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= Open Source Ecology (OSE) International =
{{Organization data
OSE is a global movement and collaboratory. Our goal and current engagement is building the world's first replicable, open source, post-industrial village. The name refers to an ecology, or ecosystem, of open-source hardware that works as an ecological whole. However, the name implies much more than technology - for technology is merely a basis upon which social organization can happen, in harmony with its natural life support systems. The real issue then emerges - the possibility of unprecedented quality of life for all.
| founded = 2007
| founders = User:Marcin
| site = https://www.opensourceecology.org/
| active = Yes
| location = United States
}}


To build a post-industrial village, we are developing and testing the set of tools required to build such a village - the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation Global Village Construction Set]. Land stewardship and local production via open source design and digital fabrication - founded on open sharing of information - are the key features of this adventure. Right livelihood and resolution of pressing world issues is the intended byproduct.
'''Open Source Ecology''' (OSE) is a global movement and collaboratory. Our goal and current engagement is building the world's first replicable, open source, post-industrial [[Global village|village]]. The name refers to an [[ecology]], or [[ecosystem]], of [[open-source hardware]] that works as an ecological whole. However, the name implies much more than technology - for technology is merely a basis upon which social organization can happen, in harmony with its natural life support systems. The real issue then emerges - the possibility of unprecedented quality of life for all.


To build a [[Post-industrialism|post-industrial]] village, we are developing and testing the set of tools required to build such a village - the [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation Global Village Construction Set]. Land stewardship and local production via open source design and digital fabrication - founded on open sharing of information - are the key features of this adventure. Right livelihood and resolution of pressing world issues is the intended byproduct.
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== New production run is beginning April 2011 ==


==New production run is beginning April 2011==
OSE has made tremendous strides in producing powerful but basic tools.
OSE has made tremendous strides in producing powerful but basic tools.
We are beginning our production run April 6, 2011, running until May 20. Additional opportunities will be available in summer 2011, but early engagement is super important.
We are beginning our production run April 6, 2011, running until May 20. Additional opportunities will be available in summer 2011, but early engagement is super important.
We would very much love to have someone on site to do video fab documentation the whole time where they would work on fab drawings and cad and exploded part diagrams and schematics instructional videos etc. If someone is ambitious that is a full time job
 
We are very eager to have someone on site to do video fab documentation the whole time where they would work on fab drawings and cad and exploded part diagrams and schematics instructional videos etc. If someone is ambitious that is a full time job


OSE is located in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maysville,_Missouri Maysville in NW Missouri] - one hour from KC. If you can afford a car rental, that's a great way to go. Otherwise, we would be willing to arrange a pick up from Kansas City.
OSE is located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maysville,_Missouri Maysville in NW Missouri] - one hour from KC. If you can afford a car rental, that's a great way to go. Otherwise, we would be willing to arrange a pick up from Kansas City.


Also, volunteers would need to be prepared to cover their own meals, but lodging can probably be arranged. We will have 3 mb Internet
Also, volunteers would need to be prepared to cover their own meals, but lodging can probably be arranged. We will have 3 Mb Internet.


Documentation is critical to successful "open source" manufacturing. We desperately need more high quality technical documentation. That documentation is simultaneously key to making our work replicable (and therefore valuable), and ideal for Appropedia. You can help OSE as well as the greater Appropedia community (as well as the larger open source movement) by supporting this effort.
Documentation is critical to successful "open source" manufacturing. We desperately need more high quality technical documentation. That documentation is simultaneously key to making our work replicable (and therefore truly effective and valuable), and ideal for Appropedia. You can help OSE as well as the greater Appropedia community (as well as the larger open source movement) by supporting this effort.
Learn more about our most recent work by watching our [http://vimeo.com/16106427 Global Village Construction Set video].
Also good is our [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2009/09/ose-presence-at-paraflows-festival-in-vienna/ How to build a post-scarcity village].
Please also see [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Template:Development_Template our Development Template] and [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Product_Template our Product Template].  These templates are "works in progress" and we could use help in improving them.


This documentation project would be a form of dedicated project visit. See our [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Preliminary_Application application]. Although the full resume is not essential for this documentation project, please provide us some examples of your writing / documentation skills.
Learn more about our most recent work by watching our [https://vimeo.com/16106427 Global Village Construction Set video].
Also good is our [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/2009/09/ose-presence-at-paraflows-festival-in-vienna/ How to build a post-scarcity village].


= Inventing a New Civilization on a Shoestring Budget =
Please also see [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Template:Development_Template our Development Template] and [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Product_Template our Product Template]. These templates are "works in progress" and we could use help in improving them.
Say you want to build a village, enterprise, or for that matter -  an entire civilization – because civilization is just a compilation of productive enterprises. Say you have only $10k in your pocket. You can begin to build your habitat with a CEB press of 3000 bricks per day production, and a sawmill with 3000 board feet per day of production – easily. You will need a tractor for earth moving and power. These 3 tools total $6500 for materials to build these tools from open source plans. You can then build the entire technological infrastructure with a personal fabrication open source Fab Lab – with metal melting furnace, 3D printer, CNC machines, and circuit fabrication, for another $3500 in materials, for a total of $10k. You’ll have to learn the skill to build and operate the production machinery. We can teach you, and you can even propagate a 5-kingdom gene bank for an entire agricultural infrastructure – it’s on the house. You’ll just have to find yourself some land, sun, water, and scrap steel. What if this package could be self-replicating? Fab Lab and gene bank make it so. Now we’re talking.


An imaginary situation? Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but we’re taking the development of the above very seriously at Factor e Farm. See the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Distillations Distillations videos]. And if you are compelled to help - we started a request for proposals for the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=First_World_Conference_on_Open_Source_Ecology First World Conference on Open Source Ecology]. Please consider applying.
This documentation project would be a form of dedicated project visit. See our [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Preliminary_Application application]. Although the full resume is not essential for this documentation project, please provide us some examples of your writing / documentation skills.


If you can’t make it to the Conference, but would like to support this as a True Fan of this work, then subscribe to our campaign by [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=458 going to our blog].
== Inventing a New Civilization on a Shoestring Budget ==


= Factor e Farm =
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*Our main open source collaboratory and land-based development facility, since 2007, is Factor e Farm, in the Kansas City area, central USA. See [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ our weblog] for ongoing updates.
**Ongoing events and workshops are posted at the [http://groups.google.com/group/factorefarm Factor e Farm mailing list]
**Our Drupal website is [http://factorefarm.org/ here]
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=First_Year_at_Factor_e_Farm First year of Factor e Farm]


*Wiki development site for the [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation Global Village Construction Set]
Say you want to build a village, enterprise, or for that matter - an entire civilization – because civilization is just a compilation of productive enterprises. Say you have only $10k in your pocket. You can begin to build your habitat with a CEB press of 3000 bricks per day production, and a sawmill with 3000 board feet per day of production – easily. You will need a tractor for earth moving and power. These 3 tools total $6500 for materials to build these tools from open source plans. You can then build the entire technological infrastructure with a personal fabrication open source Fab Lab – with metal melting furnace, 3D printer, CNC machines, and circuit fabrication, for another $3500 in materials, for a total of $10k. You'll have to learn the skill to build and operate the production machinery. We can teach you, and you can even propagate a 5-kingdom gene bank for an entire agricultural infrastructure – it's on the house. You'll just have to find yourself some land, sun, water, and scrap steel. What if this package could be self-replicating? Fab Lab and gene bank make it so. Now we're talking.
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support Donate to the project]
**[[Image:donate button.jpg]]
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support Subscribe] to this work:
**[[Image:subscribe button.jpg]]
*The first [http://osemidmo.wiki-site.com/index.php/Main_Page university chapter of OSE] started in 2008 at the U. Missouri, Columbia


*See our legacy webpage [http://web.archive.org/web/20040122063720/http://sourceopen.org/ here.]
An imaginary situation? Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but we're taking the development of the above very seriously at Factor e Farm. See the [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Distillations Distillations videos]. And if you are compelled to help - we started a request for proposals for the [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=First_World_Conference_on_Open_Source_Ecology First World Conference on Open Source Ecology]. Please consider applying.


*Archives of some of our theory and history are [http://ose.noblogs.org/ here].
If you can't make it to the Conference, but would like to support this as a True Fan of this work, then subscribe to our campaign by [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/?p=458 going to our blog].


= External Links =
== Factor e Farm ==
*P2P Foundation called us, arguably, [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowskis-open-farm-the-most-important-social-experiment-in-the-world/2008/01/22 ''the most important social experiment in the world'']
*[http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/25/open-source-compress.html BoingBoing article] on the open source, CEB press - [The Liberator]
*[http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/02/the-liberator-a.html Wired magazine blog] on The Liberator
*Discussion of the [http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/steve_bosserman/2008/02/09/giving_it_away_making_money.htm economic model for open source production] - with The Liberator as a case in point
**[http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/steve-bosserman-on-economic-sustainability-in-a-world-of-open-design/2008/02/19 Followup discussion on economic sustainability of open production] by P2P Foundation
*Discussion on [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowski-on-a-policy-to-expand-material-peer-production-through-land/2008/06/25 land stewardship basis of distributive economies]
*Open source design and manufacturing resource at the P2P Foundation - [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design]
*[http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/proposed-ose-specifications-aim-to-guarantee-truly-open-physical-peer-production/2008/02/12 OSE Specifications for Distributive Production] and [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=OSE_Specifications internal link]
*Review of sustainability movements - [http://kevflanagan.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/permaculture-appropriate-technology-and-open-source-ecology/]
*Greenr - Accelerate the Change - [http://www.greenr.com/blog/2008/05/04/open-source-ecology blog post on Open Source Ecology]
*Swiss blog discussing the [http://nachhaltigbeobachtet.ch/blog/archive/2008/07/10/besser-als-die-siedler-von-catan.html wealth of resources that come from land]


= Videos =
* Our main open source collaboratory and land-based development facility, since 2007, is Factor e Farm, in the Kansas City area, central USA. See [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/ our weblog] for ongoing updates.
*[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Factor_e_Live Factor e Live series] - chronicles of Global Village construction
** Ongoing events and workshops are posted at the [https://groups.google.com/group/factorefarm Factor e Farm mailing list]
*Video Interview on [http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/global-swadeshi-dialogs-667 Global Swadeshi Dialogues]
** Our Drupal website is [http://factorefarm.org/ here]
*Video of Presentation on the Global Village Construction Set, [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-710075551990473235 U. Missouri, Columbia, 2008]
** [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=First_Year_at_Factor_e_Farm First year of Factor e Farm]
*[http://agroinnovations.com/component/option,com_mojo/Itemid,182/p,39/lang,en/ Audio interview with Agroinnovations]
* Wiki development site for the [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=UM_Presentation Global Village Construction Set]
** [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support Donate to the project]
** [[File:donate button.jpg]]
** [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support Subscribe] to this work:
** [[File:subscribe button.jpg]]
* The first [http://web.archive.org/web/20110103184932/http://osemidmo.wiki-site.com:80/index.php/Main_Page university chapter of OSE] started in 2008 at the U. Missouri, Columbia
* See our legacy webpage [https://web.archive.org/web/20040122063720/http://sourceopen.org/ here.]
* Archives of some of our theory and history are [https://ose.noblogs.org/ here].


= Highlights of our Work =
== External Links ==
*Advanced Compressed Earth Block [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=91 (CEB) press prototype] done
*[http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=311 Open source tractor prototype in action]
*[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Overview Product ecology overview]
*OSE [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#Deployment Product Development Cycle]
*[http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Neocommercialization Neocommercialization] of open source technology
*[http://openfarmtech.org/OSE_Proposal.doc Technical proposal] for the Global Village Construction Set


= Collaboration =
* P2P Foundation called us, arguably, [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowskis-open-farm-the-most-important-social-experiment-in-the-world/2008/01/22 ''the most important social experiment in the world'']
*[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Core_Team Core Development Team application] - for the Global Village Construction Set
* [https://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/open-source-compress.html BoingBoing article] on the open source, CEB press - [The Liberator]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/solar-turbine Solar Turbine development] email group
* [https://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/02/the-liberator-a.html Wired magazine blog] on The Liberator
*Student internships and research - see [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Category:Research_Projects Research Projects]
* Discussion of the [http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/steve_bosserman/2008/02/09/giving_it_away_making_money.htm economic model for open source production] - with The Liberator as a case in point
**[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=OSEMidMO OSE Mid-MO]
** [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/steve-bosserman-on-economic-sustainability-in-a-world-of-open-design/2008/02/19 Followup discussion on economic sustainability of open production] by P2P Foundation
*We are accepting organic farming internships through [http://attrainternships.ncat.org/internDetail2.asp?id=1559 ATTRA], [http://www.organicvolunteers.org/farm_finder.asp?Mode=1&S=17 Organic Volunteers], and [http://www.wwoof.org/ WWOOF]
* Discussion on [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowski-on-a-policy-to-expand-material-peer-production-through-land/2008/06/25 land stewardship basis of distributive economies]
*Find out why you should donate [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support here.]
* Open source design and manufacturing resource at the P2P Foundation - [http://web.archive.org/web/20160601080959/http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design]
[http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support [[Image:donate button.jpg]]]
* [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/proposed-ose-specifications-aim-to-guarantee-truly-open-physical-peer-production/2008/02/12 OSE Specifications for Distributive Production] and [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=OSE_Specifications internal link]
{{OSN Member}}
* Review of sustainability movements - [http://web.archive.org/web/20101008220101/http://kevflanagan.wordpress.com:80/2008/08/08/permaculture-appropriate-technology-and-open-source-ecology/]
* Greenr - Accelerate the Change - [http://web.archive.org/web/20110210004650/http://www.greenr.com:80/blog/2008/05/04/open-source-ecology blog post on Open Source Ecology]
* Swiss blog discussing the [http://nachhaltigbeobachtet.ch/blog/archive/2008/07/10/besser-als-die-siedler-von-catan.html wealth of resources that come from land]
 
== Videos ==
 
* [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Factor_e_Live Factor e Live series] - chronicles of Global Village construction
* Video Interview on [http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/global-swadeshi-dialogs-667 Global Swadeshi Dialogues]
* Video of Presentation on the Global Village Construction Set, [http://web.archive.org/web/20120726035136/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-710075551990473235 U. Missouri, Columbia, 2008]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20081002165252/http://agroinnovations.com:80/component/option,com_mojo/Itemid,182/p,39/lang,en/ Audio interview with Agroinnovations]
 
== Highlights of our Work ==
 
* Advanced Compressed Earth Block [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/?p=91 (CEB) press prototype] done
* [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/?p=311 Open source tractor prototype in action]
* [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Overview Product ecology overview]
* OSE [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#Deployment Product Development Cycle]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20151121124542/http://p2pfoundation.net/Neocommercialization Neocommercialization] of open source technology
* [http://opensourceecology.org/OSE_Proposal.doc Technical proposal] for the Global Village Construction Set
 
== Collaboration ==
 
* [https://groups.google.com/group/solar-turbine Solar Turbine development] email group
* We are accepting organic farming internships through [http://web.archive.org/web/20090115170741/http://attrainternships.ncat.org/internDetail2.asp?id=1559 ATTRA], [http://web.archive.org/web/20090116115752/http://www.organicvolunteers.org/farm_finder.asp?Mode=1&S=17 Organic Volunteers], and [http://www.wwoof.org:80/ WWOOF]
* [[Open Source Low-Cost Power Monitoring System]]
* [[Belt-Driven Open Source Circuit Mill Using Low-Cost 3-D Printer Components]]
 
== Recent Activity at Factor e Farm ==


= Recent Activity at Factor e Farm =
Last updated 12/09
Last updated 12/09
*December 2009 - First CEB press is in [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1331 production]
 
*December 2009 - Building [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1304 open source lathe]
* December 2009 - First CEB press is in [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/?p=1331 production]
*December 2009 - [[LifeTrac prototype II]] in design phase
* December 2009 - Building [http://opensourceecology.org/weblog/?p=1304 open source lathe]
[[Category:Organizations]]
* December 2009 - [[LifeTrac prototype II]] in design phase
 
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[[Category:Sustainability organizations]]
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Latest revision as of 14:32, 23 October 2023

Ose-logo-2020-12-19.jpeg
FA info icon.svg Angle down icon.svg Organization data
Founded 2007
Founders Marcin Jakubowski, Ph.D.
Location United States
Site opensourceecology.org/
Green hosting Yes
Active Yes

Open Source Ecology (OSE) is a global movement and collaboratory. Our goal and current engagement is building the world's first replicable, open source, post-industrial village. The name refers to an ecology, or ecosystem, of open-source hardware that works as an ecological whole. However, the name implies much more than technology - for technology is merely a basis upon which social organization can happen, in harmony with its natural life support systems. The real issue then emerges - the possibility of unprecedented quality of life for all.

To build a post-industrial village, we are developing and testing the set of tools required to build such a village - the Global Village Construction Set. Land stewardship and local production via open source design and digital fabrication - founded on open sharing of information - are the key features of this adventure. Right livelihood and resolution of pressing world issues is the intended byproduct.

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New production run is beginning April 2011[edit | edit source]

OSE has made tremendous strides in producing powerful but basic tools. We are beginning our production run April 6, 2011, running until May 20. Additional opportunities will be available in summer 2011, but early engagement is super important.

We are very eager to have someone on site to do video fab documentation the whole time where they would work on fab drawings and cad and exploded part diagrams and schematics instructional videos etc. If someone is ambitious that is a full time job

OSE is located in Maysville in NW Missouri - one hour from KC. If you can afford a car rental, that's a great way to go. Otherwise, we would be willing to arrange a pick up from Kansas City.

Also, volunteers would need to be prepared to cover their own meals, but lodging can probably be arranged. We will have 3 Mb Internet.

Documentation is critical to successful "open source" manufacturing. We desperately need more high quality technical documentation. That documentation is simultaneously key to making our work replicable (and therefore truly effective and valuable), and ideal for Appropedia. You can help OSE as well as the greater Appropedia community (as well as the larger open source movement) by supporting this effort.

Learn more about our most recent work by watching our Global Village Construction Set video. Also good is our How to build a post-scarcity village.

Please also see our Development Template and our Product Template. These templates are "works in progress" and we could use help in improving them.

This documentation project would be a form of dedicated project visit. See our application. Although the full resume is not essential for this documentation project, please provide us some examples of your writing / documentation skills.

Inventing a New Civilization on a Shoestring Budget[edit | edit source]

mqdefault.jpgYouTube_icon.svg

Say you want to build a village, enterprise, or for that matter - an entire civilization – because civilization is just a compilation of productive enterprises. Say you have only $10k in your pocket. You can begin to build your habitat with a CEB press of 3000 bricks per day production, and a sawmill with 3000 board feet per day of production – easily. You will need a tractor for earth moving and power. These 3 tools total $6500 for materials to build these tools from open source plans. You can then build the entire technological infrastructure with a personal fabrication open source Fab Lab – with metal melting furnace, 3D printer, CNC machines, and circuit fabrication, for another $3500 in materials, for a total of $10k. You'll have to learn the skill to build and operate the production machinery. We can teach you, and you can even propagate a 5-kingdom gene bank for an entire agricultural infrastructure – it's on the house. You'll just have to find yourself some land, sun, water, and scrap steel. What if this package could be self-replicating? Fab Lab and gene bank make it so. Now we're talking.

An imaginary situation? Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but we're taking the development of the above very seriously at Factor e Farm. See the Distillations videos. And if you are compelled to help - we started a request for proposals for the First World Conference on Open Source Ecology. Please consider applying.

If you can't make it to the Conference, but would like to support this as a True Fan of this work, then subscribe to our campaign by going to our blog.

Factor e Farm[edit | edit source]

External Links[edit | edit source]

Videos[edit | edit source]

Highlights of our Work[edit | edit source]

Collaboration[edit | edit source]

Recent Activity at Factor e Farm[edit | edit source]

Last updated 12/09

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