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Sealevels are rising. And so is the demand for additional ground for living and food/energy production. How can we provide solutions for the people in need? We´ve developed a modular construction technique, transforming waste into floating platforms. Asap-island is a selfmade floating island, a symbol and platform for cocreations of the emerging open community towards a sharing/caring society.

Lake-of-Change, Bengaluru

December 1, 2018by Joy Lohmann Leave a comment

Together with landscape planners, engineers, eco-activists and cultural-creative folks from Bangalore/India and all over, we together focus on urban water bodies within our upcoming “Lake-of-Change” MakerCamp. „Lake of change“ starts […]

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hexafloat-manual release

June 14, 2018by Joy Lohmann 1 Comment

(English version below) Nach der rasanten Entwicklung, dem Bau und der Wasserung auf dem m4h-Lab in Ferropolis sowie der öffentlichen Präsentation auf der MakerFaire Berlin wurde heute der Bauplan für […]

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Open-Island 2.0 is ready to float.

April 25, 2018by Joy Lohmann 1 Comment

Jetzt geht´s los: die ersten “HexaFloat”-Prototypen (modulare Inselteile) von Open-Island 2.0 werden zu Pfingsten beim makers4humanity-Lab 2018 in Ferropolis gewassert. 🙂 (sorry, this post is in German only :-/) Viele Jahre […]

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Open-Island Varanasi, part 1

March 13, 2017by Joy Lohmann Leave a comment

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…

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Impact Kiosk Varanasi

December 26, 2016by Joy Lohmann 1 Comment

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 […]

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Insula Communis part 1

September 15, 2016by Joy Lohmann 2 Comments

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 […]

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Open-Island Berlin – the movie

October 22, 2015by Joy Lohmann Leave a comment

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 […]

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Open-Island Berlin, 3.-12.7.2015

July 3, 2015by Joy Lohmann Leave a comment

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, […]

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Conference-Link > Open-Island

January 10, 2015by Joy Lohmann Leave a comment

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 […]

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Will Makers save the world?

December 31, 2014by Joy Lohmann Leave a comment

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 […]

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