List of Partners Community Partner Profiles 
The objective of Open Source Action Centre is to reduce downstream e-waste through the refurbishment/reuse of donated computer technology. Equipment for reuse will be available at low or no cost to both less class-privileged students and Kingston community members. Open Source Action Centre would create new systems, software, networks and devices for community and activist groups of Kingston to use as tools in their fights against oppression.
| Action | Target | Status | Themes |
The BlackBox Initiative To reduce downstream e-waste through the refurbishment/reuse of donated computer technology. Equipment for reuse will be available at low or no cost to both less class-privileged students and Kingston community members. | Equipment for reuse will be available at low or no cost to both less class-privileged students and Kingston community members. | Ongoing | Primary theme: EN3 All themes by pillar Environmental: EN3 |
Kingston Open Source Ecology Community Project An Open Source Ecology Community (OSEC) is any community that follows the principles of Open Source Ecology. An OSE community may be described best as an enterprise community of economically-interdependent stakeholders, specialized in their respective areas of production, and combining to a complete or nearly complete package of local, resilient production ability. | The OSE concept of a Resilient Community attempts to explore the creation of a small community (village scale) with shared values that leverage the principles of open source, distributed economy/shared wealth, and the productivity advantages of being able to self-fabricate almost anything using the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). | Planning | Primary theme: EC2 All themes by pillar Environmental: EN5 |
Kingston MeshNet Initiative The goal of this initiative is to create a versatile, decentralized network built on secure protocols for routing traffic over private mesh or public internetworks independent of a central supporting infrastructure, Using existing FLOSS,vpn, TOR, peer-to-peer and other technologies. | We would install a network of server’s across Kingston. These server’s would be located in the offices and buildings of community groups, organizations and individuals. Pirate boxes, router stations, will be key features of the Kingston Meshnet. Access to the Kingston Meshnet would be provided free with a BlackBox. | Ongoing | Primary theme: EC4 All themes by pillar Economic: EC4 Environmental: EN3 |
