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A regenerative third place, deeply rooted in its territory, it is structured at the crossroads of worlds, from rural to urban, from local to global, bridging the world of yesterday and that of tomorrow. Each year, artists, philosophers, scientists, and entrepreneurs gather here for several-month residencies to collaborate on building desirable futures, culminating in the annual Fe\u00ff Arts festival that spans the entire region. In parallel, the chateau hosts year-round events, retreats, and educational programs that expand the possibilities and our relationship with the living world. We have trained with all our stakeholders to establish procedures for a local, circular, and virtuous economy to preserve the earth's resources. In this utopian place of the 21st century, people from diverse backgrounds find a sense of belonging and use the power of the community to create new regenerative knowledge, as well as new friendships and experiences. Today, everything is ritualized to THINK and BE TOGETHER in order to take care of ourselves, others, and the world.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe your project's mission and values.", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Chateau du Fey, Yonne, Burgundy, France", "hidden": false, "question": "What is the location of your land project?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "1. Preserving Soil Life and Fertility:\nWe have devoted time to preserving the fertility of the soil on our 100-acre property such as transforming a mowed grass area into a labyrinth with 2000 indigenous heat-resistant plants. We established a perma- vegetable garden sustained by rainwater collection. We have a strong zero-waste policy and we are now implementing a tree nursery to build living hedges in the region, supporting conventional farmers in transitioning to sustainable farming.\n2. Building a Strong Local Community:\nWe believe a robust local community is the foundation for change and resilience. We mapped all local actors working towards a sustainable transition, created a 1000-member strong Facebook group, and organized more than 50 events focused on sustainability. \n3. Cultivating an International Eco-Leaders Community:\nHosting important ecological gatherings like AlterEgo, Convention of Companies for Climate, Eco-Weaving and Rencontres Vivantes, has created a thriving international community of eco-leaders. This network provides a sense of belonging and support for each other in transitioning towards sustainable futures.\n4. Promoting a New Ethos for Vendors, Collaborators, and Clients:\nWe've engaged our vendors, collaborators, and clients in a more sustainable lifestyle through events that advocate for, and educate about, the circular economy. Chateau du Fe\u00ff serves as a transition space for many, fostering a shift in consciousness when it comes to ecology.\n5. Renovating Heritage :\nTo reduce emissions, we have renovated Fe\u00ff utilizing eco materials and slowly replacing the entire energy system. At Fe\u00ff, heritage architects dialogue with the Agency for Ecological Transition. Rather than building new, our philosophy is rooted in the belief that the world should restore its heritage to align with modern expectations. We steadfastly uphold this stance by always restoring instead of buying new.\n\nThrough our many projects : we believe that the Chateau du Fe\u00ff project addresses several global challenges by providing innovative local solutions, demonstrating the potential for grassroots initiatives to contribute to broader solutions. Key challenges addressed include:\n\n1. Many rural areas globally face economic decline, population loss, and cultural erosion leading to the rise of conservative policies and anti-EU sentiment. Fe\u00ff revitalizes the poor rural area of Joigny by fostering collaboration among local actors, creating economic opportunities and attracting new people to the area. A replicable example of decentralization.\n\n2.Historic sites worldwide struggle with financial viability, modern cultural relevance and preservation.Fe\u00ff demonstrates how historic chateaux can be financially sustainable through adaptive reuse, providing a model for the preservation and sustainable use of historical spaces globally.\n\n3. Loneliness and isolation has been declared a pandemic by the US surgeon general, with impacts as bad as smoking. Fe\u00ff focuses on community building, holding space for diverse individuals to come together. The project's rituals and methodologies for bringing togetherness serves as local solutions to address global challenges related to social cohesion. \n\n4. The climate crisis and challenge of the sustainable transition. Fe\u00ff implements and educates on sustainable practices and fosters a resilient territory in terms of food and energy supply, demonstrating how small-scale initiatives can serve as examples for other towns in transition. \n\n5. Rethinking our institutions and finding solutions to face the world's crisis. Fe\u00ff is a magnet for many world experts and entrepreneurs in a staggering range of disciplines which has led to global groundbreaking academic advances, projects, communities, companies and nonprofits being created and flourishing at Fey. We accelerate collective intelligence around important topics such as the climate crisis, governance, AI and politics. \n\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Summarize the regenerative activities you are engaged in.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The funds will be directed to the non-profit \"Friends of Fey\" responsible to preserve the built, living and natural heritage of the Ch\u00e2teau du Fe\u00ff. The funds will be strategically invested in optimizing our water system. \nRenovation of the two Water Tanks: We will upgrade our existing water tank to increase its efficiency and capacity. This renovation is essential to ensure a reliable water supply, especially during critical growing periods.\nImplementation of a new water collection system around the existing well.\nOptimization of Rainwater Collection: We will improve our capacity to collect and store rainwater from roofing systems. This enhancement will further secure our water reserves and reduce our dependence on external water sources.\nThese improvements will support the survival of Fe\u00ff and improve its sustainability, especially the well-being of our vegetable garden (potager) as well as the establishment of a tree nursery: This nursery will provide native trees for local farmers, encouraging the adoption of agroforestry practices that enhance biodiversity and soil health.\nBy investing in these enhancements, we aim to create a more sustainable, efficient, and resilient water management system that supports our community's agricultural needs and environmental goals.\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "What particular initiatives will these funds support?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "\nHere are the metrics we will use: \nWater Savings: Calculate the reduction in water use by comparing historical usage data before and after the project implementation. \nRainwater Harvesting Yield: Monitor the volume of rainwater collected and utilized. This helps to assess the effectiveness of the new rainwater collection systems.\nReduction in External Water Sources: Measure the decrease in dependency on external water sources, demonstrating the project's impact on increasing water self-sufficiency.\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": "2ZIaDvIjCkbWdfgjT/0N+RZJBa6uW/SiR+pEzQnfgaU=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "10f6a90ed1154a5977e2ec9db7ae5d007383d99c378ba996aff7c1e19c3a0132ebcd393d3b0855b255d45a192671ef0cea1e93641e7e39b3da2d0bb117b10a8d952eb5e54eac459749cb7bc7f33ecbb4cccbaa7abdde9fc9a1449efa51c703b379b926e0c33b885d0904593c9a87c12dad780dd53139b004375b55b95c71174d000000000000002006106c5f0323c7a6dcc9610d62f783f95777d8d0e4f5116e6f6de68ea08f176c2773bd7a10fa512da56322fddc5ba5a1"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "Your Telegram phone number (for a group chat, if you have one)", "questionId": 7, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "PSblDwtYoXydoHV9DMIc10ux86WxajLLgoRzuF+/iLU=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "84e2b154c872f6dcf4093907bb1bea2114d30c3908afc69a77b361a38c5852960348cffcd9849613b48e9ffa8a22bf0d9df80743c46c74a8b097801821447df3d427892bd72f29ec8f46370576fcde4b3270438702b790985d7fe3bd9ed2afb3b55f8aa3dce8ab30543d28730cdf83e885d98ecb4074abf4895ff86062e0af190000000000000020bad86919618e26241d46b05eb73f40d4e23411f11f29ee1e1cb3de1e2c24c935a3df3d227ab2f7dcb548e46a0972a8b8"}}], "project": {"id": "0x786dd46f852d417e822d3fda46d3736f31b5067a4638a146750188446b342c70", "title": "Ch\u00e2teau du Fe\u00ff", "logoImg": "bafkreiabp5e7iodcflxxqn4b4r4ygtmoh6w3opixnkjikuutknrxjgoepq", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreigcrp6bc42vkef2y6rj6vu3wr5qhuaq6gahkhm2nb7ffpvacr5g6u", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://chateaudufey.com/", "bannerImg": "bafkreibkjwqlvdv7zal3k2oj2iuiogkx2hhchnh47tb4uwux5berimimvu", "createdAt": 1713618071329, "credentials": {}, "description": "Ch\u00e2teau du Fe\u00ff is a pragmatic utopia in rural France, where people find a sense of belonging through a thriving community that shares one mission: to rethink our possible futures. In a polarized, isolating world, inside a 400 year-old chateau which lay empty for a decade, we created a sustainable and regenerative ecosystem that builds bridges: between local and global ideas, rural and cosmopolitan populations, between countless disciplines, and between the world of yesterday and that of tomorrow.\n\nIn 2017 at the age of 26, architect Jessica Flore Angel was living in San Francisco at The Embassy, a life-changing intentional community, that showed her the power of place-based projects in creating a sense of belonging. Back home in France, she saw the abandoned 400-year-old Ch\u00e2teau du Fe\u00ff as a similar place of possibility. Supported by friends and family, she took on the entrepreneurial challenge of turning this abandoned historic site into a laboratory for sustainable futures, bridging between rural and urban populations, at the intersection of art, nature, heritage, technology and community. Today at Fe\u00ff, people find a sense of belonging and leverage the power of community to create knowledge and regenerative projects. For the past 7 years we have been developing a virtuous ecosystem made of 5 complementary structures:\n\nFE\u0178TOPIA, a community of ~200 international artists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and researchers rethinking the world of tomorrow, which every year turns the Chateau into a co-living /co-working space in the winter (Dec-April).\n\nSAS. CH TEAU DU FE\u0178, a profitable company that rents Fe\u00ff in the summer (Mai-Nov) for events with aligned values. \n\nFE\u0178 ARTS, non-profit in charge of our yearly multi-disciplinary arts festival that brings 1500 people for a unique weekend-long immersive experience, as well as artist residencies prior to the festival.\n\nFRIENDS OF FE\u0178, non-profit in charge of bridging between natural heritage and built heritage. It leads projects and workshops around permaculture/agroforestry, biodiversity preservation and old techniques of renovation.\n\nCONVERGENCE DES POSSIBLES, a consortium with local nonprofits in charge of nurturing our local community to support projects around food, energy and technological resiliency. \n\nWe have prototyped a sustainable model, which is improving its land, its local economy, its community fabric, its people, its culture, its heritage and that has already catalyzed others to do the same. \n\n", "lastUpdated": 0}, "recipient": "0x53CE58648276C96Deb53eCE4aa08C151f1c89cDE"}}