Green Utopia Construction Set

Physicist Designs DIY Green Utopia Construction Set

Mar. 27 2011 - A Princeton-educated physicist-turned-farmer is growing more than vegetables on 30 acres in Missouri. Marcin Jakubowski is developing a collection of machines designed to to build and support villages that sustain themselves with everything needed for modern life—from energy to finished products.

“I am convinced that by injecting a little wisdom into our technology, we can tame technology for true human service,” Jakubowski says in an online biography.

Jakubowksi and members of the group he founded, Open Source Ecology, have constructed prototypes of 40 machines. The machines have interchangeable modular components that can be recombined in different machines, like a garden tractor, a car, or a greenhouse.

The group is finalizing schematics it will publish free online. Plans for eight machines already have appeared through the Global Village Construction Set wiki. {continued}