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These are needs in cities that are huge sources of impact on our ecosystems. \n\nPermaculture enhances the positive value of these impacts. \n\nWe are currently focused on three types of Urban House Farms:\n\n1) Green Roofs with edible gardens\n2) Green Walls with with edible plants\n3) Mini food forests\n\nWe are also focused on new construction. New homes in California require a solar system, which we also install. \n\nPermaculture and net plus vertical farming activities result in a broad positive impact on economics, health, innovation, sustainability, climate, and biodiversity, among others. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "Summarize the regenerative activities you are engaged in.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "With the funding we create a \u201cregenerative credit\u201d for the property developer ; And capital to build the tools for this proposed network.\n\nThis regenerative credit allows the project to be built at closer to standard construction costs and yields of organic produce, ensuring its net plus nature.\n\nUse of funds breakdown:\n\n- 85% installation\n- 15% network tools\n\nDetailed explanation of use of funds:\n\nThe standard construction cost of the walls, roofs and lawns where we propose the farms is $24,000. The green wall, roof and mini food forest cost is $68,000. The added cost is $44,000. 85% of the Funds will become the regenerative credit for the property developer and will be used to fund the installation of the farms wich include: shop drawings, material and labor.  The other 15% will be used to build the tools and network to have more property developers to opt-in. \n\nIdeally we would like to raise between $15,000 and be matched with an additional $15,000.  Using 85% of this for construction, the property developer will  be more incentivized to build the farms having to come out of pocket with $18,500 for the added costs.  The ROI for this added cost is 12 years with just the organic crops and carbon credits. \n\nThe other 15% of the funds will be used to build the MRV tools, the network and the service / maintenance system. \n\nAll the plants and trees of these farms are perennial, thus reducing the service and maintenance costs down to almost zero. The result is net plus monetary and natural capital that can be further funded or monetized. \n\nThe property developer is motivated to build these features. However, if we raise less than $30,000, they may need to be downgraded or reduced in size, but at least prototypes will be built. Any funding will help get this project closer to its full potential, and set a precedent for future projects of this kind. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "What particular initiatives will these funds support?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "All the Urban House Farm components have regenerative values such as carbon sequestration, aesthetics and green economy growth, to name a few.\n\nThe Green roof and walls have other important regenerative values such as energy efficiency, reducing the ecological footprint, offsetting carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe mini food forest contributes with soil restoration and biodiversity. \n\nFor this project we will measure:\n\n1) Amount and type of construction material saved or replaced with greener options. \n2) kWh generated per year by the solar systems.\n3) The square footage added in the form of forest or perennial garden.\n4) The market value of organic crop yields, the amount that is traded, self-consumed and sold.\n5) The water efficiency of the farms in terms of how much water per crop yield is used.\n6) Soil quality compared to adjacent areas.\n7) Air quality and climate temperature.\n8) Biodiversity growth by comparing how many animal species are seen in the property today versus in the future.\n9) Equity given to property owner by comparing how with an actual income and net worth, was able to invest in green features that are usually only afforded by rich people.\n10) Green economy input by the amount of fees paid to service providers of the farms and the proposed network. \n11) Quantity and quality of the innovations resulted from this project. \n12) Community interaction. How many new relationships are created based on these features by collecting related anecdotes and experiences.\n13) Psychological impact or \"Happiness factor\". One idea is to measure the actual versus post construction life balance of the property owner, based on the wheel of life concept and also using the UN, Gallup world poll, and Global well being index criterias .\n14) What is Learned. An open source knowledge database obtained from all the parties that collaborate with the projects.\n\nIn order to receive the regenerative credit, the property developer must opt-in to providing all this data and to allow us to measure it.  Collaborating service providers must opt-in to many of the items as well.\n\nItems 1 to 3 above will be converted to carbon credit and $ value. 4 is determined by the free market in $ values. 5 to 9 can use systems such as the Environmental Benefit Framework (EBF). 10 to 14 can use systems such as Social Environmental Framework, RMI's Framework for Community Sustainability or can be certifiable Real World Claims (RWCs) with an innovative and up-and-coming decentralized system  such as the one proposed by Alan Ransil.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How will/do you measure or determine the impact of your efforts?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "Your Signal phone number (for a group chat, if you have one)", "questionId": 6, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "F1P1LwzIyN/dFb1N47cEtC+5spCp/tm1prvun95+aZw=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "7feb3639fc2947c2d3aaab827af6b5ee18b908f6335568fa13149384763c59c9c07f3b2c736f9c53e3b0a753913ae211b3fe26f4176c4c8d53286cb50303741f06ce8ce640dd1876e32f8451ac5a2b77b6d88c1d4593b2f7a0211a21621455a80fc94c9854528c0cc12420860c5e7acb5cc95f788318f2232c9ddd9140cf902900000000000000205c8e16666b6b6fe288cc3e63ee47ffad61b6a4c4f9c711b1e52e221555920d2ca98d0afd1822a62b021a1c9d5fe06288"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "Your Telegram phone number (for a group chat, if you have one)", "questionId": 7, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "Ddg0wgyjVs+w+5L+2Dz/N9RFpzKl0hSlYUJqSeWZUhs=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "35f7418e5252a405126d7c370bfe64305dd28d7593f3642cb95a3ea7d746c066905da07905c770e8356014b316d25803f17a14ab7f89919bc3a9683c08284e668f17e9f01d1d62218a6ee00af40d7a97d82e8037c7bcae284f629e31e5a24c9888ba76aef48ce94557801db431d53a1dc0b32edb34c7dce6ab533084c1ed3f320000000000000020c97bd1060c1ec6484a4818e6b93e442f2f9b56018b74f7cd369f31084621b6ed77f13034e43554168bb5be6c9b67cba7"}}], "project": {"id": "0x3f8e8cb18f82efb8ee0db1b06c8a6e329bee053c105a54c1ae6ecf95c454b226", "title": "Urban House Farms @ Fairview", "logoImg": "bafkreiec6227iwluswyo67htoy62cp7ya6tbv3p4vk4dpjrnxt3k4jnqxq", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreicphm7sgnk5unsets5jvt5iea2cysnx5x356cwomvx6sbbeibmmdu", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://ecoterium.com/urban-house-farms-fairview/", "bannerImg": "bafybeihd5zwr323yqvvnjwtofuccdazqe6w3jxwhjuovzkdcml5cx4pqey", "createdAt": 1713608448064, "credentials": {}, "description": "-  Organic vertical farming and permaculture are some of the most regenerative activities.\n\n-  We design and build replicable solutions to grow food at homes in cities\n\n- Our first project is in the Fairview neighborhood (San Francisco East Bay) consisting of green roofs and walls with edible gardens, and a mini food forest.\n\nCITIES NEED TO BE REGENERATIVE\n\nCurrent real estate developments are focused on making the most $ per square feet. We propose a way to switch to a model based on making the most positive impact on the ecosystem per square feet of urban real estate development. \n\nWe have identified net zero to net plus organic vertical farming as one of the most regenerative activities.\n\nBy using clean energy and sustainable practices for the assembly or fabrication of the food growing systems in a Home, we intersect Food, Energy and Fabrication. These are needs in cities, but also huge sources of impact on our ecosystems. \n\nPermaculture is another practice that enhances the positive value of these impacts. We also strive to use the limited space in urban residential properties to incorporate other permaculture components such as food forests. \n\nPermaculture and net zero to net plus vertical farming activities result in a broad impact on economics, health, innovation, sustainability, climate, and biodiversity, among others. \n\nBy combining architecture, vertical farming and permaculture, we propose solutions to grow organic food at homes in cities. These urban homes with farms make the following specific positive impacts:\n\n\n- Healthier food closer to home.\n\n- Community trading, collaboration and interaction.\n\n- Restoring the ecosystem by increasing natural capital.\n\nProperty owners need incentives and service providers need support to provide these solutions. \n\nFor this project, we need funding to build four urban house farms for two adjacent homes being built in the Fairview neighborhood in the San Francisco East Bay. The funds will be used to meet the budget of the property owner, enabling him to fully build the farms; and to help us develop the urban house farms tools and community.\n\nWe are currently focused on three types of Urban House Farms:\n\n1) Green Roofs with edible gardens\n2) Green Walls with with edible plants\n3) Mini food forests\n\nAll of these have many other regenerative values such as carbon sequestration, aesthetics and green economy growth, to name a few.\n\nThe first two types have other important regenerative values such energy efficiency, by enhancing and reducing the insulation for the home;  And the trifecta of reducing the ecological footprint, offsetting carbon and green house gas emissions; by reducing the construction materials (of the walls and roofs). \n\nThe third type contributes with soil restoration and biodiversity. There are more imaginable positive impacts with this kind of project.\n\nThis specific project, the Urban House Farms @ Fairview, consists of four farms for two adjacent new homes that will be built in the next year or so in the Fairview neighborhood in Hayward, California. \n\nWe, as sustainable architectural designers and builders, have incorporated the three types of urban house farms for this project. \n\nFor \u201cHome 2\u201d , there will be a green roof and a green wall. For \u201cHome 3\u201d there will be a green wall that turns into a green roof, and a mini food forest. The project has been approved by the property owner, and by the planning department of Alameda county. \n\nWe are currently completing the permit phase to begin construction. Even though we have devised a clever design and construction method to build these farms at a reasonable cost, the property owner / developer has shown concerns with the added cost, which is understandable and common.  THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.\n\nWith this project we plant the seed of an urban house farm at a place based location. This seedling intends to become a forest of farms, interconnected with the mycelian web3 network. Each of these food farms will connect with other food farms creating a regenerative network of urban food farms that:\n\n- Result in TRADE and interaction\n\n- Provide a LOCAL source of healthy food\n\n- Enhance COMMUNITY and ECOSYSTEM\n\n- Begin a movement related to FOOD and NATURE that contribute to tilting the tipping points towards a better ENVIRONMENT within our CITIES.\n\nWith the funding we can create a \u201cregenerative credit\u201d for the real estate property developer (in this case the property owner / builder); And a small percentage of the funding will be used to develop the tools for this proposed network.\n\nThis regenerative credit will allow this project to be built at closer to standard construction costs and allow yields of organic produce, ensuring its net plus nature.\n\nFor example: An exterior wall is needed. An \u201cEdible green wall\u201d costs 300% more than a standard exterior wall (quadruple the cost).  If we obtain 75% from this funding round and 75% from other funding sources, then the property developer will in fact build an edible wall at only 100% more of the cost of a normal wall.  That 100% can become a return of investment in 14 years with the value of the organic produce plus the beautiful nature added.\n\nThe Green roof has more promising numbers. It costs 100% more than normal roof (double the cost). With that 100% funded, the property owner will be able to build organic roof farm at the cost of a normal roof and take zero space from the ground. \n\nGreen is the new gold. The Mini food forest is a privilege to build in tight urban spaces, but brings the highest yield. Thus improving further the outcomes of this project. \n\nWith the numbers used in our example we can estimate the cost of the project. The total inevitable cost for the property owner for the exterior wall, roof and outdoor space where we propose the regenerative farms is approximately $24,000. The farms would cost $68,000. The added cost is $44,000. \n\nIf we fund $30,000, the customer would have to come out of pocket with an extra $14,000 for the added costs. With $1,300 organic crop yields a year, the ROI is 12 years and then perpetual surplus.  \n\nAll the plants and trees of these farms are perennial thus reducing the service and maintenance costs down to almost zero. The result is net plus monetary and natural capital. Not to mention the place-based positive impact and the potential growth of this model. \n\nThe property developer is motivated to build these features, but with his budget alone, they may need to be downgraded or reduced in size. Any funding will help get this project closer to its full potential, and set a precedent for future projects of this kind. \n\nAnother interesting fact is that in a usual residential urban development of this size, out of 12,000 SF of property, by subtracting the home footprints and driveways, only about 1,500 SF would remain green. This green is commonly just a lawn with a few plants and one or two trees if any. \n\nBy adding green walls and roofs, we are doubling the green areas, and ensuring the property is regenerative with the permaculture practice of making food garden and tree canopy layers. In this case, multi-dimensionally. \n\nOne more thing: With the L shaped mini food forest and permitral tree canopy layer, we are trying to connect groups of trees in neighboring properties thus creating corridors to enhance the potentially biodiverse urban ecosystem for arboreal life such as birds, squirrels and more.\n\nLET'S BRING REGENERATION TO CITIES. WE CAN JOIN OUR FORCES WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED.\n\n", "lastUpdated": 0}, "recipient": "0x5aEa54f793e7aA4540ECD636D1420896e5e477fc"}}