The Open Factory - an Open Hardware factory in an Irish Ecovillage. Yes, I'm involved.<http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing/t/c988caeb28635fed> "Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)" <[email protected]> Jul 10 04:00PM +0100 ^ <?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#131193997ac0b773_digest_top> http://blip.tv/the-hexayurt-project/the-open-factory-vinay-gupta-1-of-2-5336... First 20 minutes covers all of the basic concepts, but here's the pitch in three bulletpoints 1> We've got a 750 square meter manufacturing (zoned light industrial) facility with the foundation poured last week, open for business late this year. 2> We've got a world-class confluence of greens, many specialized in construction and engineering, trying to make a living in rural Ireland 3> What if we started a new manufacturing movement, with fully Open Hardware products *and* lifecycle environmental impact assessments done for each product (and additional support services for best environmental performance)? The goal is to create a manufacturing parallel to Organic Food - a high standard, semi-luxury brand which shows the way for all other manufacturers to a clean, green supply chain, and shows you can make a living with such moral, ethical, high quality products. We don't have a name for this theoretical "Manufactured Organic" name. Permafacture, obviously, is a term that I'd consider, but I'm not sure we're anywhere near that standard yet. Anyway, I hope you'll find the talk interesting and stimulating, and please feel free to circulate it / blog on it / etc. if you think the ideas have spreadability and staying power. You can read more about the Cloughjordan ecovillage project itself here: http://cloughpedia.howtolivewiki.com - I particularly recommend the Picasa Map. Enjoy, Vinay -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens