Ecological Prosperity – One Community Weekly Progress Update #144

Ecological prosperity is the creation of an abundant and more fulfilling life through ecological living. “Prosperity,” in this context, is the combination of sustainable approaches to food, energy, and housing combined with fulfilled living, open source and free education, and Highest Good economics models to create a way of living that most people would consider better than how they are living now. One Community calls 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 December 27th, 2015 edition (#144) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Ecological Prosperity
One Community Progress Update #144

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

ECOLOGICAL PROSPERITY INTRO: @1:02

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:58

• Transferred additional 25% of written content for the Winter Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Completed second third of the mindmap for the Sustainability Lesson Plan (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote the first 1/4 of the Work Lesson Plan

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:13

• Completed another round of updating calculations for the organization of the streamlined version of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, which includes contributions provided by Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (see below)
• Added three additional recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:20

• Behind the scenes: Put another 10 hours into the revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Added additional structural design images from the presentation the Intern Team created for the Tree House Village (Pod 7) (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:28

• Worked on the internal design for the natural pool for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Started converting our SolidWorks pallet furniture designs (started by the summer Intern Team) into 3-D Sketchup models (see below)
• Bupesh Seethala is converting the SolidWorks pallet furniture designs into AutoCAD (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued finalizing the Pipe Furniture design renders for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Michelle Wu continued working on the designs for the pipe shelving for the library (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Mike Hogan and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva continued work on the the Control Systems design (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:14

• Updated our help wanted page for Software Engineers to work on the Highest Good Network with us. These updates were made possible with the help of Andrew Herman (see below)
• Continued working with Ivan Manzurov to create new icons for all of our pages. This week Ivan created icons for our Highest Good Economics component (see below)
• Oz Czerski helped us by writing the first draft of our licensing agreement for all of our open source and trademarked titles (see below)

ECOLOGICAL PROSPERITY SUMMARY: @8:00

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is developing a model for ecological prosperity 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 an additional 25% of the written content for the Winter Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan is purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Winter” is now 75% complete on the site.

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

We also completed the second third of the mindmap for the Sustainability Lesson Plan, bringing that to about 70% complete, which you can see here:

Sustainability Mindmap 70% Complete – Click for Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the first 1/4 of the Work Lesson Plan, bringing the behind-the-scenes written part to approximately 25% complete.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is developing a model for ecological prosperity 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 completed another round of updating calculations for the organization of the streamlined version of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, which includes contributions provided by Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (creator of the COHERENT model for comprehensive digestive health). This week we added corrected calculations to the website, including required foods for a new category, vegetarians.

Continued Work on our Streamlined Version of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit Main food Page

We also added three additional recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan – These recipes are: Apple “Sausage” Tacos, Orange “Chick’n” Lettuce Wraps, and Beefy Kale & Cranberry Salad.

New Vegan Recipes Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is developing a model for ecological prosperity 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 researching and experimenting with poly versus cotton string for securing stucco netting, blind nail versus finishing nail research for connecting the different courses of earthbags, gutter design, and dome construction crew positions and responsibilities. We’d say this brings us to about 58% complete with this total rewrite and update.

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

We also added additional structural design images to our web page for the Tree House Village (Pod 7), as you can see here. These images are from the presentation the Intern Team created over the summer.

Added Images to the Tree House Village Page with Work From the Intern Team – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is developing a model for ecological prosperity 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 worked on the internal design for the natural pool for the Duplicable City Center. What you see here are various 3-D explorations into a walk-in entry to the part of the pool that will be in the center of the City Center. We’d say we are now 95% done with the complete 3-D update.

Internal Design Details Added to 3-D Natural Pool – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center Natural Pool and Spa Page

We also started converting our SolidWorks pallet furniture designs (started by the summer Intern Team) into 3-D Sketchup models. Here is the table that will be included in the City Center visitor rooms:

Started Converting our SolidWorks Pallet Furniture Designs into 3-D Sketchup Models – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

Bupesh Seethala, Architectural Drafter & Designer, is additionally converting these furniture designs into AutoCAD. Here you can see draft 1 of the pallet furniture chair.

Converting Furniture Designs into AutoCAD – Click to Visit the Duplicable City Center

Iris Hsu (Industrial Designer), continued finalizing the Pipe Furniture design renders for the Duplicable City Center library too. What you see here are some different options for making the seat back adjustable:

Continued Finalizing Pipe Furniture Design Renders for the Duplicable City Center Library – Click for Page

Iris also created these construction plans for the pipe chair that converts into a table:

Created Construction Plans for Pipe Chair that Converts into a Table – Click for Page

… and Iris also created this last render of this furniture piece being used as both chairs and tables:

Created this Last Render of Furniture Piece Being Used as Both Chairs and Tables – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

Michelle Wu, also an industrial designer, continued working on the designs for the pipe shelving for the library. Here are Michelle’s 2nd generation explorations in to different pipe shelving layouts:

Continued on Designs for the Pipe Shelving for the Library – Click to Visit the Duplicable City Center

Behind the scenes Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva (4th-year Computer Engineering Student), continued work on the the Control Systems design. Here’s revision #8 for this:

Continued Work on the Control Systems Design Behind the Scenes – Click to Visit Page

Also, here is mike showing the first prototype he has wired up and demonstrating the functioning circuits lighting up different LEDs and the software that drives the hardware.

Mike Showing the First Prototype he has Wired Up – Click for Control Systems Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is developing a model for ecological prosperity 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 updated our help wanted page for Software Engineers to work on the Highest Good Network with us. These updates were made possible with the help of Andrew Herman (Software Engineer and Core Member of Futurist Playground).

Updated our Help Wanted Page for Software Engineers – Click to Visit Page

We also continued working with Ivan Manzurov (Artist and Illustrator) to create new icons for all of our pages. Here are the icons Ivan created for our Highest Good Economics component:

New Icons for Highest Good Economics Page – Click to Page

Oz Czerski, Lawyer Specializing in Trademark and Copyright Law, also helped us by writing this first draft of our licensing agreement for all of our open source and trademarked titles:

First Draft of Licensing Agreement Written for All our Open Source and Trademarked Titles – Click to Visit Our Legal Page

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