Global Stewardship – One Community Weekly Progress Update #331

The need and potential for conscious and conscientious global stewardship has never been greater. We can regenerate our planet and help ourselves at the same time. One Community is creating models for teacher/demonstration hubs that will demonstrate and free-share how to do this. They include “Highest Good” approaches for all the necessary foundations: 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

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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 28th, 2019 edition (#331) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Global Stewardship
One Community Progress Update #331

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

GLOBAL STEWARDSHIP INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:36

• Continued adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page; created and added the new insulation icons, header and social media images, and finished the sections shown here and covering Air Krete and Straw Bale insulation (see below)
• Brianna Olsen continued final research on the most sustainable insulation options page; wrote the FAQ section and did more research and writing to discuss the products not included in the article (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued working on the Earthbag Village; worked on creating the new and larger windows that are fire code compliant and necessary for the 3-bedroom home designs (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; continued standardization of the page layouts, part colors, labels, and other details (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:06

• Created final Duplicable City Center library renders that show the final plans for the furniture layouts, custom bench and table designs, shelving, lighting, polished concrete floors, and aesthetic details added to make the columns look like trees (see below)
• Anvita Kumari Pandey continued research to find the right outdoor patio lights for installation along the City Center patio areas (see below)
• Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial; finished the Baseline Model (see below)
• Sneha Dongre continued helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; worked on deleting extra members in 3D and testing and retesting the model in SAP and researching about entryway designs to determine the best way to integrate our sliding glass door entries into the domes (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:35

• Continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page; focused on completing the ethics, principles and domains section and began work on the initial Design Considerations section (see below)
• Continued developing the goat barn in SketchUp 3D (see below)
• Researched various articles on breeds of sheep and incorporated what we learned into the behind-the-scenes sheep-tutorial Google Doc (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:28

• With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
• Continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom; replaced the straw bales with solid walls (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued with week 3 of his work adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:58

• Edited and reformatted our complete volunteer agreement as a Google Form that can now be completed online (see below)
• Core team working with Brian Gilb rewrote our new volunteer Welcome Page and policies again (see below)
• Core team and Brian finished creation of our new internal communications procedures structure and document and a final revision of our new onboarding procedure (see below)
• Emilio Nájera continued with the marketing team by creating and launching all the sub-groups ad campaigns of the Highest Good of All campaign (see below)

GLOBAL STEWARDSHIP SUMMARY: @13:08

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global stewardship 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 continued adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page. This week we created and added the new insulation icons, header and social media images, and finished the sections shown here and covering Air Krete and Straw Bale insulation. 

Continued Adding Content to the Most Sustainable Insulation Options Page – Click to Visit

Also working on the most sustainable insulation options page, Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 8th week to finalize this research. This week she wrote the FAQ section and did more research and writing to discuss the products not included in the article. This brings the behind-the-scenes work on this to 99% complete.

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #166 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he worked on creating the new and larger windows that are fire code compliant and necessary for these 3-bedroom home designs.

Worked on Creating Larger Fire Code Compliant Windows – Click for Earthbag Village

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 61st week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was continued standardization of the page layouts, part colors, labels, and other details. Almost every one of these images has been edited in some way during the last week.

Continued Standardization of the Murphy Bed Page Layouts, Part Colors, and Labels – Click for Earthbag Furniture Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global stewardship 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 created these final Duplicable City Center library renders. These new renders show the final plans for the furniture layouts, custom bench and table designs, shelving, lighting, polished concrete floors, and aesthetic details added to make the columns look like trees.

Created Final Duplicable City Center Library Renders – Click for Page

Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) continued research to find the right outdoor patio lights for installation along the City Center patio areas.

Continued Researching Outdoor Patio Lights for Installation Along the City Center Patio Areas – Click for Page

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 12th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he finished the Baseline Model. You can see some of the baseline calculations here.

Continued Working on Energy Modeling for Our LEED Platinum Certification – Click for City Center HVAC Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 17th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was continued work deleting extra members in 3D and testing and retesting the model in SAP, and researching about entryway designs to determine the best way to integrate our sliding glass door entries into the domes. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Helping With the Duplicable City Center Structural Details – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global stewardship 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 developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page. This week’s focus was completing the ethics, principles and domains section. We also began work on the initial Design Considerations section. You can see some of this work here.

Completed the Ethics, Principles and Domains Section of the Permaculture Design Page – Click to Visit

The core team also continued developing the goat barn in SketchUp 3D. Here you can see the designs evolving.

Continued Developing the Goat Barn in SketchUP 3D – Click for Page

And, last but not least, the core team researched various articles on breeds of sheep and incorporated what we learned into the behind-the-scenes sheep-tutorial Google Doc shown here.

Researched Various Articles on Breeds of Sheep and Incorporated into Google Doc – Click for Highest Good Food

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global stewardship 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. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week the core team continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we replaced the straw bales with solid walls so we could produce these outdoor renders.

Replaced the Straw Bales With Solid Walls on the Ultimate Classroom – Click to Visit

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued with week 3 of his work adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom. Here are the latest drafts of the red and green rooms and a view looking South.

Continued Adding People and Object Additions to the Redesigned Sections of the Ultimate Classroom – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global stewardship 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 edited and reformatted our complete volunteer agreement as a Google Form that can now be completed online.

Edited and Reformatted Complete Volunteer Agreement as a Google Form – Click to Visit Helping Page

The core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) also rewrote our new volunteer Welcome Page and policies again. We added more details and made it easier to understand.

Rewrote Our New Volunteer Welcome Page and Policies Again – Click for Page

The core team and Brian additionally finished creation of our new internal communications procedures structure and document and a final revision of our new onboarding procedure. We also officially launched the new onboarding process with two new volunteers.

Finished Creation of Our New Internal Communications Procedures Structure – Click for Welcome Page

Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) also continued with his 38th week as part of the marketing team by creating and launching all the sub-groups ad campaigns of the Highest Good of All campaign. You can see some of this work here.

Created and Launched All the Sub-groups Ad Campaigns of the Highest Good of All Campaign – Click for Page

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