Active Ecological Reinvention of Our World – One Community Weekly Progress Update #113

Active ecological reinvention of our world is possible and happening. Through an open source approach to combining physical sustainability (food, energy, housing) with emotional sustainability (education, recreation, business creation, and Earth stewardship) we can create and involve people in a better quality of living that will benefit us all. One Community sees this as a path to living and creating 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 May 3rd, 2015 edition (#113) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

Active Ecological Reinvention of Our World
One Community Weekly Progress Update #113

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

ACTIVE ECOLOGICAL REINVENTION OF OUR WORLD INTRO @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @2:01

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

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:47

• Finished final social media imagery and featured open source alliums hub and food forest edge plantings hub (see below)
• Researched and added the recipes to the open source peas hub (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Benjamin Sessions is creating a month long buying list for the omnivore section of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan
• Added two additional recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @5:02

• Behind the scenes: continued laying out the specifics for the Open Source Murphy bed furniture assembly details (77% complete – see below)
• Behind the scenes: finished the first 5% of the open source camp setup specifics for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign
• Beatriz Rocha finished first-generation AutoCAD drafts of the net-zero-water-use bathrooms (see below)
• Sheng Xu finished his 6th round of SolidWorks design specifics for the 3-dome cluster of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Nelli Levental created internal render for what one of the rooms in the Earthship Village (Pod 6) will look like. She also created initial concept designs for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) (see below)
• Erika Yumi Tamashiro and the Design Team members from Team Brazil created these first design layouts for the Earthship Village (Pod 6) (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:17

• Ricardo Carrillo continued working on the structural engineering specifics for the Duplicable City Center cupola (see below)
• Mayke Balbino completed a thorough review of this structure in AutoCAD to find errors, improve materials efficiency, and make it easier to build (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:06

• Vassili Biserov finished translation of the Highest Good for All page from English into Italian (see below)

ACTIVE ECOLOGICAL REINVENTION OF OUR WORLD SUMMARY: @8:49

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is about active ecological reinvention of our world 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 25% of the written section and images for the “Nature“ lesson plan to the website – which includes the health, math, and science sections. That brings this page 75% complete:

Nature Lesson Plan – 75% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the first 25% of our lesson plan with the central theme of “Communication.” These theme-based lesson plans teach all subjects to all learning levels using the central themes:

Here you can also see the behind-the-scenes work we did on the comprehensive evaluation/assessment and mutual feedback model we are developing for students and their teachers. This week’s focus was on the preliminary outline of the components needed for immediate and periodic assessment:

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 another 25% of the image creation for the Open Source lesson plan mind map, which you can see here. This brings this mindmap to 75% complete:

Mindmap for “Open Source” Lesson Plan – 75% Complete – Click to Visit Page

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

“Signs and Symbols” Lesson Plan Featured – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is about active ecological reinvention of our world 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 open source alliums hub:

Featured our Alliums Page with New Social Media Imagery – Click to Visit

And we did this for our food forest edge plantings hub too:

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

We researched and added additional recipes to the open source peas hub which you can see here. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan that feature peas will be added here in the future:

Added 2 Pea Recipes – Click to Visit the Open Source Peas Hub

Behind the scenes, Benjamin Sessions is working on creating a month long buying list for recipes for the omnivore section of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan

We also added two additional mouth-watering recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan– which are the Blueberry Coconut Smoothie and Hemp Oatmeal with Strawberry Puree & Pistachios:

Blueberry Coconut Smoothie Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

Hemp Oatmeal with Strawberry Puree & Pistachios Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is about active ecological reinvention of our world 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 tutorial step #6.8: Cutting lumber and labeling pieces for the bed box. We’re now 77% done with the complete assembly instructions:

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

Behind the scenes, we also finished the first 5% of the open source camp setup specifics for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign.

Beatriz Rocha (Mechanical Engineering Student) finished these first-generation AutoCAD drafts of the net-zero-water-use bathrooms:

First-Generation AutoCAD Drafts of Net-Zero-Water-Use Bathrooms – Click to Visit Eco-Toilet Page

Sheng Xu (Mechanical Design Engineer) also finished his 6th round of SolidWorks design specifics for the 3-dome cluster of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. This work included exploring additional roof designs and functionally artistic roof accents. The pink lines show the final design we are shooting for:

3-Dome Cluster into Solidworks (6th Round) – Click for Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign Page

Nelli Levental (Graphic Designer and College Professor) created this internal render for what one of the rooms in the Earthship Village (Pod 6) will look like:

Earthship (Pod 6) Internal Render – Click for HIghest Good Housing Page

Nelli also created initial concept designs for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). The pyramid will function as a greenhouse on top and shared social and dining space:

Pod 4 Concept Drawings – Click to Visit Hightest Good Housing Page

Housing would be stacked (below left) and the housing and social space would be combined (below right):

Pod 4 Concept Drawings – Click to Visit Hightest Good Housing Page

Erika Yumi Tamashiro (Architecture and Urban Design Student) and the Design Team members from Team Brazil also created these first design layouts for the Earthship Village (Pod 6). This collage shows the initial overview… side view… regular units… and ADA units:

Earthship Village (Pod 6) first design layouts – Click to Visit Highest Good Housing Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is about active ecological reinvention of our world 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) continued working on the structural engineering specifics for the Duplicable City Center cupola. You can see these details and plans taking shape here in 3D:

Structural Calculations for City Center Cupula – Click to Visit Page

Mayke Balbino (Architecture and Urban Design Student) also completed a thorough review of this structure in AutoCAD to find errors, improve materials efficiency, and make it easier to build. What you see here are Mayke’s extensive notes and improvement suggestions:

Thorough Review of City Center in AutoCAD – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is about active ecological reinvention of our world 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 Vassili Biserov (Writer, Poet and Translator) finished translation of the Highest Good for All page from English into Italian. You can see the new Italian version of the For the Highest Good of All page here:

Translation of the Highest Good for All Page into Italian – Click to Visit Page

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