Making the World Work for Everyone – One Community Weekly Progress Update #276

What better goal is there than making the world work for everyone? We now have the technology and resources to sustainably provide food, energy, and housing for every person on the planet. We can provide more fulfilling lifestyles, sustainable economic models, and more empowering and free-thinking education models too. One Community is designing and open sourcing these solutions and more as self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities with the ability to create a world that works for everyone within our lifetime.

• 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

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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 8, 2018 edition (#276) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Making the World Work for Everyone
One Community Progress Update #276

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

MAKING THE WORLD WORK FOR EVERYONE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:48

• Hemanth Kotaru completed his 15th week helping with the structural engineering research and calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Mike Kowalski continued working on the Earthbag Village renders and successfully finished the initial merge of our three primary village and landscaping files (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy completed his 14th week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued with the Cob Village render updates (see below)
• Michael Hagler finished two updated versions of the Cob Village introduction and summary spreads for the 7-villages book (see below)
• Dan Alleck completed his 22nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:49

• Began rebuilding the City Center geodesic dome in 3D to reflect our simpler design (see below)
• Finished the City Center basement and root cellar storage redesign in Sketchup (see below)
• Updated the floor plans on the City Center main open source hub and Eco-kitchen pages (see below)
• Created three overview images that will be used as part of the 7-Villages books were creating (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar and the core team continued developing the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Dipti ran initial tests for the hallway areas (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• Anvita Kumari Pandey completed her 12th week helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs (see below)
• Dehua Feng completed his 10th week working on the fire suppression and safety systems designs for the City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @12:08

• Returned to developing the Permaculture Design open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:37

• Finished rebuilding and writing the content for the Collaborative Team Roles and Training page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @13:12

MAKING THE WORLD WORK FOR EVERYONE SUMMARY: @13:32

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is making the world work for everyone 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 past week, Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineer) completed his 15th week helping with the structural engineering research and calculations for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week’s focus was researching bond beam use and other stabilization approaches for permitted construction in seismic zones.

Continued with the Structural Engineering Research and Calculations for the Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Mike Kowalski (Game Developer) finished his 12th week helping update our renders that are too big for anything but a gaming computer. This week Mike continued working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) and successfully finished the initial merge of our three primary village and landscaping files. You can see a couple of his test renders here.

Finished Initial Merge of our 3 Primary Village and Landscaping Files – Click for Page

Also, Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) completed his 14th week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions. This week Shadi further developed the pages you see here for assembling the back storage area component. This work-in-progress included creation of several new pages, adding steps to existing pages, and several parts updates.

Continued Leading the Development of the Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued with the Cob Village (Pod 3) render updates also. Here is update 121 of Dean’s work showing this final section view of one of the Cob Village living units. This image is now on the website also.

Continued Cob Village Render Updates – Click for Page

Michael Hagler (Senior Graphic Designer and Artist) also finished these two updated versions of the Cob Village (Pod 3) introduction and summary spreads for the 7-villages book. These are both on the website now also.

Finished Two Updated Versions of Cob Village Introduction and Summary Spreads for the 7-Villages Book – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 22nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he began work on this render of one of the living units by replacing the ceiling, outdoor details, and adding in initial people and room elements.

Continued Working on Compressed Earth Block Village Render Additions – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable patterns 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 began rebuilding the City Center geodesic dome in 3D to reflect our simpler design, double check our beam lengths, and work to minimize the number of different beam lengths needed for DIY construction of a structure this large and complex.

Began Rebuilding the City Center Geodesic Dome in 3D – Click for Page

Finished the City Center Basement and Root Cellar Storage Redesign in SketchUp – Click for Page

The core team also updated the floor plans on the City Center main open source hub and Eco-kitchen pages, some of which you can see here.

Updated Floor Plans on the City Center Main Open Source Hub – Click for City Center

And the core team created these three overview images that will be used as part of the 7-Villages books were creating. They show the City Center control systems and initial plumbing and electrical systems designs.

Created 3 Overview Images for Part of the 7-Villages Book We’re Creating – Click for Housing Page

The core team working with Dipti Dhondarkar (Electrical Engineer) also continued developing the lighting specifics for the City Center. This is Dipti’s 84th week volunteering on this task and the focus this week was a new round of lighting tests for the public bathrooms, some of which you can see here.

Continued Developing the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Dipti also ran initial tests for the hallway areas. You can see some of this work here.

Ran Initial Tests for Lighting of City Center Hallway Areas – Click for Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering by redoing the beam layout and labeling system to what you see here.

Updated City Center Beam Layout and Labeling System – Click for City Center Engineering Page

Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) completed her 12th week helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs. This week’s focus was changes in furniture selection for the cupola, Living Dome lighting cost analysis, review and changes to the kitchen equipment costs,  adding all equipment images, and standardizing the dome structural members. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs – Click for Page

Last but not least, Dehua Feng (Civil Engineer) completed his 10th week working on the fire suppression and safety systems designs for the City Center. This week he focused mostly on pressure requirement calculations and updates along with related changes to the zones and piping layouts, some of which you can see here.

Continued Work on Fire Suppression and Safety Systems Design for the City Center – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is making the world work for everyone 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 returned to developing the Permaculture Design open source hub. We created and added a new header image, SWOT Analysis section, and added all the permaculture graphics finished so far.

Returned to Developing the Permaculture Design Open Source Hub – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is making the world work for everyone 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 finished rebuilding and writing the content for the Collaborative Team Roles and Training page so it is as complete and comprehensive as all the other pages of the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Learning for Life program. You can some of this newly finished page here.

Finished Rebuilding and Writing Content for Collaborative Team Roles and Training Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is making the world work for everyone 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

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