Replicable Solutions for Society – One Community Weekly Progress Update #128

A world of people living and creating for The Highest Good of All is possible if replicable solutions for society can be created that sustainably meets people’s needs. From this place of abundance and “having enough,” people will have the comfort and resources to help others. One Community is forwarding this movement through open source and free-shared tools, tutorials, and DIY resources addressing all aspects of sustainable and Highest Good living:

• 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 the movement of replicable solutions for society as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the September 6th, 2015 edition (#128) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Replicable Solutions for Society
One Community Progress Update #128

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

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY INTRO: @1:04

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:57

• Transferred first 50% of the written content for Social Relationships Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Wrote next 30% of the Social Relationships Lesson Plan behind the scenes (80% complete – see below)
• Completed and added the final 50% of the mindmap for the Quantity and Quality lesson plan to the webpage (see below)

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:08

• Featured open source achochas hub across our social media channels using a new social media image we created (see below)
• Researched and added additional recipes to the open source beet hub and to the open source tomato hub (see below)
• Added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:19

• Behind the scenes: continued what we hope will be the final major revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Added annotations and updated the Tropical Atrium open source hub with the amazing 3-D interactive presentation from Gilberto (see below)
• Sayonara brought the Straw Bale Village floor plans to 95% completion and started to develop the final 3D model of the Straw Bale Village (see below)
• Raquel and Diana added furniture to the common areas of the Earthship Village and started modeling the external area and preparing it for rendering (see below)
• Erika and Victor completed new renders of the Earthbag Village and updated renders of the Compressed Earth Block Village and the Shipping Container Village (see below)
• Sarah continued her work on creating a guide for constructing treehouse units for the Tree House Village (see below)
• Thais continued forwarding the Tree House Village by furnishing the interiors and creating renders of the treehomes (see below)
• Gabriel worked on finalizing the latest details of the interior and exterior renders of the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Gilberto furthered his 3D modeling project for a complete realistic walk through of the Tropical Atrium (see below)

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:37

• Continued updating Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center (45% complete – see below)
• Developed a control systems survey with Mike Hogan (see below)
• Gabriel began to create a model of an entire bedroom for the Duplicable City Center, containing the pallet furniture he designed with Flávia (see below)
• Mayke converted a 3D model of the kitchen dome from Sketchup to a usable version in Redit (see below)
• Diogo updated the fire sprinkler system for the kitchen of the City Center and. He also forwarded the potable water design of villages 5 and 6 and began the design for village 3 (see below)
• Mike Hogan guided Lucas Tsutsui da Silva on the control system for the city center. Lucas created a table that shows how many sensors each room will require for the control system and created a price estimation table for the sensors (see below)

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:21

• Began the updating of all the past weekly progress blogs to match the rest of the website that’s been updated to be mobile friendly (see below)
• Lucas made even more badges for the award system in the Highest Good Network application (see below)
• Manuella and service design student Carolina continued work for the Tree House Village online presentation booklet (see below)
• Eduardo continued progress on the promotional video he is helping create and he created collages of images of the interns’ work for our upcoming blogs (see below)
• Graphic Design Intern Manasses worked on developing a final Adobe InDesign file for the online presentations he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages (see below)
• Igor, Marco, and Matheus continued coding and adding the badge system to the Highest Good Network application (see below)

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY SUMMARY: @9:54

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REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating replicable solutions for society 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 first 50% of the written content for the Social Relationships Lesson Plan to the website, as you see below. This lesson plan, like all the themed lesson plans, is purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment using the central theme.

Social Relationships Lesson Plan – First 50% – Click to Visit Page

We also wrote the next 30% of the Social Relationships Lesson Plan behind the scenes, bringing that to 80% complete.

In addition to this, we completed and added the final 50% of the mindmap for the Quantity and Quality lesson plan to the webpage. You can see that mindmap here:

Quality and Quantity Mindmap Complete – Click to Visit Page

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating replicable solutions for society 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 featured our open source achochas hub across our social media channels using this new social media image we created:

Featured Achocha Hub with New Social Imagery – Click to Visit

We also researched and added additional recipes to the open source beet hub:

Added Beet Recipes – Click to Visit the Open Source Beet Hub

And we researched and added additional recipes to the open source tomato hub. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of these individual hubs in the future.

Added Tomato Recipes – Click to Visit the Open Source Tomato 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: Sweet Potato & Apple Breakfast Bake, Open Face Avocado and Shaved Fennel Sandwiches, and Tacos Verdes.

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

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating replicable solutions for society 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 what we hope will be the final major revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. This included researching and determining compass specifics for steel lengths and diameters, steel gauge, and a couple trips to Home Depot and Lowe’s to piece it together and test it with chainlink parts. We’d say we’re about 12% complete with this final revision behind the scenes.

Major Revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Info – Click to Visit Page

We also added annotations and updated the Tropical Atrium open source hub with the amazing 3-D interactive presentation you see here from Gilberto of the Graphic Design Intern Team. Visit the open source hub for complete details and the option to try out this interactive presentation for yourself.

Added Annotations and Updated the Tropical Atrium Open Source Hub – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, Sayonara, a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, brought the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) floor plans to 95% completion. She also started to develop the final 3D model of the Straw Bale Village, as you see here:

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

Raquel and Diana, also members of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, added furniture to the common areas of the Earthship Village (Pod 6) and started modeling the external area and preparing it for rendering.

Continued Work on the Earthship Village – Click to Visit Page

Erika and Victor from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team completed new renders of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) and updated renders of the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) and the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5).

Completed New Renders of Pod 1 and Updated Renders of Pod 4 and Pod 5 – Click to Visit

Sarah, another member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, continued her work on creating a guide for constructing treehouse units for the Tree House Village (Pod 7):

Continued Work Creating Guide for Constructing Treehouse Units – Click for the Tree House Village

Meanwhile, Thais from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team continued forwarding the Tree House Village by furnishing the interiors and creating renders of the treehomes:

Furnishing the Interiors and Creating Renders of the Treehomes – Click for Treehouse Village

Gabriel, an Industrial Design Intern, worked on finalizing the latest details of the interior and exterior renders of the Earthbag Village. Here is an example of the exterior view:

Finalizing the Latest Details of the Interior and Exterior Renders of the Earthbag Village – Click to Visit

And, last but not least, here is some of Gilberto‘s work-in-progress on the Tropical Atrium 3-D interactive:

Work-in-progress on the Tropical Atrium 3-D Interactive – Click for the Tropical Atrium

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating replicable solutions for society 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 updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center. This week we finished another 5% of progress including pool updates inside the Social Dome, central area, and outside. Updating the walls to the laundry area and updating the walking paths. We’d say we’re about 45% complete with the 3-D update.

Continued Updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

We also worked with Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) to develop a survey for assessing what people are interested most about, and how they feel about control and automation systems, data gathering, and related information sharing.

Developed a Control Systems Survey – Click for Control Systems Page

Gabriel also began to create a model of an entire bedroom for the Duplicable City Center, containing the pallet furniture he designed with Flávia from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team.

Began a Model of an Entire Bedroom for the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

Mayke converted a 3D model of the kitchen dome from Sketchup to a usable version in Redit, as you can see here:

Converted a 3D Model of the Kitchen Dome from Sketchup to a Usable Version in Redit

Diogo from the Hydraulics Intern Team updated the fire sprinkler system to include a horizontal sprinkler solution for the kitchen of the City Center. He also forwarded the potable water design of villages 5 and 6 and began the design for village 3 and calculated the proper size water reservoir for these three villages.

Updated the Fire Sprinkler System for the Kitchen of the City Center – Click to Visit Page

And, last but not least, Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) guided Lucas Tsutsui da Silva of the Electrical Intern Team on the control system for the city center. Lucas created a table that shows how many sensors each room will require for the control system and created a price estimation table for the sensors.

Continued Work on the Control System for the City Center – Click to Visit Page

REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating replicable solutions for society 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 began the updating of all the past weekly progress blogs to match the rest of the website that’s been updated to be mobile friendly. This week’s work included 20 hours of correcting all our past blogs. This was a process of centering videos, updating icons, and fixing menus. This brings us to 98% complete with the entire website update.

Began the Updating of All the Past Weekly Progress Blogs to be Mobile Friendly

Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team made even more badges for the award system in the Highest Good Network application. You can see some of these here:

Completed More Badges for the Award System in the Highest Good Network Application – Click to Visit

Manuella, of the Graphic Design Intern Team and service design student Carolina created a summary of the treehouse construction process for the Tree House Village online presentation booklet. They also moved forward on 3D modeling, rendering the external areas, and recording the experiential videos for this village.

Created a Summary of the Treehouse Construction Process for the Tree House Village Online Presentation Booklet

Eduardo, another member of the Graphic Design Intern Team, continued progress on the promotional video he is helping create for One Community. He also created collages of images of the interns’ work for our upcoming blogs.

Continued progress on the One Community Promotional Video

Graphic Design Intern Manasses worked on developing a final Adobe InDesign file for the online presentations he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages. Here’s his work in progress on the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5):

Developing a Final Adobe InDesign File for Online Presentations for all Seven of One Community’s villages

And last but not least, Igor, Marco, and Matheus, from the Software Development Intern Team continued coding and adding the badge system to the Highest Good Network application:

Continued Coding and Adding the Badge System to the Highest Good Network Application – Click for Page

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