How to Build a Sustainable Planet – One Community Weekly Progress Update #168

How to build a sustainable planet can be defined and outlined in the same manner as building a sustainable structure, business, or city. There are many more elements and steps, but a similar implementable blueprint can be created. The foundations we’ve identified and are working on as part of this blueprint are food, energy, and housing combined with Highest Good approaches to education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and stewardship practices. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All:

• 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 June 12th, 2016 edition (#168) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

How to Build a Sustainable Planet
One Community Progress Update #168

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

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET INTRO: @1:00

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:57

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

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:50

• Finished final texture adjustments and rendering for the Tropical Atrium (see below)
• Updated and reorganized the Tropical Atrium Planting and Harvesting plan page to include all the images created by Shadi Kennedy (see below)
• Added instructions for general procurement and preparation of root vegetabless to our website using work from Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano as part of the development of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:46

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:26

• 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)
• Neha Verma created an updated plan for the sections that her team will be creating (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar completed calculations for minimum number of lumens for City Center areas (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued exploring recycled pipe shelving options for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @6:40

• Continued exploring how to create an open source and standardized presentation for Highest Good Housing villages (see below)
• Steven Paslawsky created images for the food self-sufficiency plan omnivore and vegan meal plan pages and several sets of icon ideas for the different Highest Good Housing pages (see below)

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET SUMMARY: @7:03

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HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating how to build a sustainable planet 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 second 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 50% completed on our website.

Humility Lesson Plan – 50% Complete – Click to Visit Page

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

We also completed the third 25% of the mindmap for the Courage Lesson Plan, bringing it to 75% complete, which you see here.

Courage Mindmap – 75% Complete – Click to Visit Page

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating how to build a sustainable planet 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 finished the final texture adjustments and rendering for the Tropical Atrium. You can see the new image here:

Finished Final Texture Adjustments and Rendering for the Tropical Atrium – Click to Visit Page

The core team also updated and reorganized the Tropical Atrium Planting and Harvesting plan page to include all the images created by Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer). You can see examples of these updates here:

Updated and Reorganized the Tropical Atrium Planting and Harvesting Plan Page – Click to Visit

As part of the development of our our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan, we added instructions for general procurement and  preparation of root vegetables to our website, as suggested by Naturopathic Doctor Matt Marturano (creator of the COHERENT model for comprehensive digestive health).

Added Instructions for General Procurement and Preparation of Root Vegetables – Click to Visit the Main Food Page

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating how to build a sustainable planet 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 editing and creating accompanying narratives to additional green step headings of Section 10: Construction of Stem Wall and Dome. Due to previous changes that affected multiple areas within the FFF document, we combined some of the multiple entries into single entities and realigned others. We’d say we are now 85% 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

In addition to this, Brianna Johnson (Interior Designer), continued evolving the renders for the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2). What you see here is the initial layout for rendering one of the studio residences….

Initial Layout for Rendering One of the Studio Residences – Click to Visit the Straw Bale Village Page

…. and the initial render for the communal computer and study room:

Initial Render for Communal Computer & Study Room – 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, aligning with our vision on how to build a sustainable planet. Here is update 23 of his work that continued with adding more trees and textures to the Cob Village overview images you see here:

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit 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 is another revision of the SWOT analysis page and the work in progress for the Sustainable Design and Service Design pages.

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

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating how to build a sustainable planet 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 first renders of the natural pool and spa area aspects of the Duplicable City Center. This week’s focus was on the new locker and arched stone work around the hobbit door access to the mechanical room and waterfall rock placement and textures for this area.

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

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture) also created this updated plan for the sections that her team will be creating:

Created Updated Plan for Sections Her Team Will Be Creating – Click to Visit City Center

And Dipti Dhondarkar (Electrical Engineer) completed calculations for minimum number of lumens for each of the different City Center areas. The results are seen here:

Completed Calculations for Number of Lumens for City Center Areas – Click for City Center

Iris Hsu (Industrial Designer), also continued exploring recycled pipe shelving options for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #9 of this work exploring additional shelving and lighting designs for the main spaces on the walls along with art options to fill the space above.

Continued Exploring Recycled Pipe Shelving Options for Duplicable City Center library – Click to Visit City Center

HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLANET – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating how to build a sustainable planet 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 last week the core team continued exploring how to create an open source and standardized presentation for Highest Good Housing villages. Here are a few image examples:

Continued Exploring How to Create a Standardized Presentation for Highest Good Housing Villages – Click to Visit Page

Steven Paslawsky (Graphic Designer) also created these new images for the food self-sufficiency plan omnivore and vegan meal plan pages and several sets of icon ideas for the different Highest Good Housing pages:

New Images for Omnivore & Vegan Meal Plan Pgs & Highest Good Housing Icon Ideas – Click to Visit Housing Page

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves, embodying the ethos of how to build a sustainable planet. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet, all integral to how to build a sustainable planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create, illuminating how to build a sustainable planet. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible and a model for how to build a sustainable planet.

Throughout our design process, which is a testament to how to build a sustainable planet, we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more, all designed with a question of how to build a sustainable planet in mind. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, designed as a cornerstone on how to build a sustainable planet. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living as a part of the grander vision of how to build a sustainable planet.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent, which are pivotal in the mission of how to build a sustainable planet. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet and take actionable steps on how to build a sustainable planet.. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this, central to the concept of how to build a sustainable planet, will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more.  For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.