Facilitating Global Eco-Balance – One Community Weekly Progress Update #224

Facilitating global eco-balance requires mainstream participation if any measurable change is to be expected. Strategies that are globally focused but implementable individually and locally also seem intelligent. To help with all of this, One Community is creating open source, sustainable, and replicable models of all aspects of what we call Highest Good living. These include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.

• 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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.

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 9th, 2017 edition (#224) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Facilitating Global Eco-Balance
One Community Progress Update #224

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

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:13

• Continued building the Sketchup 3D version of the Net-zero bathroom for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Began building the Recycled Materials Village in Sketchup (see below)
• Added new menus details, a new Resource section, and new Advantages and Disadvantages sections to the Recycled Materials Village open source hub (see below)
• Alena Thompson completed her 21st week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs (see below)
• Christian Ojeda completed his 18th 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)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued helping with the Tree House Village renders (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:29

• Continued work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page (see below)
• Ashwin Patil finished version 1.0 of the Highest Good energy search engine creation behind the scenes (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• Jennifer Zhou began the first round of content additions and formatting for the wind power tutorial (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 40th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha completed the research and initial content for the soil section of his thermal lag report for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:13

• Did the calculations and created an image for the storage details for all the bulk goods on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page (see below)
• Put another 5 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:03

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

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:52

• Completed all but the FAQ section of the content and formatting for the open source and replicable annual social media strategy (see below)
• Began testing video approaches for sharing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
• Researched and upgraded our website servers to improve site speed and stability (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE SUMMARY: @13:30

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 core team continued building the Sketchup 3D version of the Net-zero bathroom for the Earthbag Village. This last week we updated the perspectives and added last-needed details for the final rendering and rendered images with the Earthbag Village in the background.

Continued Building Sketchup 3D Version of Net-Zero Bathroom – Click for Page

Began Building the Recycled Materials Village in Sketchup – Click for Page

The core team also added new menus details, a new Resource section, and new Advantages and Disadvantages sections to the Recycled Materials Village open source hub:

Added New Sections to the Recycled Materials Village Open Source Hub – Click for Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 21st week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week’s focus was adding another round of details and imagery to the final presentation. You can see some of this new work here and we’d say we’re about 90% done with the presentation now.

Continued Working on Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs – Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 18th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was researching and designing two more water storage layouts, 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 76 of Dean’s work, this week’s focus was more dining area details and beginning the kitchen design details.

Continued Creating Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 30th week of work, focusing on 3D Sketchup development of the central area between the North and South residential wings.

Continued Working on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click for Page

And Guy Grossfeld(Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. What you see here are updated renders of the Game Room structure, Shower Tower structure, and a few screenshots from our weekly collaborative call.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Renders – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 anchor links to both the Pipe Table section and Pipe Couch sections, added the instruction image parts list, created a new Pipe Table Materials image and Pipe Couch Materials image, and created a Diagrams collage and an extra Diagram image for the Diagrams section of the Pipe Table section.

Continued Work on DIY Pipe Furniture Tutorial Page – Click to Visit

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) finished version 1.0 of the Highest Good energy search engine creation behind the scenes. You can see some of this work here:

Finished Version 1.0 of the Highest Good Energy Search Engine – Click for Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) also continued the work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was more research and calculations for the various types of connectors we’ll be using, some of which you can see here:

Continued Work on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) also began the first round of content additions and formatting for the wind power tutorial. You can see some pictures of this work-in-progress here.

Began First Round of Work for the Wind Power Tutorial – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 40th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was lighting testing and modeling for 3 more angles within the Social Dome, as shown here.

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

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also completed the research and initial content for the soil section of his thermal lag report for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub.

Completed Initial Content for Soil Section of Thermal Lag Report for City Center Heating and Cooling Hub – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 did the calculations and created an image for the storage details for all of the bulk goods on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, as you see here.

Calculated Storage Details 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 researched the waterproofing tape and found a post cap hangar for stabilizing the hexayurt walls, and calculated specific post cap quantities and prices. We then began formatting the writeup for the Google doc by gathering photos and placing on the doc, and noting the purpose of the materials.

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

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 Freedom Lesson Plan and the Highest Good Lesson Plan. This brings us to 34 of 52 finished, which is 65.4% completion.

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

We also began the research and initial organization of the School Licensing and Accreditation tutorial. You can see some of this behind-the-scenes work here.

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

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 all but the FAQ section of the content and formatting for the open source and replicable annual social media strategy. You can see some screenshots of this work here.

Worked on Content and Formatting for Open Source and Replicable Annual Social Media Strategy – Click for Page

We also began testing video approaches for sharing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. When complete, this will be a part of the introduction video and also a static image at the top of our Team and Collaborator’s pages. And we researched and upgraded our website servers to improve site speed and stability.

Began Testing Video Approaches for Sharing Where Our Collaborators and Volunteers are From – Click for Team Page

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