OSE Timeline

The Founder formulated the Open Source Ecology experiment during the last year of his Ph.D. program at U. Wisconsin, Madison, in 2003. The practical experiment began on a 5 acre parcel on the outskirts of Madison. Networking with early collaborators, the project found its new home on a 20 acre parcel in Osborn, Missouri. In 2006, the project moved to its permanent location in Maysville, Missouri - to Factor e Farm - birthplace of the Global Village Construction Set.

See also for 2012 detail - http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/marcin-jakubowski/

• 2003 - Open Source Ecology coined. See OSE Legacy Site
• 2004 - OSE Incorporated for the first time in Madison, Wisconsi
• 2005 - OSE moves from Wisconsin to Missouri, rents land in Osborn, Missouri
• 2006 - OSE settles on 30 acres in Maysville, Missouri
• 2006 - Earthbag Hut built
• Oct 2007 - Factor e Farm Blog started
• Sept 1, 2007 - 30 acre parcel was named Factor e Farm
• May 1, 2007 - plant-out of 200 tree orchard donated by Stark Brothers Nursery
• Nov 1, 2007 - Cordwood Hut addition built
• December 26, 2007 - First brick press prototype built in lean-to workshop
• Apr 23, 2008 - Global Village Construction Set name coined, presented for the first time at the University of Missouri, Columbia -UM_Presentation or http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:Open_Source_Ecology_-_Global_Village_Construction_Set.jpg
• May 1, 2008 - Plantout of 200 more orchard trees. Plant Nursery.
• Sep 5, 2008 - First open source tractor prototype built. LifeTrac I
• March 1-Nov 1, 2009 - Power Cube, Microtractor, Soil Pulverizer, Brick Press II, and Heavy Duty Drill Press prototypes built - Protypes Built and Cost
• 2010 - Total of 8 of the 50 machine prototypes built - 8 of 50
• Dec 1, 2010 - Founder is selected as a TED Fellow
• Mar 2, 2011 - Project reaches the world stage with the Global Village Construction Set TED Talk.
• Apr 1, 2011 - First ever production run of GVCS machines - cleared $25k. - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:Tractorproduction.jpg
• Oct 1, 2011 - First ever replication of a GVCS machine - brick press - James Slade, Austin, Texas - Replication-CreationFlame
• Dec 1 2011 - Founder is selected as a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow or http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/marcin-jakubowski/
• Jan 1 2012 - New 3000 square foot Workshop completed. Use same as Home of website or http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:OSE_Workshop.jpg
• Mar 2012 - 3000 square foot living unit, HabLab closed in - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_l6FXnU_vQ
• Dec 18, 2012 - First ever 1 day production run of the Brick Press using digitally-fabricated parts - December 18 video
• Oct 1, 2013 - First Microhouse build shows seamless integration of Tractor-Brick Press-and Soil Pulverizer - OSE Microhouse
• Nov 1, 2013 - Arhitecture Lead joins OSE team - http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2013/10/architecture-lead-joins-the-ose-team/
• Jan 24, 2014 - OSE College Tour 2014 started - Penn State Lecture