Stuart Landsee

   * Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - Stuart Landsee Born in U.S.A.
   * Location – St. George, Utah
   * Contact Information – slandsee@yahoo.com I am on Skype with slandsee
 

Brief Overview of my Career Life.

-I have a degree in physics that I received in 2005. I began with an interest in mixing dance and physics, and left with interests in teaching biophysics through yoga.

-I have been teaching yoga since 2003. I have two teacher certifications that span from how to handle big classes of people, to deep knowledge of the theory, lifestyle, and practice of a yogi in today's world. I have taught most ages and body types concepts of breathing, meditation, postures, and yoga philosophy in three countries.

-I have been around computers since I was five. I started writing very simple code then in BASIC to run my commodore. Later I was introduced to Lotus, then a little bit of html when I worked with the Department of Education in Colorado. I am not too bad with MATLAB, Maple, and Java and I can pick up most any computer language if there are enough comment lines in the sample code.

-Most of my childhood and young adult life was spent on farms or working in construction. I have years of experience using tractors, mowers, saws (mason and wood), wrenches, sanders, grinders, screwdrivers, hammers, axes, shovels, motors, wheels, batteries, sticks, pine pitch, poop, rakes, hoes, and water.

-Currently I am attending school at Dixie State College fooling around with the idea of going to into graduate school. Also, I am working with the Aerospace Corporation using data from NIRS and the SABER instruments on the International Space Station and the TIMED satellites respectively, learning more about the atmosphere from 70km - 150km above the earths surface. In June I am heading to Goddard Space Flight Center to build and launch a bunch of satellites with a workshop called Rock-On!

• Why are you motivated to support/develop this work?

The world is a very sick place right now. Nutritionally we are poisoned stupid with commercials, food, and manufacturing. I don't feel comfortable punching a timecard to a place that makes missiles, automobiles for rich folk or poor folk that can't afford them, or pre-packaged food. Nor am I interested teaching standardized curricula, but most importantly I would one day like to live without needing money without sacrificing my health, my ability to communicate with my family, or other's well being. From my perspective the focus with OSE, rather than making money, is to create a world where humans more comfortably and happily live, and I would love to be a part of it.

• Do you endorse open source culture?

Yes. Nature has followed open source culture since the beginning of time. Fish was not upset when reptile got scales, nor was insect upset when fish got legs. Ownership of ideas, inventions, beliefs, philosophies, knowledge, perspectives all are very foolish business that leads to false discrimination. If we share, help each other out, play more, follow curiosities, our planet is going to be a healthier and more sustainable place.

• Why are you interested in this work?

OSE liberates information for life on the planet rather than patent royalties or pocket books. The intention of the movement is to work with nature and not against it as global corporations are quite persistent with. I feel that there is a part of me that has been trying to do this with most of the work that I have done for most of my work in life already.

• Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?

I have taught at the preschool, grade school, high school, and college levels ranging in subjects from math, art, dance, computers, and physics. With my background, I think that I could complement what the GVCS has to offer.

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

The time is now. Currently our society measures its worth off of the GDP. This number becomes greater as more people become imprisoned, how much oil is sold, and the number of arms manufactured and sold. The GDP doesn't measure hummus in our soil, variety of species, health of life, happiness, or cleanliness of air. Endlessly it seems that people's motivations are going toward increasing this GDP for their businesses, rather than what they think with their own wits or morality for what is right in the world and this is creating a more ugly planet endangering all life. My concern is to improve the quality of life on the planet and not add to the business the mad culture is chasing.

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

Yes, I would like to build or help build anything in the set. Currently I am reviewing an article called `The Calculus of Computer Vision' for a class. Hopefully I can start writing some code for 3D visualizing technology that is modular for the GVCS.

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

I think that it is a way of living that I will pursue when I understand what resources I need at my hands to make the projects happen.

• Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?

Sounds awesome! If you teach me the process of fabrication I will teach others this process. I am not too arrogant to go dumpster diving, ask for resource donations, or beg for money.

• 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?

I worked in Central Africa with the Peace Corps for a few months before getting a pretty nasty case of dysentery and leaving the country early. One day I would like to know enough about sustainability to live anywhere and teach all around me how to live abundantly as well. Until I know how to do it in the U.S.A. I don't want to go somewhere else and destroy someone else's ecology.

• 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?

I live in the middle of the desert and manufacturing centered around harnessing the energy of the sun to help others harness the energy of the sun would be quite fruitful. If this idea could be mixed with some reforestation projects using techniques of permaculture I could not be more excited about my life.

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

I have a garden and it is amateur at best. It would be wonderful to not only stock my garden, but get some vertical farming into throughout my house. When there is no more room in the house I would like to start pirate farming in public spaces as art installations.

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

If I run across something that is too interesting for others to now know about, generally I will find a way of expressing it: stories, articles, or analyses. If something crosses my path about a technology that can provide abundance for the impoverished, I will not only be ambitious to write about it, I will also find ways of expressing it in other languages, for broader audiences, and through as many types of media as possible.

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

I want to live with abundance so I don't have to be involved in the drama of fighting for the last crumb. If people want to invest financially so that I can cultivate resources for my community, I don't think I am ready to stop them. One day I would be very happy to say that I have and will continue to have everything that I need in my life and for my community and for my earth.

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

I am going to assume that by renewable you mean something that is not a fossil fuel or radioactive. Where can I start? I am super excited about: harnessing energy with kites, creating habitat for biofuel, borrowing from habitats for biofuel, retooling cars to work with biofuel, open source geothermal, and building my first car.

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

I don't feel comfortable not building or working on a resilient community. Life in the mainstream is psychotic and diseased. I want to provide an outlet not only for myself, but for others to live on the planet in a healthy meaningful way.

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

Bugging out is something to do when there is scarcity. I hope to create abundance of friendship and resources so that that bugging-out will be of no concern. Wars should be fought with planes of resources and good food, not life destroyers.

• How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?

If people have what they need then what will be the need to go to the store, the government, or dogma? Using earth modeling we can figure out what is scarce and what is abundant. Hopefully from there people conserve that which is scarce or not use it all together, then share what is abundant. With the current global monetary system we don't have a measure for what is abundant because what is abundant `has no value' when all things have an ability to cultivate life.

• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?

If there is abundance and sharing, then there is nothing worth fighting for.

• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?

If the GVCS adequately demonstrates abundance, then areas that were once overly populated could handle more people than before.

• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?

The 3d scanner is the tool of the set that is more than just a box that can scan objects and figure out what shape the object has. I think that the scanner is a concept that can be modulated into the other pieces of the set so as the tools are used the user can be aware of what is happening with the resources around. In doing this with the construction set we will constantly be assessing our resources so that we do not overuse our resources.

• What have you already contributed to the OSE project?

Talking with people: I participate in a open mic night and discuss the work that is being done, why it is being done, and the hope that the folks of OSE have for the future. Frequently the conversation with friends and family is about the horrors of the world and this is an avenue of hope that I share with them pertaining to the work that I would like to be a part of.

Searching and editing the wiki: I like to look for typos, old hyperlinks, and I try to add clarity to some of the concept of the vision of Open Source Ecology. Daily, I am inspired by the wiki from the stories of ferrocement, to the reprap, 3D torch table, the liberator, open source cars....

Dreaming: Recently the idea of kite energy has crossed my mind and I have been trying to figure out ways to connect kites to generators ever since. Using automation fascinates me and if there is any component of self-replication I cannot help but spend hours and hours trying to figure out how to get it to work better.

Getting ready for a visit to the farm: Found some folks back home in Illinois to learn to weld with that I hope to cross paths with in a few weeks at the end of June or the beginning of July. Hopefully I can learn enough to become a part of the team.

• Communications

I am happy writing about anything, filming, editing, and sharing information. I am comfortable in front of audiences of all sizes.

• Computer Support

I work on a mac and a pc for my job. I am sure I will be fine with linux as I have been working with computers since DOS and Commodores. My math and physics background should be a reasonable primer for CAD and CNC software although I have never touched the two, but I really want to start playing. I am quick to learn on a computer so given a task and or minimal mentoring I can get something done. I enjoy writing clear code that enables anyone to look at the source code, and understand how to manipulate the variables to make it work flexibility.

• Finances

I don't know that I have much to offer from my own bank account. If we are trying to sell the idea to specific people or balance accounts I can help completely. I worked on teams that write, approve, and read grants for state and national governments.

• Home Economics

I am good at cleaning bathtubs from some of the nastiest slimes in the world. I don't mind pushing a broom or doing dishes. Messes of wire I love entangling, piles of junk I love to sort, and clutter I enjoy reworking into order. I don't mind balancing budgets, writing lists, or conducting surveys. Ask me if I can do it, pretty sure if I have the time, we will work well together.

• Design

I don't think of myself as a designer yet. After exposing myself to 3d printing and robotics I can't stop thinking about it. One robot: soil analyzer with arms, making shelters, swales, smelting metal, enriching the soil, every imaginable all in one machine.

• Building

As stated before. I can run tractors, mowers, saws, wrenches, sanders, grinders, screwdrivers, hammers, axes, shovels, motors, wheels, batteries, sticks, and water.

• Electronics and Magnetics

I have taken Electricity and Magnetism and Physics II. Most of what I see in circuits is just an extension of one or the other. When I build the satellite there will be a workshop that I learn how to program the satellite's instruments.

• Automation

Very curious about what can be done with the 3d printer idea. I would like to be involved in developing a recreation of what the folks with reprap printers or d-shape are doing to create structures.

• Metallurgy

I have taken two semesters in chemistry and did well. I started making a forge with a friend, but after the refractory was built the project had to be postponed due to finances.

• Engineering

I have tutored engineers with their physics and taken engineering thermodynamics. Along with thermodynamics came a strong understanding of heat engines and how to model entropy, enthalpy, and heat exchange in engines.

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

I would like to...

-Help in the development any of the tools of the GVCS.

-Give talks about OSE.

-Learn how I can integrate these tools into my life.

-Develop manuals, guides, and curricula.

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

I am happy with a few tasks per week that will take between five and ten hours. Late June/early July I plan to head to Illinois to learn to weld and visit with family. After then I hope to join the farm.

• 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?

All of the projects that I have seen on your wiki I would love to develop or help develop. I guess I just need a starting point for what work I can do. If I were to be paid I think a reasonable start would be $\$20/hour$. I am not very attached to money as long as I have food, water and and a dry place to sleep.

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

I don't have very much money, finding resources in my community to build tools of the GVCS is much more realistic.

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

Yes.

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

Yes.

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

These tools are all welcome in my life.