Ecodynamic Community Benefit Society

[mark at tlio.org.uk]

Forwarded from Martin Large <biodynamiclandtrust at gmail.com>:

     Passing on the message about Ecodynamic, which was launched at 
Stroud Brewery on 25th January. It invests in renewable energy and .is 
sponsored by the Biodynamic Land Trust, which will be an anchor 
investor.  John Meadley of the Pasture Fed Association is a founder 
member of Ecodynamic.

     You already know that I am a director of the BDLT, a charity 
(IPS) that was established to secure biodynamic farmland in perpetuity 
and to provide land access for young BD farmers.  It was through this 
that we came across a small wind turbine project that the Trust 
considered investing in to provide a core income.  However, weighty 
anecdotal feedback followed by further investigation showed us the 
widespread interest there is in investing into, and supporting such 
projects.

     So we set up Ecodynamic Community Benefit Society 
Ltd<http://ecodynamic.org.uk>, a co-operative social business that 
will own the wind turbine which will be operating by the end of April, 
pay an anticipated 3 then 5% annual interest and repay the capital 
investment over the 20 year life of the project. We have also applied 
for the Enterprise Investment Scheme which, if granted, will give 
income tax payers a 30% rebate in year one.

     3 or 5% is  more than people get on bank savings, so getting a 
government supported income stream (feed in tariff) and your capital 
back looked to us a good prospect. In addition, Ecodynamic expects 
some surplus that will be invested into grassroots biodynamic, 
organic, sustainable, social, farm connected businesses and in 
training.


     So please do pass it on!
     Bw martin



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     *If you are interested in an ethical , environmental investment 
that will support renewable energy, land access and biodynamic 
projects, check out the Ecodynamic Launch Share Offer on 
www.ecodynamic.org.uk

     Protecting and securing land for  biodynamic farming**

     **Biodynamic Land Trust* :
     www.biodynamiclandtrust.org.uk<http://www.biodynamiclandtrust.org.uk>


     Martin Large, Executive Director:  m: 07765 006829

     The Biodynamic Land Trust Ltd is registered with the FSA as a 
community
     benefit society,(31448R) and is an exempt charity registered with 
the FSA
     (XT33649)
     The Painswick Inn, Gloucester St, Stroud  GL5 1QG UK



     'We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging 
to us.
     When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin 
to use it
     with love and respect.'  Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic