Creating Holistic Transformational Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #72

One Community is creating holistic transformational change by simultaneously addressing all the foundations of a sustainable civilization and open source and free-sharing the results 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 July 18th, 2014 edition (#72) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

Creating Holistic Transformational Change
One Community Weekly Progress Update #72

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

CREATING HOLISTIC TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE INTRO  @1:00 HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:42

• • • Finished the first 25% of the Spring-themed lesson plan mindmap (see below)
    • Finished the second 50% of content to the Happiness Lesson plan webpage (complete – see below)
    • Behind the scenes: Finished another 30% of the “Harmony” lesson plan (70% complete – see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:54

• • • Added diversity details for heirloom and organic Peppers to the large-scale gardening page (see below)
    • Added diversity details for heirloom and organic Melons to the large-scale gardening page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:49

• • • Added remote internet rollout specifics for 100-400 people to our open source internet setup page (see below)
    • Created a new off-grid sustainable water heating research overview video (see below)
    • Added property specifics and updated build-site images to our new crowdfunding campaign webpage (see below)
    • Devin Porter helped us create these new renders of complete earthbag village (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:25

• • • Chose royalty-free music for an upcoming Duplicable City Center video (see below)
    • James Nance of P2S Engineering helped us begin exploring the specific LEED Platinum lighting wattage limitations for the Duplicable City Center Lighting plan, our kitchen air exchanger specifics, plus heat exchanger and capture options for used dishwashing water heat, grease hood heat, and laundry exhaust heat

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:02

• • • Completed further updates to the core values pages covering Communication, Diversity, and Freedom
    • Finished about 25% of the redesign and update of the core value of Contribution page (see below)
    • Created the graphic designer image and page and added more job posting specifics to all of the pages on the complete Helping Create One Community page (see below)

CREATING HOLISTIC TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE SUMMARY: @8:04

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating holistic transformational change 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 finished the last 25% of the image research for the Spring-themed lesson plan mindmap and designed the first 25% of the image itself:

Spring Mindmap – 25% Complete

We also finished adding the last 50% of content to the Happiness Lesson plan webpage, which is now complete. Here is a screenshot of the new content added there:

Happiness Lesson Plan Complete – Click for Complete Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating holistic transformational change 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 adding the diversity details to the heirloom and organic Peppers section of the large-scale gardening page. We added 24 different peppers and featured the 17 you see here along with also adding planting guidelines, cultural considerations, and purchasing details for them all:

Pepper Diversity Details – Click to Visit Page

We also completed the same details for the Melons section, adding 28 different species of melons, planting guidelines, complete purchasing details, etc. and the 10 you see featured here:

Melon Diversity Details – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating holistic transformational change 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 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 added remote internet rollout specifics for 100-400 people plus a Frequently Answered Questions section to our open source internet setup page for remote community creation:

Internet Rollout Specifics for 100-400 People – Click to Visit Page

We also created this new off-grid sustainable water heating research overview video and added it to our open source sustainable water heating page:

And we added property specifics and updated build site images to our new crowdfunding campaign webpage. Related to this upcoming campaign we also added details to that page about what it will provide, finished local lodging options research, and got clarity from the county on heating needs, window needs, and inspection details. Here are the new property photos:

Updated Build-Site Images – Click to Visit Page

We also created these new renders of the complete earthbag village thanks to the help of Devin Porter:

New Renders of the Complete Earthbag Village – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating holistic transformational change 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 the core team completed researching royalty-free music for an upcoming Duplicable City Center video that will feature the complete construction of this structure in 3D. Here is a collage of what we’ll be showing the development of in the upcoming video and you can hear a clip of the music and see an example of the beginnings of what is coming in the Duplicable City Center section of the video update at the top of the page:

Duplicable City Center Collage Showing the End Result We’ll Built to in the Upcoming Video

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating holistic transformational change 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 finished about 25% of the redesign and update of the core value of Contribution page:

Contribution Page – 25% Complete – Click to Visit

And we created another job posting image and page and added more job posting specifics to all of the pages that can be accessed from the complete Helping Create One Community page:

Graphic Designer Job Posting Image Created – Click to Visit Page

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