Open Source Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #333

One Community thinks open source sustainability may be this generation’s single most impactful contribution to humanity’s future. Through open source and sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more, we can help people create a better world by demonstrating a more sustainable and enriching way of living and free-share everything needed for replication. Making this easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrating it as attractive enough can lead to self-replicating example capable of improving the quality and standard of living globally.

• 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

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the August 11th, 2019 edition (#333) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Open Source Sustainability
One Community Progress Update #333

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

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY INTRO: @0:34

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:12

• Continued adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page; finished the final six insulation sections (see below)
• Brianna Olsen continued research for the most sustainable faucet options by researching and creating lists of the best faucet products for Kohler, Grohe, and Toto (see below)
• Dean Scholz continued working on the Earthbag Village; rebuilding the domes by adding in the larger windows that are fire code compliant (see below)
• Shadi Kennedy continued developing the Murphy bed instructions; focused on standardization of the page layouts, part colors, labels, and other details for the nightstands (see below)

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:36

• Yuqiao Zhang continued helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing the rainwater harvesting system; researched the related codes for plumbing design and updated the drain locations in the AutoCAD drawings (see below)
• Ron Huang continued Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial; continued working on the revised hydronic HVAC system (see below)
• Sneha Dongre continued helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details; more design and placement work on the structure of the sliding glass door entryways (see below)
• Mateus Barretto continued helping with the City Center plumbing designs; standardizing the plumbing files as per the One Community AutoCAD Template and started research on roadways design in US (see below)

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:08

• Continued development of the open source dams, lakes, and water-retention landscape design tutorial; finished the dam construction notes, Resources, Summary, and FAQ sections (see below)
• Continued developing content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page; focusing on design criteria, sector analysis details, and zonal planning (see below)
• Continued research for the 100-chicken coop, finished using the 3D construction file to create the materials list (see below)
• Continued developing the sheep/goat barn in SketchUp 3D; designed the goat resting area, goat feeder, sheep feeding area, and the mother and kids areas (see below)

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @11:25

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

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @12:46

• Updated our Who We Are and Who We Seek page to better reflect the current team and what we seek in those joining the team (see below)
• Jin Hua helped us create a better CSS heading 2, further fine tune our ad campaigns, and started outlining a strategy for a new donations campaign we’re developing (see below)
• Emilio Nájera continued with the marketing team by evaluating last months’ results, changing the Highest Good of All sub-group keyword qualifiers from Exact to Broad and working on the site links’ descriptions (see below)

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY: @13:48

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OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is expanding open source sustainability with Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

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

This week the core team continued adding the content to the most sustainable insulation options page. This week we finished the final six insulation sections. You can see all these new sections here. We’d say this brings the page to 80% complete. 

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is expanding open source sustainability with a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week Yuqiao Zhang (Architectural Designer/Drafter) completed his 10th week helping update the City Center AutoCAD and SketchUp files and designing the rainwater harvesting system. This week he researched the related codes for plumbing design and updated the drain locations in the AutoCAD drawings. He also updated the gutter and downspout system strictly adhering to code to make sure the design has the best capacity.

Ron Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued with his 14th week working on the Energy Modeling for our LEED Platinum certification and City Center open source HVAC design tutorial. This week he continued working on the revised hydronic HVAC system. You can see some of this work here.

Sneha Dongre (Structural Engineer) also continued with her 19th week helping with the Duplicable City Center structural details. This week’s focus was more design and placement work on the structure of the sliding glass door entryways.

Mateus Barretto (Civil Engineer) continued with his 2nd week helping with the City Center plumbing designs. This week Mateus worked on standardizing the plumbing files as per the One Community AutoCAD Template and started research on roadways design in the US. You can see some of this work here.

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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

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

This week the core team continued with week 20 of our development of the open source dams, lakes, and water-retention landscape design tutorial.  This week we finished the dam construction notes, Resources, Summary, and FAQ sections.

The core team also continued developing the behind-the-scenes content for the Open Source Permaculture Design page. This week’s focus was design criteria, sector analysis details, and zonal planning, plus starting to format previous sections for addition to the website. You can see some of this work here.

And the core team continued research for the 100-chicken coop. This week we finished using the 3D construction file to create the materials list, some of which you can see here.

Last but not least, the core team continued developing the sheep/goat barn in SketchUp 3D. We designed the goat resting area, goat feeder, sheep feeding area, and the mother and kids areas, as shown here.

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is expanding open source sustainability with Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

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

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued with week 4 of his work adding people and object additions to the redesigned and re-rendered sections of the Ultimate Classroom. Here are the latests drafts of the red, green, and 2 main-room perspectives. 

OPEN SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is expanding open source sustainability with 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 updated our Who We Are and Who We Seek page to better reflect the current team and what we seek in those joining the team. You can see the new page here.

Jin Hua (Web Marketer and Graphic Designer) also helped us create a better CSS heading 2, further fine tune our ad campaigns, and started outlining a strategy for a new donations campaign we’re developing.

Emilio Nájera (Digital Marketer) also continued with his 40th week as part of the marketing team by evaluating last months’ results, changing the Highest Good of All sub-group keyword qualifiers from Exact to Broad, and worked on the site links’ descriptions. You can see some of this work here.

WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

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

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

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

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

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

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

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

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