Building a Sustainable World – One Community Weekly Progress Update #241

Building a sustainable world that will benefit us all will need to be a collaborative effort if we are ever to succeed. Sustainable and open source approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices will make this easier. One Community is creating these as part of our approach to Highest Good of All global transformation.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement for building a sustainable world as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the November 5, 2017 edition (#241) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Building a Sustainable World
One Community Progress Update #241

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above:

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD INTRO: @0:34

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:19

• Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
• Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions, continuing to test different layouts (see below)
• Worked on creating the thermal lag page and it’s related images (see below)
• Finished editing and updating the content and formatting on the Earthbag Village Tools & Equipment page (see below)
• Sangam Stanczak continued her work on the open source wet lab that will be used to test and assure the safety of the filtered greywater from the Communal Eco-shower (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Dan Alleck completed his 5th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Samantha Robinson completed her 13th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (see below)

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:21

• Continued updating the website with the new Highest Good energy rollout details for the landing parties (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering tutorial (see below)
• Falgun Patel updated all gas appliances to electric and completing the initial power needs analysis for the City Center Kitchen (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 55th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Oruba Rabie continued working on the City Center structural engineering AutoCAD and SAP2000 models corrections (see below)
• Aravind Vasudevan continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:22

• Continued researching data for nutrition guidelines for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page and compiled additional data for vegetarian and vegan diets (see below)

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:53

• Continued adding to the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial (see below)

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:23

• Finished three rounds of edits and integration into the wind energy design and implementation tutorial (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar and Priti Kothari continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software (see below)
• Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan worked on climate battery designs and research (see below)

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD SUMMARY: @13:29

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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is building a sustainable world through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

• • • Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about building a sustainable world with the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week’s focus was continuing on the obstacle course. We updated the textures, shadows, changed the size of the monkey bar net, and added a bench with back support to the finished obstacle. We also added one more section to the climbing wall obstacle, landscape items with plants and rocks, planters with flowers to the maze obstacle, a tetherball, and tire-flower-bed and hill essential component of One Community’s open source model for building a sustainable world.

Working on Open Source Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials Village

In addition, the core team continued working on the Murphy bed instructions, continuing to test different layouts. We also researched Canva and other documentation software and sketched up the layout for building a sustainable world. You can see this work here.

Continued Working on Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

The core team also worked on creating the thermal lag page and it’s related images. The page now has its’ basic structure and table of contents added, as well as the images created by Vamsi Pulugurtha. There are also 13 more images that have been edited, cropped, and saved, and will be added to the page next week.

Thermal Lag Page and Related Images – Click to Visit

Earthbag Village Tools & Equipment Page – Click to Visit

Design of Open Source Wet Lab to Test the Filtered Greywater From the Communal Eco-Shower

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 88 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining, presentation hall, and adjacent kitchen areas, contributing in building a sustainable world.

Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 5th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and additional aesthetics to this final render of the Earth Block Village Classroom Looking West, which you can also now see on the website. 

Working on Compressed Earth Block Village Render Additions – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 37th week of work, focusing on the beginnings of the presentation for Zones 2 and 4.

Working on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click to Visit

Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 13th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was more unwrapping and texturing of the stairs component.

Working on Interior Design for Living Structure of Tree House Village – Click to Visit Page

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is building a sustainable world through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and it’s function as a part of building a sustainable world: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

The core team continued updating the website with the new Highest Good energy rollout details for the landing parties. This week we updated the What and Why sections, imagery for the 10-20 person section, and completed the 20-50 person rollout details section. You can see examples of this work here.

Website with New Highest Good Energy Rollout Details – Click for Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering tutorial. What you see here is his 6th week of writing content. This week’s content focus was beginning the snow load details and making additional updates to the AutoCAD file, as seen here.

Work on City Center Structural Engineering Tutorial – Click to Visit Page

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 10th week volunteering with the team. This week’s focus was updating all gas appliances to electric and completing the initial power needs analysis for the City Center Kitchen. You can see some of this work here.

Initial Power Needs Analysis for City Center Kitchen – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 55th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was updating the 2nd floor zones over the mezzanine level, as shown here.

Working on the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering AutoCAD and SAP2000 models corrections. This week she focused on identifying SAP2000 and AutoCAD discrepancies and potential engineering challenges in the Living and Social domes.

Working on City Center Structural Engineering Details – Click for Page

Aravind Vasudevan (Mechanical Engineer) continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. This week’s focus was 3rd-generation edits to the Climate Battery Cost Analysis, contributing in building a sustainable world. You can see here some of the edited and updated pages.

Calculations and Research for Climate Battery Component

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is building a sustainable world through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• • • Learn about the structures for building a sustainable world: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing when building a sustainable world: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued researching data for nutrition guidelines for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, and compiled additional data for vegetarian and vegan diets, as you see here.

Data for Nutrition Guidelines for Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan – Click to Visit

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is building a sustainable world through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

• • • Learn about the components for building a sustainable world: Education open source hub
    • Learn how the components work together for building a sustainable world: How to use the Education for Life Program
      

This week, the core team continued adding to the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week we finished adding all the details to each of the steps of the assessment process, as shown here.

Education Assessment Format Open Source Tutorial – Click for Page

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is building a sustainable world through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week the core team finished three rounds of edits and integration into the wind energy design and implementation tutorial.

Wind Energy Design and Implementation Tutorial – Click to Visit

Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) and Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was researching the model relationships and creating a schema for managing the overall application.

Developing the Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 8th week volunteering with the team. This week’s focus was joining the team working on the climate battery designs and research and double checking the calculation and design details, adding further research, and helping create new imagery, contributing in building a sustainable world.

Worked on the Climate Battery Designs and Research – Click for Page

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together, contributing to building a sustainable world. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create by building a sustainable world. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication, and building a sustainable world. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, spearheading benefits of building a sustainable world. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

SUMMARY

One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability. We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.