any technology known to humankind. <br /> #'''Industry 2.0''' – This is a concept that flexible fabrication, combined with a collaboratively-developed, global repository of down-loadable product design has the potential to become the new engine of production. This is particularly useful towards relocalization of productive economies and towards distributive economics. Industry 2.0 is a direct goal of OSE. <br /> #'''Permafacture''' - ecological fabrication with lifetime design.<br /> #'''Local Resources''' – The GVCS is fueled by local resources, such as water, sunlight, rock and soil. Via technological recursion, <br /> #'''Replicability''' – OSE work is intended to be replicable, self-replicating, and viral. The open source nature, low-cost, and simplicity of our designs are key to this.<br /> #'''Meaning''' – Technology, when used appropriately, is intended to reconnect one to meaning, and to natural ecosystems. Reconnection to nature can occur from constant interplay between humans and nature, as natural resources are stewarded responsibly to meet human needs by benign processes.<br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Methods and Strategic Approaches=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Components of OSE Specifications=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Economic Significance==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Open Documentation==<br /> <br /> ===Open content===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Readily accessible or downloadble documentation and design===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Design Drawings===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Bill of Materials (BOM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Tools====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Free information===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Distributive Economics==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Transformative Nature of Enterprise==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Systems Design==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparency of Production Model and Development Process==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creation of Post-Scarcity Levels of Production==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicity and Low Cost==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==Lifetime, Modular Design; Design-for-Disassembly; Design-for-Scalability (DfS)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Multipurpose Modular Design===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Scalability===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localization of Material Sourcing and of Production==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Localization Levels===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Ecological Qualities==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Economic Feasibility and Replicability==<br /> <br /> ===Minimization of Waste, Overhead, and Bureaucracy===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Open Franchising or [[Open Business Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Economic Significance===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Distributive Economics===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Systems Design===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecology===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicity of design===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Design for scalability===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localization===<br /> ====Materials====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Production====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y callejones sin salida (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cualquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es propuesto para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y el militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product_Ecologies|Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores que los homólogos industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la plataforma GVCS debe superar la media de productividad de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben ajustarse a criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para para hacer frente a los requerimientos de condiciones constantemente cambiantes.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia programada (peak point performance),si no sistemas que alcanzan su máximo rendimiento y adecuación dentro de una comunidad resilente integrada con sus propios sistemas de soporte de vida natural. Parte del diseño de sistemas se orienta a la sinergia en cuanto que el GVCS intenta conseguir su máximo potencial cuando todos sus componentes funcionan junto con algún otro. <br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil a través de un diseño sólido, funcionalidad orientada al usuario, código abierto, diseño DIY.<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro trabajo van desde el 1er hasta el 4ª mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas operativas.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no son dispositivos exclusivos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Complete Economy''': El trabajo de OSE procura ser un proyecto factible para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños están dirigidos a un estilo de vida que es mantenidoo por los miembros de la comunidad. Esto se puede denominar un estilo de vida neo-subsistente, donde las comunidades pueden proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de materiales. Esto se conoce como Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología.<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que se pueda disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados operativos, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenida y resiliente.<br /> <br /> <br /> #'''Nonviolence''' – The GVCS is designed to provide for all the needs of a community without killing or stealing from others.<br /> #'''Amicable Social Contract''' – The GVCS toolset is designed to promote a just, equitable, and life-giving social contract for a village community living with the GVCS. The qualities of the GVCS are intended to promote good relationships between a village-scale group of people. The social contract is based on collaborative division of labor, where productivity of individual members contributes to the well-being of the whole community. The basic requirement is lifelong learning and regenerative stewardship of land and resources, along with nonviolence .<br /> #'''Community and Family''' – OSE promotes the reconnection of people to one another as a result of increased freedom from material constraints. This reconnection also includes reconnection to one's true needs, to one's family, and to the global family of all living creatures.<br /> #'''Proven Techniques''' – We focus on time-proven concepts, techniques, and technologies. All are principles are generally regarded as common, historical knowledge or wisdom learned through eons of civilization. <br /> #'''Cross-Disciplinary Integration''' – We provide cutting edge practice in so far as they are integrations of knowledge from many fields and disciplines. We value unabashed boundary-crossing and cross-fertilization, drawing from as many cultures, regions, and time periods as possible.<br /> #'''Sufficiency''' – Our design focuses on sufficiency – ie, we understand that we need to reach a certain level of performance, and that is sufficient. This is distinct from continuous addition of frivolous bells and whistles.<br /> #'''New Economics''' – One aspect of OSE is that it allows for the creation of a resource based economy, where true wealth is based on the value of natural, primarily local resources, where wealth is created from adding value to natural resources by transforming them to human-usable form.<br /> #'''Flexible Fabrication''' – This is a mode of production distinct from specialization. In flexible fabrication, general purpose machinery is used by highly skilled workers to produce a wide array of products – as opposed to specialized machines, operated by highly deskilled workers, producing only a single item. Our means to flexible fabrication is the open source fab lab.<br /> #'''Technological Recursion''' – The flexible fabrication technology also allows producers to produce more complex machines and parts. This allows a local community to, eventually, attain the capacity to produce any technology known to humankind. <br /> #'''Industry 2.0''' – This is a concept that flexible fabrication, combined with a collaboratively-developed, global repository of down-loadable product design has the potential to become the new engine of production. This is particularly useful towards relocalization of productive economies and towards distributive economics. Industry 2.0 is a direct goal of OSE. <br /> #'''Permafacture''' - ecological fabrication with lifetime design.<br /> #'''Local Resources''' – The GVCS is fueled by local resources, such as water, sunlight, rock and soil. Via technological recursion, <br /> #'''Replicability''' – OSE work is intended to be replicable, self-replicating, and viral. The open source nature, low-cost, and simplicity of our designs are key to this.<br /> #'''Meaning''' – Technology, when used appropriately, is intended to reconnect one to meaning, and to natural ecosystems. Reconnection to nature can occur from constant interplay between humans and nature, as natural resources are stewarded responsibly to meet human needs by benign processes.<br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Methods and Strategic Approaches=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Components of OSE Specifications=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Economic Significance==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Open Documentation==<br /> <br /> ===Open content===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Readily accessible or downloadble documentation and design===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Design Drawings===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Bill of Materials (BOM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Tools====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Free information===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Distributive Economics==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Transformative Nature of Enterprise==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Systems Design==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparency of Production Model and Development Process==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creation of Post-Scarcity Levels of Production==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicity and Low Cost==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==Lifetime, Modular Design; Design-for-Disassembly; Design-for-Scalability (DfS)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Multipurpose Modular Design===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Scalability===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localization of Material Sourcing and of Production==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Localization Levels===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Ecological Qualities==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Economic Feasibility and Replicability==<br /> <br /> ===Minimization of Waste, Overhead, and Bureaucracy===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Open Franchising or [[Open Business Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Economic Significance===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Distributive Economics===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Systems Design===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecology===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicity of design===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Design for scalability===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localization===<br /> ====Materials====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Production====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Especificaciones TCA}}<br /> <br /> Antes de continuar, deberías conocer la [[OSE Mission|Missión TCA]]. Las especificaciones TCA son estándares de calidad para contribuir a crear una producción re-localizada como base para una comunidad próspera en un mundo interconectado.<br /> <br /> Este estándar aspira a definir y evaluar los criterios de productos y servicios que sirvan para promocionar la creación de economías de la abundancia y por tanto, comunidades ''resilientes''. La ''abundancia'' allí existe donde una comunidad usa sus recursos de forma que las necesidades humanas y los deseos queden satisfechos abundantemente con excedentes significativos de cultura y de progreso científico.<br /> <br /> =Punto por punto=<br /> ==Especificaciones GVCS, Valores Principales==<br /> <br /> Estos son los valores del proyecto TCA (se aplica al proceso de desarrollo, a los voluntarios que participan, a la estructura corporativa y a todas las operaciones tanto públicas como privadas:<br /> <br /> #'''Código Abierto''': Publicamos nuestros diseños en 3D, esquemas, vídeo-tutoriales, presupuestos y manuales de los productos en nuestra Wiki (también software libre). Intentamos aprovechar al máximo la participación abierta con un equipo global de distribución de técnicos que colaboran. Valoramos la transparencia de nuestras operaciones, de nuestro modelo de negocio, de nuestra estrategia de desarrollo, de nuestro código (anteproyectos y diseños), de cómo conseguir información y algunos otros aspectos que pueden seguir a la economía distributiva. Comentario: nuestro objetivo principal es contribuir a la creación de una cultura abierta, donde el desarrollo compartido y colaborativo sea valorado sobre la avaricia y la exclusividad. Este tipo de cultura fomenta la vida y el crecimiento y se opone a actitudes sociales violentas basadas en el miedo. La cultura del Código Abierto incluye divulgar 'cuanto antes y con frecuencia' los errores y fallos (cuando se da un crecimiento rápido debido al ajuste al fallo). Equivocarse cuanto antes permite encontrar antes la solución. Los errores son muy frecuentes en la vida y la marca de un individuo con éxito es su habilidad de solucionar problemas de manera que continúe orientado al crecimiento y la trascendencia.<br /> #'''Economía Distributiva''': Publicamos nuestros modelos de negocio abiertamente para que otros puedan replicar cuarquier parte de él. ''Cualquier cosa que sepamos, tú la sabes''. Esto es para generar una verdadera libertad emprendedora y darle una vida competente, en oposición al monopolio del capitalismo y militarismo. En el mundo, a la [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econom%C3%ADa_distributiva economía distributiva] se la refiere como ''compartir''. En un sentido político, este fenómeno se puede describir como la ''descentralización de la ingeniería''. Debería ser evidente que la informción debe ser libre porque el coste de distribuir la información es insignificante, despreciable. Sin embargo, objetos físicos no son ''libres'' en el mismo sentido porque se requiere una significativa cantidad de energía para producir y distribuir bienes y servicios.<br /> #'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de comprar o hacer nuestras máquinas es, de media, de 5 a 10 veces más barato que adquirirla en una industria que incluya un coste de $25 por hora de mano de obra.<br /> #'''Modular''': Los componentes del GVCS son módulos intercambiables (motores, ensamblamientos, y unidades de energía). Las unidades se pueden agrupar juntas para diversificar las funciones y maximizarlas con pocas unidades. Para ver cómo las diferentes partes funcionan juntas, ver [[Product Ecologies]].<br /> #'''Uso Amigable''': El diseño orientado al desensamblaje, la simplicidad, la transparencia y la documentación de código abierto permiten al usuario comprender, modificar, mantener y reparar herramientas rápidamente sin necesidad de necesitar confiar en una reparación industrial.<br /> #'''DIY''': El usuario toma el control de su diseño, producción y modificación del GVCS. DIY intenta estimular a los hacedores, a los creadores, la cultura del no-consumo en personas interesadas en crear a medida su propio ambiente y que se oponen a aceptar las opciones sociales estándar para ''las masas''.<br /> #'''Ciclo Cerrado de materiales y manufactura''': Ningún producto debe ser desechado, sino reutilizado para otra máquina. Nuestro proyecto cuenta con reciclar el metal para producir mejores piezas y máquinas. Esto permite ciclos de manufactura ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> #'''Alta Funcionalidad''': Las funcionalidades estándar deben ser al menos tan buenas o mejores como las partes industriales disponibles en el mercado para proveer un mejor durabilidad de la herramienta.<br /> #'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para conseguir que el estilo de vida resiliente sea una opción viable, la GVCS plataforma debe superar las medias de producción de la maquinaria industrial.<br /> #'''Diseño Ecológico''': Nuestros productos aspiran a una coexistencia armoniosa entre la naturaleza y la humanidad. El proceso entero y la tecnología deben tener criterios saludables y regenerativos para con el medio ambiente.<br /> #'''Resiliencia''': Los sistemas que diseñamos lo están para ser adaptables. Esto surge de la habilidad de modificar, escalar y replicar los componentes y sistemas para conocer los requisitos de los constantes cambios de condiciones.<br /> #'''Diseño de Sistemas''': Nuestros diseños consideran sistemas completos para sustentar la vida en términos de diferentes interfaces de máquinas y servicios con los demás. Las diferentes máquinas pueden funcionar como módulos en una gran variedad de sistemas. Nosotros no elegimos tecnologías con obsolescencia planificada (peak point performance), but with peak systems performance as they fit into a resilient community integrated with its natural life support systems. Parte de los sistemas diseñados es sinergia en cuanto a que se obtiene el máximo potencial cuando todos los componentes funcionan como uno.<br /> #'''Diseñado para Durar''': Nuestros productos son diseñados para maximizar su vida útil (diseño DIY, código abierto, via solid design and user serviceability).<br /> #'''Robustez''': Las aplicaciones de nuestro rango de trabajo desde el 1er puesto hasta el 4ª del mundo, de la ciudad al campo, de la alta tecnología a las bajas tecnologías, en diferentes escalas de operación.<br /> #'''Flexibilidad Multipropósito''': Nuestras herramientas normalmente no están dedicadas a dispositivos concretos. Pueden ser usadas flexiblemente en un amplio rango de aplicaciones.<br /> #'''Pragmatismo''': Optimizamos nuestros diseños para conseguir la mayor funcionalidad.<br /> #'''Simplicidad''': Maximizamos la simplificación sin sacrificar funcionalidades estándar.<br /> #'''Complete Economy''': Queremos crear un anteproyecto para una economía completa, integral. Nuestros diseños son integrados para crear un estilo de vida parte de la comunidad. Esto se denomina [[estilo de vida neo-subsistente]], donde las comunidades proveen todo lo requerido y necesario. Así, el comercio se percibe como una opción más, y no un monopolio que impone su norma.<br /> #'''Libertad de Materiales''': El proyecto GVCS intenta proveer todo el material necesario para que una comunidad pueda vivir de forma eficiente. Esto permite a las personas disfrutar de más tiempo libre, lo cual permite a la gente elegir sus desafíos libremente, más allá de la escasez de mteriales. Esto se conoce como [[Autosuficiencia de Alta-Tecnología]].<br /> #'''División del Trabajo''': Ponemos el foco de atención en las necesidades de una comunidad moderna en la que disfrutar de una alta calidad de vida, en contraposición al uso individualista. Todas las tecnologías pueden ser adaptadas al uso individual, pero la división del trabajo es más deseable para alcanzar una economía completa, integral.<br /> #'''Escalabilidad y Fractalidad''': Nuestras herramientas son diseñadas para ser escalables a diferentes grados de operaciones, desde casitas individuales hasta grandes aglomeraciones en ciudades. El diseño debe ser fractal. Así, cada operación debe ser auto-contenido y resiliente.<br /> <br /> <br /> #'''Nonviolence''' – The GVCS is designed to provide for all the needs of a community without killing or stealing from others.<br /> #'''Amicable Social Contract''' – The GVCS toolset is designed to promote a just, equitable, and life-giving social contract for a village community living with the GVCS. The qualities of the GVCS are intended to promote good relationships between a village-scale group of people. The social contract is based on collaborative division of labor, where productivity of individual members contributes to the well-being of the whole community. The basic requirement is lifelong learning and regenerative stewardship of land and resources, along with nonviolence .<br /> #'''Community and Family''' – OSE promotes the reconnection of people to one another as a result of increased freedom from material constraints. This reconnection also includes reconnection to one's true needs, to one's family, and to the global family of all living creatures.<br /> #'''Proven Techniques''' – We focus on time-proven concepts, techniques, and technologies. All are principles are generally regarded as common, historical knowledge or wisdom learned through eons of civilization. <br /> #'''Cross-Disciplinary Integration''' – We provide cutting edge practice in so far as they are integrations of knowledge from many fields and disciplines. We value unabashed boundary-crossing and cross-fertilization, drawing from as many cultures, regions, and time periods as possible.<br /> #'''Sufficiency''' – Our design focuses on sufficiency – ie, we understand that we need to reach a certain level of performance, and that is sufficient. This is distinct from continuous addition of frivolous bells and whistles.<br /> #'''New Economics''' – One aspect of OSE is that it allows for the creation of a resource based economy, where true wealth is based on the value of natural, primarily local resources, where wealth is created from adding value to natural resources by transforming them to human-usable form.<br /> #'''Flexible Fabrication''' – This is a mode of production distinct from specialization. In flexible fabrication, general purpose machinery is used by highly skilled workers to produce a wide array of products – as opposed to specialized machines, operated by highly deskilled workers, producing only a single item. Our means to flexible fabrication is the open source fab lab.<br /> #'''Technological Recursion''' – The flexible fabrication technology also allows producers to produce more complex machines and parts. This allows a local community to, eventually, attain the capacity to produce any technology known to humankind. <br /> #'''Industry 2.0''' – This is a concept that flexible fabrication, combined with a collaboratively-developed, global repository of down-loadable product design has the potential to become the new engine of production. This is particularly useful towards relocalization of productive economies and towards distributive economics. Industry 2.0 is a direct goal of OSE. <br /> #'''Permafacture''' - ecological fabrication with lifetime design.<br /> #'''Local Resources''' – The GVCS is fueled by local resources, such as water, sunlight, rock and soil. Via technological recursion, <br /> #'''Replicability''' – OSE work is intended to be replicable, self-replicating, and viral. The open source nature, low-cost, and simplicity of our designs are key to this.<br /> #'''Meaning''' – Technology, when used appropriately, is intended to reconnect one to meaning, and to natural ecosystems. Reconnection to nature can occur from constant interplay between humans and nature, as natural resources are stewarded responsibly to meet human needs by benign processes.<br /> #'''Appropriate Automation''' – We favor automation of production or other tasks whenever repetitive, difficult, dangerous, or otherwise unrewarding tasks can be carried out with computer assistance instead of human labor. We favor this if this truly increases quality of life and reduces toil, without loss of meaning, violence, or other negative systems consequences.<br /> #'''Long Term Approach''' – OSE is seeking long-term solutions on the 100 year scale into the future, not band-aids on superficial issues. We are looking at issues for the long haul, with lasting peace and stability for humanity as the goal.<br /> #'''Network''' – OSE is interested in creating a network of like-minded communities that follow OSE values, such that cultural exchange can happen between different communities. This refers to the 1000 Global Villages concept - which serve as model communities that influence the rest of the world in a positive way. This brings in an element of mobility into the community social fabric. <br /> #'''Model Community'''- The OSE Village with the GVCS are intended to provide a positive, best-practice example of integrated, meaningful lifestyles along the principles of abundance and prosperity - as a shining point of light to inspire people in many walks of life.<br /> #'''Land and Resource Stewardship''' – Each OSE facility functions as a land steward. Land is not for sale, but is preserved for ever as a permanent site of human heritage and cultural growth. Resources are stewarded so that they improve in quality with time, as opposed to becoming depleted.<br /> #'''Iconoclastic Innovation and Transformation''' – OSE favors iconoclastic approaches which address issues at the root, not symptoms – towards addressing pressing world issues (war, poverty, corruption, distribution of wealth, disease, etc.). We are not looking for mass-culture compromises swayed by political or special interests, but for authentic solutions based on virtues common to all humankind.<br /> #'''Absolute Creative Approaches''' - We do not promote destroying anything, just creating a better solution that makes the old paradigm obsolete. We do not hate any group or politic, because we are all in this together. We believe in positive psychology, inspiration, and bringing out the virtues in people – by appealing to their absolute creative, transcendent potential for solutions. We do not endorse fear- or punishment-based motivation tactics.<br /> #'''Realistic Immediacy''' - We favor a realistic approach that can be implemented today, as opposed to futuristic dreaming. We believe that we have sufficient knowledge and technology today to create an abundant lifestyle for everybody. We focus on a tool set designed for a nominal 200 person village - according to Dunbar's number. This allows for sufficient division of labor to cover just about any technology to be produced locally, while remaining small enough such that organization of such a community is manageable.<br /> #'''Proper Scale'''- We look at the village scale of about 200 people as the optimal scale of human organization for several reasons. First, it's a historically proven number. Second, it follows [[Dunbar's Number]] to allow for persistent and meaningful social interaction. Third, it is easily manageable from an organizational point of view without requiring bureaucratic overhead. Fourth, it is sufficiently large to allow specialization via division of labor. Fifth, it allows for a walking- or biking-distance community. Sixth, it is a basic building block - where larger communities may be designed as units of this small scale for the highest possible resilience - as opposed to organization on a larger scale. Seventh, it has been pointed out by the industrial economist, E. F. Schumacher, in his seminal book, [[Small is Beautiful]], that human organization simply breaks down after it reaches a certain scale.<br /> #'''One World Approach'''- We believe that people in general should live within the means of global resources without depleting their quality or polluting them. This is opposite of what happens in general today.<br /> #'''Miniaturization'''- We believe that the scale of successful human organization at which modern-day technology can be maintained can be scaled down to the village scale - under the assumption of open information flows.<br /> #'''Radical Abundance'''- We believe that there are abundant resources for everybody, and that human social organization should favor institutions that promote abundance, as opposed to scarcity. We favor a technological infrastructure that moves beyond resource scarcity as a dominant underlying force in all of civilization.<br /> #'''Substitutability''': Our products tend to the substitutability of common resources for less common or strategic resources. Substitutability also applies to the fact that any damaging<br /> #'''Tamaño de la Villa''': Intentamos optimizar el tamaño de la villa para una población de unas 200 personas, or Dunbar's number – as the number of people who can maintain face-to-face interaction.<br /> <br /> =Methods and Strategic Approaches=<br /> <br /> #'''Open''' – Open Source Ecology endorses open source culture of sharing and collaborative development throughout, towards the end of distributive economics. This applies at the level of our process, organizational structure, business and products. On the process level, we encourage others to collaborate openly, yet respectfully of other developers' needs. To this end, we are aiming to create collaboration structures and platforms that allow others to collaborate freely, and to publish meaningful results openly. We seek to design all of our operations to be consistent with this principle. We encourage everybody on the development team to be transparent about their work, and to ask openly for collaborative assistance. We encourage everybody to give information away for free – as the cost of sharing information is zero<br /> #'''Distributive Economics''' - We recognize the challenges of sharing information openly – in that someone else can 'steal' an idea and capitalize on it. We address this issue by encouraging people to publish openly, so that prior art makes information accessible to all, and therefore, making information un-patentable and therefore incapable of being appropriated. In order to capture value, we encourage humans to organize around information resource commons, while building in a physical, productive infrastructure to convert information into the substance of modern-day living via benign, industrial processes<br /> #'''Notes on Patents'''. These make sense only in a world based on scarcity. We encourage each community that adopts OSE principles to build complete, open source, economic productivity – where true wealth can be generated easily. In this case, what is the need for patents? If a community can provide all of its needs - then we enter into the concept of sufficiency. State-of-art point technologies that optimize one feature of performance are not necessarily useful for an ecological tool set. We are interested more in overall, or ecological, performance - as opposed to point performance.<br /> #'''Creative Approach''' - There is a number of movements that cater to fears regarding the end of the world or other comprehensive collapse scenarios. Our approach is intended to empower people from a perspective of what is a-priori favorable and benign - whether or not any cataclysm is on the horizon. IT is important to underscore that we focus on positive psychology and transcendence, which we favor over an approach based on fear, because fear-based response is not as likely to create long-lasting solutions.<br /> #'''Modular, lifetime design''' – The core of lifetime design is design-for-disassembly and modularity. Design-for-disassembly is synonymous with user ability to 'look under the hood' of a certain device. Modules are interchangeable units of functionality.<br /> #'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' – OSE endorses closed loop eco-industry, where waste does not exist as the waste is turned into feedstock for other processes.<br /> <br /> =Components of OSE Specifications=<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications cover a number of aspects of economically-significant production, covering the development and production aspects:<br /> <br /> *Economic significance<br /> *Open documentation<br /> *Distributive economic nature<br /> *Transformative nature of enterprise<br /> *Systems design<br /> *Transparency and participatory nature of production model and development process<br /> *Creation of post-scarcity levels of production<br /> *Simplicity and low cost<br /> *Lifetime, modular design; design-for-disassembly; design-for-scalability <br /> *Localization of material sourcing and of production<br /> *Ecological qualities <br /> *Economic Feasibility and Replicability<br /> **Minimization of waste, overhead, and bureaucracy<br /> **Product Evolution<br /> **Fabrication Facilities<br /> **Open Franchising or Open Business Model<br /> **Startup Assistance<br /> <br /> ==Economic Significance==<br /> <br /> Economic significance refers to the overall economic importance of a given product or service. The assumption here that economic significance is defined on the basis of relevance for meeting the material needs of humans. For example, fuels and tractors constitute multibillion dollar global markets, and are thus economically significant. On the other hand, plain discussion may have little economic significance, if is not more than hot air.<br /> <br /> ==Open Documentation==<br /> <br /> ===Open content===<br /> <br /> We begin with open content as a foundation – content that is free of restrictions on use or dissemination. The optimal license for content that we promote is the public domain. This keeps it simple from the practical and legal perspective. We have a philosophy that the users should decide for themselves as to how to use the information. We support open licensing. We are not interested in policing. <br /> <br /> We believe that to claim something as ‘one’s own’ is arrogant, as it does not address the fact that any single ‘invention’ is simply a small additional to a large pool of existing knowledge that made the ‘invention’ possible. We believe that there is no point in trying to police the patenting of forks, as are simply so many different forks or development paths that could be taken nonetheless: creativity is unlimited. We believe that the more we contribute to the commons, the more new content will be generated.<br /> <br /> ===Readily accessible or downloadble documentation and design===<br /> <br /> Distributed information in the computer age is made most readily accessible if it is available for immediate download from the internet. If material is available in electronic format, it may be manipulated or utilized readily with software tools. For example, digital designs may be edited or used immediately in CAD or CAM. If CAM formats are available, then data at one point in space can be readily transformed into a physical object at another point in space, in the presence of digital fabrication capacities.<br /> <br /> ===Design Drawings===<br /> <br /> This is a start towards replicability.<br /> <br /> ===Bill of Materials (BOM)===<br /> <br /> Next to design drawing, the BOM is the second most important towards replicability. This is a detailed listing of all parts used, sourcing, and prices. Availability of the BOM saves the potential builder countless hours of searching for part availability and for reasonable pricing. Relevant comments should be made alongside the BOM, such as, quality or reliability of certain vendors, their quality of service, and any other useful comments. The only difficulty with a BOM may be that if the audience is global, sourcing may not be readily available or shipping may be prohibitive, so local substitution of parts must be made. If a BOM is available, then the building of a specific product can commence immediately: there is no guessing which parts would work, or which supplier is reliable. At best, the process for one-off individual production can be as follows:<br /> #an individual decides that they need a certain product<br /> #they look that product up on an online repository of open source products, download fabrication procedures and parts lists<br /> #purchase parts locally all on the same day if they are located in an urban area where many suppliers are available<br /> #and start building a certain project.<br /> All these steps can potentially be completed in one day when the BOM is available. Open design drawings and plans are only one aspect, but the critical point to enabling immediate production is the availability of BOMs, as the last step prior to actual fabrication.<br /> <br /> Under this scenario, a realistic possibility emerges that a large number of individuals discontinue purchasing slave goods from who-knows-where, and begin to fabricate them locally. This is feasibile on the individual level for anyone equipped with a robust Fab Lab, or when small groups (a few to a dozen people) get together to purchase low-cost, open source, digital fabrication equipment. These people could operate out of backyard garages, rented workshop spaces, co-working facilities, or other community supported manufacturing operations. The types of products that yield themselves particularly to this type of production are those items that fall beyond the class of disposable goods, and are more or less long-use items. These items include electronics, mechanized tools, semi-heavy machinery, green vehicles, renewable energy systems, among others.<br /> <br /> ====Tools====<br /> [[CAD by Mariano Alvira]] and [[SKDB]] are two different tools that can improve and automate different aspects of handling a BOM.<br /> <br /> ===Free information===<br /> <br /> If information is free, it is most easily accessible.<br /> <br /> ==Distributive Economics==<br /> <br /> Distributive economics refer to economic models that tend to distribute economic power as opposed to monopolizing this power.<br /> <br /> ==Transformative Nature of Enterprise==<br /> <br /> We are interested in transformative economics, or those economics which tend towards community and global resilience, while having qualities that, proactively, move the world away from: concentration of societal power; perennial warfare; loss of meaning; bureaucracy; globalization of economic activity; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak newspeak]; loss of freedom; and so forth.<br /> <br /> ==Systems Design==<br /> <br /> Systems design refers to design of economic paradigms which consider the whole human and natural ecosystem, and the relationships involved, not just an isolated part of that system. For example, non-systems thinking may lead one to conclude that a modern steam engine for transportation is a bad idea compared to biodiesel or fuel alcohol because the thermodynamic efficiency of a steam engine is two times lower than that of diesel engines or gasoline engines. The systems design perspective will claim that the steam engine is a great idea, because biomass pellets can be used as fuel, and the yield of cellulosic biomass per acre is about 10 times higher than the yield of oil or alcohol. The systems thinker will continue, by stating that if the whole system is considered, biomass pellet production is much simpler to accomplish, and that biomass-growing areas can be integrated with other uses such as orcharding or livestock raising, and the systems thinker will continue to make other claims that such an energy source allows for absolute decentralization of production and resilience of communities using the simplest means possible. The point to be made is that the systems thinker can continue to make a large number of claims on how a particular activity is desirable based on a number of systems connections, which the non-systems thinker dismisses as simply not being part of the question.<br /> <br /> We believe that destructive non-systems thinking is so pervasive in our society, that in general, individual and societal decision-making is completely partisan, thin on logic, and downright retarded. We are including a metric for systems design in the OSE Specifications to raise awareness of this issue, with a hope, which even if futile, attempts to bring a glimmer of light to the situation.<br /> <br /> ==Transparency of Production Model and Development Process==<br /> <br /> The development process for products, and their production model, should be transparent to any interested observer. This allows for study of, input into, and improvement of the topic of interest. Transparency allows feedback loops to become active, and empowers those who are interested in learning more about a topic. Transparency is one of several qualities of a distributive, economic process. <br /> <br /> Transparency of some program implies that the program is open to suggestions, correction, or replication of itself, stemming from an ethical foundation of the given program. Therefore, tools such as non-disclosure agreements, patents, trade secrets, and other means of protectionism are inconsistent with the creation of transparency.<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> <br /> 1. Participation in the development process is entirely voluntary. No compensation for alienation is necessary. As a result, the best designs are produced from the commitment of passionate stakeholders.<br /> <br /> 2. Anyone may join or leave the development group at any time<br /> <br /> 3. Collaborative development process utilizes the input of diverse stakeholders<br /> <br /> 4. Steps and results of the development process are documented<br /> <br /> ==Creation of Post-Scarcity Levels of Production==<br /> <br /> Post-scarcity levels of production imply the availability of effective tools of production, including both hardware and techniques - which allow for the ample meeting of human needs. Post-scarcity levels of production also imply that local, nonstrategic resources can be utilized effectively, reliably, and with the capacity to produce significant surplus. The goal of attaining post-scarcity levels of production of something are thus synonymous with a particular community being able to transcend physical survival as a basis for evolving to pursuits beyond mere survival.<br /> <br /> ==Simplicity and Low Cost==<br /> <br /> The design and implementation of any product or service should be the simplest from both the fabrication and cost perspective, such that it is the most readily replicable. Attaining simplicity is indeed the most difficult design challenge. Most people confuse high performance with extra features, because they externalize the hidden liabilities that accompany the extra features. Simplicity is synonymous with efficient resource use. Simplicity should also apply to the fabrication procedure of an object. As such, simplicity is also synonymous with low cost. The basic design philosophy of OSE is to include simplicity in design and fabrication - ie, design-for-fabrication should be applied.<br /> <br /> ==Lifetime, Modular Design; Design-for-Disassembly; Design-for-Scalability (DfS)==<br /> <br /> (Note: For mainstream reference on lifetime design, see the work of [[Saul Griffith]])<br /> <br /> Simplicity of design promotes the features of lifetime, modular, and scalable design-for-disassembly (DfD). <br /> <br /> Lifetime design implies that the value of a product does not depreciate over time. This implies freedom from labor required to replace a certain product, which has direct implication for one's access to free time.<br /> <br /> Modular design is a design which allows different modules to be used and interchanged, giving the user control over and flexibility with the object of use.<br /> <br /> DfD means that parts of modules may be replaced readily, by taking the module apart. This has profound implications to lifetime design.<br /> <br /> DfS is more than a design that can be scaled. It is the principle of designing things with ease of scalability as one of the features - ie, design that can be scaled easily. This is a slight improvement over design that can be scaled, in that DfS includes explicit features that make scalability easy. <br /> <br /> Scalability means that a basic building block can be used to make larger or smaller versions. This contributes to low cost and efficiency.<br /> <br /> ===Multipurpose Modular Design===<br /> <br /> Objects should be designed so that they are made as building blocks, or modules, of other or larger objects. This way, objects can be modified. Instead of a whole object having to be replaced to add new functionality, a module may be added. This gives products a flexibility that is built into their very nature, such that the user has additional control with minimum expense. Modularity may sometimes be synonymous with inter-operability, and may sometimes be synonymous with scalability. It may contribute to lifetime design if an object is 100% modular and each module may be replaced. Modularity also means that an object may function as a building block of other objects. In all cases, modularity implies that an object may be modified. The combination of flexibility, adaptability, scalability, interoperability are desirable. These features expand the range of applications, increase lifetime, reduce cost, as well as provide and retain high value. In a material world, these are features that contribute to wealth and prosperity. In a nutshell, modularity provides large value and has low associated costs. These are good implications for individual and community well-being.<br /> <br /> If modular design is followed, then the type of interoperability of using building blocks leads us to a [[Pattern Language]] of technology. In this pattern language, the modules or building blocks serve as the sentences of a larger language, or technology infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ===Scalability===<br /> <br /> Products should be designed so that they can be scaled up or down - such as by addition of new modules, or using multiples of a part in parallel. For example, a solar concentrator system designed according to the principle of scalability should be a linear design (see [[Solar Power Generator]]), so that it could be enlarged either by lengthening or widening the array.<br /> <br /> ==Localization of Material Sourcing and of Production==<br /> <br /> For community resilience, ability to use local resources is key. While it is important that a community have this ability for essential needs, it is optional, though desirable, for other nonessential items.<br /> <br /> Using local resources may necessitate that a given community have additional technology to produce a certain item. For example, if a given community does not have the conditions to grow a certain crop easily, it may want to invest in the additional technology required to grow that crop successfully. Or, if a certain community does not have adequate water, it should invest in well-drilling or roof-catchment technology, instead of importing water from unsecured sources.<br /> <br /> A community should thus, in general, strive to increase its technology base to accommodate the provision of all essentials, and not settle on its ability to trade to procure these essentials, as trade may be vulnerable to disruption. Trade is quite acceptable for non-essential items, such as musical instruments, since disruption of such supply does not threaten the survival of a community. The level of technology in which a community is autonomous should be determined on practical grounds.<br /> <br /> Moreover, in today's world, we already hear about 'produced locally.' We should add 'sourced locally' to our vocabulary - as resilience implies not only local production, but also local sourcing. Local sourcing typically requires that a community have additional technological infrastructure and knowhow for providing the necessary feedstocks.<br /> <br /> ===Localization Levels===<br /> <br /> *Level 1 - production is local<br /> *Level 2 - sourcing of materials used in production is local<br /> *Level 3 - raw material production is local<br /> *Level 4 - production machinery used in the production process above is open source and locally fabricated<br /> <br /> Localization applies to the creation of natural economies, or those economies based on the substance of their own, natural resources, free of supply chain disruptions.<br /> <br /> An example of Level 3 is that local aluminum is made by [[Smelting]] aluminum from local clays.<br /> <br /> If localization is taken to all the 4 levels, for all necessities of sustaining its population - that means that a region is autonomous, and as such, has no built-in tendency to wage war for others' resources. This is the <br /> critical point of localization - its benign effect on global geopolitical struggle. In simple words, people don't kill and steal.<br /> <br /> ==Ecological Qualities==<br /> <br /> The product of interest must be good for the environment.<br /> <br /> ==Economic Feasibility and Replicability==<br /> <br /> ===Minimization of Waste, Overhead, and Bureaucracy===<br /> <br /> The key point to the competitiveness of agile, open source enterprise is its lean structure with minimal overhead. Minimization of waste occurs by collaborative development, such that R&amp;D costs are shared by a number of stakeholders. Competitive waste is eliminated by open enterprise giving services away rather than competing for market share, which is the ethical marketing strategy for open enterprise.<br /> <br /> Other strategies for keeping overhead low are [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=391 crowd-funding the production facility], such as in Factor e Farm's case. We also propose paperwork reduction by operating as an un-incorporated entity, with contractually-based fiscal fiduciaries and liability management, operation in the Republic via private contract, and by in-house legal literacy.<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> A process should be in place for continued maintenance and development of a product. This could be a support community, foundation, or users.<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> Concrete Flexible Fabrication mechanism exists for others to purchase the product at reasonable cost. This is a means to assuring that a diversity of suppliers exists, such that monopoly is avoided.<br /> <br /> ===Open Franchising or [[Open Business Model]]===<br /> <br /> This point defines how easily one can obtain access to replicable enterprise design. See our motivation with respect to Open Business Models, as described under the [[OSE License]].<br /> <br /> There is a number of details that goes into enterprise replications. These are all the standard details found in a [[Business Plan]], plus the actual technical details that go into that plan, such as designs and CAD, fabrication procedures, BOM and sourcing information, economic analysis, ergonomic analysis, and so forth.<br /> <br /> If you are interested in replicating an enterprise, then please inquire with us regarding practical considerations. For those interested in replication, we are looking for long-term commitment to provide the necessary due diligence of business model documentation.<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> Producer training is the key to assisting others to start up enterprise. Dedicated workshops should be available for others to learn the trade. We plan on offering a 2 year immersion program, which includes not only workshop skills, but agriculture, as well as theoretical and organizational aspects.<br /> <br /> =Calculation of a Metric Score=<br /> <br /> The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 42 questions, so the maximum score is 42.<br /> <br /> ===Economic Significance===<br /> *Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?<br /> <br /> ===Distributive Economics===<br /> *Does the economic model distribute economic power?<br /> '''Transformative Nature of Enterprise'''<br /> *Does it promote community and global resilience?<br /> <br /> ===Systems Design===<br /> *Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?<br /> <br /> ===Ecology===<br /> *Is it good for the environment?<br /> <br /> ===Development Process===<br /> *Is participation in the process entirely voluntary? <br /> *Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?<br /> *Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?<br /> *Are the steps and results of the development process documented?<br /> <br /> ===Simplicity of design===<br /> *Is it low Cost?<br /> *Does it have Long Life?<br /> *Is it modular?<br /> *Is it designed for disassembly?<br /> <br /> ===Design for scalability===<br /> *Can it be scaled up?<br /> *Can it be scaled down?<br /> *Is it easily scalable?<br /> <br /> ===Localization===<br /> ====Materials====<br /> *Are materials used in production local?<br /> *Is raw material production local?<br /> <br /> ====Production====<br /> *Is product production local?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process open source?<br /> *Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?<br /> <br /> ===Economic Feasibility and Replicability===<br /> *Is there minimal overhead? <br /> *Is there minimal waste?<br /> *Are R&amp;D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?<br /> *Are services given away? <br /> *Are production facilities Crowd-funded?<br /> <br /> ===Product Evolution===<br /> <br /> *Is there continual produce maintenance? <br /> *Is there continual product development?<br /> <br /> ===Fabrication Facilities===<br /> <br /> *Is there a flexible fabrication mechanism? <br /> <br /> ===Open Business Model===<br /> <br /> *Is there a Business Plan?<br /> *Are there technical details in the business plan?<br /> <br /> ===Open Documentation===<br /> <br /> *Is content Open Source?<br /> *Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?<br /> *Are there design drawings?<br /> <br /> ====Designs====<br /> *Are design drawings CAD?<br /> *Are fabrication procedures detailed?<br /> *Is economic analysis available?<br /> *Is ergonomic analysis available?<br /> <br /> ====Bill of Materials (BOM)====<br /> *Is there a parts list?<br /> *Is Sourcing of parts listed?<br /> *Are prices of parts listed?<br /> <br /> ===Startup Assistance===<br /> <br /> *Is producer training available?<br /> <br /> =Summary=<br /> In summary, we aim to raise the standards embodied in open source product development efforts by articulating the possibilities. OSE Specification describes all the desirable features that can be embodied in open economic development, under the assumption that maximum advancement of distributive production is the best route to human prosperity.<br /> <br /> OSE Specifications, as applied to technology - imply ''liberatory technology'' - defined as technology which serves the true needs of people and liberates time for other pursuits beyond survival. This is distinct from technology which controls people - where in today's world - with ever-advancing technology, people enjoy less free time.<br /> <br /> =Application of OSE Specifications to Assessing the Liberatory Potential of Technologies=<br /> OSE Specifications, when applied to production of physical products, allow for transparent assessment of the overall openness or accessibility of ''so-called'' open source products. This specification is intended to help people assess distributive production aspects of projects, by distinguishing between the various degrees of ‘opensource-ness’ embodied in projects. This is because some projects call themselves ‘open source’ when only a small portion of the hardware, or even no physical portion, is open source. <br /> <br /> For example, in the case of the [http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/autobloggreen-qanda-open-source-green-vehicle-project/ OS Green Vehicle], the only open source component is an apparent design process, but the output of the design process is proprietary. As quoted from the website, ‘Your rights to use, modify and re-distribute any data from this web site are limited.’ Moreover, the components used in the car are proprietary. Therefore, the OS Green Vehicle has a low OSE Specifications metric score.<br /> <br /> Access refers to use for both private or market purposes. The specification is not neutral in its goals, just as no technologies are ever neutral. The intent goes so far as to point out the nuances that contribute to a particular direction of: (1), promoting ecological integrity, (2), contributing to the highest possible quality of life, and (3), creating the widest possible distribution of wealth. Because the open source method of product development has immense potential in transforming the economic system, the OSE Specification aims to address the evaluation of positive change endorsed by various open source projects. <br /> <br /> The scope of OSE Specifications is far-reaching: it considers all the steps necessary for a product to be user-accessible. This includes open access to relevant information and affordable access to physical products. The goal is distributive economics.<br /> <br /> OSE Specification stipulates access to physical production facilities that can build wealth in re-localized communities. But OSE Specifications go even further: replication and viral spread of wealth - or distributive production. OSE Specifications address the means for replicating the production process itself. This includes not only self-replicating machines and systems, but the development of open business models, training materials, and apprenticeships for entrepreneurs. As the final step, we consider the availability of capitalization assistance within the metric. The capitalization assistance may be part of a new entrepreneur's apprenticeship - where, for example - real products can be made and sold within the apprenticeship. We redefine the 'capital' in 'capitalization assistance' from 'money' to 'the ability to produce just about anything required for business startup at low cost.'<br /> <br /> Such level of commitment to the success of replication may imply a hidden agenda behind this program. Indeed there is: the greatest possible empowerment of people and communities to be the masters of their destinies, by unleashed human productivity fueled by open access to information and enabling hardware.<br /> <br /> OSE Spec addresses access to both producers and users - both on the individual and community scale. Production could occur by do-it-yourself means on the individual scale in flexible fabrication facilities. The community scale promotes division of labor, and therefore a high standard of living. The OSE Spec addresses the availability of blueprints or digital designs, which can be used readily in manual or automated, computer-controlled fabrication facilities.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Standards]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{OrigLang}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Machine.jpg|right|400px|thumb|CEB Press (aka &quot;The Liberator&quot;)]]<br /> ==Overview==<br /> [[File:Liberator_bricks.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Bricks pressed on [[The Liberator]]]]<br /> The '''&quot;Liberator&quot; Compressed Earth Block Press''' is a machine that makes compressed earth blocks ('''CEB'''s).<br /> <br /> [[CEB Press/Videos]]<br /> [[CEB Press/Field Testing 2011|Field Testing 2011]]<br /> <br /> {{Video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> The [[CEB Press]] takes earth/dirt/soil and compresses it tightly to make solid blocks useful for building. Compressed earth blocks have many advantages as a building material: by making the building materials from the readily available dirt on the building site, they eliminate the need to transport bricks from elsewhere, reducing the financial cost and environmental impact of transport. Compressed earth blocks are very strong and insulate well against both heat and sound, making for very energy-efficient building (especially combined with the energy savings from not needing to transport them from offsite). Best of all, the material they use is already on-site and does not need to be purchased -- quite literally, dirt-cheap! See the wiki page on [[Compressed Earth Blocks]] and the [[:Category:CEB|CEB category]] for more details on building using CEBs.<br /> <br /> The Liberator has been fully designed and tested by the [[Open Source Ecology]] team. Because the Liberator is an open source technology, you can freely download instructions to build your own from materials you can obtain yourself, or contact ''opensourceecology[at]gmail[dot]com'' to buy a kit or a finished machine.<br /> <br /> Building a machine yourself might seem intimidating, but every step of the process is fully documented and the OSE community is available on our [http://openfarmtech.org/forum/ discussion forums] if you need help, advice, or a little hand-holding.<br /> <br /> Using the CEB Press, two people can build a 6 foot high (1.83m) round wall, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter, 1 foot (30cm) thick, in one 8 hour day, though construction time will vary somewhat depending on preparation time, what equipment is available (tractor to prepare the ground and move the blocks where they need to go), the quality of the soil, and other factors. The bigger the block size, the faster a wall can be erected, but at the cost of heavier blocks that are more of a strain to work with. Blocks from ''The Liberator'' average 25 pounds (11.3kg).<br /> <br /> see [[CEB Design]] for more information.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> <br /> [[Image:4b-Constructioneco.png|thumb|600px|center|Construction [[Product Ecology]]]]<br /> <br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product={{CEB}}<br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{Welder}}<br /> *{{Torch Table}}<br /> *{{Ironworker}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *{{PowerCube}}<br /> *{{Tractor}}<br /> *[[Earth]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[CEB Bricks]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> *[[Workshop]]<br /> *[[Greenhouse]]<br /> *[[HabLab]]<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Hopper<br /> *Grate<br /> *Grate shaker<br /> *Frame <br /> *Compression chamber<br /> *Hydraulic Cylinders<br /> *Soil Drawer<br /> *[[QA Plate]]<br /> *Pressure gauge<br /> *[[Controller Box]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> [[Image:creationreplication.jpg|thumb|James Slades' first independent replication of the CEB Press in process as of Sep. 2, 2011. Welding the soil loading drawer.]]<br /> *Currently the CEB is at product release status and is being actively manufactured at Factor e Farm and in Texas. The presses will be used heavily as a part of the [[Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011]].<br /> *The CEB documentation is being actively upgraded to meet [[Fabrication_Procedure_Standards]] with the goal of serving as a reference implementation for [[GVCS]] documentation.<br /> *Eventually the [[CNC Torch Table|torch table]] will be used to automate the fabrication of the CEB machine, reducing fabrication time by an estimated 20 hours and, thus, the cost to build the machine.<br /> *The first independent replication is in process as of Sep. 2, 2011, by [[James Slade]] and Jason Smith in Texas.<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> *[[CEB Design]]<br /> *[[Compressed Earth Blocks]]<br /> *[[Cinva Ram]]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Donate/es&diff=48575 2011-12-19T20:18:08Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> ¡Desarrollamos herramientas para ayudarte! Estamos construyendo la primera aldea autosuficiente y replicable del mundo. Cuando esté completa, cualquiera con pocos recursos y destrezas podrá contruir su propia comunidad resiliente usando la información compartida a través de nuestra red. Esperamos usar la [[Distributive Economics|economía distributiva]] para promover una distribución equitativa de la riqueza, para que todos podamos evolucionar hacia la libertad.<br /> <br /> Estamos haciendo cosas reales, no sólo ideas. Sigue nuestros progresos en el [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ blog] de OSE. Cualquier donativo puede ayudar. ¡Gracias!<br /> <br /> Puedes hacerlo a través de PayPal:<br /> &lt;paypal&gt;1&lt;/paypal&gt;<br /> <br /> Y a través de Flattr:<br /> <br /> &lt;flattr <br /> uid=&quot;marcin_ose&quot;<br /> title=&quot;Open Source Ecology Wiki&quot;<br /> description=&quot;Open Source Ecology is a movement dedicated to the collaborative development of tools for replicable, open source, modern off-grid resilient communities.&quot;<br /> category=&quot;text&quot;<br /> language=&quot;en_GB&quot;<br /> button=&quot;compact&quot;<br /> /&gt;<br /> <br /> o mira nuestras [[other donation options|otras opciones para donar]], incluyendo los donativos caritativos con deducción de impuestos (sólo USA, de momento).<br /> <br /> También puedes donar a OSE recursos tales como comida, servicios, semillas, metal, y materiales. Tenemos una lista de [[Wanted_Items|artículos y materiales necesarios]]. Por favor [[Contact us|contacta con nosotros]] para averiguar cómo enviarlos.<br /> <br /> ===Conviértete en un Fan Verdadero (True Fan)===<br /> [[File:100fans.jpg|thumb|100 True Fans]]<br /> Los [[True Fans|Fans Verdaderos]] donan una determinada cantidad cada mes para apoyar los proyectos continuados de OSE y así financiar entre muchos nuestro trabajo continuado. Estamos apoyados al 100% por donativos para así poder desarrollar el [[GVCS]] a tiempo completo. Consistentemente empleamos casi el 100% de los donativos en trabajo relacionado con los prototipos y con la liberación de productos en torno al GVCS, lo que significa que tu suscripción se traduce directamente en el proceso de hacer que la visión de Ecología de Código Abierto se haga realidad. Convertirte en un/a Verdadero/a Fan es una forma de unirte al equipo y al movimiento que está haciendo realidad nuestro sueño de un conjunto integrado de tecnologías. La suscripción es una donación repetida a Ecología de Código Abierto a través de [[Marcin Biography|Marcin Jakubowski, Ph.D]]. <br /> <br /> *En enero de 2011, contamos 211 verdaderos fans.<br /> *Conoce algunos de nuestros [[True Fans]] y lee sobre su motivación de hacer campaña.<br /> *Lee en nuestro weblog sobre [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=458 1000 Verdaderos Fans - 1000 Global Villages campaign ]<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Enlaces===<br /> <br /> *[[Economic Impact of OpenFarmTech|Impacto económico de OpenFarmTech]]<br /> *Mira nuestra presentación sobre [[Economy in a Box|Economía en una Caja]].<br /> *Infórmate para saber qué te ofrecemos e [[Get Involved|involúcrate]].</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=LifeTrac&diff=48574 2011-12-19T20:15:17Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{OrigLang}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LiftTracWithTracks.jpg|thumb|right|400px|LifeTrac Tractor]]<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> <br /> (overview last updated 11.29.11)<br /> <br /> [[LifeTrac]] is a low-cost, multipurpose open source tractor. It serves as a workhorse backbone for many of GVCS technologies. Prototype III stage has been completed, and field testing determined the need for Prototype IV prior to product release. <br /> <br /> Featuring a modular design and detachable [[PowerCube]] units, it has the ability to rapidly switch between a variety of GVCS machines via the [[QA Plate]]. The machine is overbuilt with a focus on lifetime design and ease of repair.<br /> <br /> Four hydraulic motors provide skid steer power to the wheels, and a chain tread system enables navigation of extreme terrain.<br /> <br /> {{Video:Tractor}}<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Power Cube}}<br /> *{{Hydraulic Motor}}<br /> *{{Induction Furnace}} Steel<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *{{Power Cube}}<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> *{{CEB Press}}<br /> *{{Rototiller}}<br /> *{{Backhoe}}<br /> *{{Universal Rotor}}<br /> *{{Well Driller}}<br /> *{{Trencher}}<br /> *{{Baler}}<br /> *{{Seeder}}<br /> *{{Spader}}<br /> *{{Rototiller}}<br /> *{{Hay Rake}}<br /> *{{Hay Cutter}}<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> Currently the Lifetrac is on its second prototype with half a dozen units at Factor e Farm. The machines are currently being prepared for field testing as a part of the [[Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011]].<br /> <br /> The next prototype aims to integrate as aspects of [[Digital Fabrication]] for automated production. Rebar construction is also under consideration.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[LifeTrac Questions]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Farm equipment]]<br /> [[Category: Earth moving]]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Rototiller&diff=48573 2011-12-19T20:13:05Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{OrigLang}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:Rototiller.png|thumb|400px|Rototiller]]<br /> <br /> <br /> A tractor implement that tills soil with blades via rotary action. It is a specialized form of Cultivator.<br /> <br /> {{Video}}<br /> <br /> =Details=<br /> <br /> Cultivators stir and pulverize the soil, either before planting (to aerate the soil and prepare a smooth, loose seedbed) or after the crop has begun growing to kill weeds (controlled disturbance of the topsoil close to the crop plants kills the surrounding weeds by uprooting them, burying their leaves to disrupt their photosynthesis, or a combination of both). Cultivators are designed to disturb the soil in careful patterns, sparing the crop plants but disrupting the weeds.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;iframe width=&quot;420&quot; height=&quot;345&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed//Pu-LHMnQIxs?t=2m18s&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Product Ecology=<br /> '''Uses'''<br /> *{{Furnace}} - Steel<br /> *{{Torch Table}} - Steel<br /> *{{Hydraulic Motor}} - Power<br /> *{{PowerCube}} - Power<br /> *{{Tractor}} - Mounting<br /> <br /> =See Also=<br /> *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivator Wikipedia: Cultivator]<br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/09/soil-pulverizer-annihilates-soil-handling-limits/ Blog Post].<br /> *[[Soil Pulverizer Industry Standards]]<br /> *[[Steam Weeder]]<br /> *[[Metallized Fabric as Ground Cover]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Template:News/es&diff=48572 2011-12-19T20:10:08Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>* Aceptamos [[Preorders|preencargos]] para el [[Tractor|Tractor]], la [[CEB_Press|Prensa CEB]], el [[Rototiller|Pulverizador de Suelo]] y el [[Power_cube|Power Cube]].<br /> <br /> * [[GVCS Rollout Plan|Plan de lanzamiento del GVCS]] - última actualización.<br /> * Reorganización de la wiki en camino: Revisa [[Wikinames]] para ver el ''GVCS 50'' completo y para entender cómo han sido organizados allí los nombres de los ficheros.<br /> * Instrucciones para actualizaciones: [[Wiki instructions#Searching|referenciamiento cruzado con otras wikis para evitar reinventar la rueda]]<br /> * Ayúdanos a traducir algunas páginas - [[Translation#Wiki_Translation_Priorities|consulta las prioridades]]<br /> &lt;rss number=5 desc=off title=off&gt;http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/feed/&lt;/rss&gt;</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Template:News/es&diff=48571 2011-12-19T20:03:57Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>* Aceptamos [[Preorders|preencargos]] para el Tractor, la prensa CEB, el Pulverizador de Suelo y el Power Cube.<br /> <br /> * [[GVCS Rollout Plan|Plan de lanzamiento del GVCS]] - última actualización.<br /> * Reorganización de la wiki en camino: Revisa [[Wikinames]] para ver el ''GVCS 50'' completo y para entender cómo han sido organizados allí los nombres de los ficheros.<br /> * Instrucciones para actualizaciones: [[Wiki instructions#Searching|referenciamiento cruzado con otras wikis para evitar reinventar la rueda]]<br /> * Ayúdanos a traducir algunas páginas - [[Translation#Wiki_Translation_Priorities|consulta las prioridades]]<br /> &lt;rss number=5 desc=off title=off&gt;http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/feed/&lt;/rss&gt;</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Main_Page/es&diff=48569 2011-12-19T19:54:06Z

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Si puedes ayudarnos en esto [[Special:Contact|envíanos un mensaje]]!<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;!--------------INTRODUCTION ---------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;intro-mp-tfa-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#faecc8; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #fad67d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Introducción&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;intro-mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;background-color:#faf6ed; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot; <br /> |'''Open Source Ecology''' (''Ecología de Código Abierto'') es una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que han diseñado y creado el '''Global Village Construction Set''' (''GVCS = Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global''), una plataforma tecnológica de código abierto, bajo coste y alto rendimiento. Estas máquinas industriales fabricadas al estilo [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIY DIY] pueden ser empleadas para crear una civilización sustentable con comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras para la introducción en agricultura, construcción y fabricación. Se trata de un conjunto modular de herramientas similar a un [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGO Lego] de tamaño real que permite crear economías completas.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> '''GVCS en 2 Minutos'''<br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://s3.www.universalsubtitles.org/embed.js&quot;&gt;<br /> (<br /> {&quot;video_url&quot;: &quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1EWGQDUTQ&quot;}<br /> )<br /> &lt;/script&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> |}<br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> |}<br /> <br /> |style=&quot;border:1px solid transparent&quot;|<br /> <br /> &lt;!-------RIGHT COLUMN---------&gt;<br /> | class=&quot;MainPageBG&quot; style=&quot;width:40%; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; background:#f1f5fc; vertical-align:top;&quot;|<br /> {|id=&quot;mp-right&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; cellpadding=&quot;1&quot; cellspacing=&quot;5&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top; background:#f1f5fc;&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;!-------------- NEWS FEED (BLOG) ---------------&gt;<br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;news-mp-otd-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#abd5f5; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Noticias '''&lt;html&gt;&lt;a href='/wiki/Main_Page?action=purge'&gt;(actualizar)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/html&gt;'''&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;news-mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> Apóyanos a través de Kickstarter:<br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;380px&quot; src=&quot;http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/622508883/global-village-construction-set/widget/card.html&quot; width=&quot;220px&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> {{IncludeLang|News}}<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;!-------------- TRUE FANS ---------------&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;!-------------- FEATURED PAGE ---------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-otd-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#abd5f5; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Página Destacada&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> {{IncludeLang|Featured Page}} <br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> &lt;!------------BOTTOM SECTION --------------&gt;<br /> {| id=&quot;mp-tfp&quot; style=&quot;margin:4px 0px 0px 0px; width:100%; background:none;&quot;<br /> |class=&quot;MainPageBG&quot; style=&quot;width:100%; border:1px solid #ddcef2; background:#faf5ff; vertical-align:top; color:#000;&quot;|<br /> {| cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;5&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%&quot;<br /> &lt;!---------GVCS LIST-------------------------------&gt;<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-tfp-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em&quot;&gt;Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| <br /> {| align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background-color:#f1f5fc; text-align:left;&quot;<br /> |{{IncludeLang|GVCS List}}<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> |}</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Main_Page/es&diff=45940 2011-11-04T14:30:37Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Página Principal}}<br /> __NOTOC__ <br /> {| align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;max-width:65em;&quot;<br /> |-<br /> |<br /> &lt;!-- BANNER ACROSS TOP OF PAGE --&gt;<br /> {| id=&quot;mp-topbanner&quot; style=&quot;width:100%; background:#f9f9f9; margin:1.2em 0 6px 0; border:1px solid #ddd;&quot;<br /> | style=&quot;width:61%; color:#000;&quot; |<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- HEADER - OPEN SOURCE ECOLOGY --&gt;<br /> {| style=&quot;width:280px; border:none; background:none;&quot;<br /> | style=&quot;width:280px; text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; color:#000;&quot; |<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:162%; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;&quot;&gt;El wiki de {{LinkLang|Open Source Ecology}}, &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;&quot;&gt;Desarrollando el '''{{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}}''',&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;&quot;&gt;fabricando tecnologías de código abierto para [[OSE Specifications#Localization of Material Sourcing and of Production|comunidades robustas]].&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;articlecount&quot; style=&quot;width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] Páginas<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- LIST ON RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF BANNER --&gt;<br /> | style=&quot;width:13%; font-size:95%;&quot; |<br /> * {{LinkLang|:Category:Metalworks|Metalúrgica}}<br /> * [[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]<br /> * [[:Category:Digital Fabrication|Fabricación Digital]]<br /> | style=&quot;width:13%; font-size:95%;&quot; |<br /> * [[:Category:Food and Agriculture|Alimentación / Agricultura]]<br /> * [[:Category:Energy|Energía]]<br /> * [[:Category:Software|Software]]<br /> | style=&quot;width:13%; font-size:95%;&quot; |<br /> * [[:Category:Housing and construction|Vivienda / Construcción]]<br /> * [[:Category:Organizations|Organizaciones]]<br /> * [[:Category:Water|Agua]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> &lt;!-------- LEFT COLUMN ---------&gt;<br /> {|id=&quot;mp-upper&quot; style=&quot;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; background:none;&quot;<br /> |class=&quot;MainPageBG&quot; style=&quot;width:60%; border:1px solid #fad67d; background:#faf6ed; vertical-align:top; color:#000;&quot;|<br /> {|id=&quot;mp-left&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;5&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top; background:#faf6ed;&quot;<br /> <br /> &lt;!-----------WELCOME!---Note: My use of header tags in this section is highly inelegant. If you know a better way, please change it. -------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-tfa-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#faecc8; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #fad67d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Bienvenido!!&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000; text-align:center;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;background-color:#faf6ed; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left;&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; <br /> |-<br /> |&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-size:1.5em;&quot;&gt;{{LinkLang|Crash course on OSE|Curso Introductorio}}&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Introducción a nuestro trabajo&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-size:1.5em;&quot;&gt;[http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ Blog]&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Noticias y actualizaciones&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-size:1.5em;&quot;&gt;[http://openfarmtech.org/forum/ Foro]&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Reúnete, colabora, debate&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |- <br /> |&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-size:1.5em;&quot;&gt;{{LinkLang|FAQ|Preguntas Frecuentes}}&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Respuestas a tus preguntas&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-size:1.5em;&quot;&gt;{{LinkLang|Get involved|Involúcrate}}&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Contribuye con tiempo y habilidades&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-size:1.5em;&quot;&gt;{{LinkLang|Donate|Dona}}&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Ayúdanos financieramente&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |-<br /> !align=&quot;center&quot; colspan = &quot;3&quot;|&lt;div style=&quot;top:+0.5em; font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;'''[http://opensourceecology.org opensourceecology.org]'''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;Nuestro sitio web principal&lt;/h4&gt;<br /> |<br /> |}<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;&gt;<br /> * '''Precisamos donaciones''': estamos necesitados de algún equipo de oficina como portátiles, impresoras a color/fax/fotocopiadoras, mesas de escritorio y suministros. Si puedes ayudarnos en esto [[Special:Contact|envíanos un mensaje]]!<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;!--------------INTRODUCTION ---------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;intro-mp-tfa-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#faecc8; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #fad67d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Introducción&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;intro-mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;background-color:#faf6ed; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot; <br /> |'''Open Source Ecology''' (''Ecología de Código Abierto'') es una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que han diseñado y creado el '''Global Village Construction Set''' (''GVCS = Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global''), una plataforma tecnológica de código abierto, bajo coste y alto rendimiento. Estas máquinas industriales fabricadas al estilo [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIY DIY] pueden ser empleadas para crear una civilización sustentable con comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras para la introducción en agricultura, construcción y fabricación. Se trata de un conjunto modular de herramientas similar a un [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGO Lego] de tamaño real que permite crear economías completas.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> '''GVCS en 2 Minutos'''<br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://s3.www.universalsubtitles.org/embed.js&quot;&gt;<br /> (<br /> {&quot;video_url&quot;: &quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1EWGQDUTQ&quot;}<br /> )<br /> &lt;/script&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> |}<br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> |}<br /> <br /> |style=&quot;border:1px solid transparent&quot;|<br /> <br /> &lt;!-------RIGHT COLUMN---------&gt;<br /> | class=&quot;MainPageBG&quot; style=&quot;width:40%; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; background:#f1f5fc; vertical-align:top;&quot;|<br /> {|id=&quot;mp-right&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; cellpadding=&quot;1&quot; cellspacing=&quot;5&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top; background:#f1f5fc;&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;!-------------- NEWS FEED (BLOG) ---------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-otd-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#abd5f5; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Noticias&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> {{IncludeLang|News}}<br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;!-------------- TRUE FANS ---------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-otd-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#abd5f5; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Verdader@s Seguidor@s&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> {{IncludeLang|True Fan}} <br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;!-------------- FEATURED PAGE ---------------&gt;<br /> |-<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-otd-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#abd5f5; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #C1CEDE; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Página Destacada&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| &lt;div id=&quot;mp-tfa&quot;&gt;<br /> {{IncludeLang|Featured Page}} <br /> &lt;/div&gt; <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> &lt;!------------BOTTOM SECTION --------------&gt;<br /> {| id=&quot;mp-tfp&quot; style=&quot;margin:4px 0px 0px 0px; width:100%; background:none;&quot;<br /> |class=&quot;MainPageBG&quot; style=&quot;width:100%; border:1px solid #ddcef2; background:#faf5ff; vertical-align:top; color:#000;&quot;|<br /> {| cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;5&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%&quot;<br /> &lt;!---------GVCS LIST-------------------------------&gt;<br /> ! &lt;h2 id=&quot;mp-tfp-h2&quot; style=&quot;margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em&quot;&gt;Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;color:#000;&quot;| <br /> {| align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background-color:#f1f5fc; text-align:left;&quot;<br /> |{{IncludeLang|GVCS List}}<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> |}</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans/es&diff=45938 2011-11-04T14:15:11Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|True Fans}}<br /> [[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Verdaderos Fans].<br /> <br /> Somos capaces de trabajar en el [[GVCS]] a jornada completa gracias a la generosidad de vuestras donaciones. En el influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Verdaderos Fans], se sugiere una estructura de financiación en la que 1000 personas donen una pequeña cantidad a un proyecto en el que realmente crean. Buscamos 1000 Fans Verdaderos que donen 10$ al mes. Más info: Campaña [[1000 Squared]].<br /> <br /> En esta página podrás leer porqué gente como tú se ha unido a la campaña. A mayo de 2011 somos más de 300 Verdaderos Fans.<br /> <br /> Hemos tenido solicitudes de opciones de donación más grandes. Por ello hemos creado las opciones Oro, Extra Gold, Platinum y suscripciones Ángel de $ 20, $ 30, $ 50 y $ 100 por mes, respectivamente, además de la suscripción estándar de $ 10 al mes.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - mensuales&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - mensuales&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - mensuales&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - mensuales&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - mensuales&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Presentaciones=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> *Adam Mitchell - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14138729&quot;&gt;True Fan Introduction&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2333113&quot;&gt;Adam Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Verdaderos Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[File:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Véase también==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans/es&diff=45937 2011-11-04T14:11:29Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|True Fans}}<br /> [[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Verdaderos Fans].<br /> <br /> Somos capaces de trabajar en el [[GVCS]] a jornada completa gracias a la generosidad de vuestras donaciones. En el influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Verdaderos Fans], se sugiere una estructura de financiación en la que 1000 personas donen una pequeña cantidad a un proyecto en el que realmente crean. Buscamos 1000 Fans Verdaderos que donen 10$ al mes. Más info: Campaña [[1000 Squared]].<br /> <br /> En esta página podrás leer porqué gente como tú se ha unido a la campaña. A mayo de 2011 somos más de 300 Verdaderos Fans.<br /> <br /> Hemos tenido solicitudes de opciones de donación más grandes. Por ello hemos creado las opciones Oro, Extra Gold, Platinum y suscripciones Ángel de $ 20, $ 30, $ 50 y $ 100 por mes, respectivamente, además de la suscripción estándar de $ 10 al mes.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Presentaciones=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> *Adam Mitchell - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14138729&quot;&gt;True Fan Introduction&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2333113&quot;&gt;Adam Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Verdaderos Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[File:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Véase también==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans/es&diff=45934 2011-11-04T14:08:38Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|True Fans}}<br /> [[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Verdaderos Fans].<br /> <br /> Somos capaces de trabajar en el [[GVCS]] a jornada completa gracias a la generosidad de vuestras donaciones. En el influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Verdaderos Fans], se sugiere una estructura de financiación en la que 1000 personas donen una pequeña cantidad a un proyecto en el que realmente crean. Buscamos 1000 Fans Verdaderos que donen 10$ al mes. Más info: Campaña [[1000 Squared]].<br /> <br /> En esta página podrás leer porqué gente como tú se ha unido a la campaña. A mayo de 2011 somos más de 300 Verdaderos Fans.<br /> <br /> Hemos tenido solicitudes de opciones de donación más grandes. Por ello hemos creado las opciones Oro, Extra Gold, Platinum y suscripciones Ángel de $ 20, $ 30, $ 50 y $ 100 por mes, respectivamente, además de la suscripción estándar de $ 10 al mes.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Presentaciones=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> *Adam Mitchell - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14138729&quot;&gt;True Fan Introduction&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2333113&quot;&gt;Adam Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[File:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|True Fans}}<br /> [[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Verdaderos Fans].<br /> <br /> Somos capaces de trabajar en el [[GVCS]] a jornada completa gracias a la generosidad de vuestras donaciones. En el influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Verdaderos Fans], se sugiere una estructura de financiación en la que 1000 personas donen una pequeña cantidad a un proyecto en el que realmente crean. Buscamos 1000 Fans Verdaderos que donen 10$ al mes. Más info: Campaña [[1000 Squared]].<br /> <br /> En esta página podrás leer porqué gente como tú se ha unido a la campaña. A mayo de 2011 somos más de 300 Verdaderos Fans.<br /> <br /> Hemos tenido solicitudes de opciones de donación más grandes. Por ello hemos creado las opciones Oro, Extra Gold, Platinum y suscripciones Ángel de $ 20, $ 30, $ 50 y $ 100 por mes, respectivamente, además de la suscripción estándar de $ 10 al mes.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> *Adam Mitchell - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14138729&quot;&gt;True Fan Introduction&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2333113&quot;&gt;Adam Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[File:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|True Fans}}<br /> [[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Verdaderos Fans].<br /> <br /> Somos capaces de trabajar en el [[GVCS]] a jornada completa gracias a la generosidad de vuestras donaciones. En el influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Verdaderos Fans], se sugiere una estructura de financiación en la que 1000 personas donen una pequeña cantidad a un proyecto en el que realmente crean. Buscamos 1000 Fans Verdaderos que donen 10$ al mes. Más info: Campaña [[1000 Squared]].<br /> <br /> En esta página podrás leer porqué gente como tú se ha unido a la campaña. A mayo de 2011 somos más de 300 Verdaderos Fans.<br /> <br /> Hemos tenido solicitudes de opciones de donación más grandes. Por ello hemos creado las opciones Oro, Extra Gold, Platinum y suscripciones Ángel de $ 20, $ 30, $ 50 y $ 100 por mes, respectivamente, además de la suscripción estándar de $ 10 al mes.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> *Adam Mitchell - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14138729&quot;&gt;True Fan Introduction&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2333113&quot;&gt;Adam Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[File:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> i</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=True_Fans/es&diff=45931 2011-11-04T14:02:02Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:100fans.jpg]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Verdaderos Fans].<br /> <br /> Somos capaces de trabajar en el [[GVCS]] a jornada completa gracias a la generosidad de vuestras donaciones. En el influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Verdaderos Fans], se sugiere una estructura de financiación en la que 1000 personas donen una pequeña cantidad a un proyecto en el que realmente crean. Buscamos 1000 Fans Verdaderos que donen 10$ al mes. Más info: Campaña [[1000 Squared]].<br /> <br /> En esta página podrás leer porqué gente como tú se ha unido a la campaña. A mayo de 2011 somos más de 300 Verdaderos Fans.<br /> <br /> Hemos tenido solicitudes de opciones de donación más grandes. Por ello hemos creado las opciones Oro, Extra Gold, Platinum y suscripciones Ángel de $ 20, $ 30, $ 50 y $ 100 por mes, respectivamente, además de la suscripción estándar de $ 10 al mes.<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> *Adam Mitchell - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14138729&quot;&gt;True Fan Introduction&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2333113&quot;&gt;Adam Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[File:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> i</div>

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<p>Xevale: moved Verdadero Fan to Verdadero Fan (deleted): Is not necessary. We have: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/True_Fans/es</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Verdadero Fan (deleted)]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: moved Verdadero Fan to Verdadero Fan (deleted): Is not necessary. We have: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/True_Fans/es</p> <hr /> <div></div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{OrigLang}}<br /> [[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introduction=<br /> <br /> See the original blog post about the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ 1000 True Fans Campaign]<br /> <br /> We are able to work on the [[GVCS]] full-time thanks to the generosity of your donations. Kevin Kelly's influential essay [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 True Fans] suggested a funding structure in which 1000 supporters each donate a small amount to sustain a project they really believe in. We are looking for 1000 True Fans to each pledge $10 per month as part of the [[1000 Squared]] Campaign.<br /> <br /> On this page, you can read why people like you have joined the campaign. We are at {{True Fans}}<br /> <br /> We have also had requests for larger donation options. In response, we created Gold, Gold Extra, Platinum, and Angel subscriptions at $20, $30, $50, and $100 per month, respectively, in addition to the Standard subscription of $10/month. <br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Haughton'''<br /> i was so inspired to see what you are doing. i work in fair trade and spend much of my time in the developing world and i can see how important what you are doing could be there. i would LOVE to see this really taking off.<br /> |[[Image:Chris_Haughton.jpg‎|thumb|Chris Haughton. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lex'''<br /> &quot;Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.&quot; -- John Calvin Coolidge<br /> |[[Image:Lex.jpg|thumb|Lex. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Jalil Wahdatehagh]]'''<br /> You do such an amazing and important job there!&lt;br/&gt;<br /> The implications of this, once fully developed are immeasurable... Imagine thousands of small villages and towns becoming independent by replicating (and ultimately developing) these Open Source designs. The potential for real change within this is huge and i deeply thank You guys at OSE for getting Your hands dirty and for working so hard towards Your vision.<br /> |[[Image:Jalil_Wahdatehagh.jpeg|thumb|Jalil Wahdatehagh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Robert Holder]]'''<br /> OSE is a fascinating and important effort to address some very thorny issues both in the industrialized First World, as well as the developing Third World. I can't even have popcorn, soda pop and see a movie for 10 dollars, and yet here I can make my small contribution to an innovative and worthy effort for that amount every month! I will be telling my friends about this project, and you should too! :-)<br /> |[[Image:RobertHolderPortrait.jpg|thumb|Robert Holder. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jane ni Dhulchaointigh'''<br /> I'm in LOVE with your project - congratulations it is one of the coolest things I have heard of in a very long time.<br /> |[[Image:Jane_Delehanty.jpg|thumb|Jane ni Dhulchaointigh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Tom Duesund'''<br /> I saw your talk and immediately felt that the idea of open source DIY blueprints could change the world in areas that are not considered markets by the big companies. It's also amazing that you are actually working and living the project.<br /> <br /> I do not have funds for investments or time or tech skills to contribute, but you certainly have my support. When I saw the opportunity to contribute with a small amount of money I knew I had to take part in this. &quot;1000 true fans&quot; is an excellent idea in itself, and I'm happy to be one of them.<br /> <br /> What I wish to see come out of your work? I want to hear stories about people who create their own tractor factory or start their own entrepreneur business. I want to see increased food production and prosperity for small scale farmers in poor countries.<br /> <br /> I truly believe that you can change the world.<br /> Keep up the good work.<br /> Also, keep making videos!<br /> |[[Image:Tom_Duesund.jpg|thumb|Tom Duesund. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Tyler'''<br /> As a family, we are always looking for methods and means to lead us to contribute, not to function as a unit of consumers. My wife and I consider ourselves to be pretty down to earth, we want our kids to learn to be self-sufficient and capable. We desire that they know how the world around them works. We want to live life fully, richly, and to our potential. This is where I find my connection to this project rooted, in the practicality of it, the true DIY aspect. I agree that this is a &quot;pioneering&quot; endeavor, I feel a tremendous sense of excitement about it - I want to do all I can to explore the potential.<br /> <br /> We will assist you to the very extents of our time and efforts.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_Tyler.jpg|thumb|Matthew Tyler. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rylan Peery'''<br /> We started the [http://colab.coop CoLab CoOp] in order to find new ways to support use of Internet Technology to move us towards a sustainable and just society. When we came upon the work of the Open Source Ecology project it was like discovering a kindred spirit also using technology for positive change but at a more fundamental level.<br /> We are excited to support the important work of Open Source Ecology and to humbly participate in bringing its ambitious plans to fruition. <br /> |[[Image:Rylanpeery.jpg|thumb|Rylan Peery. Joined July 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[Image:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |'''Adam Mitchell''' - August, 2010 - <br /> |&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Verdadero_Fan_(deleted)&diff=45922 2011-11-04T13:46:33Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Consulta el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Fans Verdaderos].<br /> <br /> We are able to work on the [[GVCS]] full-time thanks to the generosity of your donations. Kevin Kelly's influential essay [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 True Fans] suggested a funding structure in which 1000 supporters each donate a small amount to sustain a project they really believe in. We are looking for 1000 True Fans to each pledge $10 per month as part of the [[1000 Squared]] Campaign.<br /> <br /> On this page, you can read why people like you have joined the campaign. We are at {{True Fans}}<br /> <br /> We have also had requests for larger donation options. In response, we created Gold, Gold Extra, Platinum, and Angel subscriptions at $20, $30, $50, and $100 per month, respectively, in addition to the Standard subscription of $10/month. <br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Haughton'''<br /> i was so inspired to see what you are doing. i work in fair trade and spend much of my time in the developing world and i can see how important what you are doing could be there. i would LOVE to see this really taking off.<br /> |[[Image:Chris_Haughton.jpg‎|thumb|Chris Haughton. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lex'''<br /> &quot;Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.&quot; -- John Calvin Coolidge<br /> |[[Image:Lex.jpg|thumb|Lex. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Jalil Wahdatehagh]]'''<br /> You do such an amazing and important job there!&lt;br/&gt;<br /> The implications of this, once fully developed are immeasurable... Imagine thousands of small villages and towns becoming independent by replicating (and ultimately developing) these Open Source designs. The potential for real change within this is huge and i deeply thank You guys at OSE for getting Your hands dirty and for working so hard towards Your vision.<br /> |[[Image:Jalil_Wahdatehagh.jpeg|thumb|Jalil Wahdatehagh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Robert Holder]]'''<br /> OSE is a fascinating and important effort to address some very thorny issues both in the industrialized First World, as well as the developing Third World. I can't even have popcorn, soda pop and see a movie for 10 dollars, and yet here I can make my small contribution to an innovative and worthy effort for that amount every month! I will be telling my friends about this project, and you should too! :-)<br /> |[[Image:RobertHolderPortrait.jpg|thumb|Robert Holder. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jane ni Dhulchaointigh'''<br /> I'm in LOVE with your project - congratulations it is one of the coolest things I have heard of in a very long time.<br /> |[[Image:Jane_Delehanty.jpg|thumb|Jane ni Dhulchaointigh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Tom Duesund'''<br /> I saw your talk and immediately felt that the idea of open source DIY blueprints could change the world in areas that are not considered markets by the big companies. It's also amazing that you are actually working and living the project.<br /> <br /> I do not have funds for investments or time or tech skills to contribute, but you certainly have my support. When I saw the opportunity to contribute with a small amount of money I knew I had to take part in this. &quot;1000 true fans&quot; is an excellent idea in itself, and I'm happy to be one of them.<br /> <br /> What I wish to see come out of your work? I want to hear stories about people who create their own tractor factory or start their own entrepreneur business. I want to see increased food production and prosperity for small scale farmers in poor countries.<br /> <br /> I truly believe that you can change the world.<br /> Keep up the good work.<br /> Also, keep making videos!<br /> |[[Image:Tom_Duesund.jpg|thumb|Tom Duesund. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Tyler'''<br /> As a family, we are always looking for methods and means to lead us to contribute, not to function as a unit of consumers. My wife and I consider ourselves to be pretty down to earth, we want our kids to learn to be self-sufficient and capable. We desire that they know how the world around them works. We want to live life fully, richly, and to our potential. This is where I find my connection to this project rooted, in the practicality of it, the true DIY aspect. I agree that this is a &quot;pioneering&quot; endeavor, I feel a tremendous sense of excitement about it - I want to do all I can to explore the potential.<br /> <br /> We will assist you to the very extents of our time and efforts.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_Tyler.jpg|thumb|Matthew Tyler. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rylan Peery'''<br /> We started the [http://colab.coop CoLab CoOp] in order to find new ways to support use of Internet Technology to move us towards a sustainable and just society. When we came upon the work of the Open Source Ecology project it was like discovering a kindred spirit also using technology for positive change but at a more fundamental level.<br /> We are excited to support the important work of Open Source Ecology and to humbly participate in bringing its ambitious plans to fruition. <br /> |[[Image:Rylanpeery.jpg|thumb|Rylan Peery. Joined July 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[Image:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |'''Adam Mitchell''' - August, 2010 - <br /> |&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Verdadero_Fan_(deleted)&diff=45919 2011-11-04T13:45:19Z

<p>Xevale: /* Introducciónn */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducción=<br /> <br /> Mira el post original del blog sobre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ Campaña de los 1000 Fans Verdaderos].<br /> <br /> We are able to work on the [[GVCS]] full-time thanks to the generosity of your donations. Kevin Kelly's influential essay [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 True Fans] suggested a funding structure in which 1000 supporters each donate a small amount to sustain a project they really believe in. We are looking for 1000 True Fans to each pledge $10 per month as part of the [[1000 Squared]] Campaign.<br /> <br /> On this page, you can read why people like you have joined the campaign. We are at {{True Fans}}<br /> <br /> We have also had requests for larger donation options. In response, we created Gold, Gold Extra, Platinum, and Angel subscriptions at $20, $30, $50, and $100 per month, respectively, in addition to the Standard subscription of $10/month. <br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Haughton'''<br /> i was so inspired to see what you are doing. i work in fair trade and spend much of my time in the developing world and i can see how important what you are doing could be there. i would LOVE to see this really taking off.<br /> |[[Image:Chris_Haughton.jpg‎|thumb|Chris Haughton. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lex'''<br /> &quot;Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.&quot; -- John Calvin Coolidge<br /> |[[Image:Lex.jpg|thumb|Lex. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Jalil Wahdatehagh]]'''<br /> You do such an amazing and important job there!&lt;br/&gt;<br /> The implications of this, once fully developed are immeasurable... Imagine thousands of small villages and towns becoming independent by replicating (and ultimately developing) these Open Source designs. The potential for real change within this is huge and i deeply thank You guys at OSE for getting Your hands dirty and for working so hard towards Your vision.<br /> |[[Image:Jalil_Wahdatehagh.jpeg|thumb|Jalil Wahdatehagh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Robert Holder]]'''<br /> OSE is a fascinating and important effort to address some very thorny issues both in the industrialized First World, as well as the developing Third World. I can't even have popcorn, soda pop and see a movie for 10 dollars, and yet here I can make my small contribution to an innovative and worthy effort for that amount every month! I will be telling my friends about this project, and you should too! :-)<br /> |[[Image:RobertHolderPortrait.jpg|thumb|Robert Holder. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jane ni Dhulchaointigh'''<br /> I'm in LOVE with your project - congratulations it is one of the coolest things I have heard of in a very long time.<br /> |[[Image:Jane_Delehanty.jpg|thumb|Jane ni Dhulchaointigh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Tom Duesund'''<br /> I saw your talk and immediately felt that the idea of open source DIY blueprints could change the world in areas that are not considered markets by the big companies. It's also amazing that you are actually working and living the project.<br /> <br /> I do not have funds for investments or time or tech skills to contribute, but you certainly have my support. When I saw the opportunity to contribute with a small amount of money I knew I had to take part in this. &quot;1000 true fans&quot; is an excellent idea in itself, and I'm happy to be one of them.<br /> <br /> What I wish to see come out of your work? I want to hear stories about people who create their own tractor factory or start their own entrepreneur business. I want to see increased food production and prosperity for small scale farmers in poor countries.<br /> <br /> I truly believe that you can change the world.<br /> Keep up the good work.<br /> Also, keep making videos!<br /> |[[Image:Tom_Duesund.jpg|thumb|Tom Duesund. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Tyler'''<br /> As a family, we are always looking for methods and means to lead us to contribute, not to function as a unit of consumers. My wife and I consider ourselves to be pretty down to earth, we want our kids to learn to be self-sufficient and capable. We desire that they know how the world around them works. We want to live life fully, richly, and to our potential. This is where I find my connection to this project rooted, in the practicality of it, the true DIY aspect. I agree that this is a &quot;pioneering&quot; endeavor, I feel a tremendous sense of excitement about it - I want to do all I can to explore the potential.<br /> <br /> We will assist you to the very extents of our time and efforts.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_Tyler.jpg|thumb|Matthew Tyler. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rylan Peery'''<br /> We started the [http://colab.coop CoLab CoOp] in order to find new ways to support use of Internet Technology to move us towards a sustainable and just society. When we came upon the work of the Open Source Ecology project it was like discovering a kindred spirit also using technology for positive change but at a more fundamental level.<br /> We are excited to support the important work of Open Source Ecology and to humbly participate in bringing its ambitious plans to fruition. <br /> |[[Image:Rylanpeery.jpg|thumb|Rylan Peery. Joined July 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[Image:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |'''Adam Mitchell''' - August, 2010 - <br /> |&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Verdadero_Fan_(deleted)&diff=45917 2011-11-04T13:43:48Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introducciónn=<br /> <br /> Mira el post original del blog sonre la [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ 1000 True Fans Campaign]<br /> <br /> We are able to work on the [[GVCS]] full-time thanks to the generosity of your donations. Kevin Kelly's influential essay [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 True Fans] suggested a funding structure in which 1000 supporters each donate a small amount to sustain a project they really believe in. We are looking for 1000 True Fans to each pledge $10 per month as part of the [[1000 Squared]] Campaign.<br /> <br /> On this page, you can read why people like you have joined the campaign. We are at {{True Fans}}<br /> <br /> We have also had requests for larger donation options. In response, we created Gold, Gold Extra, Platinum, and Angel subscriptions at $20, $30, $50, and $100 per month, respectively, in addition to the Standard subscription of $10/month. <br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;cmd&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot; /&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot; /&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;on0&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input name=&quot;currency_code&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot; /&gt; &lt;input alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; type=&quot;image&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> =Video Introductions=<br /> *Marcin Jakubowski - August, 2010 - &lt;html&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14161032&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/14161032&quot;&gt;Marcin's Personal Introduction to the True Fans&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user2016419&quot;&gt;Marcin Jakubowski&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> =True Fans=<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Haughton'''<br /> i was so inspired to see what you are doing. i work in fair trade and spend much of my time in the developing world and i can see how important what you are doing could be there. i would LOVE to see this really taking off.<br /> |[[Image:Chris_Haughton.jpg‎|thumb|Chris Haughton. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lex'''<br /> &quot;Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.&quot; -- John Calvin Coolidge<br /> |[[Image:Lex.jpg|thumb|Lex. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Jalil Wahdatehagh]]'''<br /> You do such an amazing and important job there!&lt;br/&gt;<br /> The implications of this, once fully developed are immeasurable... Imagine thousands of small villages and towns becoming independent by replicating (and ultimately developing) these Open Source designs. The potential for real change within this is huge and i deeply thank You guys at OSE for getting Your hands dirty and for working so hard towards Your vision.<br /> |[[Image:Jalil_Wahdatehagh.jpeg|thumb|Jalil Wahdatehagh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Robert Holder]]'''<br /> OSE is a fascinating and important effort to address some very thorny issues both in the industrialized First World, as well as the developing Third World. I can't even have popcorn, soda pop and see a movie for 10 dollars, and yet here I can make my small contribution to an innovative and worthy effort for that amount every month! I will be telling my friends about this project, and you should too! :-)<br /> |[[Image:RobertHolderPortrait.jpg|thumb|Robert Holder. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jane ni Dhulchaointigh'''<br /> I'm in LOVE with your project - congratulations it is one of the coolest things I have heard of in a very long time.<br /> |[[Image:Jane_Delehanty.jpg|thumb|Jane ni Dhulchaointigh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Tom Duesund'''<br /> I saw your talk and immediately felt that the idea of open source DIY blueprints could change the world in areas that are not considered markets by the big companies. It's also amazing that you are actually working and living the project.<br /> <br /> I do not have funds for investments or time or tech skills to contribute, but you certainly have my support. When I saw the opportunity to contribute with a small amount of money I knew I had to take part in this. &quot;1000 true fans&quot; is an excellent idea in itself, and I'm happy to be one of them.<br /> <br /> What I wish to see come out of your work? I want to hear stories about people who create their own tractor factory or start their own entrepreneur business. I want to see increased food production and prosperity for small scale farmers in poor countries.<br /> <br /> I truly believe that you can change the world.<br /> Keep up the good work.<br /> Also, keep making videos!<br /> |[[Image:Tom_Duesund.jpg|thumb|Tom Duesund. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Tyler'''<br /> As a family, we are always looking for methods and means to lead us to contribute, not to function as a unit of consumers. My wife and I consider ourselves to be pretty down to earth, we want our kids to learn to be self-sufficient and capable. We desire that they know how the world around them works. We want to live life fully, richly, and to our potential. This is where I find my connection to this project rooted, in the practicality of it, the true DIY aspect. I agree that this is a &quot;pioneering&quot; endeavor, I feel a tremendous sense of excitement about it - I want to do all I can to explore the potential.<br /> <br /> We will assist you to the very extents of our time and efforts.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_Tyler.jpg|thumb|Matthew Tyler. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rylan Peery'''<br /> We started the [http://colab.coop CoLab CoOp] in order to find new ways to support use of Internet Technology to move us towards a sustainable and just society. When we came upon the work of the Open Source Ecology project it was like discovering a kindred spirit also using technology for positive change but at a more fundamental level.<br /> We are excited to support the important work of Open Source Ecology and to humbly participate in bringing its ambitious plans to fruition. <br /> |[[Image:Rylanpeery.jpg|thumb|Rylan Peery. Joined July 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[Image:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |'''Adam Mitchell''' - August, 2010 - <br /> |&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

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<p>Xevale: Created page with &quot;True Fans =Introduction= See the original blog post about the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:100fans.jpg|thumb|600px|True Fans]]<br /> <br /> =Introduction=<br /> <br /> See the original blog post about the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/ 1000 True Fans Campaign]<br /> <br /> We are able to work on the [[GVCS]] full-time thanks to the generosity of your donations. Kevin Kelly's influential essay [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 True Fans] suggested a funding structure in which 1000 supporters each donate a small amount to sustain a project they really believe in. We are looking for 1000 True Fans to each pledge $10 per month as part of the [[1000 Squared]] Campaign.<br /> <br /> On this page, you can read why people like you have joined the campaign. We are at {{True Fans}}<br /> <br /> We have also had requests for larger donation options. 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Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lex'''<br /> &quot;Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.&quot; -- John Calvin Coolidge<br /> |[[Image:Lex.jpg|thumb|Lex. Joined October 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Jalil Wahdatehagh]]'''<br /> You do such an amazing and important job there!&lt;br/&gt;<br /> The implications of this, once fully developed are immeasurable... Imagine thousands of small villages and towns becoming independent by replicating (and ultimately developing) these Open Source designs. The potential for real change within this is huge and i deeply thank You guys at OSE for getting Your hands dirty and for working so hard towards Your vision.<br /> |[[Image:Jalil_Wahdatehagh.jpeg|thumb|Jalil Wahdatehagh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Robert Holder]]'''<br /> OSE is a fascinating and important effort to address some very thorny issues both in the industrialized First World, as well as the developing Third World. I can't even have popcorn, soda pop and see a movie for 10 dollars, and yet here I can make my small contribution to an innovative and worthy effort for that amount every month! I will be telling my friends about this project, and you should too! :-)<br /> |[[Image:RobertHolderPortrait.jpg|thumb|Robert Holder. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jane ni Dhulchaointigh'''<br /> I'm in LOVE with your project - congratulations it is one of the coolest things I have heard of in a very long time.<br /> |[[Image:Jane_Delehanty.jpg|thumb|Jane ni Dhulchaointigh. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Tom Duesund'''<br /> I saw your talk and immediately felt that the idea of open source DIY blueprints could change the world in areas that are not considered markets by the big companies. It's also amazing that you are actually working and living the project.<br /> <br /> I do not have funds for investments or time or tech skills to contribute, but you certainly have my support. When I saw the opportunity to contribute with a small amount of money I knew I had to take part in this. &quot;1000 true fans&quot; is an excellent idea in itself, and I'm happy to be one of them.<br /> <br /> What I wish to see come out of your work? I want to hear stories about people who create their own tractor factory or start their own entrepreneur business. I want to see increased food production and prosperity for small scale farmers in poor countries.<br /> <br /> I truly believe that you can change the world.<br /> Keep up the good work.<br /> Also, keep making videos!<br /> |[[Image:Tom_Duesund.jpg|thumb|Tom Duesund. Joined September 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Tyler'''<br /> As a family, we are always looking for methods and means to lead us to contribute, not to function as a unit of consumers. My wife and I consider ourselves to be pretty down to earth, we want our kids to learn to be self-sufficient and capable. We desire that they know how the world around them works. We want to live life fully, richly, and to our potential. This is where I find my connection to this project rooted, in the practicality of it, the true DIY aspect. I agree that this is a &quot;pioneering&quot; endeavor, I feel a tremendous sense of excitement about it - I want to do all I can to explore the potential.<br /> <br /> We will assist you to the very extents of our time and efforts.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_Tyler.jpg|thumb|Matthew Tyler. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rylan Peery'''<br /> We started the [http://colab.coop CoLab CoOp] in order to find new ways to support use of Internet Technology to move us towards a sustainable and just society. When we came upon the work of the Open Source Ecology project it was like discovering a kindred spirit also using technology for positive change but at a more fundamental level.<br /> We are excited to support the important work of Open Source Ecology and to humbly participate in bringing its ambitious plans to fruition. <br /> |[[Image:Rylanpeery.jpg|thumb|Rylan Peery. Joined July 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jay Kinzie'''<br /> I first heard about the project via the make blog. I have always been interested in the open source movement and the sharing of information. I believe in the power of the creation potential and the growth opportunities that the GVCS will create.<br /> |[[Image:jaykinzie.jpg|thumb|Jay Kinzie. Joined June 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Erick Lavoie'''<br /> I think your work in incredibly inspiring. It echoes thought I had about empowerment of citizens but in a more articulate, clear and pragmatic way than what I had been able to come up with so far.<br /> <br /> I first heard about your project in your TED talk and was incredibly excited about it. I learned about the current state of digital fabrication robots and the whole 'makers' movement about 3-4 weeks ago and have since been documenting myself on the numerous ongoing projects and available technologies (RepRap, Thing-o-matic, Ultimaker, ShopBots, etc.). I've read the RepRap PhD thesis and I am truly excited by the exponential growing potential of replicating machines. What I like about your project is that you are trying to completely bootstrap the system from raw materials and in taking into account every relevent dimension (technical, social, environmental, etc.), therefore pushing the self-replication to its limit.<br /> |[[Image:Erick_lavoie.jpg|thumb|Erick Lavoie. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ilya Tabakh'''<br /> I found you through your TED speech. I've generally been interested in the open hardware model. Having done quite a bit of work in the biofuels and renewable energy arenas, it becomes quite apparent what a large contribution hardware plays; thus the excitement about items like your gasifier, power cube and wind turbine.<br /> |[[Image:Ilya_tabakh.jpg‎|thumb|Ilya Tabakh. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Haren Rajathurai''', Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /> Hello, Kia Ora, Apa Khabar and Vanakkam,<br /> <br /> I am a Software Tester by profession and have interest in the Open Source and DIY projects/communities. I bumped into Marcin's TED talk video on YouTube while I was researching stuff on the Resource Based Economy movements. Was really excited and happy knowing that something is being done in the present time to change people's lives. Since the discovery of OSE I cannot stop talking about it to my family and friends, and have been following the progress.<br /> <br /> With the recent earthquakes (7.1 magnitude on Sept 2010 and 6.3 magnitude on Feb 2011) here in Christchurch, I have learned firsthand that we as a city got through hard times by people collaborating together rather then competing. I fully support OSE because of the collaboration factor and the positive things that it would bring.<br /> <br /> I am happy to be a True Fan of this project!<br /> <br /> Peace,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Haren <br /> |[[Image:Haren.jpg|thumb|Haren. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bruce Lambert'''<br /> Congratulations on your great ideas and on your great work. I saw your<br /> Ted talk and was totally inspired. I was immediately committed to<br /> supporting you financially. And I am committed to continuing and even<br /> increasing my support if you keep up the good work.<br /> <br /> What I'd like to see come out of your work is more equitable<br /> distribution of wealth and opportunity by democratizing the means of<br /> production. I think the greatest threat to the world is corporate<br /> power run amok, and I see your program as a way of undermining<br /> corporate power by empowering ordinary people.<br /> <br /> I wish I had more skills to help you directly. I have modest handyman<br /> skills, but no experience as a welder, and I'm a crappy electrician.<br /> |[[Image:Bruce_Lambert_head_shot_2007.jpg‎|thumb|Bruce Lambert. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Craig Ambrose'''<br /> I'm one of several people at Atamai Ecovillage (atamai.co.nz) who are following your project with great interest. We have a machine shop on site, running as an independent small business, and are very interested in building the sort of projects that you're involved with. Many of them we could use directly. Our machinist is perhaps not as personally interested in some of your tech as I would be (I'm a computer programmer, so understand open source a little better). Particularly, while he's excited about the tractors and things, he already has the metalworking machinery, so is less interested in the fabrication stuff.<br /> <br /> We also already have a brick press, so we're perhaps not immediately interested in that either. When the tractor hits the final version though, I'm keen to build one.<br /> |[[Image:Craigambrose.jpg‎|thumb|Craig Ambrose. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Jeff Kinzer'''<br /> I found out about OSE last week when a friend showed me your TED talk and I was very interested, because what you described fits my personal goals and ideals with striking similarity. I have been a strong follower and supporter of the Open Source movement since the mid '90s and similarly with the wiki web concept which I find to be extremely powerful and effective means of information sharing. The wealth of video documentation combined with the interactivity and familiarity of a wiki, plus the viral nature of Open Source, really makes me think you have an actual viable means of making some significant change to the current unsustainable system of broken capitalism and false scarcity.<br /> <br /> I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have studied digital electronics, but currently I do general construction and metal fabrication. I am studying manufacturing technology as well. In the past I worked on a medium-large scale organic farm. I would very much love to join your group because it is exactly what I want to be doing. However I am currently pretty content here in idyllic northern California, so donating money is a more realistic contribution at the moment.<br /> <br /> What I would like to see come out of your work is<br /> 1. continue and improve written and video documentation. Having organized, clear and complete documentation for a project really gets more people trying it on their own and is a wonderful asset for all of humanity.<br /> 2. For the Open Source philosophy to be spread and made aware of outside the computer software realm. The competitive, violent, greedy, shortsighted mindset held currently by most people cannot and will not survive. The human race needs sharing and collaboration and the end of all war.<br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:JeffKinzer.JPG|thumb|Jeff Kinzer. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Gabriel Perez'''<br /> A friend of mine sent me a link to your awesome Ted talk. Then I visited your wiki, read some stuff, got really excited and decided to donate :) I hope you are able to get a full length Ted talk so that you can get the word out about this incredible project to even more people. I had been dreaming of seeing a project like this after I found out about 3D printers and read a really inspiring essay on Make magazine titled &quot;At last, Tolkien meets capitalism&quot; (I've attached a copy just in case you haven't read it, it's pretty short).<br /> <br /> I would like to see the Civilization starter kit developed as much as possible. Also I think it would be great if eventually communities on poor countries started using this technology. I think that this is a great way to help a lot of people to get out of poverty and help them live healthy, independent and sustainable lives. I really have lost all faith in our current system, modern big corporation state sponsored capitalism. It is destroying our planet, corrupting our politicians and destroying our spirits and just plain making us slaves to consumerism.<br /> |[[Image:Gabriel_perez.jpg|thumb|Gabriel Perez. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Josh Arrowsmith'''<br /> I've been thoroughly worried about the state of the world lately and am so glad to have come across open source ecology as it is something I think can have a huge positive impact on many peoples lives. I think it is very exciting not being so dependent on, as you said, products designed for obsolescence. I am really happy to subscribe to you because I know what you're doing is GOOD!<br /> |[[Image:Josh_arrowsmith.jpg‎|thumb|Josh Arrowsmith. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antonius Stoiculescu''', Brasov, Romania<br /> I've found your presentation movie on youtube about a year ago and was impressed. Right now, by the knowledge I have gained I would like to see GVCS a solution to raise the standards of living by means of easily available hand tools and elbow grease. The trick here, imo, is to get all those machinery built by someone who has never had any practical experience in building them (e.g. I can't weld or use a torch). How does one pull that off?<br /> <br /> The things I'm personally most interested in are a solution for portable (if possible by hand) well drilling + water extraction (e.g. wind-mill) and a heating solution that works well even in the midst of the coldest winter (and not by wood as this is a resource that's getting scarce).<br /> |[[Image:Antonius_stoiculescu.JPG‎|thumb|Antonius Stoiculescu. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Rafa Font'''<br /> I support open source and free software, I am an IT engineer, and I also support it politically within the Greens in Spain, where I am from. Although I live in Brussels and I work in the European Parliament.<br /> <br /> I would like to see real examples of people using your technologies. I would like to see a basic set of tools with their specifications and &quot;how-to-build&quot; in the web, and a community of people helping improve the designs and contributing to them. I would like to see companies complaining that your work interfere in their business (although that won't be true), and I'd like to see them lowering their prices. I would like to see how an open source community grows around the project.<br /> |[[Image:Rafa_font.jpg|thumb|Rafa Font. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Steve Hepting'''<br /> I saw the TED Talk at work and was instantly interested. It stirred up the realization that a group of people really can build pretty much anything given some foundational tools and a decent bit of effort. I was more and more impressed the more videos I watched and blog posts I read discussing the merits of different designs and what would be changed in the next prototype. I realized that there would be no &quot;finished&quot; state but just a better and better set of open and free tools.<br /> <br /> It's also great to see the push this creates for better open-source CAD tools and motor drivers etc. I look forward to the day I can look back and see all the progress that has been made since the day I first became a &quot;True Fan.&quot;<br /> |[[Image:Steve_hepting.png‎|thumb|Steve Hepting. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Bob Waldrop''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br /> If we want to live in freedom and justice, we must have the tools that we need to declare our independence from the large system of corruption and greed. Some of those tools are invisible structures, like the design discipline of permaculture, but others are real world tools, like the microcombine and tractor projects, which provide actual physical tools that enable people to do productive work independent of corporations and structures of domination. I am involved with many organizations and activities, but this project is one of the most important liberation projects on planet earth right now. That's why I'm putting my money where my heart is by becoming a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:Bob_waldrop.jpg‎|thumb|Bob Waldrop. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nick Sissons'''<br /> I saw your talk on TED, it was totally great. I'm really interested to see how your tools get picked up in developing economies, particularly South America where our family is involved in farming. We're going to live there (Bahia, Brazil) in July, so will look out for a potential markets. <br /> |[[Image:Nick_sissons.jpg‎|thumb|Nick Sissons. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Karl Botha'''<br /> I want the plans to build some of your machines to help the people in South Africa! I get the TED update and vid was on it. <br /> |[[Image:Karl_botha.jpg‎|thumb|Karl Botha. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Walter Wood''', Location<br /> I saw the piece you did for TED and was very intrigued. Over the past two days I've poured over your websites and like what you're doing so I thought I'd chip in a bit to help out.<br /> <br /> Things I'm interested in:<br /> - sustainable agriculture (something more like the concepts promoted by Polyface Farm as described in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma)<br /> - low-impact/natural building construction and supporting systems<br /> - implementing a more sustainable, greener economy (e.g. shift to renewable sources of energy, design for reuse/recycling, sustainable production, etc)<br /> - promotion of global democracy and more equitable wealth-sharing<br /> |[[Image:Walter wood.jpg|thumb|Walter Wood. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Smaus'''<br /> I found out about Factor E Farm from your interview with Frank of the Agroinnovations podcast, which I listen to at work. What compels me most strongly about Open Source Ecology and the work happening at Factor E Farm is the reskilling of people to be more resilient, adaptive, creative, and engaged with their immediate world and its possibilities. As someone who works with youth, I think there are many youth for whom these sorts of skills and the lifestyle they invite would be much more compelling than formal education. I would have most certainly been one of those youth. Thankfully, it's never to late to re-engage with the world on that level.<br /> |[[Image:Matthew_smaus.jpg‎|thumb|Matthew Smaus. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Luis Ospina'''<br /> I believe you are doing an amazing job with the Open Source Ecology project. I saw your video presentation on TED.com and was blown away with what you and others are doing. I share the same passion, to become self sufficient and sustainable. That is why I immediately felt a need to contribute to your project. What you are doing now will undoubtedly change the future of the world. If there is anything else that I can do other than what I can manage financially please let me know. Something that I would love to see come out of your project is a blueprint on how to build or convert a gas driven automotive vehicle into a water fueled car, electric car, or a combination of both. An example of this technology is shown by the Japanese company &quot;Genepax.&quot; I believe information like these will help break the chains that many oil companies have on citizens and have a tremendous ripple effect.<br /> |[[Image:Luis_Ospina.JPG|thumb|Luis Ospina. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthew Clark'''<br /> I had been searching for something I could get involved in that I thought could truly save/change the world. I am having a hard time being able to go about life as usual when I know that things really need changing. I see OSE as the wave of the future, and I knew I needed to catch that wave!<br /> I have been telling more and more people about your efforts. I would like to help all I can. I've currently got 1 year left for my masters of fine art, but once I graduate next spring I would love to really jump in.<br /> I would like to see a cultural revolution come out of this... individual pockets of culture and tradition growing from each community... I know that's a ways away (we've got to get community #1 going), but that's what I imagine. A cultural rebirth.<br /> |[[Image:MatthewClarkTrueFan.jpg|thumb|Matthew Clark. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stuart Perera'''<br /> I think a set of open source DIY construction tools is a terrific way to empower individuals and level out living standards across the planet.<br /> |[[Image:Stu_perera.jpg|thumb|Stu Perera. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Brett Irish''', USA<br /> I would like to see all of the 50 technologies developed and shared through open source... so great! I love the idea of creating a DVD with all the info on it to create a small civilization for free! So wonderfully generous and needed! <br /> I would love to see training locations throughout the world where people can be taught how to build the global construction set and help them got started on their plot of land. I hope this helps birth an emergence of an interconnected web of sustainable communities with open business models and a proliferation of open source everything. <br /> I live in NJ, and would love to one day buy a piece of land with a group and grow our own food, and build our own buildings, etc.<br /> |[[Image:Brett_Irish.jpg|thumb|Brett Irish. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Antoine Malouin''', St-Marc-Sur-Richelieu, Canada<br /> I've always believed in open-source culture and Open Source Ecology is another great ramification of this beautiful tree!<br /> I think that by sharing the knowledge of industrial disciplines (agriculture, architecture, construction, etc.), people will be able to become more autonomous/less dependent from the markets and their owners. I truly hope that with projects like OSE, people will realize that a true community is based not on sharing incomes, but on sharing ideas and innovations. Long life to Open Source Ecology, long life to the Open Source Culture.<br /> |[[Image:Antoine_Malouin.jpg|thumb|Antoine Malouin. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Danzig Andersson'''<br /> The first time I heard about OSE was when I was doing research on Aquaponics farms and found a really good guides in your wiki.<br /> I have very high hopes for OSE, especially for the developing world, and one of them is that the concept of planned obsolescence becomes completely obsolete :)<br /> |[[Image:Danzigandersson.jpg|thumb|Danzig Andersson. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ricardo Pereira Filho''', Brazil<br /> I think that a project like yours has such a huge relevance to what is needed in order to get over with our &quot;current system&quot;. My comprehension of agriculture is limited. Not only that but every aspect that a confortable life offers to &quot;well suceed&quot; citizens in a big city, kind of blinds and avoids you from been able to see the whole picture in wich you are attached to. The things that you depend like electricity, communication, shelter, food. I mean, we may know all the importance of that but we take that for granted, like it always will be available thanks to corporations and governments.<br /> Well, I discovered that we are very next to collapse and now I am trying to learn everything I can, what I consider to be relevant. I hope in a few years move away from a big city and I´ve just decided start to learn more about permaculture. I think most of people should be doing this, but unfortunatelly, their capacity to see beyond their &quot;day after day&quot; way of living is limited by tv advertisements, tv films, tv series and all kinds of entertainment, generating this current behavior.<br /> <br /> I can´t wait to see the possibility of constructing an electric car. But its more than that, I think that allow this kind of information and for free, opens the main door to explore the core of what you and your team are doing. It is the most direct way to make people realize what is possible. Not everyone wants to live in a different place but a lot of people wants to be able to move from point &quot;A&quot; to point &quot;B&quot;. And that doesn´t require a lot of luxury, especially in not so rich societies that will depend more and more of a commoditie that is scarce like oil.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ricardo_pereira_filho.jpg‎|thumb|Ricardo Pereira Filho. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ted Mosher'''<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Ted_mosher.JPG|thumb|Ted Mosher. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://monda.hu László Monda]''', Szeged, Hungary<br /> My name is László Monda and I'm a Free and Open Source Software /<br /> Hardware enthusiast and a professional software developer. In the<br /> recent years I've became familiar with various technologies such as 3D<br /> printing, electronics, printed circuit board design, microcontroller<br /> programming and such which made me realize the vast potential that all<br /> these technologies can offer to people.<br /> <br /> Out of all the different projects I not only think that OSE is the<br /> most ambitious one, but I think it truly has the potential to change<br /> the world for the better. We shouldn't depend on companies who are<br /> primarily concerned about themselves when we can depend on ourselves<br /> and be concerned with each other and with the environment.<br /> <br /> I'm proud to be a part of this effort and look forward of what the<br /> future can bring.<br /> |[[Image:Laszlo_Monda.png|thumb|László Monda. Joined May 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[User:Mjn|Mark Norton]]''', Willseyville, NY, USA<br /> A friend of mine pointed me at Marcin's TED talk. After watching it, there was no turning back. I've been fascinated by the Maker movement for years now but never quite had the motivation to jump in, in spite of being handy with tools. I live on a small farm (Phase 3 Farm) that my wife and I are turning into a self-sufficient homestead that we hope will supply all of our needs one day. Farms need tools and it struck me that the GVCS was a great way to get what I needed - by literally building them myself. By profession, I am a software developer and I've worked on several major open source efforts over the years, so I understand quite well why the work of OSE is so important and also some of the challenges it faces, especially around sustainability. As such, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and became a True Fan.<br /> |[[Image:flannel_sm.JPG|thumb|Mark Norton. Joined April 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[[Dan Miner]]''', New York City, USA<br /> I'm glad that as of spring 2011, after the release of Marcin's TED talk, OSE is getting at least a small fraction of the attention it deserves. If more people understood that what fuel depletion, international resource wars, and climate change will do to globalized manufacturing and distribution, they'd be, ah, very disturbed - and would rush to place orders for their own Global Village Construction Sets. Not sure whether OSE will become more popular than Lady Gaga - but let's get ready to scale up production now! - Dan Miner, New York City - www.beyondoilnyc.org <br /> |[[Image:Dan_Miner-waterfront-5-10.JPG‎|thumb|Dan Miner. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Javier Rivera''', Spain<br /> <br /> Want to see a world Resources Based Economy, support The Venus Project ([[Zeitgeist]]) and became a True Fan of OSE in February 2011. Joined in the wiki days after, trying to help with such a great work. I see OSE as a true step in a RBE direction - This is just a needed project to make a open world. Keep up!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:javier.jpg|thumb|200px|Javier Riviera. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Etienne Duport''', France<br /> <br /> I wish I discovered the OSE project long ago. It's very exciting ! Hopefully one day everyone will be able to replicate these tools to live their own autonomous lives. Being that far from the mother ship in Missouri, donation is a smart solution to prop up OSE. May the Force be with you ;-)&quot;<br /> <br /> |[[Image:etienne.jpg|thumb|200px|Etienne. Joined February 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Rasmus Kiehl''', Toronto, Canada<br /> <br /> Let's take back the economy ! (more details [[Tim-Rasmus_Kiehl|on my page ]] in the team culturing section). <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Rasmus_Kiehl2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Rasmus. Joined February 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Steffen Lemmerzahl''', Zurich, Switzerland<br /> <br /> The Global Village Construction Set fits very well in a set of works<br /> that I appreciate very much, such as the projects of D55.dk and Atelier<br /> Van Lieshout in art or Paolo Soleri in architecture.<br /> Beeing an architect myself (http://www.slik.ch) with a background in<br /> CNC-built structures and parametric architecture<br /> (http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch) I'm thinking in a similar direction as<br /> you do, so I'm happy to be able to support your great project with my<br /> small donation!<br /> <br /> |[[Image:steffenlemmerzahl.jpg|thumb|200px|Steffen Lemmerzahl. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Angela''', Colorado, USA<br /> <br /> So many could truly benefit from what your group has accomplished and the things yet to come. Bravo! Keep it going, PLEASE! We look at your success and know that your work is very important and it couldn't be happening at a more critical time. There are so many people in so many areas that will thrive with the tools your work will provide. Besides maybe someday we might need them too! We have property that has a lot of trees down and need to be cut. Areas that need to be leveled , and trails re-established, etc. Good Luck and our best wishes for all of you.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:angelah.jpg|thumb|200px|Angela. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Charles Kraus''', United Kingdom<br /> <br /> The work you are doing (and I shall quote my Facebook status) is “Literally the most amazing project I have ever seen”.<br /> <br /> For a long time I have been interested in the idea of being self-sufficient, and in fact have had a dream of one day buying my own island and starting up a completely self-sufficient, live off the land society. It’s obviously never going to happen but without our dreams what else is there to live for?<br /> <br /> So when I see an entire group of individuals dedicating their time and effort to quite literally the foundations of my dreams I felt like I had to contribute something, in fact you’re the first cause I have ever given to on a monthly basis!<br /> <br /> What I would love to see is a number of completely self-sufficient towns being set up, I have over the years visited some communal farming projects in Israel however most of these have had to close so I’m hoping with your construction set you will be able to improve on projects that have come before. I also think that with some work your tools could be very useful in the third world Africa etc, so seeing your tools being put into practise would be great. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:charleskraus.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Kraus. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Joe Ventura''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I was extremely excited to learn about Open Source Ecology's work, especially [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set The Global Village Construction Set]. I'm a communications professional for NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Through my work, I've traveled around the world, including large parts of Asia and Africa. These experiences overseas convinced me of the need for thoughtful planning around the coming transition from a fossil fuel-based economy. I'm hoping that my small monthly contribution will enable this project to continue and expand its impact. <br /> |[[Image:joeventura.jpg|thumb|200px|Joe Ventura. Joined February, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Hans Sendelbach''', Washington State, USA<br /> <br /> The core issues underneath all this are really quite serious in nature. In my heart I have known for years what is happening, but the momentum in society is so powerful that it makes it easy to ignore the truth. A few months ago I watched the documentary Collapse, which is a long interview with Michael Ruppert. It shook me out of my state of denial.<br /> <br /> In my mind this all comes down to a simple science experiment. If you put bacteria on a growth medium like agar in a petri dish, the population will explode exponentially until the food runs out. The population will plateau and drop off. The plateau and drop off are from two factors, the lack of food and poisoning from waste build up. With humans we need to broaden the definition of food and waste to include the food and waste of our infrastructure such as oil and the waste products from its consumption that leak into the air, soil and water. We are in the same position as the bacteria.<br /> <br /> Thankfully organisms are smart and can sense there environment and adjust their growth according to the availability of nutrients or other factors. They are also adaptable and can even evolve new methods of metabolism in order to survive and thrive. Bacteria for example exchange rings of RNA with each other that allow them to generate novel enzymes, so they may adjust their function to match their environment.<br /> <br /> RNA is coded information that controls chemical behavior. This sentence is also coded information. Your organism and mine are exchanging data, so that we may tailor our personal and infrastructural metabolism to better fit the ecological limitations we are sensing. This is the heart of what natural systems do.<br /> <br /> Open Source Ecology has the potential to facilitate the rapid adaptation of our infrastructural metabolism. My hope is that we will learn how to weave our communities back into the complex fabric of life.<br /> <br /> Thank you Marcin et al. for stepping forward with the concept for this movement. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:hanssendelbach.jpg|thumb|200px|Hans Sendelbach. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Judith Katz''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I joined because I think it's high time we develop more sustainable ways to live on this planet and OSE is a viable step in that direction.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:judithkatz.jpg|thumb|200px|Judith Katz. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Giulia Vianello''', Italy<br /> <br /> I think that the [present] economy isn't the right way to run the world. I'm talking about people who can lose everything for more money, even their life. So, maybe that's the most important reason why i have decided to subscribe to your project. I'm sad because the life of many people i know, depends on money. And i want to change this. I think that all environmental problems we actually have on the earth are initially caused by ignorance, and the ignorance is a convenient way to earn. So from your work i would like to see come out free knowledge for all people, so they would be able to better this world through the knowledge and consequent skills acquired from the open source mind!<br /> In this way everyone would understand that we can be free in every aspect of our life, and a free man is a good man. The kit you're building is fantastic and I'm happy to be able to benefit from your work in the future. Thank you very much.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:giulia.jpg|thumb|200px|Giulia Vianello. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Marcu Knoesen''', Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <br /> I can clearly see the need to attain all the goals as set out in OSE. The future has to be more localised. The path we are on at the moment will not end well. It is time to make a course correction in a big way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:marcu.jpg|thumb|200px|Marcu Knoesen. Joined January, 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Robert Morris'''<br /> <br /> I saw the [http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-29-farmer-scientists-want-to-hack-society article in Grist] today, and have spent the past couple hours looking through your materials. Fascinating stuff. <br /> <br /> I have often said that all you need for paradise on earth for 100 people is 5 engineers and a couple doctors. It is gratifying to see that someone is attempting to put it into practice. <br /> <br /> My work is not similar at all. My last semester of law school starts on Monday, and I will be embarking on a soul-crushing cubicle-dwelling existence this fall. Happy to be contributing to a new approach, if only in a small way. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:robertmorris.jpg|thumb|200px|Robert Morris. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Floyd Earl Smith''', San Francisco Bay Area, California<br /> <br /> I’m proud to join my fellow True Fans of Open Source Ecology. The Global Village Construction Set embodies human creativity and potential, and at the same time unleashes it. Together we True Fans are supporting less use of fossil fuels for farming, better use of precious fresh water, and slowing and surviving climate change, while improving, not damaging, the land.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:floydsmith.jpg|thumb|200px|Floyd Earl Smith. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Jonathan Rivera''', Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> The work you guys are doing is great! And you guys all deserve support from everyone with a conviction for this cause. I know my contribution is not much but I hope to continue to support any way I can. The resource based economy is an idea that has given me motivation to change my life for the best.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:jonathanrivera.jpg|thumb|200px|Jonathan Rivera. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Georgy Korablev''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> <br /> I am a mathematics student; I support OSE project because it is an audacious step towards the true freedom and liberation of people. I am tired to see countries like Canada spending $35 billion on interest payments annually, and only $3 billion on infrastructure and technology development. I'm tired to see debt growing. I'm tired to see roads broken, schools closed, human rights violated, wars started, technology restrained, people starved, taxes grown, education made into a business, income gap grown, secrets kept from the people, fake government, mindless jobs in corporations competing for a market share, overproduction, manufactured demand and overconsumption, low quality products, inflation, fake research and fake research based on fake research, dollar signs in people's eyes, greed, lies. <br /> <br /> People, look around and realize that all the improvement that we had in our lives is due to industrial revolution and rapid development of technology that made things 1000-fold cheaper or more; it is not due lawyers in the government; not due to stock growth, bank loans or corporations. <br /> It is due to people MAKING THINGS, NOT PROFITS. And these people shall have our full support.<br /> |[[Image:georgy.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgy Korablev. Joined December, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Julia Valentine''', California, USA<br /> <br /> I recently became a True Fan as a financial supporter. I am a mother, teacher, Permaculturist, and inhabitant of Planet Earth. All of these endeavors require a sense of hope and a belief in the resilience of our species and of Nature as a whole. Where we stand as a society today, in the midst of the industrial growth machine, leaves us lacking in both hope and resilience. I have a base need to foster these qualities, and to create a more livable future for the children I care for and guide into adulthood. I have a true belief in the ingenuity and flexibility of our species to create a new paradigm. OSE is the actual physical manifestation of our amazing capacity to change. To truly change, we must imagine and then create. The humans behind Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology have imagined and created. They are on their way - leading by example - to this fruitful future I also work to manifest. I am pleased to have the hard work and creative genius of OSE be open to me as a tool to use for building my abundant future and the future of my community. Thank you for daring to both imagine and create. <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Juliavalentine.jpg|thumb|200px|Julia Valentine. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> <br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> | '''Amanda Packard''', Missouri, USA<br /> <br /> I am intrigued and inspired by people offering viable solutions to the challenges facing humanity. And above that, people manifesting those solutions ''now'' – Open Source Ecology is doing just that.<br /> <br /> I have had the honor of visiting Factor e Farm and seeing some of the tools of GVCS in action – I am deeply moved by this vision and the people behind it, who value not only tangible exhibitions of development, but also a holistic spiritual/meditation practice. I am excited to proudly join others in supporting Open Source Ecology in this paradigm-shifting revolution.<br /> |[[Image:amanda.jpg|thumb|Amanda Packard. Joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Christian Shearer''', Pacific Northwest, USA<br /> Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Christian Shearer is the founder and Managing Director of the Panya Project (www.panyaproject.org). He has over six years of permaculture experience, working and living at Lost Valley Education Center outside of Eugene, Oregon, and now residing at the Panya Project in northern Thailand for over five years. He is a permaculture consultant with Terra Genesis International (www.terra-genesis.com), an advisory board member of We Forest (www.weforest.com), a natural builder, a food forest enthusiast, a musician, a certified educator and has extensive knowledge of tropical permaculture systems. He teaches permaculture around the world (Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and even Missouri!) and is excited to continue sharing his passion for a better world and learning from all involved!<br /> <br /> He is excited to be a True Fan of Open Ecology, because the ultimate goal of what the people at Open Ecology are doing is perfectly in line with the intentions of Permaculture. The synergy between the two could be very powerful in helping to usher in a new way of being for people on this planet based on local production, resiliency and an engaged populace, with more of a focus on the well-being and health of people rather than the economic progress of the wealthy. Christian is proud to lend his support to a movement like Open Ecology that fills such an important niche in helping to bring about the vision of a Permanent Culture.<br /> |[[Image:christiansprofile.jpg|thumb|Christian Shearer, joined November, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathanael Dinwiddie''', Lawrence, KS, USA<br /> I attended a presentation given by Marcin at the Lawrence Public Library on November 22, 2010. I appreciate Marcin's effort and enthusiasm for this compelling project. I have long been inspired by the vision of Jacque Fresco, and Marcin is generally preparing the beginning stages for the achievement of that grand vision. We must evolve in the way of this project.<br /> |[[File:P1010717.JPG|thumb|Nathanael Dinwiddie. Joined November 2011.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Isaiah Saxon''', Aptos, USA<br /> I'm a filmmaker, technologist, and one of the instigators of an egalitarian community of 17 people, called Trout Gulch, where we are building a studio, village, farm, and maker space inspired by the actions of Christopher Alexander, Will Allen, Sepp Holzer, and Marcin. My film team, [http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/encyclopedia-pictura-1209 Encyclopedia Pictura], is working with hollywood to create a new populist heroic myth for the maker movement.<br /> <br /> I'm anticipating that the entire GVCS will be created and documented, then replicated by mechanics, geeks, hippies, weekend warriors, and tough guys that are into their trucks. I think OSE is contributing tangibly and symbolically to the greater cultural shift toward localism, authenticity, and DIY green tech.<br /> |[[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|Isaiah Saxon. Joined August 4, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |'''Adam Mitchell''' - August, 2010 - <br /> |&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;object width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14138729&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''David Crary''', Seattle, USA<br /> I have been really searching to find people out there who are actually experimenting with new forms of social organization where it is possible to create advanced culture - that is thriving in abundance and largely autonomous, creating a model for everyone...so kudos to you guys. Keep up the great work!<br /> |[[Image:davidcrary.jpg|thumb|David Crary, Seattle, USA. Joined July, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 &lt;em&gt;Diamond Age&lt;/em&gt; 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 /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1000 Squared]]<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Paul D. Mamigonian'''<br /> The Open Source Ecology group are making self sufficient living real. Through the Zeitgeist movement and groups like the Open Source Ecology the example is being set that we can come away from the corrupt monetary system. How many times do you hear people say &quot; BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?&quot;. There IS SO MUCH THAT can be done and IS BEING DONE. THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE METHODS ARE HERE AND SO IS THE TECHNOLOGY. Please see my site www.livegreenliveclean.org. The Open Source Ecology group are leading the way, and it's up to us all to follow their lead.<br /> |[[Image:paulm.jpg|thumb|Paul D. Mamigonian]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas González''', imagina (dot) canarias at gmail dot com [[Image:lucas.JPG|thumb|Lucas Gonzalez]]<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 [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Video_translation translate], [http://imagina-canarias.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20farm%20tech 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 /> |<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 /> &quot;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!&quot; <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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:jdaviescoates.jpg|thumb|Josef Davies-Coates]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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:David Voeller.jpg|thumb|David Voeller]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| stlye=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<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 /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''[http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Elifarley]''', ''my first name'' @opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> I found out about Open Source Ecology after watching the Zeitgeist Addendum movie. That movie sparkled my curiosity and I started a quest to understand the problems and possible solutions to our society's needs.<br /> <br /> In this quest, I found out some very exciting ideas, groups and people, like the Transition Towns movement (concerned with peak oil), The Venus Project and RBE Foundation (moneyless, cybernated society), Common Good Bank (alternative currency system), RepRap (self-replicating, open source 3D printer), the P2P Foundation, and the OSE site, to name a few.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed that all these projects and movements seem to have a common goal, they all seem to propose that we forget all artificial limitations (and scarcity) and we all seek union to improve our lives and sustainability. Without artificial limitations, we all can have much much better lives. That's the message I can hear all these people and movements resounding.<br /> <br /> I'd say that The Venus Project champions ideas, whereas OSE materializes them, performing concrete actions that will move our world forward.<br /> <br /> I'm confident that our small contributions to this cause will add up and have a tremendous positive result for everybody.<br /> <br /> ''(In Portuguese)''<br /> <br /> Descobri o site da Open Source Ecology depois de assistir ao filme Zeitgeist Addendum. Esse filme despertou minha curiosidade e então comecei uma busca para entender os problemas e as possíveis soluções para a nossa sociedade.<br /> <br /> Nessa busca, descobri algumas ideias, grupos e pessoas muito interessantes, como o movimento Transition Towns (preocupado com a dependência ao petróleo), o Venus Project e a RBE Foundation (sociedade sem uso do dinheiro, automatizada), Banco do Bem Comum (sistema de moeda alternativa), RepRap (impressora 3D de desenho aberto, auto-replicante), a Fundação P2P, e o site OSE, dentro vários outros.<br /> <br /> Vocês podem ter notado que todos esses projetos e movimentos parecem ter um objetivo comum, eles parecem propor que esqueçamos todas as limitações artificiais (e escassez) e que todos busquemos união para melhorar nossas vidas e sustentabilidade. Sem limitações artificiais, todos nós podemos viver muito melhor. Essa é a mensagem que eu posso escutar todas essas pessoas e movimentos ressoando.<br /> <br /> Eu diria que o Venus Project dissemina ideias, enquanto que a OSE as materializa, realizando ações concretas que irão avançar o nosso mundo.<br /> <br /> Estou confiante que nossas pequenas contribuições a essa causa irão se juntar e terão um resultado tremendamente positivo para todo o mundo.<br /> |[[Image:Ecruz.jpg|thumb|Elifarley Cruz]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shaun Warkentin'''<br /> What money buys is technology, luxury. What technology and luxury buy are pleasure, physical health, and free time for the intellectual, spiritual, relational, creative pursuits that are the constitutive properties of real wealth (a widening of awareness and knowledge) unavailable within a purely subsistence economy. The equation linking money to wealth must be broken (along with the power structures that encroach upon the agency and freedom of most of humanity and the biosphere). OSE appears to be demonstrating how this might be achieved. <br /> |[[Image:Shaun_jump.jpg|thumb|Shaun Warkentin]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Aigars Brūvelis''', abruvelis at gmail dot com<br /> This is it. Linux will fully replace windows and in 50 years Open Source Harware will replace most of the commerce. Get on with it. <br /> |[[Image:aigarsbruvelis.jpg|thumb|Aigars Bruvelis from Latvia/UK]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Lucas''',<br /> I contribute to OSE because I got tired of all the organizations that claim to be &quot;promoting&quot; sustainability through advocacy and lobbying, which usually merely contributes to the inertia and complexity of our current patently unsustainable society without producing any truly meaningful effect on regular peoples' relation to the economy and planet. We need tangible means and methods to take our lives into our own hands and reduce our reliance on global industrial market structures, not rhetoric and posturing. OSE is one of the few operations that has taken up the task of rebuilding and redesigning material existence to cope with the inevitability of a resource-scarce future. The advancements made at this important project are setting precedents that simply are not being set anywhere else, and I hope to personally be using some of the methods and technologies being developed; from that standpoint, I view my financial contribution as an investment, not a gift. At some point in time those of us who philosophically stand opposed to the dominant paradigms of mass consumerism and ecological exceptionalism must stop talking and starting acting, and OSE is doing just that.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Peter Koeleman'''<br /> I would love to see the Factor e Farm evolve into a self-sufficient, renewable and socially superior society.<br /> <br /> The technological steps towards freedom that the Factor e Farm project take are very interesting to me because I am an IT specialist. I had a taste of gcode a long while back and work with Linux every day as my primairy OS. The modular hardware design makes this technology easy to comprehend and use, even for non-engineers like myself.<br /> <br /> The freedom part of this project is what I think will be the most important part of the near future in escaping a corporate ruled society of ever more money spending (=debt building) consumers. The need for economic growth simply isn't sustainable. Those who manufacture and manage their own resources are the only ones who know the real cost of things.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Slate''', danieldavidslate + gmail and the rest<br /> This is the real thing, and what you're doing is absolutely necessary. The numerous possibilities that can grow from this...general resilience, a reboot/revision of kibbutzim/moshavim in America or elsewhere, so many other possibilities...building the platform is worth doing. Ideas become real through action. What I see coming out of this work is a way to test out applied philosophies of responsible liberty.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Adam Mitchell''', mitch dot ad at gmail dot com<br /> If organizations were measured in terms of ''relevancy'' of work, ''loftiness'' of their goals and their ability to ''inspire'' others, Open Source Ecology --''no doubt''-- would be at the top of anyone's list. I am proud to support their endeavor, however small, in hopes that together we can build a better world and encourage others to become more [[Integrated Humans]].<br /> |[[Image:Fiji.jpg|thumb|Adam Mitchell]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Anna Przychodzki''' <br /> I was very excited to discover the work of Open Source Ecology; I had no idea people were doing this. I stopped taking science class in my second year of high school so the technical stuff goes way over my head... what I do understand is the intent of the work and the implications of success. The life I want is out of reach for now... but if I support OSE, maybe I can have it in the future. OSE seems to bring us closer to what I believe are our birth-rights: sustainability, economic freedom and quality of life by way of human ingenuity and cooperation, not competition.<br /> |[[Image:annaprzychodzki.jpg|thumb|Anna Przychodzki]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Nathan Luedtke'''<br /> <br /> I think I found out about Factor E Farm through John Robb's blog Global Guerillas, or at least through that general section of the net, which I am interested in and have been following for some time. I have been tracking your project for a little over a year, and was inspired to contribute when i saw that recently you seem to have hit a tipping point and have been making quick progress which probably will require a little more cashflow.<br /> <br /> In terms of what I would like to see come out of it- exactly what you are doing. All of the positive movements that I see out there- Permaculture, Open Source, Transition, etc etc- all of them are integrated in your program. With OSE/FEF, you have a very scientific/rational approach that I appreciate. Long term, I would love to see OSE ideas spread and populate worldwide, and see the technology package implemented and developed further at other sites, both in the USA and as a more successful &quot;technology transfer&quot; to the third world.<br /> |[[Image:nathanluedtke.jpg|thumb|Nathan Luedtke.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> '''Devin Balkind''' <br /> An abundant future is dependent on open technologies that fulfill people's most basic needs: food, water and shelter. The fact that this type of work isn't widely recognized as the foundation of a more efficient, equitable and enlightened civilization is a testament to the confusion of our times. Consider me at your service.<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind, Since August 2010]]<br /> |[[Image:DevinProfile2.jpg|thumb|Devin Balkind for real.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Ivan Garcia''', ivan at movimientozeitgeist dot org<br /> I've been a OSS programmer for like 8 years now and I love the idea of OS Hardware and the great suistaniblity revolution that the OSE guys are doing. I'm also a supporter of the Zeitgeist Movement in Spain and they both share very similar goals. What you are doing is absolutelly necessary and meaningful for our future!<br /> |[[Image:ivangarcia.jpg|thumb|Ivan Garcia]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [http://permakent.com/ '''J. Kent Hastings'''], USA<br /> The OSE (Open Source Ecology) &quot;True Fan&quot; program is a grass roots way to crowdsource funding for the goal to develop the essential 40 pieces required to make up the complete &quot;Resilient Community Construction Set,&quot; an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> The cost is reduced to one tenth normal thanks to the savings from using open source software and hardware designs. The components are essential to life and work in the system rather than just decorative knick knacks or toys that Makers like to dabble with and are &quot;designed for disassembly&quot; so each component, like the Life Trac tractor for example, is easy to repair with bolts and simple tools such as wrenches, and easy to modify and improve.<br /> |[[Image:permakent.jpg|thumb|J. Kent Hastings,since August 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Søren Poulsen''', Denmark<br /> Words like ''empowerment'' or ''freedom'' get a whole new meaning when you talk about<br /> having the skill set, to create everything you need from nothing.<br /> |[[Image:Soeren_Poulsen.jpg|thumb|Søren Poulsen|130px]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | [[Nikolay Georgiev]], Karlsruhe, Germany<br /> Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.<br /> <br /> * Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).<br /> * Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.<br /> * Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.<br /> * Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.<br /> * Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.<br /> * Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.<br /> <br /> It is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.<br /> <br /> When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible and of low priority.<br /> <br /> We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom to where it belongs.<br /> <br /> |[[Image:Nikolaygeorgiev-tall.jpg‎|thumb|Nikolay Georgiev, since Sep. 2010]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Dario Figueira''', Portugal, wurmdario at gmail dot com<br /> I became a true fan simply because I was already monetarily supporting a NGO. And for me, you seem to be doing better work, or more important work than they were. So please continue XD.<br /> [[User:WurmD|WurmD]] 23 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Matthias''', neodynos-at-googlemail-dot-com<br /> Thinking about what's wrong with the world, I found that huge aggregations of power and of money are the main tools we as humans use to oppress and exploit. That led me to support Open Source Ecology as a decentralized alternative.<br /> <br /> And while I am convinced that the ultimate solution (one that transcends even death) is not to be found through technology but rather through sound theology -- I am also convinced that the work of OSE can provide all of us with a better world ''until'' death.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Chris Berry''', France<br /> What immediately impressed me about what you are doing is that...... well, this is something that could actually work. Much of the ecology movement seems to really depend on shifting human nature (ie modern capitalism will work just fine so long as people breed a bit less, consume a bit less, etc- its never going to work, at best we'll destroy the planet in the next 200 years instead of the next 50).<br /> <br /> People need to be offered something genuinely<br /> better. And really, when you look at it, it shouldn't be difficult to beat this modern lifestyle based on greed and envy and selfishness, with rampant crime and suicide and mental illness, people drowning in debt, and every system we depend on falling to pieces in front of us.<br /> |[[Image:chrisberry.jpg|thumb|Chris Berry, joined October, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Stewart Easton''', Vancouver, Canada<br /> I was exposed your work through listening to VTV’s show in the archives. I have a background in biology, but I work in finance, so I have taken the route of “those who can not do, help”. The help in my case is money and I will spread the word of your work as I spend much time on other forums debating the merits of an RBE, and I always use your organization as an example of people building the technology to advance the concept.<br /> <br /> I am part of the Vancouver Chapter of the Zeitgeist movement and I think the work you are doing is great and we as a movement need to do more to help you with your goals. You are building the technology that is going to make an RBE possible.<br /> |[[Image:stewarteaston.jpg|thumb|Stewart Easton, joined September, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Daniel Morlan''', Indiana, USA<br /> <br /> I will be watching you folks closely. I heard you on the V-Radio show a couple of times, and your methodology is far more inspiring to me than the mere lip-service that most put out, including myself. (I am the “editor in chief” of the Indiana Zeitgeist Newsletter.) and an acquaintance of Neil Kiernan, and I am enthralled with what you folks are doing.<br /> |[[Image:danielmorlan.jpg|thumb|Daniel Morlan, joined August, 2010.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | '''Shakti Saraswati''', Brisbane, Australia (mail at shakti dot id dot au)<br /> <br /> I have come to the Open Source Ecology, from the Zeitgeist movement and see this as a natural transition from something quite absurd to a more practical way to live our lives. By doing nothing we have allowed this silly profit system overrule common sense and go so viral as to be totally dysfunctional. Society spends all of its time solving problems that are symptomatic and never go any deeper to find causal remedy.<br /> <br /> The fact that people can earn money without actually contributing anything of substance is an unbelievable waste of potential usefulness. 80% of the population do this while fiddling the figures, they are totally consumed. Imagine if that problem solving potential was put to good use.<br /> <br /> As a musician I find it an incredible distraction living in a society that has not, after 5000 years of civilisation, actually become civilised yet. A lot of the mental energy that I need to improve myself as a musician is wasted basically trying to survive. I have learned to live off the smell of an oily rag, and my priority is improving myself to the detriment of living comfort, and that is because society does not work efficiently.<br /> <br /> I see Open source Ecology as the first rung in the ladder to improving all that ails the world. The important thing to mention here is the fact that everything that each individual knows is the collection of their experience of everyone else around them, so they have no right to exclusivity and have a duty to share. There is no reason why all land and resources should not benefit all people. The understanding of this will eliminate all the unnecessary conflict that we have today. The challenge is to put it into practice for the greater good without sacrificing the individual. This will happen when we share the workload and become responsible. <br /> <br /> Fulfilment in life comes from hands on achievement and when everybody is contributing instead of building locks and walls while fiddling figures, I bet we have a much more harmonious and luxurious lifestyle without the fear. The real challenges will be then what will affect us all as a human species, rather than just individual survival.<br /> <br /> So thank you Open Source Ecology for putting the wheels in motion of the ground-up transition to self-sustaining systems open for the improvement of all who contribute, not just those who wish to profit and exploit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> |[[Image:Shakti.jpg|thumb|Shakti Saraswati. Joined Nov., 2009.]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> <br /> '''Carolyn Phillips''', Adelaide, Australia [[File:Cari.jpg |thumb|Carolyn]]<br /> <br /> I’ve always liked smart, lean design and this project seems both smart and lean. I hope you make some headway without the bureaucratic bloat that seems to ultimately spoil good ideas.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;width:100%&quot;<br /> |-valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |<br /> <br /> '''Ben Diedrich''', Maryland, USA [[File:BenDiedrich.jpg|thumb|Ben Diedrich. Joined October, 2011.]]<br /> <br /> How many more hard problems can be solved and impossible dreams fulfilled if people can meet their own material needs and unleash their creativity without asking for permission and resources from governments, companies, and society? I see great things coming of this project.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php Kevin Kelly - True Fans]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Get_involved/es&diff=45915 2011-11-04T13:40:32Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Involúcrate}}<br /> <br /> {{Tip|¿Quieres colaborar?|Si es así, visita primero nuestra '''[http://opensourceecology.org Página Web Oficial]''', especialmente la '''[http://opensourceecology.org/join.php Página de Acceso]'''. Después te sugerimos que leas el {{LinkLang|Crash course on OSE|Curso Acelerado}}. Posteriormente, invierte unos días conociendo nuestro website:<br /> * Lee nuestros '''[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/ blog] posts'''. En ellos publicamos nuestras últimas noticias.<br /> * Suscríbete a la lista de correo {{LinkLang|OSE-Announce}}.<br /> * Visita nuestro [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/ foro]<br /> Todo esto te permitirá entender el trabajo que hacemos, el que hemos hecho y el que haremos en el futuro.<br /> <br /> Si estás preparado para colaborar sustancialmente, por favor [[How_to_get_a_wiki_account|hazte una cuenta de usuario]], conoce la lista de la [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php Tecnología 50 GVCS], selecciona una que necesite trabajo basado en el [[GVCS Tools Status|estado de supervisión]], contribuye en alguno de los [[GVCS Development Template|32 pasos de desarrollo]] y hazte [[Development Team#Project_Leaders|seguidor del Proyecto]]. Si todavía no hay seguidores, comunícanos el desafío en [mailto:opensourceecology@gmail.com Project Curator].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> Buscamos gente de todo tipo y lugares que contribuyan a que podamos hacer este gran proyecto. Esta página ofrece un resumen de las formas en las que te puedes involucrar con OSE. Arriba encontrarás subrayadas unas cuantas oportunidades de ponerse manos a la obra.[[File:2729436038_6ec880d2c8_m.jpg‎|frame|]] <br /> <br /> ==Financiación y Donaciones==<br /> Puedes financiarnos suscribiendote como un &quot;{{LinkLang|Verdadero Fan}}&quot;.<br /> <br /> Ésta expresión proviene del influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Fans Verdaderos], quien sugiere atraer a ''verdaderos'' que quieran voluntariamente financiar el proyecto.<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;cmd&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;on0&quot; value=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;currency_code&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> Hay otras maneras de ayudarnos con {{LinkLang|donate|donaciones monetarias}}.<br /> <br /> Visita nuestro blog sobre nuestro [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/09/steady-growth/ constante crecimiento].<br /> <br /> ==Extender el trabajo==<br /> [[File:Subversivmesseday1.JPG‎|thumb|Ofreciendo una charla.]] <br /> Nuestro ''mensaje central'': '''Crear herramientas para construir comunidades modernas fuera del sistema que puedan ser replicadas por cualquiera a bajo coste'''.<br /> <br /> Formas de ayudar:<br /> * Redes sociales: Añadir a OSE como amigo en tus redes sociales. Conoce nuestro [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Ecology/66469461561 Facebook], [http://www.myspace.com/OpenSourceEcology MySpace], [https://twitter.com/OSEcology Twitter], y [http://identi.ca/opensourceecology/all identi.ca].<br /> *Establece contacto con cualquiera de los grupos enumerados en la página de {{LinkLang | Marketing}}. Tratamos de hacer enlaces con las personas que estén interesadas en los productos de la OSE. También en buscar grupos y personas que podrían beneficiarse de tener acceso a nuestras máquinas, pero que aún no nos conocen. Informa de tus esfuerzos en [[Outreach 2010|Alcance 2010]] y [[Outreach 2011|Alcance 2011]].<br /> *Ayudanos a contactar con [[Especialistas | especialistas y expertos]] que nos puedan ayudar en la ampliación y mejora de nuestras herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto (TCA).<br /> * Contactanos sobre posibles exposiciones de este proyecto a nuevas audiencias. Podemos ir a tu comunidad o grupo de trabajo a dar una charla.<br /> *{{LinkLang | OSE-Anunciar | Lista de correo}} para recibir actualizaciones sobre nuestro progreso.<br /> *Decirle a todo el mundo que conozcas sobre [http://opensourceecology.org/ Open Source Ecology] y [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global (GVC)]!<br /> <br /> ==Desarrolla la Wiki==<br /> <br /> Esta wiki es un medio para compartir información detallada acerca de {{LinkLang | Open Source Ecology}}, el {{LinkLang | El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global}}, y el trabajo que está llevando a cabo en {{LinkLang | Factor e Farm}}. Este sitio se encuentra actualmente en proceso de reorganización para incrementar la facilidad de acceso y sentar una base sólida para el crecimiento del proyecto. Ayudar con la wiki es una buena manera de aportar una parte de su tiempo a promover los objetivos del proyecto de OSE. Estamos buscando voluntarios para:<br /> * Dar información sobre la accesibilidad del sitio.<br /> * Añadir contenido relevante.<br /> * Ayuda en el proceso de categorizar y organizar.<br /> * Ver una [[las tareas actuales# Wiki | up-to-date list of other tasks]]<br /> <br /> To orient yourself to the standards and current projects of this wiki, please consult: <br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki instructions}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Reorganization 2011}}<br /> * [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/it-web-infrastructure Forum Discussion]<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Documentation Standards}}<br /> <br /> To learn more about editing and formatting using MediaWiki, see:<br /> * [wiki maintenance]<br /> <br /> ==Further Collaboration==<br /> To collaborate further with us, first familiarize yourself with the project (see the top of this page). Then, <br /> {{Info|Sinking your teeth|<br /> *[[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|Create an account on the wiki]];<br /> *Fill out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey so we have a better idea of who you are and how we can best work together;<br /> *See the list of [[current tasks]], find out what our [[project needs]] and pick the ones that you can manage;<br /> *Visit the pages listed at the [[:Category: Collaboration Discussions]] page to get to know current collaboration ideas. Contact people listed here and create new pages in this category;<br /> *Build some of the machines yourself, test their performance and report back any difficulties or problems you faced while building and using them;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> We have put together a [[Guide to OSE Projects]] that can help you figure out what project you might want to work on and figure out who to contact to participate.<br /> <br /> ===Manage a Project===<br /> <br /> We are looking for online or full time on-site project managers to lead the development of tangible products to be deployed at Factor e Farm. At present, we have 3 projects being managed: the CEB, Sawmill, and Solar Turbine. Each project may be divided into sub-projects. For example, the Solar Turbine relies on the development of the steam engine, metal casting, open source lathe, and other sub-projects. If you are interested in leading the development of one of the components or sub-components of the {{LinkLang|GVCS}}, please let us know. <br /> <br /> ===Comparta su experiencia===<br /> <br /> Si usted es un experto en cualquiera de los muchos campos del conocimiento que se relacionan con nuestro proyecto de crear {{LinkLang|GVCS tools|open source machines / tools}}, nos gustaría ayudar a mejorar nuestros/tú diseño/s. Cuantas más herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto tengamos, menos tenemos que estar aferrados a usar tecnologías privativas, más nos acercaremos a hacer realidad nuestra visión. Si usted puede ayudar a diseñar mejores herramientas, le agradeceremos sus aportaciones.<br /> <br /> Usted puede:<br /> * Examinar el plan y el proceso de desarrollo de la {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set}}.<br /> * Ayudarnos a diseñar un proyecto específico o un subconjunto dentro de un proyecto. En estos momentos estamos solicitando la revisión y las ofertas de nuestra {{LinkLang|Specifications}} para una serie de proyectos.<br /> * Busque en nuestro [[Specialists|list of subject areas ]] si necesita a algún experto y compruebe si su experiencia coincide con las necesidades que actualmente necesitamos.<br /> * Envianos una propuesta para el desarrollo de una nueva herramienta de código abierto o tecnología dentro de nuestro proyecto.<br /> <br /> También estamos buscando a alguien para:<br /> * Producir diseños en CAD y planos de fabricación para el tractor, la prensa la Junta, el Cubo de energía, y el &quot;rototiller&quot;.<br /> * Ayuda con la documentación del proyecto y la redacción técnica.<br /> * Voluntarios para solicitar subvenciones para propuestas de nuevos proyectos<br /> * Colabore como un mecenas por un porcentaje de nuestros fondos recaudados.<br /> <br /> ===Consiga que su universidad colabore===<br /> Estamos interesados en colaborar con equipos universitarios para diseñar y construir herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]]. Estudiantes de ingeniería, agrónomos y desarrollo tienen una gran oportunidad de implicarse en un proyecto significativo y ayudarnos con el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Hay varias formas en las que los estudiantes universitarios nos pueden ayudar:<br /> * Diseñar, construir y documentar una de las herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]] (o proponer y construir una nueva herramienta en la que no hayamos pensado)<br /> * Reemplazar una de las herramientas que ya hemos diseñado, tal como el tractor [[Life Trac]] o el [[Compressed Earth Block Press]]<br /> * Ayudarnos a desarrollar la documentación, por ejemplo preparando archivos CAD para las herramientas GVCS.<br /> * Revisar las posibles [[Universities|tasks for Universities]].<br /> * ¡Cualquier otra manera de contribuir!<br /> <br /> Si está interesado/a en colaborar, por favor escriba en [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/education forum] explicando su área de estudio, en qué proyectos universitarios está implicado/a y cómo querría colaborar.<br /> <br /> ===Collaborate on the Farm===<br /> [[File:joz.jpg|thumb|Constructing a better future.]]<br /> Before considering volunteering at the farm, please read the following:<br /> <br /> *Read about [[Factor_e_Farm#What_it.27s_like_at_Factor_e_Farm| what it's like at Factor e Farm]].<br /> *{{LinkLang|Factor e Farm Social Contract}}<br /> *Factor e Farm's {{LinkLang|Rules of Conduct}}.<br /> <br /> We are seeking individuals to come to Factor e Farm for one month {{LinkLang|Dedicated Project Visits|project-based visits}} to help develop the {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|GVCS}} and the infrastructure at Factor e Farm. Proposals for projects are being accepted and reviewed. The suitability of proposals depends largely on a candidate's level of skill and experience. This is also our route for accepting new people for long-term stays as part of the Factor e Farm experiment. <br /> <br /> Ideally we are looking for:<br /> <br /> * Confident and highly dynamic self learners and researchers.<br /> * Highly motivated innovators who are open to new ideas and excited by diversity of thought.<br /> * Developers who can take a project from concept drawing to real world implementation.<br /> * Those comfortable in rural and rustic settings.<br /> * Willing team members, self starters, and project leaders. <br /> <br /> We are offering a place where you can put the philosophy of sustainability into action. We are a physical experiment in building a post industrial global village - a space for all people to learn and grow. Because of the diversity of our activities, we believe a Factor E experience can be exceptional and life-changing, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are countless opportunities available in the realm of sustainability and justice. Look at: [http://www.wiserearth.org/ Wiserearth]; [http://www.idealist.org/ Idealist]; [http://www.growfood.org/ GrowFood]; [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]; [http://www.growinggrowers.org/ Growing Growers Kansas City].<br /> <br /> ===For Technical Developers===<br /> <br /> If you would like to help bring this project to completion, we invite proactive collaboration on many fronts. First, see {{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}} for a list of the 50 technologies that we are developing, for their product ecologies, and for general information about the development process. Second, read and re-read the {{LinkLang|Core Values of OSE}}, as these inform all of the technical, organizational, and community development around the project. Then, read about the technical development process at the [[GVCS Development Template]], and the publishing standards for our results at the [[Product Template]]. The key page is the [[GVCS Tools Status]] - a '''GVCS master index''' for displaying the status and needs of each project, and see a simpler table at {{LinkLang|GVCS tools}}. If there is no entry for a given project and step, that indicates that no work has yet been done. Each entry in the table is hyperlinked so you can find out the status of each step, and the next steps and needs become transparent. At this stage, after general assessment of a given project, you are ready to contribute. Begin by filling out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey according to the notes and instructions stated on that page. Then, contact the Project Manager for that project to see how exactly you can become involved, or, find out about {{LinkLang|Project Manager Duties}} if you would like become a project manager yourself. You can also see the [[GVCS Budget]] for a general description of the expected development and prototyping costs.<br /> <br /> Success on the above requires that project managers are recruited for each of the 50 projects. It also depends on developing a corresponding organizational, web, and funding strategy. You can check our current [[Project needs]].<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores de la organización ==<br /> <br /> La infraestructura organizacional incluye forma organizacional, arquitectura organizacional, diseño de precesos, gestión de operaciones, gestión de productos, desarrollo de recursos, relación con donantes, recursos humanos, gestión financiera, transparencia, resolución de conflictos, desarrollo de medios de comunicación, relaciones públicas y otras tareas que permitan que el desarrollo técnico funcione fluidamente. Actualmente estamos instalando toda esta infraestructura. En la actualidad estamos trabajando en convertirnos en una organización no gubernamental o sin ánimo de lucro, y estamos definiendo la estructura organizativa. En lo que se refiere al desarrollo de los recursos, nuestro primer paso es instalar una instancia de [[CiviCRM]] para manejar contactos. Para poder involucrarte en el proyecto necesitas, lo primero de todo completar la encuesta {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} . Luego enviar un correo electrónico a nuestro [[Operations Manager]] o [[Resource Developer]] para poder enrolarte. También puedes leer acerca [[50/2/2]], nuestro {{LinkLang|GVCS Organizational Infrastructure}} que está empezando a ser desarrollado para poder llegar a producir de esto el que sea una realidad, el {{LinkLang|GVCS Resource Development Strategy}} para apoyar la infraestructura de la organización, {{LinkLang|GVCS Web Strategy}} para ayudar con el desarrollo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Media Development Strategy}} para comunicar el estado del trabajo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Forum Policy}} para administrar los niveles de instancia sobre las discrusiones y crear filtros sobre el estado actual de desarrolo, aprender como ayudar a la OSE a ganar {{LinkLang|Awards and Contests}}. What else is missing here?<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores web ==<br /> <br /> La infrastructura web incluye la página principal, la wiki, el blog, los foros, el repositorio de diseño, la plataforma CiviCRM, y un portal comunitario.Actualmente estamos rehaciendo toda esta infraestructura.<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores organizacionales ==<br /> <br /> Desarrolladores organizacionales implica que todos los roles secundarios que se indican en el [[50/2/2]] Programa Apollo para el GVCS, y el posicionamiento de nuestros proyectos como un esfuerzo a nivel mundial para mejorar la condición humana / nivel de vida. El Desarrollo organizacional incluye las areas de la administración, la arquitectura, la organización del proyecto, la recaudación de fondos, marketing, relaciones públicas, y otras funciones que este proyecto necesita para alcanzar su cometido.<br /> <br /> La transparencia debería incluir es desglose de la estrategia, la infraestructura, el equipo, y otros detalles que hagan el trabajo de desarrollo posible., infraestructura<br /> <br /> ==Visit Factor e Farm==<br /> [[File:Linz_32.jpg‎|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> Por favor vea [[Visit_Factor_e_Farm]]<br /> ==Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica===<br /> Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica para administrar servicios y alimentos, energía y aprovisionamiento de viviendas.<br /> ¿Está aún OSE registrado en WWOOF (voluntariado en granjas ecológicas), etc.? ¿Hay alguna diferencia en las expectativas de los voluntarios de la granja y aquellos que vienen para visitas con asentamiento en el proyecto de un mes?<br /> <br /> =Cómo regitrarse en la wiki=<br /> Vea [[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|How to get an account on the wiki]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Public Relations]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Get_involved/es&diff=45914 2011-11-04T13:38:25Z

<p>Xevale: /* Financiación y Donaciones */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Involúcrate}}<br /> <br /> {{Tip|¿Quieres colaborar?|Si es así, visita primero nuestra '''[http://opensourceecology.org Página Web Oficial]''', especialmente la '''[http://opensourceecology.org/join.php Página de Acceso]'''. Después te sugerimos que leas el {{LinkLang|Crash course on OSE|Curso Acelerado}}. Posteriormente, invierte unos días conociendo nuestro website:<br /> * Lee nuestros '''[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/ blog] posts'''. En ellos publicamos nuestras últimas noticias.<br /> * Suscríbete a la lista de correo {{LinkLang|OSE-Announce}}.<br /> * Visita nuestro [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/ foro]<br /> Todo esto te permitirá entender el trabajo que hacemos, el que hemos hecho y el que haremos en el futuro.<br /> <br /> Si estás preparado para colaborar sustancialmente, por favor [[How_to_get_a_wiki_account|hazte una cuenta de usuario]], conoce la lista de la [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php Tecnología 50 GVCS], selecciona una que necesite trabajo basado en el [[GVCS Tools Status|estado de supervisión]], contribuye en alguno de los [[GVCS Development Template|32 pasos de desarrollo]] y hazte [[Development Team#Project_Leaders|seguidor del Proyecto]]. Si todavía no hay seguidores, comunícanos el desafío en [mailto:opensourceecology@gmail.com Project Curator].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> Buscamos gente de todo tipo y lugares que contribuyan a que podamos hacer este gran proyecto. Esta página ofrece un resumen de las formas en las que te puedes involucrar con OSE. Arriba encontrarás subrayadas unas cuantas oportunidades de ponerse manos a la obra.[[File:2729436038_6ec880d2c8_m.jpg‎|frame|]] <br /> <br /> ==Financiación y Donaciones==<br /> Puedes financiarnos suscribiendote como un &quot;{{LinkLang|Verdadero Fan}}&quot;.<br /> <br /> Ésta expresión proviene del influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Fans Verdaderos], quien sugiere atraer a ''verdaderos'' que quieran voluntariamente financiar el proyecto.<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;cmd&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;on0&quot; value=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;currency_code&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> Hay otras maneras de ayudarnos con {{LinkLang|donate|donaciones monetarias}}.<br /> <br /> Visita nuestro blog sobre [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/09/steady-growth/ nuestro crecimiento].<br /> <br /> ==Extender el trabajo==<br /> [[File:Subversivmesseday1.JPG‎|thumb|Ofreciendo una charla.]] <br /> Nuestro ''mensaje central'': '''Crear herramientas para construir comunidades modernas fuera del sistema que puedan ser replicadas por cualquiera a bajo coste'''.<br /> <br /> Formas de ayudar:<br /> * Redes sociales: Añadir a OSE como amigo en tus redes sociales. Conoce nuestro [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Ecology/66469461561 Facebook], [http://www.myspace.com/OpenSourceEcology MySpace], [https://twitter.com/OSEcology Twitter], y [http://identi.ca/opensourceecology/all identi.ca].<br /> *Establece contacto con cualquiera de los grupos enumerados en la página de {{LinkLang | Marketing}}. Tratamos de hacer enlaces con las personas que estén interesadas en los productos de la OSE. También en buscar grupos y personas que podrían beneficiarse de tener acceso a nuestras máquinas, pero que aún no nos conocen. Informa de tus esfuerzos en [[Outreach 2010|Alcance 2010]] y [[Outreach 2011|Alcance 2011]].<br /> *Ayudanos a contactar con [[Especialistas | especialistas y expertos]] que nos puedan ayudar en la ampliación y mejora de nuestras herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto (TCA).<br /> * Contactanos sobre posibles exposiciones de este proyecto a nuevas audiencias. Podemos ir a tu comunidad o grupo de trabajo a dar una charla.<br /> *{{LinkLang | OSE-Anunciar | Lista de correo}} para recibir actualizaciones sobre nuestro progreso.<br /> *Decirle a todo el mundo que conozcas sobre [http://opensourceecology.org/ Open Source Ecology] y [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global (GVC)]!<br /> <br /> ==Desarrolla la Wiki==<br /> <br /> Esta wiki es un medio para compartir información detallada acerca de {{LinkLang | Open Source Ecology}}, el {{LinkLang | El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global}}, y el trabajo que está llevando a cabo en {{LinkLang | Factor e Farm}}. Este sitio se encuentra actualmente en proceso de reorganización para incrementar la facilidad de acceso y sentar una base sólida para el crecimiento del proyecto. Ayudar con la wiki es una buena manera de aportar una parte de su tiempo a promover los objetivos del proyecto de OSE. Estamos buscando voluntarios para:<br /> * Dar información sobre la accesibilidad del sitio.<br /> * Añadir contenido relevante.<br /> * Ayuda en el proceso de categorizar y organizar.<br /> * Ver una [[las tareas actuales# Wiki | up-to-date list of other tasks]]<br /> <br /> To orient yourself to the standards and current projects of this wiki, please consult: <br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki instructions}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Reorganization 2011}}<br /> * [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/it-web-infrastructure Forum Discussion]<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Documentation Standards}}<br /> <br /> To learn more about editing and formatting using MediaWiki, see:<br /> * [wiki maintenance]<br /> <br /> ==Further Collaboration==<br /> To collaborate further with us, first familiarize yourself with the project (see the top of this page). Then, <br /> {{Info|Sinking your teeth|<br /> *[[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|Create an account on the wiki]];<br /> *Fill out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey so we have a better idea of who you are and how we can best work together;<br /> *See the list of [[current tasks]], find out what our [[project needs]] and pick the ones that you can manage;<br /> *Visit the pages listed at the [[:Category: Collaboration Discussions]] page to get to know current collaboration ideas. Contact people listed here and create new pages in this category;<br /> *Build some of the machines yourself, test their performance and report back any difficulties or problems you faced while building and using them;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> We have put together a [[Guide to OSE Projects]] that can help you figure out what project you might want to work on and figure out who to contact to participate.<br /> <br /> ===Manage a Project===<br /> <br /> We are looking for online or full time on-site project managers to lead the development of tangible products to be deployed at Factor e Farm. At present, we have 3 projects being managed: the CEB, Sawmill, and Solar Turbine. Each project may be divided into sub-projects. For example, the Solar Turbine relies on the development of the steam engine, metal casting, open source lathe, and other sub-projects. If you are interested in leading the development of one of the components or sub-components of the {{LinkLang|GVCS}}, please let us know. <br /> <br /> ===Comparta su experiencia===<br /> <br /> Si usted es un experto en cualquiera de los muchos campos del conocimiento que se relacionan con nuestro proyecto de crear {{LinkLang|GVCS tools|open source machines / tools}}, nos gustaría ayudar a mejorar nuestros/tú diseño/s. Cuantas más herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto tengamos, menos tenemos que estar aferrados a usar tecnologías privativas, más nos acercaremos a hacer realidad nuestra visión. Si usted puede ayudar a diseñar mejores herramientas, le agradeceremos sus aportaciones.<br /> <br /> Usted puede:<br /> * Examinar el plan y el proceso de desarrollo de la {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set}}.<br /> * Ayudarnos a diseñar un proyecto específico o un subconjunto dentro de un proyecto. En estos momentos estamos solicitando la revisión y las ofertas de nuestra {{LinkLang|Specifications}} para una serie de proyectos.<br /> * Busque en nuestro [[Specialists|list of subject areas ]] si necesita a algún experto y compruebe si su experiencia coincide con las necesidades que actualmente necesitamos.<br /> * Envianos una propuesta para el desarrollo de una nueva herramienta de código abierto o tecnología dentro de nuestro proyecto.<br /> <br /> También estamos buscando a alguien para:<br /> * Producir diseños en CAD y planos de fabricación para el tractor, la prensa la Junta, el Cubo de energía, y el &quot;rototiller&quot;.<br /> * Ayuda con la documentación del proyecto y la redacción técnica.<br /> * Voluntarios para solicitar subvenciones para propuestas de nuevos proyectos<br /> * Colabore como un mecenas por un porcentaje de nuestros fondos recaudados.<br /> <br /> ===Consiga que su universidad colabore===<br /> Estamos interesados en colaborar con equipos universitarios para diseñar y construir herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]]. Estudiantes de ingeniería, agrónomos y desarrollo tienen una gran oportunidad de implicarse en un proyecto significativo y ayudarnos con el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Hay varias formas en las que los estudiantes universitarios nos pueden ayudar:<br /> * Diseñar, construir y documentar una de las herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]] (o proponer y construir una nueva herramienta en la que no hayamos pensado)<br /> * Reemplazar una de las herramientas que ya hemos diseñado, tal como el tractor [[Life Trac]] o el [[Compressed Earth Block Press]]<br /> * Ayudarnos a desarrollar la documentación, por ejemplo preparando archivos CAD para las herramientas GVCS.<br /> * Revisar las posibles [[Universities|tasks for Universities]].<br /> * ¡Cualquier otra manera de contribuir!<br /> <br /> Si está interesado/a en colaborar, por favor escriba en [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/education forum] explicando su área de estudio, en qué proyectos universitarios está implicado/a y cómo querría colaborar.<br /> <br /> ===Collaborate on the Farm===<br /> [[File:joz.jpg|thumb|Constructing a better future.]]<br /> Before considering volunteering at the farm, please read the following:<br /> <br /> *Read about [[Factor_e_Farm#What_it.27s_like_at_Factor_e_Farm| what it's like at Factor e Farm]].<br /> *{{LinkLang|Factor e Farm Social Contract}}<br /> *Factor e Farm's {{LinkLang|Rules of Conduct}}.<br /> <br /> We are seeking individuals to come to Factor e Farm for one month {{LinkLang|Dedicated Project Visits|project-based visits}} to help develop the {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|GVCS}} and the infrastructure at Factor e Farm. Proposals for projects are being accepted and reviewed. The suitability of proposals depends largely on a candidate's level of skill and experience. This is also our route for accepting new people for long-term stays as part of the Factor e Farm experiment. <br /> <br /> Ideally we are looking for:<br /> <br /> * Confident and highly dynamic self learners and researchers.<br /> * Highly motivated innovators who are open to new ideas and excited by diversity of thought.<br /> * Developers who can take a project from concept drawing to real world implementation.<br /> * Those comfortable in rural and rustic settings.<br /> * Willing team members, self starters, and project leaders. <br /> <br /> We are offering a place where you can put the philosophy of sustainability into action. We are a physical experiment in building a post industrial global village - a space for all people to learn and grow. Because of the diversity of our activities, we believe a Factor E experience can be exceptional and life-changing, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are countless opportunities available in the realm of sustainability and justice. Look at: [http://www.wiserearth.org/ Wiserearth]; [http://www.idealist.org/ Idealist]; [http://www.growfood.org/ GrowFood]; [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]; [http://www.growinggrowers.org/ Growing Growers Kansas City].<br /> <br /> ===For Technical Developers===<br /> <br /> If you would like to help bring this project to completion, we invite proactive collaboration on many fronts. First, see {{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}} for a list of the 50 technologies that we are developing, for their product ecologies, and for general information about the development process. Second, read and re-read the {{LinkLang|Core Values of OSE}}, as these inform all of the technical, organizational, and community development around the project. Then, read about the technical development process at the [[GVCS Development Template]], and the publishing standards for our results at the [[Product Template]]. The key page is the [[GVCS Tools Status]] - a '''GVCS master index''' for displaying the status and needs of each project, and see a simpler table at {{LinkLang|GVCS tools}}. If there is no entry for a given project and step, that indicates that no work has yet been done. Each entry in the table is hyperlinked so you can find out the status of each step, and the next steps and needs become transparent. At this stage, after general assessment of a given project, you are ready to contribute. Begin by filling out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey according to the notes and instructions stated on that page. Then, contact the Project Manager for that project to see how exactly you can become involved, or, find out about {{LinkLang|Project Manager Duties}} if you would like become a project manager yourself. You can also see the [[GVCS Budget]] for a general description of the expected development and prototyping costs.<br /> <br /> Success on the above requires that project managers are recruited for each of the 50 projects. It also depends on developing a corresponding organizational, web, and funding strategy. You can check our current [[Project needs]].<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores de la organización ==<br /> <br /> La infraestructura organizacional incluye forma organizacional, arquitectura organizacional, diseño de precesos, gestión de operaciones, gestión de productos, desarrollo de recursos, relación con donantes, recursos humanos, gestión financiera, transparencia, resolución de conflictos, desarrollo de medios de comunicación, relaciones públicas y otras tareas que permitan que el desarrollo técnico funcione fluidamente. Actualmente estamos instalando toda esta infraestructura. En la actualidad estamos trabajando en convertirnos en una organización no gubernamental o sin ánimo de lucro, y estamos definiendo la estructura organizativa. En lo que se refiere al desarrollo de los recursos, nuestro primer paso es instalar una instancia de [[CiviCRM]] para manejar contactos. Para poder involucrarte en el proyecto necesitas, lo primero de todo completar la encuesta {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} . Luego enviar un correo electrónico a nuestro [[Operations Manager]] o [[Resource Developer]] para poder enrolarte. También puedes leer acerca [[50/2/2]], nuestro {{LinkLang|GVCS Organizational Infrastructure}} que está empezando a ser desarrollado para poder llegar a producir de esto el que sea una realidad, el {{LinkLang|GVCS Resource Development Strategy}} para apoyar la infraestructura de la organización, {{LinkLang|GVCS Web Strategy}} para ayudar con el desarrollo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Media Development Strategy}} para comunicar el estado del trabajo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Forum Policy}} para administrar los niveles de instancia sobre las discrusiones y crear filtros sobre el estado actual de desarrolo, aprender como ayudar a la OSE a ganar {{LinkLang|Awards and Contests}}. What else is missing here?<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores web ==<br /> <br /> La infrastructura web incluye la página principal, la wiki, el blog, los foros, el repositorio de diseño, la plataforma CiviCRM, y un portal comunitario.Actualmente estamos rehaciendo toda esta infraestructura.<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores organizacionales ==<br /> <br /> Desarrolladores organizacionales implica que todos los roles secundarios que se indican en el [[50/2/2]] Programa Apollo para el GVCS, y el posicionamiento de nuestros proyectos como un esfuerzo a nivel mundial para mejorar la condición humana / nivel de vida. El Desarrollo organizacional incluye las areas de la administración, la arquitectura, la organización del proyecto, la recaudación de fondos, marketing, relaciones públicas, y otras funciones que este proyecto necesita para alcanzar su cometido.<br /> <br /> La transparencia debería incluir es desglose de la estrategia, la infraestructura, el equipo, y otros detalles que hagan el trabajo de desarrollo posible., infraestructura<br /> <br /> ==Visit Factor e Farm==<br /> [[File:Linz_32.jpg‎|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> Por favor vea [[Visit_Factor_e_Farm]]<br /> ==Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica===<br /> Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica para administrar servicios y alimentos, energía y aprovisionamiento de viviendas.<br /> ¿Está aún OSE registrado en WWOOF (voluntariado en granjas ecológicas), etc.? ¿Hay alguna diferencia en las expectativas de los voluntarios de la granja y aquellos que vienen para visitas con asentamiento en el proyecto de un mes?<br /> <br /> =Cómo regitrarse en la wiki=<br /> Vea [[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|How to get an account on the wiki]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Public Relations]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Involúcrate}}<br /> <br /> {{Tip|¿Quieres colaborar?|Si es así, visita primero nuestra '''[http://opensourceecology.org Página Web Oficial]''', especialmente la '''[http://opensourceecology.org/join.php Página de Acceso]'''. Después te sugerimos que leas el {{LinkLang|Crash course on OSE|Curso Acelerado}}. Posteriormente, invierte unos días conociendo nuestro website:<br /> * Lee nuestros '''[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/ blog] posts'''. En ellos publicamos nuestras últimas noticias.<br /> * Suscríbete a la lista de correo {{LinkLang|OSE-Announce}}.<br /> * Visita nuestro [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/ foro]<br /> Todo esto te permitirá entender el trabajo que hacemos, el que hemos hecho y el que haremos en el futuro.<br /> <br /> Si estás preparado para colaborar sustancialmente, por favor [[How_to_get_a_wiki_account|hazte una cuenta de usuario]], conoce la lista de la [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php Tecnología 50 GVCS], selecciona una que necesite trabajo basado en el [[GVCS Tools Status|estado de supervisión]], contribuye en alguno de los [[GVCS Development Template|32 pasos de desarrollo]] y hazte [[Development Team#Project_Leaders|seguidor del Proyecto]]. Si todavía no hay seguidores, comunícanos el desafío en [mailto:opensourceecology@gmail.com Project Curator].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> Buscamos gente de todo tipo y lugares que contribuyan a que podamos hacer este gran proyecto. Esta página ofrece un resumen de las formas en las que te puedes involucrar con OSE. Arriba encontrarás subrayadas unas cuantas oportunidades de ponerse manos a la obra.[[File:2729436038_6ec880d2c8_m.jpg‎|frame|]] <br /> <br /> ==Financiación y Donaciones==<br /> Puedes financiarnos suscribiendote como un {{LinkLang|Fan Verdadero}}.<br /> <br /> Ésta expresión proviene del influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Fans Verdaderos], quien sugiere atraer a ''verdaderos'' que quieran voluntariamente financiar el proyecto.<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;cmd&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;on0&quot; value=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;currency_code&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> Hay otras maneras de ayudarnos con {{LinkLang|donate|donaciones monetarias}}.<br /> <br /> Visita nuestro blog sobre [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/09/steady-growth/ nuestro crecimiento].<br /> <br /> ==Extender el trabajo==<br /> [[File:Subversivmesseday1.JPG‎|thumb|Ofreciendo una charla.]] <br /> Nuestro ''mensaje central'': '''Crear herramientas para construir comunidades modernas fuera del sistema que puedan ser replicadas por cualquiera a bajo coste'''.<br /> <br /> Formas de ayudar:<br /> * Redes sociales: Añadir a OSE como amigo en tus redes sociales. Conoce nuestro [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Ecology/66469461561 Facebook], [http://www.myspace.com/OpenSourceEcology MySpace], [https://twitter.com/OSEcology Twitter], y [http://identi.ca/opensourceecology/all identi.ca].<br /> *Establece contacto con cualquiera de los grupos enumerados en la página de {{LinkLang | Marketing}}. Tratamos de hacer enlaces con las personas que estén interesadas en los productos de la OSE. También en buscar grupos y personas que podrían beneficiarse de tener acceso a nuestras máquinas, pero que aún no nos conocen. Informa de tus esfuerzos en [[Outreach 2010|Alcance 2010]] y [[Outreach 2011|Alcance 2011]].<br /> *Ayudanos a contactar con [[Especialistas | especialistas y expertos]] que nos puedan ayudar en la ampliación y mejora de nuestras herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto (TCA).<br /> * Contactanos sobre posibles exposiciones de este proyecto a nuevas audiencias. Podemos ir a tu comunidad o grupo de trabajo a dar una charla.<br /> *{{LinkLang | OSE-Anunciar | Lista de correo}} para recibir actualizaciones sobre nuestro progreso.<br /> *Decirle a todo el mundo que conozcas sobre [http://opensourceecology.org/ Open Source Ecology] y [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global (GVC)]!<br /> <br /> ==Desarrolla la Wiki==<br /> <br /> Esta wiki es un medio para compartir información detallada acerca de {{LinkLang | Open Source Ecology}}, el {{LinkLang | El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global}}, y el trabajo que está llevando a cabo en {{LinkLang | Factor e Farm}}. Este sitio se encuentra actualmente en proceso de reorganización para incrementar la facilidad de acceso y sentar una base sólida para el crecimiento del proyecto. Ayudar con la wiki es una buena manera de aportar una parte de su tiempo a promover los objetivos del proyecto de OSE. Estamos buscando voluntarios para:<br /> * Dar información sobre la accesibilidad del sitio.<br /> * Añadir contenido relevante.<br /> * Ayuda en el proceso de categorizar y organizar.<br /> * Ver una [[las tareas actuales# Wiki | up-to-date list of other tasks]]<br /> <br /> To orient yourself to the standards and current projects of this wiki, please consult: <br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki instructions}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Reorganization 2011}}<br /> * [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/it-web-infrastructure Forum Discussion]<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Documentation Standards}}<br /> <br /> To learn more about editing and formatting using MediaWiki, see:<br /> * [wiki maintenance]<br /> <br /> ==Further Collaboration==<br /> To collaborate further with us, first familiarize yourself with the project (see the top of this page). Then, <br /> {{Info|Sinking your teeth|<br /> *[[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|Create an account on the wiki]];<br /> *Fill out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey so we have a better idea of who you are and how we can best work together;<br /> *See the list of [[current tasks]], find out what our [[project needs]] and pick the ones that you can manage;<br /> *Visit the pages listed at the [[:Category: Collaboration Discussions]] page to get to know current collaboration ideas. Contact people listed here and create new pages in this category;<br /> *Build some of the machines yourself, test their performance and report back any difficulties or problems you faced while building and using them;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> We have put together a [[Guide to OSE Projects]] that can help you figure out what project you might want to work on and figure out who to contact to participate.<br /> <br /> ===Manage a Project===<br /> <br /> We are looking for online or full time on-site project managers to lead the development of tangible products to be deployed at Factor e Farm. At present, we have 3 projects being managed: the CEB, Sawmill, and Solar Turbine. Each project may be divided into sub-projects. For example, the Solar Turbine relies on the development of the steam engine, metal casting, open source lathe, and other sub-projects. If you are interested in leading the development of one of the components or sub-components of the {{LinkLang|GVCS}}, please let us know. <br /> <br /> ===Comparta su experiencia===<br /> <br /> Si usted es un experto en cualquiera de los muchos campos del conocimiento que se relacionan con nuestro proyecto de crear {{LinkLang|GVCS tools|open source machines / tools}}, nos gustaría ayudar a mejorar nuestros/tú diseño/s. Cuantas más herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto tengamos, menos tenemos que estar aferrados a usar tecnologías privativas, más nos acercaremos a hacer realidad nuestra visión. Si usted puede ayudar a diseñar mejores herramientas, le agradeceremos sus aportaciones.<br /> <br /> Usted puede:<br /> * Examinar el plan y el proceso de desarrollo de la {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set}}.<br /> * Ayudarnos a diseñar un proyecto específico o un subconjunto dentro de un proyecto. En estos momentos estamos solicitando la revisión y las ofertas de nuestra {{LinkLang|Specifications}} para una serie de proyectos.<br /> * Busque en nuestro [[Specialists|list of subject areas ]] si necesita a algún experto y compruebe si su experiencia coincide con las necesidades que actualmente necesitamos.<br /> * Envianos una propuesta para el desarrollo de una nueva herramienta de código abierto o tecnología dentro de nuestro proyecto.<br /> <br /> También estamos buscando a alguien para:<br /> * Producir diseños en CAD y planos de fabricación para el tractor, la prensa la Junta, el Cubo de energía, y el &quot;rototiller&quot;.<br /> * Ayuda con la documentación del proyecto y la redacción técnica.<br /> * Voluntarios para solicitar subvenciones para propuestas de nuevos proyectos<br /> * Colabore como un mecenas por un porcentaje de nuestros fondos recaudados.<br /> <br /> ===Consiga que su universidad colabore===<br /> Estamos interesados en colaborar con equipos universitarios para diseñar y construir herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]]. Estudiantes de ingeniería, agrónomos y desarrollo tienen una gran oportunidad de implicarse en un proyecto significativo y ayudarnos con el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Hay varias formas en las que los estudiantes universitarios nos pueden ayudar:<br /> * Diseñar, construir y documentar una de las herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]] (o proponer y construir una nueva herramienta en la que no hayamos pensado)<br /> * Reemplazar una de las herramientas que ya hemos diseñado, tal como el tractor [[Life Trac]] o el [[Compressed Earth Block Press]]<br /> * Ayudarnos a desarrollar la documentación, por ejemplo preparando archivos CAD para las herramientas GVCS.<br /> * Revisar las posibles [[Universities|tasks for Universities]].<br /> * ¡Cualquier otra manera de contribuir!<br /> <br /> Si está interesado/a en colaborar, por favor escriba en [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/education forum] explicando su área de estudio, en qué proyectos universitarios está implicado/a y cómo querría colaborar.<br /> <br /> ===Collaborate on the Farm===<br /> [[File:joz.jpg|thumb|Constructing a better future.]]<br /> Before considering volunteering at the farm, please read the following:<br /> <br /> *Read about [[Factor_e_Farm#What_it.27s_like_at_Factor_e_Farm| what it's like at Factor e Farm]].<br /> *{{LinkLang|Factor e Farm Social Contract}}<br /> *Factor e Farm's {{LinkLang|Rules of Conduct}}.<br /> <br /> We are seeking individuals to come to Factor e Farm for one month {{LinkLang|Dedicated Project Visits|project-based visits}} to help develop the {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|GVCS}} and the infrastructure at Factor e Farm. Proposals for projects are being accepted and reviewed. The suitability of proposals depends largely on a candidate's level of skill and experience. This is also our route for accepting new people for long-term stays as part of the Factor e Farm experiment. <br /> <br /> Ideally we are looking for:<br /> <br /> * Confident and highly dynamic self learners and researchers.<br /> * Highly motivated innovators who are open to new ideas and excited by diversity of thought.<br /> * Developers who can take a project from concept drawing to real world implementation.<br /> * Those comfortable in rural and rustic settings.<br /> * Willing team members, self starters, and project leaders. <br /> <br /> We are offering a place where you can put the philosophy of sustainability into action. We are a physical experiment in building a post industrial global village - a space for all people to learn and grow. Because of the diversity of our activities, we believe a Factor E experience can be exceptional and life-changing, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are countless opportunities available in the realm of sustainability and justice. Look at: [http://www.wiserearth.org/ Wiserearth]; [http://www.idealist.org/ Idealist]; [http://www.growfood.org/ GrowFood]; [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]; [http://www.growinggrowers.org/ Growing Growers Kansas City].<br /> <br /> ===For Technical Developers===<br /> <br /> If you would like to help bring this project to completion, we invite proactive collaboration on many fronts. First, see {{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}} for a list of the 50 technologies that we are developing, for their product ecologies, and for general information about the development process. Second, read and re-read the {{LinkLang|Core Values of OSE}}, as these inform all of the technical, organizational, and community development around the project. Then, read about the technical development process at the [[GVCS Development Template]], and the publishing standards for our results at the [[Product Template]]. The key page is the [[GVCS Tools Status]] - a '''GVCS master index''' for displaying the status and needs of each project, and see a simpler table at {{LinkLang|GVCS tools}}. If there is no entry for a given project and step, that indicates that no work has yet been done. Each entry in the table is hyperlinked so you can find out the status of each step, and the next steps and needs become transparent. At this stage, after general assessment of a given project, you are ready to contribute. Begin by filling out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey according to the notes and instructions stated on that page. Then, contact the Project Manager for that project to see how exactly you can become involved, or, find out about {{LinkLang|Project Manager Duties}} if you would like become a project manager yourself. You can also see the [[GVCS Budget]] for a general description of the expected development and prototyping costs.<br /> <br /> Success on the above requires that project managers are recruited for each of the 50 projects. It also depends on developing a corresponding organizational, web, and funding strategy. You can check our current [[Project needs]].<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores de la organización ==<br /> <br /> La infraestructura organizacional incluye forma organizacional, arquitectura organizacional, diseño de precesos, gestión de operaciones, gestión de productos, desarrollo de recursos, relación con donantes, recursos humanos, gestión financiera, transparencia, resolución de conflictos, desarrollo de medios de comunicación, relaciones públicas y otras tareas que permitan que el desarrollo técnico funcione fluidamente. Actualmente estamos instalando toda esta infraestructura. En la actualidad estamos trabajando en convertirnos en una organización no gubernamental o sin ánimo de lucro, y estamos definiendo la estructura organizativa. En lo que se refiere al desarrollo de los recursos, nuestro primer paso es instalar una instancia de [[CiviCRM]] para manejar contactos. Para poder involucrarte en el proyecto necesitas, lo primero de todo completar la encuesta {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} . Luego enviar un correo electrónico a nuestro [[Operations Manager]] o [[Resource Developer]] para poder enrolarte. También puedes leer acerca [[50/2/2]], nuestro {{LinkLang|GVCS Organizational Infrastructure}} que está empezando a ser desarrollado para poder llegar a producir de esto el que sea una realidad, el {{LinkLang|GVCS Resource Development Strategy}} para apoyar la infraestructura de la organización, {{LinkLang|GVCS Web Strategy}} para ayudar con el desarrollo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Media Development Strategy}} para comunicar el estado del trabajo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Forum Policy}} para administrar los niveles de instancia sobre las discrusiones y crear filtros sobre el estado actual de desarrolo, aprender como ayudar a la OSE a ganar {{LinkLang|Awards and Contests}}. What else is missing here?<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores web ==<br /> <br /> La infrastructura web incluye la página principal, la wiki, el blog, los foros, el repositorio de diseño, la plataforma CiviCRM, y un portal comunitario.Actualmente estamos rehaciendo toda esta infraestructura.<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores organizacionales ==<br /> <br /> Desarrolladores organizacionales implica que todos los roles secundarios que se indican en el [[50/2/2]] Programa Apollo para el GVCS, y el posicionamiento de nuestros proyectos como un esfuerzo a nivel mundial para mejorar la condición humana / nivel de vida. El Desarrollo organizacional incluye las areas de la administración, la arquitectura, la organización del proyecto, la recaudación de fondos, marketing, relaciones públicas, y otras funciones que este proyecto necesita para alcanzar su cometido.<br /> <br /> La transparencia debería incluir es desglose de la estrategia, la infraestructura, el equipo, y otros detalles que hagan el trabajo de desarrollo posible., infraestructura<br /> <br /> ==Visit Factor e Farm==<br /> [[File:Linz_32.jpg‎|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> Por favor vea [[Visit_Factor_e_Farm]]<br /> ==Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica===<br /> Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica para administrar servicios y alimentos, energía y aprovisionamiento de viviendas.<br /> ¿Está aún OSE registrado en WWOOF (voluntariado en granjas ecológicas), etc.? ¿Hay alguna diferencia en las expectativas de los voluntarios de la granja y aquellos que vienen para visitas con asentamiento en el proyecto de un mes?<br /> <br /> =Cómo regitrarse en la wiki=<br /> Vea [[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|How to get an account on the wiki]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Public Relations]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Involúcrate}}<br /> <br /> {{Tip|¿Quieres colaborar?|Si es así, visita primero nuestra '''[http://opensourceecology.org Página Web Oficial]''', especialmente la '''[http://opensourceecology.org/join.php Página de Acceso]'''. Después te sugerimos que leas el {{LinkLang|Crash course on OSE|Curso Introductorio}}. Posteriormente, invierte unos días conociendo nuestro website:<br /> * Lee nuestros '''[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/ blog] posts'''. En ellos publicamos nuestras últimas noticias.<br /> * Suscríbete a la lista de correo {{LinkLang|OSE-Announce}}.<br /> * Visita nuestro [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/ foro]<br /> Todo esto te permitirá entender el trabajo que hacemos, el que hemos hecho y el que haremos en el futuro.<br /> <br /> Si estás preparado para colaborar sustancialmente, por favor [[How_to_get_a_wiki_account|hazte una cuenta de usuario]], conoce la lista de la [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php Tecnología 50 GVCS], selecciona una que necesite trabajo basado en el [[GVCS Tools Status|estado de supervisión]], contribuye en alguno de los [[GVCS Development Template|32 pasos de desarrollo]] y hazte [[Development Team#Project_Leaders|seguidor del Proyecto]]. Si todavía no hay seguidores, comunícanos el desafío en [mailto:opensourceecology@gmail.com Project Curator].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> Buscamos gente de todo tipo y lugares que contribuyan a que podamos hacer este gran proyecto. Esta página ofrece un resumen de las formas en las que te puedes involucrar con OSE. Arriba encontrarás subrayadas unas cuantas oportunidades de ponerse manos a la obra.[[File:2729436038_6ec880d2c8_m.jpg‎|frame|]] <br /> <br /> ==Financiación y Donaciones==<br /> Puedes financiarnos suscribiendote como un {{LinkLang|Fan Verdadero}}.<br /> <br /> Ésta expresión proviene del influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Fans Verdaderos], quien sugiere atraer a ''verdaderos'' que quieran voluntariamente financiar el proyecto.<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;cmd&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;on0&quot; value=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;currency_code&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> Hay otras maneras de ayudarnos con {{LinkLang|donate|donaciones monetarias}}.<br /> <br /> Visita nuestro blog sobre [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/09/steady-growth/ nuestro crecimiento].<br /> <br /> ==Extender el trabajo==<br /> [[File:Subversivmesseday1.JPG‎|thumb|Ofreciendo una charla.]] <br /> Nuestro ''mensaje central'': '''Crear herramientas para construir comunidades modernas fuera del sistema que puedan ser replicadas por cualquiera a bajo coste'''.<br /> <br /> Formas de ayudar:<br /> * Redes sociales: Añadir a OSE como amigo en tus redes sociales. Conoce nuestro [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Ecology/66469461561 Facebook], [http://www.myspace.com/OpenSourceEcology MySpace], [https://twitter.com/OSEcology Twitter], y [http://identi.ca/opensourceecology/all identi.ca].<br /> *Establece contacto con cualquiera de los grupos enumerados en la página de {{LinkLang | Marketing}}. Tratamos de hacer enlaces con las personas que estén interesadas en los productos de la OSE. También en buscar grupos y personas que podrían beneficiarse de tener acceso a nuestras máquinas, pero que aún no nos conocen. Informa de tus esfuerzos en [[Outreach 2010|Alcance 2010]] y [[Outreach 2011|Alcance 2011]].<br /> *Ayudanos a contactar con [[Especialistas | especialistas y expertos]] que nos puedan ayudar en la ampliación y mejora de nuestras herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto (TCA).<br /> * Contactanos sobre posibles exposiciones de este proyecto a nuevas audiencias. Podemos ir a tu comunidad o grupo de trabajo a dar una charla.<br /> *{{LinkLang | OSE-Anunciar | Lista de correo}} para recibir actualizaciones sobre nuestro progreso.<br /> *Decirle a todo el mundo que conozcas sobre [http://opensourceecology.org/ Open Source Ecology] y [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global (GVC)]!<br /> <br /> ==Desarrolla la Wiki==<br /> <br /> Esta wiki es un medio para compartir información detallada acerca de {{LinkLang | Open Source Ecology}}, el {{LinkLang | El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global}}, y el trabajo que está llevando a cabo en {{LinkLang | Factor e Farm}}. Este sitio se encuentra actualmente en proceso de reorganización para incrementar la facilidad de acceso y sentar una base sólida para el crecimiento del proyecto. Ayudar con la wiki es una buena manera de aportar una parte de su tiempo a promover los objetivos del proyecto de OSE. Estamos buscando voluntarios para:<br /> * Dar información sobre la accesibilidad del sitio.<br /> * Añadir contenido relevante.<br /> * Ayuda en el proceso de categorizar y organizar.<br /> * Ver una [[las tareas actuales# Wiki | up-to-date list of other tasks]]<br /> <br /> To orient yourself to the standards and current projects of this wiki, please consult: <br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki instructions}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Reorganization 2011}}<br /> * [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/it-web-infrastructure Forum Discussion]<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Documentation Standards}}<br /> <br /> To learn more about editing and formatting using MediaWiki, see:<br /> * [wiki maintenance]<br /> <br /> ==Further Collaboration==<br /> To collaborate further with us, first familiarize yourself with the project (see the top of this page). Then, <br /> {{Info|Sinking your teeth|<br /> *[[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|Create an account on the wiki]];<br /> *Fill out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey so we have a better idea of who you are and how we can best work together;<br /> *See the list of [[current tasks]], find out what our [[project needs]] and pick the ones that you can manage;<br /> *Visit the pages listed at the [[:Category: Collaboration Discussions]] page to get to know current collaboration ideas. Contact people listed here and create new pages in this category;<br /> *Build some of the machines yourself, test their performance and report back any difficulties or problems you faced while building and using them;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> We have put together a [[Guide to OSE Projects]] that can help you figure out what project you might want to work on and figure out who to contact to participate.<br /> <br /> ===Manage a Project===<br /> <br /> We are looking for online or full time on-site project managers to lead the development of tangible products to be deployed at Factor e Farm. At present, we have 3 projects being managed: the CEB, Sawmill, and Solar Turbine. Each project may be divided into sub-projects. For example, the Solar Turbine relies on the development of the steam engine, metal casting, open source lathe, and other sub-projects. If you are interested in leading the development of one of the components or sub-components of the {{LinkLang|GVCS}}, please let us know. <br /> <br /> ===Comparta su experiencia===<br /> <br /> Si usted es un experto en cualquiera de los muchos campos del conocimiento que se relacionan con nuestro proyecto de crear {{LinkLang|GVCS tools|open source machines / tools}}, nos gustaría ayudar a mejorar nuestros/tú diseño/s. Cuantas más herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto tengamos, menos tenemos que estar aferrados a usar tecnologías privativas, más nos acercaremos a hacer realidad nuestra visión. Si usted puede ayudar a diseñar mejores herramientas, le agradeceremos sus aportaciones.<br /> <br /> Usted puede:<br /> * Examinar el plan y el proceso de desarrollo de la {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set}}.<br /> * Ayudarnos a diseñar un proyecto específico o un subconjunto dentro de un proyecto. En estos momentos estamos solicitando la revisión y las ofertas de nuestra {{LinkLang|Specifications}} para una serie de proyectos.<br /> * Busque en nuestro [[Specialists|list of subject areas ]] si necesita a algún experto y compruebe si su experiencia coincide con las necesidades que actualmente necesitamos.<br /> * Envianos una propuesta para el desarrollo de una nueva herramienta de código abierto o tecnología dentro de nuestro proyecto.<br /> <br /> También estamos buscando a alguien para:<br /> * Producir diseños en CAD y planos de fabricación para el tractor, la prensa la Junta, el Cubo de energía, y el &quot;rototiller&quot;.<br /> * Ayuda con la documentación del proyecto y la redacción técnica.<br /> * Voluntarios para solicitar subvenciones para propuestas de nuevos proyectos<br /> * Colabore como un mecenas por un porcentaje de nuestros fondos recaudados.<br /> <br /> ===Consiga que su universidad colabore===<br /> Estamos interesados en colaborar con equipos universitarios para diseñar y construir herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]]. Estudiantes de ingeniería, agrónomos y desarrollo tienen una gran oportunidad de implicarse en un proyecto significativo y ayudarnos con el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Hay varias formas en las que los estudiantes universitarios nos pueden ayudar:<br /> * Diseñar, construir y documentar una de las herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]] (o proponer y construir una nueva herramienta en la que no hayamos pensado)<br /> * Reemplazar una de las herramientas que ya hemos diseñado, tal como el tractor [[Life Trac]] o el [[Compressed Earth Block Press]]<br /> * Ayudarnos a desarrollar la documentación, por ejemplo preparando archivos CAD para las herramientas GVCS.<br /> * Revisar las posibles [[Universities|tasks for Universities]].<br /> * ¡Cualquier otra manera de contribuir!<br /> <br /> Si está interesado/a en colaborar, por favor escriba en [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/education forum] explicando su área de estudio, en qué proyectos universitarios está implicado/a y cómo querría colaborar.<br /> <br /> ===Collaborate on the Farm===<br /> [[File:joz.jpg|thumb|Constructing a better future.]]<br /> Before considering volunteering at the farm, please read the following:<br /> <br /> *Read about [[Factor_e_Farm#What_it.27s_like_at_Factor_e_Farm| what it's like at Factor e Farm]].<br /> *{{LinkLang|Factor e Farm Social Contract}}<br /> *Factor e Farm's {{LinkLang|Rules of Conduct}}.<br /> <br /> We are seeking individuals to come to Factor e Farm for one month {{LinkLang|Dedicated Project Visits|project-based visits}} to help develop the {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|GVCS}} and the infrastructure at Factor e Farm. Proposals for projects are being accepted and reviewed. The suitability of proposals depends largely on a candidate's level of skill and experience. This is also our route for accepting new people for long-term stays as part of the Factor e Farm experiment. <br /> <br /> Ideally we are looking for:<br /> <br /> * Confident and highly dynamic self learners and researchers.<br /> * Highly motivated innovators who are open to new ideas and excited by diversity of thought.<br /> * Developers who can take a project from concept drawing to real world implementation.<br /> * Those comfortable in rural and rustic settings.<br /> * Willing team members, self starters, and project leaders. <br /> <br /> We are offering a place where you can put the philosophy of sustainability into action. We are a physical experiment in building a post industrial global village - a space for all people to learn and grow. Because of the diversity of our activities, we believe a Factor E experience can be exceptional and life-changing, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are countless opportunities available in the realm of sustainability and justice. Look at: [http://www.wiserearth.org/ Wiserearth]; [http://www.idealist.org/ Idealist]; [http://www.growfood.org/ GrowFood]; [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]; [http://www.growinggrowers.org/ Growing Growers Kansas City].<br /> <br /> ===For Technical Developers===<br /> <br /> If you would like to help bring this project to completion, we invite proactive collaboration on many fronts. First, see {{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}} for a list of the 50 technologies that we are developing, for their product ecologies, and for general information about the development process. Second, read and re-read the {{LinkLang|Core Values of OSE}}, as these inform all of the technical, organizational, and community development around the project. Then, read about the technical development process at the [[GVCS Development Template]], and the publishing standards for our results at the [[Product Template]]. The key page is the [[GVCS Tools Status]] - a '''GVCS master index''' for displaying the status and needs of each project, and see a simpler table at {{LinkLang|GVCS tools}}. If there is no entry for a given project and step, that indicates that no work has yet been done. Each entry in the table is hyperlinked so you can find out the status of each step, and the next steps and needs become transparent. At this stage, after general assessment of a given project, you are ready to contribute. Begin by filling out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey according to the notes and instructions stated on that page. Then, contact the Project Manager for that project to see how exactly you can become involved, or, find out about {{LinkLang|Project Manager Duties}} if you would like become a project manager yourself. You can also see the [[GVCS Budget]] for a general description of the expected development and prototyping costs.<br /> <br /> Success on the above requires that project managers are recruited for each of the 50 projects. It also depends on developing a corresponding organizational, web, and funding strategy. You can check our current [[Project needs]].<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores de la organización ==<br /> <br /> La infraestructura organizacional incluye forma organizacional, arquitectura organizacional, diseño de precesos, gestión de operaciones, gestión de productos, desarrollo de recursos, relación con donantes, recursos humanos, gestión financiera, transparencia, resolución de conflictos, desarrollo de medios de comunicación, relaciones públicas y otras tareas que permitan que el desarrollo técnico funcione fluidamente. Actualmente estamos instalando toda esta infraestructura. En la actualidad estamos trabajando en convertirnos en una organización no gubernamental o sin ánimo de lucro, y estamos definiendo la estructura organizativa. En lo que se refiere al desarrollo de los recursos, nuestro primer paso es instalar una instancia de [[CiviCRM]] para manejar contactos. Para poder involucrarte en el proyecto necesitas, lo primero de todo completar la encuesta {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} . Luego enviar un correo electrónico a nuestro [[Operations Manager]] o [[Resource Developer]] para poder enrolarte. También puedes leer acerca [[50/2/2]], nuestro {{LinkLang|GVCS Organizational Infrastructure}} que está empezando a ser desarrollado para poder llegar a producir de esto el que sea una realidad, el {{LinkLang|GVCS Resource Development Strategy}} para apoyar la infraestructura de la organización, {{LinkLang|GVCS Web Strategy}} para ayudar con el desarrollo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Media Development Strategy}} para comunicar el estado del trabajo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Forum Policy}} para administrar los niveles de instancia sobre las discrusiones y crear filtros sobre el estado actual de desarrolo, aprender como ayudar a la OSE a ganar {{LinkLang|Awards and Contests}}. What else is missing here?<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores web ==<br /> <br /> La infrastructura web incluye la página principal, la wiki, el blog, los foros, el repositorio de diseño, la plataforma CiviCRM, y un portal comunitario.Actualmente estamos rehaciendo toda esta infraestructura.<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores organizacionales ==<br /> <br /> Desarrolladores organizacionales implica que todos los roles secundarios que se indican en el [[50/2/2]] Programa Apollo para el GVCS, y el posicionamiento de nuestros proyectos como un esfuerzo a nivel mundial para mejorar la condición humana / nivel de vida. El Desarrollo organizacional incluye las areas de la administración, la arquitectura, la organización del proyecto, la recaudación de fondos, marketing, relaciones públicas, y otras funciones que este proyecto necesita para alcanzar su cometido.<br /> <br /> La transparencia debería incluir es desglose de la estrategia, la infraestructura, el equipo, y otros detalles que hagan el trabajo de desarrollo posible., infraestructura<br /> <br /> ==Visit Factor e Farm==<br /> [[File:Linz_32.jpg‎|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> Por favor vea [[Visit_Factor_e_Farm]]<br /> ==Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica===<br /> Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica para administrar servicios y alimentos, energía y aprovisionamiento de viviendas.<br /> ¿Está aún OSE registrado en WWOOF (voluntariado en granjas ecológicas), etc.? ¿Hay alguna diferencia en las expectativas de los voluntarios de la granja y aquellos que vienen para visitas con asentamiento en el proyecto de un mes?<br /> <br /> =Cómo regitrarse en la wiki=<br /> Vea [[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|How to get an account on the wiki]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Public Relations]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Get_involved/es&diff=45907 2011-11-04T13:24:55Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|Involúcrate}}<br /> <br /> {{Tip|¿Quieres colaborar?|Si es así, visita primero nuestra '''[http://opensourceecology.org Página Web Oficial]''', especialmente la '''[http://opensourceecology.org/join.php Página de Acceso]'''. Después te sugerimos que leas el [[Cursillo acelerado en OSE/es]]. Después, invierte unos días conociendo nuestro website:<br /> * Lee nuestros '''[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/ blog] posts'''. En ellos publicamos nuestras últimas noticias.<br /> * Suscríbete a la lista de correo {{LinkLang|OSE-Announce}}.<br /> * Visita nuestro [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/ foro]<br /> Todo esto te permitirá entender el trabajo que hacemos, el que hemos hecho y el que haremos en el futuro.<br /> <br /> Si estás preparado para colaborar sustancialmente, por favor [[How_to_get_a_wiki_account|hazte una cuenta de usuario]], conoce la lista de la [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php Tecnología 50 GVCS], selecciona una que necesite trabajo basado en el [[GVCS Tools Status|estado de supervisión]], contribuye en alguno de los [[GVCS Development Template|32 pasos de desarrollo]] y hazte [[Development Team#Project_Leaders|seguidor del Proyecto]]. Si todavía no hay seguidores, comunícanos el desafío en [mailto:opensourceecology@gmail.com Project Curator].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> Buscamos gente de todo tipo y lugares que contribuyan a que podamos hacer este gran proyecto. Esta página ofrece un resumen de las formas en las que te puedes involucrar con OSE. Arriba encontrarás subrayadas unas cuantas oportunidades de ponerse manos a la obra.[[File:2729436038_6ec880d2c8_m.jpg‎|frame|]] <br /> <br /> ==Financiación y Donaciones==<br /> Puedes financiarnos suscribiendote como un {{LinkLang|Fan Verdadero}}.<br /> <br /> Ésta expresión proviene del influyente ensayo de Kevin Kelly [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1000 Fans Verdaderos], quien sugiere atraer a ''verdaderos'' que quieran voluntariamente financiar el proyecto.<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;form action=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;cmd&quot; value=&quot;_s-xclick&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hosted_button_id&quot; value=&quot;UKVQQN32H5E9J&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;table&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;on0&quot; value=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;os0&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Standard&quot;&gt;Standard : $10.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold&quot;&gt;Gold : $20.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Gold Extra&quot;&gt;Gold Extra : $30.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Platinum&quot;&gt;Platinum : $50.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value=&quot;Angel&quot;&gt;Angel : $100.00USD - monthly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;currency_code&quot; value=&quot;USD&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;submit&quot; alt=&quot;PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/form&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> Hay otras maneras de ayudarnos con {{LinkLang|donate|donaciones monetarias}}.<br /> <br /> Visita nuestro blog sobre [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/09/steady-growth/ nuestro crecimiento].<br /> <br /> ==Extender el trabajo==<br /> [[File:Subversivmesseday1.JPG‎|thumb|Ofreciendo una charla.]] <br /> Nuestro ''mensaje central'': '''Crear herramientas para construir comunidades modernas fuera del sistema que puedan ser replicadas por cualquiera a bajo coste'''.<br /> <br /> Formas de ayudar:<br /> * Redes sociales: Añadir a OSE como amigo en tus redes sociales. Conoce nuestro [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Ecology/66469461561 Facebook], [http://www.myspace.com/OpenSourceEcology MySpace], [https://twitter.com/OSEcology Twitter], y [http://identi.ca/opensourceecology/all identi.ca].<br /> *Establece contacto con cualquiera de los grupos enumerados en la página de {{LinkLang | Marketing}}. Tratamos de hacer enlaces con las personas que estén interesadas en los productos de la OSE. También en buscar grupos y personas que podrían beneficiarse de tener acceso a nuestras máquinas, pero que aún no nos conocen. Informa de tus esfuerzos en [[Outreach 2010|Alcance 2010]] y [[Outreach 2011|Alcance 2011]].<br /> *Ayudanos a contactar con [[Especialistas | especialistas y expertos]] que nos puedan ayudar en la ampliación y mejora de nuestras herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto (TCA).<br /> * Contactanos sobre posibles exposiciones de este proyecto a nuevas audiencias. Podemos ir a tu comunidad o grupo de trabajo a dar una charla.<br /> *{{LinkLang | OSE-Anunciar | Lista de correo}} para recibir actualizaciones sobre nuestro progreso.<br /> *Decirle a todo el mundo que conozcas sobre [http://opensourceecology.org/ Open Source Ecology] y [http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global (GVC)]!<br /> <br /> ==Desarrolla la Wiki==<br /> <br /> Esta wiki es un medio para compartir información detallada acerca de {{LinkLang | Open Source Ecology}}, el {{LinkLang | El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global}}, y el trabajo que está llevando a cabo en {{LinkLang | Factor e Farm}}. Este sitio se encuentra actualmente en proceso de reorganización para incrementar la facilidad de acceso y sentar una base sólida para el crecimiento del proyecto. Ayudar con la wiki es una buena manera de aportar una parte de su tiempo a promover los objetivos del proyecto de OSE. Estamos buscando voluntarios para:<br /> * Dar información sobre la accesibilidad del sitio.<br /> * Añadir contenido relevante.<br /> * Ayuda en el proceso de categorizar y organizar.<br /> * Ver una [[las tareas actuales# Wiki | up-to-date list of other tasks]]<br /> <br /> To orient yourself to the standards and current projects of this wiki, please consult: <br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki instructions}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Reorganization 2011}}<br /> * [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/it-web-infrastructure Forum Discussion]<br /> * {{LinkLang|Wiki Documentation Standards}}<br /> <br /> To learn more about editing and formatting using MediaWiki, see:<br /> * [wiki maintenance]<br /> <br /> ==Further Collaboration==<br /> To collaborate further with us, first familiarize yourself with the project (see the top of this page). Then, <br /> {{Info|Sinking your teeth|<br /> *[[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|Create an account on the wiki]];<br /> *Fill out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey so we have a better idea of who you are and how we can best work together;<br /> *See the list of [[current tasks]], find out what our [[project needs]] and pick the ones that you can manage;<br /> *Visit the pages listed at the [[:Category: Collaboration Discussions]] page to get to know current collaboration ideas. Contact people listed here and create new pages in this category;<br /> *Build some of the machines yourself, test their performance and report back any difficulties or problems you faced while building and using them;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> We have put together a [[Guide to OSE Projects]] that can help you figure out what project you might want to work on and figure out who to contact to participate.<br /> <br /> ===Manage a Project===<br /> <br /> We are looking for online or full time on-site project managers to lead the development of tangible products to be deployed at Factor e Farm. At present, we have 3 projects being managed: the CEB, Sawmill, and Solar Turbine. Each project may be divided into sub-projects. For example, the Solar Turbine relies on the development of the steam engine, metal casting, open source lathe, and other sub-projects. If you are interested in leading the development of one of the components or sub-components of the {{LinkLang|GVCS}}, please let us know. <br /> <br /> ===Comparta su experiencia===<br /> <br /> Si usted es un experto en cualquiera de los muchos campos del conocimiento que se relacionan con nuestro proyecto de crear {{LinkLang|GVCS tools|open source machines / tools}}, nos gustaría ayudar a mejorar nuestros/tú diseño/s. Cuantas más herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto tengamos, menos tenemos que estar aferrados a usar tecnologías privativas, más nos acercaremos a hacer realidad nuestra visión. Si usted puede ayudar a diseñar mejores herramientas, le agradeceremos sus aportaciones.<br /> <br /> Usted puede:<br /> * Examinar el plan y el proceso de desarrollo de la {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set}}.<br /> * Ayudarnos a diseñar un proyecto específico o un subconjunto dentro de un proyecto. En estos momentos estamos solicitando la revisión y las ofertas de nuestra {{LinkLang|Specifications}} para una serie de proyectos.<br /> * Busque en nuestro [[Specialists|list of subject areas ]] si necesita a algún experto y compruebe si su experiencia coincide con las necesidades que actualmente necesitamos.<br /> * Envianos una propuesta para el desarrollo de una nueva herramienta de código abierto o tecnología dentro de nuestro proyecto.<br /> <br /> También estamos buscando a alguien para:<br /> * Producir diseños en CAD y planos de fabricación para el tractor, la prensa la Junta, el Cubo de energía, y el &quot;rototiller&quot;.<br /> * Ayuda con la documentación del proyecto y la redacción técnica.<br /> * Voluntarios para solicitar subvenciones para propuestas de nuevos proyectos<br /> * Colabore como un mecenas por un porcentaje de nuestros fondos recaudados.<br /> <br /> ===Consiga que su universidad colabore===<br /> Estamos interesados en colaborar con equipos universitarios para diseñar y construir herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]]. Estudiantes de ingeniería, agrónomos y desarrollo tienen una gran oportunidad de implicarse en un proyecto significativo y ayudarnos con el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Hay varias formas en las que los estudiantes universitarios nos pueden ayudar:<br /> * Diseñar, construir y documentar una de las herramientas del [[Global Village Construction Set]] (o proponer y construir una nueva herramienta en la que no hayamos pensado)<br /> * Reemplazar una de las herramientas que ya hemos diseñado, tal como el tractor [[Life Trac]] o el [[Compressed Earth Block Press]]<br /> * Ayudarnos a desarrollar la documentación, por ejemplo preparando archivos CAD para las herramientas GVCS.<br /> * Revisar las posibles [[Universities|tasks for Universities]].<br /> * ¡Cualquier otra manera de contribuir!<br /> <br /> Si está interesado/a en colaborar, por favor escriba en [http://forum.opensourceecology.org/categories/education forum] explicando su área de estudio, en qué proyectos universitarios está implicado/a y cómo querría colaborar.<br /> <br /> ===Collaborate on the Farm===<br /> [[File:joz.jpg|thumb|Constructing a better future.]]<br /> Before considering volunteering at the farm, please read the following:<br /> <br /> *Read about [[Factor_e_Farm#What_it.27s_like_at_Factor_e_Farm| what it's like at Factor e Farm]].<br /> *{{LinkLang|Factor e Farm Social Contract}}<br /> *Factor e Farm's {{LinkLang|Rules of Conduct}}.<br /> <br /> We are seeking individuals to come to Factor e Farm for one month {{LinkLang|Dedicated Project Visits|project-based visits}} to help develop the {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|GVCS}} and the infrastructure at Factor e Farm. Proposals for projects are being accepted and reviewed. The suitability of proposals depends largely on a candidate's level of skill and experience. This is also our route for accepting new people for long-term stays as part of the Factor e Farm experiment. <br /> <br /> Ideally we are looking for:<br /> <br /> * Confident and highly dynamic self learners and researchers.<br /> * Highly motivated innovators who are open to new ideas and excited by diversity of thought.<br /> * Developers who can take a project from concept drawing to real world implementation.<br /> * Those comfortable in rural and rustic settings.<br /> * Willing team members, self starters, and project leaders. <br /> <br /> We are offering a place where you can put the philosophy of sustainability into action. We are a physical experiment in building a post industrial global village - a space for all people to learn and grow. Because of the diversity of our activities, we believe a Factor E experience can be exceptional and life-changing, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are countless opportunities available in the realm of sustainability and justice. Look at: [http://www.wiserearth.org/ Wiserearth]; [http://www.idealist.org/ Idealist]; [http://www.growfood.org/ GrowFood]; [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]; [http://www.growinggrowers.org/ Growing Growers Kansas City].<br /> <br /> ===For Technical Developers===<br /> <br /> If you would like to help bring this project to completion, we invite proactive collaboration on many fronts. First, see {{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}} for a list of the 50 technologies that we are developing, for their product ecologies, and for general information about the development process. Second, read and re-read the {{LinkLang|Core Values of OSE}}, as these inform all of the technical, organizational, and community development around the project. Then, read about the technical development process at the [[GVCS Development Template]], and the publishing standards for our results at the [[Product Template]]. The key page is the [[GVCS Tools Status]] - a '''GVCS master index''' for displaying the status and needs of each project, and see a simpler table at {{LinkLang|GVCS tools}}. If there is no entry for a given project and step, that indicates that no work has yet been done. Each entry in the table is hyperlinked so you can find out the status of each step, and the next steps and needs become transparent. At this stage, after general assessment of a given project, you are ready to contribute. Begin by filling out the {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} survey according to the notes and instructions stated on that page. Then, contact the Project Manager for that project to see how exactly you can become involved, or, find out about {{LinkLang|Project Manager Duties}} if you would like become a project manager yourself. You can also see the [[GVCS Budget]] for a general description of the expected development and prototyping costs.<br /> <br /> Success on the above requires that project managers are recruited for each of the 50 projects. It also depends on developing a corresponding organizational, web, and funding strategy. You can check our current [[Project needs]].<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores de la organización ==<br /> <br /> La infraestructura organizacional incluye forma organizacional, arquitectura organizacional, diseño de precesos, gestión de operaciones, gestión de productos, desarrollo de recursos, relación con donantes, recursos humanos, gestión financiera, transparencia, resolución de conflictos, desarrollo de medios de comunicación, relaciones públicas y otras tareas que permitan que el desarrollo técnico funcione fluidamente. Actualmente estamos instalando toda esta infraestructura. En la actualidad estamos trabajando en convertirnos en una organización no gubernamental o sin ánimo de lucro, y estamos definiendo la estructura organizativa. En lo que se refiere al desarrollo de los recursos, nuestro primer paso es instalar una instancia de [[CiviCRM]] para manejar contactos. Para poder involucrarte en el proyecto necesitas, lo primero de todo completar la encuesta {{LinkLang|Team Culturing}} . Luego enviar un correo electrónico a nuestro [[Operations Manager]] o [[Resource Developer]] para poder enrolarte. También puedes leer acerca [[50/2/2]], nuestro {{LinkLang|GVCS Organizational Infrastructure}} que está empezando a ser desarrollado para poder llegar a producir de esto el que sea una realidad, el {{LinkLang|GVCS Resource Development Strategy}} para apoyar la infraestructura de la organización, {{LinkLang|GVCS Web Strategy}} para ayudar con el desarrollo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Media Development Strategy}} para comunicar el estado del trabajo, {{LinkLang|GVCS Forum Policy}} para administrar los niveles de instancia sobre las discrusiones y crear filtros sobre el estado actual de desarrolo, aprender como ayudar a la OSE a ganar {{LinkLang|Awards and Contests}}. What else is missing here?<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores web ==<br /> <br /> La infrastructura web incluye la página principal, la wiki, el blog, los foros, el repositorio de diseño, la plataforma CiviCRM, y un portal comunitario.Actualmente estamos rehaciendo toda esta infraestructura.<br /> <br /> == Para desarrolladores organizacionales ==<br /> <br /> Desarrolladores organizacionales implica que todos los roles secundarios que se indican en el [[50/2/2]] Programa Apollo para el GVCS, y el posicionamiento de nuestros proyectos como un esfuerzo a nivel mundial para mejorar la condición humana / nivel de vida. El Desarrollo organizacional incluye las areas de la administración, la arquitectura, la organización del proyecto, la recaudación de fondos, marketing, relaciones públicas, y otras funciones que este proyecto necesita para alcanzar su cometido.<br /> <br /> La transparencia debería incluir es desglose de la estrategia, la infraestructura, el equipo, y otros detalles que hagan el trabajo de desarrollo posible., infraestructura<br /> <br /> ==Visit Factor e Farm==<br /> [[File:Linz_32.jpg‎|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> Por favor vea [[Visit_Factor_e_Farm]]<br /> ==Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica===<br /> Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica para administrar servicios y alimentos, energía y aprovisionamiento de viviendas.<br /> ¿Está aún OSE registrado en WWOOF (voluntariado en granjas ecológicas), etc.? ¿Hay alguna diferencia en las expectativas de los voluntarios de la granja y aquellos que vienen para visitas con asentamiento en el proyecto de un mes?<br /> <br /> =Cómo regitrarse en la wiki=<br /> Vea [[Wiki instructions#Logging_In|How to get an account on the wiki]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Public Relations]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44559 2011-10-06T23:47:34Z

<p>Xevale: /* Estado Actual */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos con el nombre de programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Bioplastic|Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una versión retroguiada y en pequeño del LifeTrac para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que en el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de sus componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Power_cube|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CNC Torch Table|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Drill Press|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Ironworker}} es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44558 2011-10-06T23:45:58Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos con el nombre de programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Bioplastic|Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una versión retroguiada y en pequeño del LifeTrac para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que en el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de sus componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Power_cube|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CNC Torch Table|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Drill Press|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44556 2011-10-06T23:36:09Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Bioplastic|Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una versión retroguiada y en pequeño del LifeTrac para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que en el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de sus componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Power_cube|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CNC Torch Table|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Drill Press|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44555 2011-10-06T23:26:41Z

<p>Xevale: /* Estado Actual */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Bioplastic|Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una versión retroguiada y en pequeño del LifeTrac para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que en el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de sus componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Power_cube|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44554 2011-10-06T23:23:03Z

<p>Xevale: /* Estado Actual */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Bioplastic|Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una versión retroguiada y en pequeño del LifeTrac para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que en el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de sus componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;noinclude&gt;{{OrigLang}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right;margin:0 10px 5px 0;&quot;&gt;<br /> [[File:LiftTracWithTracks.jpg‎|180px|link=LifeTrac|]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[LifeTrac]] es un tractor de bajo costo, multipropósito y de código abierto. Sirve como caballo de batalla central para muchas de las tecnologías GVCS. <br /> <br /> Con un diseño modular y alimentado por generadores de potencia desmontables ([[PowerCube]]), tiene la capacidad de acoplarse rápidamente a una gran variedad de otras máquinas GVCS a través de mangueras de conexión [[QA_Plate]]. Esta máquina ha sido especialmente diseñada para garantizar durabilidad y facilidad en su reparación. <br /> <br /> Cuatro motores hidráulicos proporcionan la potencia necesaria para giros por derrape a las ruedas y una banda de cadenas en los neumáticos permite la circulación en terrenos bastante extremos.<br /> '''({{LinkLang|LifeTrac|más...}})'''</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;noinclude&gt;{{OrigLang}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right;margin:0 10px 5px 0;&quot;&gt;<br /> [[File:LiftTracWithTracks.jpg‎|180px|link=LifeTrac|]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[LifeTrac]] es un tractor de bajo costo, multipropósito y de código abierto. Sirve como caballo de batalla central para muchas de las tecnologías GVCS. <br /> <br /> Con un diseño modular y unidades [[PowerCube]] desmontables, tiene la capacidad de acoplarse rápidamente a una gran variedad de otras máquinas GVCS a través de la placa [[QA_Plate]]. Esta máquina ha sido especialmente diseñada para garantizar durabilidad y facilidad en su reparación. <br /> <br /> Cuatro motores hidráulicos proporcionan la potencia necesaria para giros por derrape a las ruedas y una banda de cadenas en los neumáticos permite la circulación en terrenos bastante extremos.<br /> '''({{LinkLang|LifeTrac|más...}})'''</div>

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<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;noinclude&gt;{{OrigLang}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right;margin:0 10px 5px 0;&quot;&gt;<br /> [[File:LiftTracWithTracks.jpg‎|180px|link=LifeTrac|]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[LifeTrac]] es un tractor de bajo costo, multipropósito y de código abierto. Sirve como caballo de batalla central para muchas de las tecnologías GVCS. <br /> <br /> Con un diseño modular y unidades [[PowerCube]] desmontables, tiene la capacidad de acoplarse rápidamente a una gran variedad de otras máquinas GVCS a través de la placa [[QAPlate]]. Esta máquina ha sido especialmente diseñada para garantizar durabilidad y facilidad en su reparación. <br /> <br /> Cuatro motores hidráulicos proporcionan la potencia necesaria para giros por derrape a las ruedas y una banda de cadenas en los neumáticos permite la circulación en terrenos bastante extremos.<br /> '''({{LinkLang|LifeTrac|más...}})'''</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44550 2011-10-06T23:10:34Z

<p>Xevale: /* Alcance del GVCS */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Bioplastic|Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una version del LifeTrac en pequeño y para conducirlo por detrás para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de los componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44548 2011-10-06T23:05:48Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Fabricación digital]]''': Taller [[RepLab]] para procesado de fundición y robótica industrial con funcionalidad completa.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una version del LifeTrac en pequeño y para conducirlo por detrás para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de los componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44545 2011-10-06T22:56:31Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2/es|50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para diversificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Digital Fabrication]]''': RepLab up to Hot Metal Processing and full-featured industrial robots.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una version del LifeTrac en pequeño y para conducirlo por detrás para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de los componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=50/2/2/es&diff=44544 2011-10-06T22:53:16Z

<p>Xevale: Created page with &quot;Se trata de una abreviatura para referirnos a las &#039;&#039;&#039;50&#039;&#039;&#039; tecnologías del Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global (GVCS) y al objetivo de desarrollar el mismo en &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039; añ...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Se trata de una abreviatura para referirnos a las '''50''' tecnologías del Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global (GVCS) y al objetivo de desarrollar el mismo en '''2''' años (desde ahora hasta finales del 2012) con un presupuesto de '''2'''.4 Millones de dólares.</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44543 2011-10-06T22:46:43Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en agricultura, construcción y fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para difersificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Digital Fabrication]]''': RepLab up to Hot Metal Processing and full-featured industrial robots.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una version del LifeTrac en pequeño y para conducirlo por detrás para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de los componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Template:News/es&diff=44542 2011-10-06T22:41:55Z

<p>Xevale: </p> <hr /> <div>* [[GVCS Rollout Plan|Plan de lanzamiento del GVCS]] - última actualización.<br /> * Reorganización de la wiki en camino: Revisa [[Wikinames]] para ver el ''GVCS 50'' completo y para entender cómo han sido organizados allí los nombres de los ficheros.<br /> * Instrucciones para actualizaciones: [[Wiki instructions#Searching|referenciamiento cruzado con otras wikis para evitar reinventar la rueda]]<br /> * Ayúdanos a traducir algunas páginas - [[Translation#Wiki_Translation_Priorities|consulta las prioridades]]<br /> &lt;rss number=5 desc=off title=off&gt;http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/feed/&lt;/rss&gt;</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44414 2011-10-05T01:35:02Z

<p>Xevale: /* Resumen para recién llegados */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''&quot;DIY&quot;'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para crear una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en la agricultura, la construcción y la fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para difersificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Digital Fabrication]]''': RepLab up to Hot Metal Processing and full-featured industrial robots.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una version del LifeTrac en pequeño y para conducirlo por detrás para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de los componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

Xevale https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Crash_course_on_OSE/es&diff=44413 2011-10-05T01:33:41Z

<p>Xevale: /* Resumen para recién llegados */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Lang|}}<br /> {{Info|Curso Acelerado|Esto es un ''Curso Intensivo'' sobre '''Ecología de Código Abierto''' (OSE por sus siglas en inglés). En los próximos 15 minutos, te actualizarás sobre todo el trabajo de OSE desde 2007 aproximadamente. Escribe a ''crashcoursemoderator arroba gmail punto com'' para recibir ayuda. Ver también {{LinkLang|Technical Abstract of the GVCS|Resumen Técnico del GVCS}}.}}<br /> {| align=&quot;left&quot;<br /> | __TOC__<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> == Resumen para recién llegados ==<br /> <br /> Para ver lo que hacemos, mira el vídeo: {{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes|GVCS en 2 Minutos}}. '''''Ecología de Código Abierto''''' (''OSE'', siglas en inglés) la fundó en 2004 [[Marcin Jakubowski]]. Hoy somos una red de agricultores, ingenieros y colaboradores que en los dos últimos años hemos desarrollado el {{LinkLang|Global Village Construction Set|Equipo de Construcción de la Aldea Global}} (''GVCS'', ''siglas en inglés''), de código abierto y bajo coste. Una plataforma de alto rendimiento tecnológico que permite la fácil construcción ''DIY'' (''hágalo usted mismo'') de las 50 diferentes máquinas industriales que se necesitan para construir una civilización sostenible con las comodidades modernas. El ''GVCS'' reduce las barreras a la entrada en la agricultura, la construcción y la fabricación, y puede visualizarse como un conjunto de herramientas modulares al estilo de un ''lego'' a tamaño real, capaces de desarrollar economías enteras, ya sea en la zona rural de Missouri, donde se fundó el proyecto, en el desarrollo urbano o en el corazón de África.<br /> <br /> '''Tenemos un ambicioso programa para lanzar los productos de las 49 tecnologías restantes dentro de 2 años y un presupuesto de 2.400.000 $ - que abreviamos como nuestro programa [[50/2/2]]. El plazo previsto es 2011-2012.'''&lt;br style=&quot;clear: both&quot;/&gt;<br /> ===Características Clave del GVCS===<br /> Éstas son las {{LinkLang|Características Clave del GVCS}}, y si queréis ver la lista de valores, id a {{LinkLang|Valores Centrales de la TCA}}<br /> <br /> {{Info|Key Features|<br /> *'''Código Abierto''': publicamos libremente todos nuestros diseños en 3D, diagramas, videos tutoriales, presupuestos, y manuales de producto en esta wiki. Aprovechamos la colaboración abierta de técnicos que quieran contribuir.<br /> *'''Bajo-Coste''': El coste de hacer o comprar alguna de nuestras máquinas es, de media, 8 veces más barata que comprarla a cualquier otro proveedor. En nuestro precio incluimos unos costes de mano de obra de 10€/hora de un operario del GVCS.<br /> *'''Modular''': Motores, partes, uniones y generadores se pueden intercambiar, con lo que se pueden agrupar las diferentes unidades para difersificar su funcionalidad, disponibles a partir de un número reducido de unidades.<br /> *'''Operables por el Usuario''': Diseñadas-para-desmontarse, pueden desmontarse, realizar un mantenimiento, y reparar piezas rápidamente y sin la necesidad de pagar al siempre caro servicio técnico.<br /> *'''Házlo Tú Mismo''': El usuario retoma el control del diseño, la producción y la modificación del equipo de piezas del GVCS.<br /> *'''Fabricación Circular''': El metal es un componente esencial de una civilización avanzada, y nuestra plataforma permite reciclar metal usado en materia prima para producir subsiguientes tecnologías del GVCS y por tanto, permitiendo ciclos de fabricación ''de la cuna a la cuna''.<br /> *'''Fabricación Flexible''': Se ha demostrado que el uso flexible de maquinaria y herramientas de producción local es una alternativa viable a la producción centralizada.<br /> *'''Economías que distribuyen''': Animamos a la replicación de iniciativas que deriven de la plataforma GVCS como camino a empresas verdaderamente libres haciendo válidos los ideales de la ''democracia Jefersoniana''.<br /> *'''Eficiencia Industrial''': Para dar una elección viable para un estilo de vida resiliente (adaptable), la plataforma GVCS iguala o supera los estándares de productividad de sus homólogos industriales.<br /> *'''Alto Rendimiento''': Los estándares de rendimiento deben igualar o superar a sus homólogos industriales para que el GVCS sea viable.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ===Alcance del GVCS===<br /> {{Info|Alcance|<br /> * '''[[:Category:Metalworks|Infraestructura Mecánica]]''': Se hace énfasis en un kit de construcción para agricultura y servicios, de tamaño natural y tipo lego. La infraestructura mecánica se basa en un chasis (tractor, microtractor, coche, bulldozer) con complementos modulares. Implementos, motores y generadores se pueden intercambiar, por tanto maximizando el abanico de usos que derivan de un pequeño kit de componentes. Por ejemplo, el generador sirve igual y se puede intercambiar en el tractor, el bulldozer, o el coche.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Food_and_Agriculture|Agricultura]]''': La infraestructura alimentaria para una comunidad resiliente (Agroecología de Código Abierto) intenta demostrar un sistema de mejores prácticas para alimentar a 100-200 personas con un equipo central de 4 agricultores amateurs, o Agroecologistas de Código Abierto.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Energy|Infraestructura Energética]]''': incluye Combustible, Energía Motora y Electricidad. La infraestructura energética consiste en el aprovechamiento de energía solar ya sea mediante Turbinas Solares o las plantas. La Turbina Solar utiliza el calor del sol directamente cuando el sol brilla, o se almacena al atrapar la energía solar mediante la fotosíntesis, donde la energía se produce en forma de biomasa generada por las plantas.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Housing_and_construction|Viviendas]]''': La infraestructura de viviendas consiste en cierto número de herramientas multifunción: Prensa CEB (ladrillos de tierra compactados), aserradero, Hormigonera, Unidades de Vivienda Modulares, Máquinas Vivientes y otros. Produciremos planos a nivel de arquitectura profesional para la CEB y otras estructuras de construcción naturales.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Transport|Transporte]]''': incluye un Microcoche y Furgoneta de servicio, de Código Abierto con capacidad de unirse, todo impulsado por Power Cubes.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Digital_Fabrication|Digital Fabrication]]''': RepLab up to Hot Metal Processing and full-featured industrial robots.<br /> * '''[[:Category:Materials|Materiales]]''': [[Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays|Extracción de Aluminio de Arcilla]]; [[Extrusión de Bioplásticos]] inluyendo la síntesis de bioplásticos de las plantas.<br /> }}<br /> ===Estado Actual===<br /> ''actualizado a'': 25 abril 2011.<br /> <br /> Hemos desarrollado los siguientes prototipos y productos hasta ahora:<br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Machine.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberator, CEB Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|CEB Press 2|Prensa LTC (Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada)}} permite construir a partir de la propia tierra del terreno de forma rápida (16 ladrillos por minuto), a bajo coste y con alta calidad. La Prensa LTC se usa para comprimir terreno arcilloso (20-30% de arcilla en volumen) de tierras locales, convirtiéndolo en bloques de construcción estructurales (700-1000 PSI). La estabilización con cemento se puede usar para hacerlos más resistentes a las condiciones climatológicas. LTC también se presta a la construcción de suelos, áreas pavimentadas, muros de contención, estructuras de almacenamiento o cualquier otra estructura donde se necesiten estos bloques.<br /> <br /> ''Enlaces'': [http://blip.tv/file/3825806/ El Liberador], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_-ZzYmo3A The CEB Story], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3573531/ initial field testing], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3641993/ pressing bricks], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/06/design-for-disassembly/ disassembly], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3736161/ crating (packaging)], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/04/the-liberator-beta-2-0-machine-overview/ machine overview], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750806/ the frame], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3750871/ El controlador], [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ceb-machine-controller-fabrication-recursion/ CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion], [http://vimeo.com/22102016 Complete CEB Walkthrough].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|CEB Press|Introducción}}, {{LinkLang|CEB Press Build Instructions|Instrucciones de contrucción}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/94 archivos CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Lifetrac-II-shoot-3.jpg‎|left|thumb|LifeTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} es un versátil tractor hidráulico a tamaño completo que gira mediante derrape y con cuatro ruedas. Tiene una potencia de 18-200 hp y las cadenas de oruga de acero son opcionales. El LifeTrac pretende ser minimalista pero de alto rendimiento, diseño de por vida y que permita ser desmontado y con capacidad de trabajo y potencia tales que permitan cualquier operación en el terreno. Destaca su versatilidad y alto nivel de servicio. Su naturaleza modular permite que se le añadan accesorios; los generadores de potencia (Power Cubes) se pueden intercambiar y acumular adaptando la potencia a las necesidades específicas; rápida conexión de todos los componentes hidráulicos mediante mangueras de enganche rápido; incluye motores hidráulicos fácilmente intercambiables para usarlos en otras aplicaciones.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/3876543/ I Estadio de Desarrollo], [http://vimeo.com/15130712 Prototipo II Completado], [http://vimeo.com/15531206 moviendo].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|LifeTrac II Build|Build (wiki con videos)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files]; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/oselifetrac/documents Quick Attach Plate and Tracks CAD]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Microtrac-i.png|left|thumb|MicroTrac &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |{{LinkLang|MicroTrac}} es una version del LifeTrac en pequeño y para conducirlo por detrás para satisfacer la necesidad de un microtractor. Se usan los mismos componentes que el LifeTrac, “encogiendo” los elementos estructurales – en parte para poder intercambiar parte de los componentes con el LifeTrac.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/07/microtrac-completed/ Prototype I completed blog post], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2330106/ prototype I completed video], [http://opensourceecology.blip.tv/file/2396704/ zero turn], {{LinkLang|Microtrac Prototype II}}, [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/08/microtrac-challenge/ Prototype II Challenge].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|MicroTrac|wiki documentation}} ; [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osemicrotrac/files Prototype I Blender File]<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Soil-pulverizer-ii.png‎|left|thumb|Soil Pulverizer &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|LifeTrac_Implement:_Soil_pulverizer|Pulverizadora de Tierra}} se puede enganchar al {{LinkLang|LifeTrac}} y pulveriza la tierra hasta convertirla en un fino polvo que se puede usar para la fabricación de los Ladrillos de Tierra Compactada (LTCs).<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/10/open-source-soil-pulverizer-prototype-ii/ blog], [http://vimeo.com/15681970 construcción y test (video corto)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Dg1ziqAu0 test (video)].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Powercube-ii-front.jpg|left|thumb|Power Cube &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype II)]]<br /> |El {{LinkLang|Cubo de Energía II}} es un generador universal, autónomo e independiente que se compone de un motor acoplado a una bomba hidráulica para dar energía a diferentes aparatos en forma de fluido hidráulico presurizado. El Cubo de Energía es un módulo que se puede añadir a las plataformas del LifeTrac, Microtrac, Bulldozer, y del Coche de Código Abierto (CCA). Se conecta a otros aparatos a través de acoplamientos rápidos y mangueras de enganche rápido.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': Vídeo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnROs7dfFM corto] y [http://vimeo.com/15892882 largo (50min)].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/lifetrac3d/files Blender Files].<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Cnc-torch-table-2010-ose.jpg|left|thumb|CNC Torch Table]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Mesa de Soplete|}} es una mesa de corte. Un ordenador puede controlar la cabeza del soplete para realizar precisos cortes en las tres dimensiones. El Prototipo i se ha construido, pero no ha funcionado satisfactoriamente porque la radiación emitida por el soplete de plasma, en contacto con la mesa, causó un fallo en la electrónica. Terminaremos el Prototipo I reajustándolo con controladores de motores eléctricos de velocidad gradual de código abierto.<br /> <br /> Links: {{LinkLang|Torch Table|wiki page}}, [http://vimeo.com/7151604 Plasma cutter in action], Open Source Torch Table [http://vimeo.com/6767592 Part 4], [http://vimeo.com/6768144 Part 5], [http://vimeo.com/6816527 Part 6].<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Torch Table Build|Build (wiki)}}, [http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/osetorchtable/files Blender File]; [http://vimeo.com/23785186 Prototype I First Fire]<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:Drill-press-i-front.jpg|left|thumb|Drill Press &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La {{LinkLang|Prensa Taladradora}} sirve para taladrar agujeros de 2,5 centímetros en adelante directamente sobre el metal sin necesidad de taladrar previamente. Contiene un motor hidráulico para taladrar y un cilindro hidráulico que realiza la presión - por tanto esto es literalmente una prensa y no le falta palanca o potencia puesto que el motor puede aguantar hasta 20 hp. Estamos usando nuestro Rotor Universal para el motor.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HoygNxyCnc video]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Drill Press|documentación}}<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ![[Image:150_ton_hole_puncher.jpg|left|thumb|Ironworker Machine &lt;br/&gt;(Prototype I)]]<br /> |La Máquina Ironworker es un aparato que puede cortar acero instantáneamente y hacer agujeros en metal de 2,5 cm de grosor. Actualmente el Agujereador de 150 Toneladas está en fase de prototipo.<br /> <br /> ''Links'': [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ 150 Ton Hole Puncher's blog post]<br /> <br /> ''Documentación'': {{LinkLang|Ironworker_Build|Hole Puncher's Wiki Docu}}, [[:Category:Ironworker|Wiki Category]]<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> Actualmente están en fase de prototipo:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Torch_Table_Intro|CNC Torch Table I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Power_Cube_Intro|Power Cube III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[LifeTrac#Prototype_III|LifeTrac III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Soil_pulverizer|Soil Pulverizer III]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Solar_Fire|Concentrador Solar I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Steam_Engine_Intro|Steam Engine I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Industrial_Robot_Intro|Robot Industrial I]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> La investigación continúa con:&lt;br/&gt;<br /> [[Nickel-Iron_Battery|Nickel-Iron Batteries]]&lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> Ecología de Código Abierto ganó el [http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?o=popular MAKE Green Project Contest].<br /> <br /> Nuestra página web: http://opensourceecology.org<br /> <br /> En marzo de 2011, Marcin dió la siguiente micro-charla: [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ted-fellows-talk/ TED Talk]. Desde entonces, el proyecto llamó la atención y ganó popularidad.<br /> <br /> Estamos finalizando:<br /> *la producción de 4 tractores, 4 prensas CEB, 8 Power Cubes, y 2 Soil Pulverizers<br /> *producción de nuestro propio equipamiento: una segunda prensa CEB y más Power Cubes. 2 Tractores con Soil Pulverizers para empezar a construir.<br /> <br /> ===Planes Futuros===<br /> <br /> We are focusing on demonstrating the effectiveness of our equipment in construction and agriculture duties. For construction, we will be using the open source tractor, CEB press, sawmill, and other supporting tools such as soil pulverizer, cement mixer, auger, backhoe, trencher, hay baler, hay rake, hay cutter, and others. We will demonstrate infrastructure building and housing construction – including double CEB walls filled with strawbales for super-insulation.<br /> <br /> We are getting a construction grant of 60k. You can check the [[GVCS Rollout Plan]].<br /> <br /> We get a [[Dimensional Sawmill]] prototype by [http://www.sweigershop.com/ Sweiger].<br /> We we will prototype a Trencher, Cement Mixer, Auger and other tools for the construction run<br /> <br /> The Kickstarter campaign is reorganized for the completion, extended field testing, and documentation of the Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, CEB Press, and Power Cube, providing a firm closure of our first main prototyping cycle of the base agriculture and construction infrastructures.<br /> <br /> We are recruiting a Fabrication Manager and Construction Manager, and producing a site survey and architectural plans assuming a budget of up to 100k dolars dedicated to construction. We are further securing a rental unit in Maysville to house 1-2 onsite participants. We further have a documentation team on site, consisting of 2 dedicated people, who are working on full fabrication procedure documentation. We are currently securing our own server for video uploads, CiviCRM, and the ability to handle a large number of hits from Kickstarter. On video, we have almost 1TB of video footage from this production run, to be deployed to a remote video editing team - with a goal of professional quality instructionals on the CEB Press, Tractor, Soil Pulverizer, and Power Cube to be delivered as part of our Christmas Gift. On the legal front, we are trade-marking our identity and donating our land holdings into a trust.<br /> <br /> September 15 will be start of the construction run.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> October 15 will start our Natural Building Workshop - learn how to do Compressed Earth Brick, Straw Bale, Cut Lumber, Hay Bale, CEB Floors, Cement mixing and others.<br /> <br /> [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/workshop-addition/ Construction business] using the Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package will start in Los Angeles by an early adopter, [http://www.joskuadesigns.com/index.html Joskua Designs]. This will be the first field testing outside of Factor E Farm. The building project in California will have to deal with earthquake codes.<br /> <br /> We are looking for active collaboration in all projects. Our [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/dream-team-sixteen/ current needs] are:<br /> <br /> *[http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/recruiting-a-fabrication-manager/ '''Fabrication Manager'''] - finish the existing and continue new production runs, produce further construction equipment necessary for infrastructure buildout. We are planning on prototyping the sawmill, cement mixer, auger, trencher, and backhoe in the 2011 season.<br /> *'''Construction Project Manager'''- leading the building new of infrastructure as new people come on site, focusing on natural building techniques such as CEB, local lumber, and local biomass for superinsulation, and bioplastic for greenhouses (see last blog post for details)<br /> *'''3 Project Managers''' – overall global/local project management and integration– utilizing the assistance of a global development team to move forward the creation and testing of the GVCS infrastructure at Factor e Farm<br /> *'''Machine Designer/CAD''' – feeds technical design (CAD) into the prototyping process for the GVCS – by providing fabrication drawings to the fabrication team<br /> *'''4 Fabricators''' – custom fabricators and prototypers who convert technical design drawings into physical prototypes – creating the physical substance of the project<br /> *'''CAM Expert''' – contributes to the CAM (fabrication automation) aspect of the prototyping process by developing CAM files and by using CNC machines – while streamlining the fabrication process<br /> *'''Power Engineer''' – develops the electrical power grid for the community and develops the workshop power supplies – including developing the welder, plasma cutter, induction furnace, inverter, charge controller, and other power electric devices that are included in the GVCS<br /> *'''Remote Collaboration Support''' – organizing remote contributor teams for design/CAD/prototyping assistance to Factor e Farm<br /> *'''CAD/CAM Programmer''' – A robust, integrated, open source, professional-quality tool chain for CAD/CAM is currently not available. We will put effort into developing such a tool chain to promote the replicability of GVCS tools, by building on and integrating existing tools.<br /> *'''Land Regeneration Manager''' – Factor e Farm suffers from serious erosion and fertility issues caused by decades of prior commercial row-cropping. To ameliorate this, our program calls for building berms, ponds, and other earthworks to address erosion directly, plus, extensive mulching, as well as intensive rotational grazing as a rapid way to improve the soil food web. The primary tools that are to be used in these tasks are bulldozers, ruminants, and hay-bales.<br /> *'''Farmer''' – or more specifically – the open source agroecologist – the pivotal person in the community who provides nutrition to the FeF team and thereby is the primary contibutor to the good health of the community. The open source agroecologist is responsible for food production – from garden and orchard to field crops, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry – and for food storage and processing, such as seed cleaning, seed saving, and oil expression. The farmer is responsible for producing food, fuel, and fiber crops (both wood and clothing) – while maintaining a diverse and integrated ecosystem and soil food web that improves in quality over time.<br /> *'''Cook''' – feeds the FeF population; engages in crop planning, harvest, and organization of food processing activities<br /> *'''Web Programmers''' and '''User Interface Designers''' can help with the [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/07/web-developers-for-better-true-fans-campaign/ True Fans Development Proposal].<br /> *check our {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> ====2012====<br /> <br /> 2012 is rapid parallel development for the completion of the 50 machines. The greater global effort beyond FeF could help tremendously by identifying a large team of qualified, remote developers. Success on the overall 50 machines requires that we recruit a team of bidders/designers/prototypers for each machine – as each machine goes through a multi-step development process from concept to field testing and iteration. This enables us to access large sources of funding. Without a deployment team, we cannot take in money. Thus, if we have a solid team of bidders/designers/prototypers – and their capacities are clear – then we are in a position to move rapidly.<br /> <br /> ====after 2013====<br /> After the GVCS completion the first OSE Community will be built and Education and Training in 2-year immersion program are planned.<br /> <br /> A [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2010/07/3-minute-video-on-factor-e-farm-and-the-liberator/ Documentary Film] about Factory E Farm may come in the future.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{LinkLang|Support OSE}} and [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/ collaborate with us] to help us make this happen.<br /> <br /> ==Getting Involved==<br /> {{Tip|Get yourself involved!|If you liked what you've seen, please check the '''{{LinkLang|Get involved}}''' page to see the various ways you can contribute your time and skills to our project}}<br /> If you want to join quickly some of the project, then check the [[Guide to OSE Projects]].<br /> <br /> ==Media and Interviews==<br /> For Interviews, please check our {{LinkLang|Press Procedure}}. Here you can find [[High Resolution GVCS Media]].<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> ===Required Reading for Developers===<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE Specifications}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Proposal 2012}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|GVCS Development Template}}<br /> *[[Product Template]]<br /> *[[Development Team]]<br /> *{{LinkLang|Wiki Policy}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|Forum Policy}}<br /> <br /> ===Other===<br /> *{{LinkLang|Conferences}}<br /> *Media Development<br /> **[http://encyclopediapictura.com/gvcs_icons.psd.zip 50 Icons] from [[Isaiah Saxon]]<br /> **{{LinkLang|GVCS in 2 Minutes}}<br /> <br /> ==FAQs==<br /> *http://openfarmtech.org/community/faq<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|OSE FAQ}}<br /> *{{LinkLang|FAQs}}<br /> <br /> ==To Do Items==<br /> See {{LinkLang|GVCS Tasks}} and {{LinkLang|Project needs}}.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Crash Course]]</div>

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