Facilitating The Evolution of Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #14

One Community is a for The Highest Good of All 501(c)3 non-profit organization designing and open source free-sharing everything needed so people interested in participating in an evolution of sustainability and transformational world change can do so anywhere in the world. We are doing this in the form of seven comprehensive sustainability village models that provide what we feel most people will consider to be a more fulfilled way of living. The components of these models will be able to be duplicated modularly or as complete and self-propagating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities that are not only model solutions, but solution-creating models that provide even more research, blueprints, and necessary support for successively easier and more affordable and creative duplication everywhere. This is our weekly progress update (#14) covering our accomplishments for the week of May 27th, 2013.

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The Evolution of Sustainability
One Community Weekly Progress Update #14

FUNDING THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS

Our three investor pages are updated and complete! This is super exciting because it A) took a ton of time and B) because what would help One Community the most right now would be funding to secure the property. You can visit our LOCATION ESSENTIALS PROPERTY PAGE to read about all the work we’ve already invested in this location and the criteria used during the 2-year selection process. We feel securing this property is currently the #1 largest step we could take because it will:

1. Allow us to share essential location details, property videos, etc.
2. Allow us to utilize a diversity of marketing contacts and support waiting on this
3. Allow us to launch a detailed and location-specific marketing and crowdfunding campaign
4. Help us to complete the team (location details are the #1 question we receive from applicants)
5. Engage the permitting and open source project-launch blueprinting process more efficiently

The three updated investor pages are regarding property details, our most comprehensive overview of One Community, and funding options. Take a look at the pages and please SHARE THEM if you’d like to help us! “Likes” and “Shares” on these pages specifically are super helpful because they spread the word AND demonstrate that people are interested and supportive of what we are creation.

INVESTOR OVERVIEW   ●   INVESTOR/FUNDING OPTIONS   ●   INVESTOR LOCATION DETAILS PAGE

EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY: FOOD PROGRESS

Here’s our first generation details map of exactly what will be planted in the large-scale food production aquapini. Every number has a corresponding plant or tree and those details are coming soon too. Next step along with building out the plant details on the planting and harvesting details page, is to combine this map with the building layout plans and clean it up as a usable and duplicable blueprint for others to follow. We will also:

1. Calculate exactly how much food we can produce annually from this structure
2. Calculate exactly how much savings this will provide the average group duplicating this structure
3. Share the strategy for others to help us in global collaboration to improve and diversify the options for #1 and #2 even more

Planting Map Version 1.0 – Click Image to Visit the Planting and Harvesting Details Page

EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY: HOUSING PROGRESS

We’ve also continued to make progress on the earthbag construction open source village with the help and volunteer work of John Bassist (organizer of this e-group hub wiki as well as this Needs/Instincts Centered Economics (NICE) Facebook page). These pictures show the domes with 10 windows to help us achieve the final product of a 75 dome village with each dome having one window facing North (passive lighting in the summer without excessive heat) and one facing South (passive heating in the winter). Once we’ve got this one dome exactly the way we want it, we will duplicate the model 75 times for the whole village, add in the patios and stairs, add in the landscaping, etc. and then delete 8 of the windows off each dome to leave only one facing North and one facing South.

Progression of the 3D Domes for the Earthbag Village: Click to Visit the Earthbag Village Open Source Hub

Additional earthbag village drawings were also completed this last week by Doug Stenhouse (Architect and Water Color Artist). These drawing reflect addition of the buttress walls and the elevation changes we had to make due to the plumbing necessary for water collection.

Click to Visit the Earthbag Village Open Source Hub With Images You can Enlarge

Click to Visit the Earthbag Village Open Source Hub With Images You can Enlarge

EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY: CITY CENTER PROGRESS

• Laundry 1.0 details for the SEGO Center (that will provide laundry facilities for all of One Community) are done thanks to the amazing and on-going work of Jennifer Engelmeier (Eco-pool and Spa Specialist and founder of www.LoveYourPool.com) in combination with our partners at Western States Design. Here’s version 1.0:

SEGO Center Duplicable City Hub Laundry Details 1.0 – Click to Enlarge

• In addition to the laundry 1.0 details being completed, we also met with James Del Monaco (Mechanical Engineer, LEED AP, Sustainability director of P2S Engineering) and his team at P2S Engineering to discuss their glazing and insulation recommendations for the SEGO Center.
• Karl Harris (Architect Drafter, Designer, and founder of Harris Design & Technology Services) also continues to move forward on the SEGO Center City Hub 3D. Here’s the most recent 3D export showing our progress there:

Click Image to Visit the SEGO City Center Open Source Hub

EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY: EDUCATION PROGRESS

This last week we also completed the Community, Family, and Social Skills curriculum page! This is our 3rd to last page of the Curriculum for Life component of the open source and free-shared Education for Life program.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW  ●  CURRICULUM OVERVIEW  ●  COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SOCIAL SKILLS PAGE

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