How to Make a Global Sustainability Starting Point – One Community Weekly Progress Update #181

How to make a global sustainability starting point: open source all aspects of a sustainable living model that most people would consider better than the way they are living now. One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit doing this for “The Highest Good of 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 this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the September 11th, 2016 edition (#181) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments on how to make a global sustainability starting point:

How to Make a Global Sustainability Starting Point
One Community Progress Update #181

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above focused on advancing our goals on how to make a global sustainability starting point:

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT INTRO: @1:03

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:58

• Transferred final 25% of the written content for the Beliefs Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote second 25% of the written part of the Personal Growth Lesson Plan (see below)
• Completed final 25% of the mindmap for the Honesty and Integrity Lesson Plan (see below)

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:52

• Added initial cost analysis document and the behind the scenes work to the live version of the Transition Kitchen page (see below)

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:20

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:02

• Continued working on the Duplicable City Center 3D renders (see below)
• Added supporting columns into the first floor of the Social Dome (see below)
• Bupesh Seethala created version 1 of all the Duplicable City Center elevations (see below)
• Iris Hsu began render-testing the recycled pipe shelving and overhead lighting options for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 15th week of work on the lighting zones (see below)
• “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued work on the structural details for the City Center (see below)

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:44

• Jennifer Zhou completed her 9th week of work developing the new website structure (see below)

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT SUMMARY: @7:58

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HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point 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
      

As part of demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point this last week the core team transferred the final 25% of the written content for the Beliefs Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Beliefs” is now 100% completed on our website.

Beliefs Lesson Plan – Final 25% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the second 25% of the written part of the Personal Growth Lesson Plan.

We also completed the final 25% of the mindmap for the Honesty and Integrity Lesson Plan, bringing it to 100% complete, which you see here:

Honesty and Integrity Mindmap – Click to Visit Page

 HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point 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

As part of demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point this week the core team added the initial cost analysis document and the behind the scenes work from the last few weeks to the live version of the Transition Kitchen page. You can see some of that work here:

Added initial Cost Analysis Document and Other Work to Transition Kitchen Page – Click to Visit

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point 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

As part of demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point  this week the core team continued updating the formatting of the upcoming 7 villages online book pages. This week’s work focused on the updates shown here including cleaned up and new versions of the Earthbag Village, Straw Bale Village, and Cob Village presentations.

Continued Formatting of Upcoming 7 Villages Online Book – Click to Visit Page

Continued Behind-the-Scenes Revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Info – Click to Visit Page

We also used Sketchup as seen here, to explore different options for EPS layouts for insulating the ground around the domes.

Used Sketchup to Explore Different Options for EPS Layouts – Click to Visit Footer and Foundation Page

And we created new and clearer images for the vermiculture bathroom open source page, you can see these images here:

Created New and Clearer Images for the Vermiculture Bathroom Open Source page – Click to Visit Page

Sal Rubio (Industrial Designer) also completed his final week of volunteering helping on the Earthbag Village Murphy Bed furniture assembly instructions. What you see here is his 14th week of helping and the final product of our collaboration to create the layouts for the intro pages to each section… and the tools page that is planned for the intro to the entire instruction set.

Worked on Layouts for Earthbag Village Murphy Bed Furniture Assembly Instructions – Click for Page

Brianna Johnson (Interior Designer), also created these two new overview renders focused on the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) social spaces.

Created Two New Overview Renders Focused on the Straw Bale Village Social Spaces – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 35 of his work that focused on fixing the problems that caused computer crashes last week and the series of final render tests seen here… adjusting colors, shadows, and textures to make these renders more and more real.

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit Page

And, Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD Draftsperson and Designer), continued evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). You can see his 7th week of work here showing updates to the public bathrooms area, driveway areas, and West and central social spaces on the 2nd floor.

Continued Evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village – Click to Visit Page

Building on Hamilton’s work, Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer), also completed his 2nd week of 3D modeling of the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) for quality render creation. What you see here are his continued developments of the foundational walls and other structures in 3DS Max.

Continued 3D modeling of the Compressed Earth Block Village – Click to Visit Page

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point 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

As part of demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point this week the core team continued working on the Duplicable City Center 3D renders. What you see here are the updates to the Dining Dome basement where we relocated the boiler room, made corrections to the retaining wall location, and rearranged the storage shelves and supporting columns.

Continued Working on the Duplicable City Center 3D Renders – Click to Visit Page

Additionally, we added supporting columns into the first floor of the Social Dome and continued developing the aesthetic details you can see here.

Continued Work on the First Floor of the Social Dome – Click to Visit Page

Bupesh Seethala (Interior Designer and Drafter) also created version 1 of all the elevations you can see here:

Created Version 1 of All the Duplicable City Center Elevations – Click to Visit Page

And Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), began render-testing the recycled pipe shelving and overhead lighting options for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #17 of work on these designs that now include books, columns, and furniture layout details.

Began Render-Testing Recycled Pipe Shelving & Overhead Lighting Options – Click to Visit Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) also continued with her 15th week of work on the lighting zones. This week’s progress continued with final revisions and defining of the zones as shown here, plus double checking the calculation and spreadsheet details. We’d say we are now 98% complete with this component of the City Center.

Continued Work on City Center Lighting Zones – Click to Visit City Center Lighting Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) also continued work on the structural details for the City Center. This week’s focus was designating additional structural walls and more updates to the column placements.

Continued Work on Structural Details for City Center – Click to Visit Page

HOW TO MAKE A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STARTING POINT HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point 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

As part of demonstrating how to make a global sustainability starting point this week Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) completed her 9th week of work developing the new website structure. The focus continued on formatting updates, different layouts for the responsive screen-size changes, and how to integrate our logo into the different layouts.

Continued Developing the New Website Structure – Click for Our Homepage

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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.