Monday, August 31, 2015

One Community Thanks Israel For Being on the Electrical Team

One Community Thanks Israel For Being on the Electrical Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Israel Silva as our most recent member of the Graphic Design Team. Israel is a 4th-year Electrical Engineering student from Brazil who studied abroad on the last year of his graduation. He spent the last two months here is California working with One Community on the control systems for the Duplicable City Center and all 7 sustainable village models.


Read his complete bio here:
http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-thanks-israel-silva-for-being-a-part-of-the-electrical-team/


Thank you Israel!

Sustainable World Building - One Community Weekly Progress Update #127

Sustainable World Building - One Community Weekly Progress Update #127



“Sustainable world building is a process of building (and regenerating) our planet to meet humanity's needs for the foreseeable future. If this is to be achieved, we need a holistic model that recognizes the interrelationship and interdependence of the areas that are foundational to a happy and thriving population. Food, housing, energy, education, recreation, and economics are key areas for such a model. One Community calls simultaneously addressing these areas for the benefit of all people and life, living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the August 30th, 2015 edition (#127) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.”

One Community Thanks Manassés For Being on the Graphics Team

One Community Thanks Manassés For Being on the Graphics Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Manassés Santos as our most recent member of the Graphic Design Team. Manassés is a 4th-year Graphic Design Student from Brazil. He spent the last two months here in California working on the definition, selection, complete design, and presentation of a possible new logo for One Community as well as leading the design and development of a complete presentation of all seven villages.


Read his complete bio here:


Thank you Manassés!

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Oca: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Oca: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More



Oca is one of a complex of traditional root crops from high elevations in the Andes mountains, cultivated for its highly nutritious edible tubers. This page is an open source resource guide for oca. It is for growing and maintaining the most bio-diverse, delicious, and broadly applicable oca selection possible. It contains cultural considerations, planting guidelines, descriptions for multiple varieties and more.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #126

A New Paradigm for Ecological Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #126

“A new paradigm for ecological living is possible through open source sustainability. Collaboratively creating affordable, replicable, sustainable, and desirable solutions for DIY food, housing, energy, education, recreation, and economics can create a world that works for everyone. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the August 23rd, 2015 edition (#126) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.”

Saturday, August 22, 2015

One Community Thanks Rodrigo For Being Part of the Structural Team

One Community Thanks Rodrigo For Being Part of the Structural Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Rodrigo Nobre as our most recent member of the Structural Engineering Intern Team. Rodrigo is a 3rd-year Civil Engineering and Construction Management student from Brazil. As a member of the One Community team, he spent the last two months working on the structural calculations of the Duplicable City Center domes.


Read his complete bio here:


Thank you Rodrigo!

One Community Thanks Amauri For Being On the Engineering Team

One Community Thanks Amauri For Being On the Engineering Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Amauri Tavares as our most recent member of the Mechanical Engineering Team. Amauri is a Bachelors of Science and Technology and 4th-year Aerospace Engineering Student from Brazil. He’s in a program called Science Without Borders where he was recently here studying at California State University, Long Beach. As a member of the One Community team, Amauri modeled and calculated the specifics for the heat recovery/recycling systems for the Duplicable City Center eco-laundry and large-scale sustainable kitchen.


Read his complete bio here:


Thank you Amauri!

Friday, August 21, 2015

Planet Earth Lesson Plan - One Community

Planet Earth Lesson Plan - One Community

How we view our shared planet has a lot to do with how we collectively choose to take care of it. Here’s an open source and globally collaborative lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Planet Earth.”

Ulluco: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | More

Ulluco: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | More


Ulluco is a type of tuber, or thick edible root, that comes from South America. Some have compared the ulluco to potatoes, but they never need to be peeled and they have a nutty taste. In South America, the roots are prepared in several ways in a variety of dishes, similar to how potatoes are used in North America and Europe.



Here is an open source guide to growing them that includes cultural considerations, planting guidelines, where to get this little known plant, and even a few recipes.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Fulfilled Living Page now Translated to Italian

One Community is happy to announce the completion of another page translated into Italian: The One Community Fulfilled Living Page! If you want to see why it is helpful to actually translate these, read this page on Google Chrome and use the translation function to translate it back to English.
Thank you Vasily Biserov for your great work completing this!




One Community Thanks Thaís E For Being on the Design Team

One Community Thanks Thaís E For Being on the Design Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Thaís Eustaquio as our most recent member of the Architecture & Design Team. Thaís is a 5th-year Architect Student from Salvador, Brazil who is enrolled in the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program where she recently studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Thaís spent the last two months working with One Community on the design and development of all seven sustainable village models with an emphasis on the Tree House Village.


Read her complete bio here:


Thank you Thaís!

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

One Community Thanks Lucas S. for Being Part of the Team

One Community Thanks Lucas S. for Being Part of the Team



One Community is happy to feature and thank Lucas de Souza as our most recent member of the Electrical Engineering Intern Team. Lucas is a 3rd-year Electronic Engineering student from Brazil, currently enrolled in the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program. He spent the last two months here in California working with One Community on the control systems for the Duplicable City Center.


Read his complete bio here:


Thank you Lucas!

Monday, August 17, 2015

One Community Thanks Marco Silva for Being Part of the Team

One Community Thanks Marco Silva for Being Part of the Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Marco Silva as our most recent member of the Software Engineering Team! Marco is a 3rd-year Software Engineering Exchange Student from Brazil who recently studied at Savannah College of Art and Design. As a member of the One Community team, Marco has spent the last two months applying his programming skills developing the Highest Good Network application for complete village construction and open source data gathering, time tracking, sharing, and reporting.


Read his complete bio here:


Thank you Marco!

Helping All People, Everywhere - One Community Weekly Progress Update #125

Helping All People, Everywhere - One Community Weekly Progress Update #125



“Creating a sustainable world is a path to helping all people, everywhere. The components of this sustainable world will spread faster if they move beyond just food, energy, and housing to also include recreation, education, Highest Good economics, and stewardship practices. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the August 16th, 2015 edition (#125) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.”

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Outer Space Lesson Plan - One Community

Outer Space Lesson Plan - One Community

Open source education could transform education as we know it. Here is a newly created open source, free-shared and globally collaborative education program that teaches all subjects, to any learning level, using the central theme of “outer space.” It is one of over 50 such plans being designed and open source shared to help forward a new, free, and collaborative education paradigm for all.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Asparagus: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Asparagus: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Do you like asparagus? Asparagus is one of three vegetables common in North American cuisine that comes from a perennial plant (along with artichokes and rhubarb). It takes 3 years from seed to harvest, but once they get going, asparagus plants can be cropped each spring for 15 years or more.


Here's an open source guide to growing an often unknown variety of this amazing food. It includes cultural considerations, planting guidelines, recipes, and more.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Eco-Renovating the Standard of Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #124

Eco-Renovating the Standard of Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #124



“Eco-renovating the standard of living is one path to building a sustainable world. This means building a new way of life (for all those who desire it) based on sustainable living principles that provide a better and more affordable living experience through collaborative community living. For many this will be a path to more time and less debt, or better education, or social equality and a more fair form of self-governance. Others will choose it for sustainability reasons or because they like to live, create, and make a difference for The Highest Good of All. One Community is doing and open sourcing this for all of these reasons and more. This is the August 9th, 2015 edition (#124) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Free-shared Education: Communication Lesson Plan | Education for Life

Free-shared Education: Communication Lesson Plan | Education for Life



Open source education reduces costs, increases education options and encourages free thinking. Here’s an open source lesson plan focused on using the central theme of “Communication” to teach all subjects, to any learning level, in any learning environment.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Bitter-Melon: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Bitter-Melon: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Bitter Melon is a popular backyard vegetable even those it is one of the most bitter tasting of all culinary vegetables. It is a good source of polypeptide-P, charantin, folates, vitamin-C, and flavonoids. It also contains moderate amounts of B-complex vitamins and aids in digestion.


Here's an open source guide to this food that includes planting guidelines, cultural considerations, recipes, where to buy seeds and more.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Creating the World We Know is Possible - One Community Weekly Progress Update #123

Creating the World We Know is Possible - One Community Weekly Progress Update #123



“Creating the world we know is possible, a sustainable world capable of meeting everyone's needs, will happen as soon as enough people want it and participate in creating it. Enrolling people in the process can take many forms. The approach that makes the most sense, based on other successful movements that have caused paradigm shifts, is making and demonstrating a sustainable way of living that a majority of people will want more than the way they are living now. If we make that easy enough, affordable enough, and open-source globally accessible, the idea will predictably spread across the planet and evolve on its own. We call this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the August 2nd, 2015 edition (#123) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.”

Sunday, August 2, 2015

One Community Welcomes Gabriel Freitas to the Structural Engineering Team

One Community Welcomes Gabriel Freitas to the Structural Engineering Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Gabriel Freitas as our most recent member of the Structural Engineering Team. Gabriel is a student abroad from Brazil majoring in Civil Engineering/Construction Management at California State University, Long Beach. He has spent the last two months working on the structural analysis details of the open source Duplicable City Center.


Read his complete bio here:


Thank you Gabriel!

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Nature Lesson Plan - One Community

Nature Lesson Plan - One Community


What will it take for us to realize that humanity and nature are interdependent? What will we do differently and what world will we restore together once we embrace this knowledge?


Here's an open source and globally collaborative lesson plan to help. It teaches all subjects to all ages and learning levels using the central theme of "nature."

One Community Welcomes Natalia Dias da Costa to the Software Team

One Community Welcomes Natalia Dias da Costa to the Software Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Natalia Dias da Costa as our most recent member of the Software Team! Natalia is a 3rd-year Information Systems Student from Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program. She has spent the last two months diligently working on the new open source Highest Good Network software.




Thank you Natalia!