Abundance Through Green Living – One Community Weekly Progress Update #322

We can create abundance through green living, global abundance if we succeed in creating a self-replicating model. One Community is designing and open sourcing the food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic designs, social architecture, fulfilled living practices, global stewardship practices, and more to make this possible.

• 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 26th, 2019 edition (#322) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 Abundance Through Green Living
One Community Progress Update #322

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

ABUNDANCE THROUGH GREEN LIVING INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:01

• Core team working with Brian Gilb created the complete work breakdown structure for the Earthbag Village and began creating this same structure for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Dean Scholz finished week #160 working on the Earthbag Village; modeled the table and corner bench details (see below)
• Dan Alleck completed his 45th week helping with Earthbag Village renders; finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to final view of the Earthbag Village looking South (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy completed his 52nd week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions; cross checking and updating the parts details and more revisions to the storage and changing area (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:12

• Anvita Kumari Pandey added the Duplicable City Center sprinkler system pipe specifications and quantities, pipe prices, and images & source urls to the Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet (see below)
• Tanya Griffin, Aubryanne Boyle, and Allie Marsh completed their 22nd week helping with the Duplicable City Center interior design details; focusing on paint, flooring, and more furniture and art plans for the cupola and additional art plans and dirt-catching floors for the Social Dome (see below)
• Yuqiao Zhang joined the team and completed his first week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files (see below)
• Ron Huang continued with week 3 working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial; finished modeling all the windows and doors and the first energy use analysis tests (see below)
• Sneha Dongre continued with her 13th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; adding new window and making individual lines in AutoCAD on top of non-working polylines (see below)
• Zeyu Zhu completed his 2nd week increasing the capacity and finalizing the rainwater catchment designs for the City Center; estimated reservoir size needed for the 3 consecutive rainiest months and searched for suitable tanks for underground water storage (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:22

• Continued writing the behind-the-scenes narrative and detailed food rollout plan (see below)
• Completed the rest of the free permaculture course being offered by Oregon State University, outlined the details we’ll be using to develop the Open Source Permaculture Design page, and started creating a complete mindmap of the permaculture process (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:15

• With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
• Continued working on the structural redesign of the Ultimate Classroom; finished updates to the exterior walls around the bathrooms, extended the length of the classroom-separating walls, placed two different types of folding movable walls, moved the bathroom windows, and created an initial roof design (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:41

• Emilio Nájera continued with his 30th week as part of the marketing team; finishing the Open Source City Center Lighting Design research and working on the keyword research for the Human Needs landing page (see below)

ABUNDANCE THROUGH GREEN LIVING SUMMARY: @13:19

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating abundance through green living with 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 week the core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) created the complete work breakdown structure for the Earthbag Village and began creating this same structure for the Duplicable City Center.

Created Complete Work Breakdown Structure for Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #160 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he modeled the table and corner bench details.

Modeled the Earthbag Village Table and Corner Bench Details – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 45th week helping with Earthbag Village renders. This week he finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final view of the Earthbag Village looking South. This image is now on the Tropical Atrium open source hub too.

Finished Work on Final View of Earthbag Village Looking South – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 52nd week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was cross checking and updating the parts details and more revisions to the storage and changing area, some of which you can see here.

Crossed Checked and Updated Parts Details and Revised Storage and Changing Area – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating abundance through green living with 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 Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) added the Duplicable City Center sprinkler system pipe specifications and quantities, pipe prices, and images & source urls to the Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet.

Added Sprinkler System Pipe Details to the Duplicable City Center Costs Spreadsheet – Click for Page

Tanya Griffin, Aubryanne Boyle, and Allie Marsh (Interior Designers from Lotus Design Pros) completed their 22nd week helping with the Duplicable City Center interior design details. This week’s focus was paint, flooring, and more furniture and art plans for the cupola and additional art plans and dirt-catching floors for the Social Dome.

Continued with Duplicable City Center Interior Design Details – Click for Page

Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) also joined the team and completed his first week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files. This week he added an additional window to the Social Dome and relocated all the other windows for that dome and the Dining Dome in both AutoCAD and SketchUp and revised and added details to AutoCAD section A and B. You can see some of this work here.

Helped Finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Page

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with week 3 working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he finished modeling all the windows and doors and the first energy use analysis tests.

Finished Modeling Windows and Doors and First Energy Use Analysis Tests – Click for City Center Heating and Cooling Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 13th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was adding the new window and making individual lines in AutoCAD on top of non-working polylines so as to import them successfully into SAP. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Helping with Duplicable City Center Structural Details – Click for Page

And Zeyu Zhu (Mechanical Engineer) also completed his 2nd week increasing the capacity and finalizing the rainwater catchment designs for the City Center. This week he estimated reservoir size needed for the 3 consecutive rainiest months and searched for suitable tanks for underground water storage.

Estimated Reservoir Size Needed for the 3 Consecutive Rainiest Months – Click for Water Catchment Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating abundance through green living with 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 continued writing the behind-the-scenes narrative and detailed food rollout plan. We continued research for goats which included a review of the video Raising Kiko Goats at Lookout Point Ranch, adding more info from the Guild Brook Farm video, and incorporating all the new information into our behind-the-scenes Google Doc for this topic.

Continued Researching Goats and Organizing Google Doc – Click for Goat Page

The core team also completed the rest of the free permaculture course being offered by Oregon State University, outlined the details we’ll be using to develop the Open Source Permaculture Design page, and started creating a complete mindmap of the permaculture process. You can see some of this work here.

Completed Free Permaculture Course to Further Develop the Open Source Permaculture Design Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating abundance through green living with 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. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week the core team continued working on the structural redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we finished updates to the exterior walls around the bathrooms, extended the length of the classroom-separating walls, placed two different types of folding movable walls, moved the bathroom windows, and created an initial roof design. You can see some of this work-in-progress here.

Continued Working on the Structural Redesign of the Ultimate Classroom – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating abundance through green living with 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 Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) also continued with his 30th week as part of the marketing team. This week’s focus was finishing the Open Source City Center Lighting Design research and working on the keyword research for the Human Needs landing page. You can see some of this work here. 

Finished the Open Source City Center Lighting Design Research – Click for Site Map

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