The Building Blocks of Ecological Living – One Community Weekly Progress Update #170

Posted on June 26, 2016 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 June 26th, 2016 edition (#170) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

The Building Blocks of Ecological Living
One Community Progress Update #170

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

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ECOLOGICAL LIVING INTRO: @1:00

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:55

Transferred third 25% of the written content for the Humility Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
Behind the scenes: Wrote final 25% of the written part of the Humility Lesson Plan
Completed first 25% of the mindmap for the Humility Lesson Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:50

Behind the scenes: Compiled all the potato recipes which will later be added to our updated recipe strategy page. This work is done as part of the development of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, which features contributions from Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:26

Put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)
Jessica Zynda put the final touches on the excavation drawing (see below)
Shadi Kennedy began updating an image of the central Tropical Atrium for the Earthbag Village (see below)
Sal Rubio continued working on creating professional do-it-yourself Earthbag Village Murphy Bed furniture assembly instructions (see below)
Ganyang Du continued working on the Materials Schedules layouts for the Earthbag Village Materials page (see below)
Ray Triboulet continued working on final revisions and edits for the communal Vermiculture Eco-Toilet designs that are part of the Earthbag Village (see below)
Guy Grossfeld continued with his second week of photoshop work on the renders for the Shipping Container Village (see below)
Zachary Melin continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:04

Continued working on what is needed for the first renders of the natural pool and spa area aspects of the Duplicable City Center (see below)
Rendered an image for the Cupola area of the Duplicable City Center (see below)
Updated all the Duplicable City Center icons for the open source hub and all the associated pages (see below)
Iris Hsu continued exploring recycled pipe shelving and overhead lighting options for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar updated the lighting zones for the City Center and then added details to the AutoCAD file (see below)
Mike Hogan, Lucas Tsutsui da Silva and Jae discussed more circuit design details for the Control Systems designs (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:53

Created 7 new icons and recolored and cleaned up several existing icons (see below)

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ECOLOGICAL LIVING SUMMARY: @8:05

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating the building blocks of ecological living 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 transferred the third 25% of the written content for the Humility Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Humility” is now 75% completed on our website:

Humility Lesson Plan – 75% Complete – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the final 25% of the written part of the Humility Lesson Plan.

We also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Humility Lesson Plan, bringing it to 25% complete, which you see here:

Humility mindmap, 25% complete, One Community

Humility Mindmap – 25% Complete – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating the building blocks of ecological living 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

As part of the development of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, which features contributions from Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (creator of the COHERENT model for comprehensive digestive health), this last week the core team compiled all of the potato recipes as you see here. They will be added to the recipe strategy pages we are updating.

Compiled All of the Vegan Potato Recipes – Click to Visit the Main Food Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating the building blocks of ecological living 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 put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week’s focus was on section 10, where we continued editing procedural steps 1-41, and added new video inserts along with changing some existing video titles to reflect the modified narratives. We also wrote the narratives for steps 36, 38, 39, and 40. We’d say we are now 87% complete with this total update and rewrite behind the scenes.

Continued Behind-the-Scenes Revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Info – Click to Visit Page

Related to this, Jessica Zynda (Drafter/Designer) put the final touches on the excavation drawing as shown here:

Put the Final Touches on the Excavation Drawing – Click to Visit the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Page

Also for the Earthbag Village, Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) began updating this image of the central Tropical Atrium. This week’s work included adding furniture on top of the structure and trees and rocks throughout the village.

Began Updating Central Tropical Atrium Image – Click to Visit Page

And Sal Rubio (Industrial Designer) also continued working on creating professional do-it-yourself Earthbag Village Murphy Bed furniture assembly instructions. What you see here is week 6 of this this process and our 2nd version of exploring instructions for cutting the proper pieces.

Continued Working on Creating DIY Furniture Assembly Instructions – Click for Earthbag Village Furniture Page

Ganyang Du (Construction Project Manager) also continued working on the Materials Schedules layouts for the Earthbag Village Materials page. You can see week 2 of this work here, outlining the floor, bathrooms, and showers.

Continued Working on Materials Schedules Layouts for Earthbag Village Materials Page – Click to Visit

Ray Triboulet (Web Developer and Active Duty U.S. Sailor) also continued working on final revisions and edits for the communal Vermiculture Eco-Toilet designs that are part of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). What you see here is the GoogleDoc Trib is working on before beginning to move these details to the website.

Continued Working on Final Revisions and Edits for Communal Vermiculture Eco-Toilet Designs – Click to Visit Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued with his second week of photoshop work on the renders for the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5). Here you see his first versions of 2 different perspectives of the residences and rental rooms and a view outside the dining area and looking Northwest.

Continued with Photoshop work on the Shipping Container Village Renders – Click for Page

Zachary Melin (Graphic Designer) also continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team. What you see here are more updated Service Design pages and the first few updated storyboard pages featuring the artwork of Ana Carolina Salomao Faria (Industrial Design and Service Design Student).

Continued Updating the Tree House Village Book – Click to Visit Tree House Village Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating the building blocks of ecological living 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 week the core team continued working on what is needed for the renders of the natural pool and spa area aspects of the Duplicable City Center. This week’s focus was on updating all material textures to add more color diversity to the rocks, placing more stones around the mechanical room door and waterfall, and creating shadows for rendering images in two different directions.

Continued Working on Renders of Natural Pool and Spa Area – Click to Visit Page

The core team also rendered this image for the Cupola area of the Duplicable City Center.

Rendered Image for Cupola Area of Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit the City Center

We also updated all the Duplicable City Center icons for the open source hub and all the associated pages. You can see the new icons here:

Updated the Icons for Duplicable City Center & Associated Pages – Click for City Center

Iris Hsu (Industrial Designer), also continued exploring recycled pipe shelving and overhead lighting options for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #11 of this work now focusing on another series of exploration for different ways to artistically and effectively integrate the ceiling lighting with the shelving.

Continued Exploring Recycled Pipe Shelving and Overhead Lighting Options for City Center Library – Click to Visit City Center

Dipti Dhondarkar (Electrical Engineer) also updated the lighting zones for the City Center and then added the optimum and minimum lumens, along with optimum lights, to the AutoCAD file. The results are seen here:

Updated Lighting Zones for City Center & Added Details to AutoCAD file – Click to Visit City Center

Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva(4th-year Computer Engineering Student) and Jae then discussed more circuit design details and also how Dipti’s information could best be displayed on the AutoCAD for the Control Systems designs. What they come up with is important because it’ll be the format for all the villages and we’ll use it for the HVAC systems too.

Continued Circuit Board Testing Discussions for the City Center Control Systems Designs – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating the building blocks of ecological living 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