A Better Living Quality for All – One Community Weekly Progress Update #112

A better quality of living for all people, everywhere, is possible. It can be sustainable, environmentally regenerative, provide more free time, more things to do with that time, and help others to live a higher quality of life too. We are creating this open source and 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 April 26th, 2015 edition (#112) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

A Better Living Quality for All
One Community Weekly Progress Update #112

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

CREATING OBJECTIVE AND MEASURABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION INTRO @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:58

• Transferred next 50% of the written section and images for the “Open Source” lesson plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote final 25% of “Open Source” lesson plan (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote final 25% of ” Nature” lesson plan (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Worked on a comprehensive evaluation/assessment and mutual feedback model for students and their teachers (see below)
• Paige Allison Donatelli finished the next 25% of image creation for the Nature lesson mindmap (see below)
• Featured new “Love” lesson plan image across social media that Paige helped us create (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:52

• Finished final social media imagery and featured our food forest root crop plantings hub (see below)
• Researched and added three additional recipes to the Alliums open source hub (see below)
• Added another yummy recipe from Benjamin Sessions to the omnivore section of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)
• Added three new wonderful recipes to the vegan section from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @5:18

• Behind the scenes: continued laying out the specifics for the Open Source Murphy bed furniture assembly details (73% complete – see below)
• Added and edited additional work of Matheus Manfredini (the Earthbag Village water collection specifics) to the website (60% complete)
• Diogo Rozada completed the first draft of putting the Earthbag Village Tropical Atrium into AutoCAD (see below)
• Sheng Xu finished his 5th round of SolidWorks design specifics for the 3-dome cluster of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Nelli Levental created a new design for the shipping container village (Pod 5) (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:08

• Ricardo Carrillo began working on the structural engineering specifics for the Duplicable City Center cupola (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:42

• Completed the social media image for the People’s Agenda 21 Ocean Preservation resource and featured the page (see below)
• Recreated the People’s Agenda 21 submission form for easier feedback and resource contribution (see below)

CREATING OBJECTIVE AND MEASURABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION SUMMARY: @8:14

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating objective and measurable global transformation 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 next 50% of the written section and images for the “Open Source” lesson plan to the website, bringing this page to 100% complete.

Open Source Lesson Plan – 75% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes we also wrote the final 25% of the “Open Source” lesson plan, bringing the writing to 100% complete.

Also behind the scenes, we wrote the final 25% of our lesson plan with the central theme of ” Nature” -which brings that to 75% written completion.

Here you can see the embodiment and goals section of another behind the scenes component we worked on this week, the comprehensive evaluation/assessment and mutual feedback model for students and their teachers:

Comprehensive Evaluation/Assessment & Mutual Feedback Model – Click to Visit Highest Good Education Page

Paige Allison Donatelli (Graphic Designer and Owner Operator of Namaste Living in a Material World) finished the next 25% of the image creation for the Nature lesson mindmap, which you can see here. That brings this mindmap to 50% complete:

Mindmap for “Nature” Lesson Plan – 50% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Paige also helped us create this new image for the “Love” lesson plan, which we featured this week across our social media channels:

“Love” Lesson Plan Featured – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating objective and measurable global transformation 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 finished the final social media imagery and featured our food forest root crop plantings hub:

Featured our Food Forest Root Crop Plantings Page with New Social Media Imagery – Click to Visit

We researched and added three additional recipes to the Alliums open source hub, which you can see here. These recipe lists will keep growing as our food experts continue adding to our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan:

Added 3 Alliums Recipes – Click to Visit the Open Source Alliums Hub

In addition to this we added another yummy recipe from Benjamin Sessions to the omnivore section of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan: Wild rice with Cod and Chilean Pebre. You can see this recipe and photo here:

Wild Rice with Cod and Chilean Pebre Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

In addition to this, we added three new wonderful recipes to the vegan section from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, which are: ManGoji Citrus Smoothies, ‘Cream’ of Cauliflower Soup, and Garbanzo & Brown Rice Burgers:

3 Vegan Recipes Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating objective and measurable global transformation 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

This last week the core team continued progress on the assembly specifics for the Open Source Murphy bed furniture. This work is happening behind the scenes and what you see here will be part of the Earthbag Village and the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. This week we finished the redesign of the two back shelves and assembly instructions. We estimate we are now 73% complete with this behind-the-scenes work:

Open Source Murphy Bed Furniture Assembly Details Developing Behind-the-scenes – Click to Visit Furniture Page

The Core Team also added and edited additional Earthbag Village water collection specifics to the website for sizing of the water storage pond. This is the work of Matheus Manfredini (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Urban Design) and we’d say the complete design details are now about 60% done:

Earthbag Village Water Collection Specifics Added to the Website – Click to Visit Page

Diogo Rozada (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Hydraulics) also completed the first draft of putting the Earthbag Village Tropical Atrium into AutoCAD:

Earthbag Village Tropical Atrium into AutoCAD – 1st Draft – Click to Visit Page

Sheng Xu (Mechanical Design Engineer) also finished his 5th round of SolidWorks design specifics for the 3-dome cluster of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. This work included adding the staircase you see here and exploring different roof-covering options:

3-Dome Cluster into Solidworks (5th Round) – Click for Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign Page

Nelli Levental (Graphic Designer and College Professor) also created this new design for the shipping container village (Pod 5) featuring maximum passive solar:

New Design for Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) – Click to Visit Highest Good Housing Page

…and a 3-level stacked design that will be able to be built on or off a sloped grade:

Shipping Container (Pod 5) 3-Level Stacked Design – Click to Visit Highest Good Housing Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a better quality of life for all 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 last week Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) began working on the structural engineering specifics for the Duplicable City Center cupola. You can see his initial exploration and designs here:

Initial Structural Calculations for City Center Cupula – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a better quality of life for all 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 last week the core team completed this social media image for the People’s Agenda 21 Ocean Preservation resource. We then featured the page.

Social Media Image Created for the Ocean Preservation Page – Click to Visit

We also recreated the People’s Agenda 21 submission form for easier feedback and resource contribution. You can see this new input page here:

Sustainable ideas Submission Form – Click to Visit Page

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