One CommunityNo-waste World Building – One Community Weekly Progress Update #691
At One Community, our mission centers on no-waste world building as we open source and free-share a self-replicating model for sustainable food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. Created by an all-volunteer team, we are developing global stewardship practices and teacher/demonstration hubs designed to evolve sustainability and support fulfilled living. By transparently sharing the complete process, we are working to regenerate our planet and create a world that works for everyone, all in service of “The Highest Good of All.”
- Here’s our project overview
- Here’s our world-change methodology
- Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
- Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs
OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS
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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the June 15, 2026 edition (#691) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:
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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:
- Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
- Learn about the different village models and no-waste world building: 7 Sustainable Village Models
- Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub
This week, Chanikya Sita (Volunteer Civil/Transportation Engineer) worked on the parking lot AutoCAD sheets, which are currently in progress. He also conducted research for Task 862 covering considerations related to land purchasing and transportation infrastructure due diligence. This included reviewing and documenting official U.S. design standards such as AASHTO, MUTCD, NFPA 1, IFC, ADA requirements, Clean Water Act Section 404, FEMA flood zone requirements, and ASTM geotechnical testing standards. The research findings were compiled into a formatted document covering legal due diligence, fire apparatus access requirements, road geometric design standards, ADA accessibility requirements, environmental and wetland regulations, geotechnical soil requirements, and a pre-purchase due diligence cost estimate table. This work supports no-waste world building by providing accessible infrastructure planning and due diligence resources that promote efficient, sustainable, and well-informed development decisions. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Devendranath Chowdary Maganti (Administrative Assistant) continued working on Aircrete documentation by improving existing summary graphs and incorporating new findings into the report document to enhance the presentation and interpretation of project data. He reviewed the Aircrete process, testing scenarios, and supporting datasets to ensure the visualizations accurately reflected the available information. He also organized and analyzed spreadsheet data to create additional graphical representations, summary tables, and explanatory content highlighting key metrics and observations. In addition, he reviewed the Highest Good Energy report and presentation slides to gather ideas and requirements for developing a visualization dashboard and to better understand effective methods for presenting project data to different audiences. Devendranath also supported the Administration Team and assisted with related administrative responsibilities as needed. His efforts support no-waste world building by improving how sustainable construction and energy data are organized, communicated, and understood. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.
Sagar Chavan (Transportation Engineer) worked on WBS #2.1.12.1 for the Earthbag Village Stormwater Management LEED Points and Cost Analysis Details and Tutorial. He reviewed the Earthbag Village area plan, including the total cluster area, internal and external cluster areas, path area, living dome areas, bathroom areas, and atrium area. He also reviewed the pipe length table for the drainage network and compared it with the water catchment and drainage material expense sheet, including PVC pipe, perforated pipe, porous asphalt, catch basins, and related quantity/cost information. He also checked the Natural Greywater Cleansing System page to understand how the drainage and water-use information connects with the broader Earthbag Village water management approach. This work supports no-waste world building by helping evaluate sustainable stormwater management strategies, resource-efficient infrastructure planning, and integrated water reuse systems for resilient community development. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:
- Learn about this building and its function and no-waste world building: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub
This week, Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on refining the final report, insulation sweet spot analysis, and DIY assembly instructions. He updated the assembly instructions by revising the step sequence, incorporating images, and integrating the content into the final report. Additional updates to the hot tub report included adding introductory text for each section heading, inserting tables for the panel FEA results, and identifying areas where supporting video content would improve clarity. For the insulation sweet spot analysis, Bevan began developing an FEA model for the outdoor scenario to evaluate insulation values beyond the indoor analysis range. He completed a simulation for 1-inch insulation and verified the results against hand calculations. He also revised the thermal simulation report to include additional details related to the spa cover and added a writeup to support insulation sweet spot recommendations. This open source Duplicable City Center project focuses on no-waste world building. For more details, refer to the image below.
Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on preparing the report by completing written content, attaching images, and making minor corrections. Minor updates were made to the spa cover CAD model, and the FEA and thermal analyses were modified to reflect updated conditions and feedback received from teammates. Images and PDF files were organized and uploaded to the appropriate Dropbox locations for report documentation. Collaboration with teammates also continued on the thermal analysis of the spa cover project. This open source Duplicable City Center project represents no-waste world building. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.
HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:
- Learn about the structures and no-waste world building: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
- See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA
This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies List for the Large-scale Garden, Botanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components, focusing on electrical, gardening, composting, and fencing project entities. They replaced paragraphs for numerous entries with more detailed information regarding the usage of tools, equipment, materials, and supplies. They also incorporated additional acronyms into many of the entries that were originally established at the project’s inception. Their efforts contribute to One Community’s mission of no-waste world building through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and a focus on long-term global development. The collage below portrays the team’s efforts and achievements for the week.
Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued her work on several One Community projects, including the phased rollout, kitchen inventory software build, and governance software design mockup. She coordinated with HG community members as part of her transition out of the organization to address outstanding items and ensure information was passed along as needed. She also completed the Phase 2 rollout specifics pricing spreadsheet, including pictures, links, descriptions and comments where applicable, pricing information, and quantity details for all listed items. These contributions support no-waste world building by strengthening both technical execution and design alignment across the platform. See the collage below for this week’s progress.
Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He entered plant and lighting fixture data into the spreadsheet-based lighting energy calculator to support the verification of energy requirements for Walipini 1. He organized plant-specific lighting parameters, fixture performance data, and calculation inputs to ensure the spreadsheet accurately reflects the greenhouse design. Efforts were made to improve data consistency and support reliable energy calculations across the different zones within the greenhouse. These updates improve the stability and adaptability of shared systems, supporting the broader goal of no-waste world building. See the collage below portraying the work done this week.
Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued working on the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation. She prepared the pending diagrams for final review, including the remaining Open Source Hub graphics. She continued finalizing the ADA access drawing set and began refining the sun study diagram with additional details. She also organized the graphics for submission and advanced the overall HGF graphic set toward review. This work supports One Community’s mission of no-waste world building. See below for images showcasing her work.
Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) continued supported work across Highest Good Food and Highest Good Education, Highest Good Network, marketing, and administration activities. He focused on the Food Procurement and Storage page by implementing content corrections, adding supporting text before tables and figures where needed, addressing review feedback, and making final updates before the page was submitted for additional review. He also began work on the Ultimate Classroom Footer, Foundation, and Flooring Design and Engineering page by reviewing project requirements, analyzing the source document, and making initial updates to the WordPress page based on the provided instructions. In addition, he contributed to Phase 5 governance by updating action items, refining project documentation, reviewing Figma designs, and providing feedback on design elements. This work supports One Community’s mission of no-waste world building. See below for images showcasing his work.
HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building 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 no-waste world building: 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 identified and added links and cost information for tools and equipment needed for Phase 2 of the food infrastructure. They also reviewed the Food Procurement and Storage Overview webpage, comparing it to the source document used for the website updates. During this review, they discovered sections of the table of contents where headings should be added or removed and provided feedback to improve consistency between the webpage and the source document. This work contributes to no-waste world building, as shown in the collage below.
Shameera Musthafa (Data Analyst) continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative while also supporting OC Administration and the PR Review Team. Her work included organizing and categorizing project images, creating visual collages, and finalizing blog-related content as part of PR review coordination, helping ensure that both visual and written materials were properly curated and documented. She also contributed to the Highest Good Energy report pages and related visualizations, managed the One Community Bluesky social media account by creating and publishing posts to share project updates and increase outreach, supported the hiring process by interviewing and evaluating candidates, and carried out end-to-end testing of the PR Review Team Admin Dashboard by validating key workflows, identifying issues, and documenting results. This work plays a key role in no-waste world building. See below for images showcasing her work.
HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building 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 on to the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:
- Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
- How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance and no-waste world building: How to use the Education for Life Program
- Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
- Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
- Curriculum for Life
- Teaching Strategies for Life
- Learning Tools and Toys for Life
- Evaluation and Evolution
Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub
HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:
- Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
- Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing and no-waste world building: A Day in the Life
- Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
- Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network
This week, the core team completed over 45 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. They also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights how making a no-waste world building 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 designing and refining multiple variations of the Highest Good Network Total Organization Governance Summary dashboard to support public reporting, executive visibility, and governance analytics. She improved layout consistency, information hierarchy, and scalability across several governance modules while keeping the interface readable despite high information density. Her work included refining proposal pipeline flow sections, governance performance analytics, member consensus health modules, and community engagement overview screens through layout iterations focused on readability, spacing, chart organization, and visual grouping. She also redesigned the live public display governance screen into a rotating large-screen overview rather than a proposal-detail interface, creating new mockups for the Submitted, Discussion Group, and Approval Group stages with stage-based summaries, urgency panels, participation metrics, proposal velocity tracking, category breakdowns, and improved public visibility. This work plays a key role in no-waste world building.
Additional updates included color-coded governance stages, dashboard card systems, proposal tracking modules, KPI visualizations, focus group analytics, and accessibility-oriented spacing and hierarchy improvements, along with continued alignment of public-facing and internal governance dashboards into a more unified and scalable design. She identified further refinement areas related to responsive scalability, accessibility for dense data screens, interaction consistency between modules, and simpler governance analytics for improved public readability. This work contributes to no-waste world building; the images below highlight key aspects of her work.
Valentina Collini (Designer) continued creating designs that support establishing the global eco-renaissance by contributing to the One Community website. Her work included creating new biography images and announcement images for incoming volunteers, updating the website with information for new team members, and ensuring that profiles and related content were properly integrated into the site. She also reviewed existing website content and corrected errors where needed, helping maintain the accuracy, consistency, and overall quality of the website. To learn more about how this work supports no-waste world building, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. See the collage below to view her achievements this week.
ADMINISTRATION TEAM
The Administration Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Devendranath Chowdary Maganti (Data Analyst) and includes Adhya Rastogi (Business Analyst), Divanshu Bakshi (Team Admin), Hemanth Sai Venkata Srinivasa Kumar Nidamanuru (Administrative Assistant), Leo Lishin Shiu (Software Engineer), Mridul Bhushan (Volunteer Project Strategy Analyst and Team Administrator), Pranjul Garg (Business Analyst), Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), Sai Sree Dongari (Data Analyst), Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator), and Tanmay Nihal Harwani (Data Scientist). The Administration Team supports the Highest Good Network, a tool designed to track and measure progress while developing systems that contribute to advancing no-waste world building. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruitment, 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, Adhya worked on end-to-end testing and documentation for the Total Organization Summary Dashboard. She finalized the HGN Bugs and Features Spreadsheet by organizing issues, improving traceability, and consolidating findings into a structured tracking format. She also created a Root Cause Analysis Matrix mapping dashboard components, dependencies, and potential issue sources. In addition, she reviewed dashboard functionality, updated testing checklists, and organized observations for future validation cycles. Alongside testing, she researched SEO best practices and prepared an SEO optimization proposal including a tracking framework, AI-assisted workflow, and implementation guidelines. She also optimized Google Ads through keyword refinement, ad copy improvements, and targeting adjustments, while continuing Reddit engagement activities. As part of administrative responsibilities, she reviewed submissions, updated documentation, maintained tracking records, edited blog content, and created the weekly collage. These efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building through improved system structure, traceability, and optimization workflows.
Divanshu tested and published four Mastodon updates while ensuring compliance with formatting standards, hashtag guidelines, and posting procedures. He tested multiple PRs related to reported bugs, validated fixes, and documented action items in tracking systems and the HGN Bugs I document. He also developed a Python script to detect and prevent duplicate image postings, improving posting accuracy and content consistency. In addition, he completed routine data extraction from the Mastodon archive and updated the Weekly Mastodon Report. Hemanth tested 23 pull requests across dashboards, reports, forms, inventory, analytics, and UI components in both light and dark modes. He approved valid PRs and documented issues such as tooltip visibility problems, layout cropping, contrast inconsistencies, incorrect event month displays, invalid form inputs, graph readability issues, and Windows setup errors. These testing, automation, and QA efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by improving reliability, usability, and system stability.
Leo reviewed the 17LeDCC weekly summaries, compiled them into the blog format, created collages, analyzed Facebook and Instagram data, loaded insights into dashboards, and scheduled weekly social media posts. Mridul completed Blog #690 administrative review by validating structure, grammar, formatting, pronoun consistency, and guideline compliance across multiple teams. He also managed Twitter/X and LinkedIn posting activities and performed weekend analytics tasks. These coordination and content management efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by improving communication structure and organizational consistency.
Pranjul completed administrative training by publishing the blog Cooperatively Solving Global Problems #690, reviewing team outputs for errors, and managing volunteer time logs with tracking and warnings. She also contributed to Earth Village blog maintenance and ensured publishing guideline compliance. Priyanshi completed frontend QA testing across multiple HGN modules including Lessons Learned, Tools & Equipment Tracking, Financials Tracking, Injury Trends, and dark mode functionality. She validated charts, filters, API responses, UI consistency, and error handling while documenting issues such as unexpected mind map behavior, 404 errors, dark mode loading failure, and spacing inconsistencies. These administrative and QA testing efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by improving operational compliance and software reliability.
Rishitha handled blog consolidation, SEO optimization for WordPress, bio updates, Threads content management, dashboard updates, and volunteer tracker maintenance using Python and Excel workflows. These QA and administrative efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by improving usability, accessibility, and structured data management. Sai Sree organized PR review materials, created collages, tested multiple PR areas across HGN phases and platforms, and held interviews while documenting hiring feedback. These coordination and recruitment efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by supporting team growth and platform development.
Sayantan handled OC administration, peer reviews, escalation management, and HGN system testing across forms, dashboards, event analytics, and inventory workflows, while also researching Phase 6 Kitchen Inventory systems and identifying missing routes and backend dependencies. These testing, administrative, and system design efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by improving software structure, workflow reliability, and development planning. Tanmay worked on weekly blog preparation, collage creation, HGN Skills Dashboard testing, Total Organization Summary Dashboard validation, issue tracking, and cross-admin review of submitted content for accuracy and consistency. These coordination and dashboard testing efforts contribute to advancing no-waste world building by improving reporting reliability and system-wide collaboration. See the collage below for highlights of this week’s work.
HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS
One Community is advancing no-waste world building through open source Highest Good Network® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.
- Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network
This week, the core team continued testing Highest Good Network pull requests on the Main branch and confirmed fixes for Activity Registration – Unable to Get to the Registration Screen for Activities (PR 4970), selected skill button text color in Dark Mode (PR 5202), Add Column Sorting Controls to the Used Resources Page (PR 4675), Create a Bar Chart Titled “Winning Bid vs Average Bid” (PR 4634), Fix Warnings in PeopleTableDetails Unit Tests (PRs 3467 and 5170), Fix Attendance and Completion Percentage Calculations in the Log Attendance Page (PR 5294), fix the incorrect function of assigning a new badge (PR 5223), and create the “Interact with Pause User Button” permission (PRs 5122 and 2161). They also tested additional pull requests and identified 10 that were not fixed. In addition, they were unable to test replace hardcoded API URL with ENDPOINTS and improve network error (PR 5201), Fix for Grouped-Bar Graph Paid Labor Cost (PRs 4496 and 1937), and Redo PR4828 – Improve Consumables Table Usability and Visual Clarity (PR 5288) because the required data was not available on the Main branch. These updates formed part of ongoing efforts focused on no-waste world building. See the collage below to view the team’s work.
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 Maithili Kalkar (Software Engineer), Som Ramnani (Software Engineer), Sai Sandeep Koritala (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 advancing no-waste world building.
This week, Lin managed the team summary covering multiple contributors and tracked progress across ongoing tasks and pull requests during the week. He also reviewed PR #2235 by examining the code and running tests locally, with all tests passing without issues. In addition, he checked Alpha team members’ weekly summaries, photos, and videos as part of team management responsibilities, and these activities remained aligned with the goals of no-waste world building.
Casstiel reviewed the Weekly Project Summary usability task and found that the ticket contained an incorrect URL that led to a page that did not exist. After locating the correct page and related files, he examined the existing implementation and identified several areas for improvement within the current section-based layout. These included default project and date selections, clearer summary labels, expand and collapse controls, improved section headers, empty-state messaging, comparison options, and loading indicators. He also identified component-level data consistency considerations that related to no-waste world building by ensuring displayed information remained aligned with selected filters.
Maithili completed work on the email sending feature and finalized the related pull request. The work included fixing issues with comma-separated email addresses, resolving test failures, and confirming that all tests passed. She also investigated email delivery issues and identified problems related to OAuth token generation and authentication processes. In addition, she worked on debugging and development tasks for the Pinterest auto-poster feature, with these efforts contributing to no-waste world building through improved communication and automation capabilities.
Sai worked on several enhancements focused on user experience and interface functionality. In PR 5332, he corrected resource alignment issues within the task assignment process to improve page layout and usability. In PR 4537, he implemented a multi-select form with dual search capabilities based on project names and tool names, added persistence for active filters across page refreshes, and introduced a reset feature to clear applied filters. He also refined styling for light and dark modes and incorporated error handling, with this work reflecting the principles of no-waste world building.
Som worked on PR #5338 to address SonarQube Cloud review feedback in the Email Management flow. He updated CSS files to improve accessibility and resolve contrast warnings while maintaining consistent styling across interface elements. He also refactored validation logic into shared helper functions to reduce duplication and improve maintainability. Additional updates included moving YouTube URL validation into a dedicated helper and replacing thrown object literals with Error instances while preserving existing functionality. Since the original pull request had already been merged, he created a new pull request to continue addressing the remaining review items connected to no-waste world building. 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 Roshini Seelamsetty (Software Engineer) and included Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer) and Manoj Puttaswamy (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 advancing no-waste world building. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.
This week, Harsha focused on resolving merge conflicts and working through a backlog of pending pull requests. Merge conflicts in PRs 4699, 5102, and 2151 were resolved, followed by the remaining PRs with outstanding conflicts. After clearing merge conflicts, he worked on fixing errors identified in multiple pull requests, with several issues resolved and the remaining items in progress. He also began addressing quality gate issues to ensure code compliance before merging and worked on change requests raised during reviews by incorporating reviewer feedback into the relevant pull requests. Manoj worked on stabilizing the BMDashboard by resolving multiple dark mode and UI issues across inventory pages, header dropdowns, and datepickers. He also implemented a new standalone Unit of Measurement page, integrated it into application routing and navigation, and linked it across all inventory category pages. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages for more on how this supports advancing no-waste world building. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.
DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Shravya Chilukoori (Administrative Software Engineer) and Rithika Pai (Software Engineer). The team includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer), Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer), Saurabh Jayant Dipte (Software Engineer) and Sireesha Kunchala (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure processes by no-waste world building through social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance systems.
This week, Adithya developed and finalized a cost variance trend graph feature for the financials dashboard, building the component and core data logic to group cost tracking metrics by date, constructing a bar chart interface with a zero-dollar reference line to separate budget savings from overruns, integrating project, category, and date filters, resolving a timezone error in the date picker, and verifying the implementation across dark mode and edge cases before pushing and documenting the pull request. This effort contributes to no-waste world building through improved financial analysis and project tracking capabilities.
Rithika worked on paired frontend and backend pull requests for the Building Management Dashboard, completing PRs #4797 and #2031 for the resolved and closed task tracking feature by rebasing both branches, resolving conflicts across multiple files, fixing SonarQube issues including missing PropTypes and unused imports, then working on PRs #4898 and #2073 for the side-by-side comparison mode for expenditure charts by resolving conflicts across multiple components, fixing 18 SonarQube issues, and beginning PRs #4800 and #2032 for the interactive open issues list by adding missing API routes and regenerating the package lock file. These updates support the broader objective of no-waste world building by improving data visibility and decision-making tools.
Sireesha resolved merge conflicts across several branches, standardized package management by removing redundant lockfiles, fixed a runtime crash in the LessonCard component, implemented dark mode CSS for the Injury Severity dashboard, added MongoDB ObjectId validation on the backend, and resolved a SonarCloud pipeline failure. This work advances the collaborative infrastructure needed for no-waste world building.
Saurabh resolved merge conflicts across more than 20 files for PRs #3906 and #1357 covering a cost breakdown line graph, addressed SonarCloud issues including duplicate imports, CSS contrast violations, PropTypes validation, cognitive complexity, and deprecated color syntax, and continued work on PRs #4653, #1982, #3405, and #4479. His contributions help strengthen the software systems used for no-waste world building.
Neeraj resolved merge conflicts across multiple pull requests, refactored code to address formatting and CSS module compliance issues, and maintained several previously submitted pull requests related to the Resource Management Dashboard, Participation Page, Inventory Search, Resource Usage export, Demand Across Villages graph, Collaboration Job Listing filters, and the Listing and Bidding Platform village filter and navigation fixes. These ongoing improvements align with the organization’s focus on no-waste world building through open-source software development. See below for some of the pictures.
LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Tanmay Nihal Harwani (Data Scientist) and Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Veda Bellam (Software Engineer) and Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s mission of no-waste world building through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.
This week, Shravya worked on completing a merge request by addressing reviewer comments, adding dark mode support, removing unnecessary buttons, fixing various UI issues, resolving SonarQube-identified vulnerabilities, addressing defects discovered during testing, conducting validation to ensure functionality and prevent regressions, and updating documentation to accurately reflect the implemented changes furthering One Community’s mission of advancing no-waste world building through improved platform functionality.
Sohail investigated and resolved a broken frontend route where the PR grading screen was inaccessible due to missing router registration, verified backend API functionality, registered the route using the existing container, updated the container to fetch live grading data, fixed API request issues caused by a missing team query parameter, implemented a client-side data transformation layer to align frontend expectations with backend response formats, corrected grading value mismatches, added a team switcher dropdown that dynamically loads available teams and refreshes grading data based on selection, created new actions for grading and configuration management, and developed 38 unit and container tests covering success cases, failures, fallback behavior, team switching, and edge cases contributing to One Community’s mission of advancing no-waste world building.
Veda worked on two HGN Software Development initiatives: the job application listing page and the permission-based question sets functionality. She resolved frontend and backend merge conflicts across multiple branches, addressed review feedback, fixed development issues, and updated the job application listing page and job application form from the user perspective to bring the pull request to a review-ready state. She also worked on frontend and backend updates for the permission-based question sets feature by implementing and refining permission-related functionality, resolving branch conflicts, addressing reported issues, coordinating updates across application and backend repositories, and preparing the related pull requests for review. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports no-waste world building. Look at the collage below to view the team’s work 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), Divanshu Bakshi (Data Analyst), and Amaresh Chaudhary Nara (Software Engineer), and includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer). This work supports no-waste world building by strengthening the systems, processes, and collaborative tools needed to make sustainable living more accessible and replicable worldwide.
This week, Amaresh worked across five pull requests in the HGN codebase, supporting no-waste world building through code quality, security, and platform improvements. He fixed a SQL injection vulnerability in PR 1780 by validating and sanitizing the listing ID parameter and added a missing bookings.js model file to resolve a lint error. In PR 1934, he updated the submissions endpoint to return only completed and graded task statuses by default when no status parameter is provided. In PR 4486, he resolved merge conflicts, fixed a prettier lint error, added dark mode styles to task submission components, and addressed multiple sonar cloud warnings in student dashboard.jsx. In PR 4476, he resolved merge conflicts with the development branch across several files. In PR 1927, he resolved a merge conflict in startup routes while retaining route registrations from both branches and noted the need to remove an accidental file.
Aseem worked on PR #4354 and updated predictionchart.module.css by modifying layout-related selectors to improve the positioning, alignment, and presentation of chart filters while maintaining consistency with the existing design, contributing to no-waste world building through improved data visualization. Diya completed Reactonauts team management responsibilities by reviewing weekly summaries, images, videos, and team work-time entries for the current and previous week. She restored three 4 AM Sunday auto-reply email functions and templates lost during a merge conflict, corrected weekly summary logic, fixed array indexing issues, tested the workflow, and raised backend PR 2243. She also restored the bio announcement tri-state toggle on the weekly summaries report page by fixing imports, CSS module bindings, click behavior, animations, layering, accessibility attributes, and filter toggle styling, and raised frontend PR #5339. In addition, she resolved a production-only MCE editor issue in the time entry notes modal by implementing an editor key state to force clean remounting after reopening the modal and raised frontend PR #5341. To learn more about how this work supports creating a complete sustainability strategy, visit the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages. 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 Jaden Wong (Software Engineer), Nirali Patel (Full Stack Developer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full-Stack Developer) and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). Advancing no-waste world building is a service commitment of the Highest Good Network software which is accomplished 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, Anthony began work on a solution for the Create a People Report feature to support cases where users have more than 20 tasks. He reworked portions of the layout for smaller screen sizes in preparation for the overall design, while identifying other areas that require further investigation. He also created PR #5340 and made progress toward completing the task but encountered Sonar issues and a merge conflict that need to be resolved, along with additional details before the work is marked ready for review. Nirali worked on implementing backend support for the Volunteer Hours Reporting feature by developing new APIs to retrieve committed hours data for both Teams and Projects. She implemented logic to calculate committed hours using task estimated hours and aggregate data across related WBS items, projects, and teams. She also added date range filtering based on task scheduling dates to support flexible report generation, providing backend support for Volunteer Hours Reports, Team Hours Reports, Project Hours Reports, and other date-based reporting features. These updates contribute towards no-waste world building by enhancing documentation quality.
Jaden worked across five pull requests in the One Community Highest Good Network app. He resolved 91 SonarQube quality gate issues across 10 files in the Garden Management and Kitchen Inventory pull request by addressing async and Promise patterns, nested ternaries, missing PropTypes, global object usage, WCAG contrast issues, and unused imports. He also extracted the add-event modal into a separate component to reduce complexity and connected add buttons to the modal based on review feedback. On the User Management pull request, Jaden resolved a visibility issue caused by the branch not being pushed to the remote repository and fixed a dark mode CSS specificity issue affecting hover behavior. On the Village Dropdown Filter pull request, he resolved merge conflicts from a branch that was significantly behind development, fixed a SonarQube reliability issue related to non-serializable Redux state, and verified the village list rendered correctly using a fallback dataset. On the Wishlist frontend and backend pull requests, Jaden merged development changes, resolved conflicts while preserving existing wishlist functionality, and fixed a case-sensitivity issue in import paths that caused test failures and build issues in Linux-based environments. This progress helps advancing no-waste world building through small impactful actions leading to larger, lasting changes in ecosystems and social systems.
Peterson resolved conflicts in a pull request for the User Profile page related to PR #5022, which adds vertical scrolling support to allow users to access profile content extending beyond the visible screen area. The update ensures a scrollbar appears when necessary so users can view all profile information. He also resolved conflicts in additional pull requests currently under testing. Swathi worked on improving the empty state and user guidance for the Daily Equipment Log Form by implementing the requested enhancements and making the necessary UI changes. She tested the updates to verify functionality and user experience, pushed the changes, raised a pull request, and captured videos and screenshots for documentation. Promoting no-waste world building through such collaborative development is a reflection of the progress being made by the members of this team. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports no-waste world building through our 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 advancing no-waste world building. This week’s active members of this team were Abhishek Raghuraman (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Developer), Deepigha Japamony (Software Engineer), Handika Harianto Ew Jong (Full Stack Software Developer), Ken Zou (Software Engineer), Mahitha (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They reviewed all Highest Good Network PRs shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network open source hub measures progress toward advancing no-waste world building. 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 no-waste world building. This week’s active members of this team were Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), Yingshu Wang (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 no-waste world building. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
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