Solutioneering World Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #212

Solutioneering world change requires mainstream involvement if global change is actually going to happen. Open sourcing and free-sharing solutions for all aspects of sustainable living is one way to accomplish this.

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

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One Community’s physical location will forward the movement of solutioneering world change as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the April 16th, 2017 edition (#212) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Solutioneering World Change
One Community Progress Update #212

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

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE INTRO: @1:03

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @2:00

• Working with Sangam Stanczak, the core team continued with our 6th week of collaborative calls developing the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Highest Good education program (see below)
• Completed an additional 35% of the mindmap for the Form Lesson Plan, bringing it to 60% complete (see below)
• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Continued creation of the renders for The Ultimate Classroom (see below)
• Jennifer Zhou completed new image sets for the Learning Tools and Toys page (see below)

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @3:19

• Updated 7 images for the Food Bars and Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages (see below)

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:45

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:43

• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 34th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
• Ramya Vudi and Shubham Agrawal continued their work on the energy infrastructure for the City Center (see below)
• Renan Dantas continued with his 14th week working on the Duplicable City Center AutoCAD updates
• Lucas Tsutsui da Silva finished his work helping with the Control Systems layout
• Vamsi Pulugurtha joined the City Center team and began working on the finite element analysis for the root cellar
• Adrienne Gould-Choquette finished her 15th week with the team, working on the City Center heating and air conditioning infrastructure (see below)

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:03

• Sowmya Manohar completed her 2nd week of work on the The Highest Good Network (see below)
• Ashwin Patil continued with his 24th week developing the new Search Engines for our site (see below)

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE SUMMARY: @8:38

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SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering world 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 working with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.) continued with our 6th week of collaborative calls developing the Evaluation and Evolution component of the Highest Good education program. What you see here is the 2nd behind-the-scenes draft of our proposed evaluation process.

Continued Developing the Evaluation & Evolution Component of the Highest Good Education Program

This last week the core team completed an additional 35% of the mindmap for the Form Lesson Plan, bringing it to 60% complete, as you can see here.

Form and Our Outer World Mindmap – 60% Complete – Click for Page

We also continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Nature Lesson Plan and the Opposites Lesson Plan. This brings us to 9 of 52 finished, which is 17% completion.

Continued Process of Editing all 52 Lesson Plans – Click for Lesson Plans for Life Page

The core team also continued creation of the renders for The Ultimate Classroom, adding costumes and other aesthetic elements to the purple room.

Continued Creation of the Renders for The Ultimate Classroom – Click for Page

And Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) completed these new image sets for the Learning Tools and Toys page:

Completed New Image Sets for the Learning Tools and Toys Page – Click to Visit

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering world 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 updated 7 images for the Food Bars and Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages, as you see here:

Updated 7 Images for Food Bars & Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan Pages – Click to Visit

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering world 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 week the core team finished updating the AutoCAD files to standardized formats for the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) 3-dome clusters…

Finished Updating the AutoCAD Files to Standardized Formats for Earthbag Village – Click to Visit

….the complete Cob Village (Pod 3):

Finished Updating the AutoCAD Files to Standardized Formats for Cob Village – Click for Page

And the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5), as seen here:

Finished Updating the AutoCAD Files to Standardized Formats for Shipping Container Village

We also continued working on the detailed Earthbag Village furniture construction instructions for the Murphy Beds. Here are some of the different concept layouts we created and explored this week.

Continued Working on the Murphy Bed Furniture Instructions – Click for Page

Also related to the Earthbag Village, we created this cutaway view of the Murphy bed inside one of the domes. To create this we added lights, items for the closet, side tables, and stools inside the dome.

Created Cutaway View of the Murphy Bed Inside One of the Domes – Click to Visit Page

Alena Thompson (Mechanical Engineer) completed her 10th week helping with the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs. This week’s focus was adding in all the piping specifics for connecting and servicing or replacing the rainwater storage barrels, as shown here:

Continued Working on Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs – Click to Visit Page

Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 10th week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was researching our water needs and creating the first version of our water reservoir under the Tropical Atrium.

Continued Working on Heat Recycling Communal Eco-Shower Designs – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 64 of Dean’s work. This week’s focus was continued work on the cutaway views of the Southeast wing looking North, as you can see here:

Continued Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click for Page

Last but not least, Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) began helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders and layouts with some initial color changes, a new AutoCAD export, and background testing, as shown here:

Began Helping with the Tree House Village Renders and Layouts – Click for Page

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering world 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

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 34th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was 2nd-generation lighting analysis and placement for the two public bathrooms in the Social Dome.

Continued Working on the Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) also continued their work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s focus was exploring a new do-it-yourself design for the center point of all the dome geometry. You can see the first iteration here.

Continued Working on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

Ramya Vudi (Electrical Engineer) and Shubham Agrawal (Electrical Engineer) continued their work on the energy infrastructure for the City Center. What you see here are a couple photos from the weekly collaborative calls with Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant and this week’s focus of researching and choosing the inverter, one of the key wire run options, and details for grid connection.

Solutioneering World Change – Working on Energy Infrastructure for the City Center – Click for Page

Renan Dantas, Mechanical Engineer continued with his 14th week working on the Duplicable City Center AutoCAD updates. This week’s focus was adding furniture details to the sunrise patio and more cleanup and double checking of all the equipment details for the kitchen.

Solutioneering World Change – Working on the Duplicable City Center Updates – Click for Page

Lucas Tsutsui da Silva (4th-year Computer Engineering Student) also finished his work helping with the Control Systems layout. Here you can see the finished spreadsheet organized by zone to account for all the sensors, locks, cameras, and other details.

Solutioneering World Change – Finished Helping with the Control Systems Layout – Click to Visit Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also joined the City Center team and began working on the finite element analysis for the root cellar. What you see here are his initial calculations.

Solutioneering World Change – Began Working on the Finite Element Analysis for the Root Cellar

And Adrienne Gould-Choquette (Mechanical Engineer) finished her 15th week with the team. This week’s focus was more load calculations and projections for the City Center heating and air conditioning infrastructure. We’d say we are about 80% complete with these calculations now.

Solutioneering World Change – Working on City Center Heating and Air Conditioning Calculations

SOLUTIONEERING WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering world 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 last week Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) completed her 2nd week of work on the The Highest Good Network. Her focus this week was beginning development of the tasks page and structure for everything linked to from the dashboard.

Solutioneering World Change – Working on the Highest Good Network – Click for Page

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) also continued with his 24th week developing the new Search Engines for our site. This week’s work was adding all the alternative education icons to the Highest Good education search engine and another round of revisions to the Straw Bale Village search engine. You can see some of this work-in-progress here.

Solutioneering World Change – Developing the New Search Engines for Our Site – Click to Visit

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ONE COMMUNITY’S 4-PHASE STRATEGY

One Community is building solution-creating models designed to create additional solution-creating models to specifically facilitate exponential and sustainable global teacher/demonstration village growth. The following four phases of the strategy we are applying are designed to support each other and accelerate the process globally:

Phase I: Demonstrating a Better Way

We are designing One Community to demonstrate an experience of living that we believe most people will consider to be better because it will be more enjoyable and fulfilling. We also think most people will consider it better because it is made possible specifically through a foundation of sustainable sustainability and a philosophy that is for The Highest Good of All.

Phase II: Open Source Project-Launch Blueprinting

Everything we do we are open source project-launch blueprinting and free-sharing to make it as easy and affordable as possible to duplicate, adapt, and evolve in the manner that suits each individual and/or group’s needs. Free-sharing information like this is our aggressive-exposure engine and an aspect of One Community that will accelerate indefinitely as we continue to build our team, move onto the property, and continuously build and evolve everything that is One Community.

Phase III: Inviting the World to Participate

Everything we are open source project-launch blueprinting is designed to invite the world to participate by duplicating it as either individual components or complete teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities that will be able to be built almost anywhere in the world. Additionally, people can join One Community as members, consultants and/or partners, or use the suggestions links on our open source project-launch blueprinting hubs to help with the design, implementation, and evolution process. Scholarships, weekend learning and work crews, and tourism will be foundations of One Community once we have sufficient infrastructure in place to support these options.

Phase IV: Universal Appeal and Global Expansion

As One Community continues evolving and establishing ourselves, everything we create and promote will serve as the engine to inspire people to align with the concept of open source and sustainable living for The Highest Good of All. We are doing this to create mainstream appeal and our path to achieving this appeal is demonstrating a happier, more affordable, and ecologically friendly model of living that can be built anywhere in the world.

Open source project-launch blueprinting it all is how we believe the model will spread and, possibly most importantly, that it will predictably spread even faster in the areas where it is needed most because building restrictions, the cost of land, and materials costs are in most cases lower in these areas.