One Community welcomes Anny Wang to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Anny is passionate about software development. After working as a dietitian for a while, she discovered her love for technology through interactions with the software she used at work. Anny signed up for a bootcamp and learned the MERN stack. Now, she is dedicating her skills to One Community. She believes that software development can help improve society and the world. As a software engineer of the One Community team, Anny is contributing to the development of the open source Highest Good Network software.

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One Community welcomes Rhea Wu to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Rhea boasts a robust background in full-stack engineering, accumulating over 4 years of hands-on experience across diverse tech projects. She has a proven track record of thriving in fast-paced development environments, tackling intricate challenges, and delivering efficient and effective solutions. As a member of the One Community team, Rhea has been instrumental in crafting comprehensive technical roadmaps and executing full-stack development plans for Phase 2 of the open source Highest Good Network software.

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One Community welcomes Yi Lin to the Infrastructure and Design Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Yi is a proficient Computer Science professional, holding a Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an Associate’s degree from Bunker Hill Community College. Yi likes to demonstrate his strong aptitude for software development through various projects, particularly in the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js). These projects highlight Yi’s ability to effectively utilize a range of modern software development tools and methodologies. As a member of the One Community team, Yi has applied his strong problem-solving skills and technical expertise to help develop the Highest Good Network software and fix bugs.

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One Community welcomes Ruiqi Liu to the Administrative Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Ruiqi received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California, Berkeley in 2023. She then started her Project Management journey with One Community on the Administrative Team. She has managed complex projects in a fast-paced work environment and efficiently solved a variety of challenging problems. She believes that increasing resource efficiency, doing more with less, and leveraging resources and infrastructure for sustainable development are ways to have a positive impact on the environment and the economy. As a member of the One Community team, she has contributed to the weekly updates posts on the One Community Updates Blog, provided ongoing feedback and support to the volunteer team, and helped with cost analysis for the business plans for One Community’s ongoing projects.

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One Community welcomes Olena Danykh to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Olena is a dedicated and innovative Front End Developer with over 2 years of software development experience. She successfully completed the Full-Stack Coding Bootcamp and has since worked as a Full-Stack Developer, honing her skills in both front-end and back-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Express, React, and Node.js. While she initially engaged extensively in both ends, her current focus is primarily on the Front End, specializing in React and Angular. With a diverse portfolio, she has contributed to projects such as a Machine Learning Platform, a Quote Generating App for an insurance company, and several personal apps. Additionally, she takes pride in being a co-creator of Trinity, a VS Code extension designed for the Neo4j graph database. As an integral member of the One Community team, Olena actively contributes to the development of the open-source Highest Good Network Software.

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One Community is creating open source plans for Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs. From sustainable practices in food, energy, and housing, to education, economics, and social architecture, we’re cultivating a model for fulfilled living and global stewardship. Beyond community building, we’re launching a movement of positive change and global sustainability. With an ethos rooted in open sourcing and free sharing, join us in creating a future where each hub becomes a unique storyteller, narrating the journey towards a planet supported and cared for by 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 this movement as the first of many self-replicating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs, communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the December 18th, 2023 edition (#561) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Earth-care Teacher/Demonstration Hubs
One Community Progress Update #561

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs 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 week, the core team reviewed the “Murphy Bed Furniture Page Assembly Instructions” PDF document, addressing comments, and providing descriptions for comments related to labeling links for downloading multiple PDF files on the same page. We also tested the Highest Good Network PRs for One Community. They concentrated on HGN PRs testing, with unresolved PRs 1182. They recorded a video illustrating the issue while the team addressed and resolved PRs 472, involving the addition of a new field “Start Date” to the Create New User modal, and 1216, fixing an app crash linked to duplicate permissions. Concurrently with PR testing, they retested an Admin account’s ability to submit Weekly Summaries Reports for others. Additionally, the team initiated testing for PR 1073+464, focusing on easy/nearly automated data input for creating a new member. In tandem with their PR testing duties, they See the collage pictures below.

Abhishek Kadian (Architect) worked on preparing the Revit file of a 4-dome structure for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1), aiming to match the roof plan and other detailed DWG files with AutoCAD and reference final 3D views. He gathered all necessary information for the model from the reference file and importing it into Revit, while also creating families in Revit on the side. The earthbag village will be the first sustainable village build as part of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub. See the collage below for an idea of his work.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) began work on the Most Sustainable Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies page. The sections covered why it is essential to compare lightbulbs for sustainability, the criteria for selecting the most sustainable light bulb, and an analysis of various types of bulbs, including incandescent, compact fluorescent, and light emitting diodes. The content delved into identifying the best type of sustainable light bulbs, guidance on interpreting an LED light bulb label, and a list of the best and most sustainable light bulb companies, with company logos and names linked to their respective websites. Additionally, the page featured insights on the best energy-efficient lights, encompassing alternative options. Sustainable lighting is a large part of the sustainability foundation of One Community as a future Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub. The collage below shows his work comparing sustainable lighbulb and light bulb companies.

Yiwei He (Mechanical Engineer) met with her Duplicable City Center team to review progress, coordinate future steps, and establish meeting schedules to accommodate the upcoming holiday season. Additionally, she researched the Vermiculture Toilet design, and addressed and responded to comments on the light bulb document. All of this is part of maximizing the replicability and sustainability of One Community as a future Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub. The collage below gives an idea of the tasks she completed this week.

 

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs 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 its function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Amiti Singh (Architectural Designer) reviewed the 3D renders she produced for Room 10 in the Duplicable City Center, initially focusing on a Boho-industrial aesthetic. The renders incorporated diverse industrial furniture and boho decor, strategically adjusting the color palette. Amiti assessed the furniture and material palettes, with a cost analysis approach to inform decision-making. She utilized this analysis to create a moodboard for the room, presented through slides. She also worked on file finalization for previous room design projects within the Duplicable City Center, a major component of One Community as a future Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub. The collage below shows some of her architectural renderings.

Julio Marín Bustillos (Mechanical Engineer) began work on Justin’s dome, leveraging its full symmetry to streamline the City Center Hub Connector’s design process. The inherent symmetry of the dome eliminates the challenge of creating numerous unique hub connectors, presenting a more practical approach to manufacturing and significantly reducing the design timeline. Julio designed the hub connectors for the first and second rows, taking the additional step of placing the initial connectors along the entire length of the first row. This approach aims for efficiency and consistency (key components of an Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub) in the hub connector design across the symmetrical dome structure. The collage below shows his work on the connector design process.

 

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs 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 week, the core team continued working with Hayley on the Highest Good food component. Their work extended across all sections of the initial rollout plan, addressing deployment for small teams of 3 individuals to larger groups of 20, 50, 100, and 400 participants. The focus was on ensuring coverage of implementation strategies and providing essential tools tailored to each stage of the rollout. Sustainable food is an essential component of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub designs. You can see the images in the collage below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued her review of the open-source Highest Good Food rollout plan. Hayley focused on addressing general issues within the EDITS document, emphasizing clarity and accuracy. She organized planting lists and corresponding links to optimize accessibility. In addition, she reviewed and updated relevant information on the website, incorporating necessary details. She examined the website for missing links and addressed comments and suggestions, implementing necessary fixes. See below for some of her work.

Shivangi Patel (Graphic Designer) finished her work on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan UI/UX Web and Graphics development. This week, Shivangi completed the design phase for the Transition Menu Webpages. She compiled and organized all designs into a  slide deck, accompanied by clarifying notes to guide the web designer. In addition, Shivangi developed a template for future PDF versions of recipes, color-coding each template to align with its respective recipe type. She finalized the design for individual recipe pages, providing the web designer with a range of options for user-friendly information display. This is part of how we’ll feed people as we construct the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub. See below for the visual images.

Smit Bhoir (Data and Business Analyst) continued data analysis for the menus for the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. Smit worked on the data analysis aspect of the Transition Kitchen Menu project, with a specific focus on cost analysis. He also wrote a tutorial explaining the data visualization techniques pertinent to cost analysis, and he concluded by finalizing edits on another tutorial that addressed data analysis for the Transition Kitchen Menu. Smit also developed a tutorial focusing on data interpretation techniques relevant to the aforementioned project and also reviewed the Software PR review team under Sharuya’s supervision and a review of the weekly blog. A visual representation of Smit’s work is shown in the collage below.

 

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs 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. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them.

With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub

 

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs 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 week, the core team completed 47 hours managing One Community volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. We also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about Earth-care teacher demonstration hubs and how Earth-care teacher demonstration hubs integrate into the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below show some of this work.

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued to help One Community with working on fundraising. We won’t be able to have Earth-care teacher demonstration hubs without funding. This week, Aaron engaged in detailed research of seven potential funders: John and Timi Sobrato, Keanu Reeves, John and Ginger Sall, Gordon and Betty Moore, Craig and Susan McCaw, Joe Gebbia, and Marc and Lynne Benioff. His investigation encompassed their sustainability activities, philosophical approaches, funding histories, and the organizations they have supported. The primary goal of this research was to gain a deep understanding of each potential funder’s interests and past philanthropic engagements. You can view this work in the collage below.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community, was managed by Catherine Liu (Administrative and Analytics Assistant, Team Manager) and includes Alyx Parr (Senior Support Specialist), Meenakshi Velayutham (Sustainability Associate), Melina Chen (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), Xiaolai Li (Administrative Assistant). Alyx reviewed individual blog pages and met with Jae to enhance her understanding of SEO terms. In addition to content review, she did an examination of older blog pages, providing constructive comments to facilitate the editing process. Meenakshi focused on various admin obligations, including verifying blog pages for inclusion and maintaining oversight of announcements. She also reviewed web pages and offered feedback. Meanwhile, Meenakshi integrated content from another website, seeking improvements and addressing necessary materials for completeness. Melina focused on tasks related to the Weekly Progress Update Blog for the Housing and Duplicable City Center. Her responsibilities included editing individual summaries, creating collages showcasing volunteer contributions, and integrating these elements into WordPress for transfer to the final blog. She also did a web review of the water conservation page, ensuring accuracy and examining for typographical errors and formatting inconsistencies. Ola focused on acquiring an understanding through tutorial guidance, scrutinizing the One Community Global webpage for corrections, offering constructive feedback, and suggesting improvements. Simultaneously, she assessed a trainee’s work, providing feedback as needed. Ruiqi completed the four-step review process for the Code Crafters Git-R-Done, Graphic Design, and Expresser Team, providing feedback and creating collage images for each team. She integrated SEO keywords into WordPress and worked on the Energy and Roadway Infrastructure Comprehensive Cost Analysis Spreadsheet for the business plan project. Xiaolai submitted the finalized weekly report (560) after reviewing documents and development work. He edited the final blog and webpage, preparing for tasks such as reviewing and editing weekly summaries and organizing pictures and documents for the report. These are the managers helping us manage the current process of creating One Community, the first Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

ALPHA TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Carl Bebli (Software Engineer, Team Manager) and includes Yongjian Pan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the details of the Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub construction, production, and maintenance processes. Carl spearheaded the resolution of issues related to the malfunctioning replyTo feature in the context of automated infringements, implementing necessary fixes. Simultaneously, he worked on improving user communication by integrating a volunteer’s duration into community emails. Furthermore, Carl was a co-host in the inaugural meeting with Team Alpha, facilitating discussions on challenges related to Phase two. Yongjian focused on addressing the npm test errors occurring within Github actions. To tackle this issue, he worked with team members possessing expertise in the field, revealing additional complexities as numerous warnings accompanied the failed npm errors. Yongjian also took steps to rectify assumptions made in his PR #1331, refining and narrowing down changes to align more precisely with the intended scope of the pull request. View some of this work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer, Team Manager) and includes Haohui Lin (Software Engineer), Xiao Wang (Software Engineer) and Yubo Sun (Full Stack Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the details of the Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub construction, production, and maintenance processes. Nathan worked on addressing a frontend owner permission bypass by creating PR#1691 and participated in the review and approval of Ruide’s PR. Haohui reviewed multiple pull requests, including PR#1704, 1703, 1705, 1672, 1660, 1697, 1667, and 1676. Xiao focused on hotfixing and refactoring the ownerMessage component, consolidating two collections into one and removing redundant code in the frontend logic. Yubo explored restructuring the email template structure in the backend for improved manageability, seeking input from team members, and faced a challenge in mocking the child component during the unit testing of ModLinkButton. The collage below shows some of this work.

CODECRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Ruiqi (Administrative Assistant) and includes Anirudh Ghildiyal (Software Engineer), Ramya Ramasamy (Software Engineer), Shantanu Kumar (Software Engineer), and Sucheta Mukherjee (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the development and tracking of the One Community Earth-care Teacher/Demonstration Hubs and the components. Anirudh focused on unit test cases, reported errors and bugs, and worked on the project’s second phase, reviewing relevant documents. Ramya focused on designing and completing unit tests for TabToolTip and BasicTabToolTip components, and compiling a Pull Request with formulated test cases. Shantanu created test cases for the profile dot nav and configured the final day component. He addressed merging conflicts and identified a potential root cause related to outdated dependency. Sucheta was involved in several testing tasks, including PR 1485+648, observing editing of the 5-digit team code for Admins and Owners, while Volunteers exhibited expected restrictions. PR 1715 implemented a replacement for the Blue Square scheduler, addressing user roles and BlueSquares with new components, SchedulerExplanationModal and StopSchedulerModal. The collage below shows some of this work.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Tim Kent (Full Stack Software Engineer) and includes Olga Yudkin (Software Engineer), Sahil Patel (Frontend Developer), and Vishala Ramasamy (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the development and tracking of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub components and construction process. Olga completed the project summaries component by resolving merge conflicts in the pull request and incorporating optional chaining to prevent errors. Additionally, she progressed with the design of the single tool view page, introducing a database query to the tool controller for retrieving essential data and updating the building tool document with placeholder information. Olga further advanced the drag-and-drop component for the addTool feature, integrating the file preview functionality, and simultaneously continued refining the design and functionality of the addTool form, incorporating basic form features. Vishala focused on debugging and resolving issues associated with deployment configuration on Circleci and deployment through Surge. She addressed code issues in the myTeam view, specifically fixing the leaderboard API, and rewriting the query for the leaderboard view. Sahil focused on enhancing the testing rigor of the HighestGoodNetworkApp, running unit tests for various components across multiple PRs. Additionally, Sahil initiated the development of a new unit test for TeamsTab. Tim worked on updating the Phase 2 materials API to fetch data from the new buildingInventoryItems database collection. He also addressed Redux and loading state issues causing build time crashes on the Material List and Material Update web pages, with these branches currently in code review. In addition, Tim hosted weekly standup meetings, providing leadership, communication, and support to team members working on Phase 2 building and inventory management projects. The collage below shows some of this work.

GIT-R-DONE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Git-R-Done Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Eduardo Horta (Software Engineer) and includes Kaikane Lacno (Learning Assistant), Jacob Smith (Full Stack Developer), Olena Danykh (Software Engineer), Miguelcloid Reniva (Software Developer), Rhea Wu (Software Engineer), and Shuhua Liu (Full-Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the development and tracking of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub components and construction process. Eduardo reviewed team members’ comments and addressed inventory management inquiries. He guided team member Kai on management processes, provided direction to Miguel on Issue Log design, and addressed unexpected behavior in the BM New Issue – Routes and Controller project, planning updates and seeking guidance from backend members. Olena focused on advancing the development of “filter” functionality, completed the implementation for week, month, and year filters, and worked on creating a reducer and action for backend data loading. Kai concentrated on Lessonlist routing and controllers, creating GET, PUT, and DELETE routes, submitting a pull request, and initiating the development of Like functionality with user references. Miguel completed the development of the Issue Log form, addressing CSS alignment issues and working on a User Suggestion feature request. Shuhua enhanced the user experience by integrating toasters for updating presets within the Permission Management page, and implementing notifications for updates to role permission presets. Rhea focused on Phase 2 WBS 6.3.2 New Lesson routing and controller, building and testing functions while addressing issues and consulting MongoDB documentation. Jacob addressed several critical tasks in their project development role. Seven pull requests were completed, specifically numbers 1698, 1703, 1704, 1708, 1710, 1711, and 1713. The collage below shows some of this work.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Ruiqi (Administrative Assistant) and includes Ashlesha Navale (Graphic Designer), Emily Ferguson (Visual Designer), Jackie King (Graphic Designer), and Nancy Mónchez (Graphic Designer). Ashlesha focused on creating a Volunteer Announcement and producing a bio image and announcement image. She updated web content, created five Social Media Images, and researched nature-themed visuals. Emily prioritized bold and engaging social media images, aiming to create distinct graphics to elevate One Community’s online presence. She also created bios for fellow volunteers. Jackie completed a Bio/Volunteer Announcement and nine social media images, utilizing royalty-free fonts and images. Nancy redesigned social media posts, refined biographies, and enhanced design elements. These images convey our messages associated with Earth-care Teacher/Demonstration Hubs. The collage below shows some of this work.

MOONFALL’S SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Haoji Bian (Software Engineer) and includes Anny Wang (Software Engineer), Cheng-Yun Chuang (Software Engineer), Lu Wang (Software Engineer), Palak Gosalia (Software Engineer), Tzu Ning “Leo” Chueh (Software Engineer), Xiao Fei (Software Engineer), Yi Lin (Software Engineer), Yihan Liu (Software Engineer), YuFu Liao (Software Engineer), Zijie “Cyril” Yu (Software Engineer) and Zubing Guo (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the development and tracking of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub components and construction process. Anny was engaged in the setup modal for new users and addressing persisting issues with the pull request. She also explored new tasks, particularly in graphic design, to enhance the visual aspects of the project. Cheng-Yun created unit test code for Members.jsx, focusing on render testing and the correct display of properties. He then initiated a detailed PR for these tests. Lu managed the team and addressed bugs in the Git repository, wrote unit tests and reviewed several PRs. She compiled a detailed team report from the previous week, including screenshots of teammates’ work, and focused on resolving bugs in the local repository of the HGN project. Palak worked on the NewBadges component, creating four unit test cases. Tzu Ning reviewed Timelog.jsx, identifying and resolving state inconsistencies and issues with the user ID display in the dashboard view. He extended his investigation to related components, aiming to pinpoint the files responsible for these issues. Xiao worked on the ‘Add New User’ feature, specifically focusing on the AddOrEditPopup component. He implemented a useEffect hook for cursor positioning in the first name field and developed a custom input component using useRef, significantly improving user interaction. Yi reviewed and removed over 200 old branches from the repository. Yihan resolved conflicts in both the frontend and backend PRs for the “add lost hour” task, updating the edit lost time entry form to prevent alteration of team/person/project names. She also fixed the disappearance of the trophy on the leaderboard for the Trophy task, adjusting the trophy icon’s color and ensuring proper authorization for follow-ups. Yufu reviewed the HGN Phase I Bugs and Needed Functionalities list, focusing on identifying areas for assistance, particularly in the reports component No.12. He also wrote a summary of his findings. Zijie addressed challenges in the update password components, submitting pull request 1714 to rectify identified issues. He also merged the reducer component. Zubing focused on integrating the ‘Write it for me’ button into the summary page. She implemented an algorithm for processing notes data, and resolved issues encountered during testing. In addition, she reviewed several frontend PRs. Look below for a collage of their work.

REACTONAUTS’ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Reactonauts’ Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Masasa Thapelo (Software Engineer) and includes Changhao Li (Software Engineer), Jiangwei Shi (Full Stack Engineer), Obeda Andrilalaina Velonjatovo (Front End Developer/Software Developer), Shengwei Peng (Software Engineer), Shihao Xiong (Software Engineer), Shivansh Sharma (Software Developer), Shiwani Rajagopalan (Software Engineer), Shrey Jain (Software Engineer), Vikram Badhan (Software Engineer), Yixiao Jiang (Software Engineer) and Zuhang Xu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the development and tracking of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub components and construction process. Changhao completed two unit tests and pushed them to the GitHub repo for PR reviews. Jiangwei developed unit tests for the Selectors component and the TasksTable component, and created tests for another crucial module. Masasa focused on finalizing the visualizations for the components and subsequently created a pull request for review. Following this, attention shifted towards addressing specific issues highlighted within the pull request, particularly those associated with instances of code crashing when a team without specified code was selected. Obeda completed his task about adding a modal on the project page that would show up when a user tries to delete a project that is not deletable. Shengwei focused on unit test cases fixing, application optimization, Circle CI build process optimization, and troubleshooting a development environment issue related to the Surge server. Shihao completed several unit tests and resolved issues in pull requests. Shivansh focused on integrating security features into the application, beginning with implementing a security check on the delete team pop-up. Shiwani addressed an issue with the edit project category or status permission, leading to backend modifications and subsequent backend PR#650. Additionally, she completed unit tests for the TagsSearch component and the AddTeamPopup component. Shrey wrote unit test cases for two Timelog components. Vikram worked on local environment configurations, PR reviews, and resolved an issue with the “90-hour in one week” badge within the HGN application. Yixiao resolved issues with the TaskEditSuggestions file, completed the test file for reducers.js and oversaw the merging of other ready pull requests. Zuhang addressed merging conflicts caused by recent updates in the git repository and responded to change requests from pull requests (PRs) submitted by colleagues. Look below for pictures of this work.

SKYE’S SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Skye’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Bailey Mejia (Software Engineer) and includes Jerry Ren (Full Stack Developer), Roberto Contreras (Software Developer) and Yao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage the development and tracking of the One Community Earth-care teacher/demonstration hub components and construction process. Bailey stepped in as temporary Manager for Team Skye, substituting for Luis. Bailey initiated the “Add Link to Submit for Review” task, adding an input field in the submit modal for developers to link their pull requests or related work. He also worked on a verification system to prevent accidental selections during reviews and addressed a critical hotfix. The hotfix involved a discrepancy in the modified dates within the badges component. Collaborating with Roberto, Bailey used the substring method on the ‘lastModified’ field to align the dates with the dates array. Roberto tackled the challenge of handling duplicate badges in the badge assignment process. The issue was an error occurring when users tried to assign additional badges, especially if they already had duplicates. Roberto identified the lack of backend logic to manage this scenario. He implemented a fix for duplicate badges, consolidating their attributes. Yao advanced the FAQ modal project and wrote the ‘Define State’ and ‘Implement toggleModal Function’. He then modified the existing code for the FAQ modal integration but faced many ‘fail to compile’ issues. This led him to write his own version of the modal, focusing on resolving these challenges and ensuring smoother integration and functionality. Jerry finalized code changes to pass initial test cases. His bug fixes enabled accurate user recognition for the next streak badge, simultaneously removing the previous one. He ensured users could receive streak badges they already own. See the collage below for some of their work.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM

The PR Review Team’s summary covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Shaurya Sareen (Administrative Assistant). This week’s active members of this team were: Demi Zayas (Software Engineer), Jay Yong (Software Engineer), Jiarong Li (Software Engineer), Keyun Huang (Software Engineer), Kurtis Ivey (Software Engineer), and Xuying He (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be creating Earth-care teacher/demonstration hubs by our construction, production, and maintenance processes. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

 

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One Community welcomes Shivangi Patel to the Graphic Design Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Shivangi, a seasoned visual designer with a strong background in animation and illustration, brings over 5 years of creative expertise to the field. Passionate about the art of visual design, digital marketing, and UI/UX design, she has made significant contributions to diverse projects throughout her career. With a keen eye for aesthetics and a dedication to innovation, Shivangi has excelled in crafting compelling visual narratives. Her journey at One Community has included successfully creating captivating social media graphics, delivering impactful volunteer announcements, and leading the UI/UX design of the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan menu webpages.

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In our pursuit of increasing sustainable flow and yield, One Community proudly champions a paradigm created by our all-volunteer team, and guided by “The Highest Good of All“. Our holistic approach encompasses sustainable practices in food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Beyond building a community, we’re creating a replicable model set to establish teacher/demonstration hubs globally. At the core of our strategy is open sourcing and free sharing, ensuring the evolution of sustainability and the enhancement of flow and yield for the betterment of our planet.

• 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

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One Community’s physical location will forward this sustainable flow and yield movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the December 11th, 2023 edition (#560) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable Flow and Yield
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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is increasing sustainable flow and yield 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 week, Abhishek Kadian (Architect) focused on integrating the 4 Dome structure with the existing 3D files for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1), nearing completion. Furthermore, he began developing a Revit file based on it to generate a roof plan and additional sectional views. Progress has been made in constructing a wall and roof, with work ongoing. Earthbag construction is part of our sustainable flow and yield plan for housing. The collage below shows his work on the 4 Dome structure.

Yiwei He (Mechanical Engineer) dedicated her time to catching up on previous processes involving Vermiculture Toilets and reviewing all updated materials and comments. Additionally, she met with Chris to discuss the future schedule and coordinate the next steps, providing clarity on the team’s objectives. Vermiculture is a solution for sustainable flow and yield in human waste processing. Check out the collage below to see her work for the week.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) concentrated on addressing comments for the Most Sustainable Windows and Window Companies page. The majority of the comments pertained to typographical errors in the mouseover text, with additional feedback related to anchor links. Two images on the Sustainable Doors page were substituted with full-size images. In the Best and Most Sustainable Companies section of both pages, company logos were incorporated and linked to their respective websites. These pages share our research into the companies and products best demonstrating sustainable flow and yield for windows and doors. The images below show his work on sustainable door comparison.

Khushboo Vyas (Architect) focused on organizing construction phases according to the guidelines, ensuring a step-by-step, chronological process for the Earthbag Village DIY tutorial. Khushboo focused on making sure that information flows smoothly and references within the steps connect well (sustainable flow and yield!). She added some temporary logos and organized the details in a clear step-by-step order. See the collage below of Khushboo’s work on DIY tutorials.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is increasing sustainable flow and yield 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 its function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Amiti Singh (Architectural Designer) reviewed the 3D renders she generated for Room 10 in the Duplicable City Center, initially centered around a Boho-industrial aesthetic. The renders integrated eclectic industrial furniture and boho decor to temper the color palette. To achieve a more formal appearance, Amiti eliminated redundant objects and introduced materials to enrich the room’s texture. Alongside this, she finished file finalization for earlier room design projects within the City Center. We’re addressing sustainable flow and yield in our room designs by looking a the sustainability of all components in each room, and the benefits for those who stay in them. Amiti’s beautiful architectural renderings are shown in the collage below.

Justin Varghese (Mechanical Engineer) focused on frame analysis and simulation to assess the City Center Hub Connector’s response to seismic (earthquake) loading, specifically employing response spectrum analysis (RSA). These analyses were created following guidance from the Senior Engineer, with a focus on enhancing the accuracy of the analysis by incorporating more than 90% mass participation through the inclusion of additional modes. This is about sustainable flow of load forces to yield safe structural design. The images below show some of Justin’s work on frame analysis.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is increasing sustainable flow and yield 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 week, the core team continued working with Hayley on the Highest Good food component. Collaborative efforts were undertaken both collectively and individually to advance the Food Infrastructure document and its corresponding Edits document. Attention was given to sections 50, 100, and 400, addressing personnel arrival procedures at the One Community property and the sustainable flow and yields of our food infrastructure rollout process. Furthermore, we completed the audio recording of Eckhart Tolle’s book “A NEW EARTH,”. You can see the images in the collage below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued her review of the open-source Highest Good Food rollout plan. She reviewed and addressed comments and suggestions provided by the core team, making edits to the EDIT’s document to his specifications. She also resolved issues related to capitalization, images, and information. Additionally, Hayley incorporated the 100, 400, and over 400 drafts, adding webpages, refining formatting, and reviewing personal information in the over 400-people categories as part of the sustainable flow and yields of our food infrastructure rollout process. See below for the picture.

Shivangi Patel (Graphic Designer) continued her work the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan UI/UX Web and Graphics development. This week she created both volunteer announcements and profile images for volunteer work using Photoshop. Simultaneously, she authored pertinent web content for the announcement. Later in the week, Shivangi focused on designs for the transition menu recipe webpages. She incorporated small banners and iterated on the designs, prioritizing a user experience. Additionally, Shivangi compiled a deck to organize and present the designs for submission to the web designer. See below for the visual images.

Smit Bhoir (Data and Business Analyst) continued data analysis for the menus for the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. Smit completed the review for Shaurya’s weekly blog post and made progress on data tasks related to the Kitchen menu. His focus remained on data analysis for the Transition Kitchen menu, emphasizing the creation of interpretation tables and tutorials for the “master Recipe FWA” documentation. Smit concluded the week by working on the data interpretation task for the FWA recipe ingredient cost analysis from the Transition Kitchen Menu. These designs are about the sustainable flow and yield of food procurement and preparation during our transition to food self-sufficiency. A visual representation of Smit’s work can be observed in the accompanying picture collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is increasing sustainable flow and yield 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. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them.

With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the sustainable flow and yield structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is increasing sustainable flow and yield 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 week, the core team completed 53 hours managing One Community volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. We also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about sustainable flow and yield and how sustainable flow and yield integrate into the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below show some of this work.

The core team tested Highest Good Network PRs for One Community this week. They worked on HGN pull request (PR) testing, recorded a video detailing the issues identified in the testing of one PR, and shared the link with the volunteer on Slack. The team also updated locations for inactive accounts ensuring the accuracy of information. They faced a challenge when attempting to update the location for one account, as clicking on the ‘Get Time Zone’ button consistently resulted in a white screen. The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be measuring much of the sustainable flow and yield of our construction, production, and maintenance processes. See the collage pictures below.

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued to help One Community with working on fundraising. We won’t be able to have sustainable flow and yield without funding. This week, Aaron researched eight potential funders: Michael R. Bloomberg, Marcel Arsenault and Cynda Collins Arsenault, Mark Zuckerberg, Ted Turner, Jeff Skoll, Tom Secunda, Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor, and Laura and John Arnold. His research focused on their sustainability activities, funding histories, and the specific organizations they have supported. The outcome is intended to facilitate future networking and connection strategies. Alongside this new research, Aaron also completed the ranking of previously researched funders, categorizing them based on the priority for future connection. You can view this work in the image below.

Vishvesh Sheora (Artificial Intelligence Specialist) focused on enhancing the SEO performance on the live main site, achieving an improvement from 35 to a much better 80. The more web traffic we have, the more we can promote  sustainable flow and yield. He also focused on refining SEO criteria as outlined by RankMath, and worked on addressing specific elements to optimize the overall SEO score. Emphasizing content quality, Vishvesh balanced length and pruned content where necessary. See some of his work in the image below.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

One Community welcomes Wanting Xu to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Wanting is a graduate student at Northeastern University in the Bay Area majoring in Computer Science with nearly two years of experience in software development. Her expertise encompasses full-stack website and mobile application development. Prior to her foray into technology, Wanting earned majors in Economics and Marketing, and gained practical experience as a management trainee at an educational company. In her current role with One Community, she contributes to backend and frontend development, focusing on bug fixes and the development of new features for the open-source Highest Good Network Software.

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One Community welcomes Obeda Andrilalaina Velonjatovo to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Obeda graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from San Jose State University. His passion lies in web development, and he aspires to use his software development skills to make a positive and meaningful impact in the world. Obeda has contributed to various projects, including an e-commerce platform named OSD for office supplies and the Go Split Android application designed to facilitate bill splitting. He believes it’s important to use resources wisely, do more with less, and support sustainability to positively impact both the environment and the economy. As an active member of the One Community Team, Obeda is helping implement new features and address bugs in the Highest Good Network Software.

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