by Joy Lohmann | March 13, 2017 | all news, Open-Islands, vision/background |
The #makers4humanity join efforts in the ancient city Varanasi (Banares) at the holy Ganga River to build an “Impact-Kiosk” prototype. This creatively extended Rickshaw…
by Joy Lohmann | December 26, 2016 | all news, Open-Islands, vision/background |
After realizing Open-Islands in India, Thailand and Germany, the emerging “makers4humanity” collective now focuses on the next step to raise the impact of their projects. With the upcoming “Impact-Kiosk” project in Varanasi, they combine the...
by Joy Lohmann | October 7, 2016 | all news, Open-Islands |
The day after… …the splash Festival in Ferropolis/Central Germany, 2016. We collected all the useful trash from only a little part of the campgrounds and were well equipped for the next stage of the floating island. It was about transforming the collected...
by Joy Lohmann | September 15, 2016 | all news, future fleet, Open-Islands, vision/background |
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...
by Joy Lohmann | February 18, 2016 | all news, future fleet, Open-Islands |
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...
by Joy Lohmann | October 22, 2015 | all news, Open-Islands, vision/background |
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...