Open Source Earthbag Village Electrical Design, Cost, and Setup

Electrical design details for the Vermiculture Bathroom(s) are now live on this newly updated page. https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/earthbag-village-electrical-design-and-setup/
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/earthbag-village-electrical-design-and-setup/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #248

“One Community is creating an ecological outreach program based on open source sustainability solutions. These solutions include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. They are designed to be implemented as individual components or complete teacher/demonstration hubs, communities, villages, or even cities. This is the December 24th, 2017 edition (#248) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/ecological-outreach/

The Story Of The Christmas Truce - Happy Holidays!

"On this Christmas, let us learn from the courageous men in Flanders and remember that, in each moment, we can always choose to be more human."
https://youtu.be/3625T8J2iYI

One Community Weekly Progress Update #247

“Global ecology implementation would mean creating a sustainable planet that would benefit all life. We can do this if we work together, open source solutions, and create new ways to motivate the average person to participate. This is the December 17th, 2017 edition (#247) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/eco-flow-and-function

Open Source Thermal Lag and Thermal Mass Guide

Understanding how thermal mass and thermal lag work is essential for any in-ground construction. Here's an open source guide to help.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/thermal-lag/

Just Completed: Earth Block Village Cost Analysis

Compressed Earth Block Village materials cost projections, where and how to buy, what to buy, what to look for, what to look out for, and more.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/compressed-earth-block-village-materials-costs/

Just Completed: Earth Block Village Cost Analysis

Compressed Earth Block Village materials cost projections, where and how to buy, what to buy, what to look for, what to look out for, and more.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/compressed-earth-block-village-materials-costs/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #246

“Open source systems for sustainable community creation are one path to creating a sustainable world for everyone. One Community is creating these systems with that as our goal. This is the December 10th, 2017 edition (#246) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/systems-for-sustainable-community-creation

One Community Weekly Progress Update #245

“The time has come for biohacking humanity’s future! Working together as a species has never been easier and the needed technology exists. We can co-create a sustainable planet if we want to. One Community is open sourcing all the components as a starting point and prototype set including sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the December 3rd, 2017 edition (#245) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/biohacking-humanitys-future

One Community Weekly Progress Update #244

“Cooperative community building is one path to spreading and evolving sustainability. We think the ultimate expression of this is cooperative communities that incorporate, open-source share, and invite people to participate in sustainable approaches to the foundations of food, energy, and housing while also including sustainable and open source approaches to education, economics, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices too. With the goal for a positive and permanent shift to global sustainability, One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the November 26th, 2017 edition (#244) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/cooperative-community-building

One Community Weekly Progress Update #243

“Managing sustainable change will require trained and motivated individuals covering the foundations of a sustainable civilization: food, energy, housing, education, sustainable economic design, and social architecture. A model for inspiring people to participate and providing the skills so they can also teach others is one path to creating a sustainable planet that will benefit us and all other life too. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the November 19th, 2017 edition (#243) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.” Read More
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/managing-sustainable-change

90 Seconds of Inspiration #LoveOverBias - YouTube

This 90-second video is beautiful! Watch it and imagine what would happen if everyone saw each other the way moms see their kids. Be inspired, inspire others, and spread the love! #LoveOverBias
https://youtu.be/JSWyrR4gXkw

One Community Weekly Progress Update #242

“One Community is meant to be a source of experiential global transformation by building an open-source replicable model of sustainable living that anyone can experience as an eco-tourism destination. When they visit they will have access to open source and sustainable models for food, energy, housing, education, economic design, social architecture, and more – all open source and all designed for the purpose of positive and sustainable global change. This is the November 12, 2017 edition (#242) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/experiential-global-transformation

Conscious rap: Astronaut Floating Through Space (Beat by ID)

Conscious rap... even if this isn't your style of music, these lyrics are worth a listen.
https://youtu.be/3mepSR_APlw

One Community Weekly Progress Update #241

“Building a sustainable world that will benefit us all will need to be a collaborative effort if we are ever to succeed. Sustainable and open source approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices will make this easier. One Community is creating these as part of our approach to Highest Good of All global transformation. This is the November 5, 2017 edition (#241) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/building-a-sustainable-world

One Community Weekly Progress Update #240

“If creating a sustainable planet is the goal, it is essential to understand the science of sustainable ecology from a perspective focused on people's place within it. This is essential if humanity is to step into the role of conscientious stewards and change the unsustainable course we are currently on. We are capable of sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economic design, social architecture and so much more. One Community thinks now is the time and open source and free-shared approaches to all these areas is the path. This is the October 29, 2017 edition (#240) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/the-science-of-sustainable-ecology/

Newly completed page: Open Source Straw Bale Village Construction Costs

Straw Bale Village materials cost projections, where and how to buy, what to buy, what to look for, what to look out for, and more.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/straw-bale-village-materials-costs/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #239

“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.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/measurable-sustainable-change

One Community Welcomes Jagannathan to the Engineering Team!

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. He is passionate about sustainable development and believes in efficient utilization of fundamental resources to combat global climate change. Apart from work, Jagannathan enjoys spending time outdoors by playing volleyball and does not fail to visit a state park, pitch a tent and camp whenever possible. 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. Click for Jagannathan’s complete bio.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-jagannathan-mahadevan-to-the-engineering-team/

One Community Welcomes Falgun Patel to the Engineering Team!

Falgun is a Mechanical Engineer who 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. 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, Falgun has helped update the complete Highest Good Energy rollout details in conjunction with updating the Solar and Wind Energy Microgrid open source guides. Click for Falgun’s complete bio.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-falgun-patel-to-the-engineering-team/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #238

“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. This is the October 15, 2017 edition (#238) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/systems-for-eco-change/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #237

“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. This is the October 8, 2017 edition (#237) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.” Read More
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/achieving-earths-ecological-potential/

One Community Welcomes Oruba Rabie to the Engineering Team!

Oruba (Ph.D, PE, Civil Engineer) 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. 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. Click for Oruba’s complete bio.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-oruba-rabie-to-the-engineering-team/

One Community Welcomes Priti Kothari to the Software Development Team!

Priti is a Information Technology Enthusiast with 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 global change and creating a better world, helping as a member of the One Community team working on the Highest Good Network software. Click for Priti’s complete bio. https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-priti-kothari-to-the-software-development-team/
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-priti-kothari-to-the-software-development-team/

One Community Welcomes Hemanth Kotaru to the Engineering Team!

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. 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. Click for Hemanth’s complete bio.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-hemanth-kotaru-to-the-engineering-team/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #236

“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. This is the October 1, 2017 edition (#236) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/eco-community-support-for-earths-biosphere

State-by-State Government IRS Tax Departments Resource - Every State Page

Links to all US departments of taxation: State-by-state tax information, US state government tax pages, all state tax information websites, state IRS pages
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/state-by-state-government-irs-tax-departments-resource/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #235

“One Community is focused on cultivation of global sustainability through sustainable and open source 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. This is the September 24, 2017 edition (#235) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/cultivation-of-global-sustainability

One Community Weekly Progress Update #234

“A global conservation plan is needed if humanity is going to achieve sustainability. One Community is helping create this by open sourcing sustainable approaches to every area of civilization that we see as essential. These areas include 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. This is the September 17, 2017 edition (#234) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-conservation-plan

Fulfilled Living as a Core Value and Path to Global Transformation - Translate to Portuguese

Um modelo de vida replicável que se encontra com as necessidades fundamentais das pessoas tem o potencial de transformar o mundo positivamente e permanentemente para todo mundo.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/fulfilled-living-portuguese/

Open Source AutoCAD Template, Tutorial, .DWG File Download, Blocks, etc.

Newly finished open source page and tutorial: One Community’s open source AutoCAD template and tutorial page provides a well-organized format for AutoCAD® files and layers. We’ve used this to update all 7 of our village models and the Duplicable City Center. In the process we also created this open source tutorial and shared the template file download so others working with AutoCAD can use it too.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source-autocad-template/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #233

“Systems for eco-freedom are also systems for creating global sustainability. These systems are about freedom through replicable and do-it-yourself models for food, energy, and housing self-sufficiency and sustainability. One Community is also designing them to cover education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living practices, and global stewardship models. Combined, we call this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the September 10, 2017 edition (#233) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/systems-for-eco-freedom

One Community Weekly Progress Update #232

“A blueprint for transforming the planet is being created. It includes open source and free-shared sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, Highest Good economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. It is being designed to be easy enough, affordable enough, and an attractive enough way of living such that it becomes self-replicating. This is the September 3rd, 2017 edition (#232) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/a-blueprint-for-transforming-the-planet/

One Community Welcomes Vivian Rodrigues to the Translation Team!

With a special passion for words, Vivian has spent years doing translations. She began translating even as a child, translating to help people access and understand materials previously inaccessible for them. For years she has continued applying her passion, translating (for free) written and video contents, both recreational and educational. A student of education and self-taught in many other areas, Vivian also enjoys game design and gamification, entrepreneurship, psychology, and music. When she saw her friends becoming unhappy and sick for avoidable reasons, she became motivated to work towards creating a better world. Now, as a One Community Consultant, she is helping to translate key pages of the website (Open Source, Highest Good, Solutions that Create Solutions, etc.) into Portuguese. Click for Vivian’s complete bio.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-vivian-rodrigues-to-the-translation-t

Open Source and DIY Earthbag Village Communal Eco-shower Designs

Open source communal eco-shower designs featuring heat recycling, water-saving shower head research, thermostatic mixing valves, and more.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/communal-eco-shower-design/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #231

“Open source sustainability means creating something good for everyone. Expanding open sourcing and free-sharing sustainability beyond food, energy, and housing to also include education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices is even better. One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit developing all of these in support of a global collaboration for The Highest Good of all people and life on our planet. This is the August 27th, 2017 edition (#231) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-something-good-for-everyone

One Community Welcomes Dijimba "Joss" Kabuyi Ilunga to the Electrical Engineering Team!

Joss is an Electrical Engineer who earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. By his secondary school graduation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he had a strong affinity for science subjects and decided to pursue an engineering degree in Arlington because of his uncle, a UT Arlington mechanical engineer alumni. During the end of his undergraduate degree, Joss became passionate with microelectromechanical systems and power, especially and specifically renewable energy. He is bilingual in French and English, and is currently learning Chinese (Mandarin). As a member of the One Community team, Joss completed the Vermiculture Bathroom electrical designs. Click to read Joss’ complete bio.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-dijimba-joss-kabuyi-ilunga-to-the-electrical-engineering-team/

One Community Welcomes Sowmya Manohar to the Software Development Team!

Sowmya is a Software Engineer, Web Developer and Net Application Developer. She received her Bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with distinction (Gold Medalist) from one of India’s reputed universities, Pondicherry University. Due to her passion in programming, she pursued her career as a programmer and application developer. She is also a Microsoft Certified Technology specialist. In her spare time, Sowmya enjoys painting, creating with beads, and solving sudoku puzzles. She strongly believes that change starts from within and, as a member of the One Community Team, is helping develop the Highest Good Network Software.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-sowmya-manohar-to-the-software-development-team/

Pipe Furniture: DIY Pipe Chair, Pipe Couch, Pipe Lighting, & Pipe Shelving

There are many artistic and interesting ways to recycle. Using repurposed pipe to build furniture is one of them. Here's an open source pipe furniture design page that shows what is possible and included plans, file downloads, and more.
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/pipe-furniture/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #230

“Creating a better world is possible if enough people want it. In many ways it is already happening, in other areas much work remains. Open source and free-shared sustainability components that include food, energy, and housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices are one approach for global improvement. One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit developing all of these in support of a global collaboration for The Highest Good of all people and life on our planet. This is the August 20th, 2017 edition (#230) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-better-world/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #229

“It is interesting to observe the stigma against mentioning utopia, or making utopia a reality on Earth, when war, destruction, and the newest multi-billion dollar casino are accepted as part of our current reality. The fact is, however, that amazing things are being created and for any utopian vision to happen, all it needs is to be something that is accessible to everyone and accomplishable with resources available to average people. A viable society or civilization such as this should address human needs from a perspective of fulfilled living as well as sustainable food, energy, and construction practices to combine internal/emotional needs with external/survival needs and provide sustainability for the complete human experience structured for The Highest Good of All. This is the August 13th, 2017 edition (#229) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/making-utopia-a-reality

One Community Weekly Progress Update #228

“The technology and knowhow exit now for sustainable civilization engineering. We can create a completely sustainable world that meets the needs of all people if we want to. We can solve starvation, homelessness, lack of energy infrastructure, pollution, and more through sustainable food, energy, and housing. We can further address crime, poverty, social injustice and inequality, and war if we include sustainable and open source economic and education models. One Community is developing tools, tutorials, and open source resources for all these sustainable civilization foundations because we believe now is the time to create the sustainable planet we know is possible. This is the August 6th, 2017 edition (#228) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/sustainable-civilization-engineering

Strategic Open Source World Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #227

Strategic Open Source World Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #227

“Strategic open source world creation is simultaneously addressing the foundations of what is necessary to live sustainably and happily. Through global thinking and goals, open source and sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices can be combined to create a way of living that is better than most people are living now. If this way of living is also demonstrated as easy enough and affordable enough, it will predictably spread on its own and this is how One Community sees creating positive and permanent global change as possible. This is the July 30th, 2017 edition (#227) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

New-World Human Progress – One Community Weekly Progress Update #226

New-World Human Progress – One Community Weekly Progress Update #226

“To create a sustainable planet, new-world human progress models are needed to teach average people with average means how to build and live sustainably. Open source sharing these models and designing them to go beyond food, energy, and housing to also include education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices is a process One Community calls living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the July 23rd, 2017 edition (#226) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Facilitating a Global Sustainability Cooperative – One Community Weekly Progress Update #225

Facilitating a Global Sustainability Cooperative – One Community Weekly Progress Update #225

“One Community is facilitating a global sustainability cooperative through open source and free-shared tools, tutorials, resources, and DIY instructions meant to build a collaborative network of teacher/demonstration hubs all over our shared planet and working together for the collective Highest Good of all people and life here. This is the July 16th, 2017 edition (#225) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Facilitating Global Eco-balance – One Community Weekly Progress Update #224

Facilitating Global Eco-balance – One Community Weekly Progress Update #224

“Facilitating global eco-balance requires mainstream participation if any measurable change is to be expected. Strategies that are globally focused but implementable individually and locally also seem intelligent. To help with all of this, One Community is creating open source, sustainable, and replicable models of all aspects of what we call Highest Good living. These include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the July 9th, 2017 edition (#224) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

One Community Welcomes Vamsi Pulugurtha to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Vamsi Pulugurtha to the Engineering Team!

Vamsi is a Mechanical Engineer who works as a CAE Engineer at GM Research and Development. Vamsi is extremely passionate about clean and sustainable energy generation and storage. Coming from a country like India where almost 300 million people do not have electricity, this passion for sustainability only grew stronger with time and he has always been looking to positively contribute in some way shape or form to the cause. When not working, Vamsi loves going on hikes and road trips, enjoying clear blue skies, trees and beaches. As a One Community team member, Vamsi is applying his knowledge and passion to finite element analysis and HVAC design for the Duplicable City Center and Tropical Atrium.

Click to read Vamsi ’s complete bio.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-vamsi-pulugurtha-to-the-engineering-team/

Welcome to the team Vamsi!

One Community Welcomes Aravind Vasudevan to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Aravind Vasudevan to the Engineering Team!

Aravind is a Mechanical Engineer who earned his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, and his Master’s degree in Mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas. He is Passionate about FEA, CAE, solid mechanics, and has a strong background in mechanics and materials, FEA, Solid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and handling solid mechanics problems using CAE softwares. In his free time, Aravind loves to play sports (Volleyball, Table Tennis, Badminton), hike, indulging in scenic photography, and express his passion for soccer as a fan of FC Barcelona. As a One Community Volunteer Engineer, Aravind is helping with the structural engineering and sustainable HVAC systems for the One Community Duplicable City Center.

Click to read Aravind’s complete bio.

Replicable Highest Good Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #223

Replicable Highest Good Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #223

“Replicable Highest Good sustainability is sustainable design specifically created with the intent for replication and positive benefit for all people and life on this planet. One Community sees this as a worthwhile goal and is creating open source and free-shared designs in support of this. These designs cover sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the July 2nd, 2017 edition (#223) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Thinking Beyond Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #222

Thinking Beyond Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #222

“Thinking beyond sustainability is needed if mainstream implementation is to happen. What this means is going beyond the common sustainability areas like food, energy, housing and also including sustainable and forward-thinking approaches to education, economic design, and social architecture. Putting these together and open sourcing and free-sharing them is One Community's approach to creating a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration communities and hubs working together to live in and create even more of these hubs for The Highest Good of All. This is the June 25th, 2017 edition (#222) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Ecological Human Progress – One Community Weekly Progress Update #221

Ecological Human Progress – One Community Weekly Progress Update #221

“Ecological human progress is needed if we desire to achieve some level of sustainable balance with our planet and all life on it. To accomplish this, the main foundations of our living experience should be addressed sustainably. These would include food, energy, housing, education, economic design, and social architecture. If we make the sustainable solutions to all these areas open source and free-shared, we can evolve and expand them faster for the benefit of everyone. One Community is an all-volunteer team working on this as a model for living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the June 18th, 2017 edition (#221) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Prosperity Built on Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #220

Prosperity Built on Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #220

“Does prosperity require competition and capitalism? What if we create prosperity built on sustainability and cooperation instead? If we agree this is a worthwhile idea, working together we could easily combine sustainable food, energy, housing, education, economic design, social architecture, and even fulfilled living practices to provide a self-sufficient living model that would eliminate almost all living expenses and provide a better way of living than the way most people are experiencing now. We could further share this model as an eco-tourism destination to provide revenue for expansion without people having to work traditional jobs; the experience of how they were living would be enjoyable enough that people would want to vacation and visit. This is the foundation of One Community's model for world change and we're open sourcing it as a model for living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the June 11th, 2017 edition (#220) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Prosperity Built on Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #220

Prosperity Built on Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #220

“Does prosperity require competition and capitalism? What if we create prosperity built on sustainability and cooperation instead? If we agree this is a worthwhile idea, working together we could easily combine sustainable food, energy, housing, education, economic design, social architecture, and even fulfilled living practices to provide a self-sufficient living model that would eliminate almost all living expenses and provide a better way of living than the way most people are experiencing now. We could further share this model as an eco-tourism destination to provide revenue for expansion without people having to work traditional jobs; the experience of how they were living would be enjoyable enough that people would want to vacation and visit. This is the foundation of One Community's model for world change and we're open sourcing it as a model for living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the June 11th, 2017 edition (#220) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Maximizing Sustainability Evolution – One Community Weekly Progress Update #219

Maximizing Sustainability Evolution – One Community Weekly Progress Update #219

“Open source and free-shared sustainable food, energy, and housing infrastructure is one path to maximizing sustainability evolution within our lifetime. Adding education, sustainable economics, and social architecture can further this goal by making sustainability more attractive to the average person. In this way, One Community is building a global all-volunteer team collaborating to create a self-replicating model for positive and permanent global change for The Highest Good of All. This is the June 4th, 2017 edition (#219) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Creating a Better Planet for us All – One Community Weekly Progress Update #218

Creating a Better Planet for us All – One Community Weekly Progress Update #218

“Creating a better planet for us all is possible if enough people want it and choose to participate. Making participation easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough is a time-tested approach that has been very successful in traditional marketing models. Using open source principles to apply this idea of "easy, affordable, and attractive" to all aspects of sustainable and self-sufficient living (food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, etc.) is One Community's approach to creating positive change for what we call "The Highest Good of All." This is the May 28th, 2017 edition (#218) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Global Highest Good Network Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #217

Global Highest Good Network Creation – One Community Weekly Progress Update #217

“Global Highest Good network creation is about creating a network of people interested in working together for the betterment of each other and all life on this planet. Accomplishing this means sustainably addressing food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more with open source and free-shared designs created with a Highest Good mindset and goals. This is the May 21st, 2017 edition (#217) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Replicable Highest Good Communities – One Community Weekly Progress Update #216

Replicable Highest Good Communities – One Community Weekly Progress Update #216

“Replicable Highest Good communities are purposed to bring together people interested in collaboration for The Highest Good of all life on our planet through open source and sustainable designs. These designs cover the foundations of what is needed to live sustainably and self-sufficiently: food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the May 14th, 2017 edition (#216) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Creating an Age of Ecology - One Community Weekly Progress Update #215

Creating an Age of Ecology - One Community Weekly Progress Update #215

“Creating an age of ecology and sustainability is arguably the next great accomplishment for humanity. We now have the technology and ability to do this if enough people want it. One Community is open sourcing and free-sharing a replicable teacher/demonstration sustainability hub to help with this. This is the May 7th, 2017 edition (#215) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Creating an Age of Ecology - One Community Weekly Progress Update #215

Creating an Age of Ecology - One Community Weekly Progress Update #215

“Creating an age of ecology and sustainability is arguably the next great accomplishment for humanity. We now have the technology and ability to do this if enough people want it. One Community is open sourcing and free-sharing a replicable teacher/demonstration sustainability hub to help with this. This is the May 7th, 2017 edition (#215) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Building a Global Sustainability Cooperative - One Community Weekly Progress Update #214

Building a Global Sustainability Cooperative - One Community Weekly Progress Update #214

“The time has come for building a global sustainability cooperative. This means whole-systems approaches covering all aspects of sustainable and ecologically intelligent approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. One Community is working to design, open source and free-share, and build these solutions for the benefit of all people and life on our shared planet. This is the April 30, 2017 edition (#214) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Helping People Create Global Ecology - One Community Weekly Progress Update #213

Helping People Create Global Ecology - One Community Weekly Progress Update #213

“Helping people create global ecology can best be accomplished if the solutions provided are easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough that they will spread on their own. Open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices are capable of achieving this. This is the April 23rd, 2017 edition (#213) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

One Community Welcomes Sangam Stanczak to the Education Team!

One Community Welcomes Sangam Stanczak to the Education Team!

Sangam is an Environmental Engineer (Ph.D., P.E.), Certified Yoga Instructor, and Organic Gardner. Her  passion to make a positive contribution to the world has been alive since she was 10 years old. Sangam brings her diverse background and skills to the One Community team helping develop the Highest Good Education program.

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Solutioneering World Change - One Community Weekly Progress Update #212

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. This is the April 16th, 2017 edition (#212) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

One Community Welcomes Christian Ojeda to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Christian Ojeda to the Design Team!

Christian received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Panamericana University in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and has more than 5 years of experience in mechanical design. For One Community Christian is helping with the design of the Earthbag Village Communal Eco-shower Designs and the Earthbag Village Vermiculture Communal Eco-toilet designs.

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Whole-Systems Approach to Sustainability Hubs - One Community Weekly Progress Update #211

Whole-Systems Approach to Sustainability Hubs - One Community Weekly Progress Update #211

“A whole-systems approach to sustainability hubs that are also open source can provide a pathway to sustainable and better living for everyone. This is the April 9th, 2017 edition (#211) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Adaptable Solutions for Green Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #210

Adaptable Solutions for Green Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #210

“Adaptable solutions for green living are needed if our goal is a planet capable of longterm support for the growing human population. If properly created, these solutions can also help humanity become conscientious stewards of our shared planet. We see open source and free-shared models as the fastest, most sustainable, and for The Highest Good of All approach to this. This is the April 2nd, 2017 edition (#210) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

Alena graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where she received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Robotics as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics. In 2011, Alena embarked on a trip to Haiti to implement a solar powered water purification system. She now strives to increase her global impact through the One Community team and helping design the net-zero water-saving community bathroom model.

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One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

Alena graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where she received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Robotics as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics. In 2011, Alena embarked on a trip to Haiti to implement a solar powered water purification system. She now strives to increase her global impact through the One Community team and helping design the net-zero water-saving community bathroom model.

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One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

Alena graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where she received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Robotics as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics. In 2011, Alena embarked on a trip to Haiti to implement a solar powered water purification system. She now strives to increase her global impact through the One Community team and helping design the net-zero water-saving community bathroom model.

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One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

Alena graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where she received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Robotics as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics. In 2011, Alena embarked on a trip to Haiti to implement a solar powered water purification system. She now strives to increase her global impact through the One Community team and helping design the net-zero water-saving community bathroom model.

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One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Alena Thompson to the Design Team!

Alena graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where she received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Robotics as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics. In 2011, Alena embarked on a trip to Haiti to implement a solar powered water purification system. She now strives to increase her global impact through the One Community team and helping design the net-zero water-saving community bathroom model.

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One Community Welcomes Jin Yu to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Jin Yu to the Engineering Team!

Jin is a Structural Engineering Designer with her M.S. in Structural Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison and her B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Jilin University. Jin’s contribution to One Community has been in the structural design of the Duplicable City Center including all the underground foundation/basement structural design calculations and the related open source tutorial. She is also helping other structural engineer members in the modeling and design of the superstructure above the ground.

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Facilitating Global Eco-Collaboratives - One Community Weekly Progress Update #209

Facilitating Global Eco-Collaboratives - One Community Weekly Progress Update #209

“Facilitating global eco-collaboratives is one way to create global cooperation towards a sustainable planet that will benefit us all. This is the March 26th, 2017 edition (#209) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

“Eco-living paradigm creation can be accomplished through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. Open sourcing all these as a complete model and new way of living has the potential to provide a better way of life for everyone built on a sustainable foundation. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All because it benefits all people and life on our planet. This is the March 19, 2017 edition (#208) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

“Eco-living paradigm creation can be accomplished through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. Open sourcing all these as a complete model and new way of living has the potential to provide a better way of life for everyone built on a sustainable foundation. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All because it benefits all people and life on our planet. This is the March 19, 2017 edition (#208) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

“Eco-living paradigm creation can be accomplished through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. Open sourcing all these as a complete model and new way of living has the potential to provide a better way of life for everyone built on a sustainable foundation. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All because it benefits all people and life on our planet. This is the March 19, 2017 edition (#208) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

“Eco-living paradigm creation can be accomplished through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. Open sourcing all these as a complete model and new way of living has the potential to provide a better way of life for everyone built on a sustainable foundation. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All because it benefits all people and life on our planet. This is the March 19, 2017 edition (#208) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

Eco-Living Paradigm Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #208

“Eco-living paradigm creation can be accomplished through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. Open sourcing all these as a complete model and new way of living has the potential to provide a better way of life for everyone built on a sustainable foundation. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All because it benefits all people and life on our planet. This is the March 19, 2017 edition (#208) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Advancing Ecological Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #207

Advancing Ecological Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #207

“One Community is advancing ecological living through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. The goal is to make these approaches easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrate them as beneficial enough that they spread on their own. This is the March 12, 2017 edition (#207) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

Advancing Ecological Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #207

Advancing Ecological Living - One Community Weekly Progress Update #207

“One Community is advancing ecological living through open source and free-shared approaches to sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. The goal is to make these approaches easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrate them as beneficial enough that they spread on their own. This is the March 12, 2017 edition (#207) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

One Community Welcomes Lin Xu to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Lin Xu to the Engineering Team!

One Community welcomes Lin Xu to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant! Lin received his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Southern California and has experience with AutoCAD, 3D modelling with Solidworks, FEA with Abacus and dynamic simulation with Matlab. Knowing the importance of sustainability and desiring to make a contribution to clean energy and sustainable community, Lin has joined the One Community team working on the Vermiculture Eco-bathroom Designs.

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Welcome to the team Lin!

Building Sustainable Cities - One Community Weekly Progress Update #206

Building Sustainable Cities - One Community Weekly Progress Update #206

“Building sustainable cities is finally becoming both practical and affordable with the resources and backing of governmental organizations. What is needed now is a way for average people, NGOs, and nonprofits to build them too. Open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and maintenance can make this easy enough, affordable enough, and provide sufficient diversity and benefit for it to spread and be directed by the private sector. One Community sees this as a Highest Good of All approach to global transformation, individual and small-group freedom and empowerment. This is the March 5th, 2017 edition (#206) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

One Community Welcomes Renan Dantas to the Design Team!

One Community Welcomes Renan Dantas to the Design Team!

One Community welcomes Renan Dantas to the Design Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant! Renan is a Mechanical Engineer and Process Piping Drafting Student.  He has over 3 years experience working as Project Engineer/Field Engineer in Brazil and over seven years using AutoCAD software for academic and professional purposes. Renan is now helping One Community as an AutoCAD Designer and Drafter for the Duplicable City Center.

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One Community Welcomes Shubham Agrawal to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Shubham Agrawal to the Engineering Team!

One Community welcomes Shubham Agrawal to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant! Shubham has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from India and is pursuing his Masters in Power and Energy Systems from Virginia Tech. His interest in power and energy systems comes from the “excruciating dearth of electricity” that he faced as a child in his home state of Uttar Pradesh. As a One Community Volunteer Engineer, his time is dedicated to renewable energy infrastructure calculations and design and the automation of the One Community Duplicable City Center.

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One Community Welcomes Shubham Agrawal to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Shubham Agrawal to the Engineering Team!

One Community welcomes Shubham Agrawal to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant! Shubham has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from India and is pursuing his Masters in Power and Energy Systems from Virginia Tech. His interest in power and energy systems comes from the “excruciating dearth of electricity” that he faced as a child in his home state of Uttar Pradesh. As a One Community Volunteer Engineer, his time is dedicated to renewable energy infrastructure calculations and design and the automation of the One Community Duplicable City Center.

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Creating a Global Sustainability Collaborative - One Community Weekly Progress Update #205

Creating a Global Sustainability Collaborative - One Community Weekly Progress Update #205

“Creating a global sustainability collaborative makes sense if our intent is a truly sustainable planet for all people everywhere. Open source and free-shared sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices can stimulate global collaboration and innovation and forward this goal and all these areas for The Highest Good of All. This is the February 26th, 2017 edition (#205) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments”

One Community Welcomes Adrienne Gould-Choquette to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Adrienne Gould-Choquette to the Engineering Team!

One Community welcomes Adrienne Gould-Choquette to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant! Adrienne has a B.S. & M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and has completed graduate coursework at Harvard University in Sustainability studies. She has been been a vegetarian for over 25 years, an avid yogi, and, through her research, an avid proponent of a sustainability in all aspects of life. Adrienne is a licensed Professional Engineer and LEED Green Associate. As a One Community Volunteer, she is currently helping create CAD standards and contribute to the HVAC design for the Duplicable City Center.

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One Community Welcomes Ramya Vudi to the Engineering Team!

One Community Welcomes Ramya Vudi to the Engineering Team!

One Community welcomes Ramya Vudi to the Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant! Ramya received her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the renowned engineering school, Vellore Institute of Technology, India. Now she is a Master of Science Student in Electric Power at University of Southern California, Los Angeles and a Certified Engineer In Training by the state of California. As a member of the One Community team, Ramya brings her knowledge and passion for innovative solutions to the challenges of renewable energy as she is helping with research and design of the overall energy infrastructure and Duplicable City Center electrical and control and automation tie-in specifics.

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Welcome to the team Ramya!