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Creating a Sustainable Civilization – One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Posted on July 21, 2019 by One Community

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Creating a sustainable civilization is possible if enough people want it. One Community is working to make this happen by open-source developing resources for sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. We’ll then use and refine these resources as we build the prototype city that will demonstrate the kind of sustainability that could accomplish this as easy, enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on its own.

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 21st, 2019 edition (#330) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Creating a Sustainable Civilization
One Community Progress Update #330

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

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION INTRO: @0:34

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:49

Began adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page; finished the initial formatting and completed the Why and Understanding R-Values sections (see below)
Brianna Olsen completed her 7th week researching the insulation details and finished her second round of revisions on the most sustainable insulation options page (see below)
Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; continued standardization of the page layouts, parts colors, labels, and other details (see below)

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:01

This week Yuqiao Zhang continued helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing the rainwater harvesting system (see below)
Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial (see below)
Sneha Dongre continued helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; solving more missing 3D face (area) issues in AutoCAD, deleting extra members, and testing and retesting the model in SAP (see below)

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:30

Continued our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial; created all the missing and behind-the-scenes construction, lake-sealing, individual dam description, and FAQ details (see below)
Continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page; focused on What and Why sections, history of permaculture details, and beginning describing Holmgren’s 12 principles of design (see below)
Started developing the goat barn in Sketchup 3D (see below)
Continued researching sheep (see below)

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:43

With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
Continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom; added a temporary roof so we could create external renders and created a new render of the interior looking Southeast (see below0
Guy Grossfeld continued adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom (see below)

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:17

Rewrote our new volunteer Welcome Page and policies (see below)
Core team working with Brian Gilb completed the Highest Good Network information flow graphics and version 2 of the work breakdown structure shown here (see below)
Emilio Nájera continued with his 37th week as part of the marketing team by creating the first versions of the Foundation for World Change and Nonprofit Organization sub-groups of the Highest Good of All ad campaign (see below)

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION SUMMARY: @13:12

- - How you can most help us right now and how anyone can help

YOU CAN ALSO JOIN US THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

Creating a Sustainable Civilization

ONE COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE DETAILS

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

- - Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
  - Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week the core team began adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page. This week we finished the initial formatting and completed the Why and Understanding R-Values sections.

most sustainable insulation options, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Began Adding Content to the Most Sustainable Insulation Options Page – Click to Visit

Also working on the most sustainable insulation options page, Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 7th week researching the details and finished her second round of revisions. She added a more high-level overview of the different types of insulations vs. specific products/brands and included insulations we didn’t add in the spreadsheet because the health consequences invalidated them. We’d say this behind-the-scenes work is now 95% complete.

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 60th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was continued standardization of the page layouts, parts colors, labels, and other details. You can see some of this work here.

Murphy bed, Earthbag Village Furniture, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Standardization of the Murphy Bed Page Layouts, Part Colors, and Labels – Click To Visit

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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 Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 9th week helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing the rainwater harvesting system. This week he added the ground trench system and the basement drainage systems, researched and applied design codes, color-coded all the sections of the system, and revised the AutoCAD basement entryway and several other areas. You can see some of this work here.

City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Updating the AutoCAD and SketchUp Files and Designing the Rainwater Harvesting System

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 11th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he continued to create the baseline model by modeling the building with a window-to-wall ratio of 40% and calculating baseline equipment performance and plug loads. You can see some of this work here.

City Center open source HVAC design tutorial, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Working on Energy Modeling for Our LEED Platinum Certification – Click To Visit Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 17th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was solving more missing 3D face (area) issues in AutoCAD, deleting extra members, and testing and retesting the model in SAP. You can see some of this work here.

Duplicable City Center structural details, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Helping With the Duplicable City Center Structural Details – Click for Page

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

- - Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week the core team continued with week 18 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we created all the missing and behind-the-scenes construction, lake-sealing, individual dam description, and FAQ details. Most of which you can see here.

open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued on Lake and Water-retention Landscape Design Tutorial – Click for Page

The core team also continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page. This week’s focus was the What and Why sections, history of permaculture details, and beginning describing Holmgren’s 12 principles of design.

Open Source Permaculture Design page, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Developing Content for the Open Source Permaculture Design Page – Click to Visit

The core team additionally started developing the goat barn in SketchUp 3D. What you see here are our initial layout tests.

goat barn in SketchUp 3D, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Started Developing the Goat Barn in SketchUP 3D – Click for Page

And, last but not least, the core team continued researching sheep. We reviewed and extracted information from Sheep 101 and Wikipedia Sheep and added all we learned to our new behind-the-scenes sheep-tutorial Google Doc, as shown here.

researching sheep, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Reviewed and Extracted Information From Sheep 101 and Wikipedia Sheep – Click To Visit Page

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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: 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 the core team continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we added a temporary roof so we could create external renders and created this new render of the interior looking Southeast.

the Ultimate Classroom, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Working on the Redesign of the Ultimate Classroom, Adding a Temporary Roof

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued with week 2 of his work adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom. Here are the second drafts of the orange, red, blue and indigo classroom spaces. The classrooms will One Community to teach the future generations the importance of creating a sustainable civilization.

Continued Adding People and Object Additions to the Redesigned Sections of the Ultimate Classroom

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a sustainable civilization 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 rewrote our new volunteer Welcome Page and policies. You can see some of this new page here.

new volunteer Welcome Page and policies, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Rewrote Our New Volunteer Welcome Page and Policies – Click to Visit Page

The core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) also completed the Highest Good Network information flow graphics and version 2 of the work breakdown structure shown here.

Highest Good Network, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Completed Highest Good Network Information Flow Graphics and Version 2 of WBS – Click to Visit

And Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) continued with his 37th week as part of the marketing team by creating the first versions of the Foundation for World Change and Nonprofit Organization sub-groups of the Highest Good of All ad campaign. Work on the ad campaging helps One Community get the word out about creating a sustainable civilization. You can see some of this work here.

Highest Good of All ad campaign, Creating a Sustainable Civilization, One Community Weekly Progress Update #330

Continued Working on the Highest Good of All Ad Campaign – Click to Visit Page

WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together by creating a sustainable civilization. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

AND WE PRODUCED THIS WEEKLY UPDATES BLOG – CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE

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Replicable Sustainability – The New Occupy Movement – One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Posted on July 14, 2019 by One Community

CLICK HERE IF YOU’D LIKE TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL EACH WEEK WHEN WE RELEASE A NEW UPDATE

Let’s make replicable sustainability the new Occupy Movement and let’s do it globally. We can work together and create a planet that works for everyone by building and open sourcing self-replicating teacher/demonstration hubs that empower people to become sustainable and self-sufficient. We can simultaneously address the greatest challenges of this generation and generations to come while also providing a better way of life for ourselves and our families. We can help ourselves while helping others. One Community calls this living and creating for “The Highest Good of All” and we are developing all necessary tools, tutorials, and resources for implementation and duplication.

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 for replicable sustainability as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the July 14th, 2019 edition (#329) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Replicable Sustainability – The New Occupy Movement
One Community Progress Update #329

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

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – THE NEW OCCUPY MOVEMENT INTRO: @0:34

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:23

Did another round of testing last week’s Murphy bed assembly instruction updates (see below)
Brianna Olsen completed her 6th week researching the most sustainable insulation options (see below)
Dan Alleck completed his 49th week helping with Earthbag Village renders; did one additional round of edits to finish the Earthbag Village looking South image (see below)
Shadi Kennedy completed his 59th week developing the Murphy bed instructions; continued updates and revisions to the Bed Box section (see below)

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:40

Added all the sustainability-benchmarking details for all the major faucet-providing companies to the most sustainable faucets page (see below)
Yuqiao Zhang continued helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing and calculating the needs for the rainwater harvesting system (see below)
Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial (see below)
Sneha Dongre continued with her 16th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; adding 3D surfaces to the remaining dome and patio areas and testing them in SAP 2000 (see below)

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:08

Continued development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial (see below)
Added all the researched fencing content to the open source Goats page (see below)

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @9:46

With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
Guy Grossfeld rejoined the team and started helping with people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom (see below)

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:05

Updated our healthy living policy and page to clarify we’ll be demonstrating a smoke-free property (see below)
Core team working with Brian Gilb completed the Project Charter and initial Work Breakdown Structure for the Highest Good Network Software and created charts and graphs for interpreting data in the Work Breakdown Structure for the complete project (see below)
Emilio Nájera continued researching how subgrouping works and creating the sub-groups for the Highest Good of All landing page covering “Foundations for world change and nonprofit organizations” and “Sustainable Food and Sustainable Housing” (see below)

REPLICABLE SUSTAINABILITY – THE NEW OCCUPY MOVEMENT SUMMARY: @12:10

- - How you can most help us right now and how anyone can help

YOU CAN ALSO JOIN US THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

ONE COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE DETAILS

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is free sharing replicable sustainability – the new Occupy Movement 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 for replicable sustainability: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week the core team did another round of testing last week’s Murphy bed assembly instruction updates. What you see here are the errors we found.

Murphy bed, Earthbag Village Furniture, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Did Another Round of Testing the Murphy Bed Assembly Instructions – Click for Page

Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 6th week researching the most sustainable insulation options. This week she finished the first draft of the summary of the products, their key features, and their pros and cons as a part of replicable sustainability. You can see some of this work here and we’d say this behind-the-scenes work is now 90% complete.

most sustainable insulation options, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) also completed his 49th week helping with Earthbag Village renders. This week he did one additional round of edits to finish this Earthbag Village looking South image for replicable sustainability. You can now find this updated on the website also.

Earthbag Village renders, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

One Additional Round of Edits to Finish this Earthbag Village Looking South Render – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 59th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was continued updates and revisions to the Bed Box section for replicable sustainability. Almost every page shown here has had changes made to it and several are new.

Updates and Revisions to the Murphy Bed Box Section – Click for Earthbag Furniture Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is free sharing replicable sustainability – the new Occupy Movement 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 for replicable sustainability: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week the core team added all the sustainability-benchmarking details for all the major faucet-providing companies to the most sustainable faucets page.

most sustainable faucets, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Sustainability-Benchmarking Details for Faucet-providing Companies to Sustainable Faucets Page

This week Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 8th week helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing and calculating the needs for the rainwater harvesting system. This week he made updates to the window and door plan and created the second draft of the new zoning and harvesting strategy for replicable sustainability. You can see some of this work here.

Duplicable City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Continued Finalizing City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Duplicable City Center

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 10th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he calculated heating and cooling coefficients to assess performance and fine-tuned the proposed building model to confirm it met ASHRAE requirements for unmet hours for replicable sustainability. You can see some of this work here.

City Center open source HVAC design tutorial, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Calculated Heating and Cooling Coefficients to Assess Performance – Click for City Center HVAC Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 16th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was adding 3D surfaces to the remaining dome and patio areas and testing them in SAP 2000 for replicable sustainability. You can see some of this work here.

Duplicable City Center structural details, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Added 3D Surfaces to Remaining Dome and Patio Areas and Tested them in SAP 2000 – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is free sharing replicable sustainability – the new Occupy Movement 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 for replicable sustainability: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing for replicable sustainability: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week the core team continued with week 17 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we created all the imagery shown here.

open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Created All the Imagery for our Lake and Water-Retention Landscape Design Tutorial – Click for Page

The core team also added all the researched fencing content to the open source Goats page. You can see some of this new content here.

open source Goats page, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Added All the Researched Fencing Content to the Open Source Goats Page – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is free sharing replicable sustainability – the new Occupy Movement 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: 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 Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) rejoined the team and started helping with people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom. Here are the first-drafts of four of these new classroom spaces.

the Ultimate Classroom, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Helping with People and Object Additions to the Redesigned Sections of the Ultimate Classroom

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is free sharing replicable sustainability – the new Occupy Movement 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 for replicable sustainability: 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 updated our healthy living policy and page to clarify we’ll be demonstrating a smoke-free property.

healthy living policy, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Updated Our Healthy Living Policy and Page – Click to Visit

The core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) also completed the Project Charter and initial Work Breakdown Structure for the Highest Good Network Software.

Highest Good Network Software, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Completed Project Charter and Initial Work Breakdown Structure for HGN Software – Click for Page

Also these charts and graphs for interpreting data in the Work Breakdown Structure for the complete project.

Work Breakdown Structure for the complete project, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Charts and Graphs for Interpreting Data in Work Breakdown Structure for the Complete Project

Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) continued with his 36th week as part of the marketing team by researching how subgrouping works and creating the sub-groups for the Highest Good of All landing page covering “Foundations for world change and nonprofit organizations” and “Sustainable Food and Sustainable Housing.” You can see some of this work here.

Highest Good of All, Highest Good of All Landing Page, Replicable Sustainability, The New Occupy Movement, One Community Weekly Progress Update #329

Researched and Created Sub-groups for the Highest Good of All Landing Page – Click to Visit

AND WE PRODUCED THIS WEEKLY UPDATES BLOG – CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE

FOLLOW ONE COMMUNITY’S PROGRESS (click icons for our pages)

INVESTOR PAGES

OVERVIEW ● LOCATION ● FUNDING

GET INVOLVED

WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together, contributing to the replicable sustainability. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create, fostering the replicable sustainability. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication, contributing to the replicable sustainability. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, spearheading the replicable sustainability. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years with the help of the replicable sustainability. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more, contributing to the replicable sustainability. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

Solving the Global Housing Crisis – One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Posted on July 7, 2019 by One Community

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Open source sustainability is a path to solving the global housing crisis. The last time a global survey was attempted by the United Nations, an estimate 100 million people were homeless and 1.6 billion lacked adequate housing.¹ That was in 2005. One Community sees a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs sharing needed resources, open source construction strategies for affordable and more durable housing, and demonstrating living models for The Highest Good of All as a path to solving this.

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 to solving the global housing crisis as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the July 7th, 2019 edition (#328) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Solving the Global Housing Crisis
One Community Progress Update #328

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

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS INTRO: @0:34

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:04

Core team did another round of testing the Murphy bed assembly instructions for the changing area (see below)
Brianna Olsen continued compiling data from her most sustainable insulation options research table into the tutorial template for the (see below)
Dean Scholz updated the Earthbag Village stairs and front door to meet code and added more south wall details (see below)
Dan Alleck finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final render view of the Earthbag Village looking South (see below)
Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; checking the details of the Bed Box section, integrating last week’s feedback on the benches section, and identifying final checks needed for the storage area (see below)

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:29

Yuqiao Zhang continued helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files (see below)
Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial (see below)
Sneha Dongre continued helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; adding 3D surfaces to the cupola and surrounding patio and testing them in SAP 2000 (see below)

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:46

Continued development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial; wrote the Why and Details sections and draft 1 of the Construction Steps (see below)
Continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page (see below)
Began researching sheep by reviewing Raising Sheep: The Basics, 5 Reasons to Consider Sheep and What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Sheep Farm, took notes on the relevant content (see below)

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:51

With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:56

Created a new donations page that we’ll be using our marketing grant to promote (see below)
Core team working with Brian Gilb created a new volunteer on-boarding strategy and process and finished the Administrator-user functionality of the Highest Good Network Software (see below)
Emilio Nájera continued with his 35th week as part of the marketing team by researching what is and isn’t working in the new keyword campaigns (see below)

SOLVING THE GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS SUMMARY: @12:56

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ONE COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE DETAILS

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is solving the global housing crisis 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 for solving the global housing crisis: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week the core team did another round of testing the Murphy bed assembly instructions for the changing area for solving the global housing crisis. What you see here are the errors we found.

Murphy bed, Earthbag Village Furniture, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Did Another Round of Testing the Murphy Bed Assembly Instructions for the Changing Area

Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 5th week researching the most sustainable insulation options. This week she continued compiling the data from her research table into the tutorial template. You can see some of this work here we’d say we’re now about 70% done.

most sustainable insulation options, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Compiling the Data from her Research Table Into the Tutorial Template

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #165 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he updated the stairs and front door to meet code and added more south wall details.

Earthbag Village, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Updated Stairs and Front Door to Meet Code and Added More South Wall Details

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 48th week helping with Earthbag Village renders. This week he finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final view of the Earthbag Village looking South for solving the global housing crisis.

Finished Work on People, Plant, and Texture Updates to Final View of Earthbag Village Looking South

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 58th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was checking the details of the Bed Box section, integrating last week’s feedback on the benches section, and identifying final checks needed for the storage area as a part of solving the global housing crisis.

Continued Developing the Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Earthbag Village Furniture Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is solving the global housing crisis 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 for solving the global housing crisis: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 7th week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files. This week he started designing and calculating the needs for the rainwater harvesting system, created the first draft of the new zoning and harvesting strategy, and kept adding furniture and window details in the AutoCAD and Sketchup models. You can see some of this work here.

City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Continued Finalizing City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Duplicable City Center

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 9th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he began analyzing and updating the proposed building model to meet LEED requirements. You can see some of this here.

City Center open source HVAC design tutorial, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Began Analyzing and Updating the Proposed Building Model to Meet LEED Requirements

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 15th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was adding 3D surfaces to the cupola and surrounding patio and testing them in SAP 2000. You can see some of this work here.

Duplicable City Center structural details, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Added 3D Surfaces to Cupola and Surrounding Patio and Tested Them in SAP 2000 – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is solving the global housing crisis through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

- - Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week the core team continued with week 16 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we wrote the Why and Details sections and draft 1 of the Construction Steps. You can see some of this work here.

open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Wrote the Why and Details Sections and Draft 1 of the Construction Steps – Click for Dam Design Page

The core team also continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page. What you see here are some of our tutorial outline and notes so far.

Open Source Permaculture Design, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Continued Developing Content for the Open Source Permaculture Design Page

Last but not least, the core team began researching sheep by reviewing Raising Sheep: The Basics. We also watched 5 Reasons to Consider Sheep and What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Sheep Farm, took notes on the relevant content, broke out time frames, and added all we learned to our new behind-the-scenes sheep-tutorial Google Doc.

Researching Sheep, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Began Researching Sheep and Added All We Learned to Our New Google Doc – Click for Food Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is solving the global housing crisis through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them.

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

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

Highest Good education, open source education, progressive education, One Community education, forward-thinking education, learning skills

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is solving the global housing crisis 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 for solving the global housing crisis: 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 created a new donations page that we’ll be using our marketing grant to promote. You can see some of the new page here.

new donations page, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Created a New Donations Page We’ll Be Using Our Marketing Grant to Promote – Click to Visit

The core team working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) also created a new volunteer on-boarding strategy and process and finished the Administrator-user functionality of the Highest Good Network Software. You can see some of this work here.

New Volunteer On-boarding Strategy, The Highest Good Network Software, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Created a New Volunteer On-boarding Strategy for the Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit

And Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) continued with his 35th week as part of the marketing team by researching what is and isn’t working in the new keyword campaigns. The number of keywords per ad group was the main focus this week. You can see some of this work here.

Keyword Campaigns, Solving the Global Housing Crisis, One Community Weekly Progress Update #328

Researched What Is and Isn’t Working in the New Keyword Campaigns – Click to Visit Site Map

AND WE PRODUCED THIS WEEKLY UPDATES BLOG – CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together, contributing to solving the global housing crisis. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create, fostering solving the global housing crisis. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication, contributing to solving the global housing crisis. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, spearheading solving the global housing crisis. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years with the help of solving the global housing crisis. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more, contributing to solving the global housing crisis. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

One Community Welcomes Brianna Olsen to the Sustainability Research Team!

Posted on July 6, 2019 by One Community

One Community welcomes Brianna Olsen to the Sustainability Research Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Brianna earned her BA from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2018 as a member of the first graduating cohort of the Justice, Community, and Leadership major. Brianna also received minors in Math/Computer Science and French. During her undergraduate studies Brianna developed a strong affinity for environmental justice. She spent a summer internship doing funding development work for The Nature Conservancy and is presently working in financial and risk analysis in the health insurance industry. She aspires to continue her studies in environmental justice by applying for graduate school working toward a Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in environmental policy. Brianna is utilizing her time on the Highest Good Housing project to develop her professional research skills, learn more about sustainability and associated industries, and compiling her research into accessible channels for others to integrate into their own lives, thus furthering green living.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM BRIANNA!

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One Community Welcomes Yuqiao Zhang to the Architectural Design Team!

Posted on July 6, 2019 by One Community

One Community welcomes Yuqiao Zhang to the Architectural Design Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Yuqiao is a graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with Master of Architecture and M.S. Civil Engineering: Construction Management. With a diversity of experience in architectural design and drafting, Yuqiao is working to apply his construction-education backgrounds with designs that create value and serve society. As part of this, Yuqiao also became a LEED GA in 2018. This further deepened his understanding of the importance of sustainability and how much people can reduce their impact with environment-friendly designs and construction techniques. Yuqiao joined the One Community team working on the Duplicable City Center designs to contribute this passion and his knowledge to make positive change in the world.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM YUQIAO!

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Stewarding Global Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Posted on June 30, 2019 by One Community

CLICK HERE IF YOU’D LIKE TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL EACH WEEK WHEN WE RELEASE A NEW UPDATE

Is it finally time for humanity to start stewarding global sustainability? One Community thinks it is and we’re creating open source food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic models, social architecture models, fulfilled living models, and global stewardship tutorials to help. Together, these will be implemented in teacher/demonstration hubs to help others replicated and further evolve all these foundations as a pathway to global 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

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

One Community’s physical location will forward this movement to start stewarding global sustainability as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the June 30th, 2019 edition (#327) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Stewarding Global Sustainability
One Community Progress Update #327

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

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY INTRO: @0:29

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:26

Used the Murphy bed assembly instructions to test build the benches and a table again in 3D (see below)
Brianna Olsen continued researching the most sustainable insulation options (see below)
Dean Scholz continued working on the Earthbag Village; researched stair and window codes and updated those areas to fit the new south wall (see below)
Dan Alleck continued helping with Earthbag Village renders; finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to final view of the Earthbag Village looking Northeast (see below)
Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; integrating last week’s feedback on the storage and changing areas (see below)

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:53

Anvita Kumari Pandey measured all the floor areas in AutoCAD and created the initial cost analysis for these areas in the Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet (see below)
Yuqiao Zhang continued helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files; further revised the swimming pool details, Social Dome loft and main door details, laundry room details, and central pool and front area furniture (see below)
Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial; modeled the refrigeration systems and began creation of HVAC system model (see below)
Sneha Dongre continued with her 14th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; adding 3D surfaces to the Social Dome triangles and testing them in SAP 2000 (see below)
Elizabeth Kahn finished the Why and detailed introductions for the upcoming most sustainable hand dryer options page (see below)

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @9:34

Continued with week 15 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial; added and tested initial formatting and anchor links, edited and created and added a new dam-summary image and the image from last week (see below)

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:10

With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
Continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom; added ceilings and lights and produced the new set of renders shown here (see below)

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:24

Core team working with Brian Gilb created version 1 of our Communications Procedure and manager-user functionality of the Highest Good Network Software (see below)

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY: @12:00

- - How you can most help us right now and how anyone can help

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ONE COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE DETAILS

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global sustainability 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 to start stewarding global sustainability: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week the core team used the Murphy bed assembly instructions to test build the benches and a table again in 3D. Only a couple fixes were needed this time. You can see some of this work here.

Murphy bed, Earthbag Village Furniture, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Used Murphy Bed Assembly Instructions to Test Build Benches and a Table Again in 3D – Click for Page

And Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 4th week researching the most sustainable insulation options. This week she emailed companies again about the outstanding questions related to the insulation products being evaluated, finalized details for the generic wool and straw insulation, and wrote the first parts of the article covering airkrete.

most sustainable insulation options, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #164 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he researched stair and window codes and updated those areas to fit the new south wall.

Earthbag Village, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Researched Stair and Window Codes and Updated Those Areas to Fit the New South Wall

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 47th week helping with Earthbag Village renders. This week he finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final view of the Earthbag Village looking Northeast to start stewarding global sustainability.

Earthbag Village renders, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Finished Final View of the Earthbag Village Looking Northeast – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 57th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was integrating last week’s feedback on the storage and changing areas shown here.

Made Updates to Murphy Bed Storage and Changing Areas – Click for Furniture Page

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global sustainability 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 to start stewarding global sustainability: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week Anvita Kumari Pandey (Civil Engineer) measured all the floor areas in AutoCAD and created the initial cost analysis for these areas in the Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet.

Duplicable City Center Costs spreadsheet, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Measured Floor Areas in AutoCAD and Created Initial Cost Analysis in City Center Costs Spreadsheet

Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 6th week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files. This week he further revised the swimming pool details, Social Dome loft and main door details, laundry room details, and central pool and front area furniture. You can see some of this work here.

City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Continued Finalizing City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Duplicable City Center

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 8th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he modeled the refrigeration systems and began creation of HVAC system model.

City Center open source HVAC design tutorial, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Modeled the Refrigeration Systems and Began Creation of HVAC System Model – Click for Page

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) additionally continued with her 14th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was adding 3D surfaces to the Social Dome triangles and testing them in SAP 2000. You can see some of this work here.

Duplicable City Center structural details, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Added 3D Surfaces to Social Dome Triangles and Tested Them in SAP 2000 – Click for Page

Elizabeth Kahn (Environmental Consultant) also completed her 19th and final week as a researcher. This week she finished the Why and detailed introductions for the upcoming most sustainable hand dryer options page. You can see her work here.

most sustainable hand dryer options, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Finished Why and Detailed Introductions for Most Sustainable Hand Dryer Options Page

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global sustainability through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

- - Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week the core team continued with week 15 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we added and tested initial formatting and anchor links, edited and created and added a new dam-summary image and the image from last week.

open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Continued Our Research Into Lake and Water Retention Landscape Creation

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global sustainability 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: 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 the core team continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we added ceilings and lights and produced the new set of renders shown here.

the Ultimate Classroom, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Added Ceilings and Lights to the Ultimate Classroom and Produced Renders – Click for Page

STEWARDING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is stewarding global sustainability 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 working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) created version 1 of our Communications Procedure and manager-user functionality of the Highest Good Network Software. You can see some of this work here.

Highest Good Network Software, Stewarding Global Sustainability, One Community Weekly Progress Update #327

Version 1 of Communications Procedure, Manager-user Functionality of HGN Software

AND WE PRODUCED THIS WEEKLY UPDATES BLOG – CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together, contributing to stewarding global sustainability. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create, fostering stewarding global sustainability. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication, contributing to stewarding global sustainability. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, spearheading stewarding global sustainability. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years with the help of stewarding global sustainability. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more, contributing to stewarding global sustainability. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

INSPIRING SUSTAINABILITY WITH OPEN SOURCE

One Community’s four-phase strategy for the creation of solution models that create solution creating models uses open source blueprints for duplication that simultaneously address all aspects of the human experience (food, energy, housing, education, social inequality and injustice, fulfilled living, etc.), contributing to stewarding global sustainability. We see these areas as interdependent and requiring a comprehensive solution if humanity is to move ecologically, socially, economically, and permanently towards a truly sustainable future for everyone.

Our open source model and blueprints engage and inspire people while simultaneously making sustainable living more affordable and easy to replicate, contributing to stewarding global sustainability. By free-sharing the step-by-step plans people need for duplication, inviting people to participate, and demonstrating sustainable teacher/demonstration hubs as a more desirable way of living, the model will predictably expand on its own.

It is this approach we see uniting the world and leading to a new Golden Age for humanity, contributing to stewarding global sustainability. While we understand that not everyone believes this is even possible, we are nonetheless bringing together all those that do see this as possible as the non-profit think tank of forward-thinking individuals willing to design, build, and open source project-launch blueprint and free-share it for The Highest Good of All.

SUMMARY

One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability. We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.

One Community Welcomes Ron Huang to the Engineering Team!

Posted on June 29, 2019 by One Community

One Community welcomes Ron Huang to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Ron is a graduate of BCIT’s Masters of Building Science Program and also holds a Bachelor’s of Mechanical Engineering. He works at an engineering firm that specializes in building services consulting. Some of the more interesting projects he has worked on include variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems, chilled beam systems, and solar walls. He also has experience in renewable energy options like biomass. Living in the beautiful city of Vancouver, Ron appreciates sustainability, nature, and sipping on a cup of coffee on a clear summer’s day while looking at the mountains and ocean. As a member of the One Community team, Ron is helping run the energy analysis calculations to help us achieve LEED Platinum status for the Duplicable City Center.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM RON!

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Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs – One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Posted on June 23, 2019 by One Community

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @9:34

Demonstrating community as a path to meeting the six human needs will help these open source models to more quickly become self-replicating. A place where people are happier and more fulfilled is a place more people want to be. We are open sourcing our version of this, and all the foundations as DIY-replicable, so people can evolve it and demonstrate their own ideas of what this means too. We are doing this for “The Highest Good of All” and as a path to global sustainability.

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 for community as a path to meeting the six human needs as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the June 23rd, 2019 edition (#326) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Community as a Path to
Meeting the Six Human Needs
One Community Progress Update #326

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

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS INTRO: @0:29

Brianna Olsen continued researching the most sustainable insulation options (see below)
Dean Scholz continued on the Earthbag Village; updating the South wall to improve the views (see below)
Dan Alleck continued with Earthbag Village renders; finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final view of the Earthbag Village looking Southwest (see below)
Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; worked on next round of revisions and updates for the Bed Frame section (see below)

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @10:51

Tanya Griffin, Aubryanne Boyle, and Allie Marsh completed their 26th and final week helping; finished the Duplicable City Center interior design details and complete storyboard set for all their amazing work (see below)
Yuqiao Zhang completed his 5th week helping finalize the City CenterAutoCAD and SketchUp files (see below)
Ron Huang continued with his 7th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial (see below)
Elizabeth Kahn continued researching the most sustainable faucet options by finishing benchmarking the sustainability of all the major faucet-providing companies and writing the results summaries that we’ll be adding the the website (see below)
Zeyu Zhu completed his 5th week increasing the capacity and finalizing the rainwater catchment designs for the City Center (see below)

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @12:43

Continued with week 14 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial (see below)

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @13:15

With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.
Continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom (see below)

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @14:41

Core team working with Brian Gilb continued developing the Highest Good Network Software Charter (see below)
Completed the hours estimates for the complete work breakdown structure for everything remaining to be finished so we can begin construction (see below)
Emilio Nájera continued with his 34th week as part of the marketing team by continuing development of the Branding OCG initial data visualizations, keyword research, and researching and analyzing user behaviors and search histories (see below)

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS SUMMARY: @15:45

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COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating community as a path to meeting the six human needs 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 for community as a path to meeting the six human needs: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 3rd week researching the most sustainable insulation options. This week she focused on adding the specifications of each product that were still missing, contacting the specific companies for answers to remaining questions, further looking into straw bale construction fire resistance, and initial content creation for the tutorial for community as a path to meeting the six human needs.

most sustainable insulation options, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #163 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he continued updating the South wall to improve the views from the windows there.

Earthbag Village, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Updating the South Wall to Improve the Views From the Windows – Click for Earthbag Village

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 46th week helping with Earthbag Village renders. This week he finished work on the people, plant, and texture updates to this final view of the Earthbag Village looking Southwest.

Earthbag Village, renders, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Created Final View of the Earthbag Village Looking Southwest – Click for Page

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 56th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was finishing the next round of revisions and updates for the Bed Frame section shown here. Now it goes to the core team for testing in 3D.

Murphy bed, Earthbag Village Furniture, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Revisions and Updates for Murphy Bed Frame Section – Click for Furniture Page

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating community as a path to meeting the six human needs 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 for community as a path to meeting the six human needs: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week Tanya Griffin, Aubryanne Boyle, and Allie Marsh (Interior Designers from Lotus Design Pros) completed their 26th and final week helping. This finished the Duplicable City Center interior design details and what you see here is the complete storyboard set for all their amazing work.

Duplicable City Center interior design, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Finished Complete Storyboard Set for Duplicable City Center Interior Design Details – Click for Page

Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 5th week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files. This week’s focus was updating the Sketchup and AutoCAD files with the correct furniture and design details for the Social Dome, Dining Dome Basement, and pool for community as a path to meeting the six human needs. You can see some of this work here.

City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Finalizing the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Page

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 7th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he ran parametric comparisons of the different glass assemblies in terms of energy performance and monthly heat load comparisons.

City Center open source HVAC design tutorial, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Compared Glass Energy Performance and Ran Monthly Heat Load Comparisons – Click for Page

Elizabeth Kahn (Environmental Consultant) also completed her 18th week as a researcher. This week she continued researching the most sustainable faucet options by finishing benchmarking the sustainability of all the major faucet-providing companies and writing the results summaries that we’ll be adding to the website. You can see her work here.

most sustainable faucet options, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Researching the Most Sustainable Faucet Options and Added to Spreadsheet – Click for Page

And Zeyu Zhu (Mechanical Engineer) also completed his 5th week increasing the capacity and finalizing the rainwater catchment designs for the City Center. This week he updated the zonal graph for the rain collection, calculated each zonal area, updated all the slopes, and attempted an initial 3D model of the dome.

rainwater catchment designs for the City Center, aCommunity as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Finalizing the Rainwater Catchment Designs for the City Center – Click for Page

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating community as a path to meeting the six human needs 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 for community as a path to meeting the six human needs: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing for community as a path to meeting the six human needs: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week the core team continued with week 14 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we created the isolated views shown here of all the dam types and related topographical maps for placement.

open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Our Research Into Lake and Water Retention Landscape Creation

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating community as a path to meeting the six human needs 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: 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 the core team continued working on the redesign of the Ultimate Classroom. This week we updated the shelving unit, wall colors, and added a window shelf and beanbags to the Indigo room. We also added colors to the walls and a science table to the Green room and colored the walls, updated the table, and added decorations to the Blue room.

the Ultimate Classroom, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Working on the Redesign of the Ultimate Classroom – Click for Page

COMMUNITY AS A PATH TO MEETING THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating community as a path to meeting the six human needs 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 working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) continued developing the Highest Good Network Software Charter. The focus this week was the dashboard functionality, volunteer-user experience for accessing information, and navigation within the software.

Highest Good Network Software Charter, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Developing the Highest Good Network Software Charter

The core team also completed the hours estimates for the complete work breakdown structure for everything remaining to be finished so we can begin construction. You can see most of this completed work here.

complete work breakdown structure, One Community Overview Page, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Completed Hours Estimates for Complete Work Breakdown Structure – Click for our Overview Page

And Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) continued with his 34th week as part of the marketing team by continuing development of the Branding OCG initial data visualizations, keyword research, and researching and analyzing user behaviors and search histories. You can see some of this work here.

marketing team, Community as a Path to Meeting the Six Human Needs, One Community Weekly Progress Update #326

Continued Development of the Branding OCG Initial Data Visualizations – Click for Site Map

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together, contributing to the community as a path to meeting the six human needs. We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create, fostering the community as a path to meeting the six human needs. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication, contributing to the community as a path to meeting the six human needs. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub, spearheading the community as a path to meeting the six human needs. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years with the help of the community as a path to meeting the six human needs. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more, contributing to the community as a path to meeting the six human needs. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

Sustainable Happiness – One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Posted on June 16, 2019 by One Community

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We did research on the 6 foundations of human fulfillment and used what we learned to create the best model we could for sustainable happiness. We’re open sourcing all the components so they can be replicated and improved upon. We’re designing this to build the first (One Community) as a teacher/demonstration hub for “The Highest Good of All.”

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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

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

One Community’s physical location will forward this movement for sustainable happiness as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the June 16th, 2019 edition (#325) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable Happiness
One Community Progress Update #325

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

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS INTRO: @0:29

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @8:00

Rebuilt the whole Murphy bed changing area again in 3D and made a list of corrections, piece changes, numbering changes, and other instruction updates that were needed (see below)
Brianna Olsen continued researching the most sustainable insulation options; focused on digging deeper into the unique characteristics of each insulation product, ranking them from best to worst, and eliminating toxic choices (see below)
Dean Scholz continued working on the Earthbag Village; continued designing the South wall (see below)
Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; beginning final revisions and updates for the Bed Frame section (see below)

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:15

Tanya Griffin, Aubryanne Boyle, and Allie Marsh continued helping with the Duplicable City Center interior design details by updating some of the Social Dome loft furniture and finalizing the mezzanine, sunrise patio, and central pool-area furniture (see below)
Yuqiao Zhang continued helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files (see below)
Ron Huang continued working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial; researched the pool evaporation rate and calculated the thermobridges for our original wall design using THERM (see below)
Elizabeth Kahn continued researching the most sustainable faucet options by researching the sustainability goals, reports, initiatives, and affiliations and benchmarking the sustainability of all the major faucet-providing companies (see below)
Zeyu Zhu continued increasing the capacity and finalizing the rainwater catchment designs for the City Center; created the initial zonal graphic for rain collection, calculate the areas for each zone, and created the the 2nd-generation 2D design for the water collection system (see below)

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:16

Continued our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial; began building the webpage by creating the initial page graphics, social media imagery, and formatting (see below)
Began organizing and writing the final content for the Goats page (see below)

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:20

With over 8 years of development invested in the Education for Life component, this part of One Community is now complete enough to no longer focus and report on it with weekly updates. That is, of course, until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students. Visit the Education section below for links to all the completed elements of this component and details on the final remaining action items for this area of One Community before moving onto the property and fully launching it.

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @13:06

Core team working with Brian Gilb fleshed out details for the Consensus and Groups of 200+ governance structure of One Community (see below)
Brian took above information and several hours of related discussions and created the first draft shown here of the Highest Good Network Software Charter (see below)
Jin Hua created new custom Adwords Campaign management reports and two tutorials for using them (see below)
Emilio Nájera continued as part of the marketing team by verifying our Google Ads and Google Analytics updates, using Data Studio to start generating reports, starting research for a new Donations campaign, and creating the new One Community Branding report (see below)

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS SUMMARY: @14:29

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SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS: HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is supporting sustainable happiness 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 for sustainable happiness: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week the core team rebuilt the whole Murphy bed changing area again in 3D and made a list of corrections, piece changes, numbering changes, and other instruction updates that were needed. You can see some of this work here.

Murphy bed, Earthbag Village Furniture, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Rebuilt the Whole Murphy Bed Changing Area Again in 3D – Click for Earthbag Village Furniture Page

Brianna Olsen (Sustainability Researcher) completed her 2nd week researching the most sustainable insulation options. This week she focused on digging deeper into the unique characteristics of each insulation product, ranking them from best to worst, and eliminating toxic choices. She also did more research into R-values to understand exactly what it is and why it may not be the best way to define an insulation’s efficiency.

most sustainable insulation options, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Insulation Options – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) finished week #162 working on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1). This week he continued designing the South wall as a part of sustainable happiness.

Earthbag Village, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Designing the South Wall – Click for Earthbag Village

Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) also completed his 55th week developing the Murphy bed instructions. This week’s focus was beginning final revisions and updates for the Bed Frame section shown here.

Began Final Revisions and Updates for Murphy Bed Frame Section – Click for Furniture Page

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS: DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is supporting sustainable happiness 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 for sustainable happiness: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week Tanya Griffin, Aubryanne Boyle, and Allie Marsh (Interior Designers from Lotus Design Pros) completed their 25th week helping with the Duplicable City Center interior design details. This week’s focus was updating some of the Social Dome loft furniture and finalizing the mezzanine, sunrise patio, and central pool-area furniture.

Duplicable City Center interior design details, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Helping With the Duplicable City Center Interior Design Details – Click for Page

Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 4th week helping finalize the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files. This week’s focus was researching proper window and sliding door products, updating the AutoCAD detailed drawings, remodeling the pool transition door in AutoCAD and Sketchup, and updating the furniture details in AutoCAD. You can see some of this work here.

City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Finalizing the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp Files – Click for Page

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 6th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he researched the pool evaporation rate and calculated the thermobridges for our original wall design using THERM.

City Center open source HVAC design tutorial, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Pool Evaporation Rate and Calculated Thermobridges for Our Original Wall Design Using THERM

Elizabeth Kahn (Environmental Consultant) also completed her 17th week as a researcher. This week she continued researching the most sustainable faucet options by researching the sustainability goals, reports, initiatives, and affiliations and benchmarking the sustainability of all the major faucet-providing companies as a part of sustainable happiness. You can see her work here.

most sustainable faucet options, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Researching the Most Sustainable Faucet Options and Added to Spreadsheet

And Zeyu Zhu (Mechanical Engineer) also completed his 4th week increasing the capacity and finalizing the rainwater catchment designs for the City Center. This week he created the initial zonal graphic for rain collection, calculated the areas for each zone, and created the 2nd-generation 2D design for the water collection system.

rainwater catchment designs for the City Center, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Finalizing the Rainwater Catchment Designs for the City Center – Click for Page

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS: HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is supporting sustainable happiness 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 for sustainable happiness: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing for sustainable happiness: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week the core team continued with week 13 of our development of the open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial. This week we began building the webpage by creating the initial page graphics, social media imagery, and formatting shown here.

open source lake and water-retention landscape design tutorial, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued Our Research Into Lake and Water Retention Landscape Creation

The core team also began organizing and writing the final content for the Goats page. What you see here is the editing and content organization happening on the behind-the-scenes Google Doc.

Goats, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Began Organizing and Writing the Final Content for the Goats Page – Click for Page

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS: HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is supporting sustainable happiness through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them.

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

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

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age

SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS: HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is supporting sustainable happiness 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 working with Brian Gilb (Project Management Professional – PMP) fleshed out details for the Consensus and Groups of 200+ governance structure of One Community. We created the graphics shown here to explain how the consensus process will work with groups of 1700+ people.

Consensus and Groups of 200+, governance structure of One Community, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Fleshed Out Details for Consensus and Groups of 200+ Governance Structure of One Community

Then Brian took this information and several hours of related discussions and created the first draft shown here of the Highest Good Network Software Charter. This charter outlines how the software will help manage the consensus process, the social architecture, materials and labor tracking, educational tracking and evolution, and more.

Highest Good Network Software Charter, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

First Draft of the Highest Good Network Software Charter – Click for Highest Good Network

Jin Hua (Web Marketer and Graphic Designer) created new custom Adwords Campaign management reports and two tutorials for using them.

Adwords Campaign management reports, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Created New Custom Adwords Campaign Management Reports and Two Tutorials for Using Them

And Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) continued with his 33rd week as part of the marketing team by verifying our Google Ads and Google Analytics updates, using Data Studio to start generating reports, starting research for a new Donations campaign, and creating the new One Community Branding report as a part of sustainable happiness. You can see some of this work here.

Google Ads and Google Analytics updates, Sustainable Happiness, One Community Weekly Progress Update #325

Continued with Marketing Team by Verifying Our Google Ads and Google Analytics Updates

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