How Humanity Creates a Sustainable World – One Community Weekly Progress Update #162

Understanding how humanity creates a sustainable world can be achieved by looking at how we’ve created the world we have now. To get to where we are now, humanity has chosen what’s easiest, most affordable, and most attractive. If we make living sustainability and for The Highest Good of All easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough, we can create a new and better paradigm the same way we created our current one. One Community’s focus is open sourcing everything needed to accomplish this:

• 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 May 1st, 2016 edition (#162) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

How Humanity Creates a Sustainable World
One Community Progress Update #162

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

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD INTRO: @1:00

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:56

• Transferred the first 25% of the written content for the Courage Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote the second 25% of the written part of the Courage Lesson Plan
• Completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Summer Lesson Plan (see below)

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:51

• Found and added a great video to the Aquapini/Walipini open source hub and the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting pages (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy finalized the planting plan specifics image for the Tropical Atrium that is the center of the Earthbag Village. Then the core team added both versions of this image to the website (see below)

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:40

• Put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)
• Jesika Rohrbach continued designing different loft sleeping area options for Tree House Village living structures (see below)
• Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Sal Rubio began working on converting our custom and do-it-yourself Earthbag Village Murphy Bed furniture assembly instructions to professional and simplified instructions made in SolidWorks (see below)

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:21

• Began rendering work for the Tropical Atrium (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei began working on updating the City Center AutoCAD drawings (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar began working on switch board placement for lights, fans, sockets, and power outlets (see below)
• Neha Verma created 3rd-generation designs for the basement and root cellar (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy began working on updated render scenes for the City Center rental room, social dome loft, and dining area (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Mike Hogan and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva continued discussion for development of the Control Systems main panel (see below)

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:09

• Completed final round of edits on master plan concept map for the property and added it to our Overview, Methodology, Property, and Highest Good housing pages (see below)
• Jonathan DeAscentis took the work of Mariam Sargsyan and began further development of our Highest Good Network logo as shown here (see below)

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD SUMMARY: @7:34

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HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is building the foundations for how humanity creates a sustainable world 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 last week the core team transferred the first 25% of the written content for the Courage Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Courage” is now 25% completed on our website.

Behind the scenes, we wrote the second 25% of the written part of the Courage Lesson Plan.

We also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Summer Lesson Plan, bringing it to one quarter complete, which you see here.

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is building the foundations for how humanity creates a sustainable world 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 last week the core team found and added this great video to the Aquapini/Walipini open source hub and the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting pages. It shows a working example of a passive greenhouse in Nebraska demonstrating what will be possible with our open source Aquapini/Walipini designs:

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also finalized the planting plan specifics image for the Tropical Atrium that is the center of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) , and then the core team added both versions of this image to the webpage.

HOW HUMANITY CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLD – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is building the foundations for how humanity creates a sustainable world 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 put another 10 hours into the behind-the-scenes revision for the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This week’s focus was writing up the narrative for the Section 13 Subterranean Exterior Ground Finish of Polyethylene Water Barrier and EPS Insulation, and creating the narrative for Section 15 Final Backfill. Further steps were also added to Section 10 Stem Wall and Dome Construction. We’d say we are now 79% complete with this total update and rewrite behind the scenes.

Working on the Tree House Village (Pod 7), Jesika Rohrbach (Architectural Drafter, Designer, and 3-D Modeler) continued designing and exploring different loft sleeping area options for the living structures for this village. This week’s focus was on designs for skylights and shelving behind and below the bed.

Dean Scholz, Architectural Designer, further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 17 of this work that included placing the natural and do-it-yourself constructed outdoor water feature and beginning work on a cordwood chair design.

Sal Rubio (Industrial Designer) also began working on converting our custom and do-it-yourself Earthbag Village Murphy Bed furniture assembly instructions from the GoogleDoc format we have them in now to professional and simplified instructions made in SolidWorks. What you see here is iteration 1.0 with pictures from the GoogleDoc and the beginnings of his SolidWorks plans.

HOW HUMANITY CREATES SUSTAINABLE WORLD – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is building the foundations for how humanity creates a sustainable world 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 began the rendering work for the Tropical Atrium. This rendering preparation process included setting up the shadows and background, and applying the texture material for the trees, water, windows, rock walls and wood panels. You can see the first rendering of this image here:

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineering Student), also began working on updating the City Center AutoCAD drawings with column placement specifics shown here:

Dipti Dhondarkar (Electrical Engineer) also began working on switch board placement for lights, fans, sockets, and power outlets.

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture) also created these 3rd-generation designs for the basement and root cellar for the City Center:

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also began working on updated render scenes for the City Center rental room, loft in the Social Dome, and dining area by the Kitchen:

Behind the scenes Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) and Lucas Tsutsui da Silva (4th-year Computer Engineering Student) continued discussion for development of the Control Systems main panel. This week’s focus was having Lucas build the same prototype in Brazil to test if it worked the same as Mikes’, results of our ongoing survey from the Control System’s page, and additional edits and updates that both Mike and Lucas helped with for the webpage.

HOW HUMANITY CREATES SUSTAINABLE WORLD –  HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is building the foundations for how humanity creates a sustainable world 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 completed a final round of edits on our master plan concept map for the property and added this map to our Overview , Methodology, Property, and Highest Good housing pages.

Jonathan DeAscentis (Graphic Designer and Web Developer) additionally took the work of Mariam Sargsyan (Graphic Designer and Project Manager) and began further development of our Highest Good Network logo as shown here:

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together focusing on how humanity creates a sustainable world. 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, emphasizing how humanity creates a sustainable world. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible in terms of how humanity creates a sustainable world.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication incorporating how humanity creates sustainable world. 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 a focus on how humanity creates a sustainable world. 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 emphasizing how humanity creates a sustainable world.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years, with a strong focus on how humanity creates a sustainable world. 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, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet, highlighting how humanity creates a sustainable world. They will also transform the global lifestyle to 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 on our Research and Resources Articles Archive, emphasizing how humanity creates a sustainable world.

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 with a focus on how humanity creates a sustainable world.  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.