Whole-Systems Approach to Sustainability Hubs – One Community Weekly Progress Update #211

A whole-systems approach to sustainability hubs that are also open source can provide a pathway to sustainable and better living for everyone.

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• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
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• 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 April 9th, 2017 edition (#211) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Whole-Systems Approach to Sustainability Hubs
One Community Progress Update #211

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

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY HUBS INTRO: @1:03

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:59

• Working with Sangam Stanczak, core team continued with 5th week of collaborative calls developing the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Highest Good education program (see below)
• Completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Form Lesson Plan (see below)
• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Continued creation of the renders for The Ultimate Classroom (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld created two final renders of the green and and orange rooms for The Ultimate Classroom (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:36

• Continued creating images and content for the Food Bars page (see below)
• Ashwin Patil integrated the 4th major round of revisions and edits to the Highest Good Food search engine (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:22

• Started updating the AutoCAD file for the Earthbag Village 3-dome clusters to the new standardized format (see below)
• Made text and formatting updates to the Earthbag Village book and started working the detailed Earthbag Village furniture construction instructions for the Murphy Beds (see below)
• Alena Thompson her 9th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs (see below)
• Christian Ojeda completed his 9th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs (see below)
• Fernando Remolina and Lin Xu continued with their 14th week of work on the Vermiculture Bathroom development (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 37th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:50

• Created a new outside render of the City Center sundeck (see below)
• Ramya Vudi and Shubham Agrawal continued their work on the energy infrastructure for the City Center (see below)
• Adrienne Gould-Choquette continued with the City Center heating and air conditioning details (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:40

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY HUBS SUMMARY: @8:00

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole systems approach to sustainability hubs 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 working with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued with our 5th week of collaborative calls developing the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Highest Good education program. What you see here is the first behind-the-scenes draft of our proposed evaluation process.

Continued Developing the Evaluation and Evolution Component of the Highest Good Education Program – Click for Page

The core team also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Form Lesson Plan, as you can see here. We added the theme images to the website for this lesson plan as well.

Form and Our Outer World Mindmap – 25% Complete – Click for Page

We also continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Matter and Materials Lesson Plan and the Movement and Development Lesson Plan. This brings us to 7 of 52 finished, which is 13% completion.

Continued Process of Editing all 52 Lesson Plans – Click for Lesson Plans for Life Page

And the core team continued creation of the renders for The Ultimate Classroom, adding views outside the windows and educational-subject specific items to the red (Health/Nutrition) room, orange (English) room, yellow (Math) room, and green (Science) room, as shown here. 

Continued creation of the Renders for The Ultimate Classroom – Click for Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued adding people and elements from the Learning Tools and Toys research we’ve done to create these two final renders of the green and orange rooms from The Ultimate Classroom:

Created Ultimate Classroom Final Render for Green Room – Click to Visit Page

Created Ultimate Classroom Final Render for Orange Room – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole systems approach to sustainability hubs 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 creating images and content for the Food Bars page, as you see here, bringing the page to ~22% completion.

Continued Creating Images and Content for the Food Bars Page – Click to Visit

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) also continued with his 23rd week developing the new Search Engines for our site. This week’s work was integration of the 4th major round of revisions and edits to the Highest Good Food search engine. The search engine is also now live and available on the Highest Good food page.

Continued Working on the Highest Good Food Search Engine – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole systems approach to sustainability hubs 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 week the core team started updating the AutoCAD file for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) 3-dome clusters to the new standardized format, as shown here. We’d say we’re about 80% complete with this work. 

Started Updating the AutoCAD File for the Earthbag Village – Click for Page

We also made text and formatting updates to the Earthbag Village book pages 20 to 25, creating a new One-Acre Footprint image for page 22, and started working the the detailed Earthbag Village furniture construction instructions for the Murphy Beds.

Updated the Earthbag Village Book and Worked on the Murphy Bed Furniture Instructions – Click for Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 9th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week’s focus was adding a doorway and changing the ladder, determining the pumps for sinks, and further researching the vacuum toilets to identify that pumps won’t be needed for the toilets.

Continued Working on Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs – Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 9th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was researching the water storage reservoir for beneath the Tropical Atrium. You can see some of the results of this research here.

Continued Working on Heat Recycling Communal Eco-Shower Designs – Click to Visit Page

Fernando Remolina (Industrial Engineer specializing in Project Management) and Lin Xu (Mechanical Engineering Student) also continued with their 14th week of work on the Vermiculture Bathroom development. This week’s focus, as shown here, was researching alternative gravity-assisted ways to make the dumping process easier.

Continued Working on the Vermiculture Bathroom Development – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 63 of Dean’s work. This weeks’ focus was working on the loft and cutaway views of the Southeast wing looking North, as you can see here:

Continued Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 37th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) design and render details. This week’s focus was more updates to the brick patterns and test rendering a room, and two perspectives for the rooftop patio area.

Continued Helping with Compressed Earth Block Village Design and Render Details – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) additionally continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 20th week of work, focusing on integrating new ideas (from a recent trip to Tokyo) into the central area shown here.

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

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole systems approach to sustainability hubs 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 created a new outside render of the City Center sundeck.

Created a New Outside Render of the City Center Sundeck – Click for Page

Ramya Vudi (Electrical Engineer) and Shubham Agrawal (Electrical Engineer) continued their work on the energy infrastructure for the City Center. What you see here are a couple photos from the weekly collaborative calls with Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant and this week’s focus of researching switches, beginning to outline the electrical details for the complete structure, and more work on the micro-grid tutorial.

Continued Working on Energy Infrastructure for the City Center – Click for Page

And Adrienne Gould-Choquette (Mechanical Engineer) also finished her 14th week with the team. This week’s focus was continuing with the City Center heating and air conditioning details including calculations revisions, researching possible HVAC systems, and discussing humidity and temperature specifics for the root cellar.

Continued Working on City Center Heating and Air Conditioning Calculations – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole systems approach to sustainability hubs 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

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