Future Project Ideas

Ideas are gifts. Ideas are fun. Ideas are most powerful when acted upon. Here members and non-members alike can share ideas that they feel Community Earth should take on. Your project ideas are always welcome and will be published in the table below if you fill out the form which can be found at the bottom of the page.

This table consists of the year the project was proposed, the names of the persons who proposed the idea, the sphere in which the project covers - global or local, a name given to the project for reference purposes and the description of the project proposed. The description should be as short as possible but with enough information to understand the basics of the idea and get the imagination of others flowing.

In order for a project to be adopted by Community Earth Organization, a global or local forum must be started using the Voting Sphere. Once a project is adopted by Community Earth Organization it will be removed from this table and added to our current projects page.

Table of Project Ideas

Year Proposed	Who Proposed	Project Reference	Sphere	Project Description
2003	Ivan Tattoli, Yan Gordon	Artist Support	Global	Encourage the electronic means of distributing media (esp.) songs and at the same time support the creators of the content directly. This project would post information for programs, music, books etc…that are copied currently for free with a way of supporting the bands/writer/programmer with funds directly…cutting out the middlemen and big business since electronically they do not contribute anything but publicity. It would probably get more acceptance from the general public about downloading media for next to nothing because at least the artist is getting his share. Of course this is still an honesty issue, but at least there is recourse for the honest user to take without having to support the greedy publisher or distribution giants.
2002	Yan Gordon	Home Compost Collection	Local	Collect organic material (twice a month?) from homes then compost it. The compost can then be used to improve soil quality in damaged areas and/or to donate to members or projects that may need it. Local use should be given priority. (Yan had already started a similar project with Eco-Cartier in 2003 but the city of Montreal hasn't fully accept it yet)
2002	Patrice Pinel, Robert Minguez	Energy Savings	Local	Informing people in industry and offices to turn their lights and equipment off. Calculate the savings for them to see what they can do with it (a party etc.). Slogan “Maybe we can some day see the stars in a city again!”
2002	Robert Minguez	Toilet Change	Local	Manufacture and/or promote water reducing toilets – like those in France that have flushers with 2 settings, one for #1 and the other for #2's, which uses slightly more water but much less than current North American style toilets.
2001	Phillipe (Unknown), Ivan Tattoli	Community Farm	Local	A large farming community outside of Montreal to grow food for Community Earth members and embark on sustainable ecological agricultural practices.
2001	Patrice Pinel, Ivan Tattoli	Yellow Bikes Everywhere	Local	An open sharing community bicycle program that allows for free transport & leisure for anyone within the area or city. Persons use bikes when found unused and leave them on public property when done so that others can use them too. A large part of this project would be repairing bicycles, informing the public of its existence and finding a way to inhibit the stealing of such open shared goods.
2001	Jennifer O'Brien	Spring Cleanings	Local	Picking up garbage from "dirty" areas and within subway stations and recycle as much of it as possible. We could do it every year in April. This project would give neighbourhoods environmental awareness, the greater community a chance to participate and would put Community Earth in the public eye.
2001	Ivan Tattoli	Commercial Recycling	Local	Setting up a distribution of recycling boxes within commercial buildings and offices and picking the recycled goods up once a week.
Year Proposed	Who Proposed	Project Reference	Sphere	Description of Project

If you have a project idea to add for future consideration please fill out the form below. Only the "Project Description" field will be translated into other languages. Please allow some time for any translations.

Please note that if you are a minimum of two members and you think that Community Earth can take on the project you are proposing at this time, you can by-pass this step and start a forum to adopt the project directly by using the Voting Sphere.

PROJECT IDEA PROPOSAL FORM
Name: * E-mail: *	Name: E-mail:
* Choose the proposed projects name (this is used as a reference)
* Is the project being proposed a Local or Global one? Local Project             Global Project
* Indicate below in clear, concise paragraphs the description of the proposed project. The description should be short but with enough information to understand the basics of the idea and get the imagination of others flowing.