Global Highest Good Network Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #217

Global Highest Good network creation is about creating a network of people interested in working together for the betterment of each other and all life on this planet. Accomplishing this means sustainably addressing food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more with open source and free-shared designs created with a Highest Good mindset and goals.

• 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 May 21st, 2017 edition (#217) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Global Highest Good Network Creation
One Community Progress Update #217

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

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION INTRO: @:35

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:59

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:05

• Took Jin Yu’s hand drawings and converted them into the version 1.0 AutoCAD drawings (see below)
• Created two new versions of the Advanced Automations pages for the 7 villages online book (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 37th 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)
• Shubham Agrawal continued his work on the City Center energy details with Mike Hogan (see below)
• Jin Yu completed her 13th week working on the concrete foundation details (see below)
• Ashwin Patil continued helping develop the new Search Engines for our site (see below)

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:01

• Created 3 additional new images for the Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page (see below)

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:26

• Completed final 75% of the mindmap for Consensus and Decision Making Lesson Plan and final 75% of the mindmap for Fulfilled Living Lesson Plan (see below)
• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Continued working on the renders for the Ultimate Classroom (see below)
• Created new updated Ultimate Classroom overview image (see below)

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:32

• Created the new video background, transitions, imagery, and other details that were played in the background of this week’s new-format intro (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar and Jono Lewis completed their collective 5th week of work on the The Highest Good Network (see below)

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION SUMMARY: @13:03

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GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is developing global highest good network creation 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 on the Earthbag Village completed another round of updates to this top view rendered image for the 3-dome cluster. We updated the placement of the Murphy bed and moved the other furniture to better reflect how much space will be available in these structures.

Completed Another Round of Edits to Top View Render of 3 Dome Cluster – Click for Page

We also updated this open bed view of the Murphy bed with the same changes:

Updated Open Bed View of the Murphy Bed – Click for Earthbag Village Furniture Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 14th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week’s focus was placing the pump box and another round of piping updates related to this and other small layout changes.

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

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 15th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was more septic research and piping design, chamber design, pump details, and starting to explore locations for water fountains and spigots.

Continued Helping with Heat-Recycling Communal Eco-Shower & Vermiculture Bathroom Designs

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 69 of Dean’s work that is now focusing on the Northwest residential wing, as shown here.

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

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 41st week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) design and render details. This week’s focus was continued work on the landscaping details around the meditation labyrinth, as shown here.

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

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 24th week of work, focusing on further development of Zone 9 exercise spaces, raised planters, climbing bridges, and seating areas, as shown here.

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

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is developing global highest good network creation 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 took the hand drawings from Jin Yu (Structural Engineering Designer) and converted them into the version 1.0 AutoCAD drawings shown here.

Converted Jin’s Hand Drawings into Version 1.0 AutoCAD

And we created these two new versions of the Advanced Automations pages for the 7 villages online book (p14-15).

Created Two New Versions of Advanced Automations Pages for 7 Villages Online Book

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 37th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was continued modeling and initial lighting testing within the Social Dome.

Continued Working on the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for 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 research and new designs for the central dome connectors, as shown here.

Continued Working on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

Shubham Agrawal (Electrical Engineer) continued his work on the City Center energy details with Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant. This week’s focus was more discussion about critical versus non-critical systems differentiation and the initial electrical layout shown here.

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

Jin Yu (Structural Engineering Designer) also completed her 13th week working on the concrete foundation details. This week’s focus was revisions and writing another 10 pages of content for the City Center Footers, Foundation, and Flooring tutorial. You can see examples of this behind-the-scenes work here:

Continued Working on Concrete Foundation Design and Tutorial Details for the City Center

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) also continued helping develop the new Search Engines for our site. This week’s work was finishing development of the Duplicable City Center search engine version 3.0 that you see here:

Finished Development of Duplicable City Center Search Engine Version 3.0 – Click for Duplicable City

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is developing global highest good network creation 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

Created Additional Images for the Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations Page – Click to Visit

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is developing global highest good network creation 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 completed the final 75% of the mindmap for the Consensus and Decision Making Lesson Plan and the final 75% of the mindmap for the Fulfilled Living Lesson Plan, as you can see here:

Lesson Plan Mindmap for Consensus and Decision Making Complete – Click for Page

Lesson Plan Mindmap for Fulfilled Living 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 Time Lesson Plan and the Winter Lesson Plan. This brings us to 20 of 52 finished, which is 38.5% completion.

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

We also continued working on the renders for the Ultimate Classroom. This week we modified the lighting and other aesthetic details to create this new final render of the yellow room:

The Ultimate Classroom Final Render Yellow Room – Click for Page

And we created this new updated Ultimate Classroom overview image.

Created New Updated Ultimate Classroom Overview Image – Click for Page

GLOBAL HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK CREATION HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is developing global highest good network creation 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 new video background, transitions, imagery, and other details that were played in the background of this week’s new-format intro. You can see some of the work that went into this here:

Created New Video Background, Transitions, Imagery, and Other Details For Weekly Blogs

Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) and Jono Lewis (Software Developer) completed their collective 5th week of work on the The Highest Good Network. This week’s focus, some of which you can see here, was on the time log entry process and connections to the database.

Continued Working on the The Highest Good Network – 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.