Path to a Sustainable Civilization – One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

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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 November 22nd, 2020 edition (#400) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments towards a path to a sustainable civilization:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week Jose Luis Flores (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 17th week helping finish the Net-zero Bathroom component of the Earthbag Village. This week Jose Luis updated the “Roof Panel Construction” and “Roof Panel Installation” section of the Net-Zero Bathrooms. He added detailed steps, diagrams, measurements, and organized the material list for the “Roof Panel Construction” section. Detailed steps were added to the “Roof Panel Installation” section too. Hence, contributing meaningful efforts towards a path to a sustainable civilization.

The SolidWorks model was also updated to include the drip edge roof flash on the edges of the exterior roof panels. The addition of metal flashing around the roof access was added as well. The images from these updates will be used in the section as a visual reference. Pictures are below for this work towards a path to a sustainable civilization.

Net-zero Bathroom component of the Earthbag Village, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Updated the “Roof Panel Construction” and “Roof Panel Installation” Section – Click for Page

Stacey Maillet (Graphic Designer) completed her 16th week working on the final edits and revisions to the Murphy bed instructions. Stacey is excited to almost be done with the now 26-page wall section. She reworked all groups by making sure all the fonts are the same. Stacey also verified all the call outs and zoomed images are colored in the same way across all groups, and have clear pages marked now from the wall section into the 3 other groups. She also figured out many of the old renders and updated with the correct wall image in all places. Pictures below show some of this work-in-progress for a path to a sustainable civilization.

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Worked on the Final Edits and Revisions to the Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Furniture Page

Hannah Copeman (Structural Engineer) completed her 14th week helping complete all the Earthbag Village tutorials. This week Hannah continued the development of the Earthbag Village dome construction by working on the tools required to place nails and cement between each layer, and working on the structural design of the lofts.

For the three tools, she finalized the initial designs of each and prepared the associated master AutoCAD. Hannah also continued the loft design by selecting the joist size and spacing, the bridge size and locations, determining the bridge hanger manufacturer / product, and beginning to work on the bearing calculations for the end supports. You can see some screenshots of this work below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Earthbag Village tutorials, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Continued Helping Complete All the Earthbag Village Tutorials – Click for Earthbag Village

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

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This week Ksenia Akimov (Plumbing Engineer) completed her 10th week working on the Duplicable City Center plumbing designs. This week Ksenia created the plan for the hot and cold water pipelines in the kitchen and main bathroom areas. Pictures below show some of this work for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Duplicable City Center plumbing designs, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Continued Working on the Duplicable City Center Plumbing Designs – Click for Page

Lindy Bray (Sustainability Analyst) also completed her 7th week helping confirm and expand the research on the Most Sustainable Building Materials: Carpet, Flooring, Wood, Etc.. This week, Lindy finished the Sustainable flooring research and Google Doc. She finished the section on Vinyl flooring, and she proofread the entire document and made some changes to reflect the new changes. Pictures below show some of this work for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Most Sustainable Building Materials, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Confirmed and Expanding the Research on the Most Sustainable Building Materials – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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This week the core team continued with our new plan for the Transition Kitchen to promote a path to a sustainable civilization. We started working on a new SketchUp design for 30’x50′ Transition Kitchen structure we agreed on as best from last week. We also created three possible layout templates for kitchen/eating/serving areas.

Then we did research on different floor covering for the Transitional Kitchen portable building. Lastly, we created a list of problems that we found during the detailing process with the old Hexayurt design for the Transition Kitchen structure. Here they are and pictures of the other work follow them:

  • Challenge to place appliances in Hexagon shaped building.
  • Insulation boards are not strong enough to handle multiple assemble/disassemble activities.
  • Insulation boards as roof are not strong enough to handle snow loads.
  • Leakage and structural problems with the insulation boards because suggested tape doesn’t hold up for more than 2 weeks of sun damage, it gets crusty and peels off. Alternative attachment options would all break down the insulation boards too much or over very short periods of time in inclement weather conditions.
  • Insulation board is not sustainable. We could overlook this if it would last being used like this (which we initially thought it would) but it won’t.
  • Rising lumber prices and adding in the cost for a solid floor made this structure almost 3x as much as it was originally projected to cost.
Transition Kitchen, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Continued With New Plan for the Transition Kitchen – Click for Page

The core team also continued rewriting/finalizing the chicken coop doc step-by-step instructions. This week we reviewed chicken coop drawings and related videos suggesting a more standardized approach to wall layout design for improved efficiency, clarity, and ease of interpretation for the novice builder. We also explored different hinge locations for the nesting boxes, and further revised the initial pages of the coop assembly based on all of the above. Pictures of some of this work are below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

chicken coop doc step-by-step instructions, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Continued Rewriting/finalizing the Chicken Coop – Click for Page

Reyes Mendoza (Mechanical Engineering Student) also completed his 5th week helping continue the development of the climate batteries for the Aquapini/Walipini structures. This week Reyes was able to get access to SolidWorks and is learning how to use flow simulation to apply it to our current design. He also worked on adding conversions into his Matlab code to make it easier to use regardless of the units being used.

He also spend significant time trying to get the software working properly on his Mac, which requires a special Windows environment to run SolidWorks. You can see some pictures related to this work below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

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Development of the Climate Batteries for the Aquapini/walipini Structures – Click for Page

Jiayu Liang (Landscape Designer) completed her 8th week helping with the Aquapini & Walipini internal and external landscaping details. This week Jiayu focused on making the 6 greenhouse models and the model of outdoor landscapes in the Rhino. Some pictures of this work-in-progress are below towards a path to a sustainable civilization.

Aquapini & Walipini internal and external landscaping, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Continued With the Aquapini & Walipini Internal and External Landscaping Details – Click for Page

Jingwei Jiang (Landscape Designer) also completed her 8th week working on the landscaping specifics for the Earthbag Village. This week Jingwei focused on finishing the CAD plan according to previous developed SketchUp models. The final planting list was further developed too. Pictures of this work-in-progress are below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

landscaping specifics for the Earthbag Village, Path to a Sustainable Civilization

Continued Working on the Landscaping Specifics for the Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Henry Vennard (Mechanical Engineer) also completed his 7th week helping continue the development of the climate batteries for the Aquapini/Walipini structures. This week Henry worked on the climate battery simulations and optimization. He worked with his team to improve the SolidWorks simulations related to the pressure in the pipes. You can see some pictures related to this work below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

climate batteries for the Aquapini:Walipini structures, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Worked on the Climate Battery Simulations and Optimization – Click for Aquapini:Walipini Page

Diana Gomez (Mechanical Engineer) also completed her 7th week helping continue the development of the climate batteries for the Aquapini/Walipini structures. This week Diana continued her research on friction loss of the system and calculations of the static pressure of the system. She learned to use a Friction Loss chart that will provide the friction loss of the system given two of the following parameters: velocity, duct diameter, or cfm.

According to the chart, our system is recommended to have a duct diameter of 10-12 inches because any lower and the friction loss per 100ft is very high. Using an equation that closely describes this chart, Diana calculated the friction loss per 100ft on the “Air Flow Rate.xslx” and varied the size of the manifold to be 8-12 inches and the velocity from 1000 – 1500 fpm. It was found that 10-inch diameter with a 1100 fpm initial velocity to be 0.54 in wg (inches of water gauge) per 100 feet (this is a reasonable amount of friction).

Then using these parameters the friction loss per 100 ft was calculated for the 4-inch pipes branching off of the main pipes. The small pipe diameter was varied from 3-5 inches but 4 in will be kept because its friction loss is only ~0.05 in wg per 100 ft. Diana met with Henry to discuss the high friction loss and the following steps will be taken to resolve the issue: decrease the number of pipes, decrease the length of the manifold, and increase the diameter of the manifold from 8in to 10 inches.

Diana also researched how to account for pressure when calculating the friction loss because the charts available are accurate for standard conditions and not high elevations. She tabulated the 6000 ft elevation correction factors on the “Air Flow Rate.xslx” under the tab cfm – elevation correction.

This tab takes in the total volume of a building and desired ACH and then calculates the corrected CFM at a 6000 ft elevation for temperatures between -20 F to 100 F. Then it takes in a diameter for the main manifold and the pipes to calculate the total friction loss per 100 ft.

For a specific temperature the total friction loss is calculated. It was found the friction loss is extremely high and a fan cannot create enough static pressure to balance it. By increasing the manifold diameter to 10 in the static friction decreased by half but this value is still too high. Reducing the number of pipes will be the next step. You can see pictures of some of this work-in-progress below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

climate batteries for the Aquapini:Walipini structures, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Development of the Climate Batteries for the Aquapini/walipini Structures – Click for Page

Daniela Lazarescu (Chef Adviser) completed her 4th week working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. This week Daniela focused on further recipes and researching suitable video instructions for previously chosen dishes. She also double checked that the image she’s supplied so far are not copyright protected. You can see some of this work below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

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Focused on Further Recipes and Researching Suitable Video Instructions for Previously Chosen Dishes 

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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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 such as a path to a sustainable civilization:

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Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for open source hub

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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This week the core team completed 22 hours managing One Community emails, social media accounts, interviewing potential new volunteer team members, and managing volunteer-work review and collaboration not mentioned elsewhere here.

The core team also continued working on the large-scale consensus content. This week we refined and edited the large-scale consensus governance content in preparation for putting the content into the web editor. We added links, formatted the write-up (bullets and justified text), made the content more consistent, and re-read the content. You can see some pictures of this behind-the-scenes below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

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Refined and Edited the Large-scale Consensus Governance Content – Click for Page

Henry Nguyen (React Developer) completed his 39th week with the team and working on the Highest Good Network software. This week Henry added the folder icon for the expanded tasks. The folder icon was used instead of an arrow or other icon because we think it makes the most sense communicating that the parent tasks (folders) are the sum of all children tasks. Henry also worked on the remove function.

Removing a task will affect other tasks, so he worked on debugging this so the other tasks renumber and move up correctly to fill in the newly empty line. He still needs to update the task ID and hours calculation though, which is on his action list for next week. The pictures below show some of this newly completed functionality for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Highest Good Network software, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Added the Folder Icon for the Expanded Tasks – Click for Highest Good Network

TEKtalent Inc. (a custom programming solutions company) also continued with their 24th week helping with the Highest Good Network software. This week Nithesh and TEK talent team continued working on creating the user profile by adding the option to assign a team and project while creating a user. An administrator can now click on add a new team / project button and search and find the team/project to assign the user. Pictures below show some of this new functionality for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Highest Good Network software, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Added the Option to Assign a Team and Project While Creating a User – Click for Page

Yiqi Feng (Software Engineer) continued with her 17th week as a member of the Highest Good Network software team. This week Yiqi established the frame of DashboardNotificationBar. She divided it into four parts. The first part is mainly about username, the second is about work hours, the third is about summary, and the last is about Badges. She finished the text inside these parts and added icons (exclamation, check), which are similar to the patterns in the picture below. Also, she adjusted the size and percentage of these parts in the bar, but they still need further modification. You can see some pictures related to this work below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Highest Good Network software, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Established the Frame of DashboardNotificationBar – Click for Highest Good Network

Jerry Zhang (Software Engineer) completed his 12th week working on the Highest Good Network software. This week Jerry implemented the requested changes from a number of weeks ago. Color contrast is improved for the table. The text differences for the notifications are now human readable. Next, Jerry will work on having task info updates be condensed if a field is updated multiple times. Pictures are below showing some of this work for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Highest Good Network software, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Implemented the Requested Changes From a Number of Weeks Ago – Click for Highest Good Network

Noor Qureshi (Insurance Researcher) completed her 13th week helping research One Community’s insurance options. This week Noor began the comparative analysis portion of this project. She went through each of the plans from each company that she thought were relevant to the goals of this organization and chose the ones that were most applicable. She created a final spreadsheet of the few plans that she would like to research and compare further. She also reformatted many of the plans, so that they all followed one set of criteria. You can see some pictures related to this work below towards a path to a sustainable civilization.

Insurance options, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

Began the Comparative Analysis Portion of Health Insurance Research – Click for Page

Chris Weilacker (Software Engineer) completed his 12th week working on the Highest Good Network software. This week Chris worked on the timelog component adding it to the dashboard. Chris also edited the formatting for the timelog and timer components to be displayed in mobile views with scrollbars. Pictures related to this work are below for a path to a sustainable civilization.

Highest Good Network software, Path to a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #400

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

Jaime Arango (Graphic Designer) also completed his 10th week helping with various graphic design work for the project. This week Jaime started creating new badges for the badges section on the Dashboard of the Highest Good Network. This week he re-created 8 badges for the 30-week streak accomplishment. You can see these newly created images below towards the path to a sustainable civilization.

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Started Creating New Badges for the Highest Good Network – Click for Page

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PATH TO A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION –

WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create such as a path to a sustainable civilization. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to foodenergyhousingeducationfor-profit and non-profit economics designsocial architecturefulfilled livingstewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living such as a path to a sustainable civilization.

PATH TO A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION – WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model of a path to a sustainable civilization is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this path to a sustainable civilization can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more.  For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this path to a sustainable civilization.

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