One Community Weekly Progress Update #488

One path to happier living and global sustainability is facilitating a global community collaborative of teacher/demonstration hubs designed to help people replicate them. A self-replicating model like this has the potential to create positive and permanent global change within one generation. One Community is supporting this with what we call “Highest Good” designs and open source and free-shared plans for all aspects of sustainable living. This is the July 31st, 2022 edition (#488) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-community-collaborative/

Best & Most Sustainable Waterless Urinals, Urinal Companies & Accessories

With all the draughts, water conservation is being recognized as more important than ever now. Waterless urinals can help a lot! We\'ve added our research into sustainability benchmarking the top urinal companies to this page now too. This brings our research on this hardware to over 30 hours identifying the best-of-the-best. https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/most-sustainable-urinals/

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/most-sustainable-urinals/

Large & Small-scale Community Clothing Recycling, Reuse, & Repurposing

Solution hub for recycling, repurposing, and reusing clothing. It is loaded with DIY solutions and even shares the steps needed if you wanted to start your own clothing recycling business to help address this problem in your local community.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/best-small-and-large-scale-clothing-recycling-reuse-and-repurposing-options/

Earthbag Village and Home Construction: Tools and Equipment Needs

Earthbag construction home and village tools and equipment needs. Includes costs and separate sections for eco-showers, vermiculture toilets, and more.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/tools-and-equipment-for-open-source-construction/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #487

One Community is forwarding active sustainable reinvention of our world with the open source plans needed to regenerate it sustainably. Our designs include DIY sustainable and replicable models for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the July 24th, 2022 edition (#487) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/active-sustainable-reinvention-of-our-world/

Most Sustainable Adhesives: Safer, More Eco-friendly, and LEED Compliant

Here\'s the results of 20+ hours of independent and open source research into the most sustainable, eco-friendly, safe and healthy adhesives and adhesive companies. The page also discusses the various toxins in most products and provides resources for learning more. Know what\'s in your products before you introduce them into your living spaces, it is important to your health and the health of your family.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/most-sustainable-adhesives/

Open Source Large & Small-scale Community Plastic Recycling, Reuse, & Repurposing Research and Tutorial

Small and large-scale community recycling, reuse, & repurposing options for all plastic types: PETE (or PET), HDPE, V/PVC, LDPE, PP, and PS

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/best-small-and-large-scale-plastic-recycling-reuse-and-repurposing-options/

Best Polystyrene and Styrofoam Recycling & Reuse Strategies

How to recycle styrofoam and polystyrene. The best small and large-scale polystyrene & styrofoam recycling, repurposing, & reuse strategies.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/best-small-and-large-scale-polystyrene-styrofoam-recycling-reuse-and-repurposing-options/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #486

One Community is developing adaptable solutions for global sustainability. They include all the foundations needed for a sustainable civilization. These open source foundations include DIY-replicable approaches for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the July 17th, 2022 edition (#486) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/adaptable-solutions-for-global-sustainability/

Open Source #DIY #EarthDamConstruction Hub

Open Source DIY Earth Dam Design & Construction Hub: Research on Dam Building, Small & Medium-scale Earthwork Dams, Pond Creation, Lake Creation, etc.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source-dam-design/

Large & Small-scale Community Glass Recycling, Reuse, & Repurposing

Ever wonder what the best glass recycling practices would be for an eco-community dedicated to zero-waste? Ever considered starting your own glass recycling business or process? This open source tutorial covers these questions and more.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/best-small-and-large-scale-glass-recycling-reuse-and-repurposing-options/

Best Community Insurance Options: Group vs Company vs Private vs MPN

Health insurance can be one of the largest expenses a community (in the US) can face. With this in mind, we set out to determine what the best and most affordable option is for a group of 50+ people to choose. We invested more than 250 hours researching all the options. We researched, evaluated, and compared group insurance, company insurance, private/personal insurance, and creation of our own Medical Provider Network. The end result: Properly managed collaborative/cooperative community insurance can save money and provide better options than traditional models. This page shares the details of how.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/community-health-insurance/

Solar Incentive Rates and Net Metering Research for West Coast States

Here is One Community\'s research on solar incentive rates and net metering for the West Coast states of California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, and Utah. It includes important things to know before purchasing property.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/solar-incentive-rates-and-net-metering-research-west-coast-states/

The results of over 100 hours researching the safest, healthiest, and most sustainable flooring & flooring companies

One Community\'s research on the top 10 best and most sustainable, eco-friendly, & healthy flooring options. When we really dug into the details, there were definitely some surprises here. Bamboo came in at #4. Polished concrete came in at #5. Read the report for why and the FAQ for how the ranking changes if you base it on JUST sustainability, health or convenience.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/most-sustainable-flooring-materials/

DIY Grid-tie Remote Energy Infrastructure Setup and Construction How-to

Our team has been singularly focused on the creative and research process for the past 18 months or so. Managing this has gotten me way behind on sharing the results of thousands of hours of work we\'ve done. Starting now, I\'m going to get caught up on the sharing process of what looks to be about 30 open source research tutorials. Here is the first one. This is the research we\'ve done on DIY remote energy infrastructure setup. If you plan to build a remote community, home or business powered with solar or wind and with a grid-tie backup, this tutorial is filled with information you should understand. It includes why a grid-tie backup might be worth considering too.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/grid-tie-remote-energy-infrastructure-setup-how-to-tutorial/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #485

One Community is advancing sustainable living through open source and free-shared tools and tutorials covering all aspects of eco-living and eco-community construction. They are designed to build teacher/demonstration hubs that will create even more. This is the July 10th, 2022 edition (#485) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/advancing-sustainable-living/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #484

Adaptable solutions for community living are needed to address both the diverse needs and evolving challenges of our growing global population. To meet this need, we are creating and evolution of sustainability through open source and free-shared sustainability solutions covering food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the July 3rd, 2022 edition (#484) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/adaptable-solutions-for-community-living/

Climate Impact of Biking vs. Driving :: Data, Benefits, Actions You Can Take

The climate impact of biking vs. driving is larger than most people know. Let\'s explore the data, benefits, and actions you can easily take.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/climate-impact-of-biking-vs-driving/