Igniting a New Paradigm of Sustainable Ideas – One Community Weekly Progress Update #149

Posted on January 29, 2016 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 January 31, 2016 edition (#149) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Igniting a New Paradigm of Sustainable Ideas
One Community Progress Update #149

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

IGNITING A NEW PARADIGM OF SUSTAINABLE IDEAS INTRO: @1:04

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:56

Transferred the final 25% of the written content for the Community Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
Behind the scenes: wrote an additional 25% of the Work Lesson Plan
Completed the final 25% of the mindmap for the Winter Lesson Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:11

Completed another round of organizing the streamlined version of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, which includes contributions provided by Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (coming soon)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:02

Behind the scenes: Put another 10 hours into the revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
Jesika Rohrbach continued working on the Tree House Village (Pod 7) updates (see below)
Shilcy Augustine continued developing the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) massage and treatment room spaces (see below)
Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:37

Continued the process of learning how to do our own renders for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
Integrated Bupesh Seethala’s pallet furniture closet changes in AutoCAD (from last week) into 3D models (see below)
Iris Hsu continued with additional Pipe Couch designs for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
Neha Verma assumed leadership of the development aspects of the Duplicable City Center and created the updates for storage and the bathroom entryway area (see below)
Behind the scenes: Mike Hogan and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva continued discussion about what the appearance and best functional design should be for the beside-bed Control Systems interface (see below)
Lucas also started building the 2nd prototype of the control system so that he and Mike could continue to test it and correct some programming challenges they’ve encountered (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:09

Continued our work on the Highest Good Network with Andrew Herman (see below)
Continued working with Ivan Manzurov to create new icons for all of our pages. This week he created icons for the Highest Good Energy component (see below)
Working with Oz Czerski we finished the licensing agreements for all our trademarked slogans and logos and added them to our open source Legal Documents page (see below)

IGNITING A NEW PARADIGM OF SUSTAINABLE IDEAS SUMMARY: @8:02

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is igniting a new paradigm of sustainable ideas 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 last week the core team transferred the final 25% of the written content for the Community Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan is purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Community” and it is now 100% complete on the website.

Community Lesson Plan Complete – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote an additional 25% of the Work Lesson Plan, bringing the behind-the-scenes written part of that lesson plan to approximately 75% complete.

We also completed the final 25% of the mindmap for the Winter Lesson Plan, bringing that to 100% complete, as you see here:

Winter Lesson Plan Mindmap Complete – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is igniting a new paradigm of sustainable ideas 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 last week the core team completed another round of organizing the streamlined version of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, which includes contributions provided by Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (creator of the COHERENT model for comprehensive digestive health). This week we further organized the recipes including creating a page for week 3 recipes. The Organization is now approximately 90% complete.

Further Organized the Recipes and Created a Page for Week 3 Recipes – Click for Main Food Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is igniting a new paradigm of sustainable ideas 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 the core team put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week’s focus was finishing researching and adding photos for concrete pouring and screening, elaborating on the narrative, and beginning the narrative for Section 13: Dome Exterior Finishing. We’d say we are now 66% complete with this total update and rewrite behind the scenes.

Continued Behind-the-Scenes Revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Info – Click to Visit Page

Working on the Tree House Village (Pod 7), Jesika Rohrbach (Architectural Drafter, Designers, and 3-D Modeler) continued working on the updates you see here. This is update 2.0 from Jesika and the focus is on the internal and external specifics of the communal kitchen and dining spaces.

Adding Aesthetic Details and Floor Plan Updates to the Tree House Village – Click to Enlarge

Shilcy Augustine (Architect) also continued developing the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) massage and treatment room spaces. What you see here are some of the different layouts we’re discussing.

Continued Developing the Compressed Earth Block Village Massage and Treatment Room Spaces – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz, Architectural Designer, further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 4.0 of this work that focused mostly on finding and creating textures for the southeast wing and beginning working on the roads and pathways you see here.

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is igniting a new paradigm of sustainable ideas 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 the process of learning how to do our own renders for the Duplicable City Center. You can see here this work-in-progress here, covering bathroom renders working on textures, mirrors, sink, floor, and more lights in the public bathrooms.

Continued Learning How to do Our Own Renders for the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

The core team also integrated Bupesh Seethala’s pallet furniture closet changes in AutoCAD (from last week) into the 3D models you see here:

Integrated Pallet Furniture Closet Changes in AutoCAD – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

Iris Hsu (Industrial Designer), continued with these additional Pipe Couch designs for the Duplicable City Center library. The drawings you see here are her 8th generation drawings continuing development of the couch idea with non-backed designs and a couple more options for the fixed back.

Continued with the Pipe Couch Designs for the Duplicable City Center Library – Click for Page

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture) also assumed leadership of the development aspects of the Duplicable City Center and created the updates highlighted here for storage and the bathroom entryway area.

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s or Architecture) also assumed leadership of the development aspects of the Duplicable City Center and created the updates highlighted here for storage and the bathroom entryway area.

Created Updates for Storage and the Bathroom Entryway Area – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

Behind the scenes Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva (4th-year Computer Engineering Student) continued discussion about what the appearance and best functional design should be for the beside-bed Control Systems interface.

Continued Work on the Beside-Bed Control Systems Interface – Click to Visit the Control Systems Page

Lucas also started building the 2nd prototype of the control system so that he and Mike could continue to test it and correct some programming challenges they’ve encountered.

Started Building the 2nd Prototype of the Control System – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is igniting a new paradigm of sustainable ideas 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 last week the core team continued our work on the Highest Good Network with Andrew Herman (Software Engineer and Core Member of Futurist Playground). What you see here is brainstorming and outlining on how to integrate customizable options and widgets as well as our exploration into a possible tool for helping with decision making and task allocation.

Continued Our Work on the Highest Good Network – Click to Learn About This

We also continued working with Ivan Manzurov (Artist and Illustrator) to create new icons for all of our pages. Here are the icons Ivan created for the Highest Good Energy component.