Pragmatic Utopia Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #119

Let’s engage in pragmatic utopia creation. The solutions to the greatest challenges our world is currently facing already exist. A world that works for everyone is no longer an unachievable idealistic dream. Through open source and self-replicating and self-sustainable teacher/demonstration models purposed to provide a healthier, sustainable and more enjoyable living experience, we can create world change. One Community calls this 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 June 21st, 2015 edition (#119) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

Pragmatic Utopia Creation
One Community Weekly Progress Update #119

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

PRAGMATIC UTOPIA CREATION INTRO @1:02

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:54

• Transferred final 25% of the content for the Communication lesson plan to the website (see below)
• Finished final 25% of the image creation for the “Communication” lesson plan mind map (see below)
• Transferred 50% of our lesson plan with the central theme of “Freedom” to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Graphic Designer, Lucas Almeida did image research for the entire Freedom mindmap (see below)
• Lucas also helped us create this new image for the “Civilization” lesson plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:17

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

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:32

• Began the complete redesign of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) landscaping after changing the structural design of the net-zero bathrooms (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Began researching and adding waterproofing strategy equipment and materials images and descriptions (see below)
• Song Dong finished the 3rd round of elevation and cross section modeling of these 3-dome structures in AutoCAD (see below)
• Izadora Carvalho completed the cost analysis for the Rainwater Catchment System that will be constructed for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) (see below)
• Adolpho and Jorge continued evolving the vermiculture bathroom designs (see below)
• Adolpho also modeled several additional components for demonstrating the Duplicable City Center laundry heat recovery systems (see below)
• Fernando and Amauri continued running calculations and simulations for the heat recapture designs for the Earthbag Village communal showers (see below)
• Sayonara Batista de Oliveira began work on Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) (see below)
• Matheus Manfredini helped redesign the water catchment net-zero toilet domes and the areas where these domes will be located in the village (see below)
• Renata Maehara continued her third week of work on the Cob Village (Pod 3) (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:14

• Diogo Rozada, Izadora, Joao, Mateus, and Roberto, all members of the Hydraulics Intern Team calculated the water consumption for a day for the Duplicable City Center and the bathrooms from the Earthbag Village (see below)
• They also completed the calculations and design for the greywater and sewer pipes as well as the potable water pipe designs (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo and Antonio, Gabriel, Beatriz, Fernando, Rodrigo, and Maurilio, all members of the Structural Intern Team, began working together on the structural details for the City Center cupola (see below)
• Fabio, Lucas de Souza and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva, Guilherme, Henrique, Tiago, and Israel of the Electrical Intern Team created a tutorial for electrical design and Control Systems item selection and placement and began modeling all the rooms (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Mayke Balbino helped create a comprehensive list of all the remaining components needed for this structure

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:36

• Continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Binru Chen began working on the financial statement in excel covering tax considerations and strategies for transparent operation of a non-profit eco-tourism destination as One Community (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Lucy Lu continued creating the charities and other not-for-profit organization tax filing tutorial (see below)
• Gustavo Romito began working on the iPhone app that will interface with the Highest Good Network (see below)

PRAGMATIC UTOPIA CREATION SUMMARY: @10:01

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating pragmatic 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 transferred the final 25% of the content for the Communication lesson plan to the website. This means that this lesson plan, which teaches all subjects, to all learning levels, using the central theme of Communication, is now 100% complete on our website!

Communication Lesson Plan Complete – Click to Visit Page

We also finished the final 25% of the image creation for the “Communication” lesson plan mind map, which you can see here, which brings that mindmap to 100% complete:

“Communication” Lesson Plan Mind Map Complete – Click to Visit Page

In addition, we transferred 50% of our lesson plan with the central theme of “Freedom” to the website -and behind the scenes Graphic Designer, Lucas Almeida, did image research for the entire Freedom mindmap!

Freedom Lesson Plan – 50% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Lucas also helped us create this new image for the “Civilization” lesson plan, which we featured this week across our social media channels:

“Civilization” Lesson Plan Featured – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating pragmatic 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 finished the final social media imagery and featured our open source peppers hub:

Featured Peppers Hub with New Social Imagery – Click to Visit

We also researched and added three additional recipes to the open source turnips hub, which you can see here:

Added 3 Turnip Recipes – Click to Visit the Open Source Turnips Hub

More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of the individual hubs in the future. We also researched and added two additional recipes to the open source parsley hub that you can see here- one is for omnivores, and one is raw vegan.

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

Last but not least, we added three new recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your QB?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan – These recipes are: Banana Pancakes with Blueberry Puree & Basil, the Avocado & Veggie Sandwich, and Shepard’s Pie:

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

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating pragmatic 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: 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 began the complete redesign of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) landscaping after changing the structural design of the net-zero bathrooms – this work is about 50% done:

Began the Complete Redesign of the Earthbag Village Landscaping – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes we also began researching and adding all the waterproofing strategy equipment and materials images and descriptions. This work is about 50% done behind the scenes and will, once added to the site, complete the final 25% of the waterproofing strategy tutorial page:

Behind the Scenes Waterproofing Equipment and Materials Images and Descriptions – Click to Visit Waterproofing Strategy Tutorial Page

Song Dong (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering) also finished the 3rd round of elevation and cross section modeling of these 3-dome structures in AutoCAD – adding the artistic door and window elements and creating frontal views for all 4 designs:

Third Round of Elevation and Cross Section Modeling of Earthbag Village in AutoCAD – Click to Visit Page

Izadora Carvalho (Civil Engineering Student) also completed the cost analysis for the Rainwater Catchment System that will be constructed for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This included the work you see here with prices, links to buy, and other details amounting to less than $6,000 for the complete system:

Cost Analysis for Rainwater Catchment System for Earthbag Village – Click to Visit Page

Adolpho and Jorge, both members of the Mechanical Engineering Intern Team, continued evolving the vermiculture bathroom designs with a completely new design that eliminated the need for removable trays.

Evolving Vermiculture Bathroom Designs – Click to Visit Page

Adolpho also modeled several additional components for demonstrating the Duplicable City Center laundry heat recovery systems.

Components for the Duplicable City Center Laundry Heat Recovery Systems – Click to Visit Page

Fernando and Amauri, also both members of the Mechanical Engineering Intern Team, continued running calculations and simulations for the heat recapture designs for the Earthbag Village communal showers. You can see a diversity of these here:

Calculations for Earthbag Village Showers – Click to Visit Page

Sayonara Batista de Oliveira (4th-year Architecture and Urban Planning Student) also began work on Straw Bale Village (Pod 2), finishing the new kitchen and entryway design you see here:

Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) Kitchen and Entryway Design – Click to Visit Page

Matheus Manfredini (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Urban Design) also helped redesign the water catchment net-zero toilet domes and the areas where these domes will be located in the village. The pictures here share this work:

Water Catchment Net-Zero Toilet Domes Redesign – Click to Visit Page

Renata Maehara (Civil Engineering student) continued her third week of work on the Cob Village (Pod 3). This included designing the kitchen and social spaces. Renata also helped with an ongoing series of changes and updates to the Duplicable City Center:

Cob Village (Pod 3) Progressions – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating pragmatic 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

This last week Diogo Rozada (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Hydraulics) and Izadora, Joao, Mateus, and Roberto, all members of the Hydraulics Intern Team calculated the water consumption for a day for the Duplicable City Center and the bathrooms from the Earthbag Village to calculate the size needed for the reservoir:

Water Consumption Calculations – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

They also completed the calculations and design for the greywater and sewer pipes as well as the potable water pipe designs:

Greywater and Sewer Pipes and Potable Water Pipe Designs – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center Page

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) and Antonio, Gabriel, Beatriz, Fernando, Rodrigo, and Maurilio, all members of the Structural Intern Team, began working together on the structural details for the City Center cupola. This included exploring a variety of different approaches to pillar placement and floor support:

Structural Details for City Center Cupola – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, Fabio, Lucas de Souza and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva, Guilherme, Henrique, Tiago, and Israel of the Electrical Intern Team created a tutorial for electrical design and Control Systems item selection and placement:

Tutorial for Electrical Design and Control Systems Item Selection and Placement – Click to Visit Control Systems Page

And they began modeling all the rooms so they could run lighting analysis for light placement in each room:

Modeling All Rooms to Run Lighting Analysis – Click to Visit Control Systems Page

Behind the scenes, Mayke Balbino (Architecture and Urban Design Student) also helped create a comprehensive list of all the remaining components needed for this structure.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating pragmatic 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 continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly. This week’s work included manually updating all the Food Forest and Large-scale Gardening images, more menus, and an image button at the bottom of all 400+ of our pages. We’d say we are now about 30% done with this complete website overhaul:

Continued Updating Our Entire Website to be Mobile Friendly

Behind the scenes, Binru Chen (Accountant Specializing in Audit and Financial Reporting) began working on the financial statement in excel covering tax considerations and strategies for transparent operation of a non-profit eco-tourism destination as One Community:

Behind-the-Scenes Work on the Financial Statement in Excel – Click to Visit Tax Page

Also 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 Unrelated Business Income Tax. This work and Binru’s work is all part of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs:

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

In addition to this, Gustavo Romito (Mobile Software Developer) began working on the iPhone app you can see developing below. This app will interface with the Highest Good Network and also allow people to follow our blogs and share what parts of our project they are most interested in.

Working on the New iPhone App Behind the Scenes – Click to Visit the Highest Good Network

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