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After two very visual posts, we now want to go back to explain a little deeper One Army and its works. We've set up One Army as a foundation. An official legal entity here in The Netherlands, also known as Stichting. Nothing to do with tax avoidance. We leave that game to the big boys. We just happen to be from here.

We set up a foundation in order to be able to accept donations, set up bank accounts, and enter into agreements as a separate legal entity. 

All our projects will fall under the One Army umbrella. So Precious Plastic, Project Kamp, Story Hopper and the Fashion project will all be part of One Army. This helps us streamline paperwork, legal work, reduce costs and be more efficient with our time. For instance, Project Kamp land is technically owned by One Army. 

Some of One Army's projects, like Precious Plastic, should be financially sustainable (or at least hope they'll be soon). Generating revenues in various ways to pay for their staff, maintenance and development. Any leftover profit will be sent to One Army to either pay for its running costs or direct funds to other One Army projects that might need extra cash (particularly in the beginning). One Army itself will probably not make money, even though it will try to get grants and prices.  

Digitally One Army will have a new website (duh), this Patreon page will become One Army official Patreon page converging people supporting from all projects, a One Army Discord, Forum (maybe), newsletter, Dave's youtube will also become One Army. Basically One Army will be the underlying infrastructure of all our projects. Kind of a big step for us. 

That's it for now. Lots to digest. Bring in your thoughts and reflections on One Army and fire up the comments below. 

Next post --> One Army Website

Ciao Army!
Mattia


Comments

GreenerSideOfTheFence

I hope this construction helps the team with paperwork etc. but also brings people together that might have an affinity with one aspect like plastic recycling or fashion and inspire them about other sustainable actions. Looking forward to the website :)

Karyn Reott

I became a patron of Precious Plastic because I liked the work you were doing on plastic recycling. Helping to make recycling a micro business in less developed countries was an excellent idea, and one I was happy to support. Now I don't know what I'm supporting. I may not continue as a patron, as plastic recycling is no longer your primary emphasis.

One Army

Hey! Yes, that is the idea behind One Army.. living sustainably in this day and age is difficult, many aspects to take into consideration. It is not enough to recycle, live in a kamp or fix your clothes. We're trying to devise a holistic way of life that touches on the many aspects of our lives through the different projects One Army is, and will, work on.

One Army

Hello Karyn, yes that makes sense. Precious Plastic is, and will be, our main focus for the years to come. It is now too big not to :) We have a dedicated team of 6 working on Precious Plastic daily. Your money is supporting some of them directly. However, we're also expanding our focus and resources in other areas dramatically needing work. For instance, fashion to help people buy less and fix more and combat the huge environmental and social problems caused by fast fashion or architecture to share ways to build more sustainably and live away from the polluting city. Precious Plastic will still be a central part of One Army. We're trying to shift from a very specific problem and solution to a more holistic practice that will tackle more global problems, involving more people and scaling our impact. We hope you'll still be part of this, but understand if you won't. Big up!

Barbara Lee

How do I contact Precious Plastics about a question I have? I am trying to mfg a part using the shredder and the compression machine but I'm stuck. Is it possible to chat with one on your team??

One Army

Hello Barbara, There are a few ways you can get in contact: 1. You can write on the patreon-only discord channel and one of our engineer will be happy to help you 2. You can write on the #build channel on discord to get help from people in the community 3. Send us an email and we'll try to help you as soon as possible Let me know if there is anything we can help you with 🙌 Mattia