Facilitating a Global Sustainability Cooperative – One Community Weekly Progress Update #225

Posted on July 16, 2017 by One Community Hs

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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 16th, 2017 edition (#225) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Facilitating a Global Sustainability Cooperative
One Community Progress Update #225

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

FACILITATING A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY COOPERATIVE INTRO: @:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:33

Continued building the Recycled Materials Village in Sketchup (see below)
Updated again all the perspectives for the Tree House Village external views (see below)
Christian Ojeda completed his 19th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs (see below)
Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
Guy Grossfeld continued helping with the Tree House Village renders (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:15

Continued work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page (see below)
Completed the menus, formatting, addition of videos, and updates to all the pictures for the wind power tutorial (see below)
Working with Ashwin Patil we finished the first round of revision suggestions for version 2.0 of the Highest Good energy search engine and updated all the search engines to be SSL-security compliant (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 41st week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:40

Recalculated the space needed for all of the bulk goods on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page to account for ceiling height, and recreated and added the image and calculations to the page (see below)
Put another 5 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:28

Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
Continued the research and initial construction and formatting of the School Licensing and Accreditation tutorial (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:20

Completed the open source and replicable annual social media strategy page and tutorial (see below)
Continued testing video approaches for sharing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
Ashwin Patil finished version 1.0 of the Highest Good economics search engine (see below)

FACILITATING A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY COOPERATIVE SUMMARY: @12:11

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a global sustainability cooperative 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

The core team continued working in Sketchup on the outside of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). We updated the railing on the second floor, added windows and doors, and started adding details to the outside area close to the Art Studio section. Recycled material such as pallets, tires, and barrels will be used to design this area.

Recycled Materials Village, blog 225, The core team continued working in Sketchup on the outside of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). We updated the railing on the second floor, added windows and doors, and started adding details to the outside area close to the Art Studio section. Recycled material such as pallets, tires, and barrels will be used to design this area.

Continued Working in Sketchup the Recycled Materials Village – Click for Page

The core team also updated again all the perspectives for the Tree House Village (Pod 7) external views, as shown here.

The core team also updated again all the perspectives for the Tree House Village (Pod 7) external perspectives, as shown here.

Updated all Perspectives for Tree House Village External Views – Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 19th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was updating the piping specifics for both freshwater and rainwater supplies to the spigots, toilets, and water fountains, as shown here.

Continued with Communal Eco-Shower and Vermiculture Bathroom Designs – Click for Eco-Toilet Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 77 of Dean’s work, this week’s focus was lighting and more object placement in the dining and presentation area, as shown here.

Continued Creating Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

And Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. This week he finished removing unneeded polygons to optimize the structures for rendering the entire village and began work on updating all the village walkways.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Renders – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a global sustainability cooperative 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 work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page. This week we added 13 images to the Pipe Shelving Diagrams section with click to enlarge options and captions. We also added anchor links to the Pipe Shelving and Pipe Lighting sections and created the Pipe Lighting section outline. In addition, the team created a Pipe Shelving Instructions collage and added it to the page with a click to enlarge option.

Continued Work on the DIY Pipe Furniture Tutorial Page – Click for Page

The core team also completed the menus, formatting, addition of videos, and updates to all the pictures for the wind power tutorial. You can see some pictures of this work here and visit the website for the complete page.

Completed the Formatting and Pics for the Wind Power Tutorial – Click for Page

Working with Ashwin Patil (Web Developer), we also finished the first round of revision suggestions for version 2.0 of the Highest Good energy search engine and updated all the search engines to be SSL-security compliant. You can see some of this work here.

Finished First Round of Revisions for Highest Good energy Search Engine – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 41st week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was beginning the testing now for the placement of the 60+ smaller lights within the Social Dome, as shown here.

Continued Working on the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a global sustainability cooperative 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 recalculated the space needed for all of the bulk goods on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page to account for ceiling height, and recreated and added the image and calculations to the page, as you see here.

Recalculated Space Needed for Bulk Goods on Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

We also put another 5 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week we updated the images and files on the Transition Kitchen page and finished our research on the hexayurt construction materials costs and needs.

Continued Working on the Crowdfunding Campaign We are Developing – Click for Transition Kitchen Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a global sustainability cooperative 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 continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Honesty and Integrity Lesson Plan and the Love and Connection Lesson Plan. This brings us to 36 of 52 finished, which is 69.2% completion.

Continued Process of Editing all 52 Lesson Plans – Click for Lesson Plans for Life Page

We also continued the research and initial construction and formatting of the School Licensing and Accreditation tutorial. You can see some of this work here and we’d say we’re about 50% complete with this tutorial now.

Continued Research and Organization of School Licensing and Accreditation Tutorial – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating a global sustainability cooperative 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 week the core team completed the open source and replicable annual social media strategy page and tutorial by adding the FAQ and integrating links to the page into the Highest Good society open source hub.

Completed the Open Source Annual Social Media Strategy Page and Tutorial – Click to Visit

We also continued testing video approaches for sharing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. What you see here is version 5.0 of this testing.