We're organizing a Burning Man cabal (camp) in 2008 focusing on appropriate tech & infrastructure. Basically: cheap, sustainable X; what's X?
Coming
Sign yourself up if you're in the crew.
- Mel Chua (OLPC) - Cheap sustainable computing / education
- Smari (Fablab) - Cheap sustainable personal manufacturing
- Vinay (Hexayurt) - Cheap sustainable housing
Trying to persuade
Particular people & projects we're trying to persuade. Know someone from the same project, or similar projects? Add them to the list (or if you know the org but not a person, to the list below.)
- Marcin (OSE) - Cheap sustainable local economics
- Laura, Amy (D-lab) - Cheap sustainable X as research @ universities
- Matt (VDS) - Cheap sustainable transportation
- Ben, Marco, Erik, Molly (Ideatree) - Cheap sustainable sanitation / nonprofit design firms business model
What's missing
Types of projects and specific projects we don't have specific people in mind for yet. Add ideas to this list, ping folks you know.
- educational institutions - Barefoot college
- AIDG
- Mayapedal
- mesh wireless internet - Green wifi
- cellular communications OpenMoko
- garbage disposal
- public healthcare
- village building - Gawad Kalinga