Sustainable Civilization Engineering – One Community Weekly Progress Update #228

The technology and knowhow exist now for sustainable civilization engineering. We can create a completely sustainable world that meets the needs of all people if we want to. We can solve starvation, homelessness, lack of energy infrastructure, pollution, and more through sustainable food, energy, and housing. We can further address crime, poverty, social injustice and inequality, and war if we include sustainable and open source economic and education models. One Community is developing tools, tutorials, and open source resources for all these sustainable civilization foundations because we believe now is the time to create the sustainable planet we know is possible.

• 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 6th, 2017 edition (#228) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable Civilization Engineering
One Community Progress Update #228

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

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING INTRO: @0:34

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:47

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @10:05

• Completed another round of revisions for the DIY Pipe Furniture page (see below)
• Ashwin Patil finished integrating the final edits to the Highest Good energy search engine (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 44th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Ramya Vudi researched videos to add additional clarity to the PV Solar micro-grid tutorial (see below)

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:17

• Continued editing the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan hub page and the Food Bars page (see below)

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:47

• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Finished our behind-the-scenes research and summary of additional educational materials for the Montessori page, and started research for materials to be added to our Reggio Emelia web page (see below)
• Working with Sangam Stanczak we started developing the documentation for the Evaluation and Evolution component (see below)

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:45

• As part of working on the Highest Good society search engine, we updated several pages with current formatting and icons (see below)
• Continued researching and developing a spreadsheet showing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from for the new graphic and video we’re creating (see below)
• Jin Hua working on the backend of our website also helped us recover all our social media likes that were lost from our upgrade to using the new sitewide SSL security certificate and protocols (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar working on the Highest Good Network software developed the program so that it is now successfully able to add and retrieve the user information from the backend database (see below)

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING SUMMARY: @14:00

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SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable civilization engineering 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 added mountains, clouds, and other graphic design elements to the Compressed Earth Block Village render from last week. We also created the modified header and social media versions and added them to the page.

Created a Modified New Final Render of the Compressed Earth Block Village and Added to the Page – Click to Visit

This last week the core team also continued working in Sketchup on the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). We updated and added walking paths for the whole village and more plants, benches, and landscaping for the art area.

Continued Working in Sketchup on the Recycled Materials Village – Click for Page

Dijimba “Joss” Ilunga (Electrical Engineer) completed his 3rd week working on the electrical design details for the Vermiculture Bathrooms. This week’s focus was version 1.0 of the breaker panel and updating the master file to include section views.

Continued Working on Electrical Design Details for Vermiculture Bathrooms – Click to Visit

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 22nd week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was designing the connection specifics for last week’s plumbing designs so they connect properly with the shower and vermiculture structures.

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

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) also joined the team and completed his 1st week with us by researching ideal bag thicknesses for the Earthbag Village. You can see some of this research and his initial report here.

Researched Ideal Bag Thicknesses for the Earthbag Village – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 80 of Dean’s work, testing a new lighting plugin and reflections on a glass table in the main room with several objects on it.

Continued Creating Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

And Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. This week he ran the initial test renders for all the perspectives we’ll be showing from within the village.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Renders – Click for Page

Samantha Robinson (3D Designer) also joined the team and completed her first week beginning work on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was modeling a custom bed design.

Began Work on Tree House Village Interior Design for the Living Structure – Click for Page

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable civilization engineering 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 completed another round of revisions for the DIY Pipe Furniture page. These included adding the new header image and 4 quick-link images to jump straight to the 4 main sections on the page. The team also re-organized the sections and added more words to the Instructions & Diagrams sections.

Completed Another Round of Revisions for the DIY Pipe Furniture Page – Click to Visit

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) finished integrating the final edits to the Highest Good energy search engine. You can see some of this work here.

Finished Integrating Final Edits to the Highest Good Energy Search Engine – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 44th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was further developing the best of last week’s Social Dome lighting layout by adding more lights and additional room details.

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

Ramya Vudi (Electrical Engineer) also researched videos to add additional clarity to the PV Solar micro-grid tutorial. We added her work to the webpage and also updated the header graphic, as shown here.

Researched Videos to Add Clarity to the PV Solar Micro-Grid Tutorial – Click for Solar Energy Page

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable civilization engineering 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 editing the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan hub page and the Food Bars page, and calculated the storage space needed for root vegetables, as you see here.

Continued Editing the Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan Hub Page and Food Bars Page – Click to Visit

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable civilization engineering 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 Individuality Lesson Plan and the Consciousness Lesson Plan. This brings us to 42 of 52 finished, which is 80.7% completion.

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

The core team also finished our behind-the-scenes research and summary of additional educational materials for the Montessori page. We also started the research for materials to be added to our Reggio Emelia web page.

Finished Research for Montessori Page and Started Working on Reggio Emelia Page – Click to Visit Our Montessori Page

Working with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.), we also started developing the documentation for the Evaluation and Evolution component….

Started Developing the Documentation for the Evaluation and Evolution Component – Click for Page

…Sangam also created a flow chart for the evaluation process:

Created Flow Chart for the Evaluation Process – Click for Page

SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION ENGINEERING: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable civilization engineering 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, as part of working on the Highest Good society search engine, updated all the pages shown here with current formatting and icons.

Updated Highest Good Society Pages with Current Formatting and Icons – Click for Page

The core team also invested several more hours researching and developing a spreadsheet showing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. This information is needed for the new graphic and video we’re creating to highlight the global nature of our team.

Continued Researching and Developing the Spreadsheet Showing Where Our Team Members are From for a Future Video – Click for Team Page

Jin Hua (Web and Graphic Designer) working on the backend of our website also helped us recover all our social media likes that were lost from our upgrade to using the new sitewide SSL security certificate and protocols.

Helped Recover All Our Social Media Likes that Were Lost From Our Upgrade – Click for Homepage

And Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) working on the Highest Good Network software developed the program so that it is now successfully able to add and retrieve the user information from the backend database. You can see some of the behind the scenes work here.

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

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together through sustainable civilization engineering. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate through sustainable civilization engineering what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example of what is possible.

Throughout our design process, we are engaging in sustainable civilization engineering by open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices, and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, serving as a pioneering example of sustainable civilization engineering. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years through sustainable civilization engineering. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, and resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle into a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page which outlines our approach to sustainable civilization engineering. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found in our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this, rooted in sustainable civilization engineering, will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more.  For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

INSPIRING SUSTAINABILITY WITH OPEN SOURCE

One Community’s four-phase strategy for the creation of solution models that create solution creating models embodies the principles of sustainable civilization engineering. It uses open source blueprints for duplication that simultaneously address all aspects of the human experience (food, energy, housing, education, social inequality and injustice, fulfilled living, etc.). We see these areas as interdependent and requiring a comprehensive solution if humanity is to move ecologically, socially, economically, and permanently towards a truly sustainable future for everyone.

Our open source model and blueprints engage and inspire people while simultaneously making sustainable living more affordable and easy to replicate, reflecting the principles of sustainable civilization engineering. By free-sharing the step-by-step plans people need for duplication, inviting people to participate, and demonstrating sustainable teacher/demonstration hubs as a more desirable way of living, the model will predictably expand on its own.

It is this approach we see uniting the world and leading to a new Golden Age for humanity through sustainable civilization engineering. While we understand that not everyone believes this is even possible, we are nonetheless bringing together all those that do see this as possible as the non-profit think tank of forward-thinking individuals willing to design, build, and open source project-launch blueprint and free-share it for The Highest Good of All.

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO HUMANITY’S NEEDS

One Community is engaged in sustainable civilization engineering by open source sharing an evolution of sustainable living that addresses the complete human experience. We are doing this because we see the solutions for global food, housing, energy, education, social inequality, ethical business practices, earth regenerative practices, and a desire for a more fulfilling living experience as inseparably interconnected. As a comprehensive solution, we are addressing all these areas simultaneously and open source free-sharing everything needed for individual duplication and/or duplication as complete self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world.

As we address and open source share these areas we will establish a living example of the first teacher/demonstration village, embodying sustainable civilization engineering, purposed to teach others. To maximally facilitate duplication, One Community will provide seven duplicable examples and function indefinitely as a place people can visit and a non-profit and open source think tank continuing to further evolve and share solutions in all of the above areas and more. We will also provide hands-on experience and training. Most importantly, growing upon our sustainable foundation, we will endlessly make this comprehensive solution even more widely known and globally accessible, understandable and diversely duplicable, and inspiring and desirable as a model worth duplicating.

GLOBALLY IMPLEMENTABLE REPLICATION MODEL

The more people that are inspired and desiring for themselves what it is that One Community creates, the more demand there will be for spreading the One Community model, thereby advancing sustainable civilization engineering. This leads to the directing of financial resources and resourceful people where we believe they are needed most: the establishment of additional sustainable communities around the world. We also feel this duplication will specifically happen quickly internationally due to the affordability of overseas land, less restrictive building environments, and the spirit of adventure in many people who really desire to make a difference for those who need it most.

To meet the increasing demand for sustainability that we are contributing to, we are coordinating with manufacturers, education institutions, individuals, and vendors, as part of our sustainable civilization engineering approach. This is also part of this model to help the world. Its purpose is to facilitate more engagement in the sustainability industry, produce the absolute best possible consumer value, and the most convenient delivery of goods and methodologies for building sustainable living communities and sustainable living components.

This means we not only provide education and increase needed sustainability resources, but we also address the underlying roadblocks to a sustainable planet by decreasing the cost and simultaneously increasing the demand and generating financial support for global sustainability, philanthropy, and humanitarian movements and organizations through sustainable civilization engineering.

As demand increases, so too will the ways to participate in sustainable civilization engineering. Right now people are participating as consultants or partners donating time to our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and others are more involved as Pioneers of the core team that will be moving to the property. We also have options for people to just follow our progress or participate through internet contribution.

Once the supportive physical infrastructure is about 30% developed, One Community will be ready to additionally expand what we offer to include scholarships, free weekend learning groups, core team members choosing to travel abroad to help others get established too, handling the marketing for all similar models operating for The Highest Good of All, and hosting classes and other sponsored events to promote and demonstrate additional methodologies, all as part of our commitment to sustainable civilization engineering.

We also imagine the high likelihood that our organization will become a foundation that can be trusted as the donation point for distribution of monies to help others to establish this model also.