Dadamac OK (Open Knowledge)
Dadamac OK (Open Knowledge) is our approach to sharing knowledge openly to help projects happen. Ideally everyone who is involved benefits by sharing what they know, and something practical happens as a result. The benefit of working in our OK way is that we don't need formal agreements or funding before we can get started, even though we may need to do fundraising along the way. (Dadamac Foundation can support appropriate OK projects in their fundraising initiatives, but does not have any financial reserves ready waiting).
Dadamac OK projects include:
- Cameras for Communication
- Ecodome
- Others are happening which are not yet written up on the website
Building the eco-dome with Marcus Simmons of Ecoshelter illustrates the Dadamac OK approach.
We all contributed what we knew, and went forward when we had sufficient resources for the next steps, such as travelling and buying building materials.
As a result:
- Marcus had the opportunity to go to Africa and experiment with building an eco-dome there
- John and his network in Nigeria met Marcus, and built an eco-dome at Attachab Eco-village
- Pam and her colleague Nikki in London developed their systems for facilitating UK-Nigeria collaboration
Not only did we build an eco-dome. We also built a wider, stronger network of relationships, knowledge, skills and trust. (Marcus built the ecodome in 2008. He returned to Nigeria in 2009 and is now a core member of our team - our technology transfer guru.)
Building an eco-dome - a story in pictures
