Insula Communis part 1
Let´s prototype a floating autarkic habitat. Let´s build an "Insula Communis", an Open-Island! On a flooded opencast brown coal mine in the remote center of Germany. Together with 50 interdisciplinary Makers, together with refugees and other village neighbors... It´s...
First Open-Island in Thailand
After having developed and tested our DIY-upcycling-island construction kit in different environments and implementations, it´s now time to spread the word and disseminate the knowledge of building floating islands out of scrap. Joy Lohmann remembered an Interview at...
Open-Island Berlin – the movie
7 floating islands on the River Spree in Berlin. Made out of trash by passionate Makers. Showcasing innovative low-tech DIY-applications for > energy > shelter > food production on floating platforms: the Open-Island Berlin! (also including an Open Bar, the...
1st Open-Island Makers-Residency in Bengal
After presenting the Open-Island construction kit at the MakerFest in Ahmedabad/India in January and developing 7 thematic float modules with this system in Berlin later this year, we now got our first CALL FOR ACTION. The Eco-Resort Sundarbans invites 3-5 Open-Island...
MakerMeet Online-Conference
Welcome at the Online conference "Makers Meet" from Living Bridges Planet. If you want to join, please follow this link: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYeIcGQcuxy7BHZ6qE6V_YbPxKXHPKYR3TJcwnB8l_h0hecGvA?authuser=0&hl=en If you just want to watch,...
Open-Island Berlin, 3.-12.7.2015
A befriended StreetArtist told me: "If you want to globalize something, go through Berlin with some crazy shit!" After demonstrating the Open-Source and DIY-Recycling-island "Open-Island" in Ahmedabad/India earlier this year, we now want to share our ideas and manuals...
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Open-Island Ahmedabad completed
7 days construction time, 7 days action aboard: Open-Island Ahmedabad was built for the MakerFest India 2015 on Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad. Together with students of the National Institute for Design (NID), Anshul, Deepak and Vinesh demonstrated impressively the...
Conference-Link > Open-Island
To join todays (Jan.10th, 2 PM GMT) Open-Island online-conference, please follow this link for the Youtube-Livestream: http://youtu.be/6KlrLVNKKQ8 Program: 1 PM GMT: hangout-panel opens for pre-talks and technical solutions 2 PM GMT (7:30 PM in Ahmedabad/India):...
Will Makers save the world?
Invitation to the 1st Open-Island Online-Conference January, 10th, 2015, starting at 2 PM GMT (please check your local time zone) Locations: Ahmedabad / Berlin / Online, hosted by Living Bridges Planet, a project of the Sealand Multiversity & friends. (Direct...