Systems for Sustainable Community Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #246

Open source systems for sustainable community creation are one path to creating a sustainable world for everyone. One Community is creating these systems with that as our goal.

• 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 December 10th, 2017 edition (#246) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Systems for Sustainable Community Creation
One Community Progress Update #246

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

SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY CREATION INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:35

• Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
• Finished revisions to the Straw Bale Village pages of the online book we are creating (see below)
• Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
  Finished the first half of updating the complete Tree House Village open source hub (see below)
• Sangam Stanczak continued researching and contacting companies for the hardware we’ll be using to sterilize the greywater from the Communal Eco-showers (see below)
• Hemanth Kotaru completed his 13th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Ashwini Ramesh helped write additional descriptions and update the cost analysis spreadsheets for the Earthbag Village equipment and materials (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 65th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
• Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan continued work on the Compressed Earth Block Village Materials Cost Analysis (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:10

• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• David Olivero continued helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Oruba Rabie continued working on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• Falgun Patel continued the analysis process for updating the Highest Good energy page with more additions to the City Center Kitchen equipment list and version 2.0 of the complete details for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 60th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Satish Ravindran completed his 3rd week helping with the LEED lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:15

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

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:46

• Created the formatting and began entering the content for the Objective Data and Analysis page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:19

• Began the process of officially launching One Community’s Instagram page (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar, Priti Kothari, Shubhra Mittal, and Priyanka Singh (members of the Highest Good Network software team) developed schema version 2.0, got Priyanka up to speed on the basics of the app, and updated aggregate queries in mongo.db to reflect changes in the model from timelog to timeentry (see below)

SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY CREATION SUMMARY: @13:17

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is implementing systems for sustainable community creation 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 designed all the equipment for the kids’ playground, as shown here.

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

Additionally, the core team finished revisions to the Straw Bale Village pages of the online book we are creating and added the finished pages to the website as clic-to-enlarge images. You can see these new additions here.

Finished Revisions to Straw Bale Village Pages of Online Book We Are Creating – Click for Main Page

And the core team continued working on the Murphy bed instructions, working on page 6.3.2 (wall frame panels) assembly page to match the other pages, as shown here.

Continued Working on Murphy Bed Instructions – Click to Visit

The core team also finished the first half of updating the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) open source hub. This included all new menus, formatting, and updated content covering the What, Why, and description sections for every structure within this village, as shown here.

Began Updating the Complete Tree House Village Page – Click to Visit

Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued researching and contacting companies for the hardware we’ll be using to sterilize the greywater from the Communal Eco-showers. You can see some of the newest related notes and details here.

Continued Researching and Contacting Companies for Hardware to Sterilize Greywater from Communal Eco-showers – Click to Visit Page

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 13th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus was flooring construction details and beginning the research needed for structural engineering analysis of the domes themselves.

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

Ashwini Ramesh (Civil Engineer and Project Manager) helped write additional descriptions and updated the cost analysis spreadsheets for the Earthbag Village equipment and materials.

Wrote Additional Descriptions and Updated the Cost Analysis Spreadsheets for Earthbag Village Equipment and Materials – Click to Visit Page

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 65th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was the work leading to this final render of the Zone 17 Central Play and Recreation Area, which can also now be viewed on the website.

Created Final Render of Zone 17 Central Play and Recreation Area – Click to Visit Page

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 11th week volunteering. This week’s focus was continuing work on the Compressed Earth Block Village Materials Cost Analysis by completing version 1.0 of the cost analysis and the associated narrative and pie charts shown here.

Continued Work on Compressed Earth Block Village Materials Cost Analysis – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is implementing systems for sustainable community creation 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 edits and updates to his live and dead load tutorial as it’s being reviewed with another engineer.

Continued Work on City Center Structural Engineering – Click to Visit

David Olivero (Mechanical Engineer & Data Scientist) completed his 4th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center. This week’s focus was examining the cooling tonnage per sq ft from previous analysis, reviewing the cooling load calculation procedure, and researching and choosing coolcalc.com as our online heat load calculator.

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

Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was finishing review of the wind and seismic load data, some of which you can see here.

Continued Working on City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 14th week volunteering with the team. This week’s focus was continuing the analysis process for updating the Highest Good energy page with more additions to the City Center Kitchen equipment list and version 2.0 of the complete details for the Earthbag Village, both of which you can see here.

Continued Analysis Process for Updating the Highest Good Energy Page – Click to Visit

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 60th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finishing updates to the lighting zones in AutoCAD, which we now have added to the website.

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

Satish Ravindran (Senior Mechanical and Industrial Engineer) also completed his 3rd week helping with the LEED lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was double checking and updating the lighting zone details. The green columns in the image shown here are Satish’s new work and calculations.

Continued Working on LEED Lighting Specifics for City Center – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is implementing systems for sustainable community creation 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 formulas and data for the food calculations on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages, bringing it to approximately 75% completion, as you see here.

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

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is implementing systems for sustainable community creation 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 adding to the education Evaluation and Evolution process open source pages and tutorials. This week we created the formatting and began entering the content for the Objective Data and Analysis page, as you can see here.

Began Objective Data and Analysis Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is implementing systems for sustainable community creation 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 began the process of officially launching One Community’s Instagram page. We downloaded all the best images from our website and created our initial strategy for uploading.

Began Officially Launching One Community’s Instagram Page – Click for Page

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 they developed schema version 2.0, got Priyanka up to speed on the basics of the app, and updated aggregate queries in mongo.db to reflect changes in the model from timelog to timeentry. The pictures shown here are from our weekly call discussing all this.

Continued Working on Highest Good Network Software – Click for Page

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