Whole-systems Approach for World Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #66

One Community is utilizing a whole-systems approach for world change by broadening sustainability beyond food, energy, and housing to include education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, 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

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Whole-systems Approach for World Change 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. Here is our weekly progress update (#66) covering our development and accomplishments for the week of May 26th, 2014:

Whole-Systems Approach for World Change
One Community Weekly Progress Update #66

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

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE INTRO @1:00

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE – HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION @1:49

• Finished the English Subject molecule (see below)
• Researched and added another 20% of links from our Math page to the Khan Academy (60% complete)
• Behind the scenes we finished the Happiness themed lesson plan and began the lesson plan with the core theme of “Signs”

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE – HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:58

• Created the final 3-D renders of the complete aquapini and walipini footprint (see below)
• Added the 18-hoop house planting maps to the the large-scale gardening page
• Added the diversity details to the organic cucumber section of the large-scale gardening page (see below)
• Now 50% done with our large-scale soil amendment strategy webpage

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE – HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @4:26

• Finished the earthbag home heating and cooling page
• Began outlining a strategy for crowdfunding the building and complete open source sharing of a 3-dome home cluster (see below)
• Outlined version 1.0 of our remote internet plan (see below)
• Finished our tank versus tankless water heater comparison research for the earthbag village communal showers (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE – DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:22

• James Nance outlined all the heating zones (see below)
• Ben Pollock detailed kitchen canning and preserving and dishwashing sections and more equipment (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE – HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @6:38

• Updated the details of our core value of Diversity page (see below)

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE SUMMARY: @7:15

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WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

We are creating whole-systems approach for world change including 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 last week the core team finished the English Subject molecule! Here it is:

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

We are creating whole-systems approach for world change including 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 | Tropical Atrium

This last week the core team created the final 3-D renders of the complete aquapini and walipini footprint. Here is a series showing this in-ground growing and aquaponics concept that will include 6 different internal growing environments, recreational spaces, water collection off of all structures, a central water pond for storage, and a central amphitheater for hosting recreational and educational events:

We also finished adding the diversity details to the organic cucumber section of the large-scale gardening page that now offers 10 different varieties of cucumbers from around the world, 7 beautifully featured, and complete sourcing details for all of these and the other food plants already on this page:

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

We are creating whole-systems approach for world change including 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 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 began outlining a strategy for crowdfunding the building and open source sharing of a 3-dome home cluster. We’ll be building it in West Virginia and the campaign will provide complete building plans, multimedia building instructions for all components, opportunities to join the team for hands-on learning, and more. All of which will be a stepping stone to the construction of the complete Earthbag Village. We will continue to share weekly update details on our progress as we detail the rest of our plan and complete all the necessary plans, videos, labor projections, materials lists, etc. etc.

We also finished outlining version 1.0 of our remote internet plan. Here is a screenshot of this GoogleDoc:

And finished our tank versus tankless water heater comparison research for the earthbag village communal showers showing a heatpump with a simple solar collector as the best choice by far for heating water in off-grid situations like ours where energy costs can significantly raise the total water heating costs because they are directly tied to needing more energy infrastructure. Here is the cost to implement combined with cost to power chart that will soon be included on a complete page sharing all the specifics of our work and research into sustainable and ecological water heating for remote locations:

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

We are creating whole-systems approach for world change including 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 last week week James Nance (Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager with P2S Engineering) continued work on the heating plan for the Duplicable City Center – here are the results of our collaborative outline for all the separate controllable heating zones for floors 1 and 2. Each of the zones outlined will allow us separate heating control so we can maximize the efficiency of this building based on use and season.

Ben Pollock (Full Service Restaurant and Kitchen Designer/Senior Project Manager with Webb Food Service Design) also made huge progress on the kitchen details including specifics for the canning and preserving and dishwashing sections plus all the food serving areas. He also confirmed the specific details for the sprayers, heat boosters, and dishwashers. Here is the updated layout:

Here are the specifics of the equipment Ben chose:

WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR WORLD CHANGE HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

We are creating whole-systems approach for world change including 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 completely updated the details of our core value of Diversity page covering how diversity is foundational to our organization’s world-change goals and philosophy and how we use this value in our internal decision making process:

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together, along with a goal to be creating whole-systems approach for world 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, serving as an example for what is possible in terms of creating whole-systems approach for world change. 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, furthering the cause of creating whole-systems approach for world change.

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: Creating whole-systems approach for world change, 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, thus creating whole-systems approach for world change. 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, further reinforcing the importance of creating whole-systems approach for world change.

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, thus fostering a sense of community and commitment to creating whole-systems approach for world change.

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, ultimately contributing to creating whole-systems approach for world change.

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, thereby creating whole-systems approach for world change. 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, further creating whole-systems approach for world change. 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.

WHY OPEN SOURCE

We are creating everything One Community does as open source and free-shared blueprints because we see this as the path to a new Golden Age of creativity, innovation, cooperation, and collaboration for all of humanity, ultimately contributing to creating whole-systems approach for world change. Our model is a solution model that creates additional solution creating models enabling people to live and collaborate globally for The Highest Good of All. The easier we make everything we do, the faster we see the world transitioning.

Every aspect of this model supports itself and contributes to its success, from the sustainable food, energy, and homes, to the social architecture, One Community Education Program, and open source sharing model itself. Each piece can be accessed, evolved, and even re-birthed as something completely new. It can be duplicated by itself or with other modules, with applications as diverse as the people who want and need them. The constantly expanding total model will additionally be able to be used in its entirety as the open source project-launch blueprint for a variety of duplicate teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities capable of being built virtually anywhere, thereby contributing to creating whole-systems approach for world change.

The most profound part is: the more we open source share, the more we help move everyone forward, the more people know about what we are doing and can participate, and the more successful and capable we are of project-launch blueprinting and sharing even more still, ultimately leading to creating whole-systems approach for world change. This is all supported and made possible because:

• We have the team to produce an extensive quality and diversity of tools and resources
• It gives us the opportunity to broaden the concept of sustainability and make it more desirable
• Areas we open source expand our ability to evolve even faster through global collaboration
• Each new area open sourced expands our target audience, advancing our world changing goals
• The more we show our ability to share what we are creating, the more others will benefit and want to join this movement and mimic the part we are playing in it

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.