Open Source Ecology in Milwaukee

Open Source Ecology

Marcin Jakubowski, TED fellow & founder of Open Source Ecology, will be visiting Milwaukee and speaking at three public lectures on the topic of Social Entrepreneurship.

Open Source Ecology is a non-profit organization with the goal of designing 50 industrial machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. The idea is that true economic power can be unleashed in developing countries when they gain access to the CAD files, how-to videos and other engineering specs required to make tools to build houses, agricultural equipment, etc.

(We’ve got a few members who are huge fans of Open Source Ecology and the ideas behind it.)

Open Source Ecology

Here’s the details on the three lectures taking place:

MSOE Lecture
When: Tuesday, February 18th at 7pm
Where: 1025 N Broadway St. Milwaukee, WI 53202
Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center Building, 3rd Floor
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UW-Milwaukee Lecture
When: Wednesday, February 19th at 12pm
Where: 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53201
ANSYS Institute for Industrial Innovation, EMS Building, 1st Floor
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Marquette University Lecture
When: Wednesday, February 19th at 8pm
Where: 1637 W Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53233
WI Energy Foundation Classroom, Engineering Hall, 2nd Floor
more info

And here’s a video of Marcin talking about Open Source Ecology:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPH0GV-4NpQ