Open Source Ecology Blog

Filmmaker Ian Midgley visits Factor E Farm

I recently caught a ride with James Slade from Texas while filming the conclusion to my documentary on Open Source Ecology.  We tied the LifeTrac prototype 4 onto a trailer and trucked it from Creation Flame outside Austin, TX straight through the night...

June 14 Update

Here is a quick summary of the state of affairs: This does not include the flurry of recruiting that we are working on – 6 documenters for the second half of 2012, as introduced in the last post. We also just shipped the tractor – brick press...

Shuttleworth Foundation Fellows Gathering Report

I don’t think many people have heard of the Shuttleworth Foundation. Yet the Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship is perhhaps the most prestigious social enterprise fellowship in the world, if the metric of evaluation is the funding provided. Is...

May 28 Update

We are in growing pains indeed. We have now recruited a Farm Manager, Production Director, Executive Assistant, such that our population at Factor e Farm will grow to 17 people by July. We are beginning Microtrac Prototype II by Graham and Bulldozer...

Open Source Ecology Documentary Fundraiser

We’re launching an online crowd-funding campaign today to complete our feature documentary film that delves deep into the revolutionary action of Open Source Ecology!  The goal is to raise enough funds to complete the editing of the film over the...

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