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Open Source Ecology is a movement dedicated to the collaborative development of the world's first replicable, open source, modern off-grid global village. Has one already been made? If so, please tell us about it. We are farmer-scientists developing a world class research center for decentralized technologies. By using permaculture and digital fabrication together to provide for our needs and open source methodology to allow cheap replication of the entire village, we hope to allow any people that want to, to move beyond the struggle for survival and allow them to "evolve to freedom." By our analysis, most of the technologies needed for a sustainable and pleasant standard of living could be reduced to the cost of scrap metal + labor.
There is immense potential for social transformation once this technology is fully developed for building interconnected self-sufficient villages, since people will be freed from material constraints and able to seek self-actualization. Factor e Farm is the land-based facility where we put this theory into practice. We understand that this is an ambitious task, but we have accomplished much and are making rapid progress. Our means of achieving these goals are meticulously detailed in the "Global Village Construction Set". The OSE Proposal document breaks down the entire theory of Open Source Ecology.
Get to know us
- Open Source Ecology: Factor e Farm in five minutes.
- Our weblog keeps you informed on what's happening on the ground floor at Factor e Farm. It is an online journal of theory in practice.
- The Distillations videos give an overview.
- Videos: YouTube.
- Pictures: Flickr.
- Open Invitation to Visit Factor e Farm.
Contribute
The tools under development are to help you! Please support Open Source Ecology through volunteering, donating, or spreading the word.
For discussing projects please post on our discussion forums.
For the especially active, you can join the Build a Village Project.
Introduction
The Open Source Ecology Wiki is dedicated to the collaborative development of a basic and robust open source high-appropriate-tech infrastructure of technology and permaculture for a local economy based 'Global Village', as embodied in the list of the products and services of the Global Village Construction Set. This 'village' is inherently:
- one which promotes the highest autonomy and freedom
- grounded in self-sufficiency
- dedicated to voluntary pursuits, right livelihood, and quality of life
Our basic assumption for a 'Global Village' is that humans are capable of transcending the struggle for survival and resource conflicts, where this preoccupation is replaced by higher pursuits of personal and societal evolution. Read more
Feel free to sign up and add research and content to the Wiki to help develop the Global Village Construction Set. Read the wiki instructions for help. See a list of all projects and their status and see how you can help.
- HABITAT: CEB Press - Sawmill - Living Machines - Modular Housing Units
- AGROECOLOGY: LifeTrac Multi Purpose Tractor - MicroTrac - Power Cube - Agricultural Spader - Agricultural Microcombine - Hammer Mill - Well Drilling Rig - Organoponic Raised Bed Gardening - Orchard and Nursery - Modular Greenhouse Units - Bakery - Dairy - Energy Food Bars - Freeze Dried Fruit Powders
- ENERGY: Pyrolysis Oil - Babington Burner - Solar Combined Heat Power System - Steam Engine Construction Set - Solar Turbine - Electric Motors/Generators - Inverters & Grid Intertie - Batteries
- FLEXIBLE INDUSTRY: Lathe - Torch Table - Multimachine & Flex Fab - Plastic Extrusion & Molding - Metal Casting and Extrusion
- TRANSPORT: Open Source Car
- MATERIALS: Bioplastics
(The projects in bold have visible progress.)