Fabio França

Team Culturing Information

last updated May, 2011

WHO are you?

• Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - Fabio França Araujo, brazilian
• Location – what is your city and country? - Brasilia, Brazil
• Contact Information – fabio.areasp at gmail dot com,
• Hobbies and Pastimes- Mountaineering, canoeing, ham radio

My academical background is in mechanical engineering and geophysics, but I have been away from work in this technical subjects for a long time now. I'm an enthusiast of open source software, and have some knowledge in GIS (geographical information systems) mapping and remote sensing. I'm also interested in ham radio, mountaineering and other outdoor activities. I have plans to engage again in engineering, starting with a refreshment in the use of CAD tools.

I live in a small farm in the suburbs of Brasilia, and in my spare time I´m engaged in promoting permaculture in my rural neighborhood. I maintain a website to help promoting sustainability to a broader audience in Brasilia, in a practical and pragmatical approach (http://www.sustentavelnapratica.net/). I also teach about renewable energy in the local PDC - (Permaculture Design Course).

I'm currently working on personal projects about solar energy (photovoltaics, solar ovens and dryers); small scale biogas production, small scale integrated aquaculture/agriculture (fertirrigation, aquaponics) and agroforestry. I'm eager to share my results with the OSE community, and contribute to other ongoing projects as well.

WHY are you motivated to support/develop this work?

• Do you endorse open source culture?

Yes

• Why are you interested in this work?

I'm deeply inspired by the ideals supporting the OSE initiative, and I would like to dedicate some of my time, skills and enthusiasm to help

• Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?
• Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?

• Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?

Yes, But in fact I'm working in the development and building of open source equipments that I'm in more urgent need. For instance, I need a plough and a harrow now, and tractor later....

• Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies?

No, but I'm interested in promoting sustainable enterprises where I live, based on the GVCS

• Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? To redevelopment of crisis areas? To development of derelict areas in the developed world?

That is my first priority, to use GVCS to help reduce the inequalities in my coutry.

• Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment?

No, but I'm interested in promoting sustainable enterprises where I live, based on the GVCS

• Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?

Yes

• Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts?

Yes, I think that academic studies are still convenient to promote widespread aceptation of a new and revolutionary ideia as OSE.

• Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?

Yes, but I think that it is a long term goal.

• Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?

???

• Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power).

This is my priority among the GVCS tools.

• Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?

Yes, but realisticaly, I think it is another long term goal, at least to me.

• Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?

No. I'm not in survivalism...

• How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems
• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?
• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?

I think that the key to answer this questions is transition to a sustainable and resilient economy based on renewable natural resources.

WHAT

• What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, beind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc)

I'm still in the learning process, trying to undertand how to contribute. I think that the first real contribution is starting to work with the wiki, and translating selected pages to portuguese.

Communications ???

Organizational ???

Computer Support ???

Finances ??? Sociology ???

Home Economics ???

Design ???

Building ???

Electronics and Magnetics ???

Automation ???

Metallurgy ???

Engineering ???

HOW can you help?

• How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?

• Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week?

10 hours per week, I have a day job and other voluntary activities in my comunity

• Are you interested in working with us for pay? If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate?

No, I want to contribute as a volunteer

• Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?

No

• Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?

No

• Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?

Yes

• Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?

No

• Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?

Yes

• Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment – a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology – as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.

Yes, in the long term I'd like to be living in something like this, but here in Brazil.