Elifarley Cruz
Team Culturing Information
WHO are you?
- Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - Elifarley Cruz, Brazilian
- Location – what is your city and country? - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Contact Information – my first name@gmail.com, Skype: my first name
- Introductory Video-
- Resume/CV – See LinkedIn page, open source contributions
- Hobbies and Pastimes- Running,
WHY are you motivated to support/develop this work?
- Do you endorse open source culture?
I think that the only way that humanity can transcend its continuing decay of equitable wealth distribution is by endorsing open source economic development. I feel strongly that the last word in economics is open source economics (while addressing issues raised in Radical Abundance). It is called sharing - an old message that no empire has been able to achieve to date. To put it another way - any 'transformative' effort or product that claims to make a fundamental change towards a better world is fooling itself if it is not addressing the issue of wealth distribution - or unless it is promoting Distributive Economics.
- Why are you interested in this work?
I founded Open Source Ecology.
- Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?
Yes
- Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?
Yes, economic stability and autonomy are some of the main goals of the GVCS.
- Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?
Yes, I am currently using the tractor, compressed earth brick press, 150 ton hole puncher, heavy duty drill press, and modular power unit in construction, agriculture, fabrication, and utility duties.
- Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies?
Yes. We are already producing tractors, soil pulverizers, and CEB presses for outside markets.
- Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?
Yes, in terms of new prototypes being built towards product release of the remaining GVCS technologies.
- 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?
For me personally, I'd like to dogfood the GVCS first in the first world by building the world's first, authentic, complete, resilient community. I believe in fixing my own backyard first, as I do not know enough about the practical concerns in remote corners of the world.
- 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?
Yes, I would like to see local manufacturing return to the USA.
- Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?
Absolutely. I look forward to a burrito, where I combined the grains and beans, made flour in an open source flour mill, made cheese from the dairy, hayed for the animals, and made salsa from the garden - all in my own community.
- Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts?
I left the academic world years ago in search of meaning.
- Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?
Yes, if the 'financial investment' refers to the creation of an authentic, resource-based currency.
- Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?
Yes, I believe that free enterprise can replace monopoly money. This can happen by open access to blueprints for best-practice products - which people can manufacture in their own communities via flexible fabrication. Openly-published business models can help others in enterprise startup- from growing apples to building computer apps.
- Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power).
I would love to see a solar thermal concentrator electric power plant in every community, with some wind and other power sources sprinkled in between.
- Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?
Yes
- Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?
What is it?
- How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?
By relocalization of economies.
- How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?
By relocalization of production based on abundant, local resources.
- How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?
Local economies allow for immediate resource feedbacks. If there is an immediate feedback mechanism regarding resources, then population explosions are less likely to happen. This is under the assumption that poverty is already eliminated.
- How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?
If we are using local resources, we will have a motivation to preserve our local environment - as it is our own backyard.
WHAT- Here I am listing mostly the needs of the GVCS development, as I have limited expertise in most of the following items:
- 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)
- Installations
Communications
- I can assist in forum management, wiki editing, and CRM management.
Organizational
- I am involved in networking, and other support roles
Computer Support
- I use Linux
Finances
Sociology
Home Economics
Design
- I am familiar with Photoshop and Gimp.
Building
Electronics and Magnetics
Automation
Metallurgy
Engineering
- I have hands on experience in
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?
- 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?
- Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?
- Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?
- Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?
- Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?
- Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?
- 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.