Creating Open Source Sustainability Solutions – One Community Weekly Progress Update #695

At One Community, we are creating open source sustainability solutions for a global audience seeking real, replicable change. Our all-volunteer team is building a self-replicating model designed to evolve into a worldwide network of teacher/demonstration hubs, each showcasing sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. Everything we create, including our complete process, is open source and freely shared because we’re doing this for “The Highest Good of All.” Together, we’re evolving sustainability, regenerating our planet, and creating a world that works for everyone—one fulfilled, thriving community at a time.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the July 13, 2026 edition (#695) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating open source sustainability solutions through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

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

This week, Chanikya Sita (Volunteer Civil/Transportation Engineer) worked on two documents based on supervisor feedback. For the Land Purchasing and Transportation Infrastructure Due Diligence document, updates included revising section titles to make them more specific, correcting heading styles, adding introductory paragraphs between headings and tables, replacing em dashes with standard hyphens, converting inline bullet characters into properly formatted bulleted lists, reformatting the References section to match One Community standards with 19 numbered entries, adding titles for all seven tables, and writing a detailed summary covering all nine sections of the document contributing to One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

For the Sustainable Roadways and Parking Lot Adaptation Guide, updates included revising the Village Layout Repositioning section to clarify that the village orientation remains fixed, updating the Size Check section with the accurate Earthbag Village footprint of 1.59 acres (69,140 square feet) based on GIS analysis, and adding a passive solar orientation bullet point to the Orientation Rules section. This work supports creating open source sustainability solutions by improving the quality, clarity, and usability of guidance for sustainable transportation infrastructure. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Devendranath Chowdary Maganti (Data Analyst) continued working on the Aircrete project by updating the webpage with the latest documentation, content revisions, and project improvements to ensure it reflected the current version of the report. He completed the final visualizations for the Highest Good Energy Construction Timeline Data Analysis Dashboard, refining charts and data presentation to improve clarity and usability. Devendranath also supported the Administration Team by reviewing onboarding blogs, providing feedback to new volunteers, assisting with training activities, and completing regular administrative tasks related to the team’s weekly workflow. His efforts contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions by making project information more accessible while strengthening collaboration and volunteer training. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

Gaurang Pawar (Architectural Designer) used AutoCAD to develop the building’s circulation and envelope layouts by drafting plan views and cross-sections for the rear entrance staircase and roof details. He focused on detailing the foundation footings, stringer connections, railing-to-slab connections, railing details, and flashing before reviewing the drawings to correct discrepancies across the plans, sections, and elevations. This work contributes to creating open source sustainability solutions by developing accurate and replicable architectural documentation for sustainable construction projects. Review the latest updates in the images below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating open source sustainability solutions 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, it’s function and creating open source sustainability solutions: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on editing the FAQ section of the report, the insulation sweet spot analysis, and the spa test tracker for the remaining tasks. He reorganized relevant content into the FAQ section and added references to the corresponding FAQ entries. He also wrote questions and answers covering the tub foundation, plumbing panel materials, insulation sweet spot considerations, and plumbing equipment furthering One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

Additional report updates included standardizing the format of calculation tables, adding the sustainability suggestion button to each major section, and checking the bill of materials with the associated PDF documents. For the insulation sweet spot analysis, he revised the report content, updated the cost calculations, and incorporated the cost analysis results into the report. He also updated the spa test tracker by organizing the remaining tasks and adding a checklist of calculations to verify. This open source Duplicable City Center project focuses on creating open source sustainability solutions. For more details, refer to the image below.

Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on writing the report section for the finite element analysis (FEA) of the spa cover and incorporating edits suggested by JAE and team members. Team members’ report sections were proofread to identify gaps, improve consistency, and ensure that missing information was addressed where needed. Efforts also included working on the finite element analysis of the weight loading on Plate 2, including analysis setup and evaluation of the FEA model. This open source Duplicable City Center project is creating open source sustainability solutions. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

Nidish Reddy Koppula (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He worked on the elevator guide rail, cab, lift shaft, and guide rail mounting systems for the hydraulic elevator assembly. He developed the guide rail subsystem using a T89/B rail profile, defined rail segmentation, added backside fishplate assumptions, and completed preliminary rail bending and deflection calculations for different bracket spacing cases. He also researched guide shoe options and designed sliding guide shoe assemblies for the T89/B guide rail interface after reducing the rail-to-cab gap furthering One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

Additionally, Nidish modeled an updated elevator cab structure with structural members intended to support the hydraulic load path, guide shoe mounting locations, and assembly fit checks. He reviewed the lift shaft structure, performed preliminary structural calculations, and determined that the shaft frame required additional structural capacity to support the elevator assembly as a standalone structure. Based on the updated load computations, he modeled the complete lift shaft structure and revised the shaft layout to better support the cab, guide rails, and hydraulic elevator components. He also designed a guide rail bracket/clamp concept to mount the guide rails to the lift shaft, verified key model dimensions, checked alignment between the shaft, guide rails, cab, and guide shoes, and completed weekly report and documentation work. This open source Duplicable City Center project presents an example of creating open source sustainability solutions. For more details, refer to the image below.

Sri Vidya Sai Thumu (Mechanical Design Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. She worked on the City Center Spa Tub Flooring project by researching hot tub flooring construction methods, aluminum structural framing systems, corrosion-resistant materials, and non-welded assembly techniques. A structural support frame was modeled in SOLIDWORKS 2025 using rectangular hollow aluminum joists, including two long joists, six short joists, and a floor panel with an integrated drain opening. The joist layout was evaluated to accommodate the plumbing system and insulation while maintaining compatibility with the existing cinderblock layout. An aluminum L-angle bracket was designed for bolted connections between the joists, and different bracket dimensions and placement options were assessed for representative frame joints. These efforts support creating open source sustainability solutions by enhancing clarity and accessibility.

Additional work included reviewing the City Center Hot Tub Design documentation, researching practical construction methods, resolving SOLIDWORKS assembly and version compatibility issues, and preparing the structural support assembly for future finite element analysis (FEA) and design validation. This open source Duplicable City Center project focused on creating open source sustainability solutions. For more details, refer to the image below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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

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

This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies List for the Large-scale Garden, Botanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components, focusing on reviewing the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies documentation by performing edits and updating individual entity narratives. Work progressed on the shop compound layout and enlargement, and a review of the Goat documentation sourced from the website commenced. Additionally, the installation of corner post fencing by Pete B. was reviewed. Their efforts contribute to One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions through open source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and a focus on long-term global development. The collage below portrays the team’s efforts and achievements for the week.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He worked on analyzing each zone individually within the greenhouse lighting energy calculator to verify the equations, linked inputs, and supporting data used in the calculations. The work focused on checking zone-specific values, identifying inconsistencies, and reviewing how plant requirements, fixture information, geometry, and operating assumptions affect the results while the calculator continues to be refined. These updates improve the stability and adaptability of shared systems, supporting the broader goal of the creating open source sustainability solutions. See the collage below portraying the work done this week.

Shameera Musthafa (Data Analyst) continued working on the Highest Good Food initiative, OC Administration, and the PR Review Team, coordinating review workflows and providing feedback to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency across deliverables. She organized and categorized project images, created visual collages, and finalized blog-related content, ensuring visual and written materials were properly curated in support of One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

Shameera also contributed to the Highest Good Energy report pages and related visualizations, managed the One Community Bluesky account by publishing posts to boost outreach and engagement, supported hiring by conducting interviews and evaluating candidates, and carried out end-to-end testing of the PR Review Team Admin Dashboard, validating workflows, identifying issues, and documenting results as part of creating open source sustainability solutions. See below for images showcasing her work.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is creating open source sustainability solutions through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

• • • Learn about the open source sustainable-energy foundations and creating open source sustainability solutions: 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 updated the expected operating time of the jets in the hot tub spreadsheet and revised the related hot tub energy document to reflect those changes. The team reviewed the vermiculture eco-toilet document and identified an issue with the calculation of the frictional force on the plate at the base. They also provided feedback through document comments and a video explaining the issue and describing the necessary corrections. They also began reviewing the Aircrete testing webpage and left comments where revisions are needed as part of creating open source sustainability solutions. See the collage below for a snapshot of their work this week.

Rohan Pariakar (Operations and Supply Chain Analyst) continued working for the Highest Good Energy initiative, creating open source sustainability solutions. Rohan expanded and standardized the community energy analysis framework by completing the Phase 3 and Phase 4 energy demand models using a Power × Operating Hours methodology derived from validated hourly load profiles, replacing generalized scaling assumptions with traceable equipment-level calculations. He reconciled energy consumption across project phases by updating summary tables, validating cross-sheet formulas, refining lookup-based calculation logic, and generating comparative visualizations to improve interpretation of phase-specific energy demand.

In parallel, he refined the project’s solar sizing methodology by standardizing the use of 450 W First Solar Series 6 photovoltaic modules, validating the project’s selected 1.6 MW installed capacity, recalculating panel quantities, installation footprint, expected daily energy generation, and module cost assumptions, while identifying inconsistencies between legacy phased solar infrastructure models and the updated engineering design. Additionally, Rohan strengthened workbook architecture by improving data flow between the Hourly Breakdown, Energy Analysis, Solar Sizing, and project summary sheets, reducing manual inputs, improving calculation traceability, and creating a more maintainable engineering model to support future energy planning, infrastructure sizing, and procurement activities. See the collage below for highlights of his work, which contributes to creating open source sustainability solutions.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating open source sustainability solutions through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them.

With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance and creating open source sustainability solutions: 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

Jung Ah “Romey” Choi (Graphic Designer) continued contributing to The Ultimate Classroom outdoors book design, as part of creating open source sustainability solutions. Her work focused on producing more than 40 photo layout variations using the 4px, 8px, and 12px spacing guidelines. Each template was prepared in both JPG and PSD formats to ensure consistency, scalability, and compatibility with the publishing workflow. The iterative process helped improve the overall visual quality and establish a more flexible template library for future content development, supporting the creation of accessible and reusable resources for the One Community initiative. See the collage below for a snapshot of the work done this week.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating open source sustainability solutions 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, sharing, and creating open source sustainability solutions: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source community collaboration, management software and creating open source sustainability solutions: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed over 39 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. They also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights creating open source sustainability solutions and serves as a foundational element of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

Pooja Kulkarni (UI/UX Designer) worked on refining the One Community Global governance dashboard experience by designing and improving key screens for member orientation, home dashboard, proposal overview, and active voting. She focused on making the governance workflow easier to understand by showing proposal stages, group roles, pending votes, urgent actions, participation rates, community pulse, upcoming meetings, and recent decisions in a clearer visual structure. Pooja also developed the detailed proposal voting screen for the Solar Array Expansion Phase 3 proposal, including the approval stage, proposal text, documentation log, approval group members, voting options, live tally, consensus threshold, and archive access. These updates support creating open source sustainability solutions across teams and disciplines.

In addition, she improved the onboarding/orientation flow by explaining how Discussion Groups, Focus Groups, Approval Groups, Administrative Groups, and participation levels work so new members can understand their responsibilities before participating. Pooja continued refining dashboard layouts, public display concepts, hierarchy, spacing, status labels, and interaction patterns to support transparency, decision-making, and easier navigation across the platform, supporting One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions by making collaborative governance more accessible, transparent, and effective. See the collage below for highlights of her work.

Adhya Rastogi (Business Analyst) continued Reddit engagement by contributing comments across relevant communities, publishing a discussion post, researching the process of creating and managing a dedicated Reddit community for the One Community account, exploring sustainability-related communities, and identifying opportunities for future discussion topics to support organic audience growth. She optimized Google Ads for multiple webpages by updating headlines, descriptions, targeted keywords, and negative keywords while reviewing campaign performance to evaluate the impact of recent optimizations and identify areas for improvement. Adhya also completed end-to-end testing of the Total Organization Summary Dashboard by validating component functionality, updating the dashboard analysis spreadsheet, expanding the Root Cause Matrix with dependency mapping, reviewing the status of previously reported bugs, and sharing testing observations with Jae contributing to One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

In addition, she implemented approved SEO updates for the Overview page in WordPress, recorded baseline analytics, reviewed Rank Math guidance, and updated the SEO tracking spreadsheet with implementation details and optimization progress. These efforts support One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions by improving the visibility, reliability, and accessibility of its platforms, tools, and resources for a broader global audience. See the collage below for highlights of this work.

Valentina Collini (Designer) contributed to the One Community website by creating new biography images and announcement images for incoming volunteers. She also updated the website with information for new team members, ensuring that profiles and related content were properly integrated into the site. In addition, Valentina reviewed existing website content and corrected errors where needed, helping maintain the accuracy, consistency, and overall quality of the website. She also created new images for social media. Her work supported the onboarding of new volunteers and strengthened One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions by improving the presentation, accuracy, and accessibility of information shared with the global community. See the collage below for highlights of this work.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Devendranath Chowdary Maganti (Data Analyst) and includes Leo Lishin Shiu (Software Engineer), Mridul Bhushan (Project Strategy Analyst and Team Administrator), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Pranjul Garg (Business Analyst), Sai Sree Dongari (Data Analyst), Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator), Tanmay Nihal Harwani (Data Scientist), Udayan Sathe (Financial Analyst), and Sachit Varma (Business Operations & Cost Analyst). The Administration Team supports the Highest Good Network, a tool designed to track and measure progress while developing systems that contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruitment, analytics, and content management, the team helps advance this mission, aligning with One Community’s vision of building a replicable and sustainable future model.

This week, Leo reviewed the 17LeDCC and 20LeFOD team weekly summaries, created collages for the weekly blog, scheduled Facebook and Instagram posts, and uploaded social media data to the dashboard and insights tracking system for performance reporting. Mridul supported One Community as a Senior Admin Mentor Member by standardizing Claude prompts for weekly blog creation and social media content generation, scheduling LinkedIn and Twitter/X posts, completing weekend analytics, and mentoring Udayan through Blog #694 review and recommendations. These content management, analytics, and mentoring activities contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions.

Ola optimized admin and PR team workspaces, created a structured folder system for documentation, reviewed Pinterest analytics data, and monitored weekly scheduling activities to support organized content management. Pranjul managed volunteer time logs, identified logging errors, guided corrections, updated system records, scheduled Tumblr and Medium updates, gathered team project updates, and published WordPress blogs for multiple teams. These administrative coordination and digital organization efforts contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions.

Sachit developed a funder scoring matrix with updated evaluation criteria, weighting structures, and research frameworks for prospective One Community funders. He reviewed organizational information, business plans, operations, funding strategies, and financial details from an investor and funder perspective, completed revisions to his orientation blog, reviewed collaborator feedback, and provided corrections on team submissions. Sai Sree organized PR review images, created collages, finalized PR Admin Team blog content, completed candidate interviews, recorded feedback, and performed frontend testing to verify styling, tooltips, dropdown behavior, typography, filters, and light and dark mode consistency. These research, review, and testing activities contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions.

Sayantan completed OC Administration tasks by handling Team Skye’s blog submission, performing peer admin reviews, identifying formatting and summary issues, reviewing senior administration feedback, updating tracking records, and guiding team members on summary quality and commenting practices. He also tested HGN software updates across frontend and backend PRs covering dashboards, reports, education portals, event features, search filters, tool functionality, CSS migrations, and APIs while documenting remaining issues furthering One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

Tanmay continued bio administration, blog management, social media coordination, and administrative reviews by updating bios, collecting missing information, combining team blogs, completing SEO updates, reviewing admin submissions, creating Threads posts, and maintaining dashboard tracking sheets. These software testing, administration, and communication activities contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions.

Udayan continued financial analysis work by improving revenue projection models across seven development phases, updating assumptions, identifying open items, and preparing a handoff document for future analysts. The work included reviewing financial structures and organizing documentation to support continuity of project planning. See the collage below for highlights of this week’s work and contributions toward creating open source sustainability solutions.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is creating open source sustainability solutions 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, management software, and creating open source sustainability solutions: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued testing Highest Good Network pull requests on the Main branch and confirmed that 13 pull requests were fixed and 11 were not fixed. They were also unable to test several pull requests because the required data was not available on the Main branch. These included Update Project Risk Graph Layout to Match Expected Visual Format (PR 4771), Enable Hover-Triggered Chart Display for “Tools and Equipment Tracking” Section (PR 4753), Finish PR 4792 – Add Historical Trend & Risk Movement Tracking to Project Risk Profile (PR 5184), Phase 2 Bugs: Fix 4301 – Fix Calendar Dark Mode and Issue Chart Visibility (PR 4653), and Add Side-by-Side Comparison Mode for Actual vs. Planned Expenditure Charts (PR 4898 and PR 2073). See the collage below to view the team’s work, which contributes to creating open source sustainability solutions.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and Pranjul Garg (Business Analyst) with a team consisting of Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer), Handika Harianto Ew Jong (Full Stack Developer), Maithili Kalkar (Software Engineer), Sai Sandeep (Software Engineer), Som Ramnani (Junior Software Engineer) and Yingshu Wang (Software Engineer) supporting One Community’s mission of cross-functional software development and system improvements. This work advances the team’s objectives, ensuring that all completed tasks directly contribute to creating open source sustainability solutions.

This week, Casstiel reviewed the Weekly Project Summary implementation by examining the frontend filter flow, Redux state, chart components, and backend routes to confirm that frontend usability features were fully in place. He identified missing backend support for issue breakdown, comparison data, badge counts, and project and date filtering, allowing him to plan the required backend updates across routes, controllers, models, and data sources furthering One Community’s mission of creating open source sustainability solutions.

Handika updated inventory management by correcting API endpoint naming, connecting deletion controllers, adding edit endpoints, improving error handling, and verifying delete functionality across inventory types. He also added confirmation dialogs, fixed frontend update behavior after failed edits, and enhanced the experience donut chart with updated date pickers, multi-select role filtering, a responsive layout, and light and dark mode styling. These technical updates advance the team’s objectives, creating open source sustainability solutions.