Sustainable Global Transformation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #53

One Community is creating sustainable global transformation through open source and free-shared global-transformation blueprints 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, helping to create sustainable global transformation. Here is our weekly progress update (#53) covering our development and sustainable global transformation accomplishments for the week of February 24th, 2014:

Sustainable Global Transformation
One Community Weekly Progress Update #53

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

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:42

• Completed another 25% of the Art/Music and Trade Skills subject image (see below)
• Finished the rest of the Values Subject web page
• Completed 20% of the Health Subject research (topic and images behind the scenes)
• Now 60% complete with the English Subject research (topic and images behind the scenes)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:49

• Ran more sunlight simulations on the Aquapini & Walipini designs (see below)
• Continued designing the passive cooling labyrinth in 3-D (see below)
• Completed sunlight calculations comparing the current Tropical Atrium design to a 50% glazing (see below)
• Zdenek Jurik continued engineering on the Aquapini & Walipini roof design (see below)
• David Sweet completed a 3rd roof plan for the skylights (see below)
• Bupesh Seethala shared the first real-to-life 3D render of the complete phase I food infrastructure (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:17

• Completed the rest of the planting plan for the complete outer ring of the Earthbag Village  (see below)
• Victor Herber made more huge progress on the vermiculture toilet engineering (see below)
• Philip Gill  also updated the murphy bed dome home custom furniture design to have an 8′ ceiling (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:56

• Completed 3-D details for the aesthetic features around the indoor/outdoor swimming pool (see below)
• Completed a redesign of the first 3 floors of stairs to match Karl’s work from last week (see below)
• Completed the rest of the Duplicable City Center Open Source Portal redesign
• Douglas Simms Stenhouse finished the final pre-painting drawing for the duplicable city center (see below)
• Joel Newman has begun real-to-life renders of what this building is going to look like (see below)
• Completed the rest of the new natural pool and eco-hot tub open source page, (see below)
• Karl Harris finished another redesign of the 4th floor and the roof (see below)

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION SUMMARY: @7:57

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

We are creating sustainable global transformation 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 last week the core team finished another 25% of the Art/Music and Trade Skills subject image.

Arts and Trades Molecule In Progress

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

We are creating sustainable global transformation 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: Aquapini & walipini open source hub
• See what we’ll be growing: Aquapini & walipini planting and harvesting | Food Forest | Tropical Atrium P&H

This last week the core team ran more sunlight simulations on the Aquapini & Walipini designs to test our newest skylight layout.

We also finished designing the passive cooling labyrinth in 3-D:

Passive Cooling Labyrinth

And completed sunlight calculations comparing the current Tropical Atrium design to a 50% glazing with insulating shutters design:

Tropical Atrium Heat Calculations

* Note: “Extra” denotes more than the amount of BTUs needed to keep the TA at temperature given perfect thermal mass and transfer at night. Thermal mass capacity needs to be the absolute value of the night BTUs needed.

Zdenek Jurik (P.E. Structural, Civil and Mechanical Engineer and founder of ABC Engineering) continued engineering on the Aquapini & Walipini roof design and has been able to safely reduce the roof beam sizes (and their associated costs) from 16″ to 12″.

Engineering on Aquapini & Walipini Roof Design In Progress

David Sweet (Architect – DSweet.biz) completed the 3rd roof plan for the skylights – getting closer and closer to what we’ll actually be using:

3rd Roof Plan for the Skylights

Bupesh Seethala (Architectural Drafter, Designer, and 3-D Visualizer – BupeshSeethala.com) shared the first real-to-life 3D render of the central pond component of the complete phase I food infrastructure, the foundation of our model for sustainable global transformation:

Real-To-Life 3D Render of Central Pond In Progress

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

We are creating sustainable global transformation 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 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 last week the core team completed the rest of the planting plan for the complete outer ring of the Earthbag Village, the first village we’ll construct as part of our sustainable global transformation housing model:

Planting Plan for Outer Ring of the Earthbag Village

Victor Herber (Mechanical Engineer) also made more huge progress on the vermiculture toilet engineering which you can see here, further aiding in our goal of sustainable global transformation through ecological human waste processing. The plan now is a steel framework that will support aluminum trays 3′ wide by 7′ long. This will allow us to use the lighter (and much easier to remove and empty) aluminum trays while maintaining the needed structural integrity of the foundational tray system by using heavier steel:

Vermiculture Toilet Engineering Stress Calculations

Vermiculture Toilet Engineering Materials Assessment

Philip Gill (Interior and Furniture Designer and Owner of Philip Gill Design) also updated the murphy bed dome home custom furniture design to have an 8′ ceiling, providing us with more loft room and a design consistent with the Student’s Shared Room furniture design and the Children’s Shared Room furniture designs (see below).

Murphy Bed with added Loft for Dome Home

DUPLICABLE CITY HUB PROGRESS

We are creating sustainable global transformation through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, can provide laundry for over 300 people, beautiful, spacious, saves resources, saves money, and saves space:

• Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center open source hub

This last week the core team completed 3-D details for the aesthetic rock and swimming pool features around the indoor/outdoor swimming pool:

3-D Details for the Aesthetic Rock and Waterfall Natural Swimming Pool Features

We also completed a redesign of the first 3 floors of stairs to match Karl’s work from last week:

Duplicable City Center Stairs Developing in 3D

Douglas Simms Stenhouse (Architect and Water Color Artist) finished the final pre-painting drawing for the Duplicable City Center a component of our sustainable global transformation, rendering that will be replacing the current drawing at the top of all the new duplicable city center pages. Here is a picture of this pre-rendering from Doug:

Duplicable City Center Pre-painting Sketch

Joel Newman (Architectural Visualization Designer www.FigmentCreation.com) has also begun work on real-to-life renders of the Duplicable City Center:

Real-to-Life Renders of the Duplicable City Center In Progress

Along with all this, we completed the rest of the new (natural pool and eco-hot tub) open source page and Jennifer Engelmeier (Eco-pool and Spa Specialist and founder of www.LoveYourPool.com) is now 50% of the way done with pricing out all the natural pool hardware originally selected in collaboration with (Swimming Pool Design & Construction Expert and owner of Sorico Design and Consulting).

Pool Construction Cost Summary In Progress

Last but not least, Karl Harris finished another redesign of the 4th floor including a 2nd women’s bathroom stall and a new roof design to match the design of the existing cupola roof:

Duplicable City Center Women’s Bathroom Stall and New Roof Redesign

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SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION – WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together. 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 through sustainable global transformation.

Our goal is to demonstrate 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 for what is possible in achieving a sustainable global transformation.

Throughout our design process we are 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 growth on sustainable global transformation.

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION – BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. 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.

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION – WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent that will educate people on sustainable global transformation. 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, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to 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. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of sustainable global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this 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.

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION – INSPIRING SUSTAINABILITY WITH OPEN SOURCE

One Community’s four-phase strategy for the creation of solution models that create solution creating models 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. 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, and therefore fostering a sustainable global transformation.

It is this approach of sustainable global transformation that we see uniting the world and leading to a new Golden Age for humanity. 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.

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION – ONE COMMUNITY’S 4-PHASE STRATEGY

One Community is building solution-creating models designed to create additional solution-creating models to specifically facilitate exponential and sustainable global teacher/demonstration village growth. The following four phases of the strategy we are applying are designed to support each other and accelerate the process of sustainable global transformation globally:

Phase I: Demonstrating a Better Way

We are designing One Community to demonstrate an experience of living that we believe most people will consider to be better because it will be more enjoyable and fulfilling. We also think most people will consider it better because it is made possible specifically through a foundation of sustainable sustainability and a philosophy that is for The Highest Good of All.

Phase II: Open Source Project-Launch Blueprinting

Everything we do we are open source project-launch blueprinting and free-sharing to make it as easy and affordable as possible to duplicate, adapt, and evolve in the manner that suits each individual and/or group’s needs in attaining sustainable global transformation. Free-sharing information like this is our aggressive-exposure engine and an aspect of One Community that will accelerate indefinitely as we continue to build our team, move onto the property, and continuously build and evolve everything that is One Community.

Phase III: Inviting the World to Participate

Everything we are open source project-launch blueprinting is designed to invite the world to participate by duplicating it as either individual components or complete teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities that will be able to be built almost anywhere in the world. Additionally, people can join One Community as members, consultants and/or partners, or use the suggestions links on our open source project-launch blueprinting hubs to help with the design, implementation, and evolution process. Scholarships, weekend learning and work crews, and tourism will be foundations of One Community once we have sufficient infrastructure in place to support these options.

Phase IV: Universal Appeal and Global Expansion

As One Community continues evolving and establishing ourselves, everything we create and promote will serve as the engine to inspire people to align with the concept of open source and sustainable living for The Highest Good of All. We are doing this to create a mainstream appeal and our path to achieving this appeal is demonstrating a happier, more affordable, and ecologically friendly model of living that can be built anywhere in the world.

Open source project-launch blueprinting it all is how we believe the model of sustainable global transformation will spread and, possibly most importantly, that it will predictably spread even faster in the areas where it is needed most because building restrictions, the cost of land, and materials costs are in most cases lower in these areas.