Exploring the Value of Open-Source in Building Innovation

The term ‘open source’ is often linked to the development of software. But what about hardware? In the final part of this series, Colin meets two experts working in this space to hear how, much like in the natural world, collaboration can be used to address some of the problems of a linear economy, and help to accelerate a circular one.

Colin is joined by Alastair Parvin from WikiHouse, an online service that provides blueprints of houses for free, and by Pilar Bolumburu from Materiom, a company sharing locally-appropriate material recipes that anyone can use.

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Useful links:

Find out more about WikiHouse

Learn more about Materiom’s work in episode 94 or visit their website

Listen to all episodes of the Circular Economy Show Podcast

Visit the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s website