Building a Global Collaboration – One Community Weekly Progress Update #185

One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit building a global collaboration for The Highest Good of all people and life on our planet through open source and free-shared sustainability components that include food, energy, and housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, 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 October 9th, 2016 edition (#185) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments  on building a global collaboration:

Building a Global Collaboration
One Community Progress Update #185

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above focused on advancing our goals in building a global collaboration:

BUILDING A GLOBAL COLLABORATION INTRO:@1:03

BUILDING A GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:58

• Transferred the first 25% of written content for the Individuality Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes, we wrote the final 25% of the written part of the Personal Growth Lesson Plan.
• Completed third 25% of the mindmap for Beliefs Lesson Plan, bringing it to 75% complete (see below)

BUILDING A GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:51

• Added links to download files for the Transition Kitchen and finished correcting the centering and code issues on the page (see below)

BUILDING A GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:17

• Continued with layers of revisions for the upcoming 7 villages online book (see below)
• Merged all of our most current Earthbag Village files and created a list of revisions needed for Shilcy Augustine to help us with (see below)
• Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 11th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village in AutoCAD and Revit (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Aparna Tandon joined the team working on the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Yee-Cheng Ho finished creating the new exploded views for Recycled Materials Village and Shipping Container Village (see below)

BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:22

• Continued working on the Dining Dome of the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued work on the City Center column placement and calculations (see below)
• Jinxi Feng continued research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)

BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @6:57

• Ashwin Patil joined the team and began helping with what will be our new web design (see below)
• Vassili Biserov helped us translate our Solution Model to Create Solution Models page into Italian (see below)

BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION SUMMARY: @7:22

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BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is building a global collaboration 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
      

As part of building a global collaboration this last week the core team transferred the first 25% of the written content for the Individuality Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan is purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Individuality”.

Individuality Lesson Plan ” 25% Complete ” Click to Visit Page

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

We also completed the third 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan, bringing it to 75% complete, which you see here:

Beliefs Mindmap ” 75% Complete ” Click to Visit Page

BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is building a global collaboration 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

As part of building a global collaboration this week, the core team added links to download files for the Transition Kitchen and finished correcting the centering and code issues on the page. You can see images of that work here:

Added Links to Download Files for the Transition Kitchen – Click to Visit Page

BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is building a global collaboration 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

Continued Revisions of Upcoming 7 Villages Online Book ” Click to Visit Page

The core team also merged all of our most current Earthbag Village files and created a list of revisions needed for Shilcy Augustine (Architect) to help us with. You can see some of this work here:

Merged Current Earthbag Village Files and Created a List of Revisions Needed – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 38 of his work that provided the final full-quality render for this Village so we could update the site with all the images you see here:

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders ” Click to Visit Page

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 11th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) in AutoCAD and Revit. This week’s focus in AutoCAD was finishing the roof and dining area furniture details and final elevator-related revisions. In Revit the focus was on 3D external details and the internal stairways.

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

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). What you see here is his 6th week of this work that also included building our first 3D earth block bench:

Continued Creation of Blocks in 3D for Compressed Earth Block Village ” Click to Visit Page

Began Outlining Landscaping and Earth Block External Spaces – Click to Visit Page

And finally, Yee-Cheng Ho (Interior Designer) finished creating the new exploded views shown here for the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6):

Finished Creating Recycled Materials Village Exploded Views – Click to Visit Page

…..and the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5):

Finished Creating Shipping Container Village Exploded Views – Click to Visit Page

BUILDING A  GLOBAL COLLABORATION DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is building a global collaboration 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

As part of building a global collaboration this week the core team continued working on the Dining Dome of the Duplicable City Center. We made additional changes to the walls of the dry storage and restroom that are located above the basement staircase.

Continued Working on Dining Dome of the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

And we also continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome, including updating the walls of the pool with natural rocks, and placing benches around the trees.

Continued Working on Aesthetics for Natural Pool in the Social Dome – Click for Page

Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #20 of her work. This week’s focus was colorization of the book elements and testing different art and floor color options.

Continued Render-Testing Recycled Pipe Shelving for D.C.C Library ” Click for the Pipe Furniture Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations. What you see here are completed beam calculations for the 2nd floor and the results of assessing what beams we need to strengthen in the domes to support the 4th floor cupola walkways:

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

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 5th week of behind-the-scenes research into this area.

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

BUILDING A GLOBAL COLLABORATION HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is building a global collaboration 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

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) joined the team and began helping with what will be our new web design. Here is his first week’s contribution, the beginnings of a filter design for more easily finding information on the new site:

Began Helping with Our New Web Design ” Click for Our Homepage

Vassili Biserov (Writer, Poet, and Professional Translator) also helped us translate our Solution Model to Create Solution Models page into Italian, as you can see here:

Translated our Solution Model to Create Solution Models Page into Italian – Click to Visit 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.

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.

WHY OPEN SOURCE

We are creating everything One Community does as open source and free-shared blueprints because we see this as the path to a new Golden Age of creativity, innovation, cooperation, and collaboration for all of humanity. Our model is a solution model that creates additional solution creating models enabling people to live and collaborate globally for The Highest Good of All. The easier we make everything we do, the faster we see the world transitioning.

Every aspect of this model supports itself and contributes to its success, from the sustainable food, energy, and homes, to the social architecture, One Community Education Program, and open source sharing model itself. Each piece can be accessed, evolved, and even re-birthed as something completely new. It can be duplicated by itself or with other modules, with applications as diverse as the people who want and need them. The constantly expanding total model will additionally be able to be used in its entirety as the open source project-launch blueprint for a variety of duplicate teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities capable of being built virtually anywhere.

The most profound part is: the more we open source share, the more we help move everyone forward, the more people know about what we are doing and can participate, and the more successful and capable we are of project-launch blueprinting and sharing even more still. This is all supported and made possible because:

• We have the team to produce an extensive quality and diversity of tools and resources
• It gives us the opportunity to broaden the concept of sustainability and make it more desirable
• Areas we open source expand our ability to evolve even faster through global collaboration
• Each new area open sourced expands our target audience, advancing our world changing goals
• The more we show our ability to share what we are creating, the more others will benefit and want to join this movement and mimic the part we are playing in it

SUMMARY – BUILDING A GLOBAL COLLABORATION

One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability. We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.