Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – One Community Weekly Progress Update #188

An open source whole-systems approach to eco-living has the potential to improve people’s quality of life while also creating a sustainable world.

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One Community’s physical location will forward the movement of whole-systems approach as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the October 30th, 2016 edition (#188) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living
One Community Progress Update #188

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

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING INTRO: @1:03

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:57

• Transferred third 25% of the written content for the Individuality Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote final 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan (see below)
• Completed second 25% of the mindmap for the Personal Growth Lesson Plan (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:55

• Created an action plan and images for our Transition Kitchen page (see below)

WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:20

• Continued with layers of revisions for the upcoming 7 villages online book (see below)
• Shilcy Augustine continued her 4th week of helping us update and merge all our Earthbag Village files (see below)
• Fernando Remolina continued with his 3rd week of managing the Vermiculture Bathroom development (see below)
• Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 14th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued with 3D earth block outdoor furniture construction for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Yee-Cheng Ho finished her 6th week of helping with the Shipping Container Village renders for the living units (see below)
• Jiming Chen continued helping develop the Tree House Village (see below)
• Zachary Melin continued updating the Tree House Village book created by last year’s intern Team (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:58

• Continued render creation for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued her work on the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations (see below)
• Neha Verma helped create our 3rd-generation wall-section detail drawings (see below)
• Jinxi Feng continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:51

• Ashwin Patil completed his 4th week of helping with the new site-design details (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING SUMMARY: @9:10

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WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is  creating a whole-systems approach to eco-living through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

• • • Learn about the components: Education open source hub
    • Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
      

This last week the core team transferred the third 25% of the written content for the Individuality Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Individuality” is now 75% completed on our website.

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Transferred 3rd 25% of Individuality Lesson Plan to Site

Behind the scenes, we wrote the final 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan.

We also completed the second 25% of the mindmap for the Personal Growth Lesson Plan, bringing it to 50% complete, which you see here.

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Personal Growth Mindmap ” 50% Complete

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole-systems approach to eco-living through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• • • Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This last week the core team created an action plan and images for our Transition Kitchen page. You can see images of that work here:

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Created an Action Plan for our Transition Kitchen Page

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Created Images for our Transition Kitchen Page

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole-systems approach to eco-living through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

• • • Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This last week the core team continued with layers of revisions for the upcoming 7 villages online book. This week’s focus was refining these two Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) layouts…

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Continued Revisions of Upcoming 7 Villages Online Book

…and then updating the book and website after final revisions and additions to these renders of the open chimney, kitchen, bathroom exterior, gym, outdoor patio area, bbq area and outdoor fire pit:

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – Open Chimney

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – Kitchen

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – Bathroom Exterior

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – Gym

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – Outdoor Patio Area

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – BBQ Area

Whole-Systems Approach to Eco-Living – Straw Bale Village | Concept Render – Outdoor Fire Pit

Continued Updating and Merging Our Earthbag Village Files ” Click for Page

Fernando Remolina (Industrial Engineer specializing in Project Management) continued with his 3rd week of managing the Vermiculture Bathroom development. This week’s focus was finalizing this Work Breakdown Structure for the complete project:

Continued Managing the Vermiculture Bathroom Development – Click to Enlarge

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 41 of his work continuing to work on external details and providing this final render of the Center View Looking Northeast:

Final Render of Center View Looking Northeast ” Click to Visit Cob Village

…and these test renders leading up to that final render and including a new central perspective:

Test Renders Leading up to the Final Render – Click to Visit Cob Village

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 14th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). This week’s focus was more updates to the living-space layouts, designing and improving the appearance of the stairways in Revit 3D, and adding more details to the residences.

Continued Evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village ” Click to Visit Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued with 3D earth block outdoor furniture construction for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). What you see here is his 9th week of this work that is now focusing on texture selection.

Continued with 3D Earth Block Outdoor Furniture Construction – Click to Visit the Page

Continued Work on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements ” Click to Visit Page

Yee-Cheng Ho (Interior Designer) also finished her 6th week of helping with the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) renders for the living units. These final renders show how we’ll open source how to convert the unit design from the complete village into two 2-bedroom designs for do-it-yourself home construction by individuals and families.

Shipping Container Village Concept Render ” Units 3 and 4 – Click for Page

Shipping Container Village Concept Render ” Units 3 and 4 Conversion – Click to Enlarge

Shipping Container Village Concept Render ” Unit 3 Conversion – Click to Visit Page

Shipping Container Village Concept Render ” Unit 4 Conversion – Click to Visit Page

Jiming Chen (Designer with his Master’s in Architecture and BA in Engineering) also continued helping develop the Tree House Village (Pod 7). What you see here is his 4th week of this work focusing on the new design for the stand-alone bathroom and shower structure. This week’s updates included adding seating details, switching the the showers to the 3rd floor, adding an ADA bathroom there, and adding in the elevator.

Continued Developing the Tree House Village ” Click to Visit Page

Zachary Melin (Graphic Designer) also continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team. What you see here is week 12 of this work that continued updating all the page colors to match the new color palette:

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

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole-systems approach to eco-living through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week the core team continued render creation for the Duplicable City Center. This included creating this final render of the root cellar storage area:

Created Final Render of the Root Cellar Storage Area – Click to Visit Page

We also created this final render of the sunrise roof-top patio, and these two work-in-progress renders of the central pool area:

Continued Render Creation for the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), also continued her work on the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #23 of her work where she added people to the render here:

Continued Work on the Recycled Pipe Shelving – Click to Visit Page

….and started creating what is needed for the assembly instructions, as seen here:

Started Creating What is Needed for Assembly Instructions – Click for Pipe Furniture Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) also continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations. This week’s work focused on researching the specifics for the radiant floor heating and surfacing.

Continued Work on the City Center Column Placement and Calculations ” Click to Visit Page

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture), also helped create our 3rd-generation wall-section detail drawings. You can see the outline here showing what code considers roof versus wall for a dome, and the specifics of where we are so far in the wall design details.

Created 3rd-Generation Wall-Section Detail Drawings – Click to Visit City Center

Jinxi Feng (Environmental Consultant) also continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis. What you see here is her 8th week of behind-the-scenes research into this area, this week’s focus was creating the outline for the complete report and continuing with model calculations.

Continued Research for in-Depth Laundry and Dryer Machine Sustainability Analysis ” Click to Visit Page

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a whole-systems approach to eco-living through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) completed his 4th week of helping with the new site-design details. This week’s focus was migrating the new search tool to our active site, testing it and getting it working, and then adding more Highest Good food links and icons as seen here:

Continued Helping with the New Web Design ” Click to Visit Home Page

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

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

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

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

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECO-LIVING BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

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