Stewarding Global Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Is it finally time for humanity to start stewarding global sustainability? One Community thinks it is and we’re creating open source food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic models, social architecture models, fulfilled living models, and global stewardship tutorials to help. Together, these will be implemented in teacher/demonstration hubs to help others replicated and further evolve all these foundations as a pathway to global sustainability 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 30th, 2019 edition (#327) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Stewarding Global Sustainability
One Community Progress Update #327

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

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY INTRO: @0:29

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:26

• Used the Murphy bed assembly instructions to test build the benches and a table again in 3D (see below)
• Brianna Olsen continued researching the most sustainable insulation options (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued working on the Earthbag Village; researched stair and window codes and updated those areas to fit the new south wall (see below)
• Dan Alleck continued helping with Earthbag Village renders; finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to final view of the Earthbag Village looking Northeast (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; integrating last week’s feedback on the storage and changing areas (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:53

• Anvita Kumari Pandey measured all the floor areas in AutoCAD and created the initial cost analysis for these areas in the Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet (see below)
• Yuqiao Zhang continued helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files; further revised the swimming pool details, Social Dome loft and main door details, laundry room details, and central pool and front area furniture (see below)
• Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial; modeled the refrigeration systems and began creation of HVAC system model (see below)
• Sneha Dongre continued with her 14th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; adding 3D surfaces to the Social Dome triangles and testing them in SAP 2000 (see below)
• Elizabeth Kahn finished the Why and detailed introductions for the upcoming most sustainable hand dryer options page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:34

• Continued with week 15 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial; added and tested initial formatting and anchor links, edited and created and added a new dam-summary image and the image from last week (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:10

• With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
• Continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom; added ceilings and lights and produced the new set of renders shown here (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:24

• Core team working with Brian Gilb created version 1 of our Communications Procedure and manager-user functionality of the Highest Good Network Software (see below)

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY: @12:00

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global 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 used the Murphy bed assembly instructions to test build the benches and a table again in 3D. Only a couple fixes were needed this time. You can see some of this work here.

Used Murphy Bed Assembly Instructions to Test Build Benches and a Table Again in 3D – Click for Page

And Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 4th week researching the most sustainable insulation options. This week she emailed companies again about the outstanding questions related to the insulation products being evaluated, finalized details for the generic wool and straw insulation, and wrote the first parts of the article covering airkrete.

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #164 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he researched stair and window codes and updated those areas to fit the new south wall.

Researched Stair and Window Codes and Updated Those Areas to Fit the New South Wall – Click for Earthbag Village

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 47th week helping with Earthbag Village renders. This week he finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final view of the Earthbag Village looking Northeast.

Finished Final View of the Earthbag Village Looking Northeast – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 57th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was integrating last week’s feedback on the storage and changing areas shown here.

Made Updates to Murphy Bed Storage and Changing Areas – Click for Furniture Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global 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 Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) measured all the floor areas in AutoCAD and created the initial cost analysis for these areas in the Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet.

Measured Floor Areas in AutoCAD and Created Initial Cost Analysis in City Center Costs Spreadsheet – Click for Page

Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 6th week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files. This week he further revised the swimming pool details, Social Dome loft and main door details, laundry room details, and central pool and front area furniture. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Finalizing City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Duplicable City Center

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 8th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he modeled the refrigeration systems and began creation of HVAC system model.

Modeled the Refrigeration Systems and Began Creation of HVAC System Model – Click for Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 14th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was adding 3D surfaces to the Social Dome triangles and testing them in SAP 2000. You can see some of this work here.

Added 3D Surfaces to Social Dome Triangles and Tested Them in SAP 2000 – Click for Page

Elizabeth Kahn (Environmental Consultant) also completed her 19th and final week as a researcher. This week she finished the Why and detailed introductions for the upcoming most sustainable hand dryer options page. You can see her work here.

Finished Why and Detailed Introductions for Most Sustainable Hand Dryer Options Page – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global 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 continued with week 15 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we added and tested initial formatting and anchor links, edited and created and added a new dam-summary image and the image from last week.

Continued Our Research Into Lake and Water Retention Landscape Creation – Click for Dam Design Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global 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. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week the core team continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we added ceilings and lights and produced the new set of renders shown here.

Added Ceilings and Lights to the Ultimate Classroom and Produced Renders – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global 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 the core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) created version 1 of our Communications Procedure and manager-user functionality of the Highest Good Network Software. You can see some of this work here.

Created Version 1 of Communications Procedure and Manager-user Functionality of Highest Good Network Software – Click for Page

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