Paradigm Shifting Approaches to Persistent Global Challenges – One Community Weekly Progress Update #122

Paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges are needed if we are to create sustainable and global changes. Making sustainable living easy enough, accessible enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough so most people desire to live this way can achieve this paradigm shift. Open source sharing can accelerate the process. One Community is creating this as what we call living and creating 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 July 26th, 2015 edition (#122) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Paradigm Shifting Approaches
to Persistent Global Challenges
One Community Progress Update #122

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

PARADIGM SHIFTING APPROACHES TO PERSISTENT GLOBAL CHALLENGES INTRO @1:05

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:57

• Transferred another 35% of content for the Outer Space lesson plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote the final 35% of the Outer Space lesson plan
• Added the first 25% of the mindmap to the Quality and Quantity lesson plan web page, which Lucas helped with (see below)
• Featured the Open Source lesson plan across our social media channels, using the image that Lucas helped us create (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Lucas researched and downloaded images for Lesson Plan mindmaps

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:25

• Finished final social media imagery and featured our open source turnips hub and our open source parsley hub (see below)
• Researched and added two additional recipes to the open source asparagus hub (see below)
• Added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:33

• Continued the pathway and landscaping updates for Earthbag Village (Pod 1)
• Behind the scenes: completed another 35% of the open source camp setup specifics for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Sayonara continued work on the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) (see below)
• Sayonara also worked with Renata on the reciprocal roof for the Straw Bale Village (see below)
• Matheus helped in a managerial role while redesigning the shower and water catchment domes in the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Adolpho and Jorge continued with the vermiculture bathroom designs while also modeling the layout of the City Center laundry area (see below)
• Fernando and Amauri continued work with the heat exchanger for the communal showers and obtained the code for the STT simulator and translated to English (see below)
• Welma worked on creating a tutorial for earthship, strawbale, cob, and subterranean structures waterproofing methods (see below)
• Samantha, Flávia, and Victor researched interior design and materials for Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) and developed the first iteration in Revit (see below)
• Raquel and Diana created revision 3 of the Earthship Village (Pod 6) (see below)
• Sarah created hand sketches for the layout and designs for Earth Block Village (Pod 4) (see below)
• Gilberto continued 3D modeling for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) (see below)
• Lucas continued work on the Master Plan map for placement of all seven of One Community’s villages and key areas (see below)
• Ana finished costing alternative equipment for the transitory kitchen (see below)
• Carolina worked on the service design for the Tree House Village (Pod 7) (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:12

• The Architecture and Planning Intern Team continued the Duplicable City Center lighting study (see below)
• Mayke organized documents and designs created by all of the interns for the City Center and all seven villages (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo and the Structural Intern Team worked on the structural aspects of the City Center and modeled the domes in 3D (see below)
• Renata adjusted the architectural drawings of the City Center to account for the structural updates (see below)
• The Hydraulics Intern Team designed a dual-tank septic system for the Duplicable City Center, worked on pipe sizing calculations, and worked with the Mechanical Engineering Team on the heat-transfer piping between the Tropical Atrium and the Earthbag Village showers (see below)
• Mike Hogan and the Electrical Intern Team created the energy output table and initial wiring design and control systems features list for the Duplicable City Center

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @10:31

• Continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Lucy Lu continued creating the charities and other not-for-profit organization tax filing tutorial (now complete – see below)
• Manuella,  Gabriel, and Eduardo continued work on our new logo ideas and Eduardo also researched music for a video he will be creating for One Community (see below)
• Manasses researched more examples of successful layouts and prepared sketches for the interactive documents he is creating for all seven villages (see below)
• Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia programmed, tested, and debugged more of the code for the Highest Good Network web application and continued work on a guide for programmers and users (see below)
• Gustavo finished developing a new feature for the new iphone app and worked on developing the API (see below)

PARADIGM SHIFTING APPROACHES TO PERSISTENT GLOBAL CHALLENGES SUMMARY: @12:35

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

• Learn about the components: Education open source hub
• Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  

This last week the core team transferred another 35% of the content for the Outer Space lesson plan to the website. This lesson plan, which teaches all subjects, to all learning levels, using the central theme of Outer Space is now 65% complete on our website:

Outer Space Lesson Plan – 65% Complete – Click to Visit Page

In addition, behind the scenes we wrote the final 35% of that Outer Space lesson plan, so it is now 100% written.

We also added the first 25% of the mindmap to the Quality and Quantity lesson plan web page, which Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team helped with.

Quality and Quantity Mindmap 25% Complete – Click to Visit Page

And we featured the Open Source lesson plan across our social media channels, using this image that Lucas helped us create:

“Open Source” Lesson Plan Featured – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, Lucas additionally continued researching and downloading images for Lesson Plan mindmaps, and completed 25% of this research for the Creativity lesson plan and 10% for the Energy lesson plan:

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
• See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This last week the core team finished the final social media imagery and featured our open source turnips hub:

Featured Turnips Hub with New Social Imagery – Click to Visit

And we finished the final social media imagery and featured our open source parsley hub:

Featured Parsley Hub with New Social Imagery – Click to Visit

We also researched and added two additional recipes to the open source asparagus hub, which you can see below. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of the individual hubs in the future.

Added 2 Asparagus Recipes – Click to Visit the Open Source Asparagus Hub

Last but not least, we added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan – These recipes are: Strawberries & Cream Breakfast Pudding, the Field Roast Potato “Martini”, and Corn & Potato Chowder with Red Pepper Puree:

3 New Vegan Recipes Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges 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 continued the pathway and landscaping updates for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). These updates were needed to make space for the roof on the net-zero bathrooms. We’re 60% done with paths and landscaping and that brings us to 95% done with the complete 3D update.

Continued the Pathway and Landscaping Updates for Earthbag Village – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes we also completed another 35% of the open source camp setup specifics for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. This brings us to 50% complete there.

Behind-the-Scenes Camp Setup Specifics for Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign – 50% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Sayonara (a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team) continued work on the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2). This time she adjusted 90% of the hatches and layers on the floor plan. Sayonara also worked with Civil Engineering student Renata on the reciprocal roof for the Straw Bale Village. After much research, they created the initial drafts you see below of the reciprocal frame in Sketchup and AutoCAD:

Continued Work on Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) – Click to Visit Page

Meanwhile, Matheus helped in a team managerial role while redesigning the roof and cistern systems for the shower and water catchment domes in the Earthbag Village.

Redesigning Shower and Water Catchment Domes in the Earthbag Village – Click to Visit Eco Toilets & Shower Page

Adolpho and Jorge, both members of the Mechanical Engineering Intern Team, continued with the vermiculture bathroom designs and created about 50% of the structure, ran initial stress tests on the base of the system, and also ran initial cost analysis on it. They then began developing a smaller and more mobile design while also modeling the layout of the City Center laundry area.

Continued Vermiculture Bathroom Designs & Modeling the City Center Laundry Area – Click to Visit Eco Toilet/Shower Page

Fernando and Amauri, also both members of the Mechanical Engineering Intern Team, finished pressure simulations for their design of heat exchanger for the Earthbag Village’s communal showers and plotted the energy savings. They also obtained the code for the open source software “STT simulator” and translated it to English.

Continued Work for Communal Showers Heat Exchanger – Click for Earthbag Village Eco Toilets and Shower Page

Welma worked on creating a tutorial for her research on waterproofing methods for earthship, strawbale, cob, and subterranean structures.

Tutorial for Creating Earthship, Strawbale, Cob, and Subterranean Structures Waterproofing Methods – Click to Visit Housing Page

Samantha, Flávia, and Victor from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team researched the theme for interior design and materials for the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) and developed the first iteration of this model in Revit.

Interior Design and Materials Research for Shipping Container Village and First Iteration in Revit – Click to Visit Page

Raquel and Diana, also members of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team created revision 3 of the Earthship Village (Pod 6), bringing them to about 70% complete with revising and updating these plans.

Revision 3 of the Earthship Village (Pod 6) – Click to Visit Page

Sarah, another member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, created these hand sketches for proposals for the layout and designs for the Earth Block Village (Pod 4).

Hand Sketches for the Layout and Designs for Earth Block Village (Pod 4) – Click to Visit Compressed Earth Block Village

Gilberto, a member of the Graphic Design Intern Team, continued 3D modeling for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1), which included creating the ventilation plug and the window, which you can see here:

Continued 3D Modeling for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) – Click to Visit Page

Lucas, from the Graphic Design Intern Team, completed about 75% of the second version of the Master Plan map for the placement of all seven of One Community’s villages and key areas, as you see here:

Master Plan Map for Placement of All Seven Villages and Key Areas in Progress – Click to Visit Housing Page

Ana finished costing alternative equipment for the transitory kitchen, the less expensive alternative to our main kitchen project.

Costing Out Alternative Equipment for the Transitory Kitchen – Click to Visit the Food Self Sufficiency Transition Plan

And, the final housing work of the week came from Carolina working on the service design for the Tree House Village (Pod 7). She focused on analysis and alignment of this village with sustainable behaviors and values on both the individual and community levels.

Analysis and Alignment of Tree House Village (Pod 7) – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges 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

For this week of progress on the Duplicable City Center, Erika, Thais, Pedro and Victor from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team integrated even more aesthetic sustainable solutions into the lighting project of all the domes. They also completed 20% of the Dialux lighting study for Earthbag Village, aiming for LEED Platinum certification for both.

Continued Lighting Study for Duplicable City Center and Earthbag Village

Mayke completed about 25% of the renaming and organization of documents and designs created by all of the interns for the City Center and all seven villages. He also combined multiple files into one workable file of the layout and construction of the Earthbag Village.

Organization of Documents and Designs Created by All of the Interns for the City Center and All Seven VIllages

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) and the Structural Intern Team (Antonio, Gabriel, Beatriz, Fernando, Rodrigo, and Maurilio) worked on sub-framing the slabs, the elevator and stairs column, and the cantilevers on the fourth floor of the City Center. They also modeled the domes in 3D to run calculations to better account for snow loads.

Worked on Structural Aspects of the City Center and Modeled the Domes in 3D – Click to Visit Page

Renata then adjusted the architectural drawings to account for the structural updates and modifications from the Structural Team.

Architectural Drawings of the City Center Adjusted to Account for the Structural Updates – Click to Visit the City Center

And Diogo, Izadora, Joao, Mateus, and Roberto from the Hydraulics Intern Team designed a dual-tank septic system for the Duplicable City Center black water. They then completed about 15% of the initial pipe sizing calculations for cold/potable water. They also worked with the Mechanical Engineering Team on the heat-transfer piping between the Tropical Atrium and the Earthbag Village showers.

Dual-Tank Septic System Designed for the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, Fabio, Lucas de Souza, Lucas Tsutsui da Silva, Guilherme, Henrique, Tiago, and Israel of the Electrical Intern Team completed the energy output table for the living dome. With the help of Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant), they also designed an illustration of the breaker box for the living dome, placed the wiring design in AutoCAD for all three domes, and created a table with features of the control system that should be implemented in each room of the Duplicable City Center.

Energy Output Table Created and Initial Wiring Design – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

• Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
• Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
• Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
• Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This last week the core team continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly. This week’s work included fixing the rest of our menus, final edits and fixes to all our top-level pages plus another 50 other pages, as well as making it so all our images properly resize and so that images with captions have borders that are correct. We’d say we are now about 70% done with this complete website overhaul:

Continued Updating Our Entire Website to be Mobile Friendly

Behind the scenes, Lucy Lu (Accountant Specializing in Financial Reporting and Managerial Accounting) continued creating the charities and other not-for-profit organization tax filing tutorial. This week’s work covered property tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations in Utah as compared to California. This completes Lucy’s work as part of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs:

Behind-the-Scenes Created Charities and Other Not-for-Profit Organization Tax Filing Tutorial – Click to Visit Tax Page

Manuella,  Gabriel, and Eduardo of the Graphic Design Intern Team went through all the hand sketches for possible logos and chose two trends to explore deeper. Eduardo also researched music for a video he will be creating for One Community.

Continued Work on New Logo Ideas and Research for a One Community Video

Meanwhile, Manasses also from the Graphic Design Intern Team, researched more examples of successful layouts for the interactive documents he is creating for all seven villages. He also prepared sketches you see here and is about 10% finished organizing all the information we’ll be sharing.

Research of Successful Layouts and Sketches Prepared for the Interactive Documents for All Seven Villages – Click for Housing Page

Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia from the Software Development Intern Team programmed, tested, and debugged more of the code for the Highest Good Network web application and completed approximately 40% more of a code-modification guide for programmers and users, bringing this guide to 90% complete.

Continued Work on New Web Application – Click to Visit Highest Good Network Page

Last and not least, Gustavo finished developing a new feature that allows users to view the activities of multiple people with a bar that changes color according to the amount of time logged. He also worked on developing the API to integrate the database from the Highest Good Network web application that the Software Development Team is working on.

Finished Developing a New Feature for the New iphone App – Click to Visit the Highest Good Network Page

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