Conscientious Stewardship of Our Biosphere – One Community Weekly Progress Update #658

Posted on October 27, 2025 by One Community Hs

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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 27, 2025 edition (#658) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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 week, Ajay Adithiya Kumar Elancheliyan Tamilalagi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the ventilation system design for the Earthbag Village. He worked with, Rahul’s drawer file was reviewed to confirm all components were present and assembled correctly. Duct hangers were designed, researched, and installed on-site, and their fit and alignment were verified. Material selection focused on waterproof and all-weather specifications for outdoor duct components, leading to the choice of stainless steel for its rust resistance and durability. I defined insulation and mounting requirements for outdoor ductwork in Detroit winters, focusing on R-8 to R-12 closed-cell or rigid insulation, a zero-perm vapor barrier, and UV- and rain-resistant cladding with sealed seams and terminations. I also compiled a short list of solutions, including Thermaduct pre-insulated systems, FlexClad-400 jackets, and R-8 sleeves or blankets, along with vendor sources for cost and availability. His work this week contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through efficient and climate-resilient design. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

Baraka Minja (Civil and Environmental Engineer Pr. Eng.) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet drawings. This week he worked on the communal shower drawings by adding finer detail and incorporating door and window schedules. He updated the layout, section and elevation drawings to reflect changes and maintain consistency with the other structures. The drawings were compiled into title blocks and aggregated into a drawing set, supporting conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through enhanced accuracy and sustainable design standards. See below for some of the pictures.

Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village final MEP report by updating electrical documentation related to design and calculation breakdowns. This week he advanced work on the final MEP report by reviewing feedback from the initial draft and applying the necessary updates. He reviewed the latest video and made corrections across the report’s headings, paragraphs, and tables to improve clarity and accuracy. He also updated the included images to align with the One Community standards, contributing to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through improved communication of sustainable system designs. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued work on the Vermiculture Toilet, focusing on implementing design modifications proposed by Jae for the waste dumping mechanism. This week, he worked on preparing a detailed report for the Waste Dumping Mechanism, which involved creating 2D CAD drawings of the assembly to be incorporated into the report. The report is in progress and will be shared with Jae for an initial review. He also made design changes and modifications to the Waste Dumping Assembly based on Jae’s instructions. In addition, Karthik worked on the Vermiculture Unistrut Assembly report. Regarding the 4 Dome Cluster Roof Design report according to the latest review. His work plays a vital role in conscientious stewardship of our biosphere by improving the durability and environmental efficiency of the system. The related visuals are shown below.

Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village, discussing management topics and task progress, including challenges related to completing assigned work. This week, assistance was provided to Ajay in verifying the completion of Rahul’s files, and the chimney-type structure for the gases and ventilation system was finalized along with its bill of materials, including the selection of alternative and lower-cost materials. Additional discussion was held with Ajay to explore possible next steps to advance the work. Research was also carried out on available humidity sensors to identify options suitable for tracking and making data accessible remotely. His ongoing contributions support conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through cost-effective and sustainable engineering. Review the latest HVAC updates in the images below.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued developing details in the construction documents for the Earthbag Village. This week she identified a product to use for the roof soffit and modeled the soffits with the directional pattern oriented perpendicular to the roof structure. She prepared a plan detail to illustrate the soffits and developed sections for each location. She produced a specific section for the spa soffit to show the condition where the soffit is attached to the joists while the beams extend through it. Michaela also modeled the earthbags used to close the roof opening from the exterior. Her detailed architectural modeling advances conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through practical and aesthetic eco-design. Check out the construction detail visuals below.

Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet, this week, Joseph’s calculations and the corresponding FEA verification were integrated into the master collaboration document. Additional work included taking over some of Rahul’s action items, which involved performing further FEA to validate the winch and drawer setup. The FEA results for the winch gears indicated that while the gears experienced noticeable bending, the overall deformation remained minimal. Although the minimum factor of safety did not exceed 2.5, the lowest values occurred at the gear contact points, which were not part of the modeled geometry and can therefore be excluded from concern. His analysis supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through data-driven design optimization and resource-conscious engineering. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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, Andrew Tzu-Chien (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center Dormer second-floor window. He developed detailed sketches for the new window framing and explored various joint orientations. Andrew also examined how the wall framing and roof framing connect to ensure proper structural alignment and design consistency. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. For more details, refer to the image below.

Anjana Reddy (Architectural Designer) worked on completing feedback revisions for the Duplicable City Center, focusing on refining the central area and improving design details. She enhanced the placement of the lemon trees, modified the ground texture for visual consistency, and finalized updates before uploading the completed files to Dropbox for review. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Explore the landscape visuals in the image below.

Ariana Virginia Gutierrez Doria Medina (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center by developing a proposal to provide structural support for the window insulation system. She analyzed various insulation types and researched installation processes, leading to the conclusion that a protective frame is essential to prevent risks such as moisture damage. Support pieces were added, and the insulation shape was modified for a safer and more durable installation. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the presentation and research highlights below.

Ayushman Dutta (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on reviewing pipe materials for the Duplicable City Center hub connector design. He worked on the assembly instructions and reviewed feedback for the manufacturing process document. He organized folders on Dropbox with linked files, created assembly drawings to clarify the process, and reformatted the report for improved readability. Ayushman also began creating the cutting sheet document to support the manufacturing documentation process. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Review the connector analysis visuals below for more details.

Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer Volunteer) contributed to the Duplicable City Center by researching DIY sustainable spa construction methods, focusing on cinder block and poured concrete spa tubs. He reviewed California’s commercial and residential spa requirements (Chapter 31B: Public Pools) to gather relevant regulatory information. Bevan also performed initial spacing calculations for the rockwool and cinder block spa concept to assess its feasibility. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. For more details, refer to the image below.

Koushik Chandra Katta (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center by trimming the work for Row 5 and discussing FEA analysis details with Srujan to ensure accurate result interpretation. He also coordinated with Shreyas regarding the Row 6.1 model to maintain alignment and progress. These discussions helped ensure workflow clarity and consistency across multiple dome model stages. Explore One Community’s open-source Duplicable City Center for conscientious stewardship of our biosphere which empowers people to learn. Browse the visuals below.

Nikhil Bharadwaj (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center dome assembly on the Row 5 hub connectors, maintaining a consistent design approach across previous sections. He collaborated with Shreyas to complete all four connectors, integrated them into the full dome assembly, and shared the updated model for beam trimming. Nikhil also reviewed team questions to clarify design intent and ensure proper workflow alignment. One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center is an example of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. The visuals below highlight his assembly progress this week.

Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the City Center Natural Pool and Eco-spa Designs for the Duplicable City Center by researching Title 24 regulations to support safe and replicable deployment. He documented structural section performance, identifying I-beams as most efficient for vertical loads and rectangular HSS tubes for mixed loading, while noting weaknesses in C-channels. Sandesh also defined insulation and heat retention strategies for the Eco-Spa to improve energy efficiency and durability. These details inform insulation coverage targets, material screening, and assembly risk for the spa design. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which exemplifies conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the visuals below for a closer look.

Shreyas Nagaraj (Design Engineer) completed updates to the dome hub connectors and beams for the Duplicable City Center. He refined and finalized model updates for Row 6.3 and resolved beam alignment issues caused by transitioning to new connector models. The completed model was reviewed and handed off for continuation. This open source Duplicable City Center project exemplifies conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. For more details, refer to the image below.

Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) focused on data validation and earthquake analysis updates for the Duplicable City Center. He reviewed spreadsheets shared by Nikhil, verified data accuracy, and collaborated with Dipak on seismic model setup improvements. These updates refined the earthquake documentation and enhanced overall analytical consistency. The Duplicable City Center demonstrates conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through open source solutions that can guide people. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

Vineela Reddy Pippera Badguna (Mechanical Engineer) continued contributing to the Duplicable City Center and Earthbag Village by updating the greywater system spreadsheet and organizing images for the website. She improved the presentation format, revised AutoCAD drawings with clear labeling, and replaced outdated pictures on the website with updated ones to ensure visual and technical accuracy. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the updated rainwater catchment data and design visuals below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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 week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large Garden and Botanical Garden. The team created the comparison list for the Botanical Garden (BG) project. Items specific to the BG project that were not on the original Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies List were added to that document. The core team also completed the comparison list for the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies and Chick doc. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open sources, focused on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere and exemplifies the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued her work on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. Chelsea updated the Transition Kitchen Software Build Proposal to include expanded functionality for ingredient tracking, seasonal forecasting, and user interface enhancements. She added new system capabilities such as automated reorder alerts, ingredient tagging for onsite-grown, purchased, and preservable foods, and visual icons for quick reference throughout the software. Chelsea incorporated seasonal menu prompts, surplus tracking, and analytics on ingredient usage and preservation to improve sustainability and planning accuracy. In addition to revising the proposal’s key functional modules and user interface notes, she defined specific requirements for mockups to reflect alert systems, tagging, and hover tooltips. Chelsea also met with Ravi to strategize about mockup development and ensure alignment between design elements and system objectives. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. The following images provide a view of her contributions.

Dirgh Patel (Mechanical Engineer) continued assisting with the Climate Battery design updates. He edited the explanation of the “Design for Ventilation” section, clarified the ventilation rate equation, and added explanations for the units used in heat loss or gain due to ventilation, including an example on measuring PSI. Dirgh updated the report by adding descriptions for the images showing total heat gain and required volumetric flow rates to maintain 30 °C, 24 °C, and 0 °C, along with attaching the supporting data in a spreadsheet. He revised equation units and explanations, added an overview of the forced convection thermal simulation, detailed the assumptions for the stress–strain simulation, and clarified ventilation requirements in the related sheet. Dirgh performed calculations to determine when external heating and cooling are required throughout the year to maintain different greenhouse setpoints and analyzed whether greater heating or cooling input would be needed overall. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Food initiative, which is focused on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the images below to review this week’s updates.

Gayatri Pandkar (Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. She worked on the detailed report for the southwest and southeast areas, adding updated renders that highlight key design features, planting layouts, and tree placements. Gayatri incorporated legends for clarity, revised descriptive details for accuracy, and ensured consistency throughout both reports. She also adjusted the formatting and organization of the content to improve readability and usability, making the reports easier to follow and reference for future project work.The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He worked on the Walipini 1 lighting energy calculations, ensuring that data inputs and results align with the latest fixture specifications and project requirements. Jay also continued the standardization of the document, organizing its structure and formatting according to established guidelines to maintain consistency and clarity across the project documentation. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See below for pictures related to this work.

Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative, focusing on developing and rendering the Walipini 2 plan. The work continued on rendering the Walipini 2 plan in GIMP, focusing on refining the planting layers and ensuring alignment with the updated design and project requirements. Corrections were made to the third planting layer to adjust placement and improve accuracy, while a fourth layer was added to enhance depth, detail, and visual clarity within the rendering. The planting and tree legend provided by Jae was reviewed as part of the ongoing coordination process, following an earlier request to incorporate the specified PSD trees into the Walipini planting plan. This review ensured that the tree types, sizes, and placements matched the updated legend for accurate species representation and visual consistency. Additional corrections were applied to Layers 1 and 2 of the planting plan to align tree positioning and categorization with the reference material provided by Jae, maintaining coherence across all layers. The work focused on refining the visual hierarchy of the planting composition and ensuring that all elements integrated effectively with the overall landscape and project design requirement. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Images below showcase his contributions.

Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting. Pallavi created new content for blog 657 and worked with her teammates by reviewing input and integrating feedback to produce a clear and consistent final version. After applying Jae’s recommendations, she integrated the Zenapini #2 content provided by Silin. She updated the Walipini #2 page by incorporating Junyi Shi’s contributions, revising text, links, and images to align with current project requirements, and submitted the updates for Jae’s review. Pallavi also completed one interview and provided the details accordingly. In alignment with One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates the concept of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Shivangi Varma (Volunteer Architectural Designer And Planner) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. She received detailed feedback on the Aquapini, Walipini, and Zenipini rendered masterplan. Shivangi incorporated revisions by refining the structural layout across six projects, enhancing the textural quality of landscapes, sidewalks, and planters, and adding realistic shadows and material depth to strengthen the overall visual clarity and spatial coherence: The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development focused on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Below are visuals highlighting this work.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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: 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 and made minor edits to Shravan’s final updates to the Solar Calculator Tool, the accompanying instructions, and the spreadsheet containing the related calculations. The team added links to the Solar Energy Microgrid document for relevant One Community pages and other online resources to improve accessibility and reference. They also reviewed the outline for the Transition Kitchen Software Build Proposal and provided comments to clarify and refine the proposed structure. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development focused on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Below are images related to this project.

Keerthi Reddy Gavinolla (Software Developer) continued working on the Highest Good Food page. She completed the Soil Amendment and Initial Off-grid Site Preparation webpage by finalizing sections, adjusting formatting, and adding links to images and related content. Keerthi also refined spacing, headings, and bullet points for better presentation and consistency, and completed her admin tasks for the week. Built on One Community’s open source foundation, the Highest Good Food initiative is dedicated to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere, empowering communities through self-sustaining systems. Visual examples of her work are shown below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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. 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:

Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance: 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

This week, Anuneet Kaur (Administrator) continued contributing to the Highest Good Education software platform. She completed the Vegan Rice Recipe webpage and updated the Vegan Pasta Recipe webpage. She focused on researching the most sustainable options for insulation, urinals, and windows by reviewing scholarly articles and compiling relevant statistics for the graphic creation process. Anuneet ensured all members were included in the live blog task and identified any who were missing. Additionally, she reviewed Yulin’s infographic on sustainable research and provided detailed feedback, as well as participated in the training team’s review process. She fulfilled administrative responsibilities by editing summaries and collages for the Highest Good Society team, Highest Good Education, and core teams, and reviewed fellow admin submissions for completeness and accuracy. The One Community model of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere, exemplified by sustainably built classrooms like these, fosters lasting global impact. Her recent contributions are featured in the collage below.

Ravi Kumar Sripathi (Software Engineer) continued developing the Highest Good Education software platform by creating Figma designs and refining the Build Lesson Plan module, which enables students to transform their saved interests into weekly learning plans through guided steps. He worked on developing the Transition Kitchen Software Build Proposal for One Community Global. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. The proposal defines a custom software system aimed at improving food management, ordering, and inventory processes for the Transition Kitchen. It focuses on integrating onsite food production with external supplier orders to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and support sustainability goals. The proposal outlines three main functional modules: Dashboard Overview, Menu Planning and Forecasting, and Inventory Management. The Dashboard module provides a central view of kitchen operations with metrics such as ingredient availability, upcoming meal plans, and order deadlines, along with alerts for low stock, budgeting, and seasonal recommendations. The Menu Planning and Forecasting module allows weekly menu creation, automatic calculation of ingredient requirements based on the number of people served, and comparison with inventory to identify shortages or purchase needs. It also includes tagging for ingredients based on their source and seasonal availability to align recipes with harvest periods. The Inventory Management module tracks ingredients and kitchen supplies, distinguishes between onsite and purchased goods, records harvest data and yields, and includes features for logging preserved items, calculating depletion rates, and suggesting reorder times to maintain adequate stock levels. These updates strengthened both the functionality and user experience of the platform, enhancing the One Community model of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere as a path to lasting global impact. Below are images related to his work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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, the core team completed over 43 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, identifying new bugs, and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network software, as well as interviewing and onboarding new volunteer team members. They also produced and integrated the video above, highlighting how conscientious stewardship of our biosphere serves as the foundation of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network, tracking updates in the software team management documents to assign and monitor task status. He worked on the PR Analytics Dashboard and Questionnaire Dashboard by testing multiple components and creating action items to address bugs and improve existing functionality. He tracked updates in software team management documents to support task management. Jaiwanth also tested multiple pull requests in the Highest Good Network software. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This work supports One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. The images below highlight his contributions.

Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She applied Google recommendations and analyzed the performance data for Google Ads, identifying the best-performing ads and campaigns while making adjustments to improve ad strength through optimized headlines and descriptions. She reviewed the performance of mid-level campaigns, updated their copy, and tracked daily and weekly performance metrics. Rajrajeshwari also performed product testing, reviewed several pull requests, identified multiple issues across different accounts, and added four new tasks for the team to support phase 2 improvements of the HGN software. She created and commented on issues related to these tasks, updated internal sheets with PR bugs, assigned owners, and tracked task statuses. Additionally, she discussed new processes with Jae after watching the shared video and shared her certifications, and later met with Sudarshan to review task progress. This project supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. The images below highlight key aspects of her 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 Ashutosh Mishra (Software Engineer), Divanshu Bakshi (Team Admin), Indra Anuraag Gade (Software Engineer and Team Administrator), Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator), Mridul Bhushan (Volunteer Project Strategy Analyst and Team Administrator), Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator), Rishi Sundara (Quality Control Engineer and Team Administrator), Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), Sai Suraj Matta Veera Venkata (Business Data Analyst), Samhitha Are (Administrator), Sayantan Paul (Volunteer Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator), 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 open-source solutions for global sustainability. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruiting, analytics, and content management, the team advances conscientious stewardship of our biosphere, aligning with One Community’s mission to build a replicable and sustainable future model.

This week, Ashutosh refactored four documents for better data ingestion and indexing, explored open-source agentic model options, and collaborated on backend updates to improve chatbot performance. Divanshu strengthened Mastodon content tracking by creating posts, documenting new bugs and features, and integrating analytics data into the master tracker for consistent performance monitoring. Indra handled the Code Crafters weekly update, integrated X/Twitter analytics into the Social Media Master Dashboard, scheduled posts, and created a Community Reposting Tracker while reviewing multiple PRs. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Keerthana managed administrative tasks by reviewing team submissions, updating Step 2 and 4 tracking sheets, preparing the weekly blog, and assigning new developer action items. Mridul reviewed and finalized the Moonfall Team’s summaries, checked PRs marked “Done and Merged,” ensured formatting compliance, and verified blog SEO accuracy. Neeharika managed task assignments, followed up on contributor progress, tested PR dashboard components, created new bug entries, and reviewed the work of three admins. Olimpia oversaw volunteer document reviews, resolved prior comments, identified members needing follow-ups or warnings, and scheduled upcoming LinkedIn posts with appropriate visuals. Priyanshi conducted comprehensive page-by-page testing of Phase 2 PRs, validated dashboards and analytics components, and logged visualization and chart errors for developer attention. This effort supports One Community’s mission of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Rachna caught up on prior emails and tasks, reviewed One Community webpages for updates, and monitored hiring activity. Rajeshwari served as administrator for Blog #657, reviewed team summaries, created Binary Brigade updates, completed the HGN questionnaire, and tested BM Dashboard login and inventory modules. Rishi reviewed and tested multiple PRs, coordinated Slack communications on high-priority items, merged all individual blogs into Blog #657, and finalized SEO updates. This project aligns with One Community’s focus on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Rishitha led interviews with new candidates, partnered on blog review and bio administration, followed up on pending details, and maintained engagement through Threads media uploads. Sai Suraj advanced the Social Media Master Dashboard by processing analytics for Facebook and Instagram, standardizing data submissions through a Python script, coordinating contributor exports, and publishing SEO-optimized weekly pages. Samhitha performed Phase 3 testing across user roles, logged new bugs, maintained documentation accuracy, and coordinated follow-ups to ensure smooth testing workflows. Sayantan handled administrative PR management, verified reviewer progress, initiated Level 1 Software Testing, and completed the weekly Team Skye review. Sudarshan managed the Alpha Software Team blog, reviewed PRs for Phase 2, created multiple new feature and bug-fix tasks, validated UX/UI performance, and coordinated meetings to align feedback and assignments. To learn more about how this work supports One Community’s vision of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shared in the collage below.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

This week, Yulin focused on visual communication and coordination tasks. She created images for social media and revised old infographics, applying feedback to improve clarity, visual consistency, and alignment with One Community’s sustainability goals and conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. In addition, she prepared and posted the Highest Good Network software team collaboration announcement to support cross-team transparency. She also maintained organized asset management via Dropbox and participated in weekly review discussions to ensure timely progress on deliverables. Their combined efforts highlight conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere 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 tested HGN pull requests and confirming fixes for adding edit buttons to the Weekly Summaries tab on the Dashboard (PR4094) and resolving the profile page issue so the projects tab loads only when selected (#3894). This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

The following items were not fixed included the Total Team Report team code fields (PR1140). Additionally, nine PRs could not be tested due to missing data on the main branch. This development advances One Community’s dedication to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Other PRs not fixed included the horizontal bar graph for the applicant-to-volunteer conversion ratio (#3848+1637) where the page did not load, the filter buttons and Dark Mode formatting (PR3897), actual vs planned cost styling (#3879), the Project page and edit button (#3877), and the PR grading screen (#3826) which returned “Page Not Found.” They also reviewed assigned badges for “Tester One” and logged 40 hours this week while testing the “New Max” and “30 Hours in Week” badges.See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work strengthens conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the collage below for an overview of this 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 Carlos Martinez (Software Developer), Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer) and Meron Qelati (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a key part of sustainable and free-shared eco-solutions, helping track and measure progress toward conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. The software supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to the open source project and resilient ecosystems. Designed to be portable and scalable, the Highest Good Network software is well suited for off-grid and sustainable living communities. This project reflects One Community’s open source commitment to advancing the idea of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere that we want to build.

This week, Lin reviewed PR #1804, checked the code, tested the endpoints using Postman, confirmed the expected results, reviewed weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by Alpha Team members, and managed team responsibilities. This contribution strengthens One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Carlos worked on optimizing the dark mode for the Total Construction Summary page by ensuring consistency across all related components and data, including the project risk profile, issue breakdown, issue tracking, and equipment tracking sections, to maintain uniform appearance and functionality. Meron fixed an issue on the Skills page (/hgn/profile/skills/USERID) that caused it to remain in a continuous loading state when accessing different user IDs after form submission by updating the .env.development configuration to use the correct API endpoint (:4500), allowing dynamic reading from environment variables. This work reflects One Community’s focus on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. He also improved layout alignment on the Members List Page by centering volunteer names within their cards, resolving previous alignment issues and confirming proper text wrapping for longer names. Nikita continued work on the “Total Org Summary: Fix Stats Accuracy (NEW)” task, addressing discrepancies between the statistics displayed on the Total Org Summary page, completing updates to the Reports > Reports section, and documenting issues to aid further investigation into data accuracy. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to the idea of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere that we want to build. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer) and included Kanishk Agarwal (Software Engineer), Srushti Patel (Software Developer), Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer), Deep Shah (Software Engineer), Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer), Taariq Mansurie (Full Stack Developer), and Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked, aligned with our mission, and modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

This week, Amalesh Arivanan worked on the “Replicate Task” feature under the task titled “Create new ‘Replicate Task’ function,” which enables admins and owners to duplicate tasks and assign them to multiple individuals listed as Resources, ensuring each person receives a separate copy with full task details. He submitted frontend PR 4242 and backend PR 1825 to support this functionality, both pending testing, and uploaded documentation with screenshots and videos to the shared Dropbox folder. This progress aligns with One Community’s ongoing mission of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Deep reviewed several pull requests assigned by Jae, tested new frontend and backend features using Postman APIs, resolved permission issues that restricted user access to profile pages, fixed dropdown visibility issues in the BM Dashboard materials section, and implemented review feedback on previous PRs. Harshavarma focused on completing and validating pull requests for the Application Page/Function section, including reviewing frontend/backend pairs 4236 + 1823 and 4201 + 1802, identifying data fetching and dark mode issues, and suggesting layout improvements. He verified application form submissions for PRs 4168 and 3870, reviewed UI updates for PR 4010, and confirmed stability for PR 4055 and backend functionality for PR 1636. This outcome represents One Community’s dedication to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Kanishk worked on improving the Bio Status filter criteria in PR 3529 for the Weekly Summaries Report by modifying logic to use weeklySummariesCount and tangible hours instead of time-based conditions. He ensured that users must have at least eight valid weekly summaries and 80 tangible hours to qualify for bio posting, resolved naming inconsistencies, tested the behavior in development, and finalized changes on the Vamshi-WeeklySummariesFilter branch. This task adds to One Community’s efforts in conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Nikhil continued migrating legacy CSS files to the CSS Modules format and made additional updates to the Community Portal, BM Dashboard, and Teams components by refining import statements and className references for maintainability. He tracked the migration task’s progress, reviewed PR 3768, delegated team tasks, investigated MongoDB timeout issues related to query handling, and tested configuration-level fixes while verifying production issues related to time logging. This contribution embodies One Community’s approach to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Ram resolved merge conflicts for PRs 4202 and 1822 concerning permission control for plus/minus buttons on profile pages, combined commits for the frontend, created new backend PR 1854, and investigated issues in PR 3857 where lost code in the /hgnteam route caused features to malfunction after merging. Srushti worked on Phase 5’s Figma design, reviewing the existing framework, contributing design improvements, and creating draft documentation and wireframes. This progress contributes to One Community’s vision of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Taariq focused on resolving technical and integration issues across frontend and backend components, fixing npm CI test failures, merge conflicts, and SonarCloud issues, while enhancing the Lesson Plan Builder UI by integrating dynamic data and improving responsiveness. He also resolved filter persistence problems in the Weekly Summaries Report by correcting state synchronization, API payload inconsistencies, and MongoDB data formatting issues, resulting in improved frontend stability and data handling. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more about how this relates to modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager) and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer), Felix Huang (Software Engineer), and Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer). Linh focused on the Event Management Page within the Highest Good Network project, addressing multiple linting and build issues caused by ESLint and Stylelint configuration mismatches and version compatibility conflicts as part of efforts supporting conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. He refined the component structure by converting TypeScript-style files into standard JSX format to ensure consistent syntax and easier maintenance. This step furthers One Community’s goals for conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Linh also fixed syntax and parsing issues across several components, including EventInfoCard, DescriptionEditor, DateSelector, and StatusRating, while improving accessibility compliance in StatusRating by linking form labels with input controls. He enhanced the routing logic by integrating React Router hooks for parameter and query handling, removed outdated withRouter usage, and completed adjustments to the EventOrganizerPage component for compatibility with React Router v6. Once the build and lint checks passed, Linh finalized the branch for commit and prepared it for GitHub integration. This work aligns with One Community’s guiding principle of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Felix contributed to multiple software development tasks on the Highest Good Network project, beginning with a hotfix for WBS categories that were not assigning correctly on refreshed WBS pages. Later in the week, he devoted approximately 10 hours to fixing a user interface alignment problem involving overlapping text when refreshing the Dashboard, encountering state management issues that he documented for future debugging. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Toward the end of the week, Felix spent 5 hours resolving local environment setup errors and began addressing category merge inconsistencies tied to pull request #4054 in the HighestGoodNetworkApp repository. Meanwhile, Sheetal focused on improving the security and functionality of the Reddit posting feature by introducing encrypted storage for Reddit authentication tokens in the database to safeguard user credentials. She also advanced development on the edit functionality for scheduled posts, reusing core logic from the SubmitPost component and resolving an issue with the close modal behavior in alignment with conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Additionally, Sheetal completed unit testing for adding scheduled posts and continued refining the edit functionality to maintain consistent performance and user experience across the application. The collage below shows images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sai Shekhar Reddy Moola (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer), Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack), Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer), Hemanth Chimakurthi, Juhitha Reddy Penumalli (Software Engineer), Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer), and Vivek Chandra (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our progress in establishing abundant community systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts, while supporting widespread and lasting eco-lifestyle access. This initiative reflects One Community’s commitment to the conscientious stewardship of our biosphere, fostering systems and behaviors that honor and protect the planet’s living balance while advancing regenerative, collaborative, and thriving solutions for all. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

This week, Ajay resolved merge conflicts and addressed issues related to submitting requested changes for review. He enhanced the team modal by adding a paragraph element to display team member counts and implemented a button that cycles through categories, enabling quick review of different segments. He advanced the underlying logic to calculate and display counts accurately across all, active, and inactive members, verified that switching categories updated numbers as expected, and ensured these updates aligned with existing pull requests and component styles. Akshith worked on multiple pull requests, including 1746, 1773, 1779, 4157, 1772, 4234, 4235, 4237, 4240, 4253, 4266, 4269, and 4272 with 1853. This effort supports One Community’s mission of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. He tested each PR locally, reviewed related functionalities, verified outputs, documented discrepancies, and provided feedback to developers. He also completed the implementation for creating student tasks, pushed changes, and opened a pull request for integration. This project aligns with One Community’s focus on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Chaitanya focused on enhancing system reliability and refining communication workflows by updating the GitHub invite functionality to allow selecting teams during invitations, enabling permission inheritance and improving access management flexibility. He investigated Slack invite email failures, identified network interruptions as the cause, and introduced runtime error handlers that notify users directly. He also resolved bugs in the in-application email system to improve reliability and efficiency. Hemanth verified PRs 4237, 4239, 4253, 4254, 4266, 4277, 4278, 4279, and 4280 for functionality, UI consistency, and dark mode support across dashboards, confirming proper alignment, rendering, and spacing across charts and panels to ensure a consistent user experience. This progress strengthens One Community’s mission and commitment to the conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Juhitha implemented and tested the GET and POST markComplete APIs for the Phase 4 Task Progress Indicator and Status Updates, validated integration with mock data, reviewed related tickets to identify gaps, and continued troubleshooting the Imgur auto-poster registration and client ID configuration. Sai Moola completed backend development for the Phase 4 Announcements module, implementing controller logic for posting announcements by educators and students, testing both POST and GET endpoints with MongoDB mock data, and raising pull request #1859 after verifying full functionality. This development advances One Community’s dedication to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Sphurthy developed the Grade Assignment Functionality, updating the EducationTask model to support letter and numeric grading, automating grade calculations, managing grade status transitions, and creating backend API endpoints for reviewing, retrieving, and publishing grades. She also implemented bulk grade updates and summary views to help educators assess student performance efficiently. Vivek identified and resolved issues with the userProfile seeder, ensuring proper alignment with project requirements, and extended functionality to seed related collections including Project, ApplicationAccess, and Badge. After testing locally in MongoDB, he requested repository access, pushed changes, and successfully raised the pull request for review. These contributions strengthen One Community’s mission and commitment to the conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the collage below for an overview of this team’s contributions.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Prem Vora (Software Developer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer), Aditya Gambhir (Software Engineer), Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer), Manvitha Yeeli (Software Engineer), Mohan Satya Ram Sara (Software Engineer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full-Stack Software Developer), Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer) and Vamsidhar Panithi (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 modelling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

This week, Nahiyan reviewed PR 4269 and resolved an issue with the Help modal appearing on nested subroutes by enforcing exact route matching for the /hgnhelp path. Adithya worked on the “Listing and bidding platform – Create payment for listing booking backend” task by resolving existing bugs, integrating PayPal into the backend, and implementing logic to fetch paypal_client_id and paypal_secret for the payment_create_intent function. This contribution strengthens One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. He added Joi validation for fields such as listingId, startDate, endDate, and an optional currency field, addressed a “requestor is not allowed” error related to authentication middleware, and successfully confirmed that the /create-payment-intent endpoint returns a valid PayPal order ID, preparing the next step for the /book endpoint. Aditya focused on code review and dark mode fixes by reviewing multiple pull requests for alignment, accessibility, CSS module transitions, and chart visibility, diagnosing a regression caused by scoped class refactoring, implementing a fix using CSS Variables, and validating all updated layouts against WCAG AA contrast guidelines across dashboard components. This work reflects One Community’s focus on conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Deekshith continued backend work on SMS and bid notification controllers, managing asynchronous communication via Twilio and Textbelt, ensuring robust error handling, validating user data through the Users model, and maintaining database integrity while demonstrating modular design and RESTful API principles. Manvitha set up the Project Manager Dashboard backend and API integration by creating MongoDB models for educators, students, and notifications, adding controller logic for retrieving educator and student data and creating notifications, linking frontend dashboard components to these APIs using authentication tokens, and identifying remaining CORS configuration issues to be resolved. Mohan investigated and resolved the “Failed to Load Chart” error on the Utilization Chart page by tracing incomplete aggregation results for users without timelogs, adding logging, documenting backend behavior differences, and refining timer state management to prevent duplicate time entries, improve logging accuracy, and reduce latency. Neeraj enabled display of deactivated team members on the Weekly Summaries Reports page by updating backend aggregation to include endDate information, adjusting frontend logic to show inactive users only in their final reporting week with a clear banner, validating behavior across tabs and dark mode, and documenting PRs, test steps, and limitations. This task adds to One Community’s efforts in conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Prem continued Phase 3 date-based filtering work for the community portal dashboard by refining useEffect behavior, resolving import errors, converting dates to ISO format, and updating radio buttons and date pickers with onChange handlers to ensure proper display and internal storage. Vamsidhar fixed a refresh issue in the BM Dashboard Equipment List module by ensuring the Redux store updates after new entries, verifying that sorting and filtering remain functional. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of modelling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and includes Layne Taylor (Software Engineer), Meenashi Jeyanthinatha (Full-Stack Developer), Shashank Halanur Veeresh Kumar (Software Engineer), and Tanmay Arora (Software Engineer). This contribution supports One Community’s goal of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

This week, Meenashi confirmed the required sections on the Collaboration Ads Creation page, including Descriptions, Requirements, Projects, and Our Community, and added support for video media across all sections. The ability to upload images was enabled, and an issue with images not displaying in full width was fixed. This task adds to One Community’s efforts in conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Video display in the layout was verified, and work progressed on updating form responses to be stored in the database. The responses handling process was completed, with responses now saved in the database, the front end updated to send responses as an array, and the backend configured to expect answers as objects containing questionId and answer. The respondent record was updated to include the email address from the responses, and the jobApplications model was modified to store each questionId with its corresponding answer. This contribution embodies One Community’s approach to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. For job form questions, a questionId mapping approach was implemented since questions in jobForms do not currently have an _id per question, with a note that schema updates may be needed later to include unique IDs. The CollabAds model, database, and front end were updated to include the Description, Requirements, Projects, and OurCommunity fields, and jobDetails were updated accordingly. Pending work includes applying final styling updates, adding required field validation, and confirming the destination screen where saved responses should be displayed. Additional confirmations are needed regarding the storage of attachments in either Google Drive or Dropbox, whether a Service Account is required, and where responses or applications can be viewed, including whether a front-end page exists for viewing applications by job position. This contribution supports One Community’s goal of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Layne continued working on PR 3374 and encountered difficulties creating the appropriate roles needed for the task. After posting a bug report in the Slack channel without receiving a response, she found a temporary workaround by converting an existing role into a manager role through the user profile. While testing the functionality, she discovered several missing files that resulted from a rebase performed the previous week. To resolve this, she performed a squash merge from a previous reverted commit, which allowed the code to run properly. Once the code was functional, she reviewed the PR further and became confused by the instructions, as there appeared to be six related PRs with overlapping purposes. The instructions for PR 3374 referenced a “bell notification for meetings” feature, yet the branch name was “fix schedule meetings,” and the description included a screenshot mentioning a bell that triggers when a meeting is planned by a team manager. This step furthers One Community’s goals for conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. She was unsure whether this referred to the audible bell shown in PR 2878, where a user included a video of a bell notification, or the bell icon in the header. PR 3946 appeared to address a related issue with notifications, but neither the functionality from that PR nor from PR 2878 was present in the code from PR 3374. The existence of multiple PRs with similar instructions left her uncertain about what work was expected. She requested a meeting in her shared Google document but has not received responses to previous comments and decided not to message her manager again in Slack due to an earlier lack of reply. She plans to bring up the confusion during the next standup meeting. This work aligns with One Community’s guiding principle of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. She spent much of Saturday reviewing the related PRs, their commits, and the associated documentation in an effort to gain clarity. She also spent considerable time reading through the document used for claiming tasks but found it difficult to interpret, as it required searching through a lengthy file to identify unclaimed issues. To ensure she understood the process correctly, she reread several other instruction documents but remained uncertain about the intended workflow. This contribution supports One Community’s goal of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Rahul focused on resolving merge conflicts and addressing node version errors that arose after raising a pull request, as requested by Jae on a priority basis. He reviewed and updated the branch to ensure compatibility and stability, pushing the necessary fixes while also assisting teammates with their technical queries. In addition, he worked on final updates and code adjustments for the assigned task, performing reviews of code files and fixing linting issues to maintain code quality standards. This project contributes to One Community’s vision and practice of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. He also converted existing .css files to .module.css, updated class names accordingly, and refactored the related codebase to align with the modular CSS structure, ensuring consistency and proper integration across components. This contribution supports One Community’s goal of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Shashank focused on resolving previous issues and improving a component by adding dark mode support. During implementation, a CSS-related problem caused delays in completing the task and prevented finalizing a pull request. Efforts were also made to clear merge conflicts and rebase an older branch in preparation for raising a new pull request. The branch is now ready, but the remaining dark mode issue still needs to be addressed before completion. This contribution supports One Community’s goal of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Tanmay focused on finalizing, debugging, and validating the end-to-end functionality of the Plurk auto-poster system. After establishing a backend connection with the Plurk API, the emphasis shifted to resolving persistent 401 “Unauthorized” responses by analyzing and correcting OAuth 1.0a implementation inconsistencies. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. This involved refactoring the router to ensure compatibility between the oauth-1.0a library and Axios and properly generating signed request headers for Plurk’s authentication validation. Debugging confirmed that part of the issue stemmed from environment variable loading, which was addressed by explicitly resolving the .env path in server.js due to its location inside the src directory. Following these adjustments, test posts were validated through Postman and curl, confirming that the backend now authenticates correctly and interacts with Plurk as intended. This contribution supports One Community’s goal of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed in creating a sustainable world to benefit us all. See the collage below for the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Abhiram worked on backend development for the Highest Good Education portal, focusing on the educator task submission feature in the branch feature/abhiram-educator-task-submissions. He built an API endpoint for retrieving finished student tasks with filters for course, status, and student, returning key fields such as student name, task, type, status, and submission date. His work included correcting Mongoose model references, resolving ESLint warnings, implementing logic for dynamic task lists and review workflows, and testing backend endpoints to ensure stable performance and accurate data delivery. This backend progress supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Abhishek focused on updating the HGN Unit Testing Guide to align with new automated testing standards and coverage requirements enforced through GitHub Actions. He documented coverage thresholds, test organization structures, and ESLint rules, and added troubleshooting guidance and coverage commands to help developers meet project-wide testing expectations. This documentation work contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Chieh resolved merge conflicts for Pull Request #1342 in the HGNRest repository by synchronizing with the latest development branch, validating route registration, and confirming controller mappings and endpoint behavior. This merge stability contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Chirag finalized the Bugs and Features Tracker Sheet and reviewed multiple pull requests, confirming successful changes, identifying overwritten work and documenting required follow-up actions. His review work supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Dipti worked on fixing issues in the “Fix_making_mousing_over_task_show_who_added_or_created_the_task” task by comparing differences between development and previous branches, identifying missing code, and re-implementing the logic to restore expected behavior. This contribution supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Dunstan worked on the Total People Report and Total Project Report by adding a warning when no charts are available for date ranges under one month, testing report behavior, and adjusting dark mode visibility for labels and spacing. This update supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Durga finalized the timer pop-out feature, resolved merge conflicts in the Age Bar Chart component, and began work on the student evaluation module while ensuring alignment with UI display requirements. This progress contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

Ganesh developed the Feedback Form UI by building a modal with a cancel option, integrating a 5-star rating system with validation, adding a controlled optional comments field with live character count, and validating behavior across interaction states. He also adjusted logging and ensured the feature maintained consistent behavior through repeated test cycles to validate flow before submission handling is introduced. This frontend work supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Shashank fixed the mark-as-done button logic to prevent completion without sufficient hours, tested the action end-to-end, and raised PRs for the related backend and frontend changes. He also created the base collection and route for atom assignment and added boilerplate code to support upcoming integration. This backend and setup work contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Shravya implemented the model, controller, and router for the Phase 4 Daily Log Backend, including an edge-case restriction to return a 403 when a student attempts to access another student’s log, and raised a pull request under task 1815 after initial testing with the current schema. This backend implementation advances conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Sohail built and tested five automation functions for identifying summary and hour compliance, verified email delivery handling including CC/BCC behavior, reviewed message threading behavior in the current implementation, and added structured logging to confirm correct execution when triggered. These automation improvements support conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Veda worked on Job Posting Page Analytics by developing the horizontal bar graph for average application completion time by role, improving responsiveness for desktop and mobile layouts, and updating the UI for full dark-theme support. She also resolved branch conflicts in the Donut Chart for Source of Applicants and pushed tested updates. This visualization work contributes to conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Venkataramanan raised four pull requests fixing import button functionality, logging behavior, chart hour calculations, and user creation errors, and also reviewed other PRs to identify and document root causes for Jae. These fixes help conscientious stewardship of our biosphere progress. See the Hig hest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. 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 Bhavpreet Singh (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer), Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer), Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer), Munish Patel (Software Engineer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Sree Pujitha Kakani (Software Engineer), Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer), Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer), and Zhicheng Tong (Software Engineer). Their efforts contributed to advancing One Community’s mission of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere that promotes open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Bhavpreet worked on two features: improving the frontend of the teaching children group’s interface for efficiency and stability, and starting backend development for the browsable lesson plan while resolving three pull request merge conflicts. Ramakrishna resolved merge conflicts in previous pull requests, pushed updates to branches, and submitted them for review, then started a feature to add a refresh button for the timer by analyzing existing WebSocket functionality, implementing reconnect logic, and enabling the refresh function without a page reload. Sudheesh implemented the frontend of the Student Profile page by setting up routes, Redux slices, reducers, and API slices, configured CSS, displayed student and subject data with progress bars, developed the Get Subjects API, resolved frontend-backend mismatches, created test profiles, added manual data, and tested backend controllers using Postman. Zhicheng enhanced the log visualization module in the HGN Software Development project by refining component structures with React.memo and useCallback, optimizing incremental data loading, integrating react-virtualized for smoother scrolling, and fine-tuning component behavior to improve UI responsiveness. Sree worked on dark mode improvements for the BM Dashboard module, creating feature branches, submitting pull requests, adjusting dynamic font colors, contrast, and accessibility, updating scoped CSS modules, and verifying charts, dropdowns, filters, and text for consistent appearance across themes. Mani developed the Education Portal Student Progress feature, including the Student Profile page with a Student Progress Chart, a protected route for direct student access, dashboard enhancements with student profile links, and subject-grouped circular progress charts with interactive tooltips. Munish focused on frontend performance optimization, reducing unnecessary re-renders, improving data fetching and pagination, analyzing code interactions under different data loads, assisting a teammate with Node.js environment issues, and aligning his work with team standards for version control and workflow consistency. Uha built the Simple Tool Chart feature, implementing project and date range filters, dynamic data updates using React state and useMemo, and improving chart readability and responsiveness using Recharts. Aayush updated models and controllers for the Phase 4 Task-Level Comments Backend, tested APIs, created a pull request, and reviewed dark mode implementation on the Lessons Form page. Alisha worked on Phase 2 of the Summary Dashboard by creating a grouped bar graph for issue tracking, integrating backend APIs with the frontend, implementing dark mode, raising frontend and backend pull requests, and starting work on the Learner Knowledge Evolution View by reviewing requirements, examining Figma designs, configuring database schemas, routers, and data aggregation logic to calculate learner progress and subject-wise averages. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports conscientious stewardship of our biosphere through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage below highlights the team’s key accomplishments for the week.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sai Suraj Matta Veera Venkata (Business Data Analyst) and Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer). The team includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer), Fatima Villena (Software Engineer), Guna Pranith Reddy Cheelam (Software Developer), Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer), Siva Putti (Software Engineer), Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer), and Ujjwal Baranwal (Full-stack Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on demonstrating modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems.

This week Akshay worked on adding the total weekly summaries submitted count on the Tasks page by analyzing the component data flow to identify how the user object receives data through props and originates from the Redux store or API calls. He determined how to dynamically access and display the user’s weekly summary count and also hosted the weekly Reactonauts team meeting, coordinated daily pull requests, assisted team members with Git-related issues, and submitted the weekly team review. These combined contributions strengthen the Highest Good Network software and advance One Community’s mission of demonstrating modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Aseem reviewed and approved frontend pull request 4240 as requested by Jae, identified and reported an issue where the Intangible Time tooltip remained open without hovering, and began replicating changes from pull request 3514 to improve filters and the user interface of the planned versus actual cost chart. She observed a missing line graph display issue and worked on generating a login token for subsequent API requests, which is currently under resolution. These efforts demonstrate One Community’s ongoing commitment to modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Fatima completed backend testing of the Project Status Dashboard route in Postman, raised a pull request for the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard, and fixed frontend issues with the “Distribution of Labor Hours” pie chart, including merge conflicts, branch publishing errors, and dark mode styling. Guna Pranith continued work on the listings home page frontend under pull request 3999, addressing new review comments, and progressed on the Phase 3 Re-Engagement Strategies task by investigating the “Page not Found” issue in the Dev environment to ensure proper page loading for automated follow-up email and rescheduling features.

Kristin implemented a new controller version integrating the dailyLog and activityLog models for the Support Team Daily Log Access feature, added console logs to verify routing, updated the .env file to resolve server errors, tested API endpoints in Thunder Client, and expanded controller functionalities as per requirements. Peterson enhanced the Manage User Permissions modal by fixing an issue where names disappeared from autocomplete when extra spaces were added and improved user experience by adding a spinner to indicate processing during form submission. This achievement moves forward One Community’s aim of modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Sudheeksha worked on user interface and frontend enhancements, including implementing dark mode styles for the member list page, fixing issues in the topcommunity members.jsx file related to the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard Help Request Modal, restoring its submission functionality, and completing the radar chart implementation for user skills in the questionnaire dashboard backend. Suparshwa improved the authentication code for reliability, designed and optimized the database structure for scalability and cost efficiency, and began implementing the new database based on updated specifications. Ujjwal modified the Total Construction Summary page by adjusting cards, spacing, and dark mode compatibility, and worked on the InjuryChart task by identifying import and routing issues, verifying backend functionality in Postman, and addressing frontend routing problems. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports demonstrating modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. See below for the work done on demonstrating modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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 Julia Ha (Software Engineer), Lavanya Lahari Nandipati (Software Developer) and Marcus Yi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on creating an ecological living paradigm. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems. This solution is portable, scalable, and ideal for off-grid or sustainable living communities – an example of conscientious stewardship of our biosphere.

This week, Julia resolved conflicts between the development branch and her pull request “Fix Dashboard and Project Responsiveness #3537.” She merged the development branch into her working branch, resolved all conflicts, and converted all CSS files to the module.css format based on updated commit requirements. After addressing multiple CSS errors, she tested the site to confirm responsiveness across all pages. To comply with new rules preventing direct CSS commits, she stashed her changes, created a new branch, merged her fixes into development, and pushed the final updates after confirming functionality, notifying Jae that the pull request was ready for review. Lavanya resolved merge conflicts across several badge-related pull requests in the HGNRest repository, including PRs #1395, #1394, #1193, and #1477. She aligned her branch with upstream development by fixing conflicts in key files such as badgeController.js, userHelper.js, and badgeRouter.js, and updated logic for awardBadgesTest, notifyInfringements, and category-based badge assignments. She tested the merged code locally, verified badge functionality and dependencies, reviewed ESLint pre-commit errors, and corrected syntax issues flagged by the linter to maintain code quality.

Marcus continued research on the Facebook autoposter while progressing on the wireframe, encountering delays due to the multi-step process of obtaining and configuring the Facebook API key. He refined the layouts for the video, article, and photo posting tabs, making adjustments to improve alignment and consistency with the platform’s design framework. Anthony resolved merge conflicts and updated css files to use module.css formatting for PR #3978, implementing the inclusion of BCC recipients from the Blue Square Email BCCs list in Blue Square-related emails for PR #1682. He removed unnecessary comments, verified correct values for development and production environments, and confirmed that both PR #3978 and PR #1682 were ready to merge. He also resumed work on the email automation task, which now required automated emails to remain within the same thread per case while keeping different weeks in separate threads, and researched how to achieve this by reviewing Nodemailer documentation and identifying how Gmail groups emails using subject, recipient, and messageId values. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contribution advances One Community’s goals for conscientious stewardship of our biosphere in the Highest Good Network open-source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Apoorva Jain Ramapura Prashanth (Software Engineer), Aswin “Tony” Kanikairaj (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Developer), Maneesh Buddha (Software Developer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), Sanjeev Raichur (Software Engineer), Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), Tom Linn (Software Engineer), and Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). They supported the project by thoroughly reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward modeling conscientious stewardship of our biosphere in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

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