[malandrew]

Very cool. It would be awesome to automate as much as possible of permaculture and everything you need to create small communities that can survive entirely off the grid in a way that affords people plenty of free time.

People who did this might want to also check out the Global Village Construction Set:

http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Global_Village_Constructio...

[VikingCoder]

I'm reminded of this, my favorite TED talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest....

He talks about turning a de-forested area back into a rain forest. It's like an algorithm for sustainable living.

[timdiggerm]

off the grid, yet with a powered robot?

[Zikes]

Plenty of off-grid power options, like solar, wind, and water.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

And gasoline.

[Zikes]

Yep, that does power plenty of tractors and tills already.