WikiHouse. An open source project

"WikiHouse is an open source construction set. It’s aim is to allow anyone to desing, download, and ‘print’ CNC-milled houses and components which can be assembled with minimal formal skill or training."

This is a very interesting project based in the open source concept, which I’d love to include in my project. It uses the creative commons license, which is the alternative to copyright you usually find in every product. I believe that the technology nowadays provides the methods to build yourself a house like a piece of furniture, and this concept adapts perfectly to the “emergency status” of the world reset project. In the future, as the web and the projects develops it would be very interesting to post all the information to be downloaded and used for everybody who want to.

Wikihouse.cc

There is no tomorrow

This video demonstrates the evidences of how the humanity is exploiting and consuming all kind of resources and the only alternatives are all based in oil transformations.
It is a bit negative in my opinion but very helpful to make yourself an idea of how the future can be. At the final minutes it shows a few ideas to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
The biggest problem for our actual way of life is the peek oil. The perspective of running out of this energy and material source can be dramatic, but science can be the answer, we will have to believe in our capacity to act in order to our future challenges.

More info: Peak Oil

The Garbage Warrior

“The epic story of radical Earthship eco architect Michael Reynolds, and his fight to build off-the-grid self-sufficient communities.”

In the desert of New Mexico this architect achieve to develop a self sufficient community, with houses that, despite being in the middle of nowhere, are capable of obtain enough energy, water and food from the environment to survive in a hostile place like the desert.

I think it´s an interesting project that should be an example for other places in the world. And the web site provides information to build this houses and learn from their experience.

Earthship

Just starting the project

I’d like to start with this Ted Talk, as an inspiration for me and my project. I think the best way to work out the problems of the world is through science and knowledge, and this video is a great example of that.