Regenerative Global-Sustainability Systems – One Community Weekly Progress Update #666

Posted on December 22, 2025 by One Community Hs

At One Community, we are developing regenerative global-sustainability systems by creating open source, free-shared solutions for food, energy, housing, education, economics, social architecture, and more. Developed entirely by an all-volunteer team, our work supports a model that becomes self-replicating and can grow into a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. By evolving sustainability and applying global stewardship practices, we design approaches that promote fulfilled living and regenerate our planet, all while creating a world that works for everyone—always doing this 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 December 22, 2025 edition (#666) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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One Community Progress Update #666

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems 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, Ajay Adithiya Kumar Elancheliyan Tamilalagi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the ventilation system design for the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. His work focused on resolving a duct-hanging design issue by completing the required calculations and updating the associated report. He refined the CAD model by correcting part orientations, standardizing documented views, and verifying the bill of materials against recent revisions while adding missing technical notes. Additional work included refining the ventilation system design for the vermicomposting eco-toilet space, correcting reports, resolving SolidWorks image-capture issues, and integrating new technical content. He also improved visual assets, checked design details for accuracy, and ensured documentation consistency. Earlier in the week, he reviewed McMaster-Carr materials, shared the completed vent design developed with Karthik along with an updated bill of materials, and incorporated report corrections. He also participated in a team meeting addressing a major issue with the Unistrut assembly and continued evaluating potential solutions afterward. His coordination across design, analysis, and documentation supports regenerative global-sustainability systems through open-source, performance-driven engineering. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report by reviewing feedback from the initial draft and applying updates across multiple sections to improve clarity and alignment with project intent. He revisited the electrical content that had been previously added and expanded it by researching relevant NEC articles and sections that explain how demand factors and loads are applied within the calculated tables. This effort included refining written explanations that link demand factors to specific room locations and associated circuits, providing clearer context for how electrical loads were derived and distributed within the design. His documentation improvements contribute to regenerative global-sustainability systems by strengthening transparency and reproducibility in electrical system design. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. His work focused on completing the reports that received feedback from Jae, with revisions made to address the noted comments and requirements. An animation was recorded to support clarity within the report and was prepared for inclusion where appropriate. Additional effort was spent reviewing the details of the waste dumping mechanism report, making final adjustments to the content, and finalizing the document for integration into the master file. His validation and documentation efforts contribute to regenerative global-sustainability systems by ensuring analytical accuracy and clear knowledge sharing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems 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, Ayushman Dutta (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering and DIY manufacturing. He updated the row 4 assembly drawings, corrected spreadsheet formatting, and completed the row 4 spreadsheet with the required assembly drawings and supporting files. He coordinated with the team to review corrections and define action items related to the project, completed design validation for row 1 of the hub connector, and researched material options suitable for manufacturing. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Review the connector analysis visuals below for more details.

Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer Volunteer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He refined the plumbing layout of the mechanical room by resolving mate errors, adjusting three-way valve members, and adding structural supports for hanging pipe components. He updated the CAD assembly to improve organization of the plumbing system and performed interference checks to identify and address potential conflicts between pipe runs and surrounding components. His pipe support concepts included post bases, unistrut framing, and unistrut pipe clamps. Bevan also assembled the revised foundational cinder block model into the final CAD assembly. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. For more details, refer to the image below.

Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He advanced the structural simulation setup by refining mesh configuration, defining load cases, and validating numerical behavior required for analysis. He completed a mesh sensitivity study to confirm result stability across element sizes and documented the trade-off between accuracy and computational cost. Element distortion issues were identified at sharp Unistrut corners and cork-to-cement interfaces, which led to the use of localized mesh refinement at critical joints instead of global size reduction while contributing to regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Sandesh also performed a modal analysis before applying the full hydrostatic water load of approximately 11,000 pounds to verify contact definitions and load transfer between the steel frame, cinder block foundation, and cork insulation layers. Rigid-body motion and low-frequency modes were used to identify and correct contact issues. He then finalized primary FEA load cases for California-compliant spa validation, including dead, hydrostatic, bather, thermal, seismic, and combined loads. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which exemplifies developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the visuals below for a closer look.

Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He clarified the assigned responsibilities and scope of work, reviewed spa cover requirements, and incorporated identified changes into the design. He presented the updated concept to Jae for review and discussion, then completed a revised spa cover design based on the feedback and updated requirements, ensuring alignment with intended functionality and project expectations while documenting the changes made. This open source Duplicable City Center project exemplifies developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

Shreyas Nagaraj (Design Engineer) made more updates to the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering and beams for the Duplicable City Center. He focused on analysis, standards coordination, file organization, and design updates related to the spa cover and dome components. His work included performing finite element analysis on the initial spa cover draft to assess structural behavior, organizing dome IPT and IAM files into a clear directory structure, and reviewing piping standards with the team to confirm alignment with sanitary requirements, contributing to One Community’s broader mission of advancing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Shreyas reviewed the STP file shared by a team member and provided feedback on potential design changes, then shared updated standards and piping information with the team. He also coordinated design updates with team members to ensure consistency with the revised spa cover configuration. This open source Duplicable City Center project exemplifies developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. For more details, refer to the image below.

Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work on developing the dynamic simulation setup for earthquake analysis updates for the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering. He focused on cleaning and aligning dome window geometry by identifying, color-coding, and prioritizing window beams and structural components for removal, building on prior cave-opening and frame simplification efforts. Srujan evaluated the use of STP files as an alternative approach for modifying window geometry and coordinated with Jae to obtain STL files for window components when needed. Where STP-based edits were not practical, he continued refining the models in Autodesk Inventor to maintain consistency with regenerative global-sustainability systems goals. Srujan also verified that removing window-related components from the living dome did not affect the integrity of the Inventor frame models or the overall assembly, maintaining FEA-ready configurations. The Duplicable City Center demonstrates developing regenerative global-sustainability systems through open source solutions that can guide people. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

Tianxiang Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He ran two simulations related to hot tub thermal analysis. The first simulation evaluated heat loss differences between cinder block cavities filled with rock wool and unfilled cavities, with results indicating a large variation due to the magnitude of the change. The second simulation used a CFD model of the water body incorporating natural convection and radiation effects, but the steady-state solution did not converge due to high inlet flow rates. This open source Duplicable City Center project exemplifies developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. For more details, refer to the image below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems 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 and regenerative global-sustainability systems : 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 working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale Garden, Botanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. The team advanced the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document by completing the Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies List for the Food Forest. They then began removing duplicates and outdated materials no longer needed due to changes and evolving project requirements. Extensive reorganization of the document is currently underway. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on regenerative global-sustainability systems and exemplifying the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

Anuneet Kaur (Administrator) continued her focus on the design of the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan components of the Highest Good food initiative. Anuneet integrated Jae’s feedback and completed the SEO optimization for the Omnivore Potato, Vegan Sweet Potato, Omnivore Sweet Potato, Vegan Pasta, and Omnivore Pasta webpages, achieving SEO scores of 90 or above. She ensured all pages followed updated formatting guidelines, corrected inconsistencies, and optimized every link for SEO across the recipe sections. These contributions align with a regenerative global-sustainability systems approach.

Anuneet also reviewed titles, spacing, and layout alignment to maintain consistency throughout the Food Web Project. Additionally, she ensured all team members were included in the live blog task and identified any missing participants. She reviewed Yulin’s infographic on sustainable research and provided detailed, constructive feedback. Anuneet also fulfilled administrative responsibilities by editing summaries and collages for the Highest Good Society, Highest Good Education, and Core Teams, and reviewed fellow admin submissions to ensure completeness and accuracy. Her work contributes to regenerative global-sustainability systems. Below are some images showcasing her work.

Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency food and inventory tracking software plans. Chelsea addressed a miscommunication with Ravi and then reviewed his new mockup designs in Figma. She consulted with Jae regarding the project status and gathered feedback on the existing designs. Chelsea organized all current mockups into a single, easy-to-use Dropbox folder and outlined the structure of a document to guide the software engineering team, with the intention of completing it next week. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports regenerative global-sustainability systems. The following images provide a view of her contributions.

Gayatri Pandkar (Architect) continued writing content for the various components of the Aquapini and Walipini aspects of the Highest Good Food initiative. Gayatri worked on the Walipini 3 SketchUp model, focusing on updates to both planting and spatial elements. She added a range of vegetable and fruit components to the model using SketchUp plant assets and sourced appropriate models to represent these selections accurately. Gayatri also introduced people spaces within the model to begin defining areas of use and circulation. In parallel, she started drafting the written report for the structure, outlining the intent, organization, and key design considerations. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable, participatory development, and regenerative global-sustainability systems. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. Japneet worked on updating the renders for the Walipini 1 frost-free arid zone desert house and made corresponding updates to the walkthrough, including modifying column texture and applying desert lichen textures to all walls. Planting elements were added at the entrance within the walkthrough. In addition, plants were added to Walipini 3, the tropical house, based on the specified plant species identified for that climate zone. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting regenerative global-sustainability systems. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. Jay worked on the standardization of the project documentation while continuing the calculation of the electrical energy used for lighting in Greenhouse Walipini 1. His tasks included aligning the document structure with existing standards, updating formatting elements for consistency, and ensuring that calculation sections were clearly organized. In parallel, he continued refining the lighting energy calculations by reviewing inputs, adjusting values where required, and integrating the updated results into the standardized document framework. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting regenerative global-sustainability systems. See below for pictures related to this work.

Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. His work focused on refining the section of Walipini 1, with attention on improving clarity, accuracy, and alignment with the overall design intent. The section drawing was adjusted to better represent structural and spatial relationships, and different representation methods were explored to communicate construction details more clearly. Progress was limited as some approvals are still pending, which affected the pace of work. Once the required approvals are received, more consistent progress and contribution are expected next week. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while supporting regenerative global-sustainability systems. Images below showcase his contributions.

Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web details. Pallavi developed new content for blog 665 and worked with teammates by considering their suggestions and applying feedback to maintain clarity and consistency in the final version. She completed one interview and submitted the required information. Pallavi continued integrating Walipini 1 and Zenapini 1 material from Gayatri’s work into the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page, edited images to meet the stated requirements for inclusion, checked the full page using Jae’s feedback, and submitted the page for review. In alignment with One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates regenerative global-sustainability systems into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation, currently focused on the Aquapini and Walipini masterplan render. She coordinated with the principal to receive feedback on the Highest Good Food masterplan render and to complete final updates for the overall site planting and the layout of the six structures. Shivangi started updating the Zenapini, Aquapini, and Walipini structure layout package, including individual and overall site landscape and planting details, as well as the furniture layout. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on regenerative global-sustainability systems. Below are visuals highlighting this work.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

- - Learn about the open source sustainable-energy foundations and regenerative global-sustainability systems: Solar, Hydro, and Wind
  - Explore our research into the most sustainable products and companies for saving water and energy: Insulation, Eco-laundry, Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies, Doors and Door Companies, Windows and Window Companies, Toilets, Faucets and Faucet Accessories, Urinals, and more.

This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. The team completed an initial read-through of the City Center Dome and Hub Connector Collaboration page, including the load simulation results, and reviewed the Vermiculture Ecotoilet Design page, including the compost sensor evaluations. During this work, they added comments to each document that identified areas to review. They plan to revisit both pages next week to perform a deeper review and address any follow-up items or updated materials. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on regenerative global-sustainability systems. Below are images related to this project.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems 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 and regenerative global-sustainability systems: Education Open Source Hub
How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance: 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, Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) continued developing the Highest Good Education software platform, concentrating on Phase 4: marketing, promotion, and administrative activities. He contributed to Highest Good Network software development by updating the Phase 5 governance document with user class structures, user stories, activity matrices, and Deliverable 0 action items, and coordinating with other development administrators to align on ideas, responsibilities, and next steps. As part of this workflow, his efforts also aligned with developing regenerative global-sustainability systems through clear documentation and structured planning. He reviewed Phase 4 action items and monitored open pull requests, followed up with developers on items pending for extended periods, and communicated with Jae regarding PRs requiring labels, review, or merges.

Prudhvi also supported marketing and promotion by scheduling upcoming BlueSky content through Buffer and updating weekly analytics in the BlueSky data visualization and tracking documents. In addition, he assisted with OC administration by updating the weekly blog and providing feedback on the administration team’s work for the week. Through these activities, he supported One Community’s commitment to regenerative global-sustainability systems. The images below highlight his contributions.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems 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 and regenerative global-sustainability systems: 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 completed over 33 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. The team also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights how regenerative global-sustainability systems serve as the foundation of One Community’s broader mission. Below are images highlighting this work.

Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network. He tested multiple pull requests of components in various parts of the HGN Software. He created new action items to develop new components in Phases 1 and 4. He tracked updates in software team management documents to support task management. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This work supports One Community’s commitment to regenerative global-sustainability systems. The images below highlight his contributions.

Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She reviewed Phase 4 with a focus on user stories and examined documentation to support planning discussions during a meeting. Weekly Google Ads reports were prepared, and testing revealed errors in some previously run advertisements. A meeting with Prudhvi defined the phase scope, objectives, and deliverables for the week. Based on this discussion, work centered on developing user stories, with several ideas proposed for inclusion and reviewed with Prudhvi for feedback. User story components and associated permissions were added to the Phase 5 document, with only specific personnel details remaining. In parallel, multiple dashboard chart ideas were developed for Phase 5, and a few charts were created for review and potential inclusion in the dashboard. This project supports One Community’s commitment to regenerative global-sustainability systems. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued working on the Summary Dashboards and Weekly Report page on the Highest Good Network. He audited Phase 2 of the HGN Bugs & Features tracking system by reviewing the “Materials, Equipment, Tools, and Project Tracking System” tab for missing fields, outdated statuses, formatting issues, and broken links, refining task descriptions and updating filters to keep it aligned with current project needs. Alongside this, he completed weekly administration tasks by reviewing team submissions, providing feedback, checking media and summaries, updating tracking tables, and supporting blog preparation to ensure everything was accurate and ready for publication. This work supports One Community’s commitment to regenerative global-sustainability systems. The images below highlight his contributions.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) and includes Anusha Gali (Software Engineer), Ashutosh Mishra (Software Engineer), Divanshu Bakshi (Team Admin), Indra Anuraag Gade (Software Engineer and Team Administrator), Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator), Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator), Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), Sai Suraj Matta Veera Venkata (Business Data Analyst), Sayantan Paul (Volunteer Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator), and Sudarshan Raju Chintalapati Venkata (Data Analyst). The Administration Team supports the Highest Good Network, a tool designed to track and measure progress while developing systems that contribute to regenerative global-sustainability systems. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruiting, analytics, and content management, the team helps advance this mission, aligning with One Community’s vision of building a replicable and sustainable future model.

This week, Anusha focused on extensive frontend and backend software testing by reviewing and documenting feedback on a large volume of pull requests, approving those that met functional and UI standards and requesting changes where issues were identified, including dark mode behavior, environment compatibility, missing documentation, and unresolved blockers. Ashutosh contributed to multimodal system development by implementing UI components for custom file handling, enabling video clip splitting for vector storage, migrating data from Pinecone to Qdrant to support larger files, creating local embeddings for low-latency testing, and evaluating alternative approaches for audio vector storage optimization. Their combined efforts contribute to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Divanshu managed Mastodon operations by publishing and tracking daily posts, documenting feature issues and enhancements, processing analytics data using Python, refreshing datasets, and validating dashboard accuracy through schema and metric checks. Indra supported the Code Crafters team by reviewing merged pull requests, approving updates after validation, refining Figma designs for application and job posting analytics in both light and dark modes, preparing the weekly blog update, and managing X/Twitter content and analytics dashboards. This work supports the continued development of regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Keerthana handled administrative coordination by reviewing team summaries for accuracy and formatting, updating Step 2 and Step 4 tracking documents, compiling and validating the weekly blog, and assigning Phase 3 action items to developers. Neeharika supported software team operations by reviewing management documents, following up on task ownership, testing pull requests, validating admin-submitted PDFs, completing weekly admin responsibilities, reviewing the work of other admins, and conducting interviews shared with leadership. Ola improved organizational workflows by completing a full workspace reorganization, preparing administrative folders, establishing a new weekly filing structure, and supporting admin teams with system transitions, supported by visual documentation. These coordinated administrative efforts strengthen operational clarity in support of developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Olimpia managed LinkedIn analytics and senior administrative responsibilities by updating KPI metrics, reviewing volunteer documentation, resolving prior admin comments, identifying warning and blue-square cases, and scheduling upcoming posts with appropriate images, hashtags, and links. Priyanshi continued Phase 2 project testing by validating feature behavior and usability across light and dark modes, documenting issues related to dropdown visibility and filter behavior within project dashboards, and providing detailed pull request references. Rajeshwari supported OC Administration by refining content, providing structured feedback, updating WordPress blogs with SEO keywords, publishing weekly software updates with collages, completing questionnaires, and conducting focused testing on the BM Dashboard to verify form functionality and chart behavior. This work improves transparency and accuracy while advancing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Rishitha served as weekly content administrator by consolidating blogs, optimizing SEO, managing bio updates, following up on missing information, uploading Threads content, updating raw data and dashboards, and maintaining volunteer tracking documentation. Sai Suraj handled Meta analytics operations by exporting and processing performance data, refreshing dashboards, updating raw data tabs, scheduling content across platforms, compiling summaries, organizing images, and completing publication workflows. These efforts contribute to a developing regenerative global-sustainability systems approach. Sayantan conducted frontend testing across multiple trackers and dashboards, validating warning messages, dark mode compatibility, chart labeling, time synchronization, and progress bar behavior, while also managing Team Skye’s weekly blog submission. Sudarshan managed the Alpha Software Team blog through content review, SEO updates, collage creation, pull request testing, task creation, and multi-page bug tracking across Phase 3 components. To learn more about how this work supports developing regenerative global-sustainability systems we know is possible, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer) and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support regenerative global-sustainability systems.

This week, Qinyi worked on marketing and promotion tasks using a game character visual style aligned with regenerative global-sustainability systems, and she generated and edited character designs with ChatGPT while adapting existing characters for poster-style social media content. Yulin focused on visual communication aligned with regenerative global-sustainability systems, creating four social media images, publishing a team collaboration announcement, maintaining assets in Dropbox, and participating in weekly reviews. Their efforts highlight regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is developing regenerative global-sustainability systems through open source Highest Good Network^® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.

Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 12 pull requests as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to regenerative global-sustainability systems. The following PRs were not fixed: the logout issue when permissions are changed, forced logout when adding permissions, hiding team members’ tasks when the teams toggle is off, fixing the header image and text on smaller screens, updating the volunteer status donut chart to use the new data structure, fixing text visibility in the Total Construction Summary, and displaying community member skills and contact information.

Several PRs could not be tested due to missing data on the Main branch, including the IssueBreakdownChart conversion to module CSS, the frontend component for BM Tools Returned Late, and updates to the utilization chart to enable tool and project filters. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer). The team includes Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is a key part of sustainable and freely shared eco-solutions, helping track and measure progress toward developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to the open-source project and resilient ecosystems. Designed to be portable and scalable, the Highest Good Network software is well suited for off-grid and sustainable living communities. This project reflects One Community’s open source commitment to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

This week, Nikita focused on administrative and development-related tasks, including connecting tasks in the HGN app to GitHub pull requests and resolving merge issues for the task titled “Create Weekly Company Summary Email for Admins.” She ensured that the contents of the routes.js file were migrated to routes.jsx to align with current development standards and verified that the code passed all required tests for merging.

She also worked on the task “Add Inventory Health Indicators and Summary Cards for Materials” by reviewing the existing codebase and problem description to understand the current structure and define an initial approach, completing initial implementation work during the week. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer) and included Apoorva Jain Ramapura Prashanth (Software Engineer), Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer), Sumedh Kumar (Full-Stack Developer), Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer), Aswin “Tony” Kanikairaj (Software Engineer), Sourabh Bagde (Software Developer), Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer), and Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked and aligned with our mission, modeling, and developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.

This week, Amalesh resolved merge conflicts in pull requests 704 and 1831, completed the disconnected timer refresh button feature under pull request 4459, documented the work with screenshots and videos, tracked time in the HGN timer, and completed onboarding steps. Apoorva implemented validation to limit team name length to 100 characters across Admin and Owner flows for team creation and assignment, completed backend functionality for a LiveJournal auto-poster, and began developing the related user interface. Their contributions strengthen regenerative global-sustainability systems through improved reliability and workflow consistency. Aswin added a Rental Tracking section into the Total Construction Dashboard, ensuring responsive behavior and resolving light and dark mode issues, while Harshavarma enhanced the events landing page and calendar with pagination, rolling four-month event logic, month navigation, and backend integration, supporting a developing regenerative global-sustainability systems approach.

Nikhil updated the Weekly Report Summary and Weekly Summaries modules, corrected imports and class mappings, reviewed pull request 4594, and fixed CSS Modules styling issues, collaborating on Phase III discussions related to database workflows and backend requirements. Ramsundar addressed backend issues preventing email data from appearing in the BM Dashboard Consumables Usage Record modal, followed up on related pull requests, and debugged UI updates for consumable names and measurements. Sourabh completed the MySpace scheduler integration with authenticated RESTful endpoints, frontend payload adjustments, normalization, and retry handling. Sumedh resolved dark mode rendering issues, validated backend API functionality, and addressed routing problems. These combined efforts help maintain system integrity and support developing regenerative global-sustainability systems in practical ways.

Taariq focused on stabilizing filters-on-refresh functionality, debugging missing weekly summary data, addressing auto-scroll, auto-refresh, and BioStatusToggle issues, progressing test coverage and validation, and preparing multiple features for merge. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this works in developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. The collage below shows images of their work.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager), and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer), Som Ramnani (Software Engineer), and Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer). This week, Som worked on multiple pull requests, revisiting PR #4215 to resolve conflicts caused by the removal of package-lock.json from the main branch and numerous conflicts in yarn.lock. These efforts support regenerative global-sustainability systems by maintaining dependency stability and build consistency. He removed the local package-lock.json file, resolved yarn dependency conflicts, revisited PR #4563 to resolve merge conflicts, renamed and closed the old branch, and updated the branch reference. Som also addressed PR #4585 by adding a toggle to switch comment sorting between newest-first and oldest-first, updating the rendering logic so the UI reflects the selected order immediately.

Linh advanced the Materials Table Usability task in the frontend by confirming the scope was limited to changes on the /bmdashboard/materials route, tracing routing to identify the correct page component, and reviewing related components and Redux state to understand how materials data is sourced and rendered. She created and pushed a feature branch for progress visibility, implemented initial UI updates including a search input and sortable table headers, verified that the Materials page renders correctly with existing data, and outlined remaining work such as pagination, sticky headers, light and dark mode support, and responsive layout adjustments. This ongoing refinement contributes to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems through improved usability and clearer resource visibility.

Sheetal configured a Bitwarden Machine Account by identifying how to obtain the required Organization ID for secret access, resolving issues in the bitwarden/cli-napi library affecting authentication and integration, retrieving secrets through the /api/bitwarden/auth endpoint based on assigned permissions, and evaluating the @bitwarden/sdk-napi library, where deviceType-related limitations were compared against the CLI-based approach. These efforts contribute to secure infrastructure practices aligned with regenerative global-sustainability systems. The collage below shows images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Indra Anuraag Gade (Software Engineer and Team Administrator) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer), Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack), Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer), Juhitha Reddy Penumalli (Software Engineer), Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we manage and objectively measure progress in building regenerative global-sustainability systems by coordinating social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts, while supporting widespread, scalable, and lasting access to regenerative lifestyles worldwide.

This week, Ajay advanced the Tools page by implementing sorting for Projects and Names, validating behavior across common states, resolving merge conflicts, and preparing the branch for review. He also corrected dark mode font colors in Weekly Summaries Reports to ensure readability and confirmed that sorting integrates smoothly with existing filters, navigation, and design patterns across datasets and screen sizes. Akshith completed Phase 3 work on the Most Popular Event page by adding trend indicators to reflect participation changes, implementing popularity-based sorting, and updating the Y-axis label before submitting the work for review. He also enhanced the Latest News panel on the calendar page by adding sorting logic and applying styling improvements to improve layout and readability while addressing remaining visual issues. Their progress aligns with One Community’s broader approach to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Anish focused on clarifying system behavior by asking targeted questions about functionality, data flow, and component responsibilities, defining deliverables and action items for several system areas including the recipe, calendar, production, orders, and processing pages, and outlining required backend data models and API endpoints to support frontend interactions and ensure consistency between user actions, data storage, and system responses. Juhitha addressed user interface issues on the People Report page for screen sizes 375px and above by improving table structure, column alignment, and layout consistency through targeted CSS and HTML updates, refining column widths, resolving spacing and overlap issues, stabilizing grid behavior across viewports and data variations, and completing verification in preparation for dark mode styling updates. This ongoing refinement contributes meaningfully to a unified framework that supports regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Sphurthy resolved UI misalignment issues in the Community Portal’s All Events filter sidebar by standardizing spacing and alignment between filter sections and the event grid, updating filter item styles, adding missing styles for inputs, implementing comprehensive dark mode support, fixing accessibility issues by properly associating labels with controls, and adjusting the main content area to align with Bootstrap’s grid system. These contributions strengthen One Community’s mission and commitment in building regenerative global-sustainability systems. The collage below shows an overview of this team’s work.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vamsidhar Panithi (Software Engineer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer), Aditya Gambhir (Software Engineer), Debadyuti Mukherjee (Software Engineer), Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer), Manvitha Yeeli (Software Engineer), Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer) and Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes for open sourcing a better world for us all through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in developing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

This week, Adithya focused on HGN Software Development by refactoring the main dashboard to replace static placeholders with real-time data, adding a helper function for inconsistent user ID formats, correcting backend records for accurate team mappings, updating table rendering to display live member data with dynamic team name resolution, and adding safeguards to prevent crashes during hard refreshes and to re-fetch project data when the store is cleared. These improvements reinforce developing regenerative global-sustainability systems within the platform’s evolving structure.

Aditya developed a Material Usage versus Cost Correlation feature for the BM Dashboard, including a backend API with MongoDB aggregation pipelines, UTC-normalized date utilities, multi-select query parsing, unit tests, Redux state management, and a dual-axis chart with filters, responsive styling, dark mode support, performance optimizations, and logging integration. Debadyuti reviewed Medium auto poster and Vintest coverage issues, synchronized feature branches, added controller layers and cron jobs based on reference implementations, and investigated Medium access token creation while outlining test scenarios, helping maintain workflow reliability aligned with developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Deekshith implemented a client-side React dashboard using hooks and Redux to manage state, fetch project data, render charts, and apply modular CSS with light and dark mode support. Manvitha delivered updates across two pull requests by building an Activity Feedback modal with a five-star rating system, validation, accessibility support, updated tests, and fixing a runtime error related to jwt-decode.

Neeraj enhanced reporting and attendance workflows by adding a missing Get List button with a supporting modal and tests, sorting activities by start time, and extending the Student Attendance page with an action menu, tooltips, and a detail panel, further contributing to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Sriamsh improved the Returned Late chart by adding bar click handling for tool-level details, managing state and conditional rendering for the detail panel, applying theme-aware styling and accessibility fixes, and reviewing a related pull request. Vamsidhar resolved merge conflicts, added missing dependencies, addressed dark mode visibility issues, converted styles to CSS Modules, fixed linting errors and test failures, and advanced updates to the Equipment History page by adjusting data sources, dropdown options, table columns, and navigation behavior while validating data loading from the appropriate collections. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of developing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and includes Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer), Layne Taylor (Software Engineer), and Meenashi Jeyanthinatha (Full-Stack Developer). This effort supports One Community’s goal of regenerative global-sustainability systems.

This week, Casstiel continued working on improving the filter and tag selection with multi-select and auto-suggest. The clicking error on the lesson box is still present, as the prerequisite fix has not yet been merged into the dev or main branch. While working on the enhancement, Casstiel proposed treating activeFilters as a single filtering model to simplify downstream logic and clarify intent without altering existing behavior. Another proposed improvement is to allow the dropdown to open even when the input is empty to support better discoverability. This work directly contributes to One Community’s mission of regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Layne worked on generating the SKU and changing the search material input from a modal to a search bar on the ItemListView file. She initially encountered issues separating the SKU state from the formData collected on submit, which briefly broke the add material button before being resolved. She completed the SKU generation so it now displays in an input text box on the add Material form, noting that SKU editing may need a separate ticket depending on decisions about organization and permissions. Layne attempted to update the backend model to include SKU fields but was blocked by an incorrect input string in the tutorial documentation, which was later clarified through Slack. She then traced how models were imported into controllers to resolve naming issues and shifted focus to the search bar work, where filtering is not yet in place and debounce still needs to be added. These refinements strengthen the technical foundation needed for regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Meenashi focused on backend improvements by adding validations to the Jobs POST API for required fields, minimum word counts, and user permissions for admin and volunteer roles, as well as correcting lint issues and adding additional validations. She updated the frontend pull request to align with recent development changes, fixed navigation and UI issues on the job ads workflow, coordinated with Jae on the Dropbox service account, and marked pull requests as high priority and ready for review, integrating efforts that strengthen One Community’s mission of advancing regenerative global-sustainability systems. She also identified an unresolved issue with pull request changes not appearing on a specific page and began tracing the cause while coordinating next steps for review and verification. Rahul investigated a screen-loading issue in a specific pull request by reviewing application routes, updating the code to isolate the problem with the PR Review Team Analytics Dashboard, completing bug fixes for the bmdashboard, and performing additional checks on unresolved issues. Alongside technical work, he managed team responsibilities by reviewing teammates’ summaries, videos, and images, and attending the weekly team meeting. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work contributes to creating regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator) and Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Aryan Rachala (Software Engineer), Chirag Bellara (Software Engineer), Shashank Madan (Software Engineer), Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer), Veda Bellam (Software Engineer), Venkataramanan Venkateswaran (Software Engineer) and Vinay Krishna (Software Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s goal of regenerative global-sustainability systems through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.

This week, Aryan implemented and finalized search bar functionality and status-based filters for the Attendance Tracking Admin Dashboard, testing interactions across scenarios, resolving UI inconsistencies, and improving code readability and maintainability. Chirag fixed dark mode and console issues in PR 4535, created PR 4582 to address a Resource Usage screen bug, added dark mode support, included links in the Other Links tab, and implemented permission checks for logged-in users. Shashank updated dark mode styling for module CSS files, resolved merge conflicts and linting errors in an older reports dashboard pull request, reproduced previously broken branches locally, and updated backend controller logic to ensure correct data fetching.

Shravya addressed multiple defects with PRs 4591 and 4547, investigated a log time bug related to delayed server responses, and documented findings for continued review. Sohail focused on debugging the badge assignment system by identifying logic flaws, refactoring legacy callback-based functions to modern asynchronous patterns, correcting conditional logic, and improving error handling. Veda enhanced the Job Application Listing Page for the Users View by implementing functionality, adding requirement evaluation logic, resolving merge conflicts, fixing UI, CSS, accessibility, and dark mode issues, and validating the user flow from job listing to application form. Venkataramanan completed frontend and backend fixes, resolving UI alignment issues, improving profile performance, adding validation for committed hours, and updating backend logic for leaderboard and blue-square accuracy.

Vinay worked on Indra’s Application/Job Posting Page on the Application Form Template by adding a “Clear Template” action to reset the builder workspace, ensuring accessibility through tooltips and focus handling, and aligning behavior with existing confirmation patterns. These updates improved workflow clarity and strengthen the technical foundation for regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the collage below highlighting the team’s work for the week.

MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer), Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer), Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer), Sai Krishna (Software Engineer), and Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer). Their efforts support One Community by advancing the mission of regenerative global-sustainability systems through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

Sai focused on the Add Materials page by refining purchase date and phone number fields, correcting input handling and validation, adding a country-specific phone number validation dependency, updating validation logic and UI messaging for format mismatches, testing behavior across multiple countries and formats, and preparing a pull request for review. Uha enhanced the BM Dashboard Issues chart by adding a Clear Filters button to reset selected issue types and years, restoring the chart to its default state, improving refresh behavior and visual consistency across light and dark modes, validating changes locally, managing Git branches and commits, and preparing the update for review with testing notes while contributing to the long-term development of regenerative global-sustainability systems. Sudheesh contributed across UI, accessibility, backend logic, and testing by adding column-specific tooltips to the Daily Equipment Log page, improving hover tooltip visibility for the Project Risk Graph in dark mode with proper contrast handling, and addressing Phase 4 work on the Student Profile View for Educational Progress by resolving merge conflicts, adding test cases, and updating the subject details controller to correct data retrieval issues.

Aayush advanced Phase 2 development of the Global Distribution of Projects pie chart by defining the implementation approach, creating routes and models, adding dummy database data, resolving local errors, pushing updates to a branch, documenting progress, and addressing the Back to Projects button issue on the Issues page by resolving merge conflicts and identifying the root cause pending confirmation, contributing to ongoing efforts in developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Alisha worked on collaborative lesson plan creation across frontend and backend by fixing activity addition issues so draft activities render correctly, implementing the review and submit page for the lesson plan builder, configuring the collaboration sidebar for comments, adding backend models for lesson plan drafts and comments, updating lesson plan schemas with a status field, and reconfiguring controllers to support draft submission, educator review, and approval workflows, all contributing to the broader vision of regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Mani completed a priority task related to the application and job posting referral link requirement by applying dashboard dark mode patterns across forms and components, updating styles for inputs, selects, textareas, and buttons, resolving dark mode visual issues, extending dark mode support to child components, and submitting the changes in a pull request while aligning ongoing improvements with a regenerative global-sustainability systems approach. Ari contributed to dark mode optimization for the Inventory Types page by reviewing global and module-level CSS, identifying required changes, and applying and testing updates to improve visual consistency. These refinements ensured more reliable rendering across different themes and improved usability for end users. Each update contributed to overall UI coherence and stability, especially in components relying heavily on light/dark transitions. This work aligns with the shared mission of creating the sustainable civilization we know is possible. Visit the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages for more on how this work supports creating the sustainable civilization we know is possible through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage below portrays the team’s notable achievements for the week.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sai Suraj Matta Veera Venkata (Business Data Analyst) and Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer). The team includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer), Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer), Guna Pranith Reddy Cheelam (Software Developer), Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer), Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer), Siva Putti (Software Engineer), Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer), and Tom Linn (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on demonstrating developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems, further supporting regenerative global-sustainability systems.

This week, Akshay implemented dark mode support for the Community Portal calendar by updating React Calendar styling with CSS modules to ensure consistent behavior across tiles, navigation, filters, and event badges, resolving hover and text color issues, opening PR 4597, and addressing related merge conflicts, while also opening frontend PR 4577 and backend PR 1959 to add a weekly summaries count to the dashboard by extending backend logic and updating UI components. He additionally submitted the weekly team review, tracked contributor progress, and hosted the weekly team call, contributing to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Aseem updated CSS variables and theme provider logic to ensure consistent global dark mode behavior, applied accessible color treatments across content areas and controls, verified responsiveness and theme transitions, and opened PR 4579. Diya refined final-day handling by improving end-of-day formatting, adding timezone guards, aligning backend storage with UI display, fixing crashes with defensive checks, correcting Days Left calculations, and delivering coordinated frontend and backend updates through PRs 4578 and 1961 while closing PR 4532, supporting developing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

Guna continued addressing review feedback for PR 3999 by stabilizing image GET fixes and tab headings on the listings home page and further investigated a routing issue blocking access to the activity log attendance page in the Dev environment. Kristin fixed a missing Today’s event tag by correcting mock data logic and updating date validation in MyCases.jsx with PR 4589 and began implementing state and calculation updates for the Log Attendance pie chart, contributing to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Namitha documented and fixed alignment issues in the Most Popular Event chart by comparing implementation to design specifications and converting styles to CSS modules in PR 4588. Peterson improved modal usability in Reports PR Promotions by enabling click-outside close behavior. Siva fixed API handling, date formatting, schedule display, activity ID validation, improved error messaging in PR 4434, addressed dark mode contrast for disabled controls in PR 4467, and implemented FAQ search with debouncing, filtering, accessible empty states, and Figma-aligned UI in PR 4553.

Sudheeksha spent 20 hours fixing a Lesson List Filter issue that prevented result updates by identifying and correcting underlying errors across files. Suparshwa refined chatbot prompts to restrict responses to source documents and initiated an orchestration layer to manage persistent chat memory, supporting developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Tom identified usability gaps in the Activities List calendar related to past date selection and proposed validation messaging to clarify unsupported behavior, with related work tracked under PRs 4592 and 4596. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports the modeling and pioneering of developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. See below for the work done on demonstrating developing regenerative global-sustainability systems.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Lavanya Lahari Nandipati (Software Developer), Marcus Yi (Software Engineer) and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software objectively tracks and manages progress, with a focus on supporting social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that foster sustainable and thriving ecosystems, playing a major role as part of the regenerative global-sustainability systems.

This week, Anthony fixed a CSS layout discrepancy, resolved merge conflicts, and finalized pull request #3846 for merging. He also improved permission change logging by refining related logic, updating role-based permission resets on user profiles, and ensuring change logs captured permission updates beyond default role settings. His updates align with our broader approach toward developing regenerative global-sustainability systems while maintaining system accuracy and consistency.

Lavanya investigated and progressed a fix for the “40 Hours in 1 Week” badge issue by analyzing badge assignment behavior and shared calculation logic. Her work supports long-term stability across stewardship tracking features and contributes to developing regenerative global-sustainability systems within the broader Highest Good Network (HGN) infrastructure. She examined weekly hour aggregation and eligibility conditions along with update mechanisms for earned dates and counts. She identified multiple inconsistencies across related badges and confirmed the issue came from shared evaluation logic rather than a single badge. She refined the scope for a systemic fix and defined validation scenarios to prevent regressions.

Marcus resolved permission configuration issues that blocked posts, addressed routing problems affecting Facebook posting related to API behavior and permission keys, and continued reviewing and updating routes to ensure requests passed correctly between the frontend and backend. Swathi reviewed multiple pull requests and related bug fixes across analytics dashboards, access controls, and UI issues. She resolved assigned bugs involving dashboard access and page visibility, documented her findings, and submitted fixes as part of improving the system’s reliability while contributing to creating the sustainable civilization we know is possible. Swathi also identified additional tasks in admin and analytics documentation and continued work on the BM Dashboard by fixing routing and visibility issues, correcting an error message, and progressing dark mode updates. By resolving these challenges, their work continues to support One Community’s mission of developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contribution advances One Community’s goals of creating regenerative global-sustainability systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Carl Bebli (Software Developer), Julia Ha (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They supported the project by reviewing all pull requests submitted this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward developing regenerative global-sustainability systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from O–Z, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results in developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. This week’s active members of the team were: Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer), Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), Vijay Anirudh (Software Development Engineer), and Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) submitted in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network open source hub measures progress towards our goal of developing regenerative global-sustainability systems. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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Creating the Sustainable Civilization We Know is Possible – One Community Weekly Progress Update #665

Posted on December 15, 2025 by One Community Hs

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At One Community, we are focused on creating the sustainable civilization we know is possible by developing open source, free-shared solutions for food, energy, housing, education, economics, social architecture, and more. Created entirely by an all-volunteer team, our work supports a model that becomes self-replicating and grows into a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. Through evolving sustainability and global stewardship practices, we design approaches for fulfilled living and regenerating our planet, all with the intention of creating a world that works for everyone—always doing this for The Highest Good of All.

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