Creating an Ecological Living Paradigm – One Community Weekly Progress Update #647

At One Community, we are creating an ecological living paradigm by open sourcing and free sharing the complete process of sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, social architecture, and more. Created by an all-volunteer team, our work is designed to be self-replicating and support a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. Together, we are evolving sustainability and regenerating our planet while building a world that works for everyone. Everything we do is for The Highest Good of All, and we invite others to join us in this global movement toward a thriving and inclusive future.

• 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 August 11, 2025 edition (#647) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm 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,  Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home plumbing plans details. He coordinated with Michaela to address follow-up items related to finalizing the plumbing plans, including reviewing the plumbing isometrics, associated details, and the updated model. He updated the plans based on a newly received architectural model, revised the plumbing details to reflect the requested changes, and incorporated minor updates to the isometric details. Derrell began working on the final report by gathering information used in the project. One Community’s open source launch of creating an ecological living paradigm begins with the Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet project, focusing on the waste dumping mechanism and performing FEA to evaluate the structural integrity and confirm that the design meets safety requirements. He also coordinated with Rahul, explaining the current progress, clarifying the project objectives, and outlining the specific tasks he will be responsible for in the coming weeks. In parallel, for the Earthbag Village 4-dome cluster roof design, Karthik completed additional FEA iterations to validate the structural safety of the existing design and reviewed Michaela’s findings to confirm the design meets the necessary safety criteria. He has also started the final project report to document the analysis and findings. As the first of seven planned villages, the Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for creating an ecological living paradigm. See the work in the collage below.

Ketsia Kayembe (Civil Engineer) continued working on the three domes of the Earthbag Village and prepared the AutoCAD files for construction use for the three domes of the Earthbag Village. She focused on editing the floor plan drawings by gathering relevant information from the construction template and other related files. She updated the drawings to reflect the required changes and organized the files with appropriate names. Ketsia reviewed the construction template to ensure the edits aligned with the stated requirements and instructions. One Community’s open source framework on creating an ecological living paradigm begins with the Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finetuning details in the construction documents of the Earthbag Village. She finalized the MEP documents with the engineer and added details to the architectural construction documents. She created a living room ceiling detail to show the optimal gypsum board layout based on light locations and the ceiling boundary. Michaela also drew a roof structure baseplate detail and a bedroom loft baseplate detail. The Earthbag Village is the first of seven villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model on creating an ecological living paradigm. See her work in the collage below.

Rahul Kulkarni (Mechanical Engineer) reviewed a Vermiculture Toilet drawer redesign idea was reviewed and discussed with the team during the weekly meeting. A feasibility study was carried out for a drawer modification design that allows the trays to slide out. A drawer design was attempted based on the requirements identified in the feasibility study. The Vermiculture load calculations were reviewed for potential simulation of the drawer redesign, and an initial simulation case was developed to evaluate the redesign concept. The Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages, serves as the initial housing component within One Community’s open source model for creating an ecological living paradigm. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm 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, Andrew Tzu-Chien (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Dormer second-floor window for the Duplicable City Center. He researched examples of housing structures for roofs and walls to improve the existing window design and developed three structural solutions by creating an ecological living paradigm in the form of a sketch for feedback. He also continued iterating the slides, cut sheet metrics, and 3D model based on Jae’s previous feedback. All updated files were made accessible on Dropbox for the One Community team to review. The Duplicable City Center showcases One Community’s open-source approach to creating an ecological living paradigm. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

Ayushman Dutta (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on reviewing pipe materials for the Duplicable City Center hub connector design. He focused on report formatting and attended the weekly meeting to review action items and plan next steps. Ayushman also met with Srujan and Dipak regarding the finite element analysis (FEA), during which Dipak presented his results and explained the process he used for the project. Based on feedback from this meeting, Ayushman made corrections to the model preparation. He then revised the FEA of the hub connector, incorporating team input, and prepared the model again with geometric cleaning and other adjustments necessary for accurate results. Continuing with the FEA, he modeled the boundary conditions but encountered issues, leading him to further clean the geometry to resolve problems that were preventing the analysis from running correctly. Through open-source design, the Duplicable City Center demonstrates and teaches the principles of creating an ecological living paradigm Here are several visuals related to this work.

Nikhil Bharadwaj (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on creating the spoke designs for the Duplicable City Center hub connector. He updated the dome design with beam cuts required to accommodate new hub connector, and drawings were created to document the respective cut angles for each beam. An isolated model containing only the hub connector and the modified beams was generated and shared with Ayushman for FEA analysis. Work for row 2 was completed, and preparations began for the design and assembly instructions for row 3. One Community’s Duplicable City Center is an example of creating an ecological living paradigm. Here are a few pictures that showcase this work.

Nupur Shah (Mechanical Engineer) continued work on Row 2 of the Duplicable City Center hub connector. She incorporated the latest feedback this week into the Row 2 design, making necessary adjustments to the part by updating the documentation to reflect the requested changes. The project spreadsheet was completed and reorganized to improve structure, making it easier to navigate and reference specific components. Additional efforts were made to ensure that all part names, dimensions, and annotations were accurately aligned with the revised model. With Row 2 finalized, initial work began on Row 3, including reviewing design requirements, setting up new files, and preparing a framework for the next phase of assembly and documentation. One Community’s Duplicable City Center is an open-source example of creating an ecological living paradigm. Here are a few pictures that showcase this work.

Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the City Center Natural Pool and Eco-spa Designs. He designed a new spa tub model and resized the cover plates to match it, beginning by reviewing the earlier geometry produced by the previous designer to extract key dimensions and constraints. Sandesh created the updated tub in SolidWorks and then adjusted plate widths, lengths, and hinge locations so the set provides full coverage of the opening with appropriate overlap at the rim, checking clearances in front, side, and section views to minimize gaps and heat loss. He incorporated a cable path concept using guide pulleys and a winch, added temporary anchor points on the plates, and sketched the routing to verify travel and attachment geometry. He also reviewed and applied details from the video shared by Jae to align the model with the intended operation and mounting approach. Additionally, Sandesh prepared a detailed project timeline outlining key milestones and deliverables. Discover sustainable resource development and access through One Community’s open-source Duplicable City Center. The following visuals illustrate highlights from this effort.

Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the Duplicable City Center FEA analysis. He worked on refining the FEA for the updated dome model, focusing on resolving discrepancies in snow load calculations. He verified and corrected unit mismatches, replicated snow load models to validate Shu’s results, and identified differences between pressurer loads and force loads. Incorporating feedback from Dipak, Srujan adjusted his model to match correct snow load conditions. He also ran a structural analysis using the input data. Work progressed on compiling scenario-specific outputs based on the validated model results. The Duplicable City Center demonstrates how open-source can guide people in creating an ecological living paradigm. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

Vineela Reddy Pippera Badguna (Mechanical Engineer) continued conducting in-depth research on greywater reuse systems for the Duplicable City Center as part of efforts in creating an ecological living paradigm. She extracted a 2D drawing from the 3D SketchUp file for use on the website to reflect the latest design updates. Vineela updated the Google Sheet to include greywater pipe flow rates in GPM and corresponding drainage fixture units, added fixture types with automatic pipe size calculations, and integrated a size calculator for determining required pipe and storage tank dimensions. She also incorporated the greywater pond into the floor plans creating an ecological living paradigm. All calculations in the Google Sheet were cross-verified and updated. Finally, she revised the first-floor pipe routing to accommodate a shower near the pond and adjusted the basement greywater routing to avoid interference with the first-floor layout. This open-source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates creating an ecological living paradigm through thoughtful design. For more specifics, view the image below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm 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 their review of the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies list. The core team completed the review of the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supply document, correcting all remaining acronyms. The team finalized acronyms for specific projects which are as follows: Goat (GT), Chicken (CHICK), Rabbit (RAB), Apiary (APY), Aquapini (AQ), Walipini (WA), Botanical Garden (BG), Large Garden (LG), Food Forest (FF), Hoop House (HH), Soil Amendment (SA), Earthbag Village (EBV), Energy (ENRG), Orchard (ORCH), and Tropical Atrium (TA). The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on creating an ecological living paradigm, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

This week, Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued her work on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan menus and customization spreadsheets. Chelsea consulted with Tyson on improving the master recipe tool and its associated tutorial and graphics to increase usability for new users. She provided feedback to Shireen to update the graphics based on Tyson’s changes to the tool’s functionality. She also discussed options for how the spreadsheet should be shared and presented on the site, including whether users should be able to view it first or if it should default to “make a copy.” As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports creating an ecological living paradigm as a foundation for sustainable living. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

This week, Dirgh Patel (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) continued assisting with the Climate Battery design evolutions. Dirgh worked on summarizing the differences between three greenhouse ventilation systems, comparing them based on criteria such as air direction, greenhouse length, cost, and other factors. He added an explanation of heat gain in the greenhouse due to heat radiation, including the importance of daily solar radiation, transmissivity, roof angle, and its values. He formatted the final report by editing the index and titles based on given changes, uploaded photos to Dropbox, and linked them to the report. He added an explanation about total heat gain and its comparison with central air conditioning, described how this value changes with heat loads and across different months. He also reviewed material on how greenhouse ventilation controls temperature, humidity, and airflow, with different rates for each season, noting that airflow depends on greenhouse size and proper fan selection, and that natural ventilation is low-cost but less consistent than mechanical systems and may require insect screens. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Food initiative, which is focused on creating an ecological living paradigm for global benefit. The following visuals illustrate highlights from this effort.

This week, Faeq Abu Alya (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Earthbag Village. Faeq worked on redesigning the house in the Southeast region, updating materials, adding new elements, and improving visualizations, as well as creating a walkthrough video for both the Southwest and Southeast regions. He also updated the house design in the Southwest region, making adjustments to materials, adding elements, and enhancing visualizations to align with the current design specifications. One Community’s open source launch of creating an ecological living paradigm begins with Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Food initiative. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

This week, Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. Jay worked on the lighting energy calculation for Greenhouse Walipini 1, focusing on the requirements for its individual zones. He reviewed the lighting specifications, updated the data for each zone, and adjusted the calculations to reflect the specific fixture details and seasonal variations relevant to the greenhouse’s operational needs. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting creating an ecological living paradigm through sustainable and participatory development. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

This week, Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food. Nitin began by reviewing ADA provisions to gain a general understanding of accessibility guidelines, even though the content was not directly connected to the current project tasks. This was followed by updates to the Walipini section, which were initiated in response to feedback from Jae. The revision process for the Walipini section remains in progress, focusing on incorporating the suggested design changes, correcting details, and improving the clarity of the drawings and associated information so that the section aligns with the project’s requirements. The assigned task related to this section was also reviewed to ensure the updates were moving in the right direction. In parallel, work advanced on preparing a detailed axonometric view of the project site. This drawing is intended to represent spatial relationships, massing, and design intent in a way that is clear and proportionally accurate. Attention was given to ensuring the drawing accurately conveys scale, dimensions, and site context while also integrating recent design changes. Further development of this axonometric drawing included colouring it in GIMP software for the purpose of creating a sun path diagram. This part of the work involved adding clear visual representation of sunlight movement across the site, which is important for illustrating solar exposure and potential shading over time. Adjustments were made to integrate this diagram with the updated axonometric layout so that both visual clarity and accuracy were maintained. The coloured sun path diagram aims to make the information easier to interpret for design review purposes, while also aligning with the overall presentation standards of the project. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting creating an ecological living paradigm through sustainable and participatory development. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

This week, Keerthi Reddy Gavinolla (Software Developer) continued working on the Highest Good Food page, specifically, details for the Soil Amendment page. Keerthi continued working on the Soil Amendment and Initial Off-grid Site Preparation page. She verified both the website and the document, made changes accordingly, and ensured consistency in formatting, structure, and content accuracy. Keerthi also tested some pull requests on the development site and did her admin role for the week. Built on One Community’s open source foundation, the Highest Good Food initiative is dedicated to creating an ecological living paradigm, empowering communities through self-sustaining systems. Her contributions are showcased in the collage below.

This week, Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on adding the new Zenapini 2 content to the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page. Pallavi completed and submitted information for four interviews. She also created new content for blog 646 and worked with teammates by reviewing their suggestions and incorporating feedback to produce a clear and consistent final version. She incorporated feedback from Jae and continued adding Zenapini #2 content from Silin to the website, completed the page, and submitted it for review again. After finishing Zenapini #2, she began adding Walipini #2 content based on Junyi Shi’s work, including text, links, and updated images for the webpage. In alignment with One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates creating an ecological living paradigm into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

This week, Shivangi Varma (Volunteer Architectural Designer And Planner) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food and completing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page and Open Source Hub page, adding content where required, formatting the page, suggesting key plans, and incorporating additional sections. Shivangi completed the final edits on the Open Source Hub page and Planting and Harvesting page based on the feedback provided on Loom, and coordinated with the architect and graphic design volunteers on the graphics for the three web pages. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting creating an ecological living paradigm through sustainable and participatory development. The following visuals show highlights from this work.

This week, Tyson Denherder (Volunteer Pioneer Team Member) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food by updating the Master Recipe Template and the Transition Kitchen Recipe Build-Out Tool to ensure they function as intended. Tyson finished updating the Master Recipe Template for 3 Day Blocks and the Transition Kitchen Recipe Build Out sheets. He found and corrected a couple of issues with the food costs and verified that the calculations and functions were working as expected. He also worked with Chelsea to review the Recipe Build Out Tool Report and made the necessary changes to ensure it aligned with the updated sheets. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting creating an ecological living paradigm through sustainable and participatory development. Take a look at the following images related to this project.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

• • • Learn about the open source sustainable-energy foundations: Solar, Hydro, and Wind
    • Explore our research into the most sustainable products and companies for saving water and energy: Insulation, Eco-laundry, Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies, Doors and Door Companies, Windows and Window Companies, Toilets, Faucets and Faucet Accessories, Urinals, and more.

This week, Dishita Jain (Data Analyst) continued supporting with the Highest Good Energy research and cost analysis for helping people create their own sustainable futures. Dishita worked on OC Administration and HG Energy projects. She completed a team review by creating collages and adding summaries to WordPress. For HG Energy, she completed the energy needs sheet for all phases, updated several figures based on additional research, and sent the updated versions to Jae for review. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Energy initiative, which helps in creating an ecological living paradigm as a model for global benefit. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm 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. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week, Anuneet Kaur (Administrator) continued contributing to the progress of the Highest Good Education software platform by creating Figma design elements, and enhancing the overall visual layout. She focused on enhancing the shared navigation project manager in the Highest Good Education platform. She refined and updated the navigation elements in Figma based on Harshitha’s feedback, ensuring alignment in structure and design across both user experiences. She explored layout consistency, improved user flow, and tested responsive design adjustments to optimize usability. Anuneet focused on researching resources for the most sustainable paints, stains, varnishers, and sealers, reviewing scholarly articles, and compiling relevant statistics for the graphic process. She ensured that all members were included in the live blog task and identified any who were missing. Additionally, she began drafting content and selecting images for the Highest Good Education Program Licensing and Accreditation webpage. Anuneet reviewed the work and provided feedback as a part of the training team and also took interviews as a part of the hiring team. She also reviewed the most sustainable research work of Yulin’s infographic and provided the feedback. She fulfilled administrative responsibilities by editing the summaries and collages for the Highest Good Society team, Highest Good Education, and Core Teams, and reviewed fellow admin submissions for completeness and accuracy. The One Community model of creating an ecological living paradigm, exemplified by sustainably built classrooms like these, drives sustainable change on a global scale. Her recent contributions are featured in the collage below.

Harshitha Rayapati (Program Manager) continued advancing the Highest Good Education platform by detailing deliverables, developing Figma designs, and expanding the visual layout of the student dashboard. She provided comments and edits to Figma designs created by Ravi for the rollout of Deliverable 1 and offered feedback on the Deliverable 2 action items breakdown prepared by Sphurthy. She expanded the landing pages’ software outline to include options for both student and teacher navigation bars, explained the required changes in Deliverable 1 to Sphurthy for rework, and addressed Ravi’s questions regarding the Figma design requirements. Harshitha compiled the weekly blog update, reviewed Housing’s weekly progress, edited the blog page, created a collage, and implemented changes requested by the admin team. The One Community model of creating an ecological living paradigm, exemplified by sustainably built classrooms like these, drives global sustainable change. The collage below highlights her recent contributions.

Ravi Kumar Sripathi (Software Engineer) continued working on the Highest Good Education software platform by creating Figma designs and enhancing the overall visual layout. He worked on designing the Grading – Document Review Workflow and the Student Profile module for the Teacher’s Dashboard. The grading workflow was set up to allow educators to review student-submitted assignments in .docx or .pdf format with page-by-page navigation, fields for total marks, marks awarded, collaborative feedback, and private feedback, along with options to save progress for each page. The interface used a split layout with the left side showing the document preview and the right side containing feedback fields, grading controls, and action buttons such as “Save Progress,” “Request Changes,” and “Mark as Graded.” A student profile panel was included in the review screen to display the learner’s name, photo, grade, class, and assignment name, and grade assignment options were standardized from “A+: World Class” to “C: Fail.” In addition, he worked on the Student Profile feature in Figma, which provides a read-only view of a student’s academic record, achievements, and interests. This included a student information panel, portfolio and showcase section, and a tabbed view for educational progress, completed lessons, current tasks, and student interests. Features such as clickable education atoms within education molecules, collapsible completed lesson details with grades, and lists of teaching strategies and learning tools were specified to improve usability for teachers, students, and support staff. Access control rules were defined to ensure that only relevant stakeholders can view each type of content. The One Community model of creating an ecological living paradigm, exemplified by sustainably built classrooms like these, drives lasting global change. Take a look at the following images related to his work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm 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 completed over 54 hours managing additional volunteer work reviews not listed here, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, identifying new bugs, integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and onboarding new volunteer team members. They also produced and incorporated the video above, which illustrates how creating an ecological living paradigm forms the foundation of One Community’s broader mission. The image below highlights some of this work.

Govind Sajithkumar (Project Manager) continued focusing on analytics and content management for Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms. He handled the content cycle for the Facebook and Instagram channels by scheduling the weekly posts and logging all relevant information, such as post type, tags, and media types, in the Open Source tracking spreadsheet. He also performed the weekly update of the Meta Analytics and Reporting Spreadsheet, which included refreshing the audience demographics for both platforms. Govind performed PR Review Team Management by providing feedback on team members’ documents, modifying a WordPress site with the team’s weekly summary and collage, and updating the PR Review Team Table and the HGN PR spreadsheet. He also submitted his admin feedback table, supporting One Community’s mission of creating an ecological living paradigm. The images below highlight key aspects of this work.

Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page along with key components of the Highest Good Network Phase 2 and Phase 4 dashboards, including the PR Team analytics section. He continued working on the Listing and Bidding Dashboard by designing graphs and noting down their related action items. He also documented issues in various components of the HGN software caused by CSS code errors and created corresponding action items to address them. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This project plays a vital role in One Community’s commitment to creating an ecological living paradigm. The images below highlight his contributions from this week.

Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) began working on the Google Ads management and strategy evolution. She worked on her administration training, completing all required steps and submitting her work for review by Tuesday. She prepared weekly summaries for the core team and team alpha volunteers as part of the assignment. She also created collages, ensuring they met the required size and dimension specifications. Rajrajeshwari addressed remarks and reviews from the team, making the necessary corrections to her work. She attended a meeting with Jae and began work related to Google Ads by reviewing the admin document and reading the Google Ads document. After completing the reading, she watched tutorials on Google Ads to prepare for her tasks in this area for the company. This project plays a vital role in One Community’s commitment to creating an ecological living paradigm. The images below highlight key aspects of this work.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for creating an ecological living paradigm was managed by Bhakti Tigdi (Project Manager) and includes Harsha Ramanathan (Administrator), Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator), Rishi Sundara (Quality Control Engineer and Team Administrator), Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), and Samhitha Are (Administrator). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating an ecological living paradigm through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, the Administration team continued to support operations across task management, documentation, recruiting, software review, and content creation. Harsha worked on the AI music creation task by reviewing reference videos, generating music using the Suno AI platform, organizing outputs, and incorporating feedback. Neeharika reviewed software team management documents and PR dashboard items, followed up with task owners, tested pull requests, completed admin responsibilities, reviewed training work for new admins, and conducted five interviews. Ola organized files for the administrative teams, reviewed progress tracking spreadsheets, prepared the workspace, corrected errors in PR review manager tables, and uploaded weekly tasks to the designated folder. Olimpia reviewed the work of four new volunteers, managed LinkedIn by scheduling and adjusting posts with hashtags, completed weekly admin tasks, set up her blog for two teams, and reviewed submissions from other administrators. Rachna worked on SEO tasks, reviewed website pages, caught up on emails, and attempted to schedule interviews with candidates.

Rajeshwari reviewed summaries, resolved missing information, and provided feedback in Google Docs, updated Step 2 documents, edited the WordPress private blog with weekly updates and collages, completed the HGN questionnaire, updated admin feedback tracking, finalized and uploaded a PDF, and explored testing environments for Phase 2. Rishi reviewed and tested Done PRs in the HGN Phase 1 document, followed up on pending PRs, communicated with contributors about upgrading their Node version, and merged individual blogs into the main blog with associated SEO work. Rishitha updated the weekly blog, corrected bio announcements, guided new team members through training, scheduled and conducted interviews with six candidates, arranged additional interviews for others, reviewed social media training materials, obtained Bluesky Social access, and requested access for Twitter and Threads. Samhitha reviewed training steps for four volunteers, updated a blog, adjusted the team picture, performed Phase 3 Level 1 software product testing, formatted project files, created action items for completed PRs, tracked WIP PRs, reviewed all active PRs, and coordinated with new developers to replace those no longer on the project. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to creating an ecological living paradigm. See below to view images of their work.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer) and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support creating an ecological living paradigm.

This week, Qinyi updated posters that had been previously identified for changes and created new poster designs. She generated several new character designs using MidJourney and ChatGPT, refined them in Photoshop, and integrated them into scenes for new poster versions, including work related to creating an ecological living paradigm. Yulin contributed graphic design and content updates, revised infographics and social media images for clarity, created sustainable infographics related to creating an ecological living paradigm, managed Dropbox version control, and joined weekly discussions. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to creating an ecological living paradigm. The collage below showcases examples of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is creating an ecological living paradigm through open source Highest Good Network^® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.

• Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued working on the Highest Good Network software pull requests and resolved several key issues. Team Member Task Section Freeze/Shakes on small screens (#2888), Total Org Summary – Share as PDF Feature (#3361), leaderboard fixes (#3513), Fix Volunteer Status comparison percentage (#3545), Set up routes and folder structure for HGN Help Dashboard (#3360), and Total Org Summary – Work Distribution Bar Chart Fixes (#3512).

The following items were not fixed: fix other’s dashboard view (#3413), reported issues with assigned badges in the categories “10000 hours,” “1000 hours,” “600 hours,” “200 hours,” and “100 hours,” Optimize loading time for WBS (#3186+11286), Hours Completed Bar Chart (#3503), and grouped_bar_graph_named_paid_labor_cost_frontend (#3420). Additional work included assigning tasks to volunteers, communicating with volunteers via Slack about issues found with merged PRs, reporting new bugs related to fixing the view of other dashboards and improving the loading speed and accuracy of project member lists, and setting up an account to test eight badges: “5x-2x Minimum Hours,” “NEW MAX,” and “Most Hours in a Week.” See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this aligns with One Community’s commitment to creating an ecological living paradigm. The collage below highlights some of this work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Alpha Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer), Carlos Martinez (Full-Stack Software Developer), and Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer). This software serves as an internal management and communication platform designed to support creating an ecological living paradigm. Lin reviewed PR #1530, tested the changes locally with all eight test cases passing, consulted with team members, reviewed weekly summaries, photos, and videos from Alpha team members, and managed Alpha team operations. Carlos implemented a backend fix for blue square descriptions to add the author name to infringements, tested automatic blue square assignment with tokens for authorization using Postman, and updated the frontend to format dates and names correctly in add, update, and view modals. Nikita worked on the backend for the Project Status donut chart, experimented with Bootstrap layouts, adjusted dark mode colors and classes, and addressed CSS breakpoints for mobile layouts. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this relates to creating an ecological living paradigm. See some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer) and includes Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer), Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer), Harika Majji (Software Engineer), Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer), Rohit Mamidi (Software Engineer), Manvi Kishore (Software Engineer), and Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are effectively tracked, aligned with our mission, and creating an ecological living paradigm.

This week, Harika pushed code changes to a new branch after completing testing and began updating the styling approach by changing .css files to .module.css for the Registration Page in the Listing and Bidding Platform, creating three tasks to track the .css to .module.css conversion for the Registration Page, Wishlist, BiddingHomePage, and ImageCarousel, ensuring scoping changes did not affect logic or functionality. Rohit began work on the badge testing task, planning a cron job to simulate accelerated time for validating time-based badge criteria by analyzing the codebase, planning the testing approach, and starting development of scripts to simulate time progression and trigger badge conditions. Manvi resolved a merge conflict from the dev branch to the main backend 2.49 branch and began badge testing, analyzing the codebase, defining a testing strategy, and developing simulation scripts to replicate badge verification scenarios. Taariq worked on fixing filter color bugs in the Highest Good Network application, restarting the process for compatibility with the current Node version, implementing global storage for filter color selections, cleaning up the code, testing locally, completing filter color selection for multiple time-based tabs and the select-all function, and addressing bugs in the weekly summaries reports feature, though some tasks remain incomplete. Harshavarma worked on the “Cleanup and completion for Application Page/Function” task by creating new tasks for non-functional pull requests, following up with developers, marking off completed PRs, and reviewing several PRs including frontend PR 3870, backend PR 1285, and frontend/backend pairs 3724+1516, 3775+1547, and 3555+1413, identifying issues such as dark mode inconsistencies, UI misalignment, and missing requirements, retesting after merge conflict resolutions, and tracking ongoing PR progress.

Ram worked on three issues assigned by Jae, resolving an unwanted border on project elements, confirming expected behavior for viewing all members in WBS tasks, and fixing an application crash in the edit task function by restoring Redux state mapping for tasks. Nikhil worked on migrating legacy CSS files to CSS Modules for the TeamOrgLocations and Teams components, converting files, updating imports, and modifying className attributes. Addressed compatibility issues from a recent upgrade to version 20, made updates to PR 3770, and fixed issues in PR 3773 related to timelog and weekly summary reports based on review feedback. Amalesh worked on fixing the issue with displaying the “Contributors Report” related to PR 3423, implementing a fix and submitting PR 3787, and improved the Permissions Management tracking feature under frontend issue 3214 and backend issue 1254 by ensuring only actual changes are tracked, enabling auto-refresh of the table when saving, and updating the displayed change name to match frontend formatting, submitting PR 3777 for these changes. He also worked on fixing an old pull request in 704, tested and documented the work with screenshots and videos uploaded to Dropbox with proper naming conventions, tracked time with the HGN timer, and completed onboarding steps to maintain access to project tools and documentation. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more, and the collage below for images of their work.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer) and includes Humemah Khalid (Software Engineer/Backend Developer) and Linh Huynh (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are effectively tracked, aligned with our mission, and creating an ecological living paradigm.

This week, Linh worked on testing and debugging the Weekly Company Summary Email edit functionality to identify why updates were not immediately reflected in the UI. This involved reproducing the issue in both frontend and backend environments, verifying frontend components and API calls, and identifying that the API endpoint returned a 404 error due to a missing or mismatched backend route. She reviewed the backend route configuration, controller logic, and related frontend implementation to determine whether the issue could be resolved by updating the route or restructuring the functions, and reviewed prior pull requests and tested the current development branch to confirm the behavior before applying any code changes. Humemah worked on updating the database and frontend to store reasons for blue square infringements. The existing database design only contained the date and a long string for the reason, making it difficult to query specific causes. The update involved adding a new field to the backend to store a single predetermined reason as a string, applied only to new infringement records. Sheetal worked on resolving a “Bad Request” error in Reddit OAuth, which was caused by the useEffect hook firing twice and sending duplicate requests. To fix this, the authentication flow was restructured by introducing a separate callback component to handle the redirect, ensuring only one request is sent to the backend, which now correctly retrieves the Reddit access token. The flow was also modified to support storing access and refresh tokens in the database to reduce redundant requests to Reddit and improve performance. Work continued implementing a secure method for storing these tokens due to the sensitive nature of the data, including evaluating storage options and exploring ways to hash both the access and refresh tokens before saving them to the database. Sheetal also added code to redirect users from the callback URL to the announcement page on the frontend after authentication is complete. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more, and the collage below for images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sai Shekhar Reddy Moola (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer), Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer), Humera Naaz (MERN developer), Juhitha Reddy Penumalli (Software Engineer), Rohith Mallipudi (Software Engineer), Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for establishing abundant community systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes, and support widespread and lasting eco-lifestyle access. This work reinforces One Community’s open-source model for creating an ecological living paradigm.

This week, Juhitha identified and fixed a dark mode functionality issue in the Building Management dashboard pages discovered during testing of PR 3486, where the Issues page and Project Dashboard did not properly apply dark mode styling. She found the cause to be missing CSS classes and incorrect color schemes, and updated IssueHeader.css and ProjectDetails.css to align with existing project patterns, correcting background colors, adding dark mode styles for interactive elements, and ensuring consistent color contrast. She raised PR 3871 with these changes, restoring dark mode support to the affected pages while keeping the main BMDashboard in light mode. Sphurthy enhanced both student and educator dashboards by improving task completion tracking, progress visualization, and submission reporting. She modified the “Mark as Done” feature to require students to log necessary hours before marking tasks complete, updated progress displays with visual indicators, added a dynamic “Finished Tasks” report for educators with filtering and late submission tagging, fixed progress calculation to be proportional, and added safeguards to ensure hours logged update correctly. Chaitanya improved the Access Management system by updating the Sentry integration to automate contributor role assignment and removal, enhancing the Dropbox integration with folder_id-based tracking, invite/delete functionalities, error handling, debug logging, linter compliance, and process documentation for production readiness. Ajay resolved a color discrepancy in the Reports → People pie chart, addressed merge conflicts in PR 2992, integrated backend changes from PR #2038, replaced deprecated modules, fixed Node 20-related bugs, handled “NaN” values to avoid production errors, and updated chart logic to render only when logged hours are greater than zero. He tested with Jae’s data to confirm correct multi-color rendering from the Dashboard. Rohith attended a team meeting to review the task document and delegate work, followed up with team members on their assigned visualizations, received updates from Kedarnath and Alisha, tested PR 3811 to confirm correct display and linking of component logos on the /collaboration page, and reached out to contributors via Slack for further updates. Humera worked on PRs 3655 and 3581, resolving Node version issues, addressing conflicts, making necessary file changes, and checking backend accessibility in the development environment. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating an ecological living paradigm. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Zhifan Jia (Software Engineer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer), Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer), Dharmik Patel (Software Engineer), Manvitha Yeeli (Software Engineer), Mohan Satya Ram Sara (Software Engineer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Neeraj Kondaveeri (Software Engineer), Saicharan Reddy Kotha (Software Engineer), Sankar Sai (Software Engineer), Shraddha Shahari (Software Engineer), Vamsi Krishna Rolla (Software Engineer), Vamsidhar Panithi (Software Engineer), and Varsha Karanam (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for establishing abundant community systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to support widespread and lasting eco-lifestyle access. This progress helps drive One Community’s creating an ecological living paradigm goals forward.

This week, Nahiyan reviewed PR 3797, which resolved a dark mode issue on the Reports page by applying inline styling to the “Start Date” and “End Date” labels, confirming the fix but noting that the background color remained white in dark mode and suggesting additional changes. Shraddha worked on frontend PR cleanup by addressing test failures in PRs 2769, 3461, 2210, 2266, and 3492, and submitted a PR to fix .env credential loading issues causing MongoDB connection errors. Vamsi Krishna cloned the backend repository, defined the MongoDB schema, and implemented /rentals/cost-over-time and /tools/cost-breakdown endpoints using Mongoose aggregation for cost calculations, testing them in Postman. Dharmik developed the PR Review Team Analytics Dashboard with four Reactstrap-based routes and components, updated navigation, and addressed Node.js version mismatches, Rollup errors, Redux bugs, and test failures, replacing full dashboard functionality with placeholders. Manvitha fixed the bio announcement toggle inconsistency, updated PR 3510 with review feedback, implemented tag removal and dark mode support, and integrated teamCode and isMentor retrieval for the PR review dashboard API. Saicharan tested PRs 1600, 3552, and 3660 for Phase-2 Summary Dashboard features, created high-priority action items for new graph components, and documented progress with screenshots while coordinating with developers. Varsha reviewed PRs, updated task documentation, created new tasks, addressed communication gaps, and contributed to Phase 2 development, dummy data setup, and UI checks. Prasanth Bhimana reviewed over 50 pages of Phase 2 documentation, tested frontend and backend PRs, identified issues, created new tasks, coordinated fixes via Slack, and collaborated with Sai Charan and Varsha to audit implementation, validate features, and recommend UI/UX improvements. Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda developed a frontend registration component with input validation, managed state with useState, added toast notifications, and implemented a backend /lbdashboard/register endpoint using Express and MongoDB, resolving ESLint and syntax errors before submitting a PR. Vamsidhar resolved merge conflicts and test failures for PRs 1404, 1540, and 3758, fixed dependency mismatches and node version issues, and tested admin features in HighestGoodNetworkApp locally. Adithya created a horizontal bar chart for job analytics showing average pledged months by role, structured filters with react-select and react-datepicker, connected it to the API, and refined layout and logic. Neeraj enhanced job analytics charts by resolving data display issues, inserting MongoDB test data, fixing import errors, and implementing updated tooltips with detailed information. Sankar set up the backend, verified merged PRs for Listing and Messaging features, created tasks for pending work, and confirmed Create Listing endpoint functionality while encountering unresolved frontend react-scripts errors. Zhifan resolved merge conflicts in PR 1337, advanced backend analytics development by implementing endpoints, testing with Postman, configuring a cron job for data aggregation, and addressing duplicate summary generation and date-based query issues. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating an ecological living paradigm. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and includes Meenashi Jeyanthinatha (Full Stack Developer), Reina Takahara (Software Developer), and Tanmay Arora (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps us manage and objectively measure our progress toward creating an ecological living paradigm through innovative software development, testing, and collaboration. This week, Meenashi added EventFeedback to the collection with fields for name, email, and rating. She updated both pull requests with test instructions and a video showing the changes. She pulled the latest development changes into the create bidding PR to address the older Node version and resolved merge conflicts caused by the Node version update. The build failed due to a Husky pre-commit hook error; after resolving conflicts, she used the –no-verify flag to commit and push, but the build continued to fail. She tested the updated code for ESLint errors, fixed them, and the build test then completed successfully. For the questionnaire PR, she pulled the latest front-end and back-end changes from development, resolved merge conflicts, and noted that pushing changes continued to require the –no-verify flag, which was not tested in the most recent attempt. Rahul made styling changes to adjust the layout by modifying the CSS files and worked on improving the logic of the Navbar. He updated the styling and scrolling behavior, adjusted the height and overall layout, and tested the Navbar on different screen sizes to ensure consistency. Functionality for the Navbar was implemented, along with additional styling changes and minor updates. In his role as Manager, Rahul reviewed all group members’ summaries, videos, and images, and checked their submitted work for completeness.

Reina worked on the HGN Software Development project, addressing connection and authentication errors in the frontend after switching to Node v20. She fixed a network issue by updating the connection from a local port to the correct cloud endpoint and prepared a new pull request listing in anticipation of creating a branch to support linking the survey form to the application for data collection. Tanmay continued work on the “Special Action Item for the Referral Link Requirement (WIP Tanmay)” feature in the HighestGoodNetworkApp, enabling creation and customization of unique referral links for each job ad with optional source identifiers for tracking. He implemented functionality to capture and log the source of each click by reading the identifier from the URL and storing it in the backend for analysis. He worked on the branch tanmay-feature-restore-refresh-notice-popup, attempted to push local changes but encountered permission errors, reviewed old Slack messages, configured SSH access, and contacted Jae for access restoration, but the push remained unsuccessful. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to creating an ecological living paradigm. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Barnaboss Puli (Volunteer Software Engineer) and includes contributions from Dipti Yadav (Software Engineer), Durga Venkata Praveen Boppana (Software Engineer), Ganesh Karnati (Software Engineer), Kedarnath Ravi Shankar Gubbi (Software Engineer), Manoj Gembali (Software Engineer), Pranav Govindaswamy (Software Developer), Shashank Madan (Software Engineer), Veda Bellam (Software Engineer), and Venkataramanan Venkateswaran (Software Engineer). Their work continued to support our goal of creating an ecological living paradigm through collaborative and cross-functional software development.

This week, Barnaboss contributed to the HGN Software Development project by creating the /bmdashboard/lessons/add route and page, scaffolding the layout with a textarea, tag input, and permission dropdown, building a React Hook Form-based form with project name auto-tagging logic, implementing multi-tag input with “enter” key logic, adding a role-based visibility dropdown, and UX validation and tooltips. He also progressed on the Twitter/X autoposter and investigated a deadline tracking bug. Dipti worked on implementing role change confirmation modals, analyzing role permission handling, and reverting code changes that caused issues while continuing to identify a solution. She also addressed a separate problem she had previously identified. Durga fixed a dark mode issue on the report page, addressed suggestions for start and end date fields, applied XSS protection, added a test case for the review button, generated a pull request, began work on the header visibility issue at specific page sizes, and added x-axis and y-axis labels to bar graphs, reviewing their dark mode display. Ganesh completed changes for the loss tracking line graph, resolved merge conflicts, tested, and pushed code. He also adjusted the bar graph for expensive or loss-making open issues to pass tests and raised a pull request. Kedarnath converted all .css files to .module.css, updated imports, and replaced static class names with scoped CSS module references to prevent unintended style overrides.

Manoj removed page view components and routes for the Cost Prediction and Tool Availability charts, integrated filters into card views, resolved merge conflicts, fixed test cases, addressed review feedback, and resolved a chart overflow issue. Pranav improved label responsiveness for a donut chart, updated the “Applicants Grouped by Age” chart with title casing, axis labels, exact data labels, and responsive layout adjustments, and reproduced and fixed reported issues related to title casing, missing labels, and centered loading messages. Shashank fixed code to pass tests, merged changes, raised a PR for refreshing multiple pages, and created grouped-bar charts for issues by type on both the frontend and backend with dark mode support, CSS styling, secure API access, and aggregation logic. Veda created a donut chart showing candidate breakdown by experience and education, fixed build and import issues, added dummy data, ensured UI rendering, implemented stable colors, date range and role filters, responsive design, updated donut center text, added empty and error states, and refined formatting, layout alignment, and input sizing. Venkataramanan raised multiple frontend pull requests addressing UI alignment, toggle behavior, and data display fixes, and a backend pull request for resolving a merge conflict. He also reviewed another PR to improve his backend conflict resolution process. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports creating an ecological living paradigm. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week’s summary was managed by Rishitha Adepu (Software Administrator) and includes Shashank Kumar (Software Engineer), Aayush Jayant Shetty (Software Engineer), Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer), Bangaru Babu Kota (Software Engineer), Bhavpreet Singh (Software Engineer), Gurusai Chittoji (Software Engineer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Sai Krishna (Software Engineer), and Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer). Aayush reviewed the functionality of a pull request changing CSS files to module.css in the /hgnteam directory, updated the PR Admin Dashboard by changing CSS files to module.css in the /memberlist directory and created a pull request, and confirmed and tested action items for the HGN Questionnaire and Analytics Dashboard. Alisha worked on a dropdown filter to filter by village, integrating the frontend with the backend API to fetch village names and display a detail page, with image resizing remaining; she also started work on the bidding page overview, addressing changes to fetch a productId for navigation and is working on dynamically fetching user details. Bhavpreet created and fixed the job portal page, resolving CSS display issues and adding animations and responsiveness, and continued work on the job analytics page. Gurusai reviewed updates from ongoing tasks, reviewed progress shared by team members, and performed pull request reviews, all contributing towards Creating an Ecological Living Paradigm. Ramakrishna, after encountering a blocker with a backend task, focused on resolving conflicts in a pull request for adding badges to a user by creating a new branch from the latest development code and manually adding the changes, then updated the assignBadge.jsx component and the associated table. Sai worked on fixing the reset password functionality by removing the “Reset / Change Password (Others)” permission and using the existing “Update Password (Others)” permission; he updated the permission check and button rendering logic, added a condition to prevent users from resetting their own passwords, removed a condition blocking volunteer users, and started analysis for a donut chart showing planned cost breakdown. Shashank raised four pull requests for work on the payment feature, the review component, and a delay issue, and resolved merge conflicts following the Node 20 upgrade, which included adjustments to the Vite build process. Uha completed testing for multiple features, including PRs #1280, #3293, and #1402 for Location-Based Search, PR #1341 for the Booking System, and PR #3322 for Availability Management, all of which were merged; for the Bidding Platform, the backend (PR #1462) is pending testing while the frontend is working. A developer worked on a Phase 2 Summary Dashboard line chart for total rentals cost, noting the chart appeared squished and required adjustments to its container or height settings, and also reviewed all pull requests in a related project document and tracked action items for the HGN Software Team Questionnaire and the PR Team Admin Dashboard. See below for some of the team’s work.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network was managed by Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Admin) and Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer). The team includes Fatima Villena (Software Engineer), Ghazi Rahman Shaik (Software Engineer Intern), Guirong Wu (Software Engineer), Guna Pranith Reddy Cheelam (Software Developer), Jaydeep Mulani (Software Developer), Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer), Rishwa Patel (Software Developer), Siva Putti (Software Engineer), Sreeja Nandyala (Software Engineer), Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer) and Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively continue to support by focusing on creating an ecological living paradigm, social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems. This solution is portable, scalable, and ideal for off-grid or sustainable living communities.

This week, Akshay opened PR3852 to address an issue with rendering the PeopleReport page and resolved a CSS problem caused by a previous PR merge. He also worked on creating an ecological living paradigm and on a task related to radio buttons on the reports page, investigated the cause of incorrect selected state rendering due to global CSS overrides, and implemented a scoped CSS fix. He also coordinated Reactonauts team activities by tracking daily pull requests, assisting with Git-related errors, and submitting the weekly team review. Fatima worked on resolving bugs related to the Node v20 update in her pull request for the frontend of the PR dashboard and created a pie chart “Distribution of Labor Hours” for the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard and completed related styling updates. Ghazi optimized task assignment in the HGN Software Development project by refactoring the TagsSearch and AddTaskModal components to use a preloaded allMembers dataset, implemented focused input suggestions excluding already-assigned users, resolved data inconsistencies, fixed a failing test blocking merges, added debugging logs, and resolved merge conflicts related to the default password pull request.

Guirong worked on creating an ecological living paradigm and reviewed PR requests after returning from time away, provided feedback on Marcus’s announcement tab wireframe PR regarding social media dropdown inputs, and examined Sankar Galla’s CSS migration PR for the messaging dashboard, verifying correct message page redirection. Guna Pranith worked on the listings home page frontend, addressed console errors from image GET requests during page load and correcting duplicate tab headings so that “Listings Page” and “Biddings Page” display correctly. Jaydeep progressed on the BlueSquare Manual Email Trigger Buttons feature by finalizing permission handling, ensuring only specific users can grant resend permissions, implementing backend changes for initial permissions, updating and fixing unit tests, syncing branches with development, testing the integration, and resolving issues found during testing. Kristin worked on the Node.js upgrade by resolving conflicts in PR3729 for the Promotion Eligibility Table, rebasing with the latest development branch, creating a new branch for a similar Promotion Table implementation in PR3851, and investigating blank card display issues in merged frontend PR3365 by reviewing backend APIs.

Peterson added a “No users found” message in the autocomplete input on the Permissions Management page to inform users when no matching username exists. Rishwa implemented the backend endpoint GET /api/promotion-details/:reviewerId to retrieve reviewer information and weekly PR statistics, defined MongoDB queries to aggregate counts per week, added error handling for missing reviewer IDs, wrote unit tests to cover expected responses, updated the API documentation, and integrated performance trend analysis by adding a consistency flag. Siva fixed the misalignment of End Date and Status on the Profile page, resolved an issue with Start Date not saving in the “Volunteering Time” tab, and made requested changes to PR#3658 to improve the “Create New Team” flow under Other Links > Team Management. Sreeja worked on the cleanup of the Application Page and Function document and tracked progress on multiple action items. For PRs 1188, 1195, and 1285. She followed up via Slack on PR 21 for the frontend of the analytics page by Sai Girish. Siri Sudheeksha created PR3872 to convert the /totalorgsummary page to CSS Modules, fixed a JSX ternary bug, stabilized the PDF export, and verified styling and layout consistency. Suparshwa addressed a bug in modifying the bio announcement so that updated values display immediately after a refresh by adjusting data refresh and display logic. See below for the work done on creating an ecological living paradigm.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network was managed by Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Admin) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Gopikalakshmi Asok Kumar (Software Developer), Julia Ha (Software Engineer), Marcus Yi (Software Engineer) and Snehal Dilip Patare (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively continue to support by focusing on creating an ecological living paradigm, social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems. This solution is portable, scalable, and ideal for off-grid or sustainable living communities.

This week, Anthony worked on creating an ecological living paradigm and created PR#3846 that resolved a bug that prevented an immediate update to a task’s progress bar. He returned to the PR he was assigned to update and clean up but had to reach out to the community regarding errors caused by a git merge conflict resolution. He later reworked PR#3846 to address reviews and resolved merge conflicts for PR#3600, PR#3713, and PR#1504. He investigated an issue in the PR#3713 and PR#1504 pair and worked on updating PR#3121 and PR#1216. Gopika worked on the Bell notification issue, encountered repeated 404 errors while marking a meeting notification as read. She implemented an action method so that when the owner creates a meeting, it appears on the dashboard, and when the user closes the popup bar, the meeting is marked as read and the notification is no longer shown.

Julia worked on the backend API to retrieve the most popular pull requests from GitHub. She fixed bugs, completed a daily cron job to retrieve data from GitHub and update the local database, and manually tested it to confirm proper functionality. She modified the PullRequest model to include additional information and developed the aggregation function for the controller, adding error handling for invalid parameters. Marcus worked on the layout for the OnlyWire replacement, completed most of the wireframe and posted the pull request. He made updates due to design changes that required adjustments to improve the pull request. Snehal worked on resolving 401 unauthorized and 404 errors, implemented changes to retrieve text and images from the frontend and send them to the Facebook API, and updated the process for storing scheduled post times by converting military time to PST in a 12-hour format. See below for the work done on creating an ecological living paradigm.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-F

This week, the PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–F, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in creating an ecological living paradigm. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), and Carl Bebli (Software Developer). They supported the project by thoroughly reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward creating an ecological living paradigm in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM G-N

This week, the PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from G–N, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Govind Sajithkumar (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results of creating an ecological living paradigm. This week’s active members of this team were: Kanishk Agarwal (Software Engineer), Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Namitha Pawar (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures creating an ecological living paradigm by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

This week, the PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from O–Z, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results of creating an ecological living paradigm. This week’s active members of this team were: Marneni Shashank (Software Engineer), Rishitha Chirumamilla (Software Engineer), Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer), Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer), Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), Ujjwal Baranwal (Full-stack Software Developer), Nikitha Anakala (ETL Developer), and Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures creating an ecological living paradigm by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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