Improving Life for All People Everywhere – One Community Weekly Progress Update #182

Creating a sustainable planet is a path to improving life for all people everywhere. An open source evolution of sustainability that combines sustainable food, energy, and housing with Highest Good approaches to education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices is one way to accomplish this.

• 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 September 18th, 2016 edition (#182) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Improving Life for All People Everywhere
One Community Progress Update #182

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

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE INTRO: @1:03

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE  HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:58

• Transferred first 25% of written content for the Personal Growth Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: completed the image research for the first 25% of the written part of the Beliefs Lesson Plan
• We also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan (see below)

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:52

• Added additional descriptions, images,  and information about hexayurts to the live version of the Transition Kitchen page (see below)

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:21

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:26

• Continued working on the Duplicable City Center 3D renders (see below)
• Continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving and overhead lighting options for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued work on the structural details for the City Center (see below)
• Neha Verma reviewed and provided feedback on Bupesh’s work from last week while also helping make several updates to the Master City Center AutoCAD file (see below)
• Jinxi Feng joined the team and began the research needed to create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:42

• Jennifer Zhou completed her 10th week of work developing the new website structure (see below)

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SUMMARY: @8:59

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IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE  EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is focused on improving life for all people everywhere 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
      

As part of improving life for all people everywhere this last week the core team transferred the first 25% of the written content for the Personal Growth 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 “Personal Growth” is now 25% completed on our website.

Personal Growth Lesson Plan ” 25% Complete ” Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we completed the image research for the first 25% of the written part of the Beliefs Lesson Plan.

We also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan, which you see here:

Beliefs Mindmap – 25% Complete – Click to Visit Page

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is focused on improving life for all people everywhere 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 improving life for all people everywhere this week the core team added additional descriptions, images, and information about hexayurts to the live version of the Transition Kitchen page. You can see images of that work here:

Added Additional Descriptions, Images, and Information about Hexayurts to the Transition Kitchen Page – Click to Visit

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is focused on improving life for all people everywhere 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

As part of improving life for all people everywhere this week the core team continued updating the formatting of the pages for the upcoming 7 villages online book. This week’s work focused on the updates shown here including cleaned up and new versions of the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) and Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6) presentations:

Continued Formatting of Upcoming 7 Villages Online Book ” Click to Visit Page

The core team also 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 we continued the comprehensive review of the FFF doc, with the focus on pages 150 to the end of the document, where we made updates related to measurements and proofreading grammar and sentence structure. We also made corrections throughout the document that were related to those updates. We’d say we are now 99% 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

We also updated the Sketchup image of the EPS layouts for insulating the ground around the domes:

Updated the Sketchup Image of the EPS Layouts ” Click to Visit Footer and Foundation Page

Ashwini Ramesh (Civil Engineer and Project Manager) also completed her 3rd week of volunteering with One Community, taking over Project Management of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). For her first three weeks Ashwini began the organization you see here of the 100s of Earthbag Village files and professional review, re-organization and feedback on the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page.

Began Organizing 100’s of Earthbag Village Files – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, Brianna Johnson (Interior Designer), created these two finished exterior overviews of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2:

Straw Bale Village Exterior Overview Final Render – Click to Visit Page

Straw Bale Village Exterior Overview Final Render – Click to Visit Page

….this finalized version of the Apartment Exploded View:

Apartment Exploded View Final Render – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

….this finalized Game Room render:

Game Room Final Render – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

….this finalized Cafeteria render:

Cafeteria Final Render – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

….and this finalized Playroom render:

Playroom Final Render – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

…. Also these 2nd generation renders of the auditorium:

Auditorium 2nd Generation Renders – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

…..and outdoor barbecue area:

Outdoor BBQ Area 2nd Generation Renders – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 36 of his work that focused on more color, shadow, and texture adjustment to make these renders more and more real. He also began work on the initial perspective render looking East from in front of the village:

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders ” Click to Visit Page

Continued Evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village ” Click to Visit Page

Shipping Container Village Upper Dining Area Final Render – Click to Visit Page

Continued 3D modeling of the Compressed Earth Block Village ” Click to Visit Page

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is focused on improving life for all people everywhere 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

As part of improving life for all people everywhere this week the core team continued working on the Duplicable City Center 3D renders. What you see here are the updates to the Dining Dome and basement. This week we moved the door to the utility room that is under the staircase to face the kitchen and added additional movable storage drawers. We also updated the placement and size of the supporting columns.

Continued Working on the Duplicable City Center 3D Renders ” Click to Visit Page

We also continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome by adding texture to the supporting columns around the pool, added more branches to the columns, and making adjustments to the lights.

Continued Aesthetic Details on the First Floor of the Social Dome ” Click to Visit Page

And Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving and overhead lighting options for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #18 of work on these designs. This week’s focus was color matching and adjusting the column width and ceiling height down to match the work we’re doing with the engineering team.

Began Render-Testing Recycled Pipe Shelving & Overhead Lighting Options ” Click to Visit Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) also continued work on the structural details for the City Center. This week’s focus was additional load calculations and updates to the column placements as shown here:

Continued Work on Structural Details for City Center ” Click to Visit Page

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture), also reviewed and provided this feedback on Bupesh’s work from last week while also helping make several updates to the Master City Center AutoCAD file.

Reviewed Last Weeks Work and Made Several Updates to the Master City Center AutoCAD File – Click to Visit City Center Page

Jinxi Feng (Environmental Consultant) also joined the team and began the research needed to create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis. What you see here is her first 3 weeks of behind-the-scenes research into this area. When complete, this work will be used for all of One Community’s laundry machinery purchases and as an open source guide for others that we’ll share on the City Center Eco-laundry page.

Began Research Needed to Create Laundry and Dryer Machine Sustainability Analysis – Click for City Center Eco-Laundry Page

IMPROVING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is focused on improving life for all people everywhere 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

As part of improving life for all people everywhere this week Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) completed her 10th week of work developing the new website structure. The focus continued on aesthetic edits, formatting updates, different layouts for the responsive screen-size changes, and how to integrate our logo into the different layouts.

Continued Developing the New Website Structure ” Click for Our Homepage

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One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability. We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.