Restoring Local-level Decision Making – One Community Weekly Progress Update #280

Sustainable and self-sufficient eco-communities can be a path to restoring local-level decision making for the benefit of residents, the planet, local communities, and more. Through conscious and conscientious stewardship, we can regenerate our world and provide more ethical and enjoyable living environments for ourselves and others too. One Community is supporting this through do-it-yourself open source blueprints, tools, tutorials, and resources.

• 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 August 5, 2018 edition (#280) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Restoring Local-level Decision Making
One Community Progress Update #280

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

RESTORING LOCAL-LEVEL DECISION MAKING INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:38

• Continued testing the open source Murphy bed furniture assembly instructions for the back changing and storage area (see below)
• Working with Michael Hagler, the core team completed another 6 pages for the 7-villages book we’re developing (see below)
• Gave another round of feedback, added the 4 of Michael’s images that were complete to the site, and added other finished images to the site too (see below)
• Created the Residential Open Floor Plan graphic and added to the Tree House Village open source hub (see below)
• Hemanth Kotaru completed his 18th week helping with the structural engineering research and calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Mike Kowalski continued working on the Earthbag Village and created 4 updated renders (see below)
• The core team used one of Mike’s renders to create a Vermiculture Bathroom graphic (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued with the Cob Village render updates (see below)
• Dan Alleck completed his 23rd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:52

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:31

• Continued writing the behind-the-scenes narrative and detailed food rollout plan for the various stages of development (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:14

• Continued and finished work on the Objective Data and Analysis page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:47

RESTORING LOCAL-LEVEL DECISION MAKING SUMMARY: @12:06

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is restoring local level decision making 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 continued testing the open source Murphy bed furniture assembly instructions for the back changing and storage area. We do this by building it in Sketchup 3D and noting mistakes as we go. You can see some of this work-in-progress here.

Continued Testing Murphy Bed Furniture Assembly Instructions for Back Changing and Storage Area – Click to Visit Page

The core team working with Michael Hagler (Senior Graphic Designer and Artist) also completed another 6 pages for the 7-villages book we’re developing, you can see these finished pages here.

Completed Another 6 Pages for the 7-Villages Book we’re Developing – Click for Housing Page

We also gave another round of feedback, added the 4 of Michael’s images that were complete to the site, and added other finished images to the site too. This included updates to the Earthbag Village (Pod 1), Cob Village (Pod 3), Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4), and Tree House Village (Pod 7) webpages. You can see some of this work here.

Gave Feedback and Added Images to the Site – Click for Highest Good Housing

The core team additionally created and added to the Tree House Village (Pod 7) open source hub this Residential Open Floor Plan graphic.

Created Residential Open Floor Plan Graphic and Added to Tree House Page – Click to Visit

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineer) completed his 18th week helping with the structural engineering research and calculations for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week’s focus was more nail embedment calculations and research on the engineering details of the earth and cement mixture used to fill the bags.

Continued Helping with Structural Engineering Research and Calculations for Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Mike Kowalski (Game Developer) finished his 14th week helping update our renders that are too big for anything but a gaming computer. This week Mike continued working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) and created the 4 updated renders you see here.

Created 4 Updated Earthbag Village Renders – Click for Page

One of these renders was then used by the core team to create this Vermiculture Bathroom graphic, which is now also on the website.

Created Vermiculture Bathroom Graphic and Added to Site – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued with the Cob Village (Pod 3) render updates also. Here is update 125 of Dean’s work that produced this final view of the Dining Area looking South. Due to the complexity and number of light sources, this image took his computer over 12 days to render.

Cob Village Central Dining and Stage Area Render – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 23rd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished this render of one of the living units, which you can now see updated on the site also.

Continued Working on the Compressed Earth Block Village Render Additions – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is restoring local level decision making 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 working with David Olivero (Mechanical Engineer & Data Scientist) created this overview graphic of the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center. This is for the 7-villages book we’re developing.

Created Overview Graphic of HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center – Click for Page

The core team working with Dipti Dhondarkar (Electrical Engineer) also continued developing the lighting specifics for the City Center. This is Dipti’s 88th week volunteering on this task and the focus this week was initial lighting tests for the Living Dome sunrise patio, cupola and surrounding patio, and mezzanine level.

Continued Developing the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click to Visit

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was finishing the spreadsheet for wind load calculations on the cupola roof. You can see some of this work here. 

Continued Work on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) completed her 16th week helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs. This week’s focus was cost analysis for the basement retaining wall, footers, foundation, Civil and interior work, and plumbing. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Working on Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs – Click for Page

Last but not least, Dehua Feng (Civil Engineer) completed his 14th week working on the fire suppression and safety systems designs for the Duplicable City Center Sprinkler and Emergency Systems open source hub. This week he continued updating the piping details in AutoCAD, checked the sprinkler pressures in zones H, K and L, caught an error in the calculations, and redid and updated them for all zones.

Continued Work on Fire Suppression and Safety Systems Design for the City Center – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is restoring local level decision making 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 continued writing the behind-the-scenes narrative and detailed food rollout plan for the various stages of development. This week we researched and added latin names Wikipedia links for the food plants that we’ll initially be growing. This included researching and excluding plants that were not appropriate for zone 5 in our outdoor gardens. Additionally, we completed some of the summaries for worm videos on pages 8 & 9 of the food rollout doc. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Writing the Behind-the-Scenes Narrative and Detailed Food Rollout Plan – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is restoring local level decision making 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 and finished work on the Objective Data and Analysis page. This included writing the rest of the content, creating the graphics, and finalizing the formatting. You can see some of this newly complete page here.

Finished Work on the Objective Data and Analysis Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is restoring local level decision making 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

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