From the TED talks page posted 18 Apr 2011 (includes the whole transcript – see also the conversations).

A single burned DVD is effectively a civilization starter kit. I planted a hundred trees in a day. I pressed 5.000 bricks in a day from the dirt beneath my feet and… built a tractor in six days.
(…) a greater distribution of the means of production, environmently sound supply chains andan a duely relevant DIY Maker culture that can hope to transcient artificial scarcity (…).

The speaker is Marcin Jakubowski (Factor E Farm Blog) who launched Open Source Ecology whose goal is creating a Global Village Construction Set, an « advanced, industrial economy-in-a-box that can be replicated inexpensively anywhere in the world ». (UPDATE: Won Make‘s 2010 Green project contest)

[via Make:]
UPDATE : An earlier Grist article Dirty hippies with power tools.