Showing posts with label open source ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label open source ecology. Show all posts
Monday, August 27, 2012
civilization starter kit
If
I were of a mind
to build my own house
from the dirt below my feet,
I now have the instructions
which would allow me to construct
my own Soil Pulverizer (to loosen the dirt below my feet),
my own Tractor (to transfer the soil from the dig site),
my own Compressed Earth Brick Press (to mold the material into stackable units),
and my own Power Cube (to energize all pieces).
And so could you.
Thanks to Marcin Jakubowski and Factor e Farm in Missouri, anyone in the world can obtain these massive tools for a fraction of the cost of buying them preconstructed.
Thanks to this kickstarter project, the blueprints may be easily accessed by anyone with a computer and internet connection. Everything I have on this DVD, you can now access right here.
Everything.
The Soil Pulverizer, or Rototiller: go here.
The Tractor's instructions are here.
Then check here for the CEB Press, aka The Liberator.
And what else? Oh, yes, the Power Cube.
Gather all of the materials, use the instructions and videos to construct the tools, and then you can build the house, known by them as the HabLab, where they all live and work on Factor e Farm.
This is Jakubowski's Christmas gift to the World.
I once dreamt of technology and knowledge being open source, available to all, free.
I am now seeing that I did not dream alone.
Thank you, Marcin, and thank you to your fine crew.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
global village construction set
Marcin Jakubowski is living in the heartland of the United States and wants to help the world live better. To that end, he founded Open Source Ecology, a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters. Together, they have designed equipment that can be easily built on-site anywhere in the world, with the versatile pieces in a kit.
That's right: build you own tractor, using parts from a kit. Build your own brick press - to construct houses - with the pieces from that same kit. And the list of industrial machines goes on and on, to fifty total.
That's right: fifty machines to build a village, from one kit.
The Global Village Construction Set.
Much cheaper than having to buy something premade and then having it shipped.
Much easier means of turning subsistence into a livable life.
From bakery ovens and bulldozers to well-drilling rigs and wind turbines - the instructions will be available to all, as well as any pieces which cannot be easily manufactured.
I want to see Factor e Farm, the place where it all comes to life.
That's the funding level I chose.
The privilege of visiting the site in Missouri. The GVCS deluxe dvd with the instructions to build the Tractor, the Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) Press, the Power Cube, and the Soil Pulverizer. The punch-out magnet, formed by the fabrication of the CEB Press and Tractor. The video thank-you.
I want to truly be part of this worthy and needed endeavor.
Maybe they'll even let me help build something when I visit.
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