Facilitating Global Eco-Collaboratives – One Community Weekly Progress Update #209

Facilitating global eco-collaboratives is one way to create global cooperation towards a sustainable planet that will benefit us all.

• 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 the movement of facilitating global eco-collaboratives as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the March 26th, 2017 edition (#209) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Facilitating Global Eco-Collaboratives
One Community Progress Update #209

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

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES INTRO: @1:03

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @2:01

• Working with Sangam Stanczak, core team continued with 3rd week of collaborative calls developing the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Highest Good education program (see below)
• Completed first 50% of the mindmap for the Diversity Lesson Plan (see below)
• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Finished the The Ultimate Classroom external render (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued adding people and elements from the Learning Tools and Toys research to create three final renders of the red and orange room aspects of The Ultimate Classroom (see below)
• Jennifer Zhou began her first round of adding all the images, cost analysis results, age ranges, and other details to the Learning Tools and Toys page (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:45

• Created one additional image and added all 7 recently created images to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:14

• Working with Ashwini Ramesh, the core team put another combined total of 10 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)
• Alena Thompson completed her 7th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs (see below)
• Christian Ojeda completed 7th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs (see below)
• Fernando Remolina continued with his 13th week of managing the Vermiculture Bathroom development with the 10th week of help from Lin Xu (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 35th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:31

• Created an updated outside image of the City Center (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 32nd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center  (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center structural engineering  (see below)
• Ramya Vudi and Shubham Agrawal continued their work on the energy infrastructure for the City Center with Mike Hogan  (see below)
• Lucas Tsutsui da Silva continued his work helping with the Control Systems layout (see below)
• Adrienne Gould-Choquette finished her 12th week continuing the City Center heating and air conditioning load calculations (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:38

• Created the first generation of Amazon Smile promotional graphics (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES SUMMARY: @8:50

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FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-collaboratives 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: Education open source hub
    • Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program

This week, the core team working with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued with our 3rd week of collaborative calls developing the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Highest Good education program. What you see here is our first reporting on this 3 weeks of work and research that has happened behind the scenes.

Working on Developing the Evaluation & Evolution Component of the Highest Good Education Program

The core team also completed the first 50% of the mindmap for the Diversity Lesson Plan: 

Diversity Lesson Plan – 50% Complete – Click for Page

We also continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Energy Lesson Plan and the Fall Lesson Plan. This brings us to 3 of 52 finished, which is 6% completion.

Continued Process of Editing all 52 Lesson Plans – Click for Lesson Plans for Life Page

Additionally, the core team finished the The Ultimate Classroom external render you see here by adding plants, a surrounding landscape, updating the walls, and choosing the best angle for the render.

Finished the The Ultimate Classroom External Render – Click to Visit Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued adding people and elements from the Learning Tools and Toys research we’ve done to create these three final renders of the red and orange room aspects of The Ultimate Classroom.

Created Ultimate Classroom Final Render for Red and Orange Room – Click to Visit Page

Created Ultimate Classroom Final Render for Red and Orange Room – Click to Visit Page

Created Ultimate Classroom Final Render for Red Room – Click to Visit Page

And Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) began her first round of adding all the images, cost analysis results, age ranges, and other details to the Learning Tools and Toys page, as you can see here.

Began Working on the Learning Tools and Toys Page – Click to Visit

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-collaboratives 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: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team created one additional image and added all 7 recently created images to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, bringing that page to 93% completion, which you can see here:

Created New Image & Added all 7 Recently Created Images to the Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-collaboratives 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 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 working with Ashwini Ramesh (Civil Engineer and Project Manager) put another combined total of 10 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week we continued editing the Excavation and Construction of an Earthbag Dome GoogleDoc, focusing on floor construction (Section 11). You can see some of this work here.

Continued Working on the Crowdfunding Campaign we are Developing – Click for Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 7th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week she built a new funnel center and finished another series of roof and internal revisions that included the hatch and ladder you see here.

Continued Working on Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs – Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 7th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was 2nd generation modeling of the vermiculture hot and cold water and septic piping details, as shown here:

Continued Working on Heat Recycling Communal Eco-Shower Designs – Click to Visit Page

Fernando Remolina (Industrial Engineer specializing in Project Management) also continued with his 13th week of managing the Vermiculture Bathroom development with the 10th week of help from Lin Xu (Mechanical Engineering Student). This week’s focus, as shown here, was on stress testing and a new way to secure the emptying box to the main structure.

Continued Managing the Vermiculture Bathroom Development – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 61 of Dean’s work. This weeks’ focus was further development of the lighting and views through the window of this 2nd perspective from the East wing and looking South.

Continued Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 35th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) design and render details. This week’s focus was benches, planters, and brick patterns for the front of the building, as shown here.

Continued Helping with Compressed Earth Block Village Design and Render Details – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) additionally continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 20th week of work, focusing on further redesigns to the main entryway that added bike racks and improved circulation for this area.

Continued Working on the Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click for Page

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-collaboratives 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: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week the core team created an updated outside images of the City Center. To do this we finished adding structural support items, explored the best shadow options and point of view, and made sure it all matched our current render image so we can begin the next step of merging them.

Created an Updated Outside Image of the City Center – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 32nd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was another round of light placement and light dispersion testing that allowed us to comfortably eliminate 1 light per bedroom in the whole 1st-floor of the Living Dome, as shown here.

Continued Working on the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click to Visit Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) also continued their work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was finishing the roof design, updating the columns in the basement to be concrete, and beginning to revise the related calculations.

Continued Working on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click to Visit Page

Ramya Vudi (Electrical Engineer) and Shubham Agrawal (Electrical Engineer) continued their work on the energy infrastructure for the City Center. What you see here are a couple photos from the weekly collaborative calls with Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant and this week’s focus of researching rackmounted vs Tower UPSs and backup storage options.

Continued Working on Energy Infrastructure for the City Center – Click for Page

Lucas Tsutsui da Silva (4th-year Computer Engineering Student) also continued his work helping with the Control Systems layout. This week’s focus was creating a spreadsheet to organize by zone and account for all the sensors, locks, cameras, and other details.

Continued Working on the Control Systems Layout – Click to Visit Page

And Adrienne Gould-Choquette (Mechanical Engineer) also finished her 12th week helping. This week’s focus was continuing the City Center heating and air conditioning load calculations you see here.

Continued Working on City Center Heating and Air Conditioning Load Calculations – Click to Visit Page

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-COLLABORATIVES HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-collaboratives 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 created the first generation of Amazon Smile promotional graphics, which are now 90% complete except for a few additional edits and another needed theme to cover Valentines Day. 

Created the First Generation of Amazon Smile Promotional Graphics – 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more.  For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

INSPIRING SUSTAINABILITY WITH OPEN SOURCE

One Community’s four-phase strategy for the creation of solution models that create solution creating models uses open source blueprints for duplication that simultaneously address all aspects of the human experience (food, energy, housing, education, social inequality and injustice, fulfilled living, etc.). We see these areas as interdependent and requiring a comprehensive solution if humanity is to move ecologically, socially, economically, and permanently towards a truly sustainable future for everyone.

Our open source model and blueprints engage and inspire people while simultaneously making sustainable living more affordable and easy to replicate. By free-sharing the step-by-step plans people need for duplication, inviting people to participate, and demonstrating sustainable teacher/demonstration hubs as a more desirable way of living, the model will predictably expand on its own.

It is this approach we see uniting the world and leading to a new Golden Age for humanity. While we understand that not everyone believes this is even possible, we are nonetheless bringing together all those that do see this as possible as the non-profit think tank of forward-thinking individuals willing to design, build, and open source project-launch blueprint and free-share it for The Highest Good of All.

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO HUMANITY’S NEEDS

One Community is open source sharing an evolution of sustainable living that addresses the complete human experience. We are doing this because we see the solutions for global food, housing, energy, education, social inequality, ethical business practices, earth regenerative practices, and a desire for a more fulfilling living experience as inseparably interconnected. As a comprehensive solution, we are addressing all these areas simultaneously and open source free-sharing everything needed for individual duplication and/or duplication as complete self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world.

As we address and open source share these areas we will establish a living example of the first teacher/demonstration village purposed to teach others. To maximally facilitate duplication, One Community will provide seven duplicable examples and function indefinitely as a place people can visit and a non-profit and open source think tank continuing to further evolve and share solutions in all of the above areas and more. We will also provide hands-on experience and training. Most importantly, growing upon our sustainable foundation, we will endlessly make this comprehensive solution even more widely known and globally accessible, understandable and diversely duplicable, and inspiring and desirable as a model worth duplicating.

GLOBALLY IMPLEMENTABLE REPLICATION MODEL

The more people that are inspired and desiring for themselves what it is that One Community creates, the more demand there will be for spreading the One Community model. This leads to the directing of financial resources and resourceful people where we believe they are needed most: the establishment of additional sustainable communities around the world. We also feel this duplication will specifically happen quickly internationally due to the affordability of overseas land, less restrictive building environments, and the spirit of adventure in many people who really desire to make a difference for those who need it most.

To meet the increasing demand for sustainability that we are contributing to, we are coordinating with manufacturers, education institutions, individuals, and vendors. This is also part of this model to help the world. Its purpose is to facilitate more engagement of the sustainability industry, produce the absolute best possible consumer value, and the most convenient delivery of goods and methodologies for building sustainable living communities and sustainable living components.

This means we not only provide education and increase needed sustainability resources, we also address the underlying roadblocks to a sustainable planet by decreasing the cost and simultaneously increasing the demand and generating financial support for global sustainability, philanthropy, and humanitarian movements and organizations.

As demand increases, so too will the ways to participate. Right now people are participating as consultants or partners donating time to our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and others are more involved as Pioneers of the core team that will be moving to the property. We also have options for people to just follow our progress or participate through internet contribution.

Once the supportive physical infrastructure is about 30% developed, One Community will be ready to additionally expand what we offer to include scholarships, free weekend learning groups, core team members choosing to travel abroad to help others get established too, handling the marketing for all similar models operating for The Highest Good of All, and hosting classes and other sponsored events to promote and demonstrate additional methodologies.

We also imagine the high likelihood that our organization will become a foundation that can be trusted as the donation point for distribution of monies to help others to establish this model also.