<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing/t/c988caeb28635fed" target="_blank">The Open Factory - an Open Hardware factory in an Irish
Ecovillage. Yes, I'm involved.</a>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">"Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter
Project)" <<a href="mailto:hexayurt@gmail.com" target="_blank">hexayurt@gmail.com</a>></span>
Jul 10 04:00PM +0100
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<br><a href="http://blip.tv/the-hexayurt-project/the-open-factory-vinay-gupta-1-of-2-5336955" target="_blank">http://blip.tv/the-hexayurt-project/the-open-factory-vinay-gupta-1-of-2-5336955</a><br>
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First 20 minutes covers all of the basic concepts, but here's the<br>
pitch in three bulletpoints<br>
<br>
1> We've got a 750 square meter manufacturing (zoned light
industrial)<br>
facility with the foundation poured last week, open for business late<br>
this year.<br>
<br>
2> We've got a world-class confluence of greens, many specialized in<br>
construction and engineering, trying to make a living in rural Ireland<br>
<br>
3> What if we started a new manufacturing movement, with fully Open<br>
Hardware products *and* lifecycle environmental impact assessments<br>
done for each product (and additional support services for best<br>
environmental performance)?<br>
<br>
The goal is to create a manufacturing parallel to Organic Food - a<br>
high standard, semi-luxury brand which shows the way for all other<br>
manufacturers to a clean, green supply chain, and shows you can make a<br>
living with such moral, ethical, high quality products.<br>
<br>
We don't have a name for this theoretical "Manufactured Organic" name.<br>
Permafacture, obviously, is a term that I'd consider, but I'm not sure<br>
we're anywhere near that standard yet. Anyway, I hope you'll find the<br>
talk interesting and stimulating, and please feel free to circulate it<br>
/ blog on it / etc. if you think the ideas have spreadability and<br>
staying power.<br>
<br>
You can read more about the Cloughjordan ecovillage project itself<br>
here: <a href="http://cloughpedia.howtolivewiki.com/" target="_blank">http://cloughpedia.howtolivewiki.com</a>
- I particularly recommend<br>
the Picasa Map.<br>
<br>
Enjoy,<br>
<br>
Vinay<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Vinay Gupta<br>
Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest<br>
<br><a href="http://hexayurt.com/" target="_blank">http://hexayurt.com</a> -
free/open next generation human sheltering<br><a href="http://hexayurt.com/plan" target="_blank">http://hexayurt.com/plan</a>
- the whole systems, big picture vision<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br>
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