We are Reinventing the Sustainability Industry – One Community Weekly Progress Update #673

At One Community, we are reinventing the sustainability industry by openly sharing a complete, replicable model created by an all-volunteer team for “The Highest Good of All“. We design and demonstrate integrated solutions for food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture that support fulfilled living and global stewardship. Everything we create is open source and free-shared, enabling a self-replicating network of teacher/demonstration hubs hubs to evolve sustainability, regenerate our planet, and help create a world that works for everyone.

We are Reinventing the Sustainability Industry, One Community Weekly Progress Update #673

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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 February 9, 2026 edition (#673) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week, Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report provided for One Community, applying the required revisions to align the final draft with submitted comments and project expectations. He reviewed prior electrical calculations, panel schedules, and equipment selections to prepare an updated load summary for the current electrical provisions. Derrell verified that the panel shown in the 4-Dome-Home plans required upsizing to account for the addition of electric vehicle charging stations and confirmed the impact of this load on the overall service capacity. He examined the selected EV charger specifications to establish an assumed connected load and assessed how this affected existing circuit allocations. Based on these findings, he began rebuilding the panel schedule to reflect the required increase in capacity, transitioning the design from a 30-position panel to a 42-position panel while maintaining alignment with the project’s electrical layout and load assumptions. His updates contribute to reinventing the sustainability industry by improving infrastructure readiness and long-term system scalability. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Fangting Xu (Interior Design Intern) continued working with ADA codes related to building connections for the ADA 3-dome cluster of the Earthbag Village. Fangting coordinated with Baraka on his work and his logging issue. She also coordinated with Hakan and Jae about the task hours. Fangting mainly worked on drawing construction documents for the 3-dome cluster ADA projects, updating the ADA shower based on Jae’s feedback, and checking the compliance of the ADA restroom. She also shared her feedback on the ADA shower and restroom with Jae, supporting reinventing the sustainability industry through inclusive and code-compliant design documentation. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager) completed the comprehensive cost analysis document for the Open Source Climate Battery Design by finalizing all worksheets and ensuring alignment across categories. She researched current market price points across the United States for major materials, equipment, and construction inputs, and incorporated reference links within the document to support assumptions and cost selections. Iteesha defined quantities, units, cost breakdown structures, and source notes for each system component, and validated that totals and subtotals were aligned with project scope. This work supports reinventing the sustainability industry through open-source, replicable solutions.

Iteesha also built automation using formulas across sheets so that updates to quantities, unit costs, or assumptions automatically populate summary sections and roll up into overall project totals, thereby maintaining consistency. She concluded work with the general contractor on the Cost Estimate and Construction Planning and Tracking Templates, incorporating layout adjustments and workflow updates to align with construction sequencing and budgeting needs. Her work supports reinventing the sustainability industry by making cost modeling more transparent, repeatable, and accessible for open-source construction. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Kaustubh Kadam (Construction Engineering and Management Professional) continued working on the Highest Good Housing project at One Community. He focused on learning the basics of construction estimating by reviewing the estimating template and focusing on how to organize quantities in the correct sections. He spent time reading and interpreting the plan set to better understand the scope and how plan information translates into estimate line items. Kaustubh also completed a rough quantification of doors from the floor plans and documented the counts for use in the estimate. His efforts support reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening scalable construction planning processes. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He updated pricing for alternative materials for the Unistrut, solar holders, and waste dumping components. During the weekly mechanical team meeting, he and his team recalculated the strength criterion and further validated calculations. Malhar updated the factor of safety based on revised weight requirements and addressed FEA issues related to the updated safety factor. Formulas and values in the report were revised accordingly, contributing to reinventing the sustainability industry through improved engineering reliability and cost-driven optimization. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. He performed FEA on the slider plate located beneath the main vermiculture chamber to evaluate its structural integrity in relation to the surrounding structure. Updates were also made to the Bill of Materials and related reports to reflect added fixtures in the CAD designs, ensuring alignment between the models, documentation, and listed components. Rishi’s verification work supports reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening open-source design readiness and accuracy. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

duplicable city center, open source city hub, laundry, dining, swimming pool, hot tub, kitchen, library, game roomOne Community is reinventing the sustainability industry 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:

This week, Ariana Virginia Gutierrez Doria Medina (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center window and door framing. She focused on evaluating and comparing different cutting configurations to optimize material utilization, improve overall efficiency, and reduce material waste while supporting cost control. The work involved assessing multiple layout options to understand how part orientation and cut placement affected material usage and production efficiency. Several cutting arrangements were examined to identify configurations that balanced practical fabrication constraints with cost efficiency. Pricing information from different suppliers was reviewed and compared to understand how material costs and vendor options influenced the overall budget. This open source Duplicable City Center project is dedicated to reinventing the sustainability industry. Please see the collage below for more specific information.

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Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work on finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on researching alternative sustainable solutions for plumbing access panels, focusing on concepts that balance durability, material efficiency, and environmental considerations. He explored dry hatch doors commonly used in marine applications as a reference and developed an initial CAD concept. The proposed panel design consists of a recycled HDPE sheet as the top surface, a 6061 aluminum sheet as the bottom layer, a compression latch handle for secure locking, a piano hinge, and shims to introduce a slight slope for drainage control. Bevan prepared an initial written comparison of the different access panel solutions considered for the final report. He also began developing a CAD model for a grate-based drainage system intended to manage water runoff from the pool, with the grates positioned along the pool perimeter at the ends of the access panels. This open source Duplicable City Center project is currently reinventing the sustainability industry. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He focused on reviewing and refining the thermal validation workflow for the spa project by analyzing previous simulation results and preparing improved modeling methods. He conducted a detailed review of earlier thermal reports to identify gaps between predicted behavior and expected real-world performance, with particular attention to possible thermal leakage paths and areas where insulation thickness or placement may require adjustment. This evaluation helped clarify the modifications needed before finalizing the thermal design assumptions. These efforts support reinventing the sustainability industry by improving clarity, quality, and repeatability.

In parallel, Sandesh continued developing the thermal simulation setup in HyperMesh, working toward a reliable method for extracting steady-state thermal results that accurately represent long-term heat retention in the spa assembly. This effort also supports structural analysis by ensuring that temperature distributions used in FEA reflect realistic operating conditions, improving the consistency between thermal modeling and structural behavior predictions. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which is reinventing the sustainability industry. See the visuals below for a closer look.

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Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on analysis and design support activities related to the spa cover project, with primary attention on finite element analysis of the hinge for spa cover plate 2 to evaluate structural behavior under expected loading conditions. Alongside the analysis work, a cost analysis was prepared, and a Bill of Materials was developed, including the identification and selection of appropriate materials based on performance, availability, and cost considerations. Discussions were held with a teammate to align on assumptions, boundary conditions, and results from the FEA, as well as to review cost-related inputs and material choices to ensure consistency across the design. Based on spa requirements and feedback from these discussions, minor modifications were made to the spa cover design to address fit, functionality, and material suitability while maintaining alignment with analysis results and cost targets. This open source Duplicable City Center project is reinventing the sustainability industry. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale GardenBotanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. They created written narratives for the table saw, drill press, portable and fixed workbenches, and the combination belt/disc sander, and replaced the existing photo for the combination belt/disc sander. Research on pocket hole jigs was added to the documentation, a video link was included for the Japanese pull saw, and new narratives were written for the PVC scraps, pocket hole jig, and Japanese pull saw entries. The miscellaneous tool list was cross-referenced with the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document, which led to the addition of supplementary items to the miscellaneous TEMS list. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on reinventing the sustainability industry. Below are some images showcasing this work.Core Team, Highest Good Food, Reinventing the Sustainability Industry, One Community, Weekly Progress Update 673, Master Tools Equipment Materials, Large Scale Garden, Botanical Garden, TEMS Documentation, Open Source Development

Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency food and inventory tracking software plans. She clarified developer tasks related to calendars and other features by asking targeted questions about the purpose and intended functionality of specific items to ensure shared understanding. Chelsea also followed up with developers to check on progress and identify any blockers affecting task completion. Communication focused on confirming scope and alignment across development work supporting reinventing the sustainability industry. The following images provide a view of her contributions.

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Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. This week, she reviewed the Aquapini files, organized the SketchUp model, and clarified the steps required for the current stage of work by documenting adjustments needed within the model. The focus was on aligning the structure and layout with established project expectations and maintaining consistency across files, supporting ongoing work related to reinventing the sustainability industry, as shown in the images below.

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Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. This week, he outlined the procedures for the lighting energy use calculator for the greenhouse project by defining calculation steps, identifying required input data, and organizing the logic needed to determine lighting energy consumption. The documented procedures provide a structured basis for evaluating greenhouse lighting energy use and contribute to ongoing work related to reinventing the sustainability industry, as shown in the images below.

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Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. This week, work focused on developing the axonometric drawing of the Zen Aquapini by refining clarity, alignment, and overall layout while maintaining the original design intent. Additional details such as roof members, glazing, and structural elements were incorporated into the axonometric view to improve visual accuracy. Plantation detailing was added to illustrate plant types, layering, spacing, and height differences, and multiple visual approaches were tested to evaluate presentation effectiveness. Annotations, labels, and infographics were integrated to improve readability and support clear communication of the design. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting ongoing work related to reinventing the sustainability industry, with supporting images included below.

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Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation, She refined the Differences diagram for the Open Source Hub page by adding detailed comparisons of the Aquapini, Walipini, and Zenipini structure types. Shivangi also embedded the finalized Highest Good Food Infrastructure masterplan render across the highest good food, planting and harvesting, and open source hub pages to ensure consistency and alignment of visual references. This work supports ongoing efforts connected to reinventing the sustainability industry, with supporting images included below.

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HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. They reviewed and provided feedback on graphics related to sustainable insulation, paints, urinals, windows, and lightbulbs to confirm consistency with established project requirements. They coordinated and organized meetings with Vaishnav and Michaela to discuss construction documents and related project details, and met with each individually to address specific questions and items. Construction documents were reviewed to support understanding of document structure and content, and the materials outlining the phases of Highest Good Food implementation were examined to assess alignment with current planning and documentation. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform and contributes to ongoing efforts supporting reinventing the sustainability industry. The following images provide a view of their contributions.

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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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:

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HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team completed over 39 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. The team also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights how reinventing the sustainability industry serves as a foundational element of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

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ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) and includes Anusha Gali (Software Engineer)Ashutosh Mishra (Software Engineer)Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator)Divanshu Bakshi (Team Admin)Leo Lishin Shiu (Software Engineer)Manish Kanuri (Data Scientist)Mridul Bhushan (Volunteer Project Strategy Analyst and Team Administrator)Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst)Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support)Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator)Rachna Malav (Data Analyst)Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator)Rishitha Adepu (Administrator)Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator)Shameera Musthafa (Data Analyst)Shreya Shetty (Data Analyst), and Sudarshan Raju Chintalapati Venkata (Data Analyst). The Administration Team supports the Highest Good Network, a tool designed to track and measure progress while developing systems that contribute to reinventing the sustainability industry. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruiting, analytics, and content management, the team helps advance this mission, aligning with One Community’s vision of building a replicable and sustainable future model.

This week, Anusha reviewed and tested 30 pull requests across HighestGoodNetworkApp and HGNRest, approving or merging several and documenting issues related to UI defects, dark mode, version mismatches, and environment constraints. Also covered HGN administrative responsibilities by reviewing submissions, creating image collages, editing summaries, maintaining tracking documents, and providing structured feedback on blog posts. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry by making replication easier for others.

Ashutosh developed Pinecone file ingestion documentation, including a user help guide, code explanations, and pipeline setup instructions, and built a Python-based ingestion pipeline with supporting UI components. He completed partial refactoring, added structured comments, prepared a demo and exit documentation, and performed time log administration reviews. Divanshu reviewed and posted four Mastodon updates following formatting standards and extracted engagement data using Python scripts to update the social media dashboard. He identified bugs and action items, supported product ownership activities, and coordinated backlog prioritization with stakeholders and developers. Keerthana reviewed team member summaries for accuracy and formatting and updated Step 2 and Step 4 tracking documents for consistency. She compiled and validated the weekly blog and added follow-up action items to the Phase 3 document. Together, these efforts support reinventing the sustainability industry.

Leo compiled and formatted weekly summaries for the 17LeDCC team with collages and scheduled Facebook and Instagram posts using Meta Business Suite. He also configured a Meta Developer system user and validated Graph API data retrieval using the Graph API Explorer. Manish tested multiple pull requests to verify expected behavior and identify visible issues based on stated requirements. He reviewed Phase 1 documentation to identify outdated or inactive PRs and shared a summary document with Jae for follow-up. This is part of our broader mission of reinventing the sustainability industry.

Mridul reviewed task assignments and PR dashboard items, followed up with contributors on progress, and tested selected pull requests in the development environment. He also verified updated PDFs submitted by admins and completed weekly administrative responsibilities. Neeharika reviewed task assignments and PR dashboard items, followed up with contributors on progress, and tested selected pull requests in the development environment. She verified updated admin PDFs against corrected versions and completed weekly admin duties. This coordinated administrative and publishing work advances reinventing the sustainability industry.

Ola updated the social media schedule, resized images to required dimensions, and processed CSV data into Excel for documentation. She also cleared Google Workspace files and reset task tables for PR and admin teams. Priyanshi performed page-by-page testing of Phase 2 dashboards, validating charts, filters, and tab visibility across light and dark modes. She documented multiple functional and usability issues in the testing sheet to support continued tracking and resolution. Rachna reviewed emails, comments, and existing tasks while exploring One Community webpages and SEO-related content. Rajeshwari tested PR dashboards and application/job pages, documenting bugs and test cases in Excel tracking sheets. She contributed to Blog #672, provided feedback on team documents, updated SEO keywords, and managed blog-related images and tables. These efforts support reinventing the sustainability industry.

Rishitha served as weekly content administrator by compiling blogs, applying SEO optimization, and managing bio updates and follow-ups. She maintained social media engagement on Threads and updated dashboards and volunteer tracking data. Sayantan prepared the Team Skye summary, reviewed and tested numerous pull requests across dashboards, workflows, and UI components, and documented approvals and pending issues. He tracked bugs and features, updated tasks, and provided detailed feedback on multiple functional areas. Shameera completed PR Review Team blog tasks and supported administrative activities, including reviewing another admin’s work. She progressed through Level 1 product testing tutorials and supported hiring by scheduling and conducting one interview. This momentum accelerates reinventing the sustainability industry through consistent iteration and transparency.

Shreya cleaned and structured the Aircrete dataset and created graphs to support analysis for the Highest Good Housing initiative. She also created admin collages, reviewed Google Ads campaigns, and documented campaign updates in the weekly tracker. Sudarshan managed Alpha Software Team blog content, applied SEO updates, and created visual collages while reviewing analytics and questionnaire dashboards. He tested multiple pull requests, documented issues, added tasks, and supported bug fixes and feature improvements across the system. To learn more about how this work supports reinventing the sustainability industry, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

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HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

Highest Good Network® Application, improving city efficiency, creating the world we wantOne Community is reinventing the sustainability industry 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.

This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 10 as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to reinventing the sustainability industry.

The following were not fixed: issues with the listing and bidding dashboard bar graphs, missing or unclear metric definitions using info icons on the activity attendance page, the user skill radar chart not displaying on the HGN questionnaire dashboard frontend, dark mode and UI issues for grouped bar graphs related to injury severity, the absence of a bar graph showing project risk profiles, incorrect placement and backend text alignment of four buttons in the Phase 2 summary dashboard financials category, and incomplete work on the FAQ section of the job application listing page. This supports reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening open, data-informed decision-making.

In addition, multiple PRs could not be tested due to the absence of data on the Main branch, including the Phase 4 report export and download feature, the material usage chart on the BM dashboard materials page, fixes for page crash issues on the equipment list page, resolution of page errors when clicking lesson elements with dark mode support, optimization of charts for dark mode on the BM dashboard issues breakdown, addition of dark mode styles to the building and inventory management dashboard, the horizontal bar chart for the material stock out risk indicator, and the lesson data export functionality. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of reinventing the sustainability industry. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

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Pooja Kulkarni (UI/UX Designer) continued her work by advancing governance platform designs through refined proposal-related user flows and mid-fidelity wireframes that clarify participation, review, and decision states across the proposal lifecycle on Highest Good Network. She focused on improving status indicators, timelines, authorship details, and action cues to make proposals easier to scan and understand. She further refined voting and review interfaces to support structured feedback, consistent terminology, and clearer hierarchy, while standardizing layout, spacing, and component usage to ensure the system can scale across proposal types. This work supports One Community’s efforts toward reinventing the sustainability industry;. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued to complete routine administrative and tracking tasks to support ongoing project workflows on Highest Good Network. He reviewed team submissions for accuracy and consistency, provided feedback where needed, updated tracking records, and verified that documentation and media requirements were met. He also organized project materials, supported coordination efforts, and ensured systems and processes remained aligned with current project standards. This work supports One Community’s efforts toward reinventing the sustainability industry. The images below show some of his work.

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Yulin Li (Graphic Designer) continued to contribute 20 hours of volunteer service focused on visual communication and coordination. She updated infographics based on feedback to improve clarity, visual consistency, and alignment with project standards. She also prepared and published a team collaboration announcement for the Highest Good Network software team to support transparent communication, maintained organized asset management through Dropbox, and participated in weekly review discussions to support timely task completion. This work supports One Community’s efforts toward reinventing the sustainability industry. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

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ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer). The team includes Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a key part of sustainable and free-shared eco-solutions. We are helping track and measure progress toward reinventing the sustainability industry. The software supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to the open source project and resilient ecosystems. Designed to be portable and scalable, the Highest Good Network software is well suited for off-grid and sustainable living communities. This project reflects One Community’s open source commitment to reinventing the sustainability industry.

This week, Lin reviewed PR #1804 by examining the code, testing the endpoints using Postman, and confirming that the returned data matched expectations, as well as reviewing and checking the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by Alpha team members and handling Alpha Team management responsibilities. Casstiel continued work on adding a new card for the issue chart related to material consumption, completing the feature and testing it on a local server to verify that the implementation worked as intended. The pull request was reviewed for merging. He also notified the management team about a reassignment request for the multi-select filter feature because the task required more time than anticipated and unresolved repeating errors continued to cause the application to break. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how we are reinventing the sustainability industry. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer) and included Sourabh Bagde (Software Developer)Sumedh Kumar (Full-Stack Developer)Harsha Rudhraraju (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 tracked and aligned with our mission, and for modeling, where we are reinventing the sustainability industry. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.

This week, Sourabh improved the Plurk auto-poster by making the posting timezone configurable via an environment variable with a default fallback and wiring the configured timezone into the scheduler and Plurk routes. He updated posting so base64 image attachments are converted into URLs before submission and ensured the same conversion happens during cron execution. He extended the scheduled post schema to store retry count, last error, and posting time; added a failed status flag, updated the cron job to record successful posts, increment retry counters on failures, and stop retrying after a fixed limit. He added endpoints to list scheduled posts with filtering and pagination and to requeue failed posts, adjusted the scheduler to retain posted records instead of removing them, and enforced Plurk content length limits and attachment rules during scheduling and posting. This reinforces reinventing the sustainability industry through collaboration and continuous improvement.

Amalesh worked on “Phase 1 Bugs: Fix PR4268” by fixing the mobile Leaderboard horizontal scroll issue that prevented full table visibility. He reviewed related PRs 3495 and 3607 to align the approach with prior changes, updated the Leaderboard so it scrolls horizontally on small screens without breaking the desktop layout, tested behavior across mobile and larger viewports, documented results with screenshots and videos using required naming conventions, tracked time with the HGN timer, and completed onboarding steps needed to maintain access to project tools and documentation. This strengthens the foundation for reinventing the sustainability industry through free-sharing and open standards.

Harshavarma implemented y-axis data label mapping and refined chart configuration so tool names and labels render correctly in the analytics view. He debugged a rendering failure by checking the data structure, axis keys, and render conditions to restore the chart output. He added dark mode support so that the axis labels, legends, grid lines, and data points remain readable within the approved palette. He improved responsiveness on very small screens by adjusting spacing, font sizing, and layout behavior to reduce overlap, reviewed resizing behavior across breakpoints to confirm the chart adapts smoothly, captured reference screenshots to document issues and fixes, and ran basic regression checks to confirm the new labels and custom y-axis mapping did not break existing chart behavior while continuing to address remaining rendering edge cases before preparing the work for review. These efforts strengthen reinventing the sustainability industry by improving clarity, quality, and repeatability.

Sumedh worked on PR4656 by resolving major merge conflicts, addressing pull request comments, fixing SonarQube findings, refactoring large logic blocks into smaller reusable components to improve maintainability, and updating UI behavior to show clear visual feedback when equipment data updates without abrupt page refreshes. He also began work on PR4306 by starting merge conflict resolution and addressing review comments to prepare the changes for further integration. This supports reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening open, data-informed decision-making.

Taariq focused on two key areas. He continued work on the archived projects feature, including undo and unarchive functionality, resolving remaining issues, validating behavior, and clearing all tests before preparing the code for submission. He also finalized the filter color feature, addressing post-merge conflicts by resolving branch issues, restoring broken functionality, and ensuring consistency across the codebase. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this works, where we are reinventing the sustainability industry. The collage below shows images of their work.

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BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager) and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer) and Som Ramnani (Software Engineer). This week Linh worked on both frontend and backend tasks for the material usage insights and visual indicators feature for the BM dashboard. Reinventing the sustainability industry was reflected in the way Linh refined the pull request description for the materials page enhancements on the frontend, aligning it with task requirements and team format, clarifying the main changes section for easier review, and preparing a structured pull request description for the material insights APIs on the backend, detailing new calculation utilities, handlers, and routing changes while linking the backend work to the corresponding frontend pull request. He then shifted focus to quality assurance by setting up the jest test suite structure for the Material Insights Controller, mocking the building material model, drafting test cases for usage percentage, stock ratio, and stock health classification including edge cases, and scaffolding API endpoint tests for success and error paths with plans for additional coverage.

Som resolved merge conflicts in PR #4215 caused by updates from the main branch by addressing issues in BadgeReport.jsx, BadgeSummaryPreview.jsx, BadgeSummaryViz.js, and yarn.lock, corrected the BadgeReport.module.css import to fix styling inconsistencies, updated CSS module imports, verified component rendering without regressions, resolved merge conflicts in PR #4428 by replacing the previous date input with ReactDatePicker to block past dates and integrate with existing filters while maintaining validation and formatting, updated PR images, verified all changes from the main branch were merged, and reinforced the goal of reinventing the sustainability industry through stable, testable, and maintainable feature delivery. Supporting images of the related work are provided below.

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CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vivek Chandra Bengaluru Suresh (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer)Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack)Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer)Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer)Shreya Padaganur (Software Engineer), and Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software coordinates social, construction, production, and maintenance systems to objectively measure progress toward reinventing the sustainability industry.

This week, Ajay refactored the Community Portal events search to enable live filtering with debouncing, ensuring results update dynamically as users type. He improved pagination behavior by resetting it when search criteria change and verified accuracy across event titles, locations, and organizers. The update also addressed code quality and linting issues by simplifying conditional rendering and resolving SonarQube warnings, with validation completed through Husky and ESLint pre-commit checks to ensure consistent behavior across edge cases and UI states. Ajay completed required updates on a related task, verified navigation and feature functionality, and marked it ready for merge. He also reviewed multiple pull requests, confirmed navigation between referenced pages, ensured stability across common user flows, and provided approvals to support the review process. These efforts support One Community’s mission of reinventing the sustainability industry through scalable and user-focused solutions.

Akshith worked on Phase 3 tasks by adding navigation from the Activity menu to the Event Database Design page and implementing event icons for event names on the Activity List page. The work focused on UI updates, including displaying relevant icons in event details when an event is selected and enabling proper page navigation. He also began Phase 6 Kitchen Inventory Management by creating backend API endpoints to add and retrieve orders and suppliers, implementing the supplier controller, and validating the initial functionality. This supports reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening comprehensive, sustainable, and data-informed global decision-making.

Bhanu worked on implementing the Ingredients section of the Kitchen and Inventory portal by developing the Ingredients tab along with its supporting UI components. He designed and built the Kitchen and Inventory item card to display detailed information for each item, including name, type, onsite status, storage location, present quantity, monthly supply, expiry date, harvest date, and available actions such as update and restock. The item card was developed as a reusable component to ensure consistency across the inventory while supporting multiple item types. Additionally, he implemented the preserved item alert feature, which identifies and highlights ingredient items with longer shelf life based on defined criteria, improving visibility and tracking of preserved inventory within the system. These efforts support One Community’s mission of reinventing the sustainability industry through scalable and user-focused solutions.

Chaitanya enhanced validation and submission workflows for the Material and Reusable Purchase Request forms in the Highest Good Network. He added Joi-based client-side validation with real-time inline errors, prevented invalid submissions, and improved UX with loading states, disabled submit behavior, success toasts, and a post-submit success modal. Chaitanya also integrated robust frontend error handling for backend validation, network, and server errors. On the backend, he updated the bmPurchaseMaterials API to return structured validation responses. Additionally, Chaitanya fixed a dark mode dropdown styling issue and resolved failing unit tests in bmMaterialsController. This supports reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening comprehensive, sustainable, and data-informed global decision-making.

Shreya completed a full codebase review and clean installation to establish a reliable development baseline, confirming that while core scaffolding exists, several features remain incomplete, including catalog reordering, multi-select user state handling, date management, permissions gating, and unfinished UI elements. She prioritized implementing the remaining backend logic, with frontend state management and UI completion planned next, and identified the need for additional time to complete the work. Shreya also resolved a crash and a blocking runtime error in the Weekly Summary view, restoring core functionality, verified User State data flow and permissions across Weekly Summary and Dashboard Tasks, and continued debugging persistent rendering and edge-case permission issues. Progress was further impacted by source control constraints requiring remote branch integration before pushing changes, along with ongoing build and environment-related issues under investigation. These efforts support One Community’s mission of reinventing the sustainability industry through scalable and user-focused solutions.

Sphurthy addressed a UI/UX consistency issue on the All Events page of the community portal by updating the Search Filters dropdowns (Branches, Themes, and Categories) to match the Figma design, changing rounded corners to rectangular edges through border-radius styling adjustments while preserving existing functionality. This initiative advances our mission of reinventing the sustainability industry through sustainable, global reinvention.

Vivek implemented new frontend code for previously resolved tasks, successfully displaying most required elements while additional refinements remain in progress. He raised both frontend and backend pull requests for review and spent time investigating failing lint checks on the seeders pull request, focusing on identifying configuration-related root causes. Work is ongoing to resolve the GitHub lint issues, with corrective updates being prepared to ensure compliant code can be pushed once the issue is fixed. These efforts help move One Community closer to reinventing the sustainability industry, with visual examples of this work presented below.

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DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer)Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer)Sai Shravan Neelamsetty (Software Engineer)Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer) and Vikas Meneni (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes for open sourcing a better world for us all through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in reinventing the sustainability industry.

This week Adithya worked on the HGN Software Development project by refining search and enhanced filtering options for the Materials Table, testing responsive behavior across screen sizes, adjusting Bootstrap layouts, updating color properties for dark mode compliance, evaluating filtering performance on full datasets, ensuring filtering logic operated on transformed arrays, updating field retrieval for multiple data points, and preparing the weekly summary and image reviews. Deekshith worked on backend architecture and optimization by organizing Express routers under defined base paths, implementing global middleware for selective access control, defining a Mongoose model for horizontal bar dataset storage, and configuring response compression to improve network performance and consistency. This work supports reinventing the sustainability industry through open-source, replicable solutions.

Neeraj enhanced the Collaboration job listings experience by implementing a Clear All Filters feature, ensuring pagination reset, maintaining light and dark mode consistency, validating changes locally, managing repository workflows, addressing unrelated CI issues, and beginning work on a role detail preview modal aligned with design and accessibility standards. Shravan addressed multiple PR review issues in the One Community Global email management system by resolving sending state errors, updating modal behavior, improving cache handling and refresh logic, fixing layout and alignment issues, correcting CSS usage, enhancing hover effects, adjusting button layouts, resolving formatting and linting problems, and pushing completed fixes while continuing work on remaining items. The outcome supports reinventing the sustainability industry through documented, DIY-ready progress.

Sriamsh completed final testing and raised a pull request for the Project Risk Profile task, enhanced the BM Dashboard Issues Chart with improved tooltips and dynamic insights, resolved label overlap and layout performance issues, and verified behavior across filters, themes, and devices. Vikas completed Deliverable 2 for the Kitchen Inventory Management project by building the Orders and Purchase Orders landing page with summary cards, navigation, search, sorting, detailed order views, responsive layouts, and theme support, raised a pull request with documentation, and reviewed high-priority pull requests related to event analytics and attendance tracking by evaluating functionality, identifying blockers, documenting issues, and outlining next steps. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of reinventing the sustainability industry. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

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LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator) and Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer)The team includes contributions from Abhinav Tharamel Baiju (Software Engineer)Aryan Rachala (Software Engineer)Chirag Bellara (Software Engineer)Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer)Venkataramanan Venkateswaran (Software Engineer) and Vinay Krishna (Software Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s goal of reinventing the sustainability industry through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.

This week, Abhinav completed frontend development for the Processing page within the Kitchen Inventory Management module under Phase 6 by building interface sections for canning, dehydration, freeze-drying, and cellar storage. He also created a landing page for the Processing module and implemented dark mode functionality. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry. Aryan worked on Phase 3 of HGN Software Development by standardizing the Date and Time/Duration columns on the Used Resources page.

He reviewed the existing implementation to identify inconsistencies, clarified that the Time/Duration field represents elapsed duration, applied a consistent HH:mm:ss display format, aligned the Date column for readability, and updated labeling and tooltip text to ensure consistent interpretation across views. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry. Chirag completed the pull request for adding icons to the Calendar view by checking in related changes and creating pull request 4790. He also worked on timezone-based display of events in the calendar and incorporated recent Calendar screen updates to prevent merge conflicts. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry.

Shravya resolved merge conflicts for tasks 1753 and 4129 and addressed related review comments. She also worked on task 3921 by fixing UI responsiveness and theming issues in both dark and light modes, worked on task 4768 in resource management by incorporating color theme updates, and addressed merge conflicts for task 3926 while identifying blockers affecting completion. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry.

Sohail resolved a data mismatch between the Active Volunteers count in the Total Org Summary report and the HGN Totals value on the Dashboard Leaderboard by aligning filtering logic across queries so the counts matched correctly. He also investigated cron job execution issues and added logging to identify why the summary job was not running as expected, determining that some functions referenced incorrect weekly data and adjusting the logic accordingly. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry. Venkataramanan resolved frontend styling and usability issues across multiple pages including User Management, Team Member Tasks, and timers by correcting layout and alignment inconsistencies and improving CSS structure. He also added targeted backend logging to support investigation of an email delivery issue and merged multiple pull requests across frontend and backend repositories. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry.

Vinay worked on the Team Analytics Dashboard by adding functionality and user acknowledgment to the Promotion Eligibility section related to pull request 3851. He implemented visible responses for the “Review for This Week” and “Process Promotions” buttons, added loading and disabled states after interaction, and verified consistent behavior in both light and dark modes. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports reinventing the sustainability industry. See the collage below highlighting the team’s work for the week.

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MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer)Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer)Sai Krishna (Software Engineer)Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer), and Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer). Their efforts support One Community by advancing the mission of reinventing the sustainability industry through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Uha worked on improving filter usability and clarity within the chart interface by adding Select All and Clear All options for Issue Type and Year filters to support faster bulk selection, grouping related issue types under a single logical category with tooltip explanations to improve discoverability, displaying a compact active filter summary above the chart to provide immediate visibility into applied filters, and refining spacing and scroll behavior within the multi-select dropdown to improve navigation and layout consistency. Sai worked on creating and integrating an Update History modal component into the Item List view, so the Update History button opens a functional modal, structuring the modal to align with the existing Update View design and implementing a responsive, sortable table prepared to display update timestamps, user details, changed fields, and old-to-new values, along with scroll handling, refresh and close controls, and styling updates to ensure consistency and dark mode support. This is part of our broader mission of reinventing the sustainability industry.

Sudheesh worked on Phase 1 bug fixes by reviewing PR 2850 requirements, analyzing the existing codebase to integrate dark mode behavior, implementing frontend updates and CSS changes for consistent dark mode styling, and investigating a backend error triggered by specific button interactions by analyzing page flow and backend interactions to determine the required implementation changes. This work contributes to reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening the reliability, maintainability, and reuse of shared open-source infrastructure.

Alisha worked on resolving issues with edit and delete actions for inventory types by reviewing requirements, validating reported behavior, identifying relevant frontend and backend files, configuring popup modals, implementing delete functionality across inventory types using a reusable delete-by-ID pattern, fixing controller and router export mismatches, aligning backend CRUD operations, wiring frontend-backend delete actions, resolving issues with passing item IDs through nested components, adding toast notifications for user feedback, and ensuring inventory data was refetched to keep the UI state consistent. Aayush worked on Phase 2 issues by addressing the Create New Team page display issue through handling empty task states, adding loaders for members, pushing changes and creating pull requests with documentation, and improving field dependency and selection flows by fixing missing tool and equipment name scenarios, validating changes locally, and submitting updates through pull requests. This supports reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening open, data-informed decision-making.

Mani worked on adding an Insights Panel to the PR Team Analytics Dashboard by auditing request parameters, identifying issues with duration-based filtering, correcting backend service logic to ensure pull request data is filtered correctly by time intervals, updating frontend dependencies to trigger API calls on duration changes, and adding a visual loading indicator to reflect data-fetching states. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports reinventing the sustainability industry through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage below portrays the team’s work and accomplishments for the week:

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REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts team summary was managed by Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer) and Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager), and it includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer)Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer)Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer)Siva Putti (Software Engineer)Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), and Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on reinventing the sustainability industry. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems.

This week, Aseem worked across multiple branches and pull requests by resolving merge conflicts in PR4354 related to the planned versus actual costs chart visibility issue, identifying that the problem surfaced only after merging the development branch, and raising the concern for broader visibility. She also worked on debugging a chart visibility issue reported by testers in PR4659, confirming correct behavior locally, tracing the root cause to changes merged into development from another branch, and documenting findings with supporting evidence. This work strengthens the foundation for reinventing the sustainability industry through free-sharing and open standards.

Diya handled Reactonauts team management by reviewing task progress and deadlines, following up on overdue items, checking daily logs for clarity and proper time tracking, confirming submission of summaries and images, drafting the combined weekly summary, and posting status updates. She also worked on updating the Blue Squares history list to correctly order assignments, fixing time and date formatting issues for both manual and cron-based assignments in PR2030, and resolving a production user creation blocker by restricting a development-only name check to development mode in PR4799. The progress made this week contributes to our long-term goal of reinventing the sustainability industry.

Namitha tested theme updates across light and dark modes on HGN dashboards to ensure visibility, consistency, and lack of regressions, refined styling based on QA feedback to improve accessibility, and contributed to PR4796 with theme color fixes and responsive layout improvements for the HGN Skills Dashboard. Peterson improved the Total Org Summary page in PR4089 by correcting dark theme dropdown styling so background and hover states remain readable and visually consistent. This work supports reinventing the sustainability industry through open source software.

Siva resolved issues across team management, permissions, and event time display by fixing the Create New Team workflow under Other Links in PR3658, hiding the Delete Task option for unauthorized users through updated permission checks in PR3685, and updating the event time standardization feature to correctly reflect user timezones in PR4633. Sudheeksha worked on implementing dark mode styles for the HGN Skills page, troubleshooting issues in the related pull request, and then shifted focus to the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard to address missing user details when applying the skill filter. She also worked on reviewing and updating related files while encountering and investigating errors. This work plays an important role in reinventing the sustainability industry through coordinated, real-world implementation.

Suparshwa Patil completed and submitted pending tasks by implementing an authentication system, developing video ingestion functionality, creating supporting database structures, validating basic functionality, and preparing all work for review within the established workflow. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports reinventing the sustainability industry. Below is the picture collage of the work done by the Reactonauts team towards reinventing the sustainability industry.

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SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Marcus Yi (Software Engineer) and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software supports reinventing the sustainability industry by objectively tracking and managing progress across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes, using transparent, scalable systems designed for shared improvement and resilient ecosystems.

This week Marcus continued addressing issues identified in an open pull request by resolving reviewer feedback and fixing leftover errors. He worked through reviewer comments in sequence, focusing primarily on required database-related changes while also addressing other requested updates across the codebase. All identified fixes were completed and pushed, placing the pull request in a state ready for re‑evaluation. It is now pending follow‑up reviews by the original reviewers to verify that the requested changes meet expectations and that no further modifications are required before approval. This progress reflects continued momentum in reinventing the sustainability industry through open, collaborative development.

Swathi dedicated the majority of her time resolving merge conflicts, addressing a security issue, and correcting test cases that were failing in the pull request. She also resolved a routing issue on the PR Team Analytics page that had been affecting navigation behavior. In addition, she began improving the usability of the PR Review Analytics page by identifying areas that required clearer interactions and a more effective layout flow. This effort facilitates reinventing the sustainability industry through consistent, actionable development practices.

Anthony rechecked the Blue Square warning buttons on the User Profile after being informed they were still missing and verified whether the related warnings that existed in the database had the correct values, in order to rule out data issues. He then focused on work for PR#3600, implementing change log creation for role changes made through User Management and noting that certain data was being retained after changes were saved. After wiring the required route to support change log creation, Anthony proceeded to resolve merge conflicts and began investigating issues raised in a new review on the PR. By addressing these challenges, the Skye team’s work reinforces long-term stability in stewardship tracking features and helps reinventing the sustainability industry by strengthening scalable, transparent systems within the broader Highest Good Network (HGN) infrastructure.

See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contribution sustains reinventing the sustainability industry as part of One Community’s goals by encouraging transparent, collaborative innovation within the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, 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 reinventing the sustainability industry. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer)Carl Bebli (Software Developer)Julia Ha (Software Engineer)Maithili Kalkar (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They supported the project by reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward reinventing the sustainability industry in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting with O–Z was managed by Shameera Musthafa (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network is a foundation for measuring our results in reinventing the sustainability industry. This week’s active members of this team were Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer)Roshini Seelamsetty (Software Engineer)Sai Teja Kaasoju (Software Engineer)Sayali Sable (Software Engineer), Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), 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 open-source hub measures progress towards our goal of reinventing the sustainability industry. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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