1. Member-owned coop business, both 'employees' and 'customers' as partners
   1. 'customers' are encouraged to invest in the Coop so we can buy more land
   2. economies of scale and land capital vital to make it feasible in the UK
      1. especially considering the slow rate of growth of coppice
   3. members can also invest work as part-exchange
      1. include a 'family day out' side of the business
   4. also straightforward no-investment sales of wood
   5. aim to make an average income -£25,000pa, reaching that level within 5 years
2. diversified business
   1. coppice wood business
      1. farming coppice wood mainly for home heating fuel
         1. eco-premium bbq charcoal
      2. later possibly craft carpentry
      3. members can trade work for wood, at an hourly rate
   2. ecologonomical advice/tutoring/building services
      1. advice service for ecological/economic efficiency in homes and small businesses
      2. low-tech economical eco-home building service
      3. optional partnering/tutoring eco-home building -scale between only consultation thru to entirely building on their behalf
      4. low-tech ultra-efficient wood stove advice/design/development/installation
         1. professional quality handmade rocket stoves with cob bench attached
   3. weekend creches with activities for kids while the dads/dads+some-mums play lumberjack!
      1. woodland-biology-exploring
      2. games
         1. grassy glade for football, cricket bulldog etc.
      3. treetop rope adventure playground
      4. raku pottery workshops for kids -reasonable price but not free
      5. deathslide
      6. lots of dogs around for the kids to play with
   4. freerange woodland chickens for eggs
   5. polytunnel growing salad veg -surplus sold at weekends
3. why coppice wood?
   1. scientifically one of the most, or THE most, efficient forms of sustainable energy -efficient in every way, including economically
   2. coppice wood can be cut when it is at the right diameter for burning, so no costs of splitting big logs
   3. relatively quick growing, yet far more diverse habitat than conifer plantations
   4. more diverse habitat and more attractive environment allows more business diversification options
   5. environmental advantage over conifers allows conservation grants and subsidies
4. land purchasing alternatives
   1. require enough land to get started on considering the slow growth rate and small profit margin -inexpensive corner of country, Princes Trust?
   2. customers encouraged to become members of the coop making regular financial subscriptions that allow us more credit and more land-purchasing power
   3. customers/members with their own land can contract us to manage it and farm coppice wood on it
   4. conservation grants and CAP subsidies
   5. Pembrokeshire, Devon or Cornwall where land is cheaper and more market for 'green'
5. brand marketing
   1. social enterprise model, not profiteering and not charity
   2. definitely not a charity, but carries some 'this is a good thing' brand-value too
   3. ecological/economic not separate -pragmatic green emphasis
   4. Coop business constitution designed so it can grow and spread virally as a husbanded but adaptable network, so investment in this Coop is investment in the meme as well
   5. manual outdoors work as therapeutic -partnering with 'special needs'/troubled teenagers/mental health care services?
   6. skilful marketing is crucial
6. other partners
   1. daily organising, multitasking, secretarial jobs I am not talented at
      1. need an office admin lady who's as terrifyingly organised as my sister, but who can remind without making it feel like nagging and keep us all organised without destroy the morale of workers who have other talents than organised multitasking!
   2. plan the year so that peak-work times coincide with holiday periods so can get members to work without having to pay too many fulltime permanent partners
   3. partnering with other green organisations and possibly with church groups and even monasteries with more land than they have monks to manage?
7. build my own house on-site- saves me from a huge mortgage, so more able to afford the slow growth rate of the wood business