Practical Utopia Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #70

Practical utopia creation means evolving sustainability to comprehensively address the foundations of the complete human experience with ecological and duplicable solutions for improving all areas, and open source sharing 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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Practical Utopia CreationOne 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 4th, 2014 edition (#70) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

Practical Utopia Creation
One Community Weekly Progress Update #70

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

PRACTICAL UTOPIA CREATION INTRO @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:38

• Finished the Happiness Lesson plan mindmap (see below)
• Finished adding another 30% of the subject specifics for the subject of Science page (see below)
• Behind the scenes we finished 80% of the lesson plan with the core theme of “Opposites”

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:51

• Added diversity details to the Radishes section of the large-scale gardening page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:40

• Finished internet setup specifics for first 50 residents (see below)
• Spoke to our county about our septic needs for the crowdfunding campaign
• 3 members of our team continue to develop the 3-Dome crowdfunding Master Plan (70% done)
• Philip Gill began the process of dissecting the first dome home furniture design (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @4:44

• Ben Pollock finished the rest of the the large-scale kitchen equipment specifics (see below)
• Karl Harris added the corridor and 4th floor bathroom roof, the corridor and walls, and the cupola roof to the CAD elevations (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @5:54

• Updated our complete Helping Create One Community page with job posting images and links to 9 new pages (see below)

PRACTICAL UTOPIA CREATION SUMMARY: @6:26

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is engaging the process of practical utopia creation 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 finished the Happiness Lesson plan mindmap you see below. This mindmap is the overview of the lesson plan for teaching all subjects to all ages in the context of the central theme of Happiness:

Happiness Mindmap – Click to Visit Page

We also finished adding another 30% of the subject specifics for the subject of Science page, bringing us to 60% completion now with this also:

Subject of Science Page in Progress – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is engaging the process of practical utopia creation 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 added the diversity purchase details to the heirloom and organic Radishes section of the large-scale gardening page. The 10 featured radishes are listed below and the purchasing details are on the complete page:

Heirloom and Organic Radishes – Click for Complete Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is engaging the process of practical utopia creation 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 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 finished the One Community internet setup guide through our first 50 residents and began the open source page you see here to share why we’ve chosen to go with point to point service instead of fiber:

Remote Internet Page – Click to Visit

Philip Gill (Interior and Furniture Designer and Owner of Philip Gill Design) has also begun the process you can see here of dissecting the first furniture design, which is the Murphy Bed design, so we can create detailed materials lists and construction plans for it:

Dissecting the First Dome Home Furniture Design – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is engaging the process of practical utopia creation 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

Ben Pollock (Full Service Restaurant and Kitchen Designer/Senior Project Manager with Webb Food Service Design) finished the rest of the the large-scale kitchen equipment specifics you can see below, modifying the pantry to fit the equipment and adding in the final large and small cooking and serving equipment selection details.

Large-Scale Kitchen Equipment Specifics Complete – Click to Visit Page

Karl Harris (Architect Drafter, Designer, and founder of Harris Design & Technology Services) also continued work on the CAD elevations adding the corridor and 4th floor bathroom roof, the corridor and walls, and the cupola roof to the West view seen here:

CAD Elevations – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is engaging the process of practical utopia creation 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 created 9 job posting pages, custom images, and updated our complete Helping Create One Community page while also adding these images and links to the specific job description pages:

9 Job Posting Pages Created – Click to Visit the Helping Us Page with Active Picture Links

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