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As of November 2007, we produced the world's frist open source, high performance (3-5
brick/minute), Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press prototype:http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=91
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That's our goal at Open Source Ecology: develop tools and technologies in the public domain for sustainable and just living. We believe that when engineering and technologies are part of the public domain, they benefit everyone.
We don't stop at concepts – we are the world's first organized effort at collaborative open development of physical products. On top of that, we are disseminating our business models freely, as all our developments enter the public domain. We are a radical departure from corporate research and development (R&D). We develop goods BY the people, and thus, FOR the people. We are building upon the rich information-sharing that has been brought about through the information age.
To pursue our work, we are relying on voluntary contributions involving many people in the development – whether through technical skills or project funding.
Our work will go on regardless of participation, but the more people that are involved, both as leaders and contributors, the more quickly technologies can be developed and shared.
Our initial efforts are on products that help people meet their basic needs: food, energy, housing, transportation, water. See this link for an overview: http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Overview
We think that open source
technology developments are a critical piece to bringing power back
into the hands of the people and developing decentralized economies
based on abundance and wise use of local resources. Imagine if
local enterprise could compete with the great global extractors.
With appropriate, replicable, localized technologies, we believe
that we can.
We chose to develop a CEB press for these reasons: (1) Blocks are made from local materials. (2) Blocks are likely to be socially acceptable as they are uniform in shape and look like a fired brick. (3) CEBs are easy to build with, not requiring major skills or training. (4) CEB block prouduction and CEB press production are suitable for local enterprise. (5) High production machines are proprietary and expensive ($25,000 and up).
We believe that this high cost inhibits many entrepreneurs from investing in this technology. So, we set about to create a low-cost, easy to maintain, high production machine. Because the design is open source, someone could build their own machine for the cost of materials, $1350. Or, we will be able to build it for them for a predicted cost of $3-5k in our optimized facility. Money earned will be contributed directly to the non-profit development work.
We hope all the products developed at OSE are transformational and help people meet their basic needs and reduce dependency on irresponsible production. We think this transformation can happen now, but we need your help because it won't happen without mass participation.
That's our goal at Open Source Ecology: develop tools and technologies in the public domain for sustainable and just living. We believe that when engineering and technologies are part of the public domain, they benefit everyone.
We don't stop at concepts – we are the world's first organized effort at collaborative open development of physical products. On top of that, we are disseminating our business models freely, as all our developments enter the public domain. We are a radical departure from corporate research and development (R&D). We develop goods BY the people, and thus, FOR the people. We are building upon the rich information-sharing that has been brought about through the information age.
To pursue our work, we are relying on voluntary contributions involving many people in the development – whether through technical skills or project funding.
Our work will go on regardless of participation, but the more people that are involved, both as leaders and contributors, the more quickly technologies can be developed and shared.
Our initial efforts are on products that help people meet their basic needs: food, energy, housing, transportation, water. See this link for an overview: http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Overview
Our main focus at the moment is the CEB press. Below is a summary of our work.
http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=CEB_Press .
http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=CEB_Press .
We chose to develop a CEB press for these reasons: (1) Blocks are made from local materials. (2) Blocks are likely to be socially acceptable as they are uniform in shape and look like a fired brick. (3) CEBs are easy to build with, not requiring major skills or training. (4) CEB block prouduction and CEB press production are suitable for local enterprise. (5) High production machines are proprietary and expensive ($25,000 and up).
We believe that this high cost inhibits many entrepreneurs from investing in this technology. So, we set about to create a low-cost, easy to maintain, high production machine. Because the design is open source, someone could build their own machine for the cost of materials, $1350. Or, we will be able to build it for them for a predicted cost of $3-5k in our optimized facility. Money earned will be contributed directly to the non-profit development work.
We hope all the products developed at OSE are transformational and help people meet their basic needs and reduce dependency on irresponsible production. We think this transformation can happen now, but we need your help because it won't happen without mass participation.
