Open Source Ecology

Marcin Jakubowski founded the group in 2003.[http://opensourceecology.org/about.php "About"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717072826/http://opensourceecology.org/about.php |date=2011-07-17 }}, Accessed: 7-19-2011. In the final year of his doctoral thesis at the University of Wisconsin, he felt that his work was too closed off from the world's problems, and he wanted to go a different way. After graduation, he devoted himself entirely to OSE.

OSE made it to the world stage in 2011 when Jakubowski presented his Global Village Construction Set TED Talk.[https://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski_open_sourced_blueprints_for_civilization "Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization"], April 2011. Accessed: 4-18-2023. Soon, the GVCS won Make magazine's Green Project Contest. The Internet blogs Gizmodo and Grist produced detailed features on OSE. Jakubowski has since become a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow (2012) and TED Senior Fellow (2012).

Open Source Ecology is also developing in Europe as OSE Germany.{{cite web|url=https://opensourceecology.de/ |title=OSE Germany |publisher=Opensourceecology.de |access-date=2020-10-18}} This is an independent effort based on OSE's principles.

In 2016, OSE and the Open Building Institute{{cite web|url=https://openbuildinginstitute.org/ |title=Open Building Institute |publisher=Openbuildinginstitute.org |access-date=2020-10-18}} joined forces to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible. The initiative has prototyped the Seed Eco-Home{{cite web|url=https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home |title=Seedu Eco-Home |publisher=Opensourceecology.org |access-date=2020-10-18}} – a 1400 square foot home with the help of 50 people in a 5-day period – demonstrating that OSE's Extreme Manufacturing techniques can be applied to rapid swarm builds of large structures. Materials for the Seed Eco-Home cost around US$30,000 in 2016, though the cost went up to approximately US$50,000 in 2022 due to rising lumber prices {{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}. Further, OBI has prototyped the Aquaponic Greenhouse – which was also built in 5 days with 50 people.

The Factor e Farm is the headquarters where the machines are prototyped and tested. The farm also serves as a prototype. Using the Open Source Ecology principles, Four prototype modules have been built as a home. An added greenhouse demonstrates how a family can grow vegetables and fish. Outside, there is also a large garden including fruit trees.[http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Factor_e_Farm Factor e Farm Information] Accessed 7-31-2011.

For 2020, OSE was planning its most ambitious collaborative design effort by hosting an [https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSE_Incentive_Challenge Incentive Challenge on the HeroX platform] – to produce a professional grade, open source, 3D printed cordless drill that can be manufactured in distributed locations around the world. This project is intended to provide a proof-of-concept for the efficiency of open source development applied to hardware – in addition to its proven success with software. This effort was postponed due to COVID-19, and OSE has pivoted to a product release of the Seed Eco-Home in 2021 to address the need for affordable, ecological housing.[https://www.opensourceecology.org/getting-involved-in-2020/ Blog post announcing the Seed Eco-Home], Accessed: 2022-02-28

In 2019, OSE updated its vision to collaborative design for a transparent and inclusive economy of abundance.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSE_Vision |title=OSE Vision |publisher=Opensourceecology.org |date=2019-05-08 |access-date=2020-10-18}} This reflects a shift from open source to open source and collaborative design. OSE began running its [https://www.opensourceecology.org/ospd-and-steam-camps/ Open Source Microfactory STEAM Camps] to emphasize the vision of collaborative design of real products.

In 2018, the project achieved [https://www.opensourceecology.org/celebrating-a-decade-of-the-global-village-construction-set/ 33% completion].

In 2014, 12 of the 50 machines were designed, blueprinted, and prototyped, with four of those reaching the documentation stage.[http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Status_Brief Status Brief], Accessed: 2016-02-14[http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/GVCS_Tools_Status GVCS Prototype Status], Accessed: 2016-02-14

In October 2011 a Kickstarter fundraising campaign collected US$63,573 for project expenses and the construction of a training facility.{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/622508883/global-village-construction-set |title=Fundraising |publisher=Kickstarter.com |date=2011-10-10 |access-date=2013-02-07}} The project has been funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation{{cite web|url=http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/marcin-jakubowski/ |title=Marcin Jakubowski |date=March 2012 |publisher=Shuttleworthfoundation.org |access-date=2013-02-07}} and is a semifinalist in the Focus Forward Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms/semifinalists/51764445 |title=Build yourself. – Tristan Copley Smith |publisher=Vimeo.com |date=2012-10-19 |access-date=2013-02-07}}

File:Powercube v7 Assembly.ogv|Powercube v7 Assembly video

File:Liberator Compressed Earth Brick Press v4 Assembly.ogv|Liberator Compressed Earth Brick Press v4 Assembly video

File:Open Source Ecology - LifeTrac - Design Rationale.pdf|LifeTrac tractor – Design Rationale

File:Open Source Ecology - LifeTrac - Fabricaion Manual.pdf|LifeTrac tractor – Fabrication Report

File:Open Source Ecology - LifeTrac - Fabrication Drawings.pdf|LifeTrac tractor- Fabrication Drawings

• From 2012 to 2014, Dr. Jakubowski was awarded a [https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/alumni/ Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship].
• In 2011, the project won the Green Project Contest organized by Make magazine.{{cite web |url=http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/open-source-ecology-interview-with-founder-marcin-jakubowski.html |title=Open Source Ecology: Interview with Founder Marcin Jakubowski |publisher=makezine.com |date=2012-02-24 |access-date=2013-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211010340/http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/open-source-ecology-interview-with-founder-marcin-jakubowski.html |archive-date=2011-12-11 |url-status=dead }}
• It was one of the 21 semi-finalists for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, among 162 participants.[http://challenge.bfi.org/2011Semi_Finalists The 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Semi-Finalists | The Buckminster Fuller Challenge] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229091319/http://challenge.bfi.org/2011Semi_Finalists |date=February 29, 2012 }}
• TIME magazine rated OSE's Civilization Starter Kit as a top invention of the year 2012.{{cite news |title=Tech Best Inventions 2012 |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/slide/the-civilization-starter-kit/ |publisher=Time |date=2012-11-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111090741/http://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/slide/the-civilization-starter-kit/ |archive-date=2012-11-11 }}

The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) comprises 50 industrial machines:{{cite web|url=http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/ |title=GVCS |publisher=Open Source Ecology |access-date=2013-02-07}}{{cite web|url=http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set |title=Global Village Construction Set |publisher=Open Source Ecology |access-date=2013-02-07}}

The first time a Global Village Construction Set product was created by another group was in October 2011; Jason Smith with James Slade and his organization Creation Flame{{Cite web |url=http://www.creationflame.org/ |title=Creation Flame Main Page |access-date=2011-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207200125/http://creationflame.org/ |archive-date=2016-12-07 |url-status=dead }} developed a functioning open source CEB press.[http://www.creationflame.org/2011/06/eco-friendly-development/ Creation Flame progress] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120216025837/http://www.creationflame.org/2011/06/eco-friendly-development/ |date=2012-02-16 }} Accessed: 11/22/2011

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• [http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski?language=en TED Talk on the Global Village Construction Set]
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• [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page Open Source Ecology: Wiki]
• [http://oseeurope.org/ Open Source Ecology (OSE) Europe]
• [https://www.npr.org/2012/02/19/147110017/building-a-village-one-home-brewed-tool-at-a-time NPR: Building A Village Starts With Building The Tractor]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103232706/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-01/the-post-apocalypse-survival-machine-nerd-farm Bloomberg Businessweek:The Post-Apocalypse Survival Machine Nerd Farm]

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