Systems for Global Conservation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #251

Systems for global conservation are needed if we are to create a sustainable planet. Replicable and open source and free-sharing cooperatives are one way to establish the needed infrastructure for such systems.

• 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 January 14th, 2018 edition (#251) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 Systems for Global Conservation
One Community Progress Update #251

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

SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL CONSERVATION INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:10

• Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
• Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
• Continued adding our final design content to the Water Recycling Net Zero Bathroom Design page (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Dan Alleck completed his 12th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru completed her 3rd week taking over development of the Tree House Village residential designs (see below)
• Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan began work on the Shipping Container Village Materials Costs (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:32

• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• David Olivero completed his 8th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 65th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:34

• Continued work on the data for the food calculations on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:05

• Began researching images to add to the education Evaluation and Evolution process open source pages and tutorials (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:37

• Scheduled our first two months of social media posts for our open source social media strategy (see below)
• Ashwin Patil created version 3.0 of the Highest Good of All search engine (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar, Priti Kothari, Shubhra Mittal, and Priyanka Singh continued work on the Highest Good Network software (see below)

SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL CONSERVATION SUMMARY: @12:47

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for global conservation 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 continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we continued working on the outdoor gym, where we designed the central equipment features of the main area.

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

The core team also continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. This week we set up page 7.1.3, revised page 7.1.1, and created page 7.1.1f, and 1.1.2, as shown here.

Continued Working on Murphy bed Instructions – Click to Visit Page

Continued Working on Water Recycling Net Zero Bathroom Design Page – Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 96 of Dean’s work, this week’s focus was continuing designing the door seen here that will be for the freezer when complete.

Continued Helping Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 12th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he made additional updates to the trees, people, and textures in this final render of the front access way. This image is now updated on the site also.

Created Updated Final Render of Front Access Way – Click to Visit Earth Block Village Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 44th week of work that created this initial presentation for the entire landscaped area.

Continued Work on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click for Page

Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter) also completed her 3rd week taking over development of the Tree House Village (Pod 7) residential designs. This week she updated the windows, added a small office space under the stairs, added a pull-down ladder to the central 2nd floor, and made all the central seating fold-up seats. 

Continued Development of Tree House Village Residential Designs – Click for Page

And Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 12th week volunteering. This week’s focus was beginning work on the Shipping Container Village Materials Costs by completing all the initial cost calculations for materials, plumbing, electrical, furniture, etc. as shown here.

Began Work on Shipping Container Village Materials Costs – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for global conservation 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

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering. What you see here are his next generation of updated calculations and tutorial content for the live and dead loads.

Continued Work on City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

David Olivero (Mechanical Engineer & Data Scientist) completed his 8th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center. This week’s focus was running calculations to compare a square structure of the same volume to the current dome designs. You can see the initial results here.

Continued Working on HVAC Designs for Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 65th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finishing the modeling of the mezzanine area, 3rd floor sunrise patio, and 4th floor cupola, as shown here.

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

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for global conservation 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 work on the data for the food calculations on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages, and began creating daily eating plans using the updated guidelines, as you see here.

Continued Work on Data for Food Calculations on Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for global conservation 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 researching images to add to the education Evaluation and Evolution process open source pages and tutorials. This week we found 9 images for the Assessment Format page, as you can see here.

Continued Working on Education Evaluation and Evolution Process Open Source Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for global conservation 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

Now that it’s the new year, the core team scheduled our first two months of social media posts. Did you know our whole social media strategy is open source too? The pictures here show some of this and you can visit the site for the rest.

Scheduled Our First Two Months of Social Media Posts – Click to Visit

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) continued working on the search engines for the website. This week he created version 3.0 of the Highest Good of All search engine. You can see some of this work-in-progress here.

Created Version 3.0 of the Highest Good of All Search Engine – Click to Visit

The Highest Good Network software team consists of Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer), Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast), Shubhra Mittal (Software Delivery Manager), and Priyanka Singh (Software Developer). This week the team implemented user login that is mandatory for all routes. Created a basic form for user to view and edit his profile and created the admin route and implemented login authentication and the UI page.

Continued Working on Highest Good Network Software – Click for Page

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