University Collaboration
Get involved in developing open source blueprints for civilization!
If you have seen the Global Village Construction Set TED Talk and are curious about how to get involved as a student - this information is for you.
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We are interested in collaborating with university teams to design and build the tools of the Global Village Construction Set. Students of architecture, engineering, education, agricultural engineering, agriculture, design, multimedia, information architecure, information technology, social enterprise, appropriate technology, robotics, and many other areas can benefit from an applied, hands-on internships and collaboration experiences with Open Source Ecology. Students have a great opportunity to undertake a meaningful project and help with the work we are doing. There are several ways university students can get involved:
- Summer internships
- Alternative Break programs
- Capstone Projects
Students get involved in:
- Design, build and documentation of one of the tools of the Global Village Construction Set (or propose and build a new tool we hadn't thought of)
- Replicate one of the tools we have already designed, such as the LifeTrac tractor, or the Compressed Earth Block press
- Help us build the documentation, such as drafting CAD files for the GVCS tools
- Any other way you want to contribute!
What we are expecting
We are expecting commitment to results from your part. We are willing to help in all ways we can.
How to start
If you are interested in collaborating, please
- Fill out the Team Culturing survey, sharing what kind of people can help and in what of way
- Add your location to the Crowdmap.
- As Report Title - write the name of your educational institution.
- As Category - choose "Educational Institution" and the categories corresponding to the planned collaboration.
- To the left of Find Location - enter your location.
- Post on the Education Forum explaining your area of study, what projects you are undertaking in university, and how you would like to collaborate.
- Send an email to opensourceecology (at) gmail (dot) com - to introduce yourself and how you would like to collaborate.