Globally Replicable Solutions – One Community Weekly Progress Update #94

Posted on December 19, 2014 by One Community

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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 19th, 2014 edition (#94) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

Globally Replicable Solutions
One Community Weekly Progress Update #94

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

GLOBALLY REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @2:00

Completed the final 75% of the Movement and Development lesson plan mindmap (see below)
Completed the second half of the “Movement and Development webpage” (see below)
Behind the scenes: finished another 10% of the lesson plan design for “Open Source” – now 25% done
Behind the scenes: finished a redesign for the Technology and Innovation Molecule
Behind the scenes: finished the first 60% of the lesson plan design for the lesson with the central theme of “Dreams”

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:31

Adding an easy-index to the tops of all 35 of our large-scale gardening breakout pages (see below)
Completed an update and featuring of the food forest open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:26

Updated the earthbag heating and cooling page with finished thermal calculations (see below)
We also added a Why and What section to the dome home footers, foundation and flooring page (see below)
Finished 2nd half of the materials and image updates for the custom murphy bed furniture (see below)
Finished 80% of the materials cost analysis for the custom murphy bed furniture (see below)
Behind the scenes: finished the first 15% of the earthdome window and door framing research and content (see below)
Scott Thomas and his Shadow Ridge Signature Architecture Program continued Earthbag Village in CAD (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:10

Completed the rest of the Building plans for all components page (see below)
Updated the calculations and details on the water collection page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:23

Redesigned and reorganized the About Us page (see below)
Created new social media imagery and updated and featured our open source Consensus page (see below)

GLOBALLY REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS SUMMARY: @8:02

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating globally replicable solutions with 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 completed the final 75% of the lesson plan mindmap with the central theme of “Movement and Development.” We also completed the second half of the “Movement and Development webpage” that lists the specifics of the lesson plan. You can see both here, complete and ready for use by anyone in any learning environment to teach all subjects, to any learning level within the context of this central theme.

Movement and Development Lesson Plan, One Community

Movement and Development Mindmap and Lesson Plan – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes we finished another 10% of the lesson plan design for “Open Source”, bringing us to 25% done there.

Behind the scenes we also finished a total outline redesign for the Technology and Innovation Molecule.

Behind the scenes we additionally finished the first 60% of the lesson plan design for the lesson with the central theme of “Dreams”

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating globally replicable solutions with 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 finished adding an easy-index to the tops of all 35 of our food breakout pages for the open source large-scale gardening archive and tutorial. You can see an example of this here:

Example of Easy-Index added to all LSG Food Pages – Click for Beans Page

We also completed an update and featuring of the food forest open source hub, which is currently our #1 most shared page at over 2,500 shares and likes on FaceBook alone.

Food Forest Open Source Hub – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating globally replicable solutions with 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 finished our thermal penetration calculations for the earthbag village dome homes and updated the earthbag heating and cooling page to include our results. These results came within 3% of our initial calculations and confirmed that we are now ready to confidently move on to the stage of testing through experimentation to get empirical data. Here’s the newest calculations and updates to the page:

Thermal Calcs for Earthbag Village, One Community

Updated Thermal Calculations on Earthbag Heating and Cooling Page – Click to Visit

We also added a What and Why section to the dome home footers, foundation and flooring open source tutorial that is part of the preparation for the crowdfunding campaign.

What and Why Section added to Footers, Foundations and Flooring Page, One Community

What and Why Section Added to the Earthbag Construction Footers, Foundation, and Flooring Page – Click to Visit

We also finished the other half of the materials and image updates for the custom murphy bed furniture. These updates are all the corrections needed and uncovered in the materials breakdown we just completed.

Murphy Bed Materials and Image Updates – Click to Visit Page

Related to that, we’re also finished 80% of the materials cost analysis for the furniture design. You can see it here where we are cost comparing all the different types of wood that could be used.

Murphy bed materials Cost Analysis, One Community

Materials Cost Analysis for Furniture Design- Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes we finished the first 15% of the earthdome window and door framing research and content organization and creation for the crowdfunding campaign.

In addition to this, Scott Thomas and his Shadow Ridge Signature Architecture Program team also produced these updates to the complete Earthbag Village evolving in CAD, adding details to the bathrooms, entry to the Tropical Atrium and repositioning the 3 and 6-dome clusters.

Earthbag Village Updates in CAD – Click for Complete Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating globally replicable solutions with 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 last week the core team completed the rest of the Building plans for all components section for the Duplicable City Center and featured it. You can now download the CAD and Sketchup files for this structure there.

Duplicable City Center Plans Downloads, One Community

Duplicable City Center CAD and Sketchup File Download – Click for Page

We also updated the calculations and details on the water collection page for this structure. You can see that here showing how we made our calculations and exactly how much water we expect to be able to collect off of the Duplicable City Center.

Duplicable City Center Water Catchment, One Community

Updated Water Collection Page – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating globally replicable solutions with 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 continued the complete redesign of the core pages associated with our homepage. This included the first draft of this image and redesign of our About Us page. This redesign updated this page to simplify it and reorganize it to function as a guide to our extensive website.