Quality of Life Poll
Today, Dave Pollard of How to Save the World Blog wrote an interesting formula for how each day should be spent, which I copy here: 9 hours a day for sleeping and personal hygiene 2 hours a day for physical exercise — running, meditation, working...
A Letter to the Concerned Denizen
We have been busy on refining our funding method for open product development, and in particular, for the open source Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press. Our present strategy is to recruit social network leaders to spread our collaborative funding request...
Super Productive
When I initially began learning about organics, I had mixed feelings about the terms “super-weeds” and “super-bugs”. I understood the concept that weeds and insects could evolve until strains developed that would withstand the...
Ecotechnology Buying Club
It’s time to take our open source product development to the next level. The next on the Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press prototype development is a computer controlled XYZ table for automating acetylene torch cutting of the metal. You may see...
Portal to Mystery
Look at that frost pattern on our door. The frost came from a combination of moisture and contrasting temperatures… but where did the diamond pattern come from? No shadows cross the door to create such marks. The only guess I have is that somehow...
Are CEBs the best kept secret in building?
Yesterday, I came across Basin, which describes itself as follows: ‘The “building advisory service and information network”, basin, was set up in 1988 to provide information and advice on appropriate building technology and to create...
Viability
The perfect time to think spring is when snow covers the ground and is held there by freezing temperatures. You can “do” spring when the ground cracks as the frost heaves and buds burst into greens, whites, and pinks. But now is the...
OSE Product Cycle
We are proposing this model for developing open source products, which includes voluntary funding from many stakeholders: More notes are found here, and the more extensive proposal is here. Today, Michel Bauwens of P2P Foundation commented that he’s...
Resource Development
We had a nice adventure today to the local supermarket where we picked up 4 cardboard bales. We originally wanted them as weed-barrier mulch-rings for our trees. But now our brains have exploded with possibilites and we want more. Potential uses include:...
P2P Economy and Permafacture
We need to take this P2P economy seriously. A new financial system is waiting to emerge, with power at the bottom of the pyramid. As international boundaries begin to crumble, local and bioregional economies take over. People learn from torrents, not...
