Making Utopia a Reality – One Community Weekly Progress Update #229

It is interesting to observe the stigma against mentioning utopia, or making utopia a reality on Earth, when war, destruction, and the newest multi-billion dollar casino are accepted as part of our current reality. The fact is, however, that amazing things are being created and for any utopian vision to happen, all it needs is to be something that is accessible to everyone and accomplishable with resources available to average people. A viable society or civilization such as this should address human needs from a perspective of fulfilled living as well as sustainable food, energy, and construction practices to combine internal/emotional needs with external/survival needs and provide sustainability for the complete human experience structured for The Highest Good of All.

• 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 August 13th, 2017 edition (#229) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Making Utopia a Reality
One Community Progress Update #229

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

MAKING UTOPIA A REALITY INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @5:54

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:11

• Completed the final round of revisions for the DIY Pipe Furniture page (see below)
• Finished adding the rest of the text to the PV Solar micro-grid tutorial (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 45th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha completed initial heat loss into the ground report as part of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:27

• Continued editing the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages, and created the new Food Procurement and Storage Plan page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @9:56

• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Added our research from last week to the Montessori page and updated all that page’s formatting (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @10:43

• Updated and expanded our social media reach by setting up and including another 8 networks in our list of those we post to each week (see below)
• Invested several more hours finishing developing the spreadsheet showing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
• Updated our profile and other details necessary to gain Platinum status on GuideStar and added a footer GuideStar link that will take you to our profile there (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar working on the Highest Good Network software began adding Ember views on the My Account page for displaying Details and Edit modes (see below)
• Vivian Rodrigues finished translating the Open Source page in Portuguese (see below)

MAKING UTOPIA A REALITY SUMMARY: @12:09

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is making utopia a reality 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 updated the header and other website graphics related to the Compressed Earth Block Village master render from last week.

Updated Compressed Earth Block Village Header and Other Website Graphics – Click for Page

Here’s what this looks like as part of the 7 villages online book we’re developing.

Created Compressed Earth Block Village Image for 7 Villages Online Book – Click for Page

The core team also continued working in Sketchup on the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). We added plants, a playground, and created and added three-legged tire planters. We also updated the walking path and added sitting areas around it.

Continued Working in Sketchup on the Recycled Materials Village – Click for Page

And the core team updated the Enviroartistic Design page with the new graphic and others, plus new content, as shown here.

Updated the Enviroartistic Design Page with New Graphics -Click to Visit

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 2nd week with us by conducting additional Earthbag Village construction research for the foundation, french drain design, and waterproofing. You can see some of his initial report here:

Researched Earthbag Village Foundation, French Drain Design, and Waterproofing – Click to Visit Page

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 51st week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was working on the high-quality render details for the East-wing office spaces. You can see some of this work-in-progress here.

Continued Working on Compressed Earth Block Village Design and Render Details – Click for Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. This week he ran final high-quality renders for all the internal village perspectives, as shown here.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Renders – Click for Page

Samantha Robinson (3D Designer) completed her 2nd week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was adding shelving under the bed design and beginning work on the loft shelving.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Interior Design for the Living Structure – Click for Page

Rufino Lagundaon (3D Designer) also joined the team and began working on the Tree House Village internal renders for the dining structure, as shown here.

Began Working on Tree House Village Internal Renders for the Dining Structure – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is making utopia a reality 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 completed the final round of revisions for the DIY Pipe Furniture page. These included reorganizing the order of the sections and many of the images, adding the open source files to the open source folders, updating the table of contents links, and beginning the creation process for the final header and social media images.

Completed Final Round of Revisions for the DIY Pipe Furniture Page – Click to Visit

The core team also finished adding the rest of the text to the PV Solar micro-grid tutorial. You can see some of the final additions here.

Finished Adding Text to the PV Solar Micro-Grid Tutorial – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 45th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was adding additional chair and table details to the Social Dome. These extra details created program errors and so we’re exploring lesser approaches.

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

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also completed this initial heat loss into the ground report as part of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub.

Completed Initial Heat Loss Into the Ground Report for City Center Heating and Cooling Hub – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is making utopia a reality 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 editing the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages, and created the new Food Procurement and Storage Plan page, as you see here.

Created New Food Procurement and Storage Plan Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is making utopia a reality 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 Cognition Lesson Plan and the Cosmos Lesson Plan. This brings us to 44 of 52 finished, which is 84.6% completion.

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

The core team also added our research from last week to the Montessori page and updated all that page’s formatting, you can see some of that work here.

Added Our Research from Last Week to the Montessori Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is making utopia a reality 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 updated and expanded our social media reach by setting up and including another 8 networks in our list of those we post to each week. You can see the complete list here.

Included Another 8 Networks in Our Social Media List – Click for Homepage

The core team also invested several more hours finishing developing the spreadsheet showing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. This information is needed for the new graphic and video we’re creating to highlight the global nature of our team.

Finished Developing the Spreadsheet Showing Where Our Team Members are From for a Future Video – Click for Team Page

And we updated our profile and other details necessary to gain Platinum status on GuideStar and added a footer GuideStar link that will take you to our profile there.

Updated Our Profile and Other Necessary Details to Gain Platinum Status on GuideStar – Click for Home Page

In addition to this, Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) working on the Highest Good Network software began adding Ember views on the My Account page for displaying Details and Edit modes. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Working on the Highest Good Network Software – Click for Page

And Vivian Rodrigues (Translator) also continued helping translate our overview pages. This week she finished the Open Source page as shown here in Portuguese.

Finished Translating the Open Source Page to Portuguese – Click for New Page

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