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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 science of sustainable ecology. 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 science of sustainable ecology. 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 science of sustainable ecology. 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 science of sustainable ecology. 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 science of sustainable ecology. 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 science of sustainable ecology. 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 the science of sustainable ecology. 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 the science of sustainable ecology. 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 the science of sustainable ecology. 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.

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO HUMANITY’S NEEDS

One Community is open source sharing an evolution of sustainable living that addresses the complete human experience, contributing to the science of sustainable ecology. We are doing this because we see the solutions for global food, housing, energy, education, social inequality, ethical business practices, earth regenerative practices, and a desire for a more fulfilling living experience as inseparably interconnected. As a comprehensive solution, we are addressing all these areas simultaneously and open source free-sharing everything needed for individual duplication and/or duplication as complete self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world.

As we address and open source share these areas we will establish a living example of the first teacher/demonstration village purposed to teach others about the science of sustainable ecology. To maximally facilitate duplication, One Community will provide seven duplicable examples and function indefinitely as a place people can visit and a non-profit and open source think tank continuing to further evolve and share solutions in all of the above areas and more. We will also provide hands-on experience and training. Most importantly, growing upon our sustainable foundation, we will endlessly make this comprehensive solution even more widely known and globally accessible, understandable and diversely duplicable, and inspiring and desirable as a model worth duplicating.

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.

Measurable Sustainable Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #239

Posted on October 22, 2017 by One Community

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How do we create measurable sustainable change globally? One approach would be measuring implementation of sustainable food, energy, and housing models. One Community is supporting this with open source plans for all three of these areas and also adding open source and sustainable approaches to education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. We call all of this living and creating for The Highest Good of All and the goal is a sustainable Earth and the benefits that would provide for all life on it.

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

Measurable Sustainable Change, One Community Weekly Progress Update #239

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 October 22, 2017 edition (#239) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Measurable Sustainable Change
One Community Progress Update #239

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

MEASURABLE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:50

Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
Finished working on the complete Tree House Village render and header images and updated the website with the finalized versions (see below)
Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. Here is one of the new instructional-page examples (see below)
Began updating the Earthbag Village Tools & Equipment page (see below)
Sangam Stanczak began the design for the open source web lab that will be used test and assure the safety of the filtered greywater from the Communal Eco-shower (see below)
Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan completed his 6th week working on the Straw Bale Village Materials Cost Analysis (see below)
Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
Hamilton Mateca finished his 60th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
Dan Alleck completed his 3rd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
Samantha Robinson completed her 12th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:47

Began updating the website with the new Highest Good energy rollout details for the landing party of 10-20 people (see below)
Updated the floor plan images and added the most recent cost analysis details to the open source City Center Kitchen page (see below)
Falgun Patel completed his 8th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan for the Highest Good energy page (see below)
Oruba Rabie continued working on the City Center structural engineering AutoCAD and SAP2000 models corrections (see below)
Jin Yu continued work on the concrete foundation design and tutorial details for the Duplicable City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:17

Continued researching and organizing, and added 10 more countries’ nutrition guidelines to the resources chart for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page (see below)
Created and added to the Aquapini and Walipini section of the site the two new images that show the shared dimensions of all 6 of these structures (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:58

Continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:31

Ashwin Patil and the core team continued with edits and updates to the Highest Good society search engine (see below)

MEASURABLE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE SUMMARY: @13:06

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding measurable sustainable change 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

The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week’s focus was continued research and design updates to the outdoor bowling and chess and checkers elements, plus designing an obstacle course with a tire-hop, wobble-log, jumping-stones, tunnel, dodging panels, and low climbing-wall.

Measurable Sustainable Change, The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week’s focus was continued research and design updates to the outdoor bowling and chess and checkers elements, plus designing an obstacle course with a tire-hop, wobble-log, jumping-stones, tunnel, dodging panels, and low climbing-wall.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Open Source Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials – Click to Visit

Measurable Sustainable Change - In addition, the core team finished working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render and header images and updated the website with the finalized versions.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Completed Final Render and Added to the Site – Click to Visit Page

In addition, the core team finished working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render and header images and updated the website with the finalized versions.

Measurable Sustainable Change, The core team also finished working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render and header images and updated the website with the finalized versions.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Header Image Added to the Site – Click to Visit Page

The core team also continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. Here is one of the new instructional-page examples.

Measurable Sustainable Change, Murphy Bed instructions blog 239, The core team also continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. Here is one of the new instructional-page examples.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Continued Working on Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

And the core team began updating the Earthbag Village Tools & Equipment page. We created a new public Google spreadsheet to house all of the data that was originally on the page and added clickable images to take users to that spreadsheet. We also checked prices and updated all of the broken links on the spreadsheet.

Measurable Sustainable Change, And the core team began updating the Earthbag Village Tools & Equipment page. We created a new public Google spreadsheet to house all of the data that was originally on the page and added clickable images to take users to that spreadsheet. We also checked prices and updated all of the broken links on the spreadsheet.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Earthbag Village Tools and Equipment Page Updates – Click to Visit

Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) began the design for the open source wet lab that will be used test and assure the safety of the filtered greywater from the Communal Eco-shower. You can see here the layout and initial cost analysis.

Measurable Sustainable Change - Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) began the design for the open source wet lab that will be used to test and assure the safety of the filtered greywater from the Communal Eco-shower. You can see here the layout and initial cost analysis.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Design of the Open Source Wet Lab to Test Greywater – Click to Visit

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 6th week working on the Straw Bale Village Materials Cost Analysis. What you see here are more details and images added to the writeup summary discussing the details, sustainability savings, and final estimate. We’d say we’re now about 95% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

Measurable Sustainable Change, Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 6th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here are more details and images added to the writeup summary discussing the details, sustainability savings, and final estimate. We’d say we’re now about 95% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Continued Work – Straw Bale Village Cost Analysis – Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 86 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Measurable Sustainable Change, Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 86 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 60th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was this final render of the 2nd-Floor Roof Space Looking West that is now also on the site.

Measurable Sustainable Change - Earth Block Village, One Community Pod 4, 2nd floor rooftop looking West, Hamilton Mateca,

Measurable Sustainable Change – Render of 2nd-Floor Roof Space Looking West – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 3rd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and additional aesthetics to the public bathroom and this render of the 2nd Floor Event and Meeting Space looking Southwest.

Measurable Sustainable Change, One Community Earth Block Village Men's Bathroom with people Final Render, 640

Measurable Sustainable Change – Render of Men’s Bathroom with People – Click for Page

Measurable Sustainable Change, Earth Block Village-2nd Floor Event and Meeting Space Southwest, Final with people, One Community,640

Measurable Sustainable Change – 2nd Floor Event and Meeting Space – Click for Page

Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 12th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was unwrapping the stairs and fixing errors so we can start texturing these areas.

Measurable Sustainable Change, Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 12th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was creating unwrapping the stairs and fixing errors so we can start texturing these areas.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Tree House Village Interior Design – Living Structure – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding measurable sustainable change 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

The core team began updating the website with the new Highest Good energy rollout details for the landing party of 10-20 people. You can see some of these updates here.

Measurable Sustainable Change, The core team began updating the website with the new Highest Good energy rollout details for the landing party of 0-20 people. You can see some of these updates here.

Measurable Sustainable Change – New Energy Rollout Details for Landing Party – Click to Visit

The core team also updated the floor plan images and added the most recent cost analysis details to the open source City Center Kitchen page, as shown here.

Measurable Sustainable Change, The core team also updated the floor plan images and added the most recent cost analysis details to the open source City Center Kitchen page, as shown here.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Recent Cost Analysis Details to City Center Kitchen – Click to Visit

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 8th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan for the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was updating the narrative for the 20-50 and 50-100 waves of volunteers.

Measurable Sustainable Change - Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 8th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan for the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was the updating the narrative for the 20-50 and 50-100 waves of volunteers.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Reviewed, Updated – Remote-Energy Setup Plan – Click for Page

Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering AutoCAD and SAP2000 models corrections, fixing them in SAP2000 and making notes like the ones shown here for corrections needed in AutoCAD.

Measurable Sustainable Change, Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering AutoCAD and SAP2000 models corrections, fixing them in SAP2000 and making notes like the ones shown here for corrections needed in AutoCAD.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Continued Work – City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

And Jin Yu (Structural Engineering Designer) also continued her work on the concrete foundation design and tutorial details for the Duplicable City Center. What you see here is a summary of several weeks of work updating the related AutoCAD drawings.

Measurable Sustainable Change - And Jin Yu (Structural Engineering Designer) also continued her work on the concrete foundation design and tutorial details for the Duplicable City Center. What you see here is a summary of several weeks of work updating the related AutoCAD drawings.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Concrete Foundation Design and Tutorial Details – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding measurable sustainable change 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 researching and organizing, and added 10 more countries’ nutrition guidelines to the resources chart for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Measurable Sustainable Change, This week, the core team continued researching and organizing, and added 10 more countries’ nutrition guidelines to the resources chart for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Added 10 More Countries’ Nutrition Guidelines – Click for Page

This week, the core team created and added to the Aquapini and Walipini section of the site the two new images here that show the shared dimensions of all 6 of these structures.

Measurable Sustainable Change, This week, the core team created and added to the Aquapini and Walipini section of the site the two new images here that show the shared dimensions of all 6 of these structures.

Measurable Sustainable Change – 2 New Images for the Aquapini and Walipini Section – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding measurable sustainable change through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

- - Learn about the components: Education open source hub
  - Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program

This week, the core team continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week we finished the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools section, by adding remaining details to 3 components within it, as shown here.

Measurable Sustainable Change, This week, the core team continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week we finished the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools section, by adding remaining details to 3 components within it, as shown here.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Education Assessment Format Open Source Tutorial – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding measurable sustainable change 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

The core team and Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) continued with edits and updates to the Highest Good society search engine, integrating changes and finding additional areas needing to be fixed. The search engine is now 95% complete.

Measurable Sustainable Change, The core team and Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) continued with edits and updates to the Highest Good society search engine, integrating changes and finding additional areas needing to be fixed. The search engine is now 95% complete.

Measurable Sustainable Change – Edits, Updates – Highest Good Society Search Engine – Click to Visit

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together thereby Creating a Better World and achieving Measurable Sustainable Change. 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.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. 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. 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.

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 and Creating a Better World . 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 Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan to the Engineering Team

Posted on October 17, 2017 by One Community

One Community welcomes Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Mechanical Engineer: Jagannathan earned his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas. Throughout the course of graduate study, Jagannathan has served as a Teaching Assistant for 2 years and has a knack for interpreting and conveying technicalities in layman terms. His Master’s thesis involved optimizing laser attributes for favorable laser-metal interactions. He is a regular volunteer for “Engineering bright futures for Autism” – an annual volunteering event aimed at enhancing social competencies of kids displaying signs of autism. Prior to obtaining his Master’s degree, Jagannathan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, India. Currently, Jagannathan is passionate about sustainable development and believes in efficient utilization of fundamental resources to combat global climate change. Apart from work, he enjoys spending time outdoors by playing volleyball. In his free time, Jagannathan does not fail to visit a state park, pitch a tent and camp. As a member of the One Community team, Jagannathan is applying his diverse skill set working on cost analysis for the 7 sustainable village models, climate battery design, and structural engineering for the Duplicable City Center.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM JAGANNATHAN!

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One Community Welcomes Falgun Patel to the Engineering Team

Posted on October 17, 2017 by One Community

One Community welcomes Falgun Patel to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Mechanical Engineer: Falgun holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering in Mumbai, and an MS in Mechanical Engineering & the ‘Leaders in Sustainability’ Graduate Certificate from University of California, Los Angeles. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in and led teams for student vehicle design and fabrication competitions. He is skilled in 3D Modeling (CATIA V5, SolidWorks) and FEA (ANSYS, Abaqus) softwares, with the help of which he has designed various mechanical systems. His interest in electric vehicles, renewable energy and sustainability has driven him to work on projects related to energy storage, energy conservation, smart microgrids and green buildings. As a One Community Volunteer, he has helped update the complete Highest Good Energy rollout details in conjunction with updating the Solar and Wind Energy Microgrid open source guides.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM FALGUN!

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Systems for Eco-Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #238

Posted on October 15, 2017 by One Community

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One Community is creating systems for eco-change that combine sustainable and open source and free-shared approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. We call this living and creating for The Highest Good of All.

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

Systems for Eco Change, One Community Weekly Progress Update #238

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 October 15, 2017 edition (#238) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Systems for Eco-Change
One Community Progress Update #238

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

SYSTEMS FOR ECO-CHANGE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @5:43

Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
Continued working on the complete Tree House Village render (see below)
Continued working on the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
Sangam Stanczak continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater (see below)
Hemanth Kotaru completed his 11th week doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan completed his 5th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis (see below)
Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
Hamilton Mateca finished his 59th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
Dan Alleck completed his 2nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
Samantha Robinson completed her 11th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:46

Falgun Patel completed his 7th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 54th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
Vamsi Pulugurtha finished his work on the basement details for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)
Oruba Rabie and Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued working on the City Center structural engineering details (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:16

Continued researching and organizing, and made a chart and images of recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:50

Continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:18

Added new non-profit tax requirement specifics to the open source Non-profit Portal (see below)
Oz Czerski helped us write a new tutorial for changing your official information in relation to Trademarks (see below)
Sowmya Manohar and Priti Kothari continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software (see below)

SYSTEMS FOR ECO-CHANGE SUMMARY: @12:26

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-Change through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

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

This last week the core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week’s focus was continued research and design updates to include outdoor games made with recycled items like marked stones, cans, bottles, and recycled-tire mulch.

Systems for Eco-Change, This last week the core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week's focus was continued research and design updates to include outdoor games made with recycled items like marked stones, cans, and bottles, recycled-tire mulch.

Systems for Eco-Change – Open Source Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials Village – Click to Visit

The core team also continued working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render. This week’s focus was creating 3 options for the webpage header, and the final render of the complete village, all of which you can see here:

Systems for Eco-Change, The core team also continued working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render. This week's focus was creating 3 options for the webpage header, and the final render of the complete village, all of which you can see here.

Systems for Eco-Change – Tree House Village Header Renders, Final Village Render – Click for Page

And, the core team continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. Here you see the printed assembly instructions with design questions and notes.

Systems for Eco-Change, And, the core team continued working on the Murphy bed instructions. Here you see the printed assembly instructions with design questions and notes.

Systems for Eco-Change – Continued Working on Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater. This week’s focus was finalizing the design outline, which you can see here.

Systems for Eco-Change, Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater. This week’s focus was finalizing the design outline, which you can see here.

Systems for Eco-Change – Filtration Options for Communal Eco-Shower Greywater – Click for Page

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 11th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus was editing and adding more details to these drawing and doing research on rubble foundations.

Systems for Eco-Change, Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 11th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus was editing and adding more details to these drawing and doing research on rubble foundations.

Systems for Eco-Change – Research and Running Calculations for Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 5th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here is the developing writeup summary discussing the details, sustainability savings, and final estimate. We’d say we’re now about 90% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

JSystems for Eco-Change, agannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 5th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here is the developing writeup summary discussing the details, sustainability savings, and final estimate. We’d say we’re now about 90% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

Systems for Eco-Change – Continued Working on the Straw Bale Village Cost Analysis – Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 85 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Systems for Eco-Change, Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 85 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Systems for Eco-Change – Continued Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 59th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was these two final renders of the 2nd-Floor Event and Meeting Space looking SW and this one of the East-wing classroom spaces that are also purposed for and usable for yoga, tai chi, or other health and wellness classes.

Systems for Eco-Change, Earth Block Village-2nd Floor Event and Meeting Space Southwest, Final, One Community, 640

Systems for Eco-Change – 2nd Floor Event and Meeting Space Looking Southwest – Click to Visit

Systems for Eco-Change, Earth Block Village, Classroom Looking West, One Community, Hamilton Mateca, 640

Systems for Eco-Change – New Classroom Looking West – Click for Compressed Earth Block Village

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 2nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and additional aesthetics to the two kitchen renders you see here and live on the site.

Systems for Eco-Change, One Community Earth Block Village Kitchen Looking West Final Render with people, Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator), blog 238, Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 2nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and additional aesthetics to the two kitchen renders you see here and live on the site.

Systems for Eco-Change – Kitchen Render Looking West with People – Click for Page

Systems for Eco-Change - Kitchen Render looking North, One Community, Compressed Earth Block Village, Dan Alleck, blog 238, Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 2nd week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he finished adding people and additional aesthetics to the two kitchen renders you see here and live on the site.

Systems for Eco-Change – New Kitchen Render Looking North with People – Click for Page

Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 11th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was creating top parts for the blinds downstairs and upstairs, recoloring the tree shelf, lamp, drawer, and doorknob details, and sculpting and painting the twin bed parts.

Systems for Eco-Change, Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 11th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was creating top parts for the blinds downstairs and upstairs, recoloring the tree shelf, lamp, drawer, and doorknob details, and sculpting and painting the twin bed parts.

Systems for Eco-Change – Tree House Village Interior Design for the Living Structure – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-Change 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

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 7th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was the calculations and narrative for the 20-50 and 50-100 waves of volunteers.

Systems for Eco-Change, Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 7th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was the calculations and narrative for the 20-50 and 50-100 waves of volunteers.

Systems for Eco-Change – Reviewed the Specifics of Remote-Energy Setup Plan – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 54th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finalizing the lighting options for the Dining Dome kitchen, which you can see here in this collage that we’ve also added to the website.

Systems for Eco-Change, Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 54th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finalizing the lighting options for the Dining Dome kitchen, which you can see here in this collage that we’ve also added to the website.

Systems for Eco-Change – Continued work – Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also finished his work on the basement details for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. What you see here are some examples of Vamsi’s final work editing, updating graphics so they have matching scales, and presenting his final recommendation for insulating the City Center basement.

Systems for Eco-Change, Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also finished his work on the basement details for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. What you see here are some examples of Vamsi’s final work editing, updating graphics so they have matching scales, and presenting his final recommendation for insulating the City Center basement.

Systems for Eco-Change – Basement Details for City Center Open Source Hub – Click to Visit

Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) and Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering details. What you see here are some screenshots of their process continuing to find and correct errors and discrepancies between the AutoCAD and SAP2000 models.

Systems for Eco-Change, Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) and Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) also continued working on the City Center structural engineering details. What you see here are some screenshots of their process continuing to find and correct errors and discrepancies between the AutoCAD and SAP2000 models.

Systems for Eco-Change – Continued Work – City Center Structural Engineering Details – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-Change 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 researching and organizing, and made this chart and these images of the recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Systems for Eco-Change. This week, the core team continued researching and organizing, and made this chart and these images of the recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Systems for Eco-Change – Researched, Organized, Made Chart & Images – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-Change through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

- - Learn about the components: Education open source hub
  - Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program

This week, the core team continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week we added details to the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools section, as shown here.

Systems for Eco-Change, This week, the core team continued building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week we added details to the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools section, as shown here.

Systems for Eco-Change – Education Assessment Format Open Source Tutorial – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating systems for Eco-Change 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 added new non-profit tax requirement specifics to the open source Non-profit Portal, you can see some of this work here.

Systems for Eco-Change, This week the core team added new non-profit tax requirement specifics to the open source Non-profit Portal, you can see some of this work here.

Systems for Eco-Change – Non-Profit Tax Requirement Specifics to Non-Profit Portal – Click for Page

Oz Czerski (Lawyer Specializing in Trademark and Copyright Law) also helped us write a new tutorial for changing your official information in relation to Trademarks. You can see this new content in the FAQ section of the Trademarks page.

Systems for Eco-Change, Oz Czerski (Lawyer Specializing in Trademark and Copyright Law) also helped us write a new tutorial for changing your official information in relation to Trademarks. You can see this new content in the FAQ section of the Trademarks page.

Systems for Eco-Change – Changing Official Information in Relation to Trademarks – Click to Visit

Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) and Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was fixing issues with connecting to the database, which you can see here, and completing tutorials on Node and Express js.

Systems for Eco-Change, Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) and Priti Kothari(Information Technology Enthusiast) also continued their work developing the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was fixing issues with connecting to the database, which you can see here, and completing tutorials on Node and Express js.

Systems for Eco-Change – Continued Working on Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit Page

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together thereby Creating a Better World and achieving a Systems for Eco-Change 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.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. 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. 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.

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 and Creating a Better World . 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.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – One Community Weekly Progress Update #237

Posted on October 8, 2017 by One Community

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Humanity is capable of achieving Earth’s ecological potential. One Community thinks the path to accomplishing this is a global cooperative of teacher/demonstration hubs working together to open source, evolve, and share sustainable approaches to all foundational aspects of living. The designs we’re developing cover food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.

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 October 8, 2017 edition (#237) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential
One Community Progress Update #237

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

ACHIEVING EARTH’S ECOLOGICAL POTENTIAL INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:36

Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
Continued working on the complete Tree House Village render (see below)
Sangam Stanczak continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater (see below)
Hemanth Kotaru completed his 10th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan completed his 4th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis (see below)
Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
Hamilton Mateca finished his 58th week working on Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details (see below)
Dan Alleck joined the team and completed this updated Compressed Earth Block Village kitchen render (see below)
Samantha Robinson completed her 10th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @10:19

Falgun Patel completed his 6th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 53rd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
Aravind Vasudevan continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @11:38

Continued researching and organizing, and made images of the recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:10

Began building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:44

Working with Ashwin Patil, the core team finished another round of revisions and added the Search Engine to the Highest Good society page (see below)
Sowmya Manohar working on the Highest Good Network software, successfully updated the data in MongoDB through Express and completed the PUT operation in Ember (see below)
Priti Kothari completed her 8th week helping with the Highest Good Network software (see below)

ACHIEVING EARTH’S ECOLOGICAL POTENTIAL SUMMARY: @13:53

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HIGHST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is working towards achieving earth’s ecological potential 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

The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we researched ideas for the outdoor game and exercise areas and designed and modeled the walkways and several outdoor game ideas in Sketchup.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we researched ideas for the outdoor game and exercise areas and designed and modeled the walkways and several outdoor game ideas in Sketchup.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials Village – Click to Visit

The core team also continued working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render. This week’s focus was adding in tree and shadow details, improving the surrounding landscape, and creating version 1 of the website header image, all of which you can see here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, The core team also continued working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) render. This week's focus was adding in tree and shadow details, improving the surrounding landscape, and creating version 1 of the website header image, all of which you can see here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Tree House Village Render – Click for Page

Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater. You can see a summary of this week’s findings here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued researching the filtration options for the Communal Eco-shower greywater. You can see a summary of this week’s findings here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Filtration Options Communal Eco-Shower – Click for Page

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 10th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus, as shown here, was continuing researching the effectiveness of nails as an anti-sheer option between earthbags.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 10th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus, as shown here, was continuing researching the effectiveness of nails as an anti-sheer option between earthbags.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Running Calculations for Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 4th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here are 3rd-generation cost estimates. We’d say we’re now about 80% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 4th week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here are 3rd-generation cost estimates. We’d say we’re now about 80% complete with the full cost analysis for this village.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Continued Straw Bale Village Cost Analysis – Click to Visit

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 84 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 84 of Dean’s work, continuing to test and develop the textures and lighting from the skylights and windows for the central dining and presentation hall.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 58th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was these two final renders of the Massage and Treatment Room Looking Northeast and this view of the barbecue and social space on the North side of the 2nd floor looking East.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 58th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week's focus was these two final renders of the Massage and Treatment Room Looking Northeast and this view of the barbecue and social space on the North side of the 2nd floor looking East.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Render – Massage, Treatment Room(Northeast) – Click for Page

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Earth Block Village – One Community Pod 4, Hamilton Mateca, 2nd floor outdoors looking east

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – 2nd Floor Outdoors Looking East – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) also joined the team and completed this updated Compressed Earth Block Village kitchen render by adding people, food, and other aesthetic details

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) also joined the team and completed this updated Compressed Earth Block Village kitchen render by adding people, food, and other aesthetic details

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Compressed Earth Block Village Kitchen Render – Click to Visit

Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 10th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was finalizing the stair and railing designs, adding in the initial window-blind details, and other minor aesthetic improvements.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 10th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was finalizing the stair and railing designs, adding in the initial window-blind details, and other minor aesthetic improvements.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Tree House Village Interior Design Structure – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is working towards achieving earth’s ecological potential 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

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 6th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was the feasibility of including a battery backup and starting the outline for the 2nd phase of adding residents.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 6th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was the feasibility of including a battery backup and starting the outline for the 2nd phase of adding residents.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Specifics of Remote-Energy Setup Plan – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 53rd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finalizing the lighting options for the Dining Dome column, wall, overhang, and table lights. We then created the image shown here and added it and a summary of our findings to the website.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 53rd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was finalizing the lighting options for the Dining Dome column, wall, overhang, and table lights. We then created the image shown here and added it and a summary of our findings to the website.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Aravind Vasudevan (Mechanical Engineer) continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. This week’s focus was sizing and placement specifics, adding more details to the tutorial, and updating the cost analysis specifics for the fans.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Aravind Vasudevan (Mechanical Engineer) continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. This week’s focus was sizing and placement specifics, adding more details to the tutorial, and updating the cost analysis specifics for the fans.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Climate Battery Component of City Center – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is working towards achieving earth’s ecological potential 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 researching and organizing, and made these images of the recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, This week, the core team continued researching and organizing, and made these images of the recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Research, Organize, Images for Food Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is working towards achieving earth’s ecological potential through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

- - Learn about the components: Education open source hub
  - Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program

This week, the core team began building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week’s focus was the What and Why sections, building the table of contents, and the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools sections, as shown here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, This week, the core team began building the education Assessment Format open source page and tutorial. This week’s focus was the What and Why sections, building the table of contents, and the Helpful Evaluation Tips and Tools sections, as shown here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Education Assessment Open Source Page – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is working towards achieving earth’s ecological potential 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 Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) finished another round of revisions and added the Search Engine to the Highest Good society page, bringing this search engine to 95% complete. We also finished final revisions to the Highest Good energy search engine, bringing it to 100% complete.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, This week the core team working with Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) finished another round of revisions and added the Search Engine to the Highest Good society page, bringing this search engine to 95% complete. We also finished final revisions to the Highest Good energy search engine, bringing it to 100% complete.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Highest Good Society and Highest Good Energy – Click for Page

Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) working on the Highest Good Network software successfully updated the data in MongoDB through Express and completed the PUT operation in Ember.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) working on the Highest Good Network software successfully updated the data in MongoDB through Express and completed the PUT operation in Ember.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also completed her 8th week helping with the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was working to resolve database connectivity issues, some of which you can see here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential, In addition to this, Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also completed her 8th week helping with the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was working to resolve database connectivity issues, some of which you can see here.

Achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential – Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together thereby Creating a Better World and achieving Earth’s Ecological Potential. 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.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. 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. 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.

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 and Creating a Better World . 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 Oruba Rabie to the Engineering Team

Posted on October 5, 2017 by One Community

One Community welcomes Oruba Rabie to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Ph.D, PE, Civil Engineer: Oruba attended college in Birzeit, Palestine and received her Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, she then moved to the US where she received both her Master’s and Doctoral degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology with an emphasis on structural engineering. Her dissertation title was “Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Blast Loads” and she has also published four papers in the same field at the ASCE/SEI, IMECE, and ASME. Oruba is a Certified Professional Engineer in the state of California and is skilled in ANSYS APDL, LS-DYNA, STAAP PRO, SAP2000, and AUTOCAD. Oruba loves volunteering at humanitarian projects and started an initiative in Palestine for rehabilitation of existing houses of needy families, where engineering students and engineers raise funds, build, rehabilitate, and furnish homes of needy families in a timely manner. As a One Community volunteer, Oruba is helping with the development of the structural engineering plans for the Duplicable City Center.

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One Community Welcomes Priti Kothari to the Software Development Team

Posted on October 5, 2017 by One Community

One Community welcomes Priti Kothari to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Information Technology Enthusiast: Priti has a Masters degree in Computer Science from Wayne State University in Detroit, US and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from MSU in India. She also has 20+ years of professional experience in the field of Information Technology and has worked at GE, Chrysler, Chrysler Financials, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Delphi, and Ally Financials. Priti is passionate about information technology and how technology advances can be leveraged to improve human life. Her expertise lies in managing projects and programs of large scale, Software Development Life Cycle and methodologies, and programming. Priti is passionate about global change and creating a better world, helping as a member of the One Community team working on the Highest Good Network software.

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One Community Welcomes Hemanth Kotaru to the Engineering Team

Posted on October 3, 2017 by One Community

One Community welcomes Hemanth Kotaru to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Structural Engineer: Hemanth is a Structural Engineer and a research enthusiast pursuing independent research studies. Currently a Master’s Student in Structural and Earthquake Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, Hemanth’s fields of interest include FEA, Earthquake Hazard Mitigation, Structural Mechanics, Computational Tools for Civil Engineering, and Alternative Building Methods. Before his Master’s, Hemanth worked as a developer for GIS software and also worked as a research intern during his bachelors. Hemanth’s interest towards Sustainability stems from a concern for nature and inspiration from ancient constructions. Observing the sustainability and performance of several ancient architectural wonders over centuries, he was inspired to explore, understand and improvise the ancient construction procedures to modern requirements. As part of this, Hemanth joined the One Community team as a researcher for the Earthbag Village, helping conduct detailed research and calculations to answer the most challenging questions related to this construction method.

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Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – One Community Weekly Progress Update #236

Posted on October 1, 2017 by One Community

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Eco-community support for Earth’s biosphere is one path to creating global sustainability. In support of this goal, One Community is creating open source and sustainable plans for all aspects of eco-community creation. These plans include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.

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

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, One Community Weekly Progress Update #236

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 October 1, 2017 edition (#236) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere
One Community Progress Update #236

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

ECO-COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EARTH’S BIOSPHERE INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:34

Continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (see below)
Updated the Compressed Earth Block Village open source hub with the new floor plans (see below)
Sangam Stanczak and the core team updated the Communal Eco-shower page (see below)
Hemanth Kotaru completed his 9th week doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village (see below)
Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan completed his 3rd working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis (see below)
Hamilton Mateca created the final render of the Compressed Earth Block Village Massage and Treatment Room Looking North (see below)
Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
Samantha Robinson completed her 9th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @9:02

Falgun Patel completed his 5th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 52nd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
Vamsi Pulugurtha continued work on basement heat transfer comparisons for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)
Oruba Rabie officially took over working on the City Center structural engineering details (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:36

Continued researching and organizing recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan page and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:07

Finished rebuilding the education Evaluation and Evolution open source portal to reflect and be able to access the content created over the last few months in collaboration with Sangam Stanczak (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:42

Continued developing the animation for our video that will feature where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
Finished working on the new and standalone state-by-state resource page for the US Departments of Taxation (see below)
Ashwin Patil continued with creation of the the Highest Good society search engine version 3.0 (see below)
Sowmya Manohar returned to helping work on the Highest Good Network software (see below)
Priti Kothari completed her 7th week helping with the Highest Good Network software (see below)

ECO-COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EARTH’S BIOSPHERE SUMMARY: @13:28

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is launching eco-community support for earth’s biosphere through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

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

This last week the core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we finished designing the outside dining area. We also updated the color of the building and worked on the landscaping.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, This last week the core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we finished designing the outside dining area. We also updated the color of the building and worked on the landscaping.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials Village – Click to Visit

The core team additionally updated the Compressed Earth Block Village open source hub with the new floor plans shown here. These include corrected patios for all three floors of the North residences.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, The core team additionally updated the Compressed Earth Block Village open source hub with the new floor plans shown here. These include corrected patios for all three floors of the North residences.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Compressed Earth Block Village – Click to Visit

The core team also, with the help of Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.), updated the Communal Eco-shower page with new biocompatible soap details, location and floor plan images, and copper-corrosion research results.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere - The core team also, with the help of Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.), updated the Communal Eco-shower page with new biocompatible soap details, location and floor plan images, and copper-corrosion research results.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Communal Eco-Shower Page – Click to Visit

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 9th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus, as shown here, was on researching the effectiveness of nails as an anti-sheer option between earthbags.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 9th week with us doing research and running calculations for the Earthbag Village. This week’s focus, as shown here, was on researching the effectiveness of nails as an anti-sheer option between earthbags.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Research, Running Calculations – Click for Page

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 3rd working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here are cost estimates for about half of the different areas included in this village.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 3rd working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here are cost estimates for about half of the different areas included in this village.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Straw Bale Village Cost Analysis – Click to Visit

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 57th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was this final render of the Massage and Treatment Room Looking North.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Compressed Earth Block Village Massage Room Looking South, Hamilton Mateca, One Community blog 236

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Earth Block Village Massage Room – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 35th week of work, focusing on the final presentation shown here and live on the site for the zone 11, the North Playground and Exercise Space.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 35th week of work, focusing on the final presentation shown here and live on the site for the zone 11, the North Playground and Exercise Space.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Earth Block Village External Elements – Click for Page

Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 9th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was testing initial texturing for the upstairs shelving and more stair and furniture design details.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Samantha Robinson (Graphic Designer) completed her 9th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was testing initial texturing for the upstairs shelving and more stair and furniture design details.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Tree House Village Interior Design – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is launching eco-community support for earth’s biosphere 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

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 5th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was 2nd-generation energy-needs calculations for the initial landing party, sizing the generators, and updating the landing-party-rollout text details.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 5th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was 2nd-generation energy-needs calculations for the initial landing party, sizing the generators, and updating the landing-party-rollout text details.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Specifics of Remote-Energy Setup – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 52nd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was adding and testing multiple lighting options for the Dining Dome column, wall, overhang, and table lights.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 52nd week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was adding and testing multiple lighting options for the Dining Dome column, wall, overhang, and table lights.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also continued work on basement heat transfer comparisons for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. What you see here are Vamsi’s 4th-generation details and conclusions comparing how heat transfers from the basement and boiler room to the outside when built in-ground versus above ground.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere - Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also continued work on basement heat transfer comparisons for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. What you see here are Vamsi’s 4th-generation details and conclusions comparing how heat transfers from the basement and boiler room to the outside when built in-ground versus above ground.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Heat Transfer Comparisons – Click for Page

Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) also officially took over working on the City Center structural engineering details. What you see here are some screenshots of her process looking for and correcting errors in the existing model.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Oruba Rabie (Ph.D, PE, and Civil Engineer) also officially took over working on the City Center structural engineering details. What you see here are some screenshots of her process looking for and correcting errors in the existing model.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – City Center Structural Engineering – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is launching eco-community support for earth’s biosphere 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 researching and organizing recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere - This week, the core team continued researching and organizing recently found resources for our Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Found Resources for Our Food Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is launching eco-community support for earth’s biosphere through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

- - Learn about the components: Education open source hub
  - Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program

This week, the core team finished rebuilding the education Evaluation and Evolution open source portal to reflect and be able to access the content created over the last few months in collaboration with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.). You can see some of the new sections here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, This week, the core team finished rebuilding the education Evaluation and Evolution open source portal to reflect and be able to access the content created over the last few months in collaboration with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.). You can see some of the new sections here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Education Evaluation and Evolution open source portal

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is launching eco-community support for earth’s biosphere through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

- - Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
  - Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
  - Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
  - Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This last week the core team continued developing the animation for our video that will feature where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. The focus was adding the final image movements to bring us to 100% complete.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, This last week the core team continued developing the animation for our video that will feature where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. The focus was adding the final image movements to bring us to 100% complete.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Graphic – Collaborators and Volunteers – Click for Team

In addition to this we finished working on the new and standalone state-by-state resource page for the US Departments of Taxation, creating a header image, performing final edits, and completing the SEO information and sharing it. You can see this page here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, In addition to this we finished working on the new and standalone state-by-state resource page for the US Departments of Taxation, creating a header image, performing final edits, and completing the SEO information and sharing it. You can see this page here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – State-by-State Resource Page – Click to Visit

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) continued with creation of the the Highest Good society search engine version 3.0, integrating another round of suggested edits and missing pages. You can see some of this work-in-progress here and we’d say this search engine is now 90% complete.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) continued with creation of the the Highest Good society search engine version 3.0, integrating another round of suggested edits and missing pages. You can see some of this work-in-progress here and we'd say this search engine is now 90% complete.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Highest Good Society Search Engine – Click to Visit

In addition to this, Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) returned to helping work on the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was continuing her work on the functions for retrieving account information for specific people based on individual IDs and populating the “Profile Page” for the specific person with their respective values.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit

In addition to this, Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also completed her 7th week helping with the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was experimenting with creating the database model design suitable for the application, some of which you can see here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere, In addition to this, Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also completed her 7th week helping with the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was experimenting with creating the database model design suitable for the application, some of which you can see here.

Eco-Community Support for Earth’s Biosphere – Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit

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