Earth Biohacking – One Community Weekly Progress Update #282

Earth biohacking is already happening, it just seems that we’re not doing a very positive job of it so far. What if we collective decided to sustainably biohack Earth using global stewardship practices? Collective action like this could be possible if it were demonstrated as easy enough, affordable enough, and comparable to or better than the way most people are living already. One Community is open sourcing and free-sharing the necessary components for global implementation and replication.

• 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 August 19, 2018 edition (#282) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Earth Biohacking
One Community Progress Update #282

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

EARTH BIOHACKING INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:02

• Michael Hagler and the core team finished the final PDF review of the 7-villages book we’re developing and sent it off to the printer for an initial print draft (see below)
• Michael then integrated several edits and finished final creation and edits for 4 pages (see below)
• Core team created updated renders for the open source Murphy bed furniture preview image (see below)
• Mike Kowalski continued working on the Earthbag Village and finished a render (see below)
• Mike contributed images to the open source Murphy bed furniture preview image (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy continued leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
• Dean Scholz joined the team working on the Earthbag Village and his focus this week was the initial AutoCAD work for alternate floor plan options for the homes we’ll be building as part of this village (see below)
• Dan Alleck began initial people and object additions for the Compressed Earth Block Village 2nd floor outdoor perspective looking East (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:15

• Continued rebuilding the City Center geodesic dome in 3D (see below)
• Core team working with Dipti Dhondarkar continued developing the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Anvita Kumari Pandey completed her 18th week helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs (see below)
• Dehua Feng completed his 16th week working on the fire suppression and safety systems designs for the Duplicable City Center Sprinkler and Emergency Systems open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:48

• Continued writing the behind-the-scenes narrative and detailed food rollout plan for the various stages of development (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:21

• Finished work on the Surpassing Educational Standards page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @10:52

EARTH BIOHACKING SUMMARY: @11:11

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing earth Biohacking 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 working with Michael Hagler (Senior Graphic Designer and Artist) finished the final PDF review of the 7-villages book we’re developing and sent it off to the printer for an initial print draft. You can see some of our editing process here.

Finished Final PDF Review of the 7-Villages Book – Click for Housing Page

Michael then integrated all the above edits. He also finished final creation and edits for these 4 pages, which are all now integrated into the website also.

Finished Final Creation and Edits for 4 Pages – Click to Visit Housing Page

The core team also created these updated renders for the open source Murphy bed furniture preview image. This included adding new objects, updating the texture of the wall lights, and adding loft light for rendering with the bed up and down.

Created Updated Renders for Open Source Murphy Bed Furniture Preview Image – Click for Furniture Page

Mike Kowalski (Game Developer) finished his 16th week helping update our renders that are too big for anything but a gaming computer. Mike continued working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) and finished the render you see here.

Continued Working on Earthbag Village and Finished this Render – Click for Page

Mike also contributed these images to the open source Murphy bed furniture preview image.

Contributed these Images to Open Source Murphy Bed furniture Preview Image – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) completed his 17th week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions and finished the graphic by integrating the images we just shared and also finished another round of instruction-edits integration for the back changing and storage area. What you see here is where the assembly instructions are so far for this component and we’d say we are about 80% complete with this part of these instructions.

Continued Leading the Development of the Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) also joined the team working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). Here is weekly update #126 from Dean, his focus this week was this initial AutoCAD work for alternate floor plan options for the homes we’ll be building as part of this village.

Began Initial AutoCAD Work for Alternate Floor Plan Options for the Homes – Click for Earthbag Village

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) additionally completed his 24th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he began initial people and object additions for this Earth Block Village 2nd floor outdoor perspective looking East.

Continued Working on Compressed Earth Block Village Render Additions – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing earth Biohacking 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 the core team continued rebuilding the City Center geodesic dome in 3D. This week we continued the shell structure process where we redid and solved parts-length errors to finish row 5, as shown here.

Continued Rebuilding the City Center Geodesic Dome in 3D – Click for Page

The core team working with Dipti Dhondarkar (Electrical Engineer) also continued developing the lighting specifics for the City Center. This is Dipti’s 90th week volunteering on this task and the focus this week was finalizing the lighting tests shown here for the 4th-floor cupola. This image is now on the website also.

Finalized Lighting Tests for 4th-Floor Cupola – Click for Duplicable City Center Lighting Page

Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) completed her 18th week helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs. This week’s focus was 1st version of the total cost analysis and detailed cost analysis for the footing concrete and basement slab concrete, and making changes to the cement mortar cost analysis details.

Continued Working on Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs – Click for Page

Dehua Feng (Civil Engineer) also completed his 16th week working on the fire suppression and safety systems designs for the Duplicable City Center Sprinkler and Emergency Systems open source hub. This week’s focus was writing content, AutoCAD updates, and creating imagery and charts used to update another 20 pages of the tutorial, some of which you can see here.

Continued Work on Fire Suppression and Safety Systems Design for the City Center – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing earth Biohacking 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 writing the behind-the-scenes narrative and detailed food rollout plan for the various stages of development. This week we finalized the worm information and reviewed and completed edits of the soil amendments section. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Writing the Behind-the-Scenes Narrative and Detailed Food Rollout Plan – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing earth Biohacking 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 week, the core team finished work on the Surpassing Educational Standards page by adding the rest of the content, finishing the formatting, and inserting all the graphics. You can see some of this work here.

Finished Work on Surpassing Educational Standards Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is open sourcing earth Biohacking 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

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