At One Community, our mission is mimicking the natural order with complex systems to create sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, and economics. Our all-volunteer team is developing a self-replicating model that promotes fulfilled living and global stewardship practices. By open sourcing and free sharing every aspect of our work, we aim to establish a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs focused on regenerating our planet and evolving sustainability 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

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world that demonstrate mimicking the natural order with complex systems. This is the September 9th, 2024 edition (#599) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Mimicking the Natural Order with Complex Systems
One Community Progress Update #599

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is mimicking the natural order with complex systems 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, Adefola Madehin (Electrical Design Specialist) continued his work with Earthbag Village designs. Fola completed the lighting circuit and cable wiring for the first floor of the Earthbag 4 Dome Village project. Switches were placed and connected to the wiring for the lighting fixtures as part of the electrical design. The lettering for the electrical circuit was also completed. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See some of his work in the collage below.

Adil (Engineer) began working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. He researched various electric utility vehicles suitable for towing trailers loaded with filled containers. The research included a review of different trailers that met the required dimensions, loading capacity, and gross vehicle weight rating. Several options were selected for further discussion, and key requirements and conditions for electric vehicles towing additional weight beyond their load capacity were studied. The total power requirements of the vehicles and potential issues related to towing were also examined. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. Anil refined the task list based on feedback and created a master task list spreadsheet to track all project steps. He continued working on the task list while participating in the weekly team meeting. The task list spreadsheet was completed, and time was spent reviewing the team management document as well as researching swiveling saddle jack and ventilation requirements. Anil revised the CAD model of the dumping system concept, updated the task list, and explored the need for an additional attachment on the slider to handle hammer impact. Further research was done, including finite element analysis (FEA), to assess the requirement for an additional plate on the slider to absorb hammer impacts. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The approach of mimicking the natural order with complex systems enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Joseph worked on the moving piece of the waste removal standing system, focusing on the section that houses the winch, which is designed to move between two positions. A winch was identified that meets the requirements for pulling out both the drawer and the flat plate. A worm winch with a gear ratio of 40:1 was modeled using an online blueprint, and it was screwed onto the platform to ensure proper positioning and functionality within the system. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Loza Ayehutsega (Civil Engineer/Assistant Civil Engineer) completed another week working on the Earth Dam risk assessment and dam break hazard assessment. Loza worked on Identifying Emergency Conditions at Dams with image and a better explanation. A great reference book is found for this topic. Case study investigation will be included on the report. Identified emergency conditions at dams, which is critical for ensuring public safety, infrastructure protection, and environmental conservation. Ensuring dam safety measures and preparedness are a foundation of One Community’s open source earthworks as part of mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See the pictures below for examples related to her work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela added details to the construction documents and updated the Revit titleblock file to include an option for a cover page. She populated the cover page with project type information and relevant codes. Michaela also created a sheet index and began adding general notes to the cover page. Additionally, she created and placed several base views on sheets as placeholders until the detailed information is completed. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See her work in the collage below.

Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Yagyansh focused on designing methods for efficiently dumping compost on the ground. He made modifications to the drawer and its materials in SolidWorks, a mechanism to assist with emptying the drawer, and improvements to the pulley design. He explored options for transferring the drawer to the dumping site, that met the required weight capacity, and performed torque calculations for tipping the drawer. Additionally, he shifted the wheel assembly a little to the inside to make room for the new disposing method. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See some of his work in the collage below.

Yuxing Xu (VFX Artist) continued working on making videos for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Yuxing worked on enhancing the texture components of the 4-dome project and refining the overall site layout. He cleaned up the building mesh and corrected the UV mapping to ensure compatibility with a PBR texture paint workflow. Customized texture maps were created in Substance Painter and applied in Unreal Engine to improve the exterior building materials. Additionally, he modeled the hard ground tile for the ground floor in Blender, ensuring the hard surface appeared functional in the architectural visualization. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See some of his work in the collage below.

EARTHBAG VILLAGE 4-DOME ROOF TEAM

The Earthbag Village 4-dome Roof Team was managed by Khushboo Parmar (Project Manager) and includes Karthik Pillai (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) and Yusuf Thanawala (Structural Engineer). The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 villages creating One Community’s open source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems through sustainable housing. Khushboo continued her research of California building codes related to deck roofs and environmentally sustainable deck materials. She prepared a document for the 4-Dome Cluster Roof project to aid its advancement. Additionally, she managed administrative tasks, including scheduling and interviewing volunteer candidates. Khushboo also manages Michaela Silva and Adefola Madehin. Meanwhile, Karthik designed a roof framework using Unistruts, which was reviewed and discussed in the team meeting. However, Yusuf evaluated Unistrut for strength and stability as an alternative to wood for the roof deck, considering its lower cost. However, after analysis and reviewing the sizes provided on the manufacturer’s website, it was determined that Unistrut may not be adequate. In addition to this, he continued working on design calculations and beam sizing for wood. The Earthbag village is an integral part of One Community’s open source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See their work in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is mimicking the natural order with complex systems 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 in mimicking the natural order with complex systems: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, the core team continued their research on the Highest Good Energy and began organizing items from the Master List and the Highest Good Energy Page for the Highest Good Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies list. They focused on larger pieces of equipment and created narratives and accessed photos to align with the intended list according to their respective categories. One Community’s open-source initiative for mimicking the natural order with complex systems includes the Duplicable City Center as a central component. See the images of this work below.

Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer)continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. He collaborated with a previous engineer, Dipak, to review the appropriate boundary conditions and work on reducing nodes in Ansys. Due to software node limitations, the decision was made to shift the project to Autodesk Inventor. A new iteration was developed with updated boundary conditions for the U-hub, applying a 1000 lbs force, which showed a significant difference from previous stress tests. A one-on-one discussion with Tasmia was held to divide the work progress. Load calculations from a previous design were analyzed to incorporate them into the new hub connector design. A tabular report was prepared for the previous iteration, and a new load test using 500 lbs was initiated with updated mesh and boundary conditions. Tabular reports were created for the updated iterations with 500 – 1000 lbs loads. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source, which excels in mimicking the natural order with complex systems. This approach is integral to their mission of mimicking the natural order with complex systems through innovative and scalable solutions. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer)continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. He updated the Tools and Equipment for Open Source Construction master page by incorporating additional tools from the non-powered tools section, specifically from the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies design document. This task required resizing images and copying text from the design document, while ensuring that links were visible in the address bar when clicked. Some duplicates were excluded from the update. Additionally, content, including images and text, was added to the Eco-community Electric Vehicle Integration and Charging Infrastructure Guide page. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.

Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist)continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design that includes the location of the Duplicable City Center. He continued learning how to use QGIS, an open-source GIS software, with the goal of recreating his previous work from proprietary software to improve future access to the data. He experimented with various watershed tools, identified seven basin catchment areas on the property, and used symbology to differentiate the types of tributaries that would appear during a rain event. Within One Community’s open-sourceframework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The images below showcase some of this work.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He completed the editing of the kitchen shelves and storage based on the latest feedback, and finalized the video edits for the kitchen storage. Walkthrough videos for rooms 1, 2, and 3 were created after making corrections in SketchUp, followed by the completion of the walkthrough video for room 4, incorporating the necessary adjustments. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She focused on expanding the final document for the dormer window instructions, incorporating feedback on the previously completed slides. Nika added further dimensions to some pieces and included a newly rendered image of the insulation with dimensions. She ensured all dimensions were included and adjusted their color for better visibility. She also worked on improving the overall graphic design of the dimensions and will continue refining and expanding the document next week. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The images below showcase some of this work.

Panambur Rachan Rao (Project Manager) continued work on reviewing and organizing everything related to wrapping up the Highest Good Energy component. He updated both the Work Breakdown Structure and the Risk Assessment and created a Google Doc version that is now accessible to everyone. The Google Doc is still a work in progress. Additionally, Rachan Rao met with the Duplicable City Center analysis team and documented their updates. The team reached out to Dipak Patil, and followed his guidance for their analysis, and Rachan then incorporated the results into the report. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in mimicking the natural order with complex systems. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.

Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She met with Arnob and Rachan to gain a better understanding of the load analysis process and the necessary adjustments based on weather conditions. Tasmia and Arnob decided to divide the calculation work and focus on the dome structure. Tasmia worked on connecting the new hub connector to the first row, with some connections still requiring review with Arnob. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. You can see examples of this work in the following images.

Vika Zakharova (Administrative Assistant) helped as part of the hiring team, training team, and conducing research for the Most Sustainable Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies page. For the hiring team, she scheduled two interviews and conducted one, welcoming a new volunteer to the team. As a training team associate, she reviewed one training assignment and initiated work on two others. Her approach to these tasks was characterized by mimicking the natural order with complex systems, ensuring that each process flowed seamlessly and efficiently. Her research focused on updating and identifying sustainable lightbulb options for the Duplicable City Center and One Community’s educational resources. This included reviewing 24 scientific papers to extract relevant findings for establishing sustainable metrics for various lightbulb types, and evaluating Ikea as a potential vendor for sustainable lightbulbs. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Yancong E (Architectural Designer) joined the team and focused on becoming familiar with the Duplicable City Center project. This included reviewing the “Duplicable City Center Heating and Cooling” page to understand how LEED standards could be applied to the project. Yancong also worked on rendering animations for two of the bedrooms and identified issues in the SketchUp model that required further discussion with the supervisor. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. You can see examples of this work in the following images.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is mimicking the natural order with complex systems 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 and mimicking the natural order with complex systems: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued her work on the Vermiculture Toilet component that will produce compost as part of the Highest Good Food project. She focused on designing a pulley system and attended a meeting where she was assigned the task of creating a 1mm stainless steel sheet metal liner for the vermiculture drawer. This involved both 3D modeling and 2D drafting to determine the correct overall dimensions needed for the liner to source an accurate sheet metal plate. While working on a cost analysis, she encountered a challenge in finding an option for a larger sheet metal plate and plans to address this issue further. Additionally, she developed a pin and flat design for the dumping mechanism of the drawer. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. This approach is critical to mimicking the natural order with complex systems and ensures alignment with the initiative’s goals. See her work in the collage below.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He worked on refining the solar integration strategies and updating the documentation for Walipini #1. Challenges arose while aligning the solar strategies with the architectural design, necessitating several adjustments to optimize energy readings for a detailed energy analysis. Additionally, progress was made on accessing climate data using the Climate Consultant software, though issues with data importation required resolution to extract vital information on temperature, solar radiation, and humidity. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to mimicking the natural order with complex systems, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment to mimicking the natural order with complex systems through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is mimicking the natural order with complex systems 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. 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 in mimicking the natural order with complex systems: 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

This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He continued working on the second draft of the Structural Engineering Report for the Ultimate Classroom Project. He focused on formatting the report to ensure it was easily understandable by both engineers and laypersons, explaining each section such as the introduction and project scope clearly. Apoorv used other published pages on One Community’s website as references to guide his work. He worked closely with his manager Brian Muigai Mwaniki (Structural Engineer), to discuss the technical issues. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of mimicking the natural order with complex systems. This approach truly exemplifies mimicking the natural order with complex systems by creating environments that foster collaboration and innovation. See the collage below for his work. 

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is mimicking the natural order with complex systems 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 over 67 hours managing One Community’s 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. They also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about mimicking the natural order with complex systems and how mimicking the natural order with complex systems is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.

Jia Shu (UX Designer) continued her work on the Highest Good Network phase 3 development that focuses on organizing and tracking the Fulfilled Living aspect of the Highest Good Society component. She collaborated with Jae on refining the design of Phase 3, focusing on epics, user stories, tasks, and priorities. Feedback on low-fidelity prototypes led to the creation of mid-fidelity versions, and she studied web design and iOS/Android design systems to optimize the user experience. The design system around six epics and their user stories is taking shape, with specific tasks for each epic still being defined. The UI system, including colors and icons, is halfway through completion. In this process, they emphasized mimicking the natural order with complex systems to ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience. She further concentrated on making iterations based on Jae’s feedback and enhancing the original design for logging participation and attendance for each activity. Separate workflows for organizers and members, each featuring functions like recording attendee information and scanning QR codes for registration, were defined. Following feedback from Joe’s video, Jia incorporated changes such as a QR code scan feature in the check-in process, an updated pop-up style notification system with response options, improved visual UI for activity attendance rates, and enhanced filter and rating options in the comments section, along with other UI refinements. This work aligns with One Community’s mission of mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The picture below shows some of this work.

Shireen Kayal (Humanitarian Program Developer & Data Manager) created an updated version of the weekly progress video. Paying attention to detail, she curated pertinent footage, removed superfluous stock materials, and integrated additional content from One Community’s provided resources. The resulting video is designed to highlight the diverse and impactful work of One Community, conveying the organization’s mission and goals to a wider audience. This work helps One Community’s mission of mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The following images show her work for the week.

Vatsal Mendpara (Security Analyst) completed the orientation program, following every step outlined in the process. He also focused on setting up accounts on various platforms as directed by Jae, utilizing the provided links for access. Then Vatsal took the initiative to review the detailed emails about the system transfer to Bluehost. This involved careful analysis and proactive problem-solving to identify and address potential issues that might arise during the transfer process. This work helps One Community’s mission of mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The images below show his work for the week, further reflecting the commitment to mimicking the natural order with complex systems in every aspect.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for mimicking the natural order with complex systems was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Feras Rehman (Data Analyst), Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst), Ivy Yuwei Li (Project Manager and Team Administrator), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Praneeth Kruthiventi (Data Analyst), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rahul Bavanandan (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Riddhisha Chitwadgi (Administrative Assistant), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Venkat Reddy Mankala (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant), and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Durgeshwari participated in four interviews, provided feedback to new trainees, worked on LinkedIn posts, and handled research for analytics and strategy. Feras focused on a weekly review and training session, formatted blog summaries, reviewed social media documentation, set up a new account, completed a Mastodon tutorial, and reviewed admin training work. Hritvik completed the Highest Good Food blog and collages, followed up on PRs, created content for Twitter posts, and reviewed feedback from Feras and Jae. Ivy continued to work on the Food Procurement Plan, incorporating feedback from Jae. The team’s efforts in mimicking the natural order with complex systems were evident in their seamless integration of tasks and feedback. Jessica advanced the Highest Good Food Infrastructure Rollout plan, wrote procedures for school gardens, and completed research on food forest programs. Kishan worked on the weekly update blog, focused on SEO optimization, and reviewed optimized pages. Michael prepared summaries for the Reactonauts team, evaluated team managers, reviewed admin feedback, and edited documents. Ola reviewed PR Managers’ work, updated the PR table, monitored HGN tracking, trained new volunteers, and managed the social media schedule, while mimicking the natural order with complex systems to streamline processes effectively. Praneeth K researched Google Ads, added instructions to legacy documentation, explored best practices, and reviewed training exercises. Rachna scheduled interviews, assigned SEO pages, and engaged in email exchanges with candidates. Rahul examined data strategies, explored Reddit’s posting mechanisms, refined instructions for Reddit moderators, and provided feedback on documents. Ratna prepared weekly summaries, reviewed emails for interviews, updated blogs, and scheduled posts for social media. Riddhisha reviewed housing team images, created collages, optimized SEO for blog #598, and assessed training for new members, emphasizing mimicking the natural order with complex systems in his approach to streamline operations. Ruiqi completed the review process for the Dev Dynasty and Git-R-Done Team, managed bio announcements, and continued working on DIY Earth Dam Design content. Saumit interviewed potential volunteers, managed frontend testing for PRs, communicated with developers, reviewed PRs, and connected with a new admin volunteer. Samarth managed the PR review team, evaluated their work, provided feedback, and summarized their work in a blog post. Sneka focused on OC Administration tasks, including managing time logs, providing feedback, following up on previous comments, guiding new teammates, adding weekly summaries and collages to the webpage, and reviewing content. Venkat worked on the weekly summary report, reviewed social media posting and analytics, set up tools, and reviewed Muhammad Huzaifah Nazar’s work. Vibhav reviewed the PR Team’s work, created summaries and collages, and optimized webpage SEO. Zuqi organized weekly summaries for the Graphic Design Team and Alpha Team, reviewed manager work, followed up on optimized blogs, and adjusted previous blogs. One Community’s model for mimicking the natural order with complex systems includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. 

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Anusha Tariq (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), and Jyotsna Venkatesh (Graphic Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for mimicking the natural order with complex systems. This week, Anusha explored a document and reviewed instructions provided by Jae regarding the creation of social media images. She also watched tutorials and examined templates available in Dropbox, which, along with existing posts, helped her understand the design framework and requirements. Junyuan worked on producing a social media image and made progress on additional ones. He also focused on the event page for HGN Phase 3, completing the basic framework and continuing research and design for various sections of the page, including comments and participants, each with distinct interaction and layout requirements. Jyotsna continued developing brand book guidelines, focusing on brand identity and color, and performed research on brand guidelines used by other companies though reaching a conclusion proved challenging. She also created graphic design images based on the Social Media Images Excel sheet. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is mimicking the natural order with complex systems through open source Highest Good Network^® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components, mimicking the natural order with complex systems.

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs and resolving several issues. Fixed PRs included updates such as fixing the Permissions Management info icons (#2421), enabling editing of team code (#2469, #1034), adding “i” icons to the Permissions Management page (#2536), and making UI changes to time logs for handling long descriptions (#2534). Additional fixes included adding total badges to the Profile page and a modal for viewing them (#2543), improving the accuracy of user end dates (#2524), separating the filter and date range sections on the Reports page (#2510), and resolving a blank page issue on the Team Locations page after typing in the search box (#2515). Further addressed issues involved updating text color in dark mode (#2577, #2560), improving badge assignment UI (#2542), fixing mismatched times on Time Log and Profile pages (FE2383/BE1004), correcting a mouseover issue on the “Save Changes” button (#2351), enhancing modal efficiency for adding teams (#2606), and fixing a bug related to creating teams on the Profile page (#2590). Unresolved issues included UI problems on the Projects and Dashboard pages for 375px and up (#2451, #2391), replacing the Badge Assignment search function (#2539, #2639), formatting on the Weekly Remaining Summaries submission page (#2246), and the location of email validation messages (#2559). See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software software was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-stack Software Developer) and Logeshwari Renu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for mimicking the natural order with complex systems across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Lin reviewed and approved PR #2650, familiarizing himself with the codebase and testing the UI on his machine. He also reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by his Alpha team members. Carlos reviewed Jae’s response regarding the “Volunteer Roles and Team Dynamics” wrapper, which was resolved. He continued working on the Anniversary Celebrated component, adapting the UI as required by the Figma design, incorporating the user’s picture, name, and email. Additionally, he created an EmailSender component, which functions but requires setting environment variables in Google OAuth2. Logeshwari addressed the issue on the Team Management page where it became unresponsive when editing a team’s name by implementing lazy loading for tabs. To optimize performance, only the default tab is loaded initially, while other tabs are loaded upon user interaction. She added a state to track which tabs have been loaded, showing a “Loading tab content…” message when necessary. The function for loading tab content was updated to provide a placeholder for any specific logic required. Anand worked on resolving two issues in the Dark Mode feature for the Reports Modal. He fixed rendering issues in the details table for the total Team/Project/Person report modal in Dark theme, including addressing a hover issue on the table. Additionally, the dark-themed date picker styling from the Reports page was replicated in the Add Lost Time modal to ensure consistent styling when selecting dates for Person/Project/Team reports. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vijay Anand Pandian (Full Stack Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Aditya Sure (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer), Sri Sudersan Thopey Ganesh (Software Engineer) and Vigneshwar Muriki (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for mimicking the natural order with complex systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Aaryaneil focused on fixing errors in unit tests and created a pull request that incorporated new test cases and addressed the latest changes in the codebase. He resolved previous issues in test cases and made updates based on feedback from earlier pull requests. Specific updates included adding assertions to ensure no modal-related elements are rendered when `open={false}`, consolidating tests for similar `onSave` behavior with different date inputs, using `jest.clearAllMocks()` in `beforeEach()` to reset mock call counts, and enhancing error handling to check for both error messages and error states, such as red input highlights, all while mimicking the natural order with complex systems to ensure the tests accurately reflect real-world scenarios. He also merged dark mode tests to verify correct styling for the modal header and body and replaced Moment.js with `date-fns` for improved date handling. Additionally, Aaryaneil began writing test cases for reducers in `actionItemsReducers`. Aditya worked on resolving bugs and implementing requested changes in the HGN Software Development project. After completing a requested change for PR #2631, Aditya continued to address a new bug, made necessary adjustments, and submitted the pull request for review. Deepthi focused on rechecking feedback for the user manual and made adjustments on the “Send Emails” page to fix spacing and alignment issues. She continued work on PR2554, which involved resolving problems encountered when pushing changes related to a media link in the checkbox feature to GitHub, and is working to complete the update, mimicking the natural order with complex systems to ensure a seamless integration.

Huijie used Postman to send HTTP requests to initiate the recalculation of working hours and made plans to use Azure WebJobs if needed. She implemented form validation messages based on start and end date constraints and worked on preventing Mongoose validation errors caused by invalid jobTitle field values. Sandhya integrated the TaskCompletedBarChart component into the Weekly Volunteer Summary Dashboard, mimicking the natural order with complex systems. She resolved initial issues with incorrect module imports, but a 404 error from the API endpoint /api/reports/volunteerstats prevented task data from loading. Sandhya plans to collaborate with the backend team to address the server-side issue. She also made state management improvements in the TotalOrgSummary component and added error boundaries to prevent crashes. Additionally, Sandhya enhanced UI responsiveness using Bootstrap’s grid system and embedded interactive components in an accordion layout. Towards the end of the week, she encountered Git merge conflicts due to branch naming inconsistencies, which will require further investigationIn her efforts, Sandhya demonstrated an adept approach to mimicking the natural order with complex systems, ensuring the project’s integrity and functionality.

Sri created the API structure for the team stats blue bar chart while studying the MongoDB database and model schemas. Sri reviewed Phase 2 WBS documentation and wireframes, tested pull requests for the Highest Good Network frontend application, and provided feedback on various pull requests, including pointing out alignment issues in PR #2614. Vigneshwar provided a Jest test setup for testing the `getProjectReport` Redux async action using `redux-mock-store` and `thunk` middleware. This setup included mocking dependent actions (`getProjectDetail`, `fetchAllMembers`, and `fetchAllWBS`) to ensure that dispatching the `getProjectReport` action correctly triggers these asynchronous actions in sequence, mimicking the natural order with complex systems, and dispatches the expected Redux action types, `GET_PROJECT_REPORT_BEGIN` and `GET_PROJECT_REPORT_END`. The test verifies the correct order of action dispatches and simulates the behavior of the dependent actions without executing them. Vijay focused on addressing multiple issues and implementing new features for the HGN Software Development project. He worked on fixing several requested changes in the badge assignment component and one in the badge report component. Additionally, he resolved a UI issue related to the tooltip displayed by the “i” icon in the Time and Tasks log component and implemented a feature to assign one or multiple badges to one or multiple users at once. He also completed and submitted a pull request for hotfixes in the badge assignment component, including corrections for the “Assign Badge” button functionality and handling of spaces in the search field. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for mimicking the natural order with complex systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Parth reviewed pull requests PR 2525, 2583, and 2607 and wrote test cases for multiple functions in the taskController.js file, including sendReviewReq, updateAllParents, deleteTaskByWBS, moveTask, getTasksByUserId, getTasksForTeamsByUser, updateTaskStatus, and sendReviewReq. Vishavdeep resolved issues with a previous branch and initiated a new branch “vishavdeep-Hotfix-TIMELOG-PAGE-UI-issues-for-375px-and-up” with a new pull request PR-2643. He tested PRs 2547, 2607, and 2633, providing feedback on GitHub and reviewed PRs 2646, 2645, and 2616. Ramakrishna focused on updating rendering components and converting class components into functional ones, ensuring that the updates aligned with the project’s structure. Jingyi actively reviewed eight pull requests, including PR#2638, PR#2637, PR#2638, PR#2644, PR#2583, PR#2585, PR#2599, and PR#2637, and resolved merging conflicts in her PRs #2345 and #2611, preparing them for final review and integration into the development branch. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to mimicking the natural order with complex systems. See below to view images of their work.

One Community welcomes Sri Sudersan Thopey Ganesh to the Software and Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Sri is a highly skilled software engineer with nearly 2 years of experience in developing responsive, user-centric, and scalable web applications. With a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Drexel University, he has a solid foundation in software engineering and web development. Sri has demonstrated expertise in integrating cutting-edge technologies, particularly in blockchain and fintech, and has a proven track record of delivering exceptional user experiences. As a member of the One Community team working on the Highest Good Network software, Sri has successfully developed interactive visualization dashboards using Chart.js and D3.js, enhancing data representation for users. He has also played a key role in improving the team’s code quality by resolving critical bugs and enforcing best practices.

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One Community welcomes Brian Mwoyowatidi to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Brian has about 1 year of structural engineering and project management experience across multiple project types. He has demonstrated his abilities in research, design, and report development, consistently delivering high quality work. Brian believes in the importance of sustainable practices in engineering and infrastructure, focusing on efficient solutions that positively impact both the environment and society. As a member of the One Community team, Brian has contributed to the research, design details, and code review for the Ultimate Classroom, while also completing the Footer, Foundation, and Flooring Design and Engineering Report for the project. In addition, he has gained experience in effective communication & collaboration skills and also using software tools such as AutoCAD & STAAD to perform design analysis and generate detailed construction drawings, which he has incorporated into the Ultimate Classroom project.

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At One Community, we are committed to building a cooperative future by implementing sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, and economics. Our all-volunteer team is developing a self-replicating model designed to support global stewardship and fulfilled living. By open sourcing and free sharing every aspect of our work, we aim to create a worldwide network of teacher/demonstration hubs focused on regenerating our planet and evolving sustainability for “The Highest Good of All“.

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the September 2nd, 2024 edition (#598) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is building a cooperative future 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 building a cooperative future: 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, Adefola Madehin (Electrical Design Specialist) continued his work with Earthbag Village designs. Adefola completed the electrical design for the Earthbag Village 4 Dome Project. He completed partial lighting fixture design for the Earth Bag 4 Dome Village project’s first floor plan, following the completion of full electrical design services for the ground floor. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future. See some of his work in the collage below.

Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. Anil documented the FEA results, prepared tasks for the weekly team meeting, and reviewed the team management document. He participated in the team meeting and subsequently updated the task summary and action list. He went through the project documentation to create a detailed task list, including past and upcoming tasks, and discussed the list and overall project with Adil. He also refined the task list, updated the task tracker, added a new team member, and developed a concept for a dumping system that operates using a screw jack. Additionally, Anil created a complete SolidWorks assembly of the car jack-based bin dumping concept. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by building a cooperative future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Joseph focused on identifying cylindrical winch archetypes and conducting cost comparisons. Quality of life improvements were made to the Unistrut stand, including the removal of the bottom piece, which had caused irregularities in the setup. Adjustments were made to the height and mates for greater precision. The chamber’s corner Unistruts were also converted to match those of the stand, simplifying the connection process. The opposite side of the chamber, which holds another drawer, was resized and aligned with the main side to ensure consistent setup, making the width differences negligible. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by building a cooperative future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work, as it contributes to building a cooperative future through innovative and responsible design.

Loza Ayehutsega (Civil Engineer/Assistant Civil Engineer) completed another week working on the Earth Dam risk assessment and dam break hazard assessment. This week, Loza edited the report document. There was spelling and grammar error on the table under the title of “Dam safety incidents and emergency” literature review was made about Dam safety maintenance and inspection. These are critical to ensuring the structural integrity, functionality, and safety of dams. Proper maintenance and regular inspections help prevent potential failures, protect downstream communities, and preserve the environment. Ensuring dam safety measures and preparedness are a foundation of One Community’s open source earthworks as part of building a cooperative future. See the pictures below for examples related to her work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela integrated the built-in mounted TV system in the living room to ensure it met the lighting plan clearances. She also worked on the construction documents and sheet layouts for floor plans, building sections, and building elevations. Additionally, Michaela developed various diagrams to aid in construction and clarify the wall assemblies. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future. See her work in the collage below.

Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Yagyansh focused on designing methods for efficiently dumping compost on the ground. He made modifications to the drawer and its materials in SolidWorks, a mechanism to assist with emptying the drawer, and improvements to the pulley design. He explored options for transferring the drawer to the dumping site, that met the required weight capacity, and performed torque calculations for tipping the drawer. Additionally, he checked the price and weight of PVC and steel for a 1 mm plate, compared the load capacity for rivets and screws, changed the direction of screws, and added the comparison of PVC vs. steel to the documentation. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future. See some of his work in the collage below.

Yuxing Xu (VFX Artist) continued working on making videos for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Yuxing began work on the correct level of the 4-dome video project. He received the FBX file from Michaela, imported it into Blender for cleanup, and separated the mesh into different types based on materials. After testing the cleaned-up mesh in Unreal Engine, he resolved coordinate issues between the two programs. Yuxing then applied materials to various parts of the building and set camera angles for the architectural visualization, preparing it for further detailing of the ground plan and testing the camera path for the video. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future. See some of his work in the collage below.

AIRCRETE TEAM

The Aircrete Testing Team’s summary, covering their work on Aircrete Compression Testing was managed by John Sullivan (CBU Chemical Engineering Student) and includes Jonathan Crago (Civil Engineering Student), Preston Thompson (Civil Engineering Student), and Tad Matlock (Environmental Science Student). This week, Preston and the team completed compressing the samples with 2-week cure times, which included Aircrete Harry, Cement, and two variants with stucco. The testing revealed improved cracking behavior compared to previous trials, with the stucco samples showing a marked increase in compression strength. Jonathan collaborated with his team to complete the final testing of concrete cylinders, maintained regular cleaning of the lab, and assisted in diagnosing issues with the compression testing machine. He also engaged in brainstorming sessions to identify potential causes of specific types of cracks and failures. This collaborative approach is crucial as we continue building a cooperative future and strive for innovative solutions in our testing processes. Tad focused on finalizing his work on the new Aircrete webpage by adding detailed information about Domegaia’s mixing process and highlighting its unreliable results. He also created step-by-step guides for the two main mixes in an Aircrete tutorial section and proofread his work before submitting it for review. John initiated compression tests on the cylinders, completing those with a two-week cure time and beginning tests on those with a three-week cure time. He reorganized the lab to improve the efficiency of the compression testing process and completed tutorial videos for the Domegaia and Aircrete Harry methods. These aircrete tests contribute to the housing aspect of One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

EARTHBAG VILLAGE 4-DOME ROOF TEAM

The Earthbag Village 4-dome Roof Team was managed by Khushboo Parmar (Project Manager) and includes Karthik Pillai (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) and Yusuf Thanawala (Structural Engineer). The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 villages creating One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future through sustainable housing. Khushboo researched various roofing materials with a focus on plastic lumber and studied Earthbag Structures using the book Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques. She also handled administrative tasks, including scheduling and conducting interviews. Khushboo also manages Michaela Silva and Adefola Madehin. Karthik continued work on the 4-dome cluster project, concentrating on identifying a widely available and easily replicable roofing material. Yusuf researched roofing materials and roof deck designs for different sizes of Glulam wood in accordance with the California Building Code. He began working on CAD drawings of beams and columns and plans to create a Loom video for his colleagues. The discussion on deck material remains pending, and Yusuf searched for relevant articles to inform this aspect of the project. The Earthbag village is an integral part of One Community’s open source model for building a cooperative future. See their work in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is building a cooperative future 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 in building a cooperative future: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. He initiated and completed iterations for 1000 lbs, 3000 lbs, and 5000 lbs in Autodesk Inventor to gain a better understanding of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA). The stress of the hub connector increased proportionally as the load was increased. The results were satisfactory and the stress value was well under the stainless steel yield strength. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model for building a cooperative future. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. He completed the task of adding the Tools and Equipment for Open Source Construction master page by integrating tools from the non-powered tools section through the soil thermometer of the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies design document. This task involved resizing images and copying text from the design document, ensuring that the links are visible in the address bar when clicked. Some duplicates were identified and excluded from the update. The Duplicable City Center is a key component of One Community’s open-source framework designed for building a cooperative future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design that includes the location of the Duplicable City Center. He continued learning how to use QGIS, an open-source GIS software, with the goal of recreating all his previous work from proprietary software to improve future access to the data. While learning the software, he created raster images representing slope, hill shade, and solar aspects similar to his previous work in ArcGIS Pro. Chris also edited some of the GIS content to be published on the permaculture design webpage. The Duplicable City Center is a key element of One Community’s open-source framework for building a cooperative future. See the following pictures for examples of this work.

Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center renders and visualizations, focusing on edits needed from previous weeks, specifically working on the bathrooms of two themed renders. She updated the mirror texture and added the missing glass wall in the Neofuturistic render. Clarice also worked on the greenhouse, searching for fruit trees in both the Lumion library and SketchUp warehouse. She added a mango tree, a persimmon tree, and a lemon tree, adjusting their sizes to fit the space appropriately. She also rotated and positioned the trees to ensure they were correctly placed in specific locations within the greenhouse. As part of One Community’s open-source model, the Duplicable City Center plays a vital role in for building a cooperative future. Here are a few images connected to this work.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He focused on several key tasks. First, they completed the video for room 1, incorporating the latest feedback. Additionally, they worked on the video for room 2 using Lumion and made necessary corrections to the model in SketchUp. Finally, they worked on editing the kitchen shelves storage based on the most recent feedback received. One Community’s open-source initiative for building a cooperative future includes the Duplicable City Center as a central component. Check out the pictures below that show this work.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She focused on expanding the final document for the dormer window instructions. Nika has been inputting text and images into Google Slides, organizing them in their respective places. She planned the placement of images to best showcase the order of assembly and rendered additional images for further instructions, specifically focusing on rock wool insulation and the exterior frame of the dormer window. Additionally, she refined the dimensions in some of the cutting instructions for wood pieces to ensure greater accuracy. As part of One Community’s open-source model, the Duplicable City Center plays a vital role in for building a cooperative future. The pictures below highlight some aspects of this work.

Panambur Rachan Rao (Project Manager) continued work on reviewing and organizing everything related to wrapping up the Highest Good Energy component. He finished the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) dictionary, a crucial component in project management that provides detailed descriptions of each WBS element, clarifying scope, deliverables, and required tasks. He also completed a table of dependencies, outlining task interrelations and critical paths, essential for effective project scheduling and management. Additionally, Rachan prepared a Risk Assessment table, systematically identifying potential risks, evaluating their impact, and assessing their likelihood. He also conducted a meeting with the Duplicable City Center (DCC) team for their routine weekly update and prepared a report for the Executive Director, detailing project status, progress, and any issues requiring attention. The Duplicable City Center is an essential aspect of One Community’s open-source approach to for building a cooperative future. Check out the pictures below that show this work.

Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She continued static stress analysis on V hub connectors, initially applying the load incorrectly. After a check-in with Arnob, the issue was corrected, and multiple iterations of the static analysis were conducted, with the files saved. Additionally, Tasmia participated in a meeting with Rachan and Arnob, and a short file was prepared to compare the results. One Community’s open-source initiative for building a cooperative future includes the Duplicable City Center as a central component. The pictures below highlight some aspects of this work.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is building a cooperative future 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 and building a cooperative future: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued her work on the Highest Good Food project. She researched various structural systems and pulley options. Although no pulley simulator met the weight requirements for the drawer, she found a chart detailing the number of pulleys needed and their impact on the load. Hayley began designing a basic structure in SolidWorks and adjusted the dimensions of a ceiling-mounted pulley found on McMaster. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to building a cooperative future. See her work in the collage below.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting. He focused on refining the lighting plans for Walipini 1 and Walipini 2 by addressing specific lighting requirements for various plant species while ensuring adherence to sustainability standards. This involved selecting appropriate fixtures and conducting energy calculations. He also faced challenges in interpreting lumen and wattage needs, importing IES files, and configuring photometric settings to accurately simulate lighting conditions in Revit. Additionally, Jay worked on optimizing solar studies and adjusting energy requirements for different fixtures, considering natural light penetration and overall energy consumption. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to building a cooperative future. See his work in the collage below.

Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) continued working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She evaluated six types of plants by assigning ratings for maintenance requirements, ornamental value, and food value. Attempts to create a ternary diagram were hindered by insufficient reference data for some variables. Consequently, the evaluation method was adjusted to focus on the plants’ needs for soil pH and water/sunlight. Given the site’s low-lying nature, which leads to retention ponds during rainy periods, Ziyi is selecting plants with strong water resistance. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to building a cooperative future. See her work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is building a cooperative future 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. 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 in building a cooperative future: 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

This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He worked on the second draft of the Structural Engineering Report for the Ultimate Classroom Project. He focused on formatting the report to ensure it was easily understandable by engineers and laypersons, which involved clarifying certain sections and improving captions for figures and tables. Apoorv started using other published pages on One Community’s website as references for this task. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of building a cooperative future. This approach truly exemplifies building a cooperative future by creating environments that foster collaboration and innovation. See the collage below for his work.

Brian Mwoyowatidi (Graduate Structural Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom of the Highest Good Education component. He focused on understanding structural behavior, including the deflected shapes of frames and members under loading, the various boundary conditions, reactions, and stiffness in members. He also explored the connection between reinforced concrete foundations and timber-framed walls, relevant to the Ultimate Classroom. Additionally, Brian worked on a short course in Timber Design & Construction and added a resource file for One Community’s open-source Highest Good Education. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of building a cooperative future. See the collage below for his work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is building a cooperative future 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 over 60 hours managing One Community’s 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. They also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about building a cooperative future and how building a cooperative future is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.

Venkata Jaya Pavan Naru (Network and Cybersecurity Engineer) worked with Bluehost support to address loading issues, initially focusing on database repairs as Bluehost did not provide a permanent solution. He planned to investigate database optimization further using procmon. During a customer support call, he discussed potential server issues and error 524 with a representative named Jin, who recommended using a dedicated server with a custom nameserver to diagnose the problem, leading to ticket i-16605859. Additional calls with customer support revealed the need to switch the DNS A server of onecommunityglobal.org from Cloudflare to Bluehost for further investigation. They also explored Cloudflare for the root cause of the 524 error, adjusted settings, and intended to monitor the server and database performance, particularly during overload situations. This work helps One Community’s mission of building a cooperative future. The following images show his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for building a cooperative future was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Feras Rehman (Data Analyst), Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst), Ivy Yuwei Li (Project Manager and Team Administrator), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Mrudula Chavali (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst), Nimit Nag (Team Administrator), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Praneeth Reddy Guduru (Data Analyst), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rahul Bavanandan (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Riddhisha Chitwadgi (Administrative Assistant), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Venkat Reddy Mankala (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant), Viktoriia Zakharova (Administrative Assistant) and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Feras handled OC Administration tasks, including time log management, feedback, and tutorial development, while reviewing entries for accuracy and updating the review table. Hritvik created team collages and summaries, provided feedback to various team members, tested PRs, and began working on Twitter-related tasks. Ivy focused on the Food Procurement Plan for Mariposa, California, incorporating various logistical and strategic details, and updated Dropbox and blog content. Jessica reviewed GIS work, carried out administrative tasks, and progressed on the Food Infrastructure Rollout plan, all contributing towards building a cooperative future. Kishan worked on SEO optimization, reviewing and finalizing SEO pages. Michael prepared team summaries for Reactonauts and Skye, evaluated admin feedback, and reviewed blogs and documents. Mrudula scheduled interviews, worked on software product testing, and provided training input. Nimit completed onboarding tasks, prepared collages, and participated in training processes. Ola reviewed PR team managers’ work, tracked progress reports, scheduled social media content, and oversaw admin training. Praneeth managed administrative and team management tasks, optimized SEO for blogs, and reviewed training documents. Rachna scheduled and handled interviews, integrated feedback on SEO pages, and assigned new tasks. Rahul worked on onboarding and training documentation, implementing feedback. Ratna prepared weekly summaries and collages, scheduled interviews, and updated blogs and social media posts, playing a role in building a cooperative future. Riddhisha reviewed and optimized Blog #597, incorporating feedback and working on SEO. Saumit interviewed potential volunteers, performed frontend testing, and communicated with developers. Samarth managed the PR review team, evaluated their work, and summarized their efforts in a blog post. Sneka focused on OC Administration tasks, including managing time logs, providing feedback, following up on previous comments, guiding new teammates, adding weekly summaries and collages to the webpage, and reviewing content. Venkat read training materials, studied social media strategy, and reviewed the team summary. Vibhav reviewed PR Team’s work, created summaries and collages, and achieved great SEO optimization results. Viktoriia completed onboarding, reviewed summaries, provided feedback, and demonstrated understanding of update publishing standards. Zuqi organized summaries for the Graphic Design and Alpha Teams, reviewed and optimized blogs, and assisted with adjustments. One Community’s model for building a cooperative future includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to building a cooperative future.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), Jyotsna Venkatesh (Graphic Designer) and Maomao Ding (UI/UX Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for building a cooperative future. This week, Junyuan focused on creating social media images, completing one and making progress on others. He also worked on the page structure, interaction, and typography for the event page in HGN Phase 3, advancing the calendar, overall evaluation, and participant sections, including their placement and display on the page. Jyotsna concentrated on developing brand book guidelines, creating typography and color components in Figma, and adding relevant information such as logos, color schemes, and typography details to the brand book in Google Docs. She also created graphic design images based on the Social Media Images Excel sheet and made edits in response to feedback. Maomao created three announcement bio pages, with one featuring a new template that included a software icon and background. She also contributed to the HGN app Phase III design by creating a wireframe for the “logging used resources” feature, referencing other designers’ UI styles and structuring the page for clarity and understandability. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to building a cooperative future. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is building a cooperative future through open source Highest Good Network^® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs and resolving various user interface (UI) bugs. The resolved HGN PRs include optimization of the Project Page (PR#2013), UI improvements on the Permissions Management Page for 375px and up (PR#2446), implementation of a toast notification when a user is already in a team (PR#2332), increased margins between cells in the Volunteering Times tab (PR#2545), the addition of color indicators for less-than-minimum hours logged on the Weekly Summaries Reports page (PR#2270), resolution of the timelog tab reverting to the user instead of staying on the person being viewed (PR#2262), redirection of users to their dashboard upon exiting the view dashboard feature (PR#2538), addition of a loading spinner when Project members are loading (PR#2382), and prevention of picture additions in timelog or summary fields (PR#2523). These updates contribute to building a cooperative future by enhancing user experience and operational efficiency. The issues that were not resolved include overlapping column names in the header of the ‘Tasks Contributed’ table on the People Reports page (PR#2005), untested UI issues on the Reports Page for 375px and up (PR#2396), enabling of the ‘Assign Badge’ button when space is entered in the “Search by Full Name” text box (PR#2539), incorrect search functionality in Badge Assignment when space is entered before the name (PR#2539), new roles not appearing on the Permissions Management page (PR#2386), and the generation of Total Project/People/Team reports with 0 hours (PR#2268). Additionally, they used the CoreTeam Tester account to test the fix for Core Team email text not showing the correct hours a person owes for a unique Core Team role and found that the email received in week 4 still displayed incorrect “-” hours. We continue to focus on building a cooperative future through iterative improvements and user-centric solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to building a cooperative future. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-stack Software Developer), Jordy Corporan (Software Engineer) and Logeshwari Renu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for building a cooperative future across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. Lin reviewed and approved PR #1089, becoming familiar with the codebase and unit testing related to the pull request, and reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by his Alpha team members. Carlos worked on Jae’s request for a “Volunteer Roles and Team Dynamics” wrapper, began creating the AnniversaryCelebrated Component for the “Anniversary Celebrated in Total Org Summary” page, and tested the totalOrgSummary state in the Store using the useDispatch and useSelector hooks from reactRedux. He also used Postman and MongoDB Compass to explore adding backend features for retrieving profilePic, email, and createDate for future frontend integration. Anand addressed fixes for the Dark Mode feature in the Reports Modal, resolving issues with text visibility and button alignment when switching modes, aligning elements in the Info Modal, and adding missing modal footers. Jordy did his part building a cooperative future as he continued working on unit tests for the emailController, completing tests for the first function. Logeshwari created Pull Requests #PR2627 and #PR1087 to address responsiveness issues on the Team Management Page during team edits and established a Git branch for improving the loading of the Weekly Summaries Report. She modified the toggleTab method to ensure dynamic content loading upon interaction and implemented conditional rendering to enhance initial loading performance by loading tab content only when necessary. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to building a cooperative future. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vijay Anand Pandian (Full Stack Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Aditya Sure (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Peizhou Zhang (Software Engineer), and Vigneshwar Muriki (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for building a cooperative future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Aaryaneil developed unit tests for the Add Teams Auto Complete component, addressing scenarios such as selecting a team from the dropdown, creating a new team when no match is found, auto-focusing the input on mount, filtering the team list case insensitively, handling special characters in search, and rendering the input field when no teams are available. Unit tests were also worked on for the set up final day pop up component, including tests for rendering the modal with the correct title and buttons, calling on Close when the Close button is clicked, displaying an error if the selected date is not in the future, and ensuring on Save is called with the correct date if it is valid. Additional tests checked for dark mode styles, the correct rendering based on the open prop, and proper handling of errors and date updates. Aditya implemented a bell notification system for task deadline completions in the HGN Software Development project, facing and overcoming coding challenges before completing the task and submitting a pull request. Deepthi identified a bug, documented it, and worked on fixing an issue with the media folder link in PR 2554. Huijie addressed bugs related to end date user input and worked on chart updates and meeting scheduling features. Peizhou worked on resolving issues related to dismissing blue squares and sending related emails, with ongoing efforts to complete the task. Vigneshwar refactored code for performance improvements, introduced a custom hook for data fetching, optimized rendering, implemented lazy loading, and enhanced error handling. Vijay developed a feature for assigning badges to multiple users, addressed bugs affecting badge assignment, and made changes based on PR feedback. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the building a cooperative future. View some of the team’s work in the collage below. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Tzu Ning “Leo” Chueh (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for building a cooperative future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Jingyi focused on enhancing software development for HGN, resolving a bug affecting npm tests for a new pull request and reviewing three pull requests”#2622, #2624, and #2608″to provide feedback aimed at improving the project’s codebase. Additionally, Jingyi reviewed four more pull requests”#2620, #2621, #2627, and #2589. Parth continued covering unit test cases for the endpoints of the task controller and reviewed several pull requests, including PR 1016+2248, PR 1062, PR 2599, and PR 2624, preparing to complete taskController and resolve conflicts in his open PRs. Ramakrishna focused on converting methods in class components to reusable functions using ES6 arrow functions, completing most conversions. Vishavdeep revisited PR2488 to address an ongoing issue and tested and reviewed multiple PRs”PR-2629, PR-2624, PR-2622, PR-2618, PR-2615, and PR-2617″providing comments and approvals. Tzu Ning troubleshooted a WebSocket connection issue, adding logging to trace message flow and testing various payload structures to ensure proper communication with the server. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to building a cooperative future. See below to view images of their work.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and includes, Abi Liu (Software Developer), Angela Cheng (Full Stack Developer), Gowtham Dongari (Software Engineer), Youyou Zhang (Full Stuck Developer), Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), and Keshav Daga (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and building a cooperative future on social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Abi collaborated with Harsh to modify the weekly summary reports API, adding an optional comparison period query parameter to provide more flexibility for the front end, building a cooperative future with improved data insights. Angela worked on replacing a service within the HGN Software Development project, integrating the Pinterest API, addressing authentication, and debugging token issues, though pin creation was still occurring in Pinterest’s sandbox environment. Gowtham focused on reviewing pull requests PR #2614, PR #2604, PR #2607, and PR #2624 for the HGN Software Development project, documenting activities in Dropbox. Keshav analyzed a bug, identified necessary code changes, and outlined an implementation plan, with work on the fix continuing. Luis implemented a system to send emails after three warnings, seeking clarification from Jae and consulting with Abi to refine the approach, and began writing template code for email tracking. Preetham selected a new task pending approval and contributed to and reviewed multiple pull requests, also completing a weekly summary. Youyou started working on a bug in the badge management page, reproducing the issue locally, reviewing the codebase, and planning to continue her efforts next week. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to building a cooperative future. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-I

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-I and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for building a cooperative future. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Ajay Kumar Reddy (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Cillian Ren (Software Engineer), Crystal Low (Software Engineer), Dhrumil Shah (Software Engineer), Faye Lyu (Software Engineer), Haoyue Wen (Software Engineer), and Ishan Goel (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in building a cooperative future in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM J-Q

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with J-Q and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Saumit Chinchkhandi) Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of building a cooperative future. This week’s active members of this team were: Kurtis Ivey (Software Engineer) and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in building a cooperative future in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM R-S

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with R-S and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Mrudula Chavali (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of building a cooperative future. This week’s active members of this team were: Rishitha Mamidala (Software Developer), Saniya Farheen (Software Engineer), Shreya Vithala (Software Engineer), Shuddhendu Mishra (Software Engineer), Snehal Dilip Patare (PR Reviewer), Sriram Seelamneni (Software Engineer), Strallia Chao (Software Engineer). She reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in building a cooperative future in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM T-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with T-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Samarth Urs (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of building a cooperative future. This week’s active members of this team were: Vedant Gandhi (Software Engineer), Viraj Panchal (Software Engineer), Vishnu Priya Atheti (Software Engineer), Yashwanth Pokala (Software Engineer, Developer) (Linkedin link not provided in the document) and Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in building a cooperative future in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team, highlighting their commitment to building a cooperative future.

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Michaela has over 10 years of experience as a project architect, designer and project manager. She has dedicated her career to working on multi-family residential and mixed-use projects. Michaela firmly believes in the beauty and importance of sustainability in the built environment and is excited to join the One Community team, where she can merge her passions for both architecture and sustainability. As a member of the One Community team, Michaela is working on the 4-dome earthbag village single family home design, where she has helped translate the vision into reality.

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At One Community, we are dedicated to growing the interconnectedness of human systems through sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, and economics. Our all-volunteer team is creating a self-replicating model that fosters fulfilled living and global stewardship practices. By open sourcing and free sharing every aspect of our work, we aim to build a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs focused on regenerating our planet and evolving sustainability for “The Highest Good of All“.

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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, Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) began working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. Anil developed a new task management system using google sheets, completed the task tracker spreadsheet by transferring tasks from the collaboration document, and attended the weekly team meeting to provide updates. He completed force calculations for the sliding plate, researched off-the-shelf steel bins, and modified the CAD model to incorporate drain holes. Additionally, Anil performed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on the updated design and refined the CAD model of the sliding separator, ensuring the component’s proper functionality through further FEA. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by growing the interconnectedness of human systems. By growing the interconnectedness of human systems, this approach fosters more effective and holistic integration of environmental and societal factors.

Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Changes were made to the Unistrut by reducing its vertical height to align with the drawer height, ensuring that the L brackets are directly aligned and attached to the three Unistruts. A quick modification was also made to the Unistrut for the main chamber, mirroring the design of the Unistrut stand to verify a proper fit. Additionally, the nuts used in the stand were modified to wing nuts for easier attachment of the winch stand and the connection to the main chamber. Research was done on a new winch system, with focus shifting toward identifying a perpendicular winch that would perform better, eliminating the need for an additional stand. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. She reviewed the previously chosen light fixtures and decided that new fixtures would need to be selected. She updated the MEP and Roof Deck teams with the finalized 4 dome design and ceiling plan. Additionally, Michaela continued working on the sheets of the cartoon set, which will be used to create the final construction documents. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See her work in the collage below.

Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. He worked on designing methods for efficiently dumping compost on the ground. He made modifications to the drawer and its materials in SolidWorks, incorporating L clamps and a mechanism to assist with emptying the drawer. Additionally, Yagyansh explored options for transferring the drawer to the dumping site, finalized wheels that met the required weight capacity, and performed torque calculations for tipping the drawer. He also checked the price and weight of PVC and steel for a 1 mm plate, compared the load capacity for rivets and screws, and changed the direction of screws. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of his work in the collage below.

Yuxing Xu (VFX Artist) continued working on making videos for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. He completed the orientation and set up basic google documents, becoming familiar with the teamwork pipeline. He then worked on the 4-dome home video flyover and walkthrough, modeling a building trunk to represent the architecture model in the scene while waiting for Michaela to export the OBJ/FBX file. During this time, Yuxing also focused on external development, learning about the scatter object system and adjusting the walk path in Unreal Engine. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of his work in the collage below.

EARTHBAG VILLAGE 4-DOME ROOF TEAM

The Earthbag Village 4-dome Roof Team was managed by Khushboo Parmar (Project Manager) and includes Karthik Pillai (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) and Yusuf Thanawala (Structural Engineer). The Earthbag Village forms the basis of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week, Khushboo led the Earthbag Village MEP and 4-Dome Roof Cluster meetings, focusing on researching materials to support team decision-making and exploring innovative approaches for the projects. Khushboo also managed Michaela Silva and Adefola Madehin. In the four-dome cluster project, Karthik investigated various roofing materials, emphasizing functionality and accessibility. Yusuf concentrated on understanding roof deck construction, reviewed IBC Code requirements, examined the architectural plan, and studied the placement of columns and beams. The Earthbag village is an integral part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See their work in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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, Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. He focused on analyzing the hub connector using Ansys and Autodesk Inventor. An initial mesh analysis was performed in Ansys, followed by a load analysis at a 500 lbs parameter. After both Ansys and Solidworks iterations failed at 500 lbs, a new iteration was initiated and completed in Autodesk Inventor. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design that includes the location of the Duplicable City Center. He completed the creation of metadata for all data he developed and modified in ArcGIS Pro to facilitate collaboration and improve reference. Chris also continued learning how to use QGIS, an open-source GIS software, with the goal of transferring all his previous work from proprietary software, thereby making future access to the data more accessible. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center renders and visualizations, focusing on the exterior paths. She also worked on the greenhouse, adding a variety of plants to create a lush environment, with the possibility of adding hanging pots. Additionally, she re-rendered the kitchen pantry shelves to double-check their fit within the space and plans to render them again once the updated version is received. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He worked on rendering a video for the Duplicable City Center Project, specifically focusing on Room 1. Faeq selected the optimal camera angles in Lumion to enhance the visual presentation. Additionally, he continued editing the design of the kitchen shelves in SketchUp, refining the details to meet the project’s requirements. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She has been inputting text and images into Google Slides, organizing them in their respective places. Nika is rendering individual pieces one by one to ensure the instructions are clear and easy to follow. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She initiated the load analysis of a hub connector to identify potential stress points under various load conditions. The analysis was first attempted in both Ansys and Fusion 360, where inconsistencies in stress distribution were observed. To address this, components were isolated, allowing for the application of specific load conditions and enabling a more detailed examination of the connector’s structural integrity. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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 the interconnectedness of human systems: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. He updated the Tools and Equipment for open source construction master page by incorporating tools from the non-powered tools section of the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies design document, extending through the soil thermometer. He ensured that the links are visible in the address bar upon being clicked. Highest Good Food is key to growing the interconnectedness of human systems within One Community’s open source plans. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued her work on the Highest Good Food project. She completed assembly models 1, 2, and 3, which differ in the placement and type of hoist rings. Drawing inspiration from how cars are secured to a flatbed truck, she applied this concept to determine the hoist rings’ placement. Additionally, Hayley designed a drawer and a box to be level with the truck bed for transport. The hoist rings and wheels for the project were sourced from McMaster-Carr. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. You can see her work in the collage below.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting. His work focused on addressing specific lighting needs for various plants in Walipini 1, ensuring compliance with sustainability criteria. This involved selecting appropriate lighting fixtures, analyzing IES files, and integrating them into Revit for precise simulations. He also began analyzing Walipini 2, tackling challenges related to lighting placement on structural beams. To overcome these obstacles, Jay explored alternative fixtures and considered creating face-based families that better suit the greenhouse environment. Adjustments were made to ensure both projects align with environmental and functional requirements. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See his work in the collage below.

Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) continued working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. By researching existing websites, she began screening and collecting plant species suitable for growing in natural environments to support food landscapes. The work involved sorting through the existing food forest architecture”canopy, understory, root crops, herbs, vines, and shrubs”to select plants well-adapted to the climate and thriving in neutral soils with moist or well-drained conditions. To facilitate the application of plant selection in various scenarios, Ziyi categorized plants with three levels of ratings: maintenance requirement, oral value, and food value, and plans to create a ternary diagram for future use. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See her work in the collage below.

One Community welcomes Khushboo Parmar to the Project Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Khushboo is an entrepreneur turned project manager. She has over 7 years of sales and customer success experience, complemented by over 1 year in event coordination. As a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), she excels in planning, executing, and overseeing projects with high organization and attention to detail. Her expertise includes managing client relationships, driving operational efficiency, and leading teams effectively. Her experience spans diverse sectors such as non-profit, healthcare, sustainable living, and retail, where she leverages her startup experience to deliver innovative solutions and strategic insights for high-impact projects. As a member of One Community team, Khushboo is currently managing the teams that are completing the Earthbag Village 4-dome home interior plumbing, electrical, and roofing plan. 

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One Community welcomes Pavan Swaroop Lebakula to the Software and Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Pavan is an innovative Software Engineer with over 4 years of experience, passionate about solving complex problems and creating impactful solutions. He has a proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver cutting-edge products and services. Pavan is open-minded and eager to learn new technologies, leveraging them to their full potential in order to drive efficiency and innovation. As a member of the One Community team, Pavan is working on the Highest Good Network app and has reviewed numerous PRs, provided insightful improvements, and is currently focused on resolving UI bugs.

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One Community welcomes John Sullivan to the Compression Testing Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

John has over 8 years of experience with managing team projects. From coordinating his Eagle Scout project to managing the 50 members in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers charter at his university, he is comfortable leading others to accomplish a common goal. His time as a Division 1 swimmer has given him great insight on the importance of time management and consistent effort to produce favorable results. He has also worked as an undergraduate research assistant, which has taught him how to form reasonable hypotheses, test them, and make the necessary adjustments when practicing the scientific method. As a member of the One Community team, John has been part of the Earthbag Village team testing the strength and reliability of Aircrete and has produced quantitative data associated with it.

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One Community welcomes Logeshwari Renu to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

With over 8 years of experience, Logeshwari excels in Angular, React, .NET, and MS SQL Server. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University. Logeshwari has successfully developed numerous Responsive Web Apps, managing the application development lifecycle and deploying to GCP cloud servers via CI/CD Tekton pipelines. Her notable work includes pilot projects for Geo Reference Asset Mapping of Government Water Supply Schemes using Google and Bing Maps. She has demonstrated her proficiency by creating complex T-SQL queries, including stored procedures, functions, views, and triggers in PostgreSQL. Logeshwari is an expert in developing optimized RESTful APIs using Node.js and MongoDB/ PostgreSQL, ensuring efficient data exchange with real-time data. As a dedicated contributor to the One Community Highest Good Network software, she has made significant contributions to the Permission Management, Team Location search and user profile pages. She efficiently handles hotfixes and has reviewed over 60 Pull Requests, ensuring high code quality and seamless integration. Logeshwari’s robust technical skills, dedication to excellence, and collaborative nature make her an invaluable asset to any team.

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