One CommunityCreating the Golden Age – One Community Weekly Progress Update #87
Humanity has the ability to create a Golden Age of peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity. The clear path One Community sees to creating this Golden Age is through open source and replicable models for all aspect of sustainable and Highest Good living:
- 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 October 31st, 2014 edition (#87) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:
Creating the Golden Age
One Community Weekly Progress Update #87
Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above:
CREATING THE GOLDEN AGE INTRO @1:00
HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:58
- Finished the first 50% of the lesson plan webpage with the central theme of “Opposites.” (see below)
- Added new expandability and application instructions to all our existing lesson plan pages (see below)
HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:14
- Created large-scale gardening page breakout page for Potatoes
- Created large-scale gardening page breakout page for Squash
- Created large-scale gardening page breakout page for Peppers
HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:20
- Finished our new crowdfunding campaign header (see below)
- We also updated our crowdfunding campaign overview page images (see below)
- Finished another 15% of the dome home DIY plumbing instructional (now 30% complete)
- Scott Howard finished final edits to the open source plaster page (see below)
DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:36
- Added first 75% of LEED details to the Duplicable City Center lighting plan page (see below)
- Set up the first 10% of the Control Systems page (see below)
HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @6:55
- Completed 3rd rewrite and extensive content update of the Fulfilled Living page (see below)
- Created project-needs descriptions for colleges interested in helping (see below)
- Added GoodShop to our Internet Help Page and Ways Anyone Can Help Page (see below)
CREATING THE GOLDEN AGE SUMMARY: @8:09
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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS
One Community is creating the Golden Age 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 first 50% of the lesson plan webpage with the central theme of “Opposites.” You can see this first half of the lesson plan below. When complete, this will be our 9th finished lesson plan built on these central themes that teach all subjects to all learning levels and ages. Visit our Lesson Plans for Life webpage for the other finished pages:
Opposites Lesson Plan 50% Complete – Click to Visit Page
We also added these disclaimers to all our existing lesson plan pages to help people understand how adaptable the lesson plans are to any environment and/or learning and design preference by either students or teachers.
Lesson Plan Disclaimers Added to All Lesson Plans
HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS
One Community is creating the Golden Age 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 three more complete breakout pages from the large-scale gardening page. These included the Potatoes page, the Squash page, and the Peppers page. You can see all three pages here and you can click the individual images to visit the complete pages for all the detailed plant descriptions, planting guidelines, cultural considerations, and more. These new pages load faster and also give us the space we’ll need to add recipes, gardening tips, harvesting and canning tips, and videos. Contact us if you have any great resources related to any of these plant species.
| CLICK IMAGES FOR COMPLETE PAGES | ||
 Potatoes Breakout Page – Click to Visit |  Squash Breakout Page – Click to Visit |  Peppers Breakout Page – Click to Visit |
HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS
One Community is creating the Golden Age 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 finished our new crowdfunding campaign header that really clearly depicts what it is we’re creating and why. This header will be at the top of each of the 15 open source tutorial pages.
Crowdfunding Campaign Header – Click to Visit Page
In addition to this, we updated our crowdfunding campaign overview page with expandable pictures of what we’re intending for each of the three domes:
Crowdfunding Campaign Overview Page Updated with Expandable Pictures – Click to Visit
Behind the scenes we finished another 15% of the dome home DIY plumbing instructional, bringing us to 30% complete there.
Also, Scott Howard (Sustainable Building Expert and owner of Earthen Hand Natural Building) finished feedback and final edits to the natural plaster section of the open source plaster page and our team integrated those and shared that page for the first time. Here is a picture of the section Scott contributed to that page:
Final Edits to Open Source Plaster Page – Click to Visit
DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS
One Community is creating the Golden Age 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 added the first 75% of the lighting plan overview details to the Duplicable City Center lighting plan page. You can see those details here and visit the lighting page for additional pictures and other specifics related to our lighting plan purposed to contribute to LEED Platinum certification for this structure:
Lighting Plan Overview Details Added to the Duplicable City Center Lighting Plan Page – Click to Visit
We also set up the first 10% of the Control Systems page that will share complete control and monitoring systems setup, maintenance, evolution, and data gathering and sharing covering water and electricity use for the Duplicable City Center and the Earthbag Village (Pod 1).
Control Systems Page – 10% Complete – Click to Visit
HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS
One Community is creating the Golden Age 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 our 3rd rewrite and extensive content update of the Fulfilled Living page that describes why we consider a fulfilled living model as absolutely essential to our global transformation model capable of creating a global Golden Age though building self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities. Here is a screenshot of the updated page:
Extensive Content Update of the Fulfilled Living Page – Click to Visit
Behind the scenes we’ve also been in communication with several colleges interested in adding our project to the options available to their graduate students. Here are examples of the work we’ve done to assist with this by creating detailed outlines of how students can help. We’ve got one more of these to finish before we start really focusing on this source of help.
Project-Needs Descriptions for Colleges Interested in Helping
Last but not least, we added GoodShop options for helping raise money for One Community to our Internet Help Page and Ways Anyone Can Help Page. What you see here is the internet help page that also shares other ways people can help One Community with a time investment of anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 minutes.
GoodShop Options Added to our Internet Help Page and Ways Anyone Can Help Page – Click for Internet Help Page
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