Global Game-Changing Solutions – One Community Weekly Progress Update #118

Global game-changing solutions can transform our planet and create a sustainable future. We believe open source and self-replicating and self-sustainable teacher/demonstration models are viable forms of these game-changing solutions. They can be implemented by small groups in almost any location around the world, making world change easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrating an attractive enough lifestyle for others to want to participate too. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All:

• 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 June 14th, 2015 edition (#118) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments. This work helps One Community’s mission of providing global game-changing solutions and to help transform our planet and create a sustainable future:

Global Game-Changing Solutions
One Community Weekly Progress Update #118

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

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – INTRO @1:02

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:54

• Transferred third 25% of the content for the Communication lesson plan to website (see below)
• Finished next 25% of the image creation for the “Communication” lesson plan mind map (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote next part of lesson plan with the central theme of “Freedom” (see below)

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:05

• Finished the final social media imagery and featured our open source squash hub (see below)
• Researched and added two additional recipes to the open source parsnips hub and the open source melons hub (see below)
• Added three new recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:16

• Moved the final 20% of Antonio Zambianco’s earth dome loft structural engineering calculations to the website (see below)
• Began updating the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) in 3-D with reciprocal roof designs originally created by Song Dong and then updated a new bathroom layout and more roof details from Matheus Manfredini (see below)
• Song also finished the second round of elevation and cross section modeling of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) in AutoCAD (see below)
• Then Song ran the first set of structural calculations comparing the three most common earthbag construction mixtures and 4 different aircrete mixture (see below)
• Izadora Carvalho designed the rainwater catchment system of the earthbag village East side in Sketchup (see below)
• Adolpho Maia and Jorge Antonio Ricardo began structural analysis and evolution of the vermiculture bathroom designs (see below)
• Fernando Carvalho and Amauri Tavares began the heat recapture designs for the Earthbag Village communal showers (see below)
• Renata Maehara continued her second week of work on the Cob Village (Pod 3) (see below)

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:48

• Diogo Rozada and the Hydraulics Intern Team researched, sized, and designed the complete rainwater catchment, transport and storage system for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo, Antonio Zambianco, and the Structural Intern Team also began working together on the structural details for the City Center domes (see below)
• The Electrical Intern Team began working on and designing the electrical layout for this structure (see below)
• The Electrical Intern Team also outlined the different control and monitoring systems for each of the rooms working off the Control Systems recommendations by Mike Hogan (see below)

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:14

• Continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly in coordination with Jin Hua (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Binru Chen has continued to update the for-profit and nonprofit income and balance statement details that will soon be part of the tax considerations and strategy page (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Lucy Lu began creating a charities and other not-for-profit organization tax filing tutorial. This work and Binru’s work is all part of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs (see below)
• Vassili Biserov completed translating our Methodology page into Italian (click here – see below)

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – SUMMARY: @9:29

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GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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

• Learn about the components for global game-changing solutions: Education open source hub
• Learn how the components for global game-changing solutions work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  

This last week the core team transferred the third 25% of the content for the Communication lesson plan to the website. This means that this lesson plan, which teaches all subjects, to all learning levels, using the central theme of Communication, is now 75% complete on our website. This work helps One Community’s mission of providing global game-changing solutions and to help transform our planet and create a sustainable future:

We also finished the next 25% of the image creation for the “Communication” lesson plan mind map, which brings this mindmap to 75% complete. This work helps One Community’s mission of providing global game-changing solutions and to help transform our planet and create a sustainable future:

Behind the scenes, we wrote the next part of our lesson plan with the central theme of “Freedom” ” which now brings that to 50% complete.

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating global game-changing 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 for global game-changing solutions: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
• See what we’ll be growing for global game-changing solutions: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This last week the core team finished the final social media imagery and featured our open source squash hub:

We researched and added two additional recipes to the open source parsnips hub:

And we researched and added two additional recipes to the open source melons hub. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of the individual hubs in the future.

Last but not least, we added three new recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your QB?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan. These recipes are: Apple Pie Oatmeal, the ‘Caprese’ Sandwich, and Leek & Potato Soup:

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating global game-changing 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: 7 Sustainable Village Models
• Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This last week the core team moved the final 20% of the earth dome loft structural engineering calculations to the website. This open source work was completed by Antonio Zambianco (Civil Engineering Student) and is now 100% complete on the site. This work helps One Community’s mission of providing global game-changing solutions and to help transform our planet and create a sustainable future:

We also began updating the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) in 3-D with these reciprocal roof designs originally created by Song Dong (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering) and then updated this last week with a new bathroom layout and more roof details from Matheus Manfredini (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Urban Design).

Song also finished the second round of elevation and cross section modeling of these 3-dome structures in AutoCAD ” adding footer and foundation specifics plus elevations and cross sections plans for the 3-dome cluster with a student dome, a wheelchair accessible dome cluster, and a 6-dome cluster:

Then Song ran the first set of structural calculations comparing the three most common earthbag construction mixtures and 4 different aircrete mixtures. You can see all these comparisons here. We’re now completing more research to clarify some of our assumptions.

Izadora Carvalho (Civil Engineering Student) also designed the rainwater catchment system of the earthbag village East side in Sketchup, including pipes, connectors, trench drains, catch basins and the ponds:

Adolpho Maia (Mechanical Engineering Student) and Jorge Antonio Ricardo (Mechanical Engineering Student), both Mechanical Engineering students, began structural analysis and evolution of the vermiculture bathroom designs. You can see this work and these simulations here:

Fernando Carvalho (Mechanical Engineering Student) and Amauri Tavares (BA Science and Technology and Aerospace Engineering Student) also began the heat recapture designs for the Earthbag Village communal showers. You can see the calculations and initial pipe-in-pipe design here:

Renata Maehara (Civil Engineering student) continued her second week of work on the Cob Village (Pod 3). This included designing the other two groups of units, including the building inspired by the orange cob house you see below and the music inspired building based on the architecture hand drawing by Nelli Levental (Graphic Designer and College Professor).

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating global game-changing 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 and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This last week Diogo Rozada (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Hydraulics) and the Hydraulics Intern Team researched, sized, and designed the complete rainwater catchment, transport and storage system for the Duplicable City Center.

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) and Antonio Zambianco (Civil Engineering Student) and the Structural Intern Team also began working together on the structural details for the City Center domes. This included exploring a different structural design than a traditional geodesic. This different design creates a symmetrical ring that will line up better with the floors and allow for a uniform window design option that wouldn’t be possible with a traditional geodesic.

In addition to this, the Electrical Intern Team began working on and designing the electrical layout for this structure. This included researching the International Building Code, choosing the number and placing all the electrical outlets, switches, and breaker boxes:

As you can see here, they also outlined the different control and monitoring systems for each of the rooms working off the Control Systems recommendations by Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant).

GLOBAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating global game-changing 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 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 last week the core team, working in coordination with Jin Hua (Internet Marketing Expert and Web Developer), continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly. This week’s work included manually updating about 30 pages, and redoing our key lesson plan pages with new mobile friendly images. We’d say we are now about 25% done with this complete website overhaul:

Behind the scenes, Binru Chen (Accountant Specializing in Audit and Financial Reporting) has continued to update the for-profit and nonprofit income and balance statement details that will soon be part of the tax considerations and strategy page. This work is part of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs. We’d say this work is now about 50% complete behind the scenes and 20% complete on the site.

Also behind the scenes, Lucy Lu (Accountant Specializing in Financial Reporting and Managerial Accounting) began creating a charities and other not-for-profit organization tax filing tutorial. This week’s work covered what still is taxed, how to report these taxes, and what forms are needed. This work and Binru’s work is all part of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs:

In addition to this, Vassili Biserov (Writer, Poet and Translator) also completed translating our Methodology page into Italian (click here).

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

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

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example 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. 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. This work helps One Community’s mission of providing global game-changing solutions and to help transform our planet and create a sustainable future