One Community welcomes KyoSook Shin to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

KyoSook is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in embedded systems and full-stack web development, working across both big tech firms and small-sized companies. After graduating from Yonsei University, she specialized in real-time device drivers and kernels. Operating systems and communication stack layers are her playground, C/C++ is her second language next to her native tongue, and she utilizes statistical methods for optimum software development processes. She is enthusiastic about broadening her software skills, including full-stack development, artificial intelligence, parallel computing, and algorithmic efficiency for performance-oriented software programming. Starting in August 2024, she will be pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds certificates for Six Sigma Master Black Belt and ISTQB. KyoSook has been developing the TimeLogger functionality as a member of the Highest Good Network software team at One Community.

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One Community welcomes Min Sun to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Min is a passionate software engineer with a strong foundation in computer science and a track record of implementing innovative solutions. He is pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science from Northeastern University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Penn State University. Min’s expertise spans multiple programming languages, databases, web technologies, and AI/ML, enabling him to tackle complex software challenges efficiently. He excels at architecting scalable solutions, optimizing code performance, and collaborating effectively within development teams to deliver high-quality software products. As a member of the One Community Highest Good Network team, Min is contributing to the Dashboard component, reviewing pull requests, and working as a manager of a development team.

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One Community welcomes Zuqi Li to the Administration/Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Zuqi has close to two years of experience in data analytics and administration and holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southern California. With her strong analytical background and proficiency in econometric modeling, data analytics, SQL, python and Tableau, she excels at deriving actionable insights and using advanced statistical techniques to enhance organizational performance. As a volunteer at One Community, she has made significant contributions by designing comprehensive wireframes for dashboards within the Highest Good Network software, effectively visualizing key metrics. Her commitment to the organization’s mission is further demonstrated by her active role in optimizing the volunteer team management process and improving SEO strategies, ensuring the content reaches a broader audience.

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At One Community, we are dedicated to consciously mapping humanity’s future through sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, and economics. Our all-volunteer team is committed to creating a model that becomes self-replicating, fostering global collaboration through teacher/demonstration hubs. By open sourcing and free sharing the complete process, we aim to evolve sustainability and regenerate our planet. Our mission is to create a world that works for everyone, always striving 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 for consciously mapping humanity’s future as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the July 22nd, 2024 edition (#592) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Consciously Mapping Humanity’s Future
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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is consciously mapping humanity’s 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:

• Take a look at consciously mapping humanity’s future with Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
• Learn about the different village models designed as part of consciously mapping humanity’s future: 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 revised the socket circuit of the Earthbag 4 Dome Village Electrical Design project and added extractor fans, air-conditioning sockets, kitchen hoods, cooker control units, and water heaters to the electrical design according to the National Electrical Code (NEC). He also amended the schematic diagram of the main electrical panel. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for consciously mapping humanity’s future. See some of this work in the collage below.

Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet designs. This week, research focused on finding a new connector or interface to keep the frame connected to the stand. Quick drafts of potential structures were created, but nothing concrete has been finalized yet. A new interface that is believed to work for the unistrut was designed, and work continued on other parts of the structure, including the vertical bar. The vermiculture toilets and other sustainable human waste processing technologies form the basis of One Community’s open source model for consciously mapping humanity’s future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Rizwan Syed (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet designs. This week, Rizwan worked on connecting unistrut channels for the vermiculture chamber assembly without welding. He designed custom 3D models for L-brackets and wing connectors in SolidWorks, evaluating component interference and assembly ease. Rizwan also documented the mechanical engineering team’s work on the eco-toilet design, including design, analysis, calculations, and cost analysis for posting on One Community’s website. These sustainable technologies contribute to One Community’s open-source model for mapping humanity’s future. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) started his work with Earthbag Village designs. This week, Yagyansh focused on checking the calculation done on the worm density based on the spreadsheet. He also researched various methods for transporting the drawers to the dumping site and explored different techniques for effectively dumping the contents. This work aims to improve the efficiency of the vermiculture process. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for consciously mapping humanity’s future. See some of this 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, Tad analyzed 7th Generation Dish Soap and Drexel as foaming agents for Aircrete, completing 27 trial summaries. Jonathan’s team focused on stabilizing the Domegaia method with compression testing. Preston’s team achieved success with high concrete ratio batches, though extra foam testing failed. John’s team addressed collapsing issues, using a concrete mixer for successful trials and editing procedure videos. These efforts support One Community’s sustainable housing model. 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). Karthik created 2D dome drawings to improve replicability and aligned them with recent changes, while enhancing his Revit skills. Adefola revised the Earthbag 4 Dome Village Electrical Design to meet NEC standards, updating the socket circuit and main panel schematic. Khushboo conducted interviews, extended offers, and addressed candidate backlogs, while facilitating a project issue resolution meeting. Yusuf continued his loft design work and researched CLT panels for attic use in mass timber construction. These efforts support One Community’s sustainable Earthbag village model. See their work in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is consciously mapping humanity’s 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 as part of consciously mapping humanity’s future: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design. Chris continued developing a written tutorial for utilizing GIS data, detailing the steps to combine various digital elevation models (DEMs) together into one cohesive unit, change linear units, and alter the symbology of a DEM. Additionally, he explored methods to process DEMs to improve their visual smoothness. Proper property modeling and understanding is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for consciously mapping humanity’s future. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work with the Duplicable City Center room designs. This week, Clarice worked on editing the Neofuturistic bathroom, addressing issues with the mirror and a few textures. She completed the edits in SketchUp before rendering them in Lumion. She also focused on the Old Hollywood-themed room, adding extra furniture to match the red and gold theme throughout the room. Additionally, she populated the room with people and adjusted the lighting settings, including the sun pathing, while taking several views. The City Center will be built along with the first of the 7 villages as part of One Community’s open source model for consciously mapping humanity’s future. See some of this work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is consciously mapping humanity’s 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 food structures we’ve designed for consciously mapping humanity’s future: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
• See what we’ll be growing first as we’re consciously mapping humanity’s future: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued updating and expanding the Highest Good Food tools, equipment, materials, and supplies document by adding new items and categorizing tools and equipment into powered and non-powered. New acquisitions included hand tools like bolt cutters, pipe wrenches, and paint brushes, as well as applicators like roller brushes and caulking guns. Additionally, the core team prepared for organized progress reporting by creating and labeling eighteen folders for weekly submissions through mid-November 2024. Highest Good Food is an important part of consciously mapping humanity’s future with One Community’s open source plans. See their work in the collage below.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) focused this week on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan and completed the replacement of placeholder images for recipe pages, with the exception of one vegan pasta image awaiting provision. This week, Charles focused on correcting anchor links within the materials section of the Tools and Equipment for Open Source Construction master page to ensure proper display in the address bar. Additionally, he addressed an issue where the left margin of the page shifted to the left edge when specific anchor links were clicked. Another task involved populating blank cells in tools, equipment, and materials items that needs to be provided by the authors. See his work in the collage below.

Prathamesh Jadhav (HVAC Design Engineer) started working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting. He reviewed the welcome document and studied topics related to Aquapini and Walipinis. He examined the designs of the Walipini, Aquapini, and Zenapini, including the details and software to be used for each. Additionally, Prathamesh reviewed the design of the Open Source Climate Battery. Highest Good food is an important part of consciously mapping humanity’s future with One Community’s open source plans. See his work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is consciously mapping humanity’s 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 a decade 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:

• Education program overview for consciously mapping humanity’s future: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together for consciously mapping humanity’s future: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators interested in consciously mapping humanity’s future
• Curriculum for Life (and consciously mapping humanity’s future)
• Teaching Strategies for Life (and consciously mapping humanity’s future)
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life (and consciously mapping humanity’s future)
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week Brian Mwoyowatidi (Graduate Structural Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for The Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. Brian focused on building layout, formwork setup, and design considerations, discussing foundation construction, concrete curing methods, and inspections. He added video visual aids to the tutorial and provided step-by-step guidance on subfloor preparation, including subgrade assessment, sub-base installation, proof rolling, vapor barrier placement, and reinforcement. His work supports One Community’s sustainable education model for mapping humanity’s future. See the collage below for his work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is consciously mapping humanity’s 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

This week, the core team completed over 65 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 consciously mapping humanity’s future and how consciously mapping humanity’s future is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The picture below shows some of this work.

Arun Chandar Ganesan (Volunteer Data Analyst and SEO and Social Media Assistant) focused on improving webpage SEO, reviewing numerous pages, including some previously abandoned ones. He also improved the scores of his previous web pages. Additionally, Arun managed and coordinated the scheduling of posts on One Community’s social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, and regularly updated the tutorials. This work helps One Community to broaden our reach in social media and spread our message about consciously mapping humanity’s future. The following images show his work for the week.

Ibrahim Al Balushi (Software Engineer) continued working on security and stability related issues for the Highest Good Network software. He completed research and identified a tutorial to address the Dependabot issues. Relevant tutorials were incorporated into the bugs document, an action item list was added, and further research was done to identify additional safe tutorials while awaiting approval. This work helps One Community’s mission of consciously mapping humanity’s future. The picture below shows some of his work.

Jia Shu (UX Designer) collaborated with John to delve into Phase 3 PRD, covering epics, user stories, tasks, and priorities. John advised on low-fidelity prototyping, paving the way for mid-fidelity prototypes. The team began studying web and iOS/Android design systems from Material Design, Android Design, and Apple Design to enhance user experience. They structured the design system around six epics and user stories, focusing on UI elements like colors and icons in Figma. Research continues on tasks such as activity evaluation, tracking, FAQ, calendar integration, and reports. This work contributes to One Community’s mission of mapping humanity’s future. The picture below shows some of this work.

Jiaqi Wu (UX Designer) created the event page for activity organizers, the detailed information page for events, and the main dashboard. She incorporated the PM’s advice by adding filters to the event calendar and agreed on the functionality of the event page and the workflow of the resources manager. Additionally, she collaborated with the PM and another UX designer, providing advice and making some concessions. This work helps One Community’s mission of consciously mapping humanity’s future. The picture below shows some of this work.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for consciously mapping humanity’s future was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Jim Zhang (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant) and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Jessica began familiarizing herself with the HG Food Rollout plan and reviewed the new administrator’s training process. Jim updated the electrical vehicle page, analyzed cost savings, and searched for golf cart prices.

Kishan did his part helping us consciously mapping humanity’s future as he focused on optimizing the weekly update blog for SEO, while Michael continued improving blogs #490 to #499, addressing SEO metrics and keyword density. Ola reviewed the PR team’s work, trained new team volunteers, and organized the workspace. Rachna handled her regular administrative duties, created the weekly blog, and prepared for her transition to a new role as a mentor at One Community.

Ratna managed OC Administration tasks, including email reviews, blog updates, and social media post scheduling. Ruiqi completed the review process for the Dev Dynasty and Git-R-Done Team, ensured bio announcements were prepared, and worked on benchmarking Excel. Saumit did some work consciously mapping humanity’s future as he reviewed work, began PR review training, and participated in a Zoom meeting discussing new responsibilities. Samarth managed the PR review team, evaluated their work, optimized blog #531, and created a blog post summarizing the team’s work.

Vibhav proofread PR Team summaries, created group summaries and collages, and continued SEO optimization. Zuqi organized weekly summaries, updated the blog, and reviewed previous blog pages for SEO improvements. One Community’s model for consciously mapping humanity’s future includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Ashlesha Navale (Graphic Designer) and Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for consciously mapping humanity’s future. This week, Ashlesha curated nature-based and theme-based background images for social media, producing nine images focused on self-improvement and sustainability. She also updated old social media and food recipe images. Liu, in his orientation process, learned about One Community’s mission and contributed by completing two social media images while working on a third. Their work supports One Community’s efforts in consciously mapping humanity’s future. See the collage below to view their contributions.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is consciously mapping humanity’s 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.

• Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software designed for tracking and managing our process of consciously mapping humanity’s future: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs. This week, Several PRs were reviewed, including PR#2163 (copy WBS and Project ID functionality), PR#2348 (removed “Note” message on Profile page), PR#2295 (fixed Dark mode on SendEmail page), PR#2425 (fixed Dark mode for WBS page), and PR#2349 (fixed user creation errors). The timer issue was resolved, and FPR2409 and BPR1015 for the Chart Pie feature were tested. Unresolved issues include Profile page Dark mode problems, time log edits not appearing in history, PR#2078 errors, and visual issues with the Dark mode menu. This work supports One Community’s mission of mapping humanity’s future. See the collage below for more details.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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 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 consciously mapping humanity’s future across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Lin focused on fixing the pagination UI for members in PR 2476. He reviewed and approved the unit testing and integration testing for PR 1021 (Project Controller) and PR 1027 (Time Zone API). Additionally, Lin reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos related to the tasks of his team Alpha members.

Carlos reviewed the project backend using Abi’s API at the route api/reports/volunteerstats?startDate={startDate}&endDate={endDate}, focusing on fixing the aggregation logic. He analyzed another existing endpoint that uses api/TimeEntry/users and decided to use the getTimeEntriesForUsersList function from this endpoint. On the frontend, he did his part consciously mapping humanity’s future as he set up a list using allUserProfileReducer and filtered it for active users. He then built a reducer to manage time entries, named allUsersTimeEntrieReducer. Data for TotalOrgSummary.jsx, VolunteerHoursDistribution.jsx, and ReportPieChart.jsx was programmed, with state variables set up accordingly. The UI for Volunteer Hours Distribution is now 90% complete.

Logeshwari addressed an issue where newly created roles were not displayed in Permission Management. The solution involved updating role.js to call the API and create a new role via the addNewRole function, modifying PermissionsManagement.jsx to pass getAllRoles as a prop to CreateNewRolePopup in the ModalBody, and updating NewRolePopUp.jsx to include getAllRoles in mapDispatchToProps, as well as calling getAllRoles after successful role creation in handleSubmit. A pull request for review was created under PR 2471. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to consciously mapping humanity’s future. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BADGES BUGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Badges Bugs Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer). This week, Summit addressed a Postman issue related to HGN by reviewing documents, collaborating on Slack, troubleshooting 401 and 404 errors, and experimenting with user authentication. He identified the need for further consultation with HGN members. Additionally, Summit managed recruitment activities and continued debugging efforts. This work supports One Community’s mission of mapping humanity’s future through the Highest Good Network. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more. 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 Min Sun (Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Peizhou Zhang (Software Engineer), Sai Sarath Kumar Alavakonda (Software Engineer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer), Sri Sudersan Thopey Ganesh (Software Engineer), Vigneshwar (Software Engineer), and Vijay Anand Pandian (Full Stack Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be consciously mapping humanity’s future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, the HGN Software Development team worked on various tasks. Min completed adding manager icons to the dashboard and began optimizing the team report page loading speed. He also managed weekly meetings and reports.

One Community welcomes Rachna Malav to the Administration/Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Rachna has 1+ years of data analytics experience working in SaaS start-ups and nonprofits. She has demonstrated success working in fast-paced environments and on complex projects requiring effective solutions to aid in data-driven decision-making. She believes in the power of data-driven decision-making with a touch of intuition. As a member of the One Community team, Rachna has helped the volunteer community grow by aiding the hiring process and implementing SEO strategies on 20+ blogs.

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One Community welcomes Gowtham Dongari to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Gowtham is a software engineer with over two years of experience and is currently pursuing his master’s in software engineering at Southern Methodist University. He has a solid foundation in both front-end and back-end development, excelling in creating robust and scalable software solutions. Gowtham’s expertise includes building APIs, developing mobile and web applications, and optimizing state management. He is proficient in Python, Java, and JavaScript, and skilled in frameworks and tools such as React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, MySQL, and AWS. Demonstrating leadership, critical thinking, and team collaboration skills, Gowtham is an ambitious, results-driven individual who continually seeks opportunities to learn and grow. As a member of the One Community Highest Good Network team, Gowtham has actively contributed to the development of a team management tool, working on features like user time logs, team location search and filter, weekly log summaries, and enhanced UI/UX. He has collaborated on and reviewed over 45 pull requests (PRs), ensuring the smooth integration of contributions.

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One Community welcomes Parth Rasu Jangid to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

‹â€¹Parth Rasu Jangid, a computer science graduate from the University of Southern California (May 2024), has gained significant experience as a full-stack web and mobile application developer by working for startups, manufacturing firms, and mid-scale educational institutions. He possesses a strong understanding and hands-on knowledge of backend systems (leveraging Node.js and Spring Framework) and cloud platforms (Google Cloud and AWS). At One Community, he contributes as a member of the open-source Highest Good Network backend software team, having reviewed more than 40 pull requests for both backend and frontend repositories, developed 30+ unit and integration tests, and assisted peers in troubleshooting and resolving backend errors.

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ne Community welcomes Jim Zhang to the Admin/Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Jim has recently graduated from Columbia University for his Master of Science degree in Enterprise Risk Management. Throughout his past internships in consulting and data science, he has demonstrated success working with complex tasks in a dynamic environment by applying effective problem-solving and research skills. He believes in the importance of sustainability to encourage everyone to participate in creating a more sustainable and efficient society that benefits both current and future generations. As a member of the One Community team, Jim has helped with weekly progress updates on the One Community Updates Blog, past blogs SEO optimization, and developing a detailed cost analysis for the electrical component of the Earthbag Village.

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One Community welcomes Carlos Gomez to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Carlos has over one year of web development experience across various project types. He is fluent in programming languages including JavaScript and TypeScript, and proficient in frameworks and tools such as React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Express.js, REST APIs, GitHub, and Google Cloud. He is also making progress in Next.js and Nest.js. Carlos has demonstrated success working in fast-paced environments and on complex projects that require efficient and effective solutions to challenging problems. As a member of the One Community Highest Good Network team, Carlos has helped develop the Project Report Page, coding both frontend and backend using the MERN stack. This project shows the hours dedicated by active and inactive volunteers in a specific project using two pie charts. Currently, Carlos is part of a selected group of developers working on a large reporting page, where graphs will be used for easy statistical data visualization.

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At One Community, we believe in creating holistic human support webs to address global challenges. Our all-volunteer organization is dedicated to evolving sustainability through open sourcing and free sharing our complete process. From sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, to innovative economic and social architecture models, we aim to regenerate our planet. Our work is designed to be self-replicating, enabling the creation of global collaboration teacher/demonstration hubs. By doing this for “The Highest Good of All,” we are committed to creating a world that works for everyone.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

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

One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the July 15th, 2024 edition (#591) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Holistic Human Support Webs
One Community Progress Update #591

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is developing holistic human support webs 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 that are foundation of these holistic human support webs: 7 Sustainable Village Models
• Visit the open source portals for the first two of these holistic human support webs: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet designs. The standing system assembly was developed further with the connector channel. Unistruts with brackets were added, and bolts were distributed along the strut to ensure balance and manage the weight effectively throughout the structure. Two separate designs were created, and a decision will be made next week on which design has the most potential. Selecting the right model is imperative for the project’s success. The vermiculture toilets and other sustainable human waste processing technologies form the basis of One Community’s open source model for holistic human support webs. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Rizwan Syed (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet designs. This week, Rizwan summarized the team’s design and stress analysis activities from the past three months to update the vermiculture eco-toilet design content on One Community’s website. Rizwan updated design criteria and metal frame engineering sections, incorporating the latest calculations. He researched unistrut wing connectors for pillar support and created custom 3D models in SOLIDWORKS to check assembly fit. He also verified hand calculations for the removable drawer with the engineering team. These efforts support One Community’s open-source sustainable waste processing model. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) started his work with Earthbag Village designs. This week, Yagyansh searched for options of wheels that can be used in the drawer and finalized a few options after reviewing their specifications. He also reviewed the mechanism for disposing of compost on the ground, ensuring that the selected wheels and mechanism meet the necessary requirements for effective operation. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for holistic human support webs. See some of this 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) and Preston Thompson (Civil Engineering Student). This week, Jonathan and his team advanced Domegaia aircrete testing, developing new test cylinders and troubleshooting a clogged drain by relocating equipment outside. They established a new production area, optimized workflows, and explored increasing cement content for stability. Despite delays, they conducted compression tests to refine their method, contributing to One Community’s open-source housing model. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

EARTHBAG VILLAGE 4-DOME HOME TEAM

The Earthbag Village 4-dome Home Team was managed by Khushboo Parmar (Project Manager) and includes Michaela Silva (Architect), Adefola Madehin (Electrical Design Specialist), and Karthik Pillai (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer). Karthik focused on learning Revit and key architectural concepts for future contributions. Michaela finalized the loft stair design with storage and integrated all windows, doors, and arches into the Revit model. Fola completed lighting and socket circuit lettering for the Earthbag 4 Dome Village, finished the distribution panel schematic per NEC standards, and prepared for the electrical load schedule.

Khushboo prepared for and interviewed two software developers on separate days, offering them volunteer positions with the organization. She also led a team meeting with the lead architect to address blockers and created a Dropbox folder for the engineers to access project files. Khushboo maintained communication with all team members to provide support and answer questions. The Earthbag village forms the basis of One Community’s open source model for holistic human support webs. See their work in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is developing holistic human support webs 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 within holistic human support webs: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design. Chris began developing a written tutorial for utilizing GIS data. He produced the initial draft detailing steps to locate digital elevation models (DEMs) based on property location, import them into ArcGIS Pro, verify and adjust coordinate systems, and create a polygon feature class to represent the property. Proper property modeling and understanding is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for holistic human support webs. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work with the Duplicable City Center room designs. Clarice edited previous renders of several themed rooms and focused on the Nautical-themed room. She began by fixing the candles on the wall in the Tranquility room in SketchUp before uploading them again to Lumion to render the previous view again. Additionally, she rendered the Nautical room, adding people and clutter, and further populated the bedroom and bathroom with people and objects. She also adjusted the sun pathing and lighting for each view. The City Center will be built along with the first of the 7 villages as part of One Community’s open source model for holistic human support webs. See some of this  below.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. This week, Nika focused on moving forward with the dormer window assembly instructions, concentrating on increasing the stability of the structure through the implementation of final screws and fasteners. She initiated renders for the final document, having a more finalized version of all the wood cuts. Additionally, she began working on the composition of the final document, inputting dimensions for the wood cuts. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source holistic human support webs model. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is developing holistic human support webs 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 within the holistic human support webs for food: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
• See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued updating and expanding the Highest Good Food tools, equipment, materials, and supplies document by adding new items and categorizing tools and equipment into powered and non-powered. This ongoing research aims to establish a list of tools for all One Community projects. The project also involves separating specific tools from the master list to create detailed inventories for individual One Community projects. Highest Good Food is an important part of holistic human support webs with One Community’s open source plans. See their work in the collage below.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) focused this week on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan and completed the replacement of placeholder images for recipe pages, with the exception of one vegan pasta image awaiting provision. His then shifted to correcting anchor links on the Tools and Equipment for Open Source Construction master page to ensure proper display in the address bar. This work will continue into the next week. Additionally, an image on the Foundations of Fulfillment page was linked to a larger view of the same image. Sustainable food and housing are an important part of creating holistic human support webs with One Community’s open source plans. See his work in the collage below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued to update the Highest Good Food page, focusing primarily on the “Garden Establishment and No-Till” section. Her tasks include drafting the Highest Good Food page, completing the implementation details for the 20-person section, and beginning to focus on the 50-person section. For the 20-person section, she attached links to plants, formatted the content, and reviewed the information. Highest Good Food is an important part of holistic human support webs with One Community’s open source plans. See her work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is developing holistic human support webs 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 a decade 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:

This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for The Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He completed the AutoCAD cover page according to the City of San Diego’s CADD standards cover sheet guidelines. Apoorv plans to update the title block to align with the new standards outlined in a separate document. He has progressed with the STAAD Pro roof and truss calculation presentation and aims to complete the report. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of holistic human support webs. See the collage below for their work.

Brian Mwoyowatidi (Graduate Structural Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for The Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He focused on the Wind Load Analysis for the Ultimate Classroom, examining the loads affecting the footer and foundation system. He used Microsoft Excel to document calculations and relevant resources for this analysis. Brian also contributed to the tutorial for constructing the Ultimate Classroom, addressing topics such as construction methodology, PPE, site demarcation, and trench safety. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of holistic human support webs. See the collage below for their work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is developing holistic human support webs throughh 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 within holistic human support webs: A Day in the Life
• Learn about the 4 economic models that support holistic human support webs: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship

This week, the core team completed over 34 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 holistic human support webs and how holistic human support webs is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The picture below shows some of this work.

Arun Chandar Ganesan (Volunteer Data Analyst and SEO and Social Media Assistant) focused on improving webpage SEO by reviewing a large number of pages, including some that had previously been abandoned, and working on the assigned webpages. He also oversaw and coordinated the scheduling of posts on One Community’s social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, for the subsequent months of the year. His work on social media helps One Community to broaden our reach and spread our message about holistic human support webs. The following images show his work for the week.

Jia Shu (UX Designer) collaborated with John on Phase 3 of the PRD, focusing on epics, user stories, tasks, and priorities. Additionally, Jia explored web and mobile design systems, using resources from Material Design, Android Developer, and Apple Developer websites. The team established a design system structure with six epics and user stories, finalizing tasks with John. Using Figma, they created basic layouts for each function, focusing on activity evaluation, FAQ, calendar-connected summaries, and reports on participation, resource use, and feedback. These efforts align with the One Community mission to build open-source holistic human support webs. The image below showcases some of their progress.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for supporting holistic human support webs was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Jim Zhang (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant) and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst).

Durgeshwari scheduled interviews and updated the HGN Phase 3 table. Jessica prepared for Highest Good Food tasks, joined admin training, and handled weekly duties. Jim optimized 10 blogs for SEO and drafted an ESG proposal. Kishan worked on the weekly update blog and SEO.

Michael enhanced SEO parameters for weekly blogs, optimizing 10 previous blogs. Ola participated in training new admin team members, reviewed the PR team’s work, and ensured the accuracy of progress report sheets. Rachna supported the holistic human support webs team as she performed regular administrative duties, scheduled interviews, and worked on SEO pages. Ruiqi completed review processes and managed bio announcements while continuing work on benchmarking. Saumit did his part supporting the creation of holistic human support webs as he completed onboarding and action items, practiced admin procedures, and created web pages featuring team summaries. Samarth managed the PR review team, optimized blogs, and summarized their work in a blog post.

Vibhav reviewed PR team work, created group summaries, and continued SEO optimization efforts. Zuqi organized weekly summaries for the Graphic Design and Alpha Teams, reviewed admin updates, and updated blog justifications. One Community’s model for supporting holistic human support webs includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Ashlesha Navale (Graphic Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for holistic human support webs. This week, Ashlesha updated Treehouse Village book pages 36-39, uploaded the InDesign file, and created a PDF. She researched nature-based and themed images, designed nine social media images, and fixed older social media and food recipe images. See the  work below.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is developing holistic human support webs 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.

• Learn about our open source holistic human support webs collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs. This week’s PRs included task visibility for all roles, owner approval of task changes, a timer fix on the WBS page, and a new “Search Projects By Person” feature. Admins can now delete specific time logs. The team also reported issues like missing Dark/Light mode icons and broken links in Team Weekly Summaries. Additionally, they reviewed and updated the HGN User’s Manual with corrections and improvements.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 was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer) and Logeshwari Renu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software tracks and manages holistic human support processes. This week, Lin completed unit testing for DashboardController functions (PR#965) and reviewed team Alpha’s weekly summaries. Logeshwari fixed an error message issue in “User Management” (PR#1026), resolving API role gaps. Anand developed a feature to track task hour changes, updated state management, and resolved merge conflicts in a PR for review link validation.View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BADGES BUGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Badges Bugs Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer) .The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for holistic human support webs through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Summit handled recruitment messages on Slack, responding to inquiries, declines, and interest from recruits. They reviewed a debugging video on a Postman issue, identified potential technical difficulties like internet connection problems, and worked on weekly tasks, documentation, and code reviews.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 Min Sun (Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Sai Sarath Kumar Alavakonda (Software Engineer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer) and Sri Sudersan Thopey Ganesh (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for holistic human support webs through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Aaryaneil resolved issues with the VolunteeringTimeTab unit tests, fixed console errors from unhandled API calls, and tested PRs for tableFilter.jsx, Projects.jsx, permissions management mobile optimization, dark mode button, and user profile last name error. Deepthi improved the SEND EMAILS page’s mobile responsiveness by updating Announcements.css and collaborated on the HGN Phase 1 Users Manual. Huijie focused on styling the role distribution pie chart and work distribution bar chart, exploring alternatives like Chart.js and Recharts, and worked on the anniversary celebration component.

Min optimized the backend API for user profile retrieval and task component loading, hosted the weekly meeting, approved PRs, and compiled a team summary. Sai clarified checkout issues with Diya, addressed changes in PR 2416, and fixed a new team addition issue with the “see all” toggle. Sandhya enhanced data accuracy and visualizations, adding a bar chart to the TotalOrgSummary component for task completion data. Sri created PR 2452 for the TeamStatsBarChart component, featuring responsive horizontal bar charts and custom labels to track volunteer changes. He also updated volunteer tabs and activities.

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 Bhuvan Dama (Full stack Developer), Jay Srinivasan (Software Engineer), Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Tzu Ning “Leo” Chueh (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full stack Developer). This week, Jay worked on unit tests for SameFolderTasks, improving coverage for fetch requests and component rendering. He also created a mock for testing the EditTaskModal and reviewed weekly summaries for Team Blue Steel. Bhuvan resolved merge conflicts in PR#2148, enhanced TableFilter.jsx, and expanded test cases. Ramakrishna developed a new method in the user profile controller and integrated backend API changes with the frontend.

Tzu Ning improved useEffect hooks to prevent data fetching with an undefined userId, added conditional rendering for a loading state, and finalized task functions, including save actions and button enablement. He also fixed a bug through a new pull request and resolved npm test failures, boosting system robustness. Vishavdeep tested eight pull requests across various projects, provided comments and approvals, and reviewed two additional pull requests. Parth wrote unit tests for the timeZoneAPIController.js and created PR#1027 for the backend HGNRest repository, also resolving conflicts in previous pull requests for merging. See below to view images of their work.

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