Community Buildings
Community Centre
The Silvergreen Community Centre will sit at the hub of the ecovillage, and will function as the central meeting point and "hub of operations".
It will include:
- Large cold-room for food storage.
- Commercial kitchen
- Open dining area with AV equipment, which can be used for meals, meetings, parties, presentations, seminars, movies, etc. Some outdoor tables.
- Relaxation, reading and games room with beanbags, books, pool table, ping pong table and pinball machine.
- Office with phone, photocopier, printer, scanner, and the community web server and internet gateway.
- Bathroom facilities with waterless toilets and urinals.
The Shed
"The Shed" will be a steel industrial building comprised of 3 main sections:
- Farm equipment storage. This is where all gardening tools, fertiliser, seeds, the tractor, and any other equipment needed for maintaining the grounds is kept.
- The workshop. This will be stocked with all kinds of tools, including welding gear. The workshop will be used for repairs to any equipment, including IT equipment, or for manufacturing/inventing.
- The recycling centre. Any items such as old computer equipment or whitegoods, scrap metal or wood, etc. is brought here for re-use or eventual recycling. See the Recycling page for more information.
Animals
These items may all be combined into one building:
- Aquaculture facility.
- Chook pens.
