Open Sourcing Sustainable Villages – One Community Weekly Progress Update #187

One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit open sourcing sustainable villages. These village designs combine physical sustainability components (food, energy, and housing) with emotional sustainability components (education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices) as a model for living and creating for The Highest Good of all people and life on our planet.

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One Community’s physical location will forward the movement of open sourcing sustainable villages as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the October 23rd, 2016 edition (#187) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Open Sourcing Sustainable Villages
One Community Progress Update #187

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

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES INTRO: @1:03

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @2:00

• Transferred second 25% of the written content for the Individuality Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote third 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan (see below)
• Completed first 25% of the mindmap for the Personal Growth Lesson Plan (see below)

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:51

• Completed correcting the formatting on the Transition Kitchen page (see below)

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:16

• Continued with layers of revisions for the upcoming 7 villages online book (see below)
• Ashwini Ramesh and the core team put another combined total of 20 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)
• Shilcy Augustine continued her 3rd week of helping us merge all our Earthbag Village files (see below)
• Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 13th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld finished 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Yee-Cheng Ho finished her 5th week of helping by creating these new 1st-generation views of the Shipping Container Village (see below)
• Jiming Chen continued helping develop the Tree House Village (see below)
• Zachary Melin continued updating the Tree House Village book created by last year’s intern Team (see below)

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:37

• Began a new round of renders creation for the Duplicable City Center file (see below)
• Continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome (see below)
• Iris Hsu finished render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations (see below)
• Neha Verma helped create our 2nd-generation wall-section detail drawings (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 18th week of work on the lighting zones (see below)
• Jinxi Feng continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:48

• Ashwin Patil completed his 3rd week of helping with the new site-design details (see below)

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES SUMMARY: @9:05

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OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing sustainable villages 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 last week the core team transferred the second 25% of the written content for the Individuality 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 “Individuality” is now 50% completed on our website.

Transferred 2nd 25% of Individuality Lesson Plan to Site – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the third 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan.

We also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Personal Growth Lesson Plan, which you see here:

Personal Growth Mindmap – 25% Complete – Click to Visit Page

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing sustainable villages 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 last week the core team completed correcting the formatting on the Transition Kitchen page. You can see images of that work here:

Completed Correcting the Formatting on the Transition Kitchen Page – Click to Visit

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing sustainable villages 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

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

Continued Working on the Footers, Foundations & Flooring Page for the Crowdfunding Campaign We are Developing

Shilcy Augustine (Architect) continued her 3rd week of helping us merge all our Earthbag Village files. This week’s focus was updates to all the images you see here with a black background and completely redrawing all the images on the white background. She also helped us create the title blocks we’ll be using:

Continued Merging Our Earthbag Village Files – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 40 of his work continuing to work on external details and providing this final render of the front view looking Northwest…

Final Render of Front View Looking Northwest – Click to Visit Cob Village

…and this initial render of the children’s play area and central view looking Southwest:

Created Initial Render of Children’s Play Area and Central View Looking Southwest – Click for Cob Village

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 13th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). This week’s focus was more updates to the living-space layouts and adding new details to the Revit-3D plans for the Southwest-residences:

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

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also finished 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). What you see here is his 8th week of this work that also included finishing the designs for the first 3D earth block bench:

Finished 3D Creation of the Specific Blocks for Compressed Earth Block Village – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) additionally continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 3rd week of work, continuing to visualize the specifics of the North area of this village:

Continued Work on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click to Visit Page

Yee-Cheng Ho (Interior Designer) also finished her 5th week of helping by creating these new 1st-generation views of the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) Unit Types 1 as they are planned for in the village (left) and unit types 3 and 4 as they are planned for in the village (right):

Created New 1st-Generation Views of the Shipping Container Village – Click to Visit Page

Jiming Chen (Designer with his Master’s in Architecture and BA in Engineering) also continued helping develop the Tree House Village (Pod 7). What you see here is his 3rd week of this work focusing on developing a new design for the stand-alone bathroom and shower structure. As shown here, this new design matches the look and layout of the rest of the village structures:

Continued Developing the Tree House Village – Click to Visit Page

Zachary Melin (Graphic Designer) also continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team. What you see here is week 11 of this work that was round one of updating all the page colors to match the new color palette:

Continued Updating the Tree House Village Book – Click to Visit Page

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing sustainable villages 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 began a new round of renders creation for the Duplicable City Center file. The perspectives created for consideration here include the root cellar and sunrise patio.

Began New Round of Renders Creation for the Duplicable City Center File – Click for Page

We also continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome. This week we placed more lights and plants around the indoor part of the pool.

Continued Working on Aesthetics for Natural Pool in the Social Dome – Click for Page

Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), also finished render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #22 of her work producing this diversity of final renders and perspectives for what the library will look like incorporating all of her shelving, table, couch and chair designs.

Finished Render-Testing the Recycled Pipe Shelving for the Duplicable City Center Library – Click to Visit Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations. What you see here are detailed summaries of their structural calculation and design work to this point, including rationales for their decisions so we could get a second review before moving forward.

Continued Work on the City Center Column Placement and Calculations – Click to Visit Page

Continued Work on the City Center Column Placement and Calculations – Click to Visit Page

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture), also helped create our 2nd-generation wall-section detail drawings. You can see some of the work-in-progress drawings here:

Created 2nd-Generation Wall-Section Details Drawings – Click to Visit City Center

And Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) also continued with her 18th week of work on the lighting zones, completing new calculations to include room area details in square feet and wattage per square foot calculations:

Continued Working on the Lighting Zones – Click to Visit Page

Jinxi Feng (Environmental Consultant) also continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis. What you see here is her 7th week of behind-the-scenes research into this area, this week’s focus was identifying the top 10 water efficient and energy efficient Energy-star personal washers and dryers and comparing their efficiency to traditional washers and dryers.

Continued Research for in-Depth Laundry & Dryer Machine Sustainability Analysis – Click to Visit

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing sustainable villages 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, Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) completed his 3rd week of helping with the new site-design details. This week’s focus was updating the layout of the new site search tool to be horizontal, and starting to add in all the links and pages for the food section:

Continued Helping with the New Web Design – Click to Visit Home 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.

OPEN SOURCING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES 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.