Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters ...

... that for the last two years have been building ...

The Global Village Construction Set - a set of the 40 Industrial Machines that it takes ...

... to create a small civilization with modern day comforts.

The Global Village Construction set is like a life-sized Lego set, in which ...

motors

... parts ...

... and power units can interchange.

Thus far, we have prototyped 8 of the 40 machines and have published all of the...

3d designs...

schematics...

instructional videos...

and budgets on our wiki.

The cost of making or buying our machines are, on average ...

... 8x cheaper than buying from an Industrial Manufacturer.

The compressed earth brick press is our first product release ...

... and is the world's first high performance, open source model.

This machine allows one operator to load raw dirt ...

... right from the building site.

16 bricks a minute. 5000 bricks in a day. Enough for a home.

The MicroTrac Walk Behind Tractor is a perfect solution ...

... for small scale agricultural uses ...

... or where land features require a more flexible tool than a full size Tractor.

The front mount allows attachments for tilling, mowing, and chipping.

The LifeTrac Multipurpose Tractor is the backbone of the Global Village Construction Set.

The LifeTrac combines the power of a skid loader ...

... with the functionality of an agricultural or construction tractor.

This year we also completed prototypes for our ...

... Drill Press ...

... Self-replicating Torch Table ...

... String Trimmer ...

... and Soil Pulverizer.

As you can see, we've got a lot more to do.