Developing an Eco-social
Enterprise
Session 2
Wednesday, 29 March, 2017
Tim Crabtree, Schumacher College
Developing
an eco-social
enterprise
Honza:
Slim houses
Hana: Passive
housing
Misa: Passive
housing
Andy: Finance
for eco-friendly
housing
Svetla:
Biodynamic farm
Denisa:
Support local
livestock farms
Katka:
Community-led
food production
Silvie:
Agricultural
co-operative
Marta: Linen /
fabric / clothes
Liliana: Developing
new methods of
production for food
Chen-yu:
Nature food
Verca:
Local fast food
Misha: Healthy
fast food
Patrik:
Green cities
Katarina:
Sharing cars
Barbara:
Supporting
young families
(kindergarden)
Sofia:
Solar energy
Itay:
Developing
critical thinking
Nofar: Social
fund-raising
platform
Systems thinking
Question:
What is a “system”? Can you give an
example?
OPERATION
Question
How do you cook a soup?
• What must you have?
• What do you need to do?
Local food systems
A system is a set of things working together:
“A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently
organised in a way that achieves something……a system must
consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections,
and a function or purpose.”
• Meadows, D. (2008) Thinking in Systems. A Primer London: Earthscan
Food operations Food services
Inputs:
the building blocks
of a system
All food systems transform inputs into goods & services
Natural Capital
Physical Capital
Human Capital
Local school children
Operations
Inputs
Outputs:
School meals
How Does the Partnership Work?
Land & natural
resources
Buildings &
equipment
Finance
People
Product
or
Service
Housing
provision
Operations:
Developing housing
& managing housing
Land & natural
resources
Buildings &
equipment
Finance
People
Projects
&
ServicesOperations
Housing Association
CLT
Outputs
For your eco-social enterprise, write down
the outputs (products or services) that you
will deliver to customers
Customers
Write down the customers that you will
provide products and services to.
Are there different types of customer?
Operations
What will your eco-social enterprise do to
produce the products/services?
Linking housing with innovative build
methods to help reduce costs
Timber Fabrication
Lab Feasibility Study
Off-site construction
as part of operations
Timber as key
input
Affordable,
sustainable
houses
The West Dorset
Timber Design & Fabrication Lab
Vision
Local people creating innovative structures and products from local timber,
using the latest technology and eco-design methods
Summary
A new timber design and fabrication lab, to be based in Bridport. It will draw
inspiration from the growing number of “rural studios” and design/build
workspaces, and will support the creating of a wide range of innovative
timber buildings and products. This will create training and employment
opportunities, a market for local timber and a range of environmentally
sustainable products.
Shared use
workspace
Individual
workshop
Individual
workshop
Individual
workshop
Individual
workshop
Design-make
company
Reception,
kitchen,
meeting
room,
toilets
Timber
Fabrication
Lab
Design-make
company
AA @ Hooke
Schumacher
College
Wessex
Community
Assets
Finance
providers
Local timber
Inputs OutputsOperations
Other companies
Sports equipment
Home offices,
sheds and tree
houses
Boat building
Commercial and
farm buildings
Housing
construction
Furniture
Other companies
Other companies
Operations
What will your eco-social enterprise do to
produce the products/services?
Inputs
What inputs will you need?
In other words, what inputs will be
transformed during the operations
processes?
Natural capital
• What natural capital will you require:
• Resources
• Sinks
• Services
Physical capital
• What is required?
• Buildings
• Equipment
• ICT
• etc
Human capital
• What will your enterprise require?
• Staff?
• Volunteers?
• Trainees/apprentices?
• People disadvantaged in the labour market?
• Board members?