Replicable Highest Good Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #223

Replicable Highest Good sustainability is sustainable design specifically created with the intent for replication and positive benefit for all people and life on this planet. One Community sees this as a worthwhile goal and is creating open source and free-shared designs in support of this. These designs cover sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.

• 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 2nd, 2017 edition (#223) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Replicable Highest Good Sustainability
One Community Progress Update #223

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

REPLICABLE HIGHEST GOOD SUSTAINABILITY INTRO: @0:35

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @8:01

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @10:37

• Continued work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar, continued with her 39th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Shubham Agrawal finished his final round of image additions and references research for the wind power tutorials developing behind the scenes (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha completed initial thermal lag report for City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:45

• Made calculations and created images for storage details for two bulk good sections on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page (see below)
• Put another 10 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:35

• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Added new projection dome image to the Ultimate Classroom page, built new menus, and updated the formatting for that page (see below)
• Began research and content creation for open source school licensing and accreditation tutorial  (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @13:29

• Sowmya Manohar implemented the post functionality and resolved a diversity of related errors for the Highest Good Network software we’re developing (see below)
• Vivian Rodrigues joined the team and translated our Solutions that Create Solutions page to create a new and complete page in Portuguese (see below)

REPLICABLE HIGHEST GOOD SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY: @13:55

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is promoting replicable Highest Good sustainability 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 the core team completed the final review and added the new search engine for the Earthbag Village open source hub:

Completed Final Review and Added New Search Engine for Earthbag Village Hub – See Below

And the core team continued building the Sketchup 3D version of the Net-zero bathroom for the Earthbag Village. This last week we updated the roof support structure, changed the roof from six to eight panels, and made updates to the height of all the inside building walls.

Continued Building Sketchup 3D Version of Net-Zero Bathroom – Click for Page

In addition, The core team created new Ultimate Classroom and Tree House Village layouts for the 7 villages online book, as you can see here.

Created New Ultimate Classroom and Tree House Village Layouts – Click for Page

Working with Ashwin Patil (Web Developer), we also finished final review and updates to the search engines for villages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 that are already live on the site, plus Ashwin added the final missing icons to the Education search engine that is also already live on the site.

Finished Final Review and Updates to Search Engines for Villages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 – Click for Housing Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 20th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week’s focus was adding additional details and imagery to the presentation. You can see some of this new work here and we’d say we’re about 80% done with the presentation now.

Continued Working on Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs – Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 17th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was another round of updates and revisions to the water storage layouts, as shown here.

Continued with Communal Eco-Shower and Vermiculture Bathroom Designs – Click for Eco-Toilet Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 75 of Dean’s work, this week’s focus was textures, lighting, and column and stairway details.

Continued Creating Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 47th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was continuing to add pergolas to the layout, as shown here.

Continued Helping with Compressed Earth Block Village Design and Render Details – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 29th week of work, focusing on more development of the East and West zones as well as the North outdoor dining area. 

Continued Working on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click for Page

And Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. What you see here are initial renders of the Game Room structure and beginning to layout and test render multiple buildings.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Renders – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is promoting replicable Highest Good sustainability 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, the core team continued work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page. This week we created seven new images for the Diagrams section, and we created a collage for the Instructions section. The team also created the File Downloads image and worked on adding text to all of the sections.

Continued Work on DIY Pipe Furniture Tutorial Page – Click to Visit

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 39th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was continued  lighting testing within the Social Dome, as shown here.

Continued Working on Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Shubham Agrawal (Electrical Engineer) also finished his final round of image additions and references research for the wind power tutorials developing behind the scenes. You can see some pictures of this work here.

Continued Working on the Wind Power Tutorials Developing – Click for Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also completed this initial thermal lag report for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub.

Completed Initial Thermal Lag Report for City Center Heating and Cooling Hub – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is promoting replicable Highest Good sustainability 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 week, the core team did the calculations and created images for the storage details for two bulk goods sections on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page. We did one section for grains and one for dried fruits, and added the images to the page as you see here:

Made Calculations and Created Images for Bulk Goods Sections on Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

We also put another 10 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week’s focus was on the hexayurt framing materials, watershield, coated torque screws, tarp and deck blocks for the Transition Kitchen structure. We also researched the joist hangars, tarps, and LED string lights. 

Continued Working on the Crowdfunding Campaign We are Developing – Click for Transition Kitchen Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is promoting replicable Highest Good sustainability 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 week, the core team continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Community Lesson Plan and the Cooperation and Collaboration Lesson Plan. This brings us to 32 of 52 finished, which is 61.5% completion.

Continued Process of Editing all 52 Lesson Plans – Click for Lesson Plans for Life Page

The core team also added the new projection dome image to the Ultimate Classroom page, built new menus, and updated the formatting for that page.

Added New Projection Dome Image and Updated Formatting to Ultimate Classroom Page – Click to Visit

And we began the research and content creation for the open source school licensing and accreditation tutorial, as shown in this collage of the work happening behind the scenes.

Began Research and Content Creation for Open Source School Licensing and Accreditation Tutorial – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is promoting replicable Highest Good sustainability 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 week Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) implemented the post functionality and resolved a diversity of related errors for the Highest Good Network software we’re developing. You can see some of the behind the scenes work on this here:

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

Vivian Rodrigues (Translator) also joined the team and translated our Solutions that Create Solutions page to create a new and complete page in Portuguese, some of which you can see here.

Translated our Solutions that Create Solutions page to Portuguese – Click Here for the New Page

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