Headed to the Rainbow Gathering
Ben, Guy, and I are headed to the Rainbow Gathering in New Mexico tomorrow. We’re going to be looking for organic farm volunteers after the main event of July 1st to 8th during the cleanup phase from July 8th to 27th. We’re also going to be...
HexaHatch Review
It’s been a while since we reported on the Hexahatch project. Here are the results of the first test. We started collecting eggs in an insulated chest in Marcin’s room the week before April 25th, when we put 48 eggs in the incubator, and then...
Hexahatch Incubator Prototype Construction and Testing
In the last few weeks I’ve constructed the Hexahatch egg incubator and am now testing it. Here are some pictures of how to make it: It started with Marcin drawing up the basic idea. Then I worked the sketch into a design. When we were satisfied...
Facility Sanitation Improvement (by a factor of ‘e’)
To our colonic relief, we added a second composting toilet, a public outhouse with privacy. Now no one needs to wonder who is going to enter the vestibule while performing defecation maneuvers. Albeit temporary, it satisfies our immediate needs. Thanks...
Liberator 2 CEB Design
Over the past few days, Marcin and I have been working on the design of The Liberator 2 – the second prototype of our high-performance CEB press. The design is now up for review. The main changes are an enlarged, stationary hopper structure, guide...
Hexahatch Revolution Incubator Design
Six revolving tubes filled with eggs; the Hexahatch Revolution Incubator design is done and we will be building it tomorrow as part of a workshop. The design is open source on the wiki, complete with bill of materials and implementation plan. The cost...
What is Open Source Ecology?
Before reading this post, we invite everyone to write a message about what you feel Open Source Ecology means to you, and your ideas on how this can be communicated effectively to others. How do you feel about Open Source Ecology? Open Source Ecology’s...
Ama and Nate Visit Factor e Farm
Nate and Ama have been visiting Factor e for the past few days after hearing about us through our WWOOF page. They are a great, very knowledgeable couple. They have been on the road visiting many other farms to find a place to settle down, and they shared...
OSE Social Network Presence Established
An OSE presence has been established on many popular social networking sites, and we are now looking for someone to manage them and direct outreach and community development. They are all updated with ping.fm. We welcome everyone to direct people to whichever...
Need for an OSE Social Networking Site
Our goal is to build the world’s first replicable self sufficient post-industrial global village. In support of that goal, we need people that can integrate research and design and build the necessary technology while collaborating with other people...
