Sustainable Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #249

Posted on December 31, 2017 by One Community Hs

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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 December 31st, 2017 edition (#249) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable Change
One Community Progress Update #249

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

SUSTAINABLE CHANGE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:57

Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
Began adding final design details to Water Recycling Net Zero Bathroom Design page (see below)
Added descriptions and features for all the images added over the last couple weeks to the Compressed Earth Block Village page (see below)
Christian Ojeda further developed the Vermiculture toilet chamber designs (see below)
Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
Dan Alleck completed his 10th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru completed her 2nd week taking over development of the Tree House Village residential designs (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:10

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
David Olivero completed his 7th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 63rd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:11

Continued work on the formulas and data for the food calculations on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:42

Added additional content and resources to the Surpassing Education Standards page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:15

Aravind Vasudevan continued working on the climate battery designs and research (see below)
Sowmya Manohar, Priti Kothari, Shubhra Mittal, and Priyanka Singh (theHighest Good Network software team) fixed several database errors and completed development of the leaderboard rest service (see below)

SUSTAINABLE CHANGE SUMMARY: @12:15

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable change 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

The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we began designing the fitness station (inspired by top right images here), and continued designing the outdoor Gym.

Continued Working on Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials Village – Click to Visit Page

The core team also continued working on the Murphy bed instructions by adding new parts, materials, tools, page numbers, and other details. The collage shown here shares these most recent updates.

Continued Working on Murphy bed Instructions – Click to Visit Page

And the core team began adding our final design details to the Water Recycling Net Zero Bathroom Design page. This initial work included converting our GooglePresentation images to web images and formatting and editing the related text. You can see some of this work here.

Began Adding Final Design Details to Bathroom Design Page Page – Click to Visit

In addition, the core team added descriptions and features for all the images added over the last couple weeks to the Compressed Earth Block Village page. You can see this new content here.

Added Descriptions and Features for Recently Added Images to Compressed Earth Block Village Page – Click to Visit

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 32nd week volunteering with our team. This week’s focus was further developing the Vermiculture toilet chamber designs by adding more support to the bottom of the container and developing a new method for securing it to the main chamber.

Continued Developing the Vermiculture Toilet Chamber Designs – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 94 of Dean’s work, this week’s focus was continued lighting and texture updates to produce this newest test renter of the central dining and stage area.

Continued Helping Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 10th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and other aesthetic elements to this final render of the East Rooftop area. This image is now live on the site also.

Earth Block Village, One Community Pod 4, 2nd floor rooftop looking West, Dan Alleck

Continued Compressed Earth Block Village Design and Render Additions – Click to Visit

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 42nd week of work, 3D modeling the central labyrinth area.

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

Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter) also completed her 2nd week taking over development of the Tree House Village (Pod 7) residential designs. This week she updated the roof and gutters, added coverings for the patios, designed a new common entryway, and started redesigning the central common space.

Continued Development of Tree House Village Residential Designs – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable change 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

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering. What you see here are his updated calculations for the wind loads applied to the triangles that make up the domes themselves.

Continued Work on City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

David Olivero (Mechanical Engineer & Data Scientist) completed his 7th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center. This week’s focus was researching LEED details for maximizing sustainability points related HVAC design. What you see here are are some of the initial results of this research.

Continued Working on HVAC Designs for Duplicable City Center – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 63rd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was continuing the modeling of the mezzanine areas in the central area of the City Center, as shown here.

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

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable change 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 work on the formulas and data for the food calculations on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages, adding additional micro-nutrient information to the food plan based on staple foods we can store in bulk, as you see here.

Continued Work on Formulas and Data for Food Calculations on the Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable change 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 adding to the education Evaluation and Evolution process open source pages and tutorials. This week we added additional content and resources to the Surpassing Education Standards page, as you can see here.

Began Surpassing Education Standards Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable change 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