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| About Open Source Ecology |
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Executive Director
A Polish-American who is starting a new civilization -- from scratch -- in the Midwestern US. Marcin came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his PhD in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin. Frustrated with the lack of relevance to pressing world issues in his education, he founded Open Source Ecology in 2003 in order to make closed-loop manufacturing a reality. He began development on the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) (see his 2011 TED Talk), an open source do-it-yourself (DIY) tool set of 50 different industrial machines necessary to create a small civilization with modern comforts.
His work has recently been recognized in his acceptance as a 2012 TED Senior Fellow, a 2012 Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, and his TED Talk was named the top 6th in the Huffington Post Best of TED 2011. His goal is to create the open source economy - an economy that optimizes both production and distribution - while providing environmental regeneration and social justice. To this end, Marcin is currently building a team of global collaborators and on-site builders for a land-based facility - to take this from concept to reality. He believes that the open source economy is a prerequisite to autonomy that allows people to pursue mastery - consistent with a higher purpose.
Community Manager
The Community Manager is responsible for talent search and volunteer placement and management. Jonathan has been supporting OSE since 2012, has co-organized the MicroHouse 4 workshop, and has stepped up to Community Management in 2015.
Power Cube Lead
Tom Griffing has a background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and hydraulics. He runs a small computer consulting business in Dallas, Texas and also teaches "online" computer classes for a community college in Dallas. He also has a farm in East Texas with a shop where he builds Power Cubes for resale, practices permaculture farming and works on projects of interest. Tom Griffing is OSE's Power Cube Lead and has been in Power Cube development since 2011.
Graphics Lead
The Graphics Lead is responsible for Open Source Ecology's graphics and design style. Jean-Baptiste has been involved in creating OSE infographics since 2013, and is responsible for OSE's graphics templates and style guidelines.
Project Advisor
Project Advisors serve various roles at OSE. Diana Leafe Christian has joined the effort in 2015 and is currently advising OSE on governance and team building issues.
Organizational Advisor
Catarina Mota advises OSE on issues related to open source hardware development, collaboration, and standards. She has been involved in OSE collaboration since 2012, and is supporting OSE because, in her words, Open Source Hardware is the future.
Information Technology
The IT team manages our web sites and supports online operations.
Volunteers
Open Source Ecology is fortunate to attract volunteers from all over the world.
FeF Volunteers
July - September, 2012
These are previous contributors who lived and worked at Factor e Farm.
- Thad Getterman
- Brianna Kufa
- Jacob Dalton
- Gabrielle Leblanc
- Aidan Williamson
- Jose Bravo
- Yoonseo Kang
- Parker Bonnell
- Tristan Copley Smith
- Graham Robertson
- Shonda Baker
- Darren Vandervort
- Ted Mosher
- Alexander Briggs
- James Wise
- Mike Apostol
- Matt Schwabauer