Making Eco-living Mainstream Accessible – One Community Weekly Progress Update #678
Making eco-living mainstream accessible is our commitment to evolving sustainability through open source solutions created by an all-volunteer team. At One Community, we are developing sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture as a self-replicating model designed to regenerate our planet. We open source and free share the complete process to support a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, all working together for “The Highest Good of All” and creating a world that works for everyone through fulfilled living and global stewardship practices.
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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 March 16 2026 edition (#678) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:
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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS
One Community is making eco-living mainstream accessible 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:
This week, Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report and applied required revisions to align the final draft with the submitted comments and expectations. He advanced work on the MEP Final Report by addressing formatting issues in the previous draft related to plumbing images, introductory text for calculations and images, and terminology used in the plumbing section of the report. He updated the document to improve consistency in how methods and plumbing references were presented throughout the report and revised sections to align the descriptions of calculations and supporting images with the rest of the document. Derrell also continued researching the use of incandescent lighting as a potential replacement load for existing LED lighting and evaluated how this change could affect the electrical load assumptions used in the report. This work contributes to making eco-living mainstream accessible by strengthening the clarity and usability of sustainable building system documentation. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Fangting Xu (Interior Design Intern) continued working with ADA codes related to building connections for the ADA 3-dome cluster of the Earthbag Village. She reviewed the ADA restroom and cluster checklists and documented code requirements on sheet A001. Fangting addressed Jae’s feedback to revise wall profiles and clean up sheet layouts. This included revising wall profiles, adjusting connected path labeling, comparing drawing scales against Mikayla’s originals, and removing irrelevant detail boxes. She also reviewed Baraka’s work and planned the ADA shower room construction documents. Her efforts support making eco-living mainstream accessible by ensuring accessibility standards are integrated into sustainable housing design. Review the latest updates in the images below.
Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. His work progressed on several reports. The vermiculture calculations report was completed and proofread to ensure that the analysis and explanations were clearly presented. Work also continued on the sensor selection report, including updates to the content and supporting information. Both reports were reformatted to align with the required documentation standards and to maintain consistency across the project reports. These updates support making eco-living mainstream accessible by improving the clarity and reliability of technical documentation for sustainable infrastructure systems. Review the latest updates in the images below.
Vaishnav Sanjay Chavan (Intern Volunteer Architectural Project Manager) worked on the Earthbag Village by completing a range of drawing tasks related to the tropical atrium, including layout drawings, sections, and elevations. He developed multiple layout drawings for the tropical atrium, including the ground floor plan, mezzanine floor plan, and roof plan. These drawings were updated and coordinated to maintain consistency across the overall drawing set and align with the project design. Time was also spent organizing and preparing the first draft of the floor plans as part of the construction drawing set. The work focused on establishing base dimensions, spatial layout, and the overall organization of the plans. The drawings were compiled to represent the current layout of the tropical atrium and support coordination across the different plans within the project, contributing to making eco-living mainstream accessible through clear and replicable sustainable design documentation. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.
DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS
One Community is making eco-living mainstream accessible 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, Akhil Shesham (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on the subcomponents of the elevator by creating product URLs and updating the cost analysis sheet. He reviewed existing entries, identified missing or outdated subcomponent details, and researched current prices across multiple online sources to ensure the sheet reflected accurate and up-to-date cost information. He systematically added new subcomponents, verified product specifications, and organized the data to maintain consistency throughout the sheet. This week’s results move us closer to making eco-living mainstream accessible.
He modified cost calculations where needed, checked for duplicate entries, and ensured that all URLs were properly linked to the correct items. In addition, Akhil browsed supplier websites to track price changes, updated units and quantities where necessary, and refined the overall structure of the sheet to improve usability for future updates. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which is making eco-living mainstream accessible. See the visuals below for a closer look.
Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on the content of the final report. He edited the plumbing access panel section and added relevant diagrams. He also embedded the thermal study and structural FEA content into the report and adjusted the wording so it would be suitable for multiple audiences. In addition, Bevan began researching methods to insulate the plumbing access panels, including the use of rigid boards placed under the decking material. This open source Duplicable City Center project is making eco-living mainstream accessible. For more details, refer to the image below.
Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on cost analysis and the bill of materials (BOM), including selecting suitable materials and attaching reference images for the components. He also analyzed the thermal losses of the spa cover and evaluated the insulation capacity to understand how effectively the design can retain heat. Time was also spent learning and working on how to structure and write the technical report for the project. In addition, Shivarama examined the stability of the spa cover to ensure the design maintains proper support and balance during use. Some modifications were made to the design and documentation based on the given requirements. This open source Duplicable City Center project is currently making eco-living mainstream accessible. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.
HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS
One Community is making eco-living mainstream accessible 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:
This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies List for the Large-scale Garden, Botanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. They included the stud finder in the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies list and added it to the Goat, Chick, Rabbit, and Earthbag Village documents as part of ongoing updates to the Highest Good Food documentation. They also removed the soil thermometer from the GT, CHICK, and GT documents and continued a partial review of the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document. This work contributes to making eco-living mainstream accessible by improving the organization and accuracy of open-source tools and equipment documentation, as shown in the images below.
Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency food and inventory tracking software plans. She reviewed the Google document titled “HGN Phase 6: Food-Ingredient Inventory Procurement and Management Software” to monitor incoming comments and requests from the software developers. She assigned these items to related tasks, including “Create Trimming Schedule and Harvest Calendar section,” so development work could continue to expand the system. She worked with one developer to draft new task descriptions so the project could continue after his departure. She also confirmed his plans to merge the pull requests. This work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible by helping maintain progress and coordination within the software development process, as shown in the images below.
Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He worked on preparing documentation related to the creation of a lighting energy calculator and outlining the associated project requirements. The work involved organizing calculation procedures, defining required input data, and describing the expected outputs for the calculator. He also structured the documentation so it can guide software developers in implementing the tool and ensure it aligns with the needs of the greenhouse lighting energy analysis. This work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible by helping organize and clarify documentation needed for implementing energy analysis tools, as shown in the images below.
Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued working on the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation. She continued developing the Differences diagram based on feedback received, including edits to the two iterations and updates to the axonometric version. She added 3D details from the shared model, incorporated revisions based on the updated definitions discussed during feedback, and continued refining the axonometric Differences diagram to reflect these changes. This work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible by improving the clarity and structure of visual documentation used for project communication and planning, as shown in the images below.
HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS
One Community is making eco-living mainstream accessible 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 and making eco-living mainstream accessible: 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, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. They reviewed a stakeholder’s feedback video and incorporated the suggestions into the cost summary for the food rollout phases. They also reviewed the cost analysis for the climate battery intended for the walipinis and aquapinis and made minor adjustments to improve clarity. In addition, they reviewed the energy needs analysis and Vaishnav’s review documentation, which is still in progress. This work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible by improving the clarity and organization of cost and energy planning documentation, as shown in the images below.
HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS
One Community is accelerating component development for sustainable evolution 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:
Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub
HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS
One Community is making eco-living mainstream accessible 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:
This week, the core team completed over 38 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 making eco-living mainstream accessible serves as a foundational element of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.
Pooja Kulkarni (UI/UX Designer) continued her work by advancing governance platform designs through structured interaction flows and collaborative engagement features that support transparent participation and informed decision-making on the Highest Good Network. She designed multiple governance interfaces including the Decision Logic interface that visualizes the multi-step consensus pipeline such as proposal submission, open discussion, signal check, consensus testing, and final resolution to help users understand the decision-making flow. This work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible through open-source and replicable solutions.
She also created a Consensus Simulation interface that allows users to practice governance participation by casting signals such as agree, neutral, standby, or block while viewing real-time group signal distribution. In addition, she designed the Governance Analytics dashboard to help moderators and community leaders monitor consensus trends, participant engagement, and signal distribution across discussions. She also developed the Proposals management interface enabling users to track community proposals, view consensus progress, and manage decision workflows. This work supports One Community’s efforts toward making eco-living mainstream accessible; the images below highlight key aspects of her work.
Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) contributed to Highest Good Network software development marketing, and administrative initiatives in support of making eco-living mainstream accessible. He supported Phase 5 governance work by writing detailed action items for Deliverable 3 in the Phase 5 document and updating frontend tasks for Deliverable 2 while reviewing the related Figma designs to maintain alignment between documentation and interface planning. He also coordinated with the Figma developer to review and align the required design components associated with these deliverables.
In marketing and promotion, he scheduled the week’s BlueSky posts, monitored their analytics, and updated performance data in the Social Media Master Dashboard and the BlueSky tracking sheets. He also supported OC administration by updating the weekly blog and providing feedback on the administration team’s work for the reporting week. This reinforces making eco-living mainstream accessible through collaboration and ongoing refinement. The following images showcase highlights of this work.
Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued to support structured administrative and tracking operations on The Highest Good Network by performing reviews and updates to maintain accuracy and workflow clarity. He reviewed Sai Sree Dongari’s Admin-in-Training progress across all four steps, verifying completeness, formatting, and alignment with current admin guidelines while providing structured feedback for improvement. He also supported ongoing administrative processes by reviewing documentation, updating tracking records, and ensuring tasks remained consistent with project standards. In addition, he continued maintaining Phase 2 tracking sheets to support accurate task organization, updated task statuses where needed, and maintained workflow visibility across the system. This work supports One Community’s efforts toward making eco-living mainstream accessible. The images below show some of his work.
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), Hemanth Sai Venkata Srinivasa Kumar Nidamanuru (Administrative Assistant), Leo Lishin Shiu (Software Engineer), Manish Kanuri (Data Scientist), Mridul Bhushan (Volunteer Project Strategy Analyst and Team Administrator), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator), Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), Sai Keerthi Domakonda (System Administrator), Sai Sree Dongari (Data Analyst), 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 making eco-living mainstream accessible. 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 more than fifty pull requests across frontend and backend components while coordinating with developers to resolve defects and verify fixes. Ashutosh advanced development of the AI chatbot by integrating the frontend and backend with the vector database, refining embedding workflows, and beginning work on a document ingestion pipeline. Divanshu maintained Mastodon communications, automated engagement metric extraction using Python scripts, and updated analytics dashboards while documenting feature issues and supporting backlog coordination. Hemanth performed local pull request testing, reproduced reported issues, and documented validation results through GitHub comments. Keerthana reviewed administrative submissions for compliance, provided structured feedback to team members, and addressed dark mode interface issues affecting system components. Together, these efforts strengthen development, testing, and administrative workflows in support of Making Eco-living Mainstream Accessible.
Leo compiled and formatted team summaries for the blog, verified analytics data uploads, and tested Meta API functionality running through AWS systems. Manish reviewed multiple pull requests, followed up on previously reported issues, and maintained documentation for testing updates and unresolved items. Mridul managed LinkedIn and X/Twitter publishing schedules while updating analytics dashboards and supporting WordPress blog preparation. Ola organized shared folders, trained a new PR review manager, refreshed social media dashboards, and updated Pinterest analytics using exported CSV data. Priyanshi conducted detailed testing across project management dashboards, validating chart functionality, filters, export features, and usability across light and dark modes while documenting improvement suggestions. These coordinated activities strengthen collaboration, accountability, and system reliability in support of Making Eco-living Mainstream Accessible.
Rachna reviewed communications, revisited pending tasks, and analyzed SEO pages while preparing for upcoming coordination activities. Rajeshwari supported blog administration, tested PR dashboard endpoints, and began implementing a hotfix within the user management workflow while documenting administrative feedback. Rishitha coordinated weekly blog compilation, SEO optimization, Threads engagement, and dashboard updates using Excel and Python scripts. Sai Keerthi reviewed administrative submissions and Admin-in-Training work to ensure guideline compliance and workflow clarity. Sai Sree coordinated PR review activities, reviewed blog submissions for guideline alignment, and communicated with developers regarding bugs and feature improvements. This progress strengthens organized workflows and operational clarity that support Making Eco-living Mainstream Accessible.
Sayantan tested frontend and backend pull requests, documented system issues, assigned development tasks across multiple modules, and validated dashboard functionality improvements. Shameera coordinated PR review processes, curated visual documentation, and supported hiring interviews. Shreya refined Aircrete data visualizations and optimized Google Ads campaign performance while contributing to blog updates and collages. Sudarshan managed blog SEO updates, tested dashboard pull requests, documented system issues, and created tasks addressing usability improvements and bug fixes. To learn more about how this work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.
HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS
One Community is making eco-living mainstream accessible 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 and making eco-living mainstream accessible: The Highest Good Network
This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 8 as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to reinventing the sustainability industry.
The following were not fixed: issues with the FAQ unanswered question popup behavior and error messaging, the unsaved changes prompt after template save, hiring analytics chart rendering and layout styling, the refresh button for a disconnected timer, and the Job Posting Page Analytics donut chart showing applicants by experience. In addition, the cost prediction line chart PR could not be tested due to the absence of data on the Main branch. She also reported 12 pages that still contain light and dark mode issues, created a new task related to removing or deleting a reviewer on the PR Review Team Analytics Dashboard weekly PR grading page, and recorded a new bug related to creating permission to track how many times a task has been extended. Additional bugs were also reported related to the header image, menu, and text display on smaller screens and the Job Posting Page Analytics donut chart showing applicants by experience. This work supports One Community’s mission of making eco-living mainstream accessible. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.
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 Linh Huynh (Software Engineer), Maithili Kalkar (Software Engineer), Som Ramnani (Software Engineer), and Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a key part of creating measurable global transformation. 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 is ideal for off-grid and sustainable living communities, reflecting One Community’s open source commitment to making eco-living mainstream accessible.
This week, Lin reviewed PR #1764 by examining the code and running tests on a local machine and confirming that all tests passed. He also checked the Alpha team members’ weekly summaries, photos, and videos and handled Alpha team management tasks. These activities contributed to progress toward making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Linh implemented backend work for student evaluation results by adding new models for evaluations and evaluation tasks, extending the notification schema to support evaluation result notifications, and adding a student profile field to track when results were last viewed. He built service logic to publish evaluation data, calculate overall scores and submission status metrics, map performance levels to display colors, return student evaluation summaries, and update notification read state when results were opened. He added student endpoints for fetching evaluation results and checking for new result notifications and an educator endpoint for publishing evaluation results for a student. The outcome supports making eco-living mainstream accessible through documented and DIY-ready progress.
He also registered the new routes in the backend startup configuration, created unit tests for the student evaluation controller, educator controller, and evaluation service, and verified backend behavior with focused Jest test runs. To support manual verification, he created a Postman collection, a local environment template, negative test cases for validation and permission errors, a README with testing steps, and a seed script that creates sample educator and student data, publishes evaluation results, and prints tokens and IDs for local testing. This effort supported making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Maithili resolved repository access issues by requesting and obtaining git push permissions for HGNRest. She fixed ESLint errors triggered during the Husky pre-commit process so commits passed the required checks. She reviewed the requirements documentation and identified that the issues previously reported in PR #1618 had already been addressed in PR #1808, after which PR #1618 was closed by the project lead. As requested by him, she tested the bookings payment workflow and identified a logic issue where the create-payment-intent endpoint allowed payment for a date range that overlapped with an existing booking. When attempting to finalize the booking using the same paid date range, the system returned a message indicating that the selected dates were unavailable and required different dates. She worked on resolving this inconsistency between payment intent creation and booking validation logic. These contributions aligned with making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Som continued implementing pagination for the ResourceManagement component by adding centralized pagination state for currentPage and itemsPerPage and updating table logic so that only the correct portion of filtered data is displayed for the active page. He synchronized pagination behavior with the search functionality so the current page resets when the search term changes or when the number of rows per page is adjusted. He also enhanced the interface with dynamic page number controls, previous and next navigation buttons, an items-per-page selector, and a record count indicator showing ranges such as “Showing X–Y of Z.” After implementing and testing these updates, he created a pull request that included photos, videos, and written descriptions demonstrating the pagination behavior. This contributed to making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Casstiel continued work on adding a supplier filter and an “All Suppliers” option for the Supplier Performance by On-Time Delivery % chart. He implemented a supplier filter that allows users to view results for a specific supplier or all suppliers. He added a supplier dropdown populated dynamically from the chart’s existing data source with “All Suppliers” set as the default option. He also implemented client-side filtering so selecting a supplier updates the chart without triggering additional API requests. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how we are contributing to making eco-living mainstream accessible. See the collage below to view the team’s work.
BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Binary Brigade Team, which presented their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer) and included Roshini Seelamsetty (Software Engineer), Sourabh Bagde (Software Developer), Ramsundar (Ram) Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer), and Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer). 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 of making eco-living mainstream accessible. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.
This week, Roshni updated the Total Active Teams metric in the Volunteer Activities dashboard under owner login by changing the logic so a team is counted as active only when at least one member logged volunteer hours during the selected reporting period, instead of counting all teams marked active, and created a pull request for that change. She also began work on the Hours Completed / Tasks report in the owner dashboard after identifying that earlier report data showed inflated total hours beyond realistic volunteer capacity, started checking the report across multiple past weeks to verify whether the aggregation and calculation logic is accurate, and worked on a change that adds a label below the Hours Completed bar chart to show the percentage split between tasks and projects, with both values totaling 100 percent and including project counts, which requires both backend and frontend updates currently in progress. This momentum accelerates making eco-living mainstream accessible through continuous improvement and transparency.
Harshavarma worked on fixing the issue reported in PR 4325 by tracing the root cause of graph-related problems, correcting the y-axis role label truncation so full role names display clearly through label and spacing updates, and continuing work on duplicate job role consolidation so each role appears only once in the list. He analyzed both frontend rendering and backend processing, implemented a backend change to combine duplicate roles before data reaches the frontend, verified that the graph now shows a single entry per role, added a formula display for the conversion rate between Applications and Hits, and updated tooltip styling by replacing the transparent background with a yinmn-blue background and adjusting text contrast for dark mode readability, while continuing testing across datasets and themes. Ram worked on a PR Grading Dashboard duplication bug where the same reviewer appeared multiple times. This supports making eco-living mainstream accessible by strengthening open and data-informed decision-making.
The frontend loaded records from different dates without a date filter, and during that work, identified a related issue where clicking Add New PR opened the modal for every duplicate instance because React encountered duplicate keys, and the modal matched by reviewer name. He changed the workflow so records are grouped by reviewer name, used the most recent record for prsReviewed and prsNeeded, merged graded PRs from different dates into one deduplicated list, and updated save behavior so only newly added PRs are sent in the payload while previously loaded PRs are excluded. He also raised a remaining workflow concern with Sayantan because the UI now shows one merged reviewer entry, while the database still creates a new row for that reviewer each day when data is saved. This reinforces making eco-living mainstream accessible through collaboration and ongoing refinement.
Sourabh implemented a Plurk-only image insertion feature in the Announcements composer by adding an image URL field and an Insert Image button that inserts the URL at the cursor position while preserving cursor stability and preventing accidental form submission, added and wired the scheduling model and routes, registered scheduling endpoints under api, updated middleware so schedule-related requests can be tested, configured a cron scheduler that runs every minute to parse scheduled date and time values and publish posts at the correct time, and set successful Plurk posts to automatically remove their scheduled records, while also aligning the Plurk scheduling UI with the existing Slashdot scheduled post flow for consistent behavior across platforms. This work helps demonstrate making eco-living mainstream accessible in practical and measurable ways.
Amalesh fixed merge conflicts and updated Node versions for pull request 4975, spent 42 minutes in the weekly team meeting, resolved merge conflicts in a unit test pull request by redoing the work after the existing conflict state became difficult to continue from, removed merge conflicts in pull request 2120, and addressed new merge conflicts and reviewer comments in another pull request. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this supports making eco-living mainstream accessible. The collage below shows images of the team’s work.
CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Full-Stack Developer), Shreya Padaganur (Software Engineer) and Yu Yan (Software Engineer). Their work contributes to One Community’s mission of making eco-living mainstream accessible through collaborative software development and continuous system improvements.
This week, Akshith worked on Phase 6 Kitchen Inventory Management by creating backend API endpoints to add and store recipes and their instructions. He defined the recipe model with the required fields and implemented the controller with the necessary GET, POST, and DELETE methods. He also created the router to connect the endpoints with the controller and enable access to the recipe functionality. The code has been pushed, and he is preparing to test the endpoints to verify the behavior before raising a pull request, contributing toward making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Shreya worked on the HGN Software Development task to finish the abandoned pull request for the Educator Task Submissions UI Implementation. She focused on backend updates to the educator task submissions endpoint by enforcing finished-task filtering, refining query handling, and standardizing status mapping to support accurate UI data consumption. The backend logic was adjusted to return only completed and graded tasks in alignment with feature requirements, and response formatting was improved to provide predictable output. She consolidated filtering behavior, cleaned up response logic, and ensured consistent status representation across API responses. Local API testing was performed to validate query parameters, authentication flow, and edge-case scenarios. The endpoint behavior was checked across different status-based queries to confirm stable and correct responses. As part of the task, backend verification and validation were completed to confirm that the implemented functionality works as expected. She also updated and corrected the written summary intended for publication on the website, supporting the goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Sphurthy investigated a user interface issue on the Community Portal All Events page where opening dropdown menus within the Search Filters section, including Branches, Themes, and Categories, prevented the page from scrolling while the dropdown remained active. The work involved identifying the behavior where page scrolling becomes locked when a dropdown menu is opened, which stops users from viewing additional event cards or other page content until the dropdown is closed. The developer documented the issue as a usability concern affecting navigation, particularly on smaller screens or when multiple event cards are displayed. The analysis included describing how the scroll lock interferes with normal interaction when users attempt to filter events, since the page should remain scrollable even while dropdown filter controls are in use. This strengthens the foundation for making eco-living mainstream accessible through free-sharing and open standards.
The developer also recorded the expected behavior that page scrolling should remain enabled when a dropdown menu is open so users can continue navigating the page and viewing event listings without closing the filter controls. The issue was categorized as a UI and user experience problem because the core functionality of filtering events remains available, but the inability to scroll while interacting with dropdown menus reduces usability and accessibility during event browsing, affecting the goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Yu implemented dark mode support and layout refinements for the total construction summary dashboard. The work included styling updates for the labor hours distribution, project risk profile, and cost comparison components to ensure visibility of text, dropdowns, and chart elements in dark theme. Adjustments to the weekly project summary involved changing the financial section to a dual-chart display, setting the loss tracking card to full width, and correcting map container dimensions. CSS variables were integrated into the issue tracking and datepicker modules to maintain consistent theming across the interface.Testing procedures require checking out the specific project branch and verifying component contrast and layout alignment after toggling the theme switcher, ensuring a clear and inclusive interface that supports making eco-living mainstream accessible. Below is a collage highlighting the team’s work for the week.
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), Aditya Gambhir (Software Engineer), Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer), Sai Shravan Neelamsetty (Software Engineer), Sriamsh Reddy Enugu (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 making eco-living mainstream accessible.
This week, Adithya focused on the HGN Software Development project by implementing inventory health indicators and summary cards for materials, including a filter checkbox to display low-stock items and Flexbox for toolbar layout rows. He also moved calculation logic into the ItemsTable component to ensure summary cards update correctly and applied decimal formatting to waste calculations to resolve floating-point errors. Aditya finished the backend and frontend infrastructure for equipment image uploads, which included adding imageUrl fields to the buildingEquipment schema and creating middleware to manage 5MB file limits for PNG and JPEG files. He refactored the bmEquipmentController for Azure Blob Storage, added 650 lines of tests covering 28 scenarios, and updated the frontend to support FormData and notifications for specific error codes. These contributions advance making eco-living mainstream accessible through thoughtful design and documentation.
Deekshith managed code quality through Vite, Vitest, and Husky configurations while developing the EquipmentUpdateForm React component, which uses controlled inputs and conditional rendering for tool and equipment selection. Neeraj implemented skill score summary cards on the user profile page and created placeholder cards for the PR Team Analysis Dashboard to maintain layout consistency. Shravan developed the View Recipe detail functionality, creating a slide-in panel that displays recipe metadata, ingredient availability status badges, and step-by-step instructions with dark mode support and responsive design. Sriamsh addressed Phase 2 tasks by resolving merge conflicts and UI misalignments in the Daily Equipment Log and Project Risk Profile sections and ensured backend code accessibility for pull request reviews. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of making eco-living mainstream accessible. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.
LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Hemanth Sai Venkata Srinivasa Kumar Nidamanuru (Administrative Assistant) and Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Abhinav Tharamel Baiju (Software Engineer), Chirag Bellara (Software Engineer), Veda Bellam (Software Engineer), Venkataramanan Venkateswaran (Software Engineer), and Vinay Krishna (Software Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s mission of making eco-living mainstream accessible through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.
This week, Abhinav worked on Phase 6 of the Kitchen Inventory Management project by building database models and backend API endpoints for orchard and animal management events as part of a high-priority task assigned to Bhanu Anish. He created models to record planting, trimming, and culling activities so operational events can be tracked across different modules. The planting model stores details such as ID, name, related_to, count, date, and location, while the trimming model includes pruning type, last trim date, and next trim date to track maintenance schedules. The culling model records animal management events with fields including count, purpose, notes, and scheduled date. Each model uses the related_to field to identify the associated module, such as Garden, Orchard, or Animals, allowing consistent task categorization. He also implemented backend API endpoints to post and retrieve events by type and added documentation outlining request formats, authentication, and error handling, supporting the broader goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible through ongoing system improvements.
Chirag worked on fixing the event registration screen by updating the backend and adding a new API to retrieve event details based on the event ID. He checked in the backend changes and created pull request 2091 in draft status so it can be tested together with the related UI updates. He also linked the correct data to the relevant UI components and updated the UI to better align with the data displayed on the screen. He created draft pull request 4970 for the UI changes and prepared the components for combined testing as part of ongoing platform development focused on making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Sohail worked on the Personal Max badge logic in the HGNRest codebase. He fixed issues in the checkPersonalMax function, including a race condition where personalBestMaxHrs was updated before the badge check, which caused record comparisons to fail. He updated the badge behavior so only one Personal Max badge exists per user, replaced the earned date when a new record is set, and ensured personalBestMaxHrs is updated within the same database operation. He also added a unit test file covering 12 edge cases such as new users, zero hours, tied records, and duplicate badge cleanup, contributing to ongoing system improvements that support One Community’s goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Veda worked on tasks in the HGN Software Development project related to job posting analytics and application page functionality. She resolved merge conflicts and updated branches for several pull requests across backend and frontend repositories. Her work included fixing backend issues, preparing the Country of Application Map Chart feature for review, resolving conflicts, and fixing dark mode issues in the application analytics module. She also addressed issues affecting the donut chart in the Job Posting Page Analytics feature and resolved configuration conflicts for the Specific Application Page Template as part of ongoing platform development aligned with the goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Venkataramanan worked on several UI and functionality fixes in the HighestGoodNetworkApp and HGNRest repositories. He updated formatting in the Countdown component, including layout adjustments and alignment of the initial goal timer. He fixed icon formatting and toggle alignment on the Weekly Summaries Report page and implemented fixes for the quick setup team code functionality in the user profile by updating frontend components and adding a backend endpoint. Additional work included formatting improvements to the Assign Team and Projects modal and alignment updates to the Team Member Tasks time display, aligning these updates with ongoing platform improvements focused on making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Vinay K worked on Jae and Sudarshan’s task for the Team Analytics Dashboard to enable persistent admin actions in the Promotion Eligibility section related to PR 3851. The update addresses the issue where promotion selections made through the “Promote?” checkbox are not saved and are lost when the page refreshes. His work involved implementing persistent storage of the checkbox state through backend updates, ensuring that only authorized roles such as admin or owner can modify promotion selections, and maintaining the selected promotion status after page reload. The implementation also includes user feedback through success or error messages after changes are saved and validation to ensure the functionality behaves consistently in both light and dark modes, aligning with ongoing platform improvements aimed at making eco-living mainstream accessible. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network Pages to learn more about how this work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible. See the collage below highlighting the team’s work for the week.
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), Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer), Sai Teja Kaasoju (Software Engineer), Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer), and Vishnupriya Swaminathan (Software Engineer). Their efforts support One Community by making eco-living mainstream accessible through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.
This week, Uha worked on improving the usability of the Purchase Request Form in the BM Dashboard under the Tools section by implementing dynamic filtering of the Tool dropdown based on the selected Project and adding functionality to display tool metadata such as availability status, last requested date, and common use cases when a tool is selected to reduce selection errors and duplicate purchase requests. Vishnupriya worked on the Job Application Listing Page related to PRs 4307 and 1872 by setting up the project locally and running the frontend and backend to review how the JobApplicationForm component loads and renders application questions. These steps help scale making eco-living mainstream accessible for communities worldwide.
She identified and resolved a form submission issue on the collaboration job application page, reviewed the code responsible for rendering personal details and dynamic questionnaire fields, verified that the shared personal information section remains unchanged, confirmed the removal of the “What is your degree major?” question, updated the submit button label to “Submit Now,” and analyzed the logic required for technology selection questions involving years of experience and full-time experience indicators while maintaining compatibility with the existing form structure. These efforts contribute to making eco-living mainstream accessible by strengthening the reliability, maintainability, and reuse of shared open-source infrastructure.
Sudheesh worked on HGN Software Development Phase 1 bugs related to PR 2850 by identifying and fixing backend issues that were causing system failures. After resolving backend problems, he updated the frontend Teams component to ensure team data displays correctly and addressed issues in the Add Member functionality by reviewing frontend behavior, verifying API interactions, and updating the workflow so members can be added through the interface in alignment with backend logic. Aayush worked on dark mode related tasks within the HGN Software Development project by reviewing requirements for fixing UI elements in dark mode on the Activity Attendance page, examining the existing implementation, completing part of the required fixes, and testing them locally. He also addressed dark mode visibility issues on the Activities List page by fixing components that were not visible in dark mode, testing the updates locally, pushing the changes to the branch, and creating a pull request for review. These refinements improve reuse and accessibility, supporting making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Mani worked on resolving search filters dropdown misalignment on the dashboard by reviewing the parent container positioning context and updating the relative attributes so the dropdown menu calculates coordinates based on the correct trigger element. He implemented dynamic alignment logic to ensure the dropdown opens flush with the bottom edge of the trigger button across screen widths, added collision detection and coordinate overrides to prevent the menu from being cut off at the screen edges on mobile devices, and validated the alignment through cross-browser testing in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. This progress supports making eco-living mainstream accessible by improving long-term sustainability planning.
Sai Teja continued working on PR3876 to implement a loss tracking line graph for the HGN platform by reviewing the existing code and identifying several issues that require updates, including merge conflicts in the package.json, package-lock.json, WeeklyProjectSummary.jsx, and yarn.lock files. He analyzed the material filter logic that currently filters by year instead of material type and began planning the fix. Additional improvements identified include adjusting text contrast in both light and dark modes, adding a Reset Filters button to the Planned vs Actual Cost section, removing unused Card and Big Card demo components from the interface, and adding validation to ensure the start date precedes the end date. This adds to the growing body of work making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Alisha worked on the Job Analytics Page task to add device-specific engagement metrics by resolving issues related to the device selection dropdown used to display targeted optimization data for desktop, mobile, and tablet users and updating the display logic associated with the compare-with dropdown used for user trend comparisons. She resolved the identified issues and prepared a pull request for the updates and will then rebase the branch related to the Job Analytics Page task addressing the Source of Applicants 403 Forbidden error, resolve any merge conflicts, and submit the update for review. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports making eco-living mainstream accessible through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage portrayed below displays the team’s efforts and accomplishments for the week:
REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Reactonauts team summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer) and Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager), and it includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer), Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer), Sayali Sable (Software Engineer), Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), and Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer). This is part of our broader mission of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
This week, Aseem worked on PR #4546 and created a new branch from scratch to include the code for the task to avoid further conflicts during git merging. She moved the relevant code to the new branch and continued development there and also modified the hoursp pledgedchart.module.css file to address dark mode styling issues so the components display correctly when dark mode is enabled while contributing to the broader goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible through improvements to the hgn platform.
Diya worked on multiple areas of the hgn platform across ui email safety and reporting workflows including numeric alignment and spacing fixes across the dashboard aligning status and time icons near user names refining leaderboard responsiveness and raising PR #4979 for the dashboard and leaderboard ui updates. She added production only guards to emailsender and weekly cron jobs so blue square assignments weekly summaries and org emails do not run outside production and raised PR #2095. Diya fixed ui alignment issues on the single task page corrected people report calculations so project and task hour totals reconcile accurately and raised PRs #4980 and #4981. She also fixed the weekly summary email recipients flow by updating the popup ui to support searching adding and removing recipients with status and email columns and updated the backend response to include isactive raising PRs #4988 and #2101. to resolve ci coverage checks she updated ownermessagecontroller tests to mock mongoose.startsession and session chaining raising PR #2100 with these platform improvements supporting the mission of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Namitha worked on PR #4986 to update the dashboard search filters date picker component where she identified that both a calendar icon and dropdown arrow icon appeared in the date input field creating redundancy. She modified the ui to remove the dropdown arrow so the input displays only the calendar icon and verified that the calendar icon remained functional across the dashboard ensuring the interface remains clear and usable while supporting the hgn goal of making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Sayali worked on multiple frontend tasks including updating the team member skill and contact page to make email and slack icons actionable with mailto and slack redirect links adding hover tooltips disabled states for missing contact information and keyboard accessibility support submitted as PR #4964. She fixed the radar chart resize issue on the skills profile page by forcing the component to remount on tab switch corrected dark mode colors removed an incorrect filter invert rule and addressed stylelint issues submitted as PR #4971. Sayali also resolved the service worker registration issue replaced process.env references with import.meta.env created a minimal service-worker.js file and implemented skillsoverviewpage.jsx with radar chart search bar skill filters preference filters and ranked members list submitted as PR #4977. She fixed the contributors report zeros bug by correcting the sumbyuser function and adding dark mode support to reportfilter.jsx and reports.jsx and added proptypes submitted as PR #4982. She also resolved sonarcloud issues on PR #4899 addressed an accessibility issue in createtestconfigmodal.jsx and re reviewed PR #3600 and #1447 with these updates helping maintain the platform that supports making eco-living mainstream accessible.
Sudheeksha logged 20 hours across several sessions implementing dark mode styles for the hgn skills page applying requested pull request changes fixing quality gate issues enabling form redirection to the skills page when already completed and implementing dark mode styles for the member list page while resolving merge conflicts and quality gate issues contributing to the platform work that supports making eco-living mainstream accessible. Suparshwa worked on authentication and access control for the chatbot system including discussions on project workflow reviewing document integration building authentication testing integration with the application addressing issues merging the new authentication logic with the existing system and outlining an access restriction structure initially limiting chatbot access to admin accounts while broader level based access logic is being developed supporting the system infrastructure behind the hgn platform focused on making eco-living mainstream accessible. Below is the collage showcasing the Reactonauts team’s work for the week.
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 Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is dedicated to making eco-living mainstream accessible by objectively tracking and managing progress across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes, utilizing transparent, scalable systems that strengthen accountability, coordination, and resilient ecosystems.
This week Swathi implemented a compact dropdown toggle to switch between Existing Members and New Members views. She checked the feature for responsiveness across different screen sizes and added dark mode support for the dropdown component. She tested the functionality to confirm that the view switching and styling worked as expected in both themes. After completing the implementation and testing, she raised a pull request and attached the required screenshots and videos to demonstrate the changes. This progress reflects continued momentum in making eco-living mainstream accessible through open, collaborative development. Anthony reviewed the styling issues he identified while continuing work on PR#3600, organized his findings, and shared them with a stakeholder as action items to be reassigned to another contributor.
For the follow‑up work related to PR#3917, he created a new branch from the development branch to ensure it included the latest updates, then reapplied the code originally introduced in PR#3917 along with subsequent improvements, establishing a cleaner baseline. During this process, he noted a potential new issue and conducted a brief investigation before setting it aside to maintain focus on the primary task. He also created PR#4963 as a hotfix for PR#3978—initially uncommenting a line as a temporary measure until the stakeholder clarified the intended behavior—after which he reworked the code, pushed the updated fix, and revised the PR description to accurately reflect the final implementation. By addressing these challenges, the Skye team’s work plays a significant role in making eco-living mainstream accessible by strengthening scalable, transparent systems within the broader Highest Good Network infrastructure. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how making eco-living mainstream accessible is central to One Community’s goals, demonstrated through transparent, collaborative innovation within the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.
SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N
The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting with A–N was managed by Sai Sree Dongari (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network is a foundation for measuring our results in making eco-living mainstream accessible. This week’s active members of this team were Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Carl Bebli (Software Developer), Manoj Puttaswamy (Software Engineering), Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), and Naznin Sultana (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 toward making eco-living mainstream accessible. The collage below shows a compilation of this team’s work.
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 making eco-living mainstream accessible. This week’s active members of this team were Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer), Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), Sharadha Kasiviswanathan (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 making eco-living mainstream accessible. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
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