Sustainable Prosperity – One Community Weekly Progress Update #93

Posted on December 12, 2014 by One Community

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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 12th, 2014 edition (#93) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable Prosperity
One Community Weekly Progress Update #93

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

SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY INTRO @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @2:00

Completed the first 25% of “Movement and Development” lesson plan mindmap (see below)
Completed the first half of the “Movement and Development webpage” (see below)
Added a new resources section to the bottom of all the curriculum and subject pages (see below)
Behind the scenes, we finished the first 15% of the lesson plan design for “Open Source”

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:17

Added another 10% to the new Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:10

Added a Why and What section to the dome home electrical page (see below)
Completed the first half of the materials and image updates for the custom murphy bed furniture (see below)
Completed the initial assessment of thermal lag for the Earthbag Village domes (see below)
Scott Thomas and his Shadow Ridge Signature Architecture Program team also produced these next steps of putting the complete Earthbag Village and the crowdfunding campaign wet dome into CAD (see below)
Dave Walen contributed the first detailed section of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) in CAD (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:09

Completed the first 20% of the Building Plans for All Components page for this structure (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:16

Continued homepage redesign focusing on the Helping Us page (see below)
Created new social media imagery and featured our Creating Utopia page and our Large-scale Gardening page (see below)

SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY SUMMARY: @8:10

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating sustainable prosperity 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 completed the first 25% of the lesson plan mindmap with the central theme of “Movement and Development.” Here it is:

Movement and Development Mindmap 25% complete, One Community

Movement and Development Mindmap 25% Done – Click to Visit Page

We also completed the first half of the “Movement and Development webpage” that lists the specifics of how to use this lesson and mindmap to teach all subjects to all ages, in any environment, using the central “Movement and Development” theme. Here is a picture of this completed work too:

Movement and Development page, One Community

Movement and Development Page 50% Done – Click to Visit

We also added a new resources section like this to the bottom of all the curriculum and subject pages:

New resource section added to Edu pages, One Community

New Resource Section Added to Education Pages – Click for Education Open Source Hub

And, behind the scenes, we finished the first 15% of the lesson plan design for “Open Source”

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating sustainable prosperity 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 last week the core team added another 10% to the new Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan. This developing page shares the wonderful work of Benjamin Sessions and is about teaching people how to affordably and efficiently prepare food in both temporary and permanent kitchen situations until people can produce their own. This will be essential for initial remote village construction as well as the upcoming crowdfunding campaign:

Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, One Community

Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating sustainable prosperity 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 last week the core team added a Why and What section to the dome home electrical page that is part of the preparation for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign:

Dome home electrical page in progress, One Community

Dome Home Electrical Page in Progress – Click to Visit

We also created the first half of the materials and image updates for the custom murphy bed furniture. These updates are fixing non-standard sized components uncovered in the materials breakdown we’ve been working on for the past few weeks.

Murphy Bed Image Updates – 50% Complete – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, the core team completed this initial assessment of thermal lag testing and calculations through the earthdome walls. This is only the beginning of this work that nobody (to our knowledge) has ever done. The outermost layer you see is the wall, the next layer in is the air within the wall, and the central area is space we are not measuring because the first 16″ of air measurements will give us the information we need. These calculations are being completed as a precursor to more complex calculations we’ll also be doing on the Earthbag Village central Tropical Atrium.

Scott Thomas and his Shadow Ridge Signature Architecture Program team also produced these next steps of putting the complete Earthbag Village into CAD:

Complete Earthbag village in CAD, One Community

Earthbag Village Evolving in CAD – Click to Visit Page

And the crowdfunding campaign wet dome into CAD:

Crowdfunding Campaign wet dome in CAD, One Community

Crowdfunding Campaign Wet Dome in CAD – Click to Visit Page

Last but not least, here’s a previously unshared update from Dave Walen (Architectural Drafter & Designer and owner of Dave Philip Walen Design) showing the first detailed section of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) with straight walls instead of curved walls. What you see is two studios and a two-room unit, all designed for easy modification into different floor plans to meet different needs.

Strawbale Village detailed section, One Community

Strawbale Village Detailed Section – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating sustainable prosperity 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 last week the core team completed the first 20% of the Building plans for all components section for the Duplicable City Center. This developing page is where we are hosting downloads of all the CAD, Sketchup, and other files so that people will have free access to these files for duplication, modification, and adaptation.

Building Plans for All Components Section, Duplicable City Center, One Community

Building Plans for all Components Section – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating sustainable prosperity 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 last week the core team continued the complete redesign of the homepage to streamline and simplify it to better help people understand what we are creating and how it is a viable strategy for global transformation to sustainability. The focus for this week was the Helping Us page updates you can see here. This page now shares clearly and easily all the ways someone can participate in One Community ranging from internet help and support to joining the Pioneer Team.