OpenSourceEcology

Proposed methodology.

See also the entry Open Source Ecology for a non-profit initiative advocating Open Source Economics.

Description

"The goal of OSE is to engage people in a sustainable lifestyle as a means to addressing pressing world issues. We do this by providing the opportunity to live sustainably at our land-based facility. This facility is an intentional communy known as Open Source Enterprise Learning Community. In this community, a sustainable lifestyle involves providing many of the basic needs from on-site resources - food, housing, energy, transportation, and culture. We engage in what we call neo-subsistence, or technologically advanced subsistence that blends ancient wisdom and new technology to provide a high quality of life. The lifestyle includes meaningful work, service to the greater global community, and leisure to pursue one's true interests. Neo-subsistence involves wise utilization of resources and best practices that keeps overhead low and helps us to focus on our mission. To advance the goals of neo-subsistence, we engage in research aimed at developing goods and services to outside markets. These goods and services aim at the highest level of ecological integrity and quality that contributes to local prosperity in a global setting" (Marcin Jakubowski)

Open Source Product Development

The collaboration cycle includes:

   * Feedback throughout
   * Fabrication, potentially in distributed locations
   * Resource donations
   * Quality markup
         o technical drawings
         o 3D computer models
         o economic analysis
   * Further design
   * Worknet workspace as initial development, ending in dedicated wiki webspace
   * Technology administrator: for each product

in development at: http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?OpenSourceEcology