[Eco-Libre]
Eco-Libre
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Active Yes
Year founded Date
Founders Michael Altfield
Location Quito, Ecuador
Website eco-libre.org/
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Eco-Libre is a volunteer-run project that designs libre technology for sustainable communities.

Eco-Libre’s mission is to research, develop, document, teach, build, and distribute open-source technology that sustainably enfranchises communities’ human rights.

Projects

Eco-Libre publishes designs and build instructions for many different projects to help sustainable communities thrive.

Life-Line

Screenshot of a CAD diagram, showing a weir flowing into a blue drum cut in half with two screens ontop of it and two pipes coming out of it
Eco-Libre Life-Line v2025.10

Designs for an off-grid community's water system.


Launch-Nest

Designs for a 5-story building that's designed to house 30 people in a small, off-grid community.

Treasure-Tower

Zero-waste recycling station with humanure dry composting toilets, urine collection, hand washing stations, and storage for anaerobic decomposition of human waste.

Genesis-Booth

Simple storage shed with >1 kW of PV solar panels on the roof.

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Keywords open hardware, eco-libre, life-line, water
Authors Maltfield
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Language English ()
Related 0 subpages, 4 pages link here
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Created October 14, 2025 by Michael Altfield
Last edit September 2, 2026 by Felipe Schenone
Cite as Maltfield (2025–2026). "Eco-Libre". Appropedia. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
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