Open Source Ecology Blog

White House Honors Crowdfunding Champs

Yesterday, June 4, 2013 – in Washington, DC, the White House honored twelve Crowdfunding “Champions of Change.” We are excited to share with you that one of those recognized was Open Source Ecology’s founder, Marcin Jakubowski. See a video...

Declare Your OSE Wish

Hello Open Source Ecology Fans and Friends. I will be presenting this week at the Glimpses Conference on human potential. Here is my Glimpses Presentation in Prezi plus script. In my presentation, I will give a few examples of what people hope to do...

6 Years’ Spring Cleaning at Factor e Farm

Open Source Ecology is entering a new era – scaling up and laying foundations for major growth in the coming years. After 6 years of starting from raw land – and hosting countless visitors, builds, and prototyping sessions – Factor e...

OSE Design Sprints Spur Innovation

6 in 60! How can Open Source Ecology design and build 6 new machines from the Global Village Construction Set— a microtractor, bulldozer, truck, car, backhoe, and ironworker machine—in just 60 days? Our new video shows you how! OSE’s Design...

Help Ignite The Spark on July 13!

Hi, my name is Lisa, and I am OSE’s blogging assistant. Marcin recruited me to help with the blog, and my goal is to fill in the gaps to bring to you more of the many developments that are happening at Open Source Ecology. Ian Midgley, OSE veteran...

Rev Up Change Win Powers Documentation Initiative

The Feast and NBCUniversal have announced the results of the Rev Up Change Challenge, and the grand prize winner is … Open Source Ecology! Thanks to all who voted. Literally, we couldn’t have done it without you! Jerri Chou, Co-Founder of The Feast,...

Introducing the OSE Core Team 2013

We have batches of good news to share about what’s going on with Open Source Ecology. The most important news of all, as a foundation for everything else, has to be our bringing on board a full-time core team, including our Operations Manager, Katie...

First OSE Annual Report + Team for 2013

We’ve been quiet but very busy lately –  and we have a lot of good news to share with you. First, here is Open Source Ecology’s first ever Annual Report for download. Thanks to Aaron Makaruk for doing a great job putting the report...

Fan Creates Anthem for Open Source Ecology

It is always immensely encouraging to know that we have supporters world over who are looking for ways to get involved in our mission. Lonnie Ray Atkinson is one such supporter, who personally made and gifted us a song (with accompanying music video by...

The Story of HabLab

We have built our 3,000 square foot living unit – HabLab – in 2012 using bricks from our open source Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) press. Here is a summary of the process that began in 2011 with the Global Village Construction Set Kickstarter...