Designs for a Better World – One Community Weekly Progress Update #172

Sustainable living and eco-designs for a better world are exponentially growing in popularity. One Community is contributing to this through open source and sustainable food, energy, and housing combined with Highest Good approaches to education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and stewardship practices. We call this 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 July 10, 2016 edition (#172) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Designs for a Better World
One Community Progress Update #172

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

DESIGNS FOR A BETTER WORLD INTRO: @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:59

• Transferred third 25% of written content for the Information Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote first 25% of the written part of the Beliefs Lesson Plan
• Completed third 25% of the mindmap for the Humility Lesson Plan (see below)
• Updated all icons and formatting on the Highest Good Education open source hub and the Curriculum for Life page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:03

• Behind the scenes: Compiled the pasta recipes which will later be added to our weekly recipe pages. This work is done as part of the development of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, which features contributions from Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:38

• Put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)
• Brianna Johnson continued evolving the renders for the Straw Bale Village (see below)
• Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Jaspreet Sond began designing wood working maker space for Northwest wing of the Cob Village (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued with his 4th week of photoshop work on the renders for the Shipping Container Village (see below)
• Zachary Melin continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:56

• Continued updating the Duplicable City Center Sketchup file according to the latest CAD drawing (see below)
• Worked on the natural pool and spa area locker textures, moved the under-staircase rinsing station, and added a rinsing station screen (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei finished the second 50% of the City Center 1st floor subframe loading conditions calculations (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @6:59

• Finished new letterhead and business card designs and worked on color pallets details for the villages themselves (see below)
• Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) joined the team and began building the new website structure for easier and more graphic access to all the One Community open source content (see below)

DESIGNS FOR A BETTER WORLD SUMMARY: @7:29

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is helping create designs for a better 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 third 25% of the written content for the Information Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Information” is now 75% completed on our website.

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

Behind the scenes, we wrote the first 25% of the written part of the Beliefs Lesson Plan.

We also completed the third 25% of the mindmap for the Humility Lesson Plan, bringing it to 75% complete, which you see here:

Humility Mindmap – 75% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Last but not least, we updated all the icons and formatting on the Highest Good Education open source hub and the Curriculum for Life page.

Updated All Icons and Formatting on Two Edu. Pages – Click for Highest Good Education Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is helping create designs for a better 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

As part of the development of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, which features contributions from Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (creator of the COHERENT model for comprehensive digestive health), this week we compiled the pasta recipes, to add to the weekly recipe pages we are creating.

Compiled the Pasta Recipes, to Add to the Weekly Recipe Pages – Click to Visit the Main Food Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is helping create designs for a better 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 put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week’s focus was on the continued intensive read and dissecting of Section 10 Construction of Stem Wall and Dome, and on Section 11 Floor Construction, and Section 13 Subterranean Exterior Ground Finish of Polyethylene Water Barrier and EPS Insulation. We updated the 6 mil poly horizontal subterranean EPS installation due to a change in how it is installed; changing it from cutting multiple pieces and patching them together to cutting a single larger ring with a center hole to slip over the dome in a single piece. We’d say we are now 89% complete with this total update and rewrite behind the scenes.

Continued Behind-the-Scenes Revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Info – Click to Visit Page

Brianna Johnson (Interior Designer), also continued evolving the renders for the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2). What you see here is the initial renders for the central areas in front of the residences and a resident-housing bathroom:

Continued Evolving the Renders for the Straw Bale Village – Click to Visit Page

Straw Bale Village Resident-Housing Bathroom – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz, Architectural Designer, further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 26 of his work that focused on shade structures for the newly designed roof.

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit Page

Jaspreet Sond (Graphic Designer and Computer Engineer) also began designing the wood working maker space for Northwest wing of the Cob Village (Pod 3). What you see here is the initial layout of this space created by working in conjunction with a friend of his who has his Master’s Degree in woodworking.

Began Designing the Wood Working Maker Space for Northwest Wing of Cob Village – Click to Visit Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued with his 4th week of photoshop work on the renders for the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5). Here you see the final versions of a rental room looking out, the business media room, and the computer room:

Shipping Container Village Rental Room Looking Out – Click to Visit Page

Shipping Container Village Business Media Room – Click to Visit Page

Shipping Container Village Computer Room – Click to Visit Page

Zachary Melin (Graphic Designer) also continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team. What you see here is the updated page for the complete village layout.

Continued Updating the Tree House Village Book – Click to Visit Tree House Village Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is helping create designs for a better 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

Continued Updating the Duplicable City Center Sketchup File – Click to Visit Page

Here you see development of the root cellar in the Dining Dome focused on the driveway, roll-up door, lower parts of the stairs, and the kitchen elevator:

Continued Updating the Duplicable City Center Sketchup File – Click to Visit Page

Natural Pool and Spa Area Renders – Click to Visit Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineering Student) also finished the second 50% of the City Center 1st floor subframe loading conditions calculations, which you can see here.

Finished 2nd 50% of City Center 1st Floor Subframe Loading Calculations – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is helping create designs for a better 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 last week the core team finished our new letterhead and business card designs and also our 2nd-generation exploration of how we’ll be presenting the color pallets for the villages themselves, all instructional materials, interior design, future icon creation, etc.

Finished our New Letterhead & Business Card Designs and Worked on Color Pallets for the Villages – Click for Highest Good Housing Page

Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) also joined the team and created what you see here, beginning the monumental process of building the new website structure we desire for easier and more graphic access to all the One Community open source content.

Began Building the New Website Structure – Click for Our Homepage

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