OSE Timeline
Hint: Page needs updating, at least to milestonse from OSE Blog
Intro
The Open Source Ecology experiment was formulated during the Founder's 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
Links
- Timeline on main site - https://www.opensourceecology.org/history-timeline/
