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Beta Access. Receive weekly status updates with video blog of
progress + honorable mention on the Kickstarter Supporters page on our
wiki.
Represent. Get Beta Access + a GVCS sticker + a personal video thank you message from the OSE Founder published on this page.
Back It - Back the project on your own back with the first edition of
the Global Village Construction Set T-shirt, in addition to the
Represent Package. New reward, added by demand, at the 2-weeks-left
mark.
Taste the GVCS. Get the Represent package + Punchout Magnet + deluxe
data DVD of complete resource library for easy replication of the 4
machines, including instructional videos. The Punchout Magnet is a
refrigerator magnet made from 3/4” punch-outs from the world's first,
open source, 150 ton hole puncher - punched with tons of love during CEB
Press and Tractor fabrication.
Visit the GVCS. Taste the GVCS package + admission to Factor e Farm
for a visit on Visitor's Days to see the action with your own eyes.
Use the GVCS. Taste the GVCS package + Visit the GVCS + a solenoid
controller board for the CEB press, including un-soldered components,
milled on our own open source CNC Circuit Mill
Build Naturally. Admission to a one-day Natural Building workshop at
Factor e Farm in 2011 + DVD documenting the natural construction with
CEB, Straw, and Lumber, including modular house and workshop designs
that can be adapted based on our designs. Includes hands-on experience:
brick laying with CEBs and square bale insulation; assisting with lumber
production with the Dimensional Sawmill, and square bale making with
the Baler.
Consult. Build Naturally package + personal consultation regarding
the Civilization Starter Kit applications with the Founder + reservation
to a weekend retreat where you can experience the life at Factor e
Farm.
Produce. Build Naturally package + an immersion experience of one day
of personal coaching for you to do brick pressing, lumber production,
or baling at Factor e Farm. We provide you with technical support, you
do the actual work, with possibility of taking home the product.
Housebuild. Produce package + 1 month of access to CEB press,
tractor, pulverizer, and power units as a 'productive vacation' get-away
at Factor e Farm. You get a chance to produce the materials to take
with you.
Go Deep. Access to user training workshops for any of the 50 GVCS
machines as they become available + fabrication training workshops +
other workshops as they are offered at Factor e Farm. This is for
responsible individuals committed to re-skilling themselves in a deep
way.
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Marcin Jakubowski came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He
graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his Ph.D. in fusion
physics from the University of Wisconsin, before shifting direction and
starting a hydroponic vegetable farm. He then began his education from
scratch, and in 2003 he founded Open Source Ecology in order to make
closed-loop manufacturing a reality. At his research and training
facility, Factor e Farm in rural Missouri, he is developing the Global
Village Construction Set and has since become an international leader in
open source hardware.
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