Systems for Eco-Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #238

One Community is creating systems for eco-change that combine sustainable and open source and free-shared approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. We call this living and creating 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. This is the October 15, 2017 edition (#238) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Systems for Eco-Change
One Community Progress Update #238

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

SYSTEMS FOR ECO-CHANGE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @5:43

• Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
• Continued working on the complete Tree House Village render (see below)
• Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
• Sangam Stanczak continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater (see below)
• Hemanth Kotaru completed his 11th week doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan completed his 5th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 59th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
• Dan Alleck completed his 2nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
• Samantha Robinson completed her 11th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:46

• Falgun Patel completed his 7th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 54th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha finished his work on the basement details for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)
• Oruba Rabie and Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued working on the City Center structural engineering details (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:16

• Continued researching and organizing, and made a chart and images of recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:50

• Continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:18

• Added new non-profit tax requirement specifics to the open source Non-profit Portal (see below)
• Oz Czerski helped us write a new tutorial for changing your official information in relation to Trademarks (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar and Priti Kothari continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software (see below)

SYSTEMS FOR ECO-CHANGE SUMMARY: @12:26

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-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

This last week the core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week’s focus was continued research and design updates to include outdoor games made with recycled items like marked stones, cans, bottles, and recycled-tire mulch.

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

The core team also continued working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render. This week’s focus was creating 3 options for the webpage header, and the final render of the complete village, all of which you can see here:

Created 3 Tree House Village Header Renders and the Final Village Render – Click for Page

And, the core team continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. Here you see the printed assembly instructions with design questions and notes.

Continued Working on Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater. This week’s focus was finalizing the design outline, which you can see here.

Continued Researching the Filtration Options for Communal Eco-Shower Greywater – Click for Page

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 11th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus was editing and adding more details to these drawing and doing research on rubble foundations.

Continued Doing Research and Running Calculations for Earthbag Village Specifics – Click for Page

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 5th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here is the developing writeup summary discussing the details, sustainability savings, and final estimate. We’d say we’re now about 90% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

Continued Working on the Straw Bale Village Cost Analysis – Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 85 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Continued Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 59th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was these two final renders of the 2nd-Floor Event and Meeting Space looking SW and this one of the East-wing classroom spaces that are also purposed for and usable for yoga, tai chi, or other health and wellness classes.

Created New 2nd Floor Event and Meeting Space Looking Southwest – Click for Compressed Earth Block Village

Created New Classroom Looking West – Click for Compressed Earth Block Village

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 2nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and additional aesthetics to the two kitchen renders you see here and live on the site. 

Created New Kitchen Render Looking West with People Added – Click for Compressed Earth Block Village

Created New Kitchen Render Looking North with People Added – Click for Compressed Earth Block Village

Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 11th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was creating top parts for the blinds downstairs and upstairs, recoloring the tree shelf, lamp, drawer, and doorknob details, and sculpting and painting the twin bed parts.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Interior Design for the Living Structure – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-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

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 7th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was the calculations and narrative for the 20-50 and 50-100 waves of volunteers.

Continued Reviewing and Updating the Specifics of Remote-Energy Setup Plan – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 54th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finalizing the lighting options for the Dining Dome kitchen, which you can see here in this collage that we’ve also added to the website.

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

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also finished his work on the basement details for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. What you see here are some examples of Vamsi’s final work editing, updating graphics so they have matching scales, and presenting his final recommendation for insulating the City Center basement.

Finished Working on Basement Details for City Center Heating and Cooling Open Source Hub – Click to Visit

Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) and Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering details. What you see here are some screenshots of their process continuing to find and correct errors and discrepancies between the AutoCAD and SAP2000 models.

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

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-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 researching and organizing, and made this chart and these images of the recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Continued Researching and Organizing and Made a Chart and Images for Our Food Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-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 building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week we added details to the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools section, as shown here.

Continued Building Education Assessment Format Open Source Tutorial – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-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

This week the core team added new non-profit tax requirement specifics to the open source Non-profit Portal, you can see some of this work here.

Added New Non-Profit Tax Requirement Specifics to Open Source Non-Profit Portal – Click for Page

Oz Czerski (Lawyer Specializing in Trademark and Copyright Law) also helped us write a new tutorial for changing your official information in relation to Trademarks. You can see this new content in the FAQ section of the Trademarks page.

Helped Write a New Tutorial for Changing Official Information in Relation to Trademarks – Click to Visit

Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) and Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was fixing issues with connecting to the database, which you can see here, and completing tutorials on Node and Express js.

Continued Working on the Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit Page

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