Making Sustainability Mainstream – One Community Weekly Progress Update #114

Making sustainability mainstream is a process of making it easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrating it as having enough value for sustainability ideas to spread on their own. This can be accomplished through an open source approach that combines physical sustainability (food, energy, housing) with emotional sustainability (education, recreation, business creation, and Earth stewardship) to generate a better quality of living that will benefit us all. 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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Making Sustainability Mainstream 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 10th, 2015 edition (#114) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week’s development and accomplishments:

One Community Weekly Progress Update #114

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

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM INTRO @1:03

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:57

• Transferred final 25% of web design specifics for the Open Source lesson plan (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote the next 25% of lesson plan with the central theme of “Communication” (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Worked on a comprehensive evaluation/assessment and mutual feedback model for students and their teachers (see below)
• Paige Allison Donatelli finished final 25% of the image creation for the Open Source lesson plan mind map (see below)
• Featured new “Opposites” lesson plan image across social media that Paige helped us create (see below)

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:29

• Finished final social media imagery and featured our open source eggplants hub (see below)
• Researched and added the recipes to the open source radishes hub (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Benjamin Sessions is creating a month long buying list for the omnivore section of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)
• Added two additional recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:49

• Continued progress on the assembly specifics for the Open Source Murphy bed furniture (85% complete – see below)
• Began creating the 3-D specifics for teaching the foundation details for the Earthbag Village structures (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote the final waterproofing strategy for the Earthbag Village structures
• Beatriz Rocha finished Revit drafts of the net-zero-water-use bathroom layouts (see below)
• Sheng Xu finished his 7th round of SolidWorks design specifics for the 3-dome cluster of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Sayonara Batista de Oliveira completed renders and design layouts of the initial Cob Village (Pod 3) designs (see below)
• Antonio Zambianco finished the loft calculations for the Earthbag Village and the upcoming crowdfunding campaign domes (see below)
• Nelli Levental created updated floor layouts for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) (see below)
• The Design Team members from Team Brazil created the second round of design layouts for the Earthship Village (Pod 6) (see below)
• Scott Thomas and his Shadow Ridge Signature Architecture Program team continued their work putting the complete Earthbag Village into AutoCAD (see below)

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:55

• Mayke Balbino completed a redesign of the Duplicable City Center Living Dome and stairwell and elevator area along with a broad diversity of other AutoCAD updates (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Mateus Barretto finished the rest of the calculations and design details for the Duplicable City Center water catchment and storage (see below)

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:46

• Began transferring and formatting the work of Binru Chen to the website. This work is open source sharing the tax considerations and strategy of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs (see below)
• Yusuf Sulayman helped us create the first formal draft of our Community Member home and home shares ownership agreement (see below)

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM SUMMARY: @9:43

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MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is making sustainability mainstream 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 final 25% of the web design specifics for the Open Source lesson plan. That brings this webpage to 100% complete:

Behind the scenes, we wrote the next 25% of our lesson plan with the central theme of “Communication” which brings that to 50% complete.

Here you can also see the behind-the-scenes work we did on the comprehensive evaluation/assessment and mutual feedback model we are developing for students and their teachers. This week’s focus was on emotional intelligence:

Paige Allison Donatelli (Graphic Designer and Owner Operator of Namaste Living in a Material World) finished the final 25% of the image creation for the Open Source lesson plan mind map, which you can see here. This brought the mindmap to 100% complete:

Paige also helped us create this new image for the “Opposites” lesson plan, which we featured this week across our social media channels:

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is making sustainability mainstream 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 finished the final social media imagery and featured our open source eggplants hub:

We also researched and added two additional recipes to the open source radishes hub, which you can see here. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan that feature radishes will be added here in the future:

Behind the scenes, Benjamin Sessions is continuing the creation of our 6-month long buying list for recipes for the omnivore section of our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan. This week he focused on compiling a list of sources for purchasing bulk foods.

We also added two additional recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan – These recipes are the Vegetable Stir Fry, and the Rainbow Swiss Chard Soup with Leeks and Corn. Both contain the weekly staple item of brown rice.

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is making sustainability mainstream 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 continued progress on the assembly specifics for the Open Source Murphy bed furniture. This week we added additional pictures and clarifying steps to #6.8, cutting lumber and labeling pieces for the bed box. We also corrected some more measurements, and began work on the assembly steps for the bed box. This brings us to an estimated 85% complete with this work that is part of both the Earthbag Village and the upcoming crowdfunding campaign.

We also began creating the 3-D specifics for teaching the foundation details for the Earthbag Village structures:

Also behind the scenes we wrote the final waterproofing strategy for these structures. We’re 75% complete with what is needed for the site.

Beatriz Rocha (Mechanical Engineering Student) finished Revit drafts of the net-zero-water-use bathroom layouts. You can see these details here:

Sheng Xu (Mechanical Design Engineer) also finished his 7th round of SolidWorks design specifics for the 3-dome cluster of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. This work included finalizing the roof design and developing the roof drainage system:

Sayonara Batista de Oliveira (4th-year Architecture and Urban Planning Student) also completed renders and design layouts of the initial Cob Village (Pod 3) designs.

What you see here is the overview layout:

Here are the individual structures featuring 2 floors and 6 living units:

Here is what the insides of these units would look like:

and here are our initial ideas for integrating an outdoor group gathering space:

Antonio Zambianco (Civil Engineering Student) also finished the loft calculations for the Earthbag Village and the upcoming crowdfunding campaign domes. Here is the first 20% of this information as the core team is adding it to the site:

Nelli Levental (Graphic Designer and College Professor) created updated floor layouts for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). The image also includes a side view and a color render Nelli then made.

The Design Team members from Team Brazil also created this second round of design layouts for the Earthship Village (Pod 6). These included updated Elevations… Sections… Floor Plan Overviews…. common space layouts… new double unit layouts… and updated ADA and single unit layouts too:

Scott Thomas and his Shadow Ridge Signature Architecture Program team continued their work putting the complete Earthbag Village into AutoCAD by adding in the first round of elevation details you see here:

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is making sustainability mainstream 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 Mayke Balbino (Architecture and Urban Design Student) completed a redesign of the Duplicable City Center Living Dome and stairwell and elevator area along with a broad diversity of other AutoCAD updates that will improve materials efficiency and make it easier to build. You can see these changes here:

Behind the scenes, Mateus Barretto (Civil Engineering Student specializing in Hydraulics) also finished the rest of the calculations and design details you see here for the Duplicable City Center water catchment and storage. We’ll now begin editing and open sourcing these specifics on the website.

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MAINSTREAM HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is making sustainability mainstream 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 for mission of making sustainability mainstream.: Highest Good Society
• Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing for mission of making sustainability mainstream.: 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 for mission of making sustainability mainstream.: The Highest Good Network

This last week the core team began transferring and formatting the work of Binru Chen (Accountant) to the website. This work is open source sharing the tax considerations and strategy of the Highest Good Economics component of building teacher/demonstration hubs. This work helps One Community’s mission of making sustainability mainstream. We’d say this developing work is now about 10% complete:

Yusuf Sulayman (Lawyer and member of the Nigerian Bar Association) also helped us create this first formal draft of our Community Member home and home shares ownership agreement. Once finalized, this document will be added to the One Community legal page as on open source template for others wishing to form similar home ownership agreements with their members. This work helps One Community’s mission of making sustainability mainstream.

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and making sustainability mainstream. 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. This work helps One Community’s mission of making sustainability mainstream.

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 making sustainability mainstream.