Facilitating Global Eco-Balance – One Community Weekly Progress Update #224

Facilitating global eco-balance requires mainstream participation if any measurable change is to be expected. Strategies that are globally focused but implementable individually and locally also seem intelligent. To help with all of this, One Community is creating open source, sustainable, and replicable models of all aspects of what we call Highest Good living. These include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.

• 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

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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 9th, 2017 edition (#224) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Facilitating Global Eco-Balance
One Community Progress Update #224

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

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE INTRO: @0:34

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:13

• Continued building the Sketchup 3D version of the Net-zero bathroom for the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Began building the Recycled Materials Village in Sketchup (see below)
• Added new menus details, a new Resource section, and new Advantages and Disadvantages sections to the Recycled Materials Village open source hub (see below)
• Alena Thompson completed her 21st week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs (see below)
• Christian Ojeda completed his 18th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued helping with the Tree House Village renders (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:29

• Continued work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page (see below)
• Ashwin Patil finished version 1.0 of the Highest Good energy search engine creation behind the scenes (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• Jennifer Zhou began the first round of content additions and formatting for the wind power tutorial (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 40th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha completed the research and initial content for the soil section of his thermal lag report for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:13

• Did the calculations and created an image for the storage details for all the bulk goods on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page (see below)
• Put another 5 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:03

• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Began the research and initial organization of the School Licensing and Accreditation tutorial (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:52

• Completed all but the FAQ section of the content and formatting for the open source and replicable annual social media strategy (see below)
• Began testing video approaches for sharing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
• Researched and upgraded our website servers to improve site speed and stability (see below)

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE SUMMARY: @13:30

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FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

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

This last week core team continued building the Sketchup 3D version of the Net-zero bathroom for the Earthbag Village. This last week we updated the perspectives and added last-needed details for the final rendering and rendered images with the Earthbag Village in the background.

Continued Building Sketchup 3D Version of Net-Zero Bathroom ” Click for Page

Began Building the Recycled Materials Village in Sketchup – Click for Page

The core team also added new menus details, a new Resource section, and new Advantages and Disadvantages sections to the Recycled Materials Village open source hub:

Added New Sections to the Recycled Materials Village Open Source Hub – Click for Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 21st week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week’s focus was adding another round of details and imagery to the final presentation. You can see some of this new work here and we’d say we’re about 90% done with the presentation now.

Continued Working on Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs ” Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 18th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was researching and designing two more water storage layouts, as shown here.

Continued with Communal Eco-Shower and Vermiculture Bathroom Designs ” Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 76 of Dean’s work, this week’s focus was more dining area details and beginning the kitchen design details.

Continued Creating Cob Village Renders ” Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 30th week of work, focusing on 3D Sketchup development of the central area between the North and South residential wings.

Continued Working on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements ” Click for Page

And Guy Grossfeld(Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. What you see here are updated renders of the Game Room structure, Shower Tower structure, and a few screenshots from our weekly collaborative call.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Renders ” Click for Page

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

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

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

This week, the core team continued work on the DIY Pipe Furniture tutorial page. This week we added anchor links to both the Pipe Table section and Pipe Couch sections, added the instruction image parts list, created a new Pipe Table Materials image and Pipe Couch Materials image, and created a Diagrams collage and an extra Diagram image for the Diagrams section of the Pipe Table section.

Continued Work on DIY Pipe Furniture Tutorial Page ” Click to Visit

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) finished version 1.0 of the Highest Good energy search engine creation behind the scenes. You can see some of this work here:

Finished Version 1.0 of the Highest Good Energy Search Engine – Click for Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) also continued the work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was more research and calculations for the various types of connectors we’ll be using, some of which you can see here:

Continued Work on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) also began the first round of content additions and formatting for the wind power tutorial. You can see some pictures of this work-in-progress here.

Began First Round of Work for the Wind Power Tutorial – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 40th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was lighting testing and modeling for 3 more angles within the Social Dome, as shown here.

Continued Working on Lighting Specifics for the City Center ” Click for Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also completed the research and initial content for the soil section of his thermal lag report for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub.

Initial Content for Soil Section of Thermal Lag Report for City Center Heating and Cooling Hub

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 did the calculations and created an image for the storage details for all of the bulk goods on the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page, as you see here.

Calculated Storage Details for Bulk Goods on Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page – Click to Visit

We also put another 5 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week we researched the waterproofing tape and found a post cap hangar for stabilizing the hexayurt walls, and calculated specific post cap quantities and prices. We then began formatting the writeup for the Google doc by gathering photos and placing on the doc, and noting the purpose of the materials.

Continued Working on the Crowdfunding Campaign We are Developing ” Click to Visit

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

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

This week, the core team continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Freedom Lesson Plan and the Highest Good Lesson Plan. This brings us to 34 of 52 finished, which is 65.4% completion.

Continued Process of Editing all 52 Lesson Plans ” Click for Lesson Plans for Life Page

We also began the research and initial organization of the School Licensing and Accreditation tutorial. You can see some of this behind-the-scenes work here.

Began Research and Organization of School Licensing and Accreditation Tutorial – Click for Page

FACILITATING GLOBAL ECO-BALANCE: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating global eco-balance 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 all but the FAQ section of the content and formatting for the open source and replicable annual social media strategy. You can see some screenshots of this work here.

Worked on Content and Formatting for Open Source and Replicable Annual Social Media Strategy

We also began testing video approaches for sharing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. When complete, this will be a part of the introduction video and also a static image at the top of our Team and Collaborator’s pages. And we researched and upgraded our website servers to improve site speed and stability.

Began Testing Video Approaches for Sharing Where Our Collaborators and Volunteers are From

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

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

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

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

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

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

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, and resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet, facilitating global eco-balance. They will also transform the global lifestyle into a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found in our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more.  For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this, with the underlying aim of facilitating global eco-balance.

INSPIRING SUSTAINABILITY WITH OPEN SOURCE

One Community’s four-phase strategy for the creation of solution models that create solution creating models uses open source blueprints for duplication that simultaneously address all aspects of the human experience (food, energy, housing, education, social inequality and injustice, fulfilled living, etc.), with the overarching goal of facilitating global eco-balance. We see these areas as interdependent and requiring a comprehensive solution if humanity is to move ecologically, socially, economically, and permanently towards a truly sustainable future for everyone.

Our open source model and blueprints engage and inspire people while simultaneously making sustainable living more affordable and easy to replicate, thus facilitating global eco-balance. By free-sharing the step-by-step plans people need for duplication, inviting people to participate, and demonstrating sustainable teacher/demonstration hubs as a more desirable way of living, the model will predictably expand on its own.

It is this approach we see uniting the world and leading to a new Golden Age for humanity, while facilitating global eco-balance. While we understand that not everyone believes this is even possible, we are nonetheless bringing together all those that do see this as possible as the non-profit think tank of forward-thinking individuals willing to design, build, and open source project-launch blueprint and free-share it for The Highest Good of All.

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO HUMANITY’S NEEDS

One Community is open source sharing an evolution of sustainable living that addresses the complete human experience. We are doing this because we see the solutions for global food, housing, energy, education, social inequality, ethical business practices, earth regenerative practices, facilitating global eco-balance, and a desire for a more fulfilling living experience as inseparably interconnected. As a comprehensive solution, we are addressing all these areas simultaneously and open source free-sharing everything needed for individual duplication and/or duplication as complete self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world.

As we address and open source share these areas we will establish a living example of the first teacher/demonstration village purposed to teach others. To maximally facilitate duplication, One Community will provide seven duplicable examples and function indefinitely as a place people can visit and a non-profit and open source think tank continuing to further evolve and share solutions in all of the above areas and more, facilitating global eco-balance. We will also provide hands-on experience and training. Most importantly, growing upon our sustainable foundation, we will endlessly make this comprehensive solution even more widely known and globally accessible, understandable and diversely duplicable, and inspiring and desirable as a model worth duplicating.

GLOBALLY IMPLEMENTABLE REPLICATION MODEL

The more people that are inspired and desiring for themselves what it is that One Community creates, the more demand there will be for spreading the One Community model. This leads to the directing of financial resources and resourceful people where we believe they are needed most: the establishment of additional sustainable communities around the world, facilitating global eco-balance. We also feel this duplication will specifically happen quickly internationally due to the affordability of overseas land, less restrictive building environments, and the spirit of adventure in many people who really desire to make a difference for those who need it most.

To meet the increasing demand for sustainability that we are contributing to, we are coordinating with manufacturers, education institutions, individuals, and vendors, facilitating global eco-balance. This is also part of this model to help the world. Its purpose is to facilitate more engagement in the sustainability industry, produce the absolute best possible consumer value, and the most convenient delivery of goods and methodologies for building sustainable living communities and sustainable living components.

This means we not only provide education and increase needed sustainability resources, but we also address the underlying roadblocks to a sustainable planet by decreasing the cost and simultaneously increasing the demand and generating financial support for global sustainability, philanthropy, and humanitarian movements and organizations, facilitating global eco-balance.

As demand increases, so too will the ways to participate. Right now people are participating as consultants or partners donating time to our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and others are more involved as Pioneers of the core team that will be moving to the property, facilitating global eco-balance. We also have options for people to just follow our progress or participate through internet contribution.

Once the supportive physical infrastructure is about 30% developed, One Community will be ready to additionally expand what we offer to include scholarships, free weekend learning groups, core team members choosing to travel abroad to help others get established too, handling the marketing for all similar models operating for The Highest Good of All, and hosting classes and other sponsored events to promote and demonstrate additional methodologies.

We also imagine the high likelihood that our organization will become a foundation that can be trusted as the donation point for the distribution of monies to help others to establish this model also.