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Members and others need to access the current list of open EcoReality projects and their codes, in order to complete their time logs.

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There is also a list of activities available.

This list comes from the database, and should always be up-to-date.

There is also a list of completed projects.

Contact Jan if you would like new projects added to this list.

IDProjectSuper ProjectStewardNeedDescriptionTypeDurationStartEndExpenseLabourNotes
97AdministrationUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanA catch-all for admin things that do not have their own project page.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
101Arbor, Yellow HouseLeasehold ImprovementsJan SteinmanThe summer sun comes beaming into the kitchen and dining room, making things a lot hotter than they need to be.At first, I was thinking of an awning, but an awning that automatically rolls up in the winter and provides us with tasty fruit is much better!capitalfixed2006-08-302009-10-31$200.0040.00 hours
62Biodiesel Processor, FulfordBiodiesel Processor ConstructionJan Steinmancapitalfixed2008-08-152008-12-31$500.0080.00 hours
16Biodiesel ProductionUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanTo produce, market, and distribute home brew biodieseloperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
42BookkeepingPersonalCarol WagnerTo enter EcoReality enterprise data.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
74Building extensionUndefined ProjectJan Steinmansee linked pagecapitalfixed2008-10-012009-05-31$0.000.00 hours
73CampgroundPermaculture Design Course, 2009Jan Steinmansee linked pagecapitalfixed2008-10-012009-05-31$0.000.00 hours
127Cheese workshop 2011 FebruaryEducationJan SteinmanNumerous people have asked us to do a cheese workshop.A five-hour workshop that will introduce cheese-making to the beginner. Will produce a soft, acid-set chevre and a firm feta. Students will take home workshop product.operationsfixed2011-01-152011-02-27$283.2015.00 hours
18Chicken ProductionUndefined ProjectCarol WagnerTo have fresh eggs to eat and for income.Hatching, rearing, feeding, etc.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
144Community Farm StoreLeasehold ImprovementsBen CornoWe need an improved farmgate sales facility, and we could share it with other farms in the valley.The green building is under-utilized, and either the classroom or a portion of the workshop could be quickly and simply outfitted as a community farm stand. Construction over the slow winter period, with opening by spring 2013.capitalfixed2012-08-152013-04-01$1000.00200.00 hours
71Composting toiletsPermaculture Design Course, 2009Jan Steinmansee linked pagecapitalfixed2008-10-012009-05-31$0.000.00 hours
10Computing EnvironmentSupport:Jan SteinmanTo provide a reliable and useful computing environment.Bill against this ongoing project any time spent maintaining or improving the computing infrastructure.operationsongoing2007-07-010000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
114Cover crop north fieldsMarket gardenJan Steinmanoperationsfixed2009-09-060000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
63DairyFoodUndefined UserTo supply dairy products to Class D Investment Shareholders.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
147EcoNest CottageLand Use PlanningJan SteinmanWe need more housing!Build a 600 sqft EcoNest cottage as part of master rezoning plan.capitalfixed2013-02-202013-12-31$0.000.00 hours
108EcoReality Land Purchase TrustFinance, Ownership, GovernanceJan SteinmanThis trust (The Trust) is established for the sole purpose of collecting funds for the purchase of land for EcoReality Sustainable Land Use and Education Cooperative (EcoReality Co-op) in a manner that mitigates risk to the collective settlors/beneficiariSee the page at the URL link.operationsfixed2009-09-272009-11-01$500.0020.00 hours
49EducationUndefined ProjectUndefined UserGeneral education activities.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
64Education: ClassroomEducationJan SteinmanAll things relating to the EcoReality classroom.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
37Education: PermacultureEducationJan Steinmanoperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
117Emergency PowerLeasehold ImprovementsJan SteinmanWhen the electricity is out, we have no water, and the yellow house has no effective heat.With a junction box and approximately 50 metres of appropriate cable, we can power both the yellow house and the pump house with the diesel generator owned by Carol and Jan. This same system can provide limited electrical power to the white house and classroom building, but not enough for anything that heats up.capitalfixed2010-01-152010-03-31$550.0020.00 hours
105Enterprise resource planning systemAdministrationJan SteinmanTo track project progress milestones and deadlines, and to allocate income, expense, labour and other resources to profit-centres, EcoReality needs an [[wikipedia:enterprise resource planning]] (ERP) system that allows collaboration, transparency, and timcapitalfixed2009-07-312001-07-31$5000.00250.00 hours
15Equipment MaintenanceSupport:Undefined UserTo keep existing equipment running.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
8Essential Oil StillUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanTo provide a method of distilling essential oils from various plants.A distillery is needed to add value to our lavender harvest. Bulk lavender sales are very poor performers, financially. A distillery will have many other uses, such as making essential oils from other plants, farm-fuel ethanol production research, and glycerol refining.capitalfixed2007-07-012011-04-01$1000.00200.00 hours* study designs
  • gather materials and parts
  • assembly
  • testing
  • production
86EventsUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanA catch-all for event projects that do not have their own project page.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
143Farm Stay HostelryRentalBen CornoTo help relieve low-cost housing pressure on Salt Spring while improving our financial condition and getting more people involved.Salt Spring Island has a shortage of affordable housing. EcoReality has two largely-empty houses, and could use more participation. It seems obvious that we should make our extra housing space available at a reasonable rate, both for locals on a monthly basis, and to young, "on the cheap" tourists.capitalfixed2012-08-012012-03-31$1000.00200.00 hours
7Ferry transportationUndefined ProjectUndefined UserTo bring people to and from ferries.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
98Finance, Ownership, GovernanceAdministrationJan SteinmanOngoing work on basic invisible structures of the co-op.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
40FoodSupport:Carol Wagnerto prepare food for EcoReality-benefiting meals, including cleanup afterwardoperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
46FruitFoodUndefined UserHarvesting, pruning, etc. operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
78Fruit Processing FacilityFruitUndefined Usercapitalfixed0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
109FundraisingLand AcquisitionJan SteinmanTo bring in money.This is a catch-all project for grant writing, seeking donations, and other revenue generating activities OTHER than sales, services, and recruiting, which should have their own projects.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
14Greenhouse, SmallUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanTo lengthen growing season and have a protected environment for starts.operationsfixed0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
5Grounds MaintenanceSupport:Carol WagnerTo keep the place looking tidy.This is really an activity. Bill time against this project for general grounds upkeep, such as cutting grass, etc.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
23HeatingLight Forestry Services, JanJan SteinmanTo keep the home fires burning throughout the winter.This includes procuring, cutting, splitting, hauling, and stacking firewood.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
9Internal CommunicationSupport:Undefined UserTo have effective communications within our group.Bill to this ongoing project stuff like meeting planning, meetings, video conferences, etc.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
102LabyrinthGrounds MaintenanceCarol WagnerThe need to feel grounded and connected to the earth.capitalfixed2006-10-012009-09-30$200.0030.00 hours
77Land Use PlanningUndefined ProjectJan Steinmanoperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
79Leasehold ImprovementsUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanFor capital improvements to buildings.This project is a "catch all" for SMALL capital improvements. Ordinarily, leasehold improvements of considerably size should have their own project page.capitalongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
89Leashold maintenanceUndefined ProjectJan Steinmanoperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
31LightingGrounds MaintenanceUndefined UserTo have proper lighting in residential and work areas.capitalongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
45Market gardenUndefined ProjectUndefined Useroperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
140Medicinal HerbsUndefined ProjectJan Steinmanto supply ourselves and the greater community with a local source for medicinal herbsLocal herbalists and naturopaths whom we've polled obtain their herbal supplies from far away, mostly China. This is a "price elastic" market, and they would gladly pay more for quality material that was produced locally. This profit centre is for the propagation, cultivation, harvest, processing, marketing, and sales of medicinal herbs.operationsongoing2012-02-290000-00-00$0.00500.00 hours
51Member ServicesSupport:Jan SteinmanRecruiting, application process, membership issues.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
136Necessary changes in involvement in EcoRealityUndefined ProjectUndefined UserTo smoothly transition people from the current irreconcilable differences among those invested in EcoReality.operationsfixed2011-10-102012-10-10$0.000.00 hours
6NewsletterRecruitingUndefined UserTo provide communications with the outside world.Ongoing project: monthly communication with our Advisory Council with reports from each Steward, sent via email.operationsongoing2007-01-010000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
72Outdoor kitchenPermaculture Design Course, 2009Jan Steinmansee linked pagecapitalfixed2008-10-012009-05-31$0.000.00 hours
70Outdoor showersPermaculture Design Course, 2009Jan Steinmansee linked pagecapitalfixed2009-10-012009-05-31$0.000.00 hours
111OutreachRecruitingJan SteinmanTo have contacts in various parts of the community for support.This is for any sort of community involvement on behalf of EcoReality that is not directly recruiting, which has its own project.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
129Perennial FruitFruitCarol WagnerProduce chestnuts, hazelnuts, blueberries, saskatoon berries, strawberries and other perennial fruit for the use of the co-op and for sale at the farm stand.* To select a variety of nuts and berries that would provide a good selection of plants that form one or more guilds of symbiotic relationships.
  • To design a layout for planting that is optimum both for the needs of the plants (sunlight, water, area) and for harvesting.
  • To transplant the desired nuts and berries in about 1/3rd of the northeast field.
capitalfixed2010-08-202012-08-20$2000.00360.00 hours
103Permaculture Design Course, 2012Education: PermacultureJan SteinmanTo further educate ourselves and the general public about the practice of Permaculture, to increase EcoReality's presence in the Permaculture world, to possibly recruit new EcoReality members, to generate income for local Permaculture instructors.A Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course is a vaguely standard curriculum for certifying new Permaculture designers. It must be conducted by someone who has completed Permaculture Teacher Training in a venue traceable back to Bill Mollison or David Holmgren. All students must attend a minimum of 72 hours of instruction and complete a design project. Such courses generally feature a wide variety of voices, including visits/tours of local Permaculture sites and guest instructors. Jan Steinman and Carol Wagner have both completed Permaculture Teacher Training, and have the standard curriculum. Jan has lead and taught at several PDCs.operationsfixed2011-02-092011-08-30$31292.19630.00 hours
96Piano for classroomEducation: ClassroomJan SteinmanThe classroom needs a piano!capitalfixed2009-06-220009-06-22$50.0010.00 hoursEstimate for maintenance:

$40 parts & materials (one time)

$100 tuning (annual)
142Produce cooling shedUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanWe need to have a temporary storage area for produce, so that harvest time is not so closely tied to market times.Envisioned is a simple straw bale structure of 10 square metres or less with an insulated floor, using some sort of solar-powered cooling, perhaps swamp cooling supplemented by absorption refrigeration.capitalfixed2012-07-200000-00-00$4100.00432.00 hoursWe need a cool storage facility for produce. This would be under 107 square feet, and thus not require a permit. Sides and floor would be straw bale for insulation. Cooling would be a combination of swamp cooling and absorption refrigeration. It is hard to put a net profit on this, as it will generally increase production capacity and reduce labour, but the amount is hard to nail down. Some sort of a facility is absolutely necessary.

== Capital Budget ==

$1,000: construction materials $800: solar panels $1,200: swamp cooler $1,100: two large camping refrigerators ------ $4,100: total

Confidence factor: ±50% largely due to wide variation in cost of used camping refrigerators

32 hours: Jan: research, engineering, and design 400 hours: Jan and others: construction and installation

Confidence factor: ±50%

== Operations Budget ==

Very hard to determine. A cool storage facility is a necessity. Without this, we will be scrambling to pick up a number of used refrigerators, which will then increase our BC Hydro bill by perhaps $100 per month or more, whereas this facility would essentially eliminate cool storage costs.

Confidence factor: ±100%

22RecruitingLand AcquisitionJan SteinmanTo find new EcoReality members.This includes any efforts to recruit specific members, such as tours to prospective members, correspondence, phone calls, cajoling, etc. It does not include general public relations activities, such as open house, workshops, event advertising, etc.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
135RentalAdministrationJan Steinmanto manage EcoReality rental income and assetsWith the inclusion of a resident who is not supporting operations with income, it has become necessary to move to a rental system, and managing this resident's participation needs to be tracked.operationsongoing2011-12-010000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
118Rental, White HouseRentalJan SteinmanReceive EcoReality income from the White HouseAll structures at EcoReality need to produce income to cover their share of EcoReality expenses, such as mortgage, taxes, insurance, and maintenance.operationsongoing2010-03-010000-00-00$50.0050.00 hours
145Rental, Yellow HouseRentalJan SteinmanTo make expensive resources pay for themselves.All structures at EcoReality need to produce income to cover their share of EcoReality expenses, such as mortgage, taxes, insurance, and maintenance. Any space that is rented for long-term use in the Yellow House -- particularly rooms on a monthly basis, but not agri-tourism B&B stays -- should be logged against this project.operationsongoing2012-08-140000-00-00$50.0050.00 hoursEstimated budget is annual costs of advertising and labour for posting ads, cleaning in-between tenants, etc.
121Rezoning requestRezoning requestJan SteinmanTo change co-operative ownership to strata title ownership.Develop a "this is what we want to do" document, with approximate size and structure of strata units, limited common property, and common property. Re-zone to multi-family with agricultural aspect. Show how to split fields so everyone has access to farmland.capitalfixed2010-04-102011-05-31$20000.00200.00 hours
87Road buffer/green screenGrounds MaintenanceJan SteinmanTo isolate ourselves from traffic noise and visual exposure.capitalfixed2009-03-162009-06-30$280.00280.00 hours
4SalvageUndefined ProjectJan SteinmanTo have a good supply of various building materials on hand for different projects.This is really an activity. Bill time against this project for general salvage operations that are not specific to any particular project.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
139Site ToursUndefined ProjectJan Steinmanto generate revenue from time we spend taking people around the siteoperationsongoing2008-06-032012-12-31$0.000.00 hours
53Support:Undefined ProjectUndefined UserGeneral super category for support functions.This should NOT get direct assignments.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
141Transplant PropagationUndefined ProjectCarol WagnerTo provide starts for ourselves and for sale.This is the operations project, not the capital project to build a greenhouse.operationsongoing2012-03-280000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
0Undefined ProjectUndefined ProjectUndefined Usera placeholder for projects that don't exist yet.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
133Value-added ProductionUndefined ProjectCarol WagnerTo increase income by adding value to farm products.It is better to sell a jar of jelly for $5 than a pound of blackberries for $2.50. This project specifically excludes dairy value-added products, such as cheese, which should be accounted for in the dairy profit centre.operationsongoing2010-10-010000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
85Vehicle ManagementEquipment MaintenanceJan Steinmanoperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
19Visitor/WWOOFer ServicesSupport:Undefined UserTo support visitors and WWOOFers.Includes orientation, tours, training, shopping, transportation, and other activities performed in support of visitors or WWOOFers.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
110Water managementLeasehold ImprovementsJan Steinmanoperationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
130Water system maintenanceWater managementJan SteinmanTo keep water flowing to our houses and crops.This project is used for billing activity concerning maintaining EcoReality's water system. As an ongoing project, it should not be used for new capital water projects.operationsongoing2011-05-012011-05-01$0.000.00 hours
83WebsiteInternal CommunicationJan SteinmanAs both a public relations vehicle and an internal communication vehicle.operationsongoing0000-00-000000-00-00$0.000.00 hours
84Woodshed 2009HeatingJan SteinmanCurrent woodshed is inadequate.capitalfixed2009-02-032009-10-31$1616.0060.00 hours
125Yellow house skylightsLeasehold ImprovementsJan SteinmanBrighten up the dining room and kitchen without electricity.We often need lights on in the kitchen and dining room, even when it's reasonably bright outside. This project is to put a skylight into each of those two rooms.capitalfixed2010-09-302010-03-31$200.00200.00 hours
124Yellow House SuiteLeasehold ImprovementsJan SteinmanWe have more investors than we have housing!Turn the downstairs of the Yellow House into a separate suite. Major components of this are:
  1. Electrical:
    1. put a subpanel next to the existing panel in the laundry room
    2. feed the subpanel through a separate meter
    3. move all the downstairs circuits to the new panel
    4. run a 40 amp circuit for the range via conduit on the outside of the house
  2. Kitchen:
    1. take up carpet in the south end of the big room
    2. put up a pony wall with a breakfast bar
    3. go through the wall to access hot & cold water and sewer
  3. Interior door:
    1. put a doorway at the top of the interior stairs
capitalfixed2010-09-052010-11-30$0.000.00 hours

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