Sustainable Diversity – One Community Weekly Progress Update #279

Sustainable diversity means diversity that is sufficient to meet the different needs and values of people around the world. We think the best way to achieve this is through open source and free-shared sustainability models that cover both universal needs (food, energy, housing) and emotional needs (education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, etc.). Creating these with the goal to do what is best for The Highest Good of All, our intent is global sustainability.

• 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 July 29, 2018 edition (#279) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable Diversity
One Community Progress Update #279

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

SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:42

• Began 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)
• Updated the formatting and added them all to the Earthbag Village (Pod 1), Tropical Atrium, and Duplicable City Center webpages (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy completed his 17th week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
• Mike Kowalski continued working on the Earthbag Village and created updated renders (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued with the Cob Village render updates (see below)
• Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru completed her 20th week working on the Tree House Village residential renders (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:41

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:39

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

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:26

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

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:59

• Updated our Legal Documents and Processes page with new PDF downloads of all our Trademark documents, trademark infringement letter templates, and links to the actual trademark registration documentation (see below)

SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY SUMMARY: @13:36

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is expanding sustainable diversity 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 began 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.

Began 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 updated the formatting and added them all to the Earthbag Village (Pod 1), Tropical Atrium, and Duplicable City Center webpages. You can see some of this work here.

Updated Formatting and Added Images to the Earthbag Village, Tropical Atrium, and Duplicable City Center Webpages – Click for Housing Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) completed his 17th week leading the development of the Murphy bed instructions. This week Shadi added a diversity of objects to the 3D file and then created this initial mockup introduction image.

Continued Leading the Development of the Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

Mike Kowalski(Game Developer) finished his 13th 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 updated renders you see here. The first two need more work but the bottom one is complete and added to the site. 

Continued Working on the Earthbag Village Renders – Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued with the Cob Village (Pod 3) render updates also. Here is update 124 of Dean’s work continuing the lighting and texturing process for the dining area looking South.

Continued Cob Village Render Updates – Click for Page

Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter) also completed her 20th week working on the Tree House Village (Pod 7) residential renders. This week she finished these final renders showing the residential layouts with an open floor plan.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Residential Renders – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is expanding sustainable diversity 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 rebuilding and testing the City Center geodesic dome parts in 3D. This week’s focus was developing row 5 and fixing errors we found, which you can see here.

Continued Rebuilding the City Center Geodesic Dome in 3D – 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 87th week volunteering on this task and the focus this week was finalizing this Social Dome multi-color light graphic:

Finalized the Social Dome Multi-Color Light Graphic – Click for DCC Lighting Page

…and the Dining Dome kitchen lighting tests and graphic:

Finalized City Center Dining Dome Kitchen Lighting Tests – Click for Lighting Page

The core team also added these graphics to the website and redesigned the related sections of the Lighting Page to better organize and describe them based on which dome they are in, as shown here.

Added Graphics and Redesigned Related Sections of Lighting Page – Click to Visit

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was more discussing and updating the spreadsheet tabs for snow calculation and beam design and further developing the spreadsheet for wind load calculation on cupola roof. You can see some of this work here.

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

Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) completed her 15th week helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs. This week’s focus was material selection for the dome structure, doors & windows, swimming pool, spa and natural pond, and basement walls. You can see some of this work here.

Continued Helping with the Duplicable City Center Materials and Costs – Click for Page

Last but not least, Dehua Feng (Civil Engineer) completed his 13th 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 fixing details in the autoCAD layout, redid the cupola piping, and double checked and updated the pressure calculations for zones A, B, C, D, and F.

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

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is expanding sustainable diversity 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 identified the plant names by their latin names using Wikipedia and provided a link to Wikipedia to directly reference and view them. We also removed about 17 pages of herb photos and summaries and placed common names, latin names, and wiki links on page 22-23 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 expanding sustainable diversity 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 began work on the Objective Data and Analysis page. We redid the formatting and overall outline, updated the initial graphics, and rewrote the What and Why sections. We would say this brings the page to about 30% complete.

Began work on the Objective Data and Analysis Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is expanding sustainable diversity 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 updated our Legal Documents and Processes page with new PDF downloads of all our Trademark documents, trademark infringement letter templates, and links to the actual trademark registration documentation. You can see some examples of all of this here.

Updated our Legal Documents and Processes Page with New PDF Downloads – Click for Page

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