How To Build Global Ecology – One Community Weekly Progress Update #184

Mainstream understanding and involvement in how to build global ecology is essential if we are to create a sustainable planet. To achieve this, a sustainable way of living is needed that most people will consider better than how they are living now. If sustainable living like this is made easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrated as attractive enough, then it will predictably spread. One Community is open sourcing and free-sharing this for The Highest Good of all people and life on our planet.

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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 2nd, 2016 edition (#184) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments on how to build global ecology:

How to Build Global Ecology
One Community Progress Update #184

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above on how to build global ecology:

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY INTRO: @1:03

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:43

• Transferred the third 25% of the written content for the Personal Growth Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote first 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan (see below)
• Completed the second 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan (see below)

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:55

• Made additional edits to the code for the Transition Kitchen page (see below)

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:20

• Continued updating the formatting of the pages for the upcoming 7 villages online book (see below)
• 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)
• Created more EPS insulation sheet layout updates (see below)
• Ashwini Ramesh continued helping with Project Management of the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Brianna Johnson added final Photoshop details and edits to Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca continued evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village rooftop recreation space in AutoCAD and started work on elevation drawings in Revit (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld worked on 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Jiming Chen joined the team and began further developing the Tree House Village (see below)

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:00

• Continued working on the Dining Dome of the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations (see below)
• Neha Verma helped with the headroom clearance issue, and changes to the root cellar layout (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 17th week of work on the lighting zones (see below)
• Jinxi Feng continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @7:46

• Jennifer Zhou completed her 12th week of work developing the new website structure (see below)

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY SUMMARY: @8:00

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HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is showing how to build global ecology 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
      

As part of demonstrating how to build global ecology this last week the core team transferred the third 25% of the written content for the Personal Growth 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 “Personal Growth” is now 75% completed on our website.

Behind the scenes, we wrote the first 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan.

We also completed the second 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan, bringing it to 50% complete, which you see here:

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is showing how to build global ecology 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

As part of demonstrating how to build global ecology this week, the core team made additional edits to the code for the Transition Kitchen page. You can see images of that work here:

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is showing how to build global ecology 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

As part of demonstrating how to build global ecology this week the core team continued updating the formatting of the pages for the upcoming 7 villages online book. This week’s work focused on creating a new Tree House Village (Pod 7) layout and more revisions and layout and formatting updates for the Duplicable City Center and Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) pages as you can see here:

The core team also 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 we adapted the single dome expanded polystyrene (EPS) layout to a 3-dome cluster configuration. We also reviewed the openings doc for additional re-writes to the narrative for specifications and locations of the doors and windows.

We also created more EPS insulation sheet layout updates, as seen here…

Ashwini Ramesh (Civil Engineer and Project Manager) also completed her 4th week of volunteering with One Community, continuing helping with Project Management of the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) by helping organizing the 100s of Earthbag Village files and professional review, re-organization and feedback on the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page:

In addition to this, Brianna Johnson (Interior Designer), added final Photoshop details and edits to the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) Apartment Section:

…the Studio Interior render looking East:

… the Studio Interior render looking West:

…and the Outdoor Patio area:

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD Draftsperson and Designer), also continued evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) rooftop recreation space in AutoCAD (top left). This being his 10th week working on these designs, he also started work on elevation drawings for this structure, continuing development in Revit:

Jiming Chen (Designer with his Master’s in Architecture and BA in Engineering) also joined the team and began further developing the Tree House Village (Pod 7). What you see here is his 1st week of this work focusing on the structural floor support for the tree houses and stair and ladder emergency access options.

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is showing how to build global ecology 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

As part of demonstrating how to build global ecology this week the core team continued working on the Dining Dome of the Duplicable City Center. The focus can be see here: fixing headroom clearance issues for the root cellar access that required changes to the adjacent dry storage and bathrooms.

Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #19 of her work. This week’s focus was color changes, art options, and additional layout changes:

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations. The focus this week was on the 4th floor, as seen here:

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture), also helped with the headroom clearance issue, changes to the root cellar layout, and beginning what’s needed for the City Center wall and ceiling detail:

And Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) also continued with her 17th week of work on the lighting zones, completing updates to the lighting zone spreadsheet that goes with last week’s completed AutoCAD zone updates:

Jinxi Feng (Environmental Consultant) also continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis. What you see here is her 4th week of behind-the-scenes research into this area.

HOW TO BUILD GLOBAL ECOLOGY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is showing how to build global ecology 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

As part of demonstrating how to build global ecology this week Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) completed her 12th week of work developing the new website structure. We lost a week of work due to a website crash and so her work was mainly focused on restoring what was lost:

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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 for 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.

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, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. 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.

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.

SUMMARY

One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability. We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.