Creating a Sustainable Civilization – One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Creating a sustainable civilization is possible if enough people want it. One Community is working to make this happen by open-source developing resources for sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. We’ll then use and refine these resources as we build the prototype city that will demonstrate the kind of sustainability that could accomplish this as easy, enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on its own.

• 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 July 21st, 2019 edition (#330) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Creating a Sustainable Civilization
One Community Progress Update #330

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

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:49

• Began adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page; finished the initial formatting and completed the Why and Understanding R-Values sections (see below)
• Brianna Olsen completed her 7th week researching the insulation details and finished her second round of revisions on the most sustainable insulation options page (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; continued standardization of the page layouts, parts colors, labels, and other details (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:01

• This week Yuqiao Zhang continued helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing the rainwater harvesting system (see below)
• Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial (see below)
• Sneha Dongre continued helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; solving more missing 3D face (area) issues in AutoCAD, deleting extra members, and testing and retesting the model in SAP (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:30

• Continued our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial; created all the missing and behind-the-scenes construction, lake-sealing, individual dam description, and FAQ details (see below)
• Continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page; focused on What and Why sections, history of permaculture details, and beginning describing Holmgren’s 12 principles of design (see below)
• Started developing the goat barn in Sketchup 3D (see below)
• Continued researching sheep (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:43

• 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 redesign of the Ultimate Classroom; added a temporary roof so we could create external renders and created a new render of the interior looking Southeast (see below0
• Guy Grossfeld continued adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:17

• Rewrote our new volunteer Welcome Page and policies (see below)
• Core team working with Brian Gilb completed the Highest Good Network information flow graphics and version 2 of the work breakdown structure shown here (see below)
• Emilio Nájera continued with his 37th week as part of the marketing team by creating the first versions of the Foundation for World Change and Nonprofit Organization sub-groups of the Highest Good of All ad campaign (see below)

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION SUMMARY: @13:12

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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 week the core team began adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page. This week we finished the initial formatting and completed the Why and Understanding R-Values sections.

Began Adding Content to the Most Sustainable Insulation Options Page – Click to Visit

Also working on the most sustainable insulation options page, Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 7th week researching the details and finished her second round of revisions. She added a more high-level overview of the different types of insulations vs. specific products/brands and included insulations we didn’t add in the spreadsheet because the health consequences invalidated them. We’d say this behind-the-scenes work is now 95% complete.

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Continued Standardization of the Murphy Bed Page Layouts, Part Colors, and Labels – Click for Earthbag Furniture Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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 Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 9th week helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing the rainwater harvesting system. This week he added the ground trench system and the basement drainage systems, researched and applied design codes, color-coded all the sections of the system, and revised the AutoCAD basement entryway and several other areas. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Updating the AutoCAD and SketchUp Files and Designing the Rainwater Harvesting System – Click for City Center

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 11th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he continued to create the baseline model by modeling the building with a window-to-wall ratio of 40% and calculating baseline equipment performance and plug loads. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Working on Energy Modeling for Our LEED Platinum Certification – Click for City Center HVAC Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 17th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was solving more missing 3D face (area) issues in AutoCAD, deleting extra members, and testing and retesting the model in SAP. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Helping With the Duplicable City Center Structural Details – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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 week the core team continued with week 18 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we created all the missing and behind-the-scenes construction, lake-sealing, individual dam description, and FAQ details. Most of which you can see here.

Continued on Lake and Water-retention Landscape Design Tutorial – Click for Page

The core team also continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page. This week’s focus was the What and Why sections, history of permaculture details, and beginning describing Holmgren’s 12 principles of design.

Continued Developing Content for the Open Source Permaculture Design Page – Click to Visit

The core team additionally started developing the goat barn in SketchUp 3D. What you see here are our initial layout tests.

Started Developing the Goat Barn in SketchUP 3D – Click for Page

And, last but not least, the core team continued researching sheep. We reviewed and extracted information from Sheep 101 and Wikipedia Sheep and added all we learned to our new behind-the-scenes sheep-tutorial Google Doc, as shown here.

Reviewed and Extracted Information From Sheep 101 and Wikipedia Sheep – Click for Highest Good Food

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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. 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 redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we added a temporary roof so we could create external renders and created this new render of the interior looking Southeast.

Continued Working on the Redesign of the Ultimate Classroom, Adding a Temporary Roof – Click for Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued with week 2 of his work adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom. Here are the second drafts of the orange, red, blue and indigo classroom spaces.

Continued Adding People and Object Additions to the Redesigned Sections of the Ultimate Classroom – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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 rewrote our new volunteer Welcome Page and policies. You can see some of this new page here.

Rewrote Our New Volunteer Welcome Page and Policies – Click to Visit Page

The core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) also completed the Highest Good Network information flow graphics and version 2 of the work breakdown structure shown here.

Completed Highest Good Network Information Flow Graphics and Version 2 of WBS – Click to Visit Page

And Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) continued with his 37th week as part of the marketing team by creating the first versions of the Foundation for World Change and Nonprofit Organization sub-groups of the Highest Good of All ad campaign. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Working on the Highest Good of All Ad Campaign – Click to Visit Page

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