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Global Village Construction Set - #Commons

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on January 12, 2012 - 21:11

There is a very amazing trend towards "Do-It-Yourself-Everything" that is made possible by the economic needs of the present - and offers great hope for individual sustainable living for the planet.

This shift is re-localizing manufacturing - and empowering people to create their own lives in wonderful ways:

Global Village Construction Set: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set

An Open-Source Design Ecosystem for Civilization: OpenFarmTech.org - #Commons

Submitted by Pierre Terre on April 28, 2011 - 11:39

Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters that has been imagining and creating the Global Village Construction Set, an open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform. These DIY-fabricated industrial machines can be used to build a sustainable civilization with modern comforts. The GVCS lowers the barriers to entry into farming, building, and manufacturing. It is a life-size lego-like set of modular tools that can create entire economies.

See their amazing TED Talk by

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