One Community is happy to feature and thank Israel Silva as our most recent member of the Graphic Design Team. Israel spent the last two months working on the control systems for the Duplicable City Center and all 7 sustainable village models.

4th-year Electrical Engineering Student: Israel is a student from Brazil studying abroad on the last year of his graduation. He has knowledge and experience with MatLab, SolidWorks, Arduino, C++, and Labview. His native language is Portuguese and he is also advanced in English and has a basic understanding of Spanish. Israel’s past volunteer experience includes tutoring math-challenged students from public school in Brazil. He brought his desire to learn and his passion for helping people to the One Community team working on the Duplicable City Center electrical design and control systems for this structure and all 7 sustainable village models.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE TEAM, ISRAEL!

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One Community is happy to feature and thank Manassés Santos as our most recent member of the Graphic Design Team. Manassés spent the last two months working on the definition, selection, complete design, and presentation of a possible new logo for One Community as well as leading the design and development of a complete presentation of all seven villages.

4th-year Graphic Design Student: During his senior year at the University of Bahia (UNEB), in Brazil, Manassés received the opportunity to continue his education at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). Manassés has always been passionate about self improvement and the learning process and was excited to participate. With a desire to create positive change, Manassés believes that all knowledge is worthless if it cannot be used in a way that benefits people and transforms the world into a better place. His keen interest in exploring different subjects of Design influenced him to spend many hours learning Design Theory and mastering different tools and techniques used in the industry. Manassés has experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Rhinoceros. Additionally, experiences such as being a member of the Academic Center of Design at UNEB, and being a volunteer in the SCAD Alternative Spring Break 2015, allowed him to improve his skills in communication, teamwork, project management and illustration. As a member of the One Community team, Manassés led the design for development of a complete presentation of all seven villages.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE TEAM, MANASSðS!

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Sustainable world building is a process of building (and regenerating) our planet to meet humanity’s needs for the foreseeable future. If this is to be achieved, we need a holistic model that recognizes the interrelationship and interdependence of the areas that are foundational to a happy and thriving population. Food, housing, energy, education, recreation, and economics are key areas for such a model. One Community calls simultaneously addressing these areas for the benefit of all people and life, 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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.

One Community’s physical location will forward the movement of sustainable world building as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the August 30th, 2015 edition (#127) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable World Building
One Community Progress Update #127

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

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING INTRO @1:00

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:55

• Transferred final 50% of content for the Quality and Quantity lesson plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote first 50% of the Social Relationships Lesson Plan
• Completed and added first 50% of the mindmap for the Quality and Quantity lesson plan to the webpage (see below)
• Ana added interior layout details and furniture specifics to the 3D design of the Ultimate Classroom  (see below)

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:06

• Featured open source oca hub across our social media channels using a new social media image we created (see below)
• Researched and added additional recipes to the open source mashua hub (see below)
• Added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan  (see below)

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:13

• Behind the scenes: began what we hope will be the final major revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Added annotations and updated the Earthbag Village main hub with Gilberto’s 3-D interactives of both the 3-dome and 6-dome resident clusters (see below)
• Sayonara added final details to the 3D model of the communal shower design for the Earthbag Village and continued work on the Straw Bale Village (see below)
• Adolpho worked with Tiago on correcting and finalizing the electrical layout designs for villages 1, 5, and 7 (see below)
• Samantha continued work on the Shipping Container Village using REVIT and 3DSMAX (see below)
• Flávia finished the architecture corrections and internal layout for the Cob Village and completed a proposal for the interior design of the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Raquel and Diana continued making additional renders of their designs for the Earthship Village (see below)
• Erika, Pedro, and Victor added the final 20% of the architecture design for the Compressed Earth Block Village and created final renders of Villages 4 and 5 (see below)
• Sarah created 3D models of the construction design for the Tree House Village (see below)
• Thais continued updating the floor plans of the Tree House Village (see below)
• Gabriel continued work on Earthbag Village and the Duplicable City Center’s pallet furniture (see below)
• Gilberto continued his 3D modeling project of the Earthbag Village focusing on the communal bathroom (see below)

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:32

• Continued updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Renata brought the design and cost analysis of all the windows and doors of the Duplicable City Center to completion (see below)
• Mayke finalized review of Shipping Container Village and Earthship Village kitchen designs and selected components in Revit for kitchen design modeling in 3D (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo and the Structural Intern Team completed structural design for the Residential Dome interior (see below)
• Diogo, Izadora, Mateus, and Roberto created a plumbing fixtures schedule for the City Center and  created initial cold water design for village 5 and 6 (see below)
• Mike Hogan guided the Electrical Intern Team on revisions 4 and 5 of the first City Center control panel design and continued work on the sensors in the blueprints and AC panel design (see below)
• Amauri remade the 3D model of the laundry room from scratch and created an animated simulation for the heat flow. He also put the components together for a real working model of the shower heat capture his team designed (see below)

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @9:35

• Lucas continued creating badges for the award system in the Highest Good Network application (see below)
• Manuella continued working with Carolina on the online presentation document for the Tree House Village (see below)
• Eduardo created collages, synced the audio, revised, and finished the videos of the interns’ work for four weekly video blogs (see below)
• Manasses continued work on the online presentation book he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages (see below)
• Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia continued coding and debugging the Highest Good Network  application (see below)
• Gustavo continued work on the One Community iphone application (see below)

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING SUMMARY: @11:07

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SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable world building 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 50% of the content for the Quality and Quantity lesson plan to the website, as you see here:

Sustainable World Building – Quality and Quantity Lesson Plan – Final 50% – Click to Visit

In addition, we wrote the first 50% of the Social Relationships Lesson Plan behind the scenes.

We also completed and added the first 50% of the mindmap for the Quality and Quantity lesson plan to the webpage:

Sustainable World Building – Quality and Quantity Mindmap – 50% Complete ” Click to Visit

And finally, Ana from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team added interior layout details and furniture specifics to the 3D design of the Ultimate Classroom:

Added Interior Layout Details & Furniture Specifics to 3D design of the Ultimate Classroom

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable world building 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 featured our open source oca hub across our social media channels using this new social media image we created:

Sustainable World Building – Featured Oca Hub with New Social Imagery ” Click to Visit

We also researched and added additional information to the preparation and recipe section of the open source mashua hub. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of the individual hubs in the future.

Sustainable World Building – Mashua Preperation and Recipes – Click for Page

Last but not least, we added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan ” These recipes are: Applesauce Muffins, Parmesan Style Artichokes, and Sweet Potatoes with Pear Anise Chutney:

Sustainable World Building – New Vegan Recipes Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable world building 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 working behind the scenes began what we hope will be the final major revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring page for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign.

This included adding more photos & descriptions, writing up a narrative for compass use in creating the dome curvature, compass parts details and more. We’d say we’re about 8% complete with this final revision behind the scenes.

Sustainable World Building – Major Revision of the Footers, Foundations and Flooring Info

We also added annotations and updated the Earthbag Village main hub with Gilberto’s 3-D interactives of both the 3-dome and 6-dome resident clusters. You can see this work here and experience a self-guided 3-D walkthrough on the main hub:

Sustainable World Building – Updated the Earthbag Village Main Hub with 3-D Interactives

Sayonara (a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team) added final details to the 3D model of the communal shower design for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). She then brought sections 1 and 2 of the section views of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) to 99% completion.

Final Details on 3D Model of Earthbag Village Communal Shower & Worked on Straw Bale Village

Adolpho from our Mechanical Engineering Intern Team worked with Tiago from our Electrical Intern Team on correcting and finalizing the electrical layout designs for villages 1, 5, and 7, which included adding in control panels, outlets, and an updated lighting plan.

Correcting and Finalizing the Electrical Layout Designs for Villages 1, 5, and 7 – Click to Visit

And Samantha, a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, re-rendered images of the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) using REVIT and 3DSMAX, and included an exploded view of each floor.

She also modeled and rendered an additional 2-bedroom unit for this village.

Continued Work on Shipping Container Village using REVIT and 3DSMAX – Click to Visit Page

Flávia finished the the final 30% of the architecture corrections and internal layout for the Cob Village (Pod 3) bringing that to 100% completion.

She also completed a proposal for the interior design of the Duplicable City Center, including the furniture made from recycled pallets that she worked on with Gabriel.

Worked on Cob Village Internal Layout & Completed Proposal for Interior Design of Duplicable City

Raquel and Diana, also members of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, continued making additional renders of their designs for the Earthship Village (Pod 6).

Sustainable World Building – Continued Renders for the Earthship Village (Pod 6) – Click to Visit

Erika, Pedro, and Victor from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team added the final 20% of the architecture design for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) which brings that to 100% completion. They also created final renders of Village 4 and Village 5.

Compressed Earth Block Village Final Architecture Design and Renders of Villages 4 & 5

Sarah, another member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, created 3D models of the construction design for the Tree House Village (Pod 7), as you see here.

3D Models of the Construction Design for the Tree House Village Created – Click to Visit Page

And Thais from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team continued updating the floor plans of the Tree House Village and brought them to 100% completion, as you see here.

Sustainable World Building – Continued Updating the Floor Plans of the Tree House Village

Gabriel, an Industrial Design student on our Graphic Design Intern Team, updated the ambiance in his models of the Earthbag Village and then created additional renders, as you see here.

He also continued creating models and components lists of the Duplicable City Center’s pallet furniture with Flávia.

Continued Work on Earthbag Village and Duplicable City Center’s Pallet furniture – Click to visit

Gilberto from the Graphic Design Intern Team, continued his 3D modeling project for a complete, realistic walk-through of the Earthbag Village. This week he added the communal bathroom you see here:

Gilberto Continued his 3D Modeling Project – Earthbag Village Focusing on the Communal Bathroom

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable world building 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 updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center. This week we finished doors and main walls for the Living Dome, the roof of the 4th floor, and updating to the new layout for the library, restrooms and main area of the Social Dome.

We’d say we’re about 40% complete with the 3-D update.

Sustainable World Building – Continued Updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center

Civil Engineering intern Renata brought the design and cost analysis of all the windows and doors of the Duplicable City Center to 100% completion:

Design and Cost Analysis of the Windows and Doors of the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

Mayke finalized his review of the kitchen designs for the Shipping Container Village and the Earthship Village. He also selected the components to use in Revit for the kitchen design modeling in 3D:

Finalized Review of Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) and Earthship Village Kitchen Designs

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) and the Structural Intern Team (Beatriz, Rodrigo, and Maurilio) completed the structural design for the interior of the Residential Dome.

This included the finalization of the sizing for the main beams, auxiliary beams and all the columns:

Sustainable World Building – Completed Structural Design for the Residential Dome Interior

Diogo, Izadora, Mateus, and Roberto from the Hydraulics Intern Team created a plumbing fixtures schedule for the City Center. They also created the initial cold water design for village 5 and 6.

Created City Center Plumbing Fixtures Schedule & Created Initial Cold Water Design for Pod 5 & 6

Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) guided Fabio, Lucas de Souza, Lucas Tsutsui da Silva, and Henrique of the Electrical Intern Team on revisions 4 and 5 of the first City Center control panel design.

They also placed the layout for the sensors in the blueprints, and brought the AC panel design to about 90% complete.

Sustainable World Building – Continued Work on the Duplicable City Center Electrical – Click to Visit

Meanwhile, Amauri from our Mechanical Engineering Intern Team remade the 3D model of the laundry room from scratch and created an animated simulation for the heat flow.

He also put the components together for a real working model of the shower heat capture his team designed, which took 10 minutes and cost $92.10 for components.

3D Model of the Laundry Room & Real Working Model of Shower Heat Capture Created

SUSTAINABLE WORLD BUILDING HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable world building 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 Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team continued creating badges for the award system in the Highest Good Network application:

Continued Creating Badges for the Award System in the Highest Good Network application

Manuella, of the Graphic Design Intern Team continued working with service design student Carolina on the online presentation document for the Tree House Village.

They continued integrating service design methods into their online magazine and videos for this village. They also worked on the 3D modeling which includes structural and external views.

Continued Working on the Online Presentation Document for the Tree House Village – Click to Visit

Eduardo, another member of the Graphic Design Intern Team, created collages, synced the audio, revised, and finished the videos of the interns’ work for four weekly video blogs.

Created Collages and Finished the Videos of the interns’ work for Four Weekly Video Blogs

Graphic Design Intern Manasses worked on the organization of the renders, content, and other graphic elements for the online presentations he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages bringing this work to about 30% complete.

Continued Work on Online Presentation Book For All Seven of One Community’s villages

Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia of the Software Development Intern Team continued coding and debugging the Highest Good Network application, which included fixing errors, optimizing the code, and getting it running faster.

They also implemented the first chart on the Report Page and completed the setup and task pages.

Continued Coding and Debugging the Highest Good Network Application – Click to Visit Page

And last but not least, Mobile Software Developer Gustavo’s work on the One Community iphone app included creating a new report for total hours worked, updating public feedback details into the Programs feature, creating the ability for a user to change their login and password, and additional bug fixes and improvements.

Sustainable World Building – Continued Work on the One Community iphone Application

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A new paradigm for ecological living is possible through open source sustainability. Collaboratively creating affordable, replicable, sustainable, and desirable solutions for DIY food, housing, energy, education, recreation, and economics can create a world that works for everyone. 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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.

One Community’s physical location will forward the movement of a new paradigm for ecological living as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the August 23rd, 2015 edition (#126) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living
One Community Progress Update #126

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

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING INTRO @1:04

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:55

• Transferred first 50% of content for the Quantity and Quality lesson plan to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote final 50% of Quantity and Quality lesson plan
• Completed and added the final 50% of the mindmap for the Planet Earth lesson plan to the webpage (see below)
• Featured the Planet Earth lesson plan across our social media channels, using an image that Lucas  helped us create (see below)

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:07

• Featured our open source ulluco hub across our social media channels using a new social media image we created (see below)
• Researched and added additional recipes to open source cassabanana hub (see below)
• Added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

A NEW PARADIGM ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:14

• Behind the scenes: began working on the Site Selection, Preparation and Finishing details for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Sayonara added details to the 3D model of the communal shower design for the Earthbag Village  and worked on the Straw Bale Village (see below)
• Adolpho worked with Tiago and Israel on the electrical for villages 2, 3, 5 and 6 and Amauri gathered additional components for a real working model of the shower heat capture to put together next week (see below)
• Welma finished researching aircrete mixers and foaming agents and put the results in the charts and tutorials she created (see below)
• Samantha finished the tutorial on how to use DIALux for the lighting plan, and worked on final renders of the Shipping Container Village (see below)
• Flávia continued work on the Cob Village in Autocad (see below)
• Raquel and Diana created 2D drawings, 3D drawings, and renders of the Earthship Village (see below)
• Erika, Pedro, and Victor continued work on the architecture design for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Sarah used AutoCad and Rhino to design structural and architectural components of the units in the Tree House Village (see below)
• Thais completed the site plan, layout of houses, hostels, and entertainment areas for the Tree House Village (see below)
• Gabriel finished new renders for the 3-dome cluster in the Earthbag Village and worked with Flávia to create additional images for the Duplicable City Center’s pallet furniture (see below)
• Gilberto continued 3D modeling project for a realistic walk-through of the Earthbag Village (see below)
• Ana continued modeling details of the Ultimate Classroom (see below)

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:24

• Continued updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Renata researched and designed windows for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Mayke created Revit files for the kitchen, and then reviewed kitchen designs for Shipping Container Village and Earthship Village (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo and the Structural Intern Team continued calculations on the residential dome (see below)
• Diogo, Izadora, Joao, Mateus, and Roberto updated the plumbing and continued work on cold potable water, sprinkler designs and began cost analysis for the sprinkler system (see below)
• Mike Hogan guided the Electrical Intern Team on updating details of the control panel for the Duplicable City Center and they worked on calculations for the breakers and sketches for the circuits (see below)

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @9:20

• Lucas began creating badges for the award system in the Highest Good Network application (see below)
• Manuella continued working with service design student Carolina on the the online presentation document for the Tree House Village (see below)
• Eduardo researched more royalty-free images and music for the One Community promotional video and started creating it in the program After Effects (see below)
• Manasses started working on the digital version of the layout for the Shipping Container Village  section of the online presentations book he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages (see below)
• Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia further developed the layout and coding of the award badge system for the Highest Good Network application (see below)
• Gustavo continued work on the One Community iPhone app (see below)

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING SUMMARY @10:55

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A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating a new paradigm for ecological living 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 50% of the content for the Quantity and Quality lesson plan to the website:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Quantity and Quality Lesson Plan – 50% Complete

In addition and behind the scenes, we wrote the final 50% of that lesson plan ” bringing it to 100% written completion.

We also completed and added the final 50% of the mindmap for the Planet Earth lesson plan to the webpage:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Planet Earth Mindmap Complete ” Click to Visit Page

And we featured the Planet Earth lesson plan across our social media channels, using this image that Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team helped us create:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Planet Earth Lesson Plan Featured ” Click to Visit Page

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a new paradigm for ecological living 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 featured our open source ulluco hub across our social media channels using this new social media image we created:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Featured Ulluco Hub with New Social Imagery ” Click to Visit

We also researched and added a cassabanana recipe to the open source cassabanana hub. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of the individual hubs in the future.

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Added Cassabanana Recipes ” Click to Visit

Last but not least, we added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan ” These recipes are: Breakfast Bowls, Mock Tuna Salad Sandwiches, & Rainbow Roasted Vegetables:

New Vegan Recipes Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page ” Click to Visit

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a new paradigm for ecological living 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

TA new paradigm for ecological living

his last week the core team working behind the scenes began working on the Site Selection, Preparation and Finishing details for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign.

This included setting up the initial outline, adding photos & descriptions of some of the tools you see here, and starting the narrative for the step-by-step process. We’re now 10% complete with this.

Began Working on Site Selection, Preparation & Finishing details for Upcoming Crowdfunding

Sayonara (a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team) added the wood ceiling, fan, changing room, and other details to the 3D model of the communal shower design for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1).

She then worked on the central area and new roof for the second floor of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) and rounded the walls on the floor plan to match the circular design of the structure.

Continued Work on 3D Model of Earthbag Village Communal Shower & Worked on Straw Bale Village

Adolpho from our Mechanical Engineering Intern Team worked with Tiago and Israel from our Electrical Intern Team on the electrical layout, design, and cost analysis for villages 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Meanwhile, Amauri gathered additional components for a real working model of the shower heat capture to put together next week.

Electrical & Cost Analysis for Villages 2, 3, 5 and 6 & Work on Shower Heat Capture – Click To Visit

Welma finished researching aircrete mixers and foaming agents and put the results in the charts and tutorials she created:

Completed Aircrete Research and Added Info to Charts and Tutorials – Click for Crowdfunding Page

And Samantha, a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, finished writing the tutorial on how to use DIALux for the lighting plan, and worked on the final renders of the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5):

Finished Tutorial on DIALux & Worked on Final Renders of Shipping Container Village – Click for Page

Flávia brought the corrections and layout for the Cob Village (Pod 3) to 70% completion in Autocad:

Completed the Corrections and Layout for the Cob Village in Autocad – Click to Visit Page

Raquel and Diana, also members of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, created 2D and 3D drawings of the exterior of the Earthship Village (Pod 6), and created renders for its interior and exterior areas:

Created 2D Drawings, 3D drawings, and Renders of the Earthship Village – Click to Visit Page

Erika, Pedro, and Victor from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team brought the architecture design for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) to 80% completion, which included adding the layouts for the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and public restroom.

They also started creating images of the exterior facade.

Continued Work on Architecture Design for Compressed Earth Block Village & Created Images

Sarah, another member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, used AutoCad and Rhino to design structural and architectural components of the units in the Tree House Village (Pod 7):

Designed Structural and Architectural Components of the Tree House Village – Click for Page

And Thais from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team brought the site plan and layout of houses, hostels, and entertainment areas for the Tree House Village to 100% completion:

Site Plan, Layout of Houses, Hostels, & Entertainment Areas for the Tree House Village to Completion

Gabriel finished new renders of a cut open version of a dome for the 3-dome cluster in the Earthbag Village. He also worked with Flávia to create additional images for the Duplicable City Center’s pallet furniture:

Finished Earthbag Village 3-Dome Cluster Renders & Images for Duplicable City Center’s Pallet

Gilberto from the Graphic Design Intern Team, continued his 3D modeling project for a complete, realistic walk-through of the Earthbag Village. Here you see views he created of the exterior of both a three-dome cluster and a six-dome cluster:

Continued 3D Modeling Project for a Realistic Walk-Through of Earthbag Village – Click for Page

And finally, Ana continued modeling details of the Ultimate Classroom, this time adding color schemes and furniture:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Continued Modeling Details of the Ultimate Classroom

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a new paradigm for ecological living 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 updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center. This week we finished 30% of the walking paths on the ground level and about 70% of the bathroom and bedroom layout updates in the Living Dome.

We’d say we’re about 20% complete with the 3-D update.

Continued Updating Sketchup 3-D for Duplicable City Center – Click for Page

Civil Engineering intern Renata researched and designed windows for the Duplicable City Center. This included research on finding energy and cost efficient windows and skylights, as well as designing the triangular windows for the domes:

Researched and Designed Windows for the Duplicable City Center – Click for Page

Mayke started to create Revit files for the kitchen, and then reviewed the kitchen designs for the Shipping Container Village and the Earthship Village:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Created Revit files for the Duplicable City Center kitchen

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) and the Structural Intern Team (Gabriel, Beatriz, Fernando, Rodrigo, and Maurilio) continued to run the analysis for the structural integrity of the interior of the residential dome and finalized appropriate beam sizes for that dome.

They also ran calculations on the residential dome to see how wind from yet another direction would affect the structural integrity.

Analysis and Calculations on the Residential Dome – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

Diogo, Izadora, Joao, Mateus, and Roberto from the Hydraulics Intern Team updated the plumbing based on changes the Architectural Team made. They also added 30% to the 2D version of the cold potable water and sprinkler designs, bringing them to 90% completion.

Additionally, they started the cost analysis for the sprinkler system for fire protection.

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Continued Hydraulics Work on the Duplicable City Center

And finally, Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) guided Fabio, Lucas de Souza, Lucas Tsutsui da Silva, and Henrique of the Electrical Intern Team on updating details of the control panel for the Duplicable City Center.

They also worked on the calculations for the breakers and created sketches for the circuits.

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Continued Work on the Control Panel for the City Center

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a new paradigm for ecological living 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 Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team began creating badges for the award system in the Highest Good Network application, which will be awarded when users achieve certain goals for the weekly hours and activities they log.

Created badges for the Award System in the Highest Good Network Application – Click to Visit Page

Manuella, of the Graphic Design Intern Team continued working with service design student Carolina on the online presentation document for the Tree House Village. They added illustrations for the service design and architectural processes.

They also began recording videos that illustrate the different purposes of the village and started preparing 3D prototypes.

continued work on the Online Presentation Document for the Tree House Village – Click for Page

Eduardo, another member of the Graphic Design Intern Team, researched more royalty-free images and music for the One Community promotional video and started creating it in the program After Effects:

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Continued Work on the One Community Promotional Video

Graphic Design Intern Manasses started working on the digital version of the layout for the Shipping Container Village section of the online presentations book he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages:

Continued Work on Online Presentations for All Seven of One Community’s Villages ” Click to Visit

Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia of the Software Development Intern Team further developed the layout and coding of the award badge system for the Highest Good Network application. They also continued coding the charts for the reports page.

Continued Work on the Highest Good Network application and Database ” Click to Visit Page

And last but not least, Mobile Software Developer Gustavo continued work on the One Community iPhone app including finishing the Comment feature and implementing the persistent login, so you do not need to login every time you open the app. He also created the option to send QR Code content by email.

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living – Contined Work on One Community iPhone Application

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One Community is happy to feature and thank Rodrigo Nobre as our most recent member of the Structural Engineering Intern Team. Rodrigo spent the last two months working on the design and development of the Duplicable City Center.

3rd-year Civil Engineering and Construction Management Student: Rodrigo is a Brazilian student interested in developing new techniques and materials in order to build sustainably enough to meet the requirements of today’s world. He speaks his native language, Portuguese, is fluent in English, and has advanced skills in French as well as basic skills in Spanish. Rodrigo is a very communicative and easygoing person with leadership skills and a persistent desire to achieve new goals and succeed in his projects. He has experience dealing with housing projects, doing remodels, revising and designing projects, and working with the AutoCad and Revit software. As a member of the One Community team, he spent the last two months working on the structural calculations of the Duplicable City Center domes. Rodrigo believes that sustainability is the way to put people and their activities in consonance with the world’s needs.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE TEAM, RODRIGO!

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One Community is happy to feature and thank Amauri Tavares as our most recent member of the Mechanical Engineering Team. Amauri spent the last two months working on the heat recovery system for the laundry room in the Duplicable City Center.

Bachelors of Science and Technology and 4th-year Aerospace Engineering Student: Amauri is an international student from Brazil who recently attended California State University, Long Beach. He is sponsored by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes) in a program called Science Without Borders. Amauri is focused, reliable, hardworking, always trying to improve himself, while also making a difference in the world. He believes that knowledge is useless if it is not shared and applied for changing the world. Amauri is an author and co-author in several scientific research projects focused on deployable truss structures applied to aerospace engineering. He also worked on a team where the goal was to study the biochemical structure of proteins and apply the knowledge for biomedical engineering, focusing to develop new materials for fire-care treatments. Amauri additionally worked on a team where the goal was to study the biochemical structure of potatoes and apply the knowledge for materials engineering, focusing to develop biodegradable plastic bags. He’s volunteered as a teacher’s assistant in the Easy Way School of Languages in Ibiúna, São Paulo, Brazil and, during that time, he also taught a basic English course to kids and was responsible for applying and grading tests for all English course levels. As a member of the One Community team, Amauri modeled and calculated the specifics for the heat recovery/recycling systems for the Duplicable City Center eco-laundry and large-scale sustainable kitchen.

from Brazil. He’s in a program called Science Without Borders where he was recently here studying at California State University, Long Beach.

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One Community is happy to feature and thank Thaís Eustaquio as our most recent member of the Architecture & Design Team. Thaís spent the last two months working on the design and development of all seven sustainable village models.

5th-year Architect Student at Salvador University: Originally from Salvador, Brazil, Thaís is currently enrolled in the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program and recently studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design, in Georgia. When Thaís was three years old she spoke for the first time what she wanted to be: an Architect. Since then, she has studied to become a good professional. She has advanced knowledge in Adobe programs (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, & After Effects), AutoCad, Revit, and 3DS Max. Thaís has participated as a volunteer working with children since high school – she planned activities that had the purpose of showing the importance of sustainability, such as making toys from recycled materials and organizing activities in contact with nature. Thaís believes in the value of nature and all the benefits that it brings to society. As a member of the One Community team, Thaís helped with the design and development of all seven sustainable village models.

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One Community is happy to feature and thank Lucas de Souza as our most recent member of the Electrical Engineering Intern Team. Lucas spent the last two months working on the control systems for the Duplicable City Center.

3rd-year Electronic Engineering Student: Lucas is originally from Curitiba, Brazil and a student at Pontifical Catholic University of Parana. He is currently enrolled in the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program and was recently studying at the New York Institute of Technology, in New York City. Since Lucas was a child he always demonstrated proficiency in math and the desire to be an engineer. Lucas speaks three languages (native Portuguese, fluent English, and conversational Spanish) and has acquired skills in Microcontrollers, Microelectronics, and Digital Systems. Lucas also has experience with programming languages such as Assembly Language (8051), C, and C++. Past internship experience includes working with an automation company as an electrical designer assistant where he helped to design electrical circuits for automation robots on project assembly lines and technical documentation for famous car company sellers such as FIAT and Volkswagen. As a member of the One Community team, Lucas is helping with the creation of electrical designs and control systems for the Duplicable City Center and 7 Sustainable Village Models.

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One Community is happy to feature and thank Marco Silva as our most recent member of the Software Engineering Team. Marco spent the last two months working on the new open-source Highest Good Network application.

3rd-year Software Engineering Student: Marco is a Brazilian exchange student who recently studied at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). He speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, and has a basic knowledge of French. Marco left Brazil before starting his third year of Software Engineering at UnB (University of Brasília). During his time studying at SCAD (a college of art and design), Marco has been diversifying his skills as a Software Engineer and developing a broader perspective on the world. On the interactive design side, Marco has knowledge in Illustrator, Photoshop, Maya, and After Effects. He combines these skills with programming experience with C, Java, Processing, Android, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Arduino. Back in Brazil, Marco participated in a project where his function was to assure and to control the quality of applications for mobile devices of the Brazilian company Positivo Informática. Marco was chosen as the student of the month in January for the Institute of International Education because of an essay he wrote talking about how he could change the world in 2015. Since starting college, Marco has also been exploring what is possible with open source. As a member of the One Community team, Marco has applied his programming skills developing the Highest Good Network application for complete village construction and open source data gathering, time tracking, sharing, and reporting.

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Creating a sustainable world is a path to helping all people, everywhere. The components of this sustainable world will spread faster if they move beyond just food, energy, and housing to also include recreation, education, Highest Good economics, and stewardship practices. 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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.

One Community’s physical location will forward the movement of helping all people, everywhere as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the August 16th, 2015 edition (#125) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Helping All People, Everywhere
One Community Progress Update #125

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

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE INTRO @1:05

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:56

• Wrote final 50% of Planet Earth lesson plan behind the scenes, then added that content to the website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: Wrote first 50% of the content for the Quantity and Quality lesson plan
• Created first 50% of the mindmap for the Planet Earth lesson plan and added it to the web page (see below)
• Featured Outer Space lesson plan across social media channels, using the image that Lucas helped us create (see below)

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:12

• Featured the open source asparagus hub across our social media channels, using an image we created (see below)
• Researched and added additional recipes to open source achochas hub (see below)
• Added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HELPING ALL PEOPLE. EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:18

• Finished the final 35% of the open source camp setup specifics for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign (see below)
• Sayonara worked on Earthbag Village (Pod 1) shower dome, Duplicable City Center roof, and floor plans of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) (see below)
• Matheus completed LEED Tutorial document behind the scenes, and researched how to achieve LEED v4 certification for each of the 7 villages as we build them (see below)
• Adolpho and Jorge completed their work on the vermiculture bathrooms in the Earthbag Village and finished the report for their designs and calculations (see below)
• Fernando and Amauri researched materials for shower heat exchanger and ran simulation on the heat exchanger (see below)
• Welma continued work on waterproofing and composting toilets tutorial and researched and contacted sellers of new aircrete mixers (see below)
• Samantha and Flávia continued renders on Shipping Container Village (Pod 5), Duplicable City Center and Cob Village (Pod 3) (see below)
• Raquel and Dianavresearched case studies for the Earthship Village (Pod 6) and developed the layout of its common areas (see below)
• Erika, Pedro, and Victor improved Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) designs and updated lighting reports for Duplicable City Center and Earthbag Village (see below)
• Sarah continued research for Tree House Village (Pod 7) (see below)
• Thais started developing the dimensions of the rooms for the Tree House Village and worked on the site and floor plans (see below)
• Gabriel finished new renders for the furniture in the Earthbag Village and created preliminary images for the Duplicable City Center’s pallet furniture (see below)
• Gilberto started to create 3D models for the kitchen dome (see below)
• Ana corrected some problems in the structure of the Ultimate Classroom’s projection dome (see below)

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:14

• Began updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Began working on the specifics of the rainwater catchment design for around the base of the domes (see below)
• Renata started the components list, cost analysis, and efficiency assessment for the windows and doors of the Duplicable City Center (see below)
• Mayke created an online version of the projects control table and reviewed the architectural designs for the Shipping Container Village and the Earthship Village (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo and the Structural Intern Team completed the analysis of the influence wind has on all the domes, completed analyzing the internal structures for the three domes, and finalized the sizing for the secondary beams for the cupola-system (see below)
• The Hydraulics Intern Team continued work on the cold and potable water layout, started the fire protection sprinkler system and completed designs for the plumbing components (see below)
• Mike Hogan guided the Electrical Intern Team in another round of improvements to the layout for the control panel that makes the electrical devices in the Duplicable City Center automated, intelligent and energy efficient (see below)

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @10:39

• Continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly (see below)
• Lucas created logo options based on the current One Community logo design (see below)
• Manuella and Carolina designed another 10% of the Tree House Village layout book (see below)
• Eduardo created a storyboard for the One Community promotional video and worked on our weekly video blog update (see below)
• Manasses worked on the online presentations he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages (see below)
• The Software Development Intern Team continued working on the Highest Good Network application and database (see below)
• Gustavo continued work on the One Community iPhone app (see below)

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE SUMMARY: @12:26

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HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is focused on helping all people, everywhere 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 wrote the final 50% of the Planet Earth lesson plan behind the scenes, then added that content to the website, bringing the written part of this lesson plan to 100% complete on the site:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Planet Earth Lesson Plan Complete ” Click to Visit Page

In addition, we wrote the first 50% of the content for the Quantity and Quality lesson plan behind the scenes.

We also created the first 50% of the mindmap for the Planet Earth lesson plan and added it to the web page. You can see that mindmap here:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Planet Earth Mindmap 50% Complete ” Click to Visit Page

And we featured the Outer Space lesson plan across our social media channels, using this image that Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team helped us create:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Outer Space Lesson Plan Featured ” Click to Visit Page

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is focused on helping all people, everywhere 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 featured the open source asparagus hub across our social media channels, using this image that we created:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Featured Asparagus Hub with New Social Imagery ” Click to Visit

We also researched and added additional recipes to the open source achochas hub, which you can see here. More recipes from our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan will be added to each of the individual hubs in the future.

Helping All People, Everywhere – Added Achocha Recipes ” Click to Visit the Open Source Hub

Last but not least, we added three new delicious recipes from Sandra Sellani (Vegan Chef and author of What’s Your BQ?) to the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan ” These recipes are: Quinoa Breakfast, Greek Salad in a Jar, and Field Roast Sausage and Latkes Poppers:

New Vegan Recipes Added to Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Page ” Click to Visit

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is focused on helping all people, everywhere 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 finished the final 35% of the open source camp setup specifics for the upcoming crowdfunding campaign.

This included a final review of the document and adding FDA approved serving & food prep gloves, auger bits, rearranging the order of entities, adding tarps & sleeping pads, deleting a few items, and researching 4 different types of rope to determine the best choice for minimizing UV degradation.

We are now 100% complete with this document.

Behind-the-Scenes Camp Setup Specifics for Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign ” 100% Complete – Click to Visit

Sayonara (a member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team) updated the 3D model of the shower dome in the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) and the 3D model of a new roof for the cupola of the Duplicable City Center.

She also brought the floor plans of the Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) to 90% completion:

Updated 3D Model of Earthbag Village Shower Dome and Duplicable City Center Roof

Civil Engineering intern Matheus finished the last 20% of the LEED Tutorial document, so it is now 100% complete behind the scenes. He also gathered all the questions related to our projects that will help us understand how to achieve LEED v4 certification for each of the 7 villages as we build them.

Completed LEED Tutorial Document and Research on LEED v4 Certification – Click To Visit Page

Adolpho and Jorge from our Mechanical Engineering Intern Team brought the design for the vermiculture bathrooms in the Earthbag Village to 100% complete, and finished the report for their designs and calculations.

Completed Earthbag Village Vermiculture Bathroom Design and Finished Report – Click for Page

Fernando and Amauri, who are also both members of the Mechanical Engineering Intern Team, researched where to buy the materials they need so they can build a prototype of the shower heat exchanger.

They also ran simulation on the heat exchanger using ABS pipes, and the results were the same as they were with PVC pipes.

Research for Materials for Shower Heat Exchanger Prototype and Simulations Ran using ABS Pipes

Welma edited, reviewed, and changed the format of her tutorials on waterproofing and composting toilets. She also researched and contacted sellers of new aircrete mixers for further information.

Continued Research on Waterproofing, Composting Toilets and Aircrete Mixers – Click for Page

Meanwhile, Samantha and Flávia, members of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, worked on a process book and additional renders for the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5).

Additionally, Samantha wrote DIALux tutorials and Flavia did the first draft of the recycled pallet bed frame for the units in the Duplicable City Center and designed the interior layout for the Cob Village (Pod 3).

Helping All People, Everywhere – Continued Work on Village Development – Click for Page

Raquel and Diana, also members of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, researched case studies to plan the exterior areas for the Earthship Village (Pod 6) and developed the layout of its common areas. They rearranged the floor plan to add more toilets and fire escapes.

Helping All People, Everywhere – Continued Work on Earthship Village (Pod 6) – Click to Visit Page

Erika, Pedro, and Victor from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team improved their preliminary designs of the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) to include the best solar orientation during the Winter Solstice and began designing the village in Revit.

They also updated the final lighting design reports for both the Duplicable City Center and the Earthbag Village.

Continued Work on Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) and other Villages – Click for Pod 4

Sarah, another member of the Architecture and Planning Intern Team, continued research for Tree House Village (Pod 7), and focused on finding sustainable, lightweight, high R-value insulation for the treehouse structures.

Helping All People, Everywhere – Continued Research for Tree House Village (Pod 7) – Click for Page

Thais from the Architecture and Planning Intern Team started developing the dimensions of the rooms for the Tree House Village. She also worked on the the site plan and floor plans.

Helping All People, Everywhere – Tree House Village Site, Floor Plan and Room Development

Gabriel finished new renders for the furniture inside the 3-dome clusters in the Earthbag Village, which include updated lighting and materials. He also created preliminary images for the Duplicable City Center’s pallet furniture.

New Renders for Earthbag Village and Duplicable City Center Furniture – Click for Earthbag Village

Gilberto from the Graphic Design Intern Team, started to create 3D models for the kitchen dome. This will be added to our website in a format that user can interact with, with abilities to zoom in and out, and rotate the dome.

Helping All People, Everywhere – 3D Models for the Kitchen Dome – Click to Visit Crowdfunding Page

And finally, Ana corrected some problems in the structure of the Ultimate Classroom’s projection dome.

Corrected Structural Problems of the Ultimate Classroom’s Projection Dome – Click for Page

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is focused on helping all people, everywhere 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 updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center. This weeks’ focus was on the new elevator and stairwell placement and design plus the new cupola roof design. We’d say we’re about 10% complete with the 3-D update:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Began Updating the Sketchup 3-D for the Duplicable City Center

We also began working on the specifics of the rainwater catchment design for around the base of the domes. You can see this work here:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Rainwater Catchment Design – Click to Visit Duplicable City Center

Civil Engineering intern Renata started the components list, cost analysis, and efficiency assessment for the windows and doors of the Duplicable City Center, including all the National Fenestration Rating Council values and the code requirements for Egress windows:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Window and Door Work for Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit

Mayke created an online version of the projects control table and reviewed the architectural designs for the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) and the Earthship Village (Pod 6):

Online Version of Projects Control Table and Review of Architectural Designs for Pods 5 & 6

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) and the Structural Intern Team (Antonio, Gabriel, Beatriz, Fernando, Rodrigo, and Maurilio) completed the analysis of the influence wind has on all the domes, completed analyzing the internal structures for the three domes, and finalized the sizing for the secondary beams for the cupola-system:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Structural Analysis and Continued Work for the Duplicable City

Diogo, Izadora, Joao, Mateus, and Roberto from the Hydraulics Intern Team added an additional 60% to the cold and potable water layout, bringing that to 80% complete. They then worked on the fire protection sprinkler system and brought the 2D image of it to 60% completion and the 3D image to 80% completion.

They also completed the designs for the plumbing components according to LEED V4 specification. And finally, they linked all their individual work together into one final, combined project.

Helping All People, Everywhere – Continued Hydraulics Work on the Duplicable City Center

And finally, Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) guided Fabio, Lucas de Souza, Lucas Tsutsui da Silva, Guilherme, Henrique, Tiago, and Israel of the Electrical Intern Team in another round of improvements to the layout for the control panel that makes the electrical devices in the Duplicable City Center automated, intelligent and energy efficient.

They also worked on aligning the electrical in the City Center to commercial standards according to the 2014 National Electrical Code for U.S. requirements.

Continued Work on the Control Panel for the City Center and Aligning the Electrical

HELPING ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is focused on helping all people, everywhere 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 continued the updating of our entire website to be mobile friendly. This week’s work included correcting the final 40+ pages of formatting errors. This brings us to 95% complete with only 115 old blogs to be updated.

Helping All People, Everywhere – Continued Updating Our Entire Website to be Mobile Friendly

Lucas from the Graphic Design Intern Team created logo options based on the current One Community logo design, as you can see here:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Created New Logo Options Based on the Current Logo

Manuella, also part of the Graphic Design Intern Team worked with Carolina, a service design student, on correcting transcripts and storyboards for the videos they are creating for the Tree House Village.

They also continued their work on the online presentation book for this village, and added updates to the village’s layout and structures.

Continued Work on Online Presentation Book for Tree House Village ” Click to Visit Page

Eduardo, another member of the Graphic Design Intern Team, created a storyboard for the One Community promotional video. He also created collages, synced the audio, revised, and finished the portion of our weekly video blog update that reports the work the interns complete.

Created One Community Promotional Video Storyboard and Finished the Weekly Video Blog

Graphic Design Intern Manasses created text documents to explain the creation process for the online presentations he is creating for all seven of One Community’s villages:

Continued Work on Online Presentations for All Seven of One Community’s Villages – Click to Visit

Igor, Marco, Matheus, and Natalia of the Software Development Intern Team, continued working on updates to the Highest Good Network application and database, which included programming the report pages, defining the requirements of the badge systems, and completing the setup page:

Continued Work on the Highest Good Network application and Database ” Click to Visit Page

And last but not least, Gustavo (Mobile Software Developer) continued work on the One Community iPhone app included bug fixes, finishing the QR scanner, and work on the comment feature which allows real time communication between collaborators:

Helping All People, Everywhere – Contined Work on One Community iPhone Application

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