Chayote: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | Other Resources | More

Chayote: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | Other Resources | More

Growing your own food has been said to be like printing your own money. It's also an opportunity to grow foods like chayote that may be very difficult to buy in your average grocery store. Here's an open source guide to growing your own.

If you know of any great chayote recipes or resources of your own, please share them.

One Community Welcomes Ana Carolina to the Design Team

One Community Welcomes Ana Carolina to the Design Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Ana Carolina as our most recent member of the Design Team. Ana Carolina is a 3rd-year Industrial Design and Service Design Student from Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program. She spent the last two months diligently working on the details of the Tree House Village function and design.

Read her complete bio here: 

http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-ana-carolina-to-the-design-team

Thank you Ana Carolina!

One Community Welcomes Fernando Carvalho to the Mechanical Engineering Team

One Community Welcomes Fernando Carvalho to the Mechanical Engineering Team

One Community is happy to feature and thank Fernando Carvalho as our most recent member of the Mechanical Engineering Team! Fernando is a 4th-year Mechanical Engineering Student from Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program. He has spent the last two months working diligently on the heat exchanger details for the City Center laundry and Earthbag Village showers.

Read his complete bio here: 

http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-fernando-carvalho-to-the-mechanical-engineering-team/

Thank you Fernando!

Wax Gourd/Winter Melon: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | Other Resources | More

Wax Gourd/Winter Melon: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | Other Resources | More

Ever heard of or eaten Wax Gourd?

Wax gourds, also known as winter melons, are arguably the largest cold season melons. They can grow as large 15 inches in diameter and weigh more than 30 pounds, which is a lot of food!

The Winter melon is historically a food staple of China, but was first cultivated in ancient Egypt. Cubed and/or sliced, winter melon can be simmered, steamed, braised or parboiled and added to stir frys. It is great in soups and also suitable for pickling and/or a tasty treat diced and candied. Another nice attribute is that whole winter melons will keep in a cool place for months.

Here's an open source guide to growing your own.

Paradigm Shifting Approaches to Persistent Global Challenges - One Community Weekly Progress Update #122

Paradigm Shifting Approaches to Persistent Global Challenges - One Community Weekly Progress Update #122

“Paradigm shifting approaches to persistent global challenges are needed if we are to create sustainable and global changes. Making sustainable living easy enough, accessible enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough so most people desire to live this way can achieve this paradigm shift. Open source sharing can accelerate the process. One Community is creating this as what we call living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the July 26th, 2015 edition (#122) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.”

Free-shared Education: Open Source Lesson Plan | Education for Life

Free-shared Education: Open Source Lesson Plan | Education for Life

What do you think? Is open source the path to creating a new human story? Is sharing and collaboration what we'll evolve to from current competitive models?

This page is an education program that could help us move that way as a society. It is purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment using the central theme of "open source." It is also open source/free-shared and globally collaborative.

Parsley: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | Resources | More

Parsley: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Recipes | Resources | More

Who likes parsley?

Parsley, thought to have originated in Sardinia, is one of the most commonly used herbs in American cuisine. Its rich in Vitamin K, a natural breath freshener, often added to shampoos, and best used fresh. With this in mind, why not grow your own?! Here's an open source guide.

Creating Global Transformational Change - One Community Weekly Progress Update #121

Creating Global Transformational Change - One Community Weekly Progress Update #121

Creating global transformational change is possible if enough people want this and participate in helping create it. Making a sustainable way of life that is also more enjoyable to live is one path to building the necessary global desire and participation. Open source sharing this approach is also important to it becoming widespread and transformational. Putting all this together is what we call living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the July 19th, 2015 edition (#121) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.

Human Body Lesson Plan - One Community

Human Body Lesson Plan - One Community

Open source and free-shared education is sustainable education! Here's a lesson plan that teaches all subjects to all learning levels using the central theme of "The Human Body."

Contact One Community if you'd like to help create more open source lesson plans like this one.

Turnips: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | Resources | Recipes | More

Turnips: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | Resources | Recipes | More

Do you like turnips? Here is a resource of resources including cultural considerations, planting guidelines, recipes, where to buy, and more.

Love them or not, turnips are a "starch" vegetable, but provide only one third the amounts of calories as an equal amount of potatoes. They are an excellent source of vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, manganese, pantothenic acid, and copper. They also offer a very good source of thiamine, potassium, niacin, and magnesium. In addition, they are a good source of vitamin B6 and E, folic acid, and riboflavin.

Open Source Progetto di lancio Blueprint Civilizzazione per un Pianeta Sostenibile

Open Source Progetto di lancio Blueprint Civilizzazione per un Pianeta Sostenibile

One Community is happy to announce the completion of another page translated into Italian: The One Community Open Source 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!

Proactive, Innovative, and Duplicable Sustainability - One Community Weekly Progress Update #120

Proactive, Innovative, and Duplicable Sustainability - One Community Weekly Progress Update #120

“Creating proactive, innovative, and duplicable sustainability is one path to a world that works for everyone. Through open source and self-replicating and self-sustainable teacher/demonstration models purposed to provide a healthier, sustainable and more enjoyable living experience, we can create world change founded on providing a better way of living that helps others to live better too. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the July 5th, 2015 edition (#120) of our weekly progress update detailing our team's development and accomplishments.”

Free-shared Education - Dreams Lesson Plan: All Ages ● All Learning Levels ● Any Environment ● Open Source & Globally Collaborative

Free-shared Education - Dreams Lesson Plan: All Ages ● All Learning Levels ● Any Environment ● Open Source & Globally Collaborative

What dreams can we use to create the new story of humanity that includes a world that works for everyone?

Here's an open source and free-shared lesson plan that uses "dreams" as the central theme for teaching all subjects, to any learning level, in any learning environment. It is part of One Community’s much larger open source, free-shared, and globally collaborative “Highest Good education” component for creating sustainable, self-sufficient and self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages and cities to be built around the world.

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

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

Parsnips are a good source of vitamin C and vitamin B which assists in the functioning of the digestive system, skin and nerves. They also provide some vitamin E and, in Roman times, were believed to be an aphrodisiac. They are commonly served fried, roasted, boiled or steamed and can be used as a thickener in certain types of soup... they also come in a much more diverse variety than what you typically find in the grocery store. This open source DIY parsnip resource shares some rare varieties along with cultural considerations, planting guidelines, where to buy seeds, recipes, and more.

Movement & Development Lesson Plan: All Subjects | Any Age | Any Learning Environment| Open Source & Globally Collaborative

Movement & Development Lesson Plan: All Subjects | Any Age | Any Learning Environment| Open Source & Globally Collaborative

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual." - Albert Einstein

How about we create open source, free-shared, and globally collaborative education programs that provide unlimited opportunity for development? This lesson plan is part of a program purposed for that. It teaches all subjects, to any learning level, in any learning environment using the central theme of Movement and Development.

Melons: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy Heirloom Seeds | Recipes | More

Melons: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy Heirloom Seeds | Recipes | More

Melons are arguably some of the easiest and most fun foods to grow. They produce large and tasty fruits and they sprout quickly and grow fairly fast. Here is an open source guide to growing them that includes some heirloom varieties you've probably never seen or heard of.

Have a great melon resource you'd like to share? Please add it in the comments.

Pragmatic Utopia Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #119

Pragmatic Utopia Creation - One Community Weekly Progress Update #119

“Let's engage in pragmatic utopia creation. The solutions to the greatest challenges our world is currently facing already exist. A world that works for everyone is no longer an unachievable idealistic dream. Through open source and self-replicating and self-sustainable teacher/demonstration models purposed to provide a healthier, sustainable and more enjoyable living experience, we can create world change. One Community calls this living and creating for The Highest Good of All. This is the June 21st, 2015 edition (#119) of our weekly progress update detailing the previous week's development and accomplishments.”

Civilization Lesson Plan - One Community

Civilization Lesson Plan - One Community

As we wrap up the 4th of July holiday here in the US of A, what better time than now to reflect on the civilization we've built here. What have we done well, what could we have done differently and where can we now improve?

If you'd like to get your creative and critical-thinking juices flowing, this page might help. It is an open source and free-share lesson plan guide purposed to teach all subjects to any learning level in any learning environment using the central theme of "Civilization."

One Community Welcomes Ana Almeida to the Architecture Team

One Community Welcomes Ana Almeida to the Architecture Team

One Community welcomes Ana Almeida to the Architecture Team as our newest Partner/Consultant! Ana is an Architecture and Urban Planning student from Fluminense Federal University in Brazil currently in the United States through the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program. She believes that it is possible to build with low impact, distinct design while using technology in favor of the environment. As a member of the One Community team, Ana is helping with research for the Duplicable City Center Kitchen, Earthbag and Aircrete crowdfunding campaign, Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan cost analysis and temporary-kitchen design, the Ultimate Classroom design, and various elements of the seven village models too.

Read her complete bio here:

http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-ana-almeida-to-the-architecture-team/

Welcome to the team Ana!

One Community Welcomes Gabriel Madeira to the Graphic Design Team

One Community Welcomes Gabriel Madeira to the Graphic Design Team

One Community welcomes Gabriel Madeira to the Graphic Design Team as our newest Partner/Consultant! Gabriel is a 4th-year Industrial Design student with a Technical in Graphic Design. He has a high working knowledge in many software programs including Adobe (Photoshop, Indesign, and Illustrator), Solidworks, Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Keyshot, and Sketchbook Pro. With this knowledge and with his experiences in 3D modeling and rendering from his previous internships, Gabriel brings his experience to the One Community team to work on the dome-home furniture and Duplicable City Center renders.

Welcome to the team Gabriel!

One Community Welcomes Fabio Rodrigues to the Electrical Engineering Team

One Community Welcomes Fabio Rodrigues to the Electrical Engineering Team

One Community welcomes Fabio Rodrigues to the Electrical Engineering Team as our newest Partner/Consultant! Fabio is a 3rd-year Electrical Engineering student from Brazil who has developed skills in softwares including AutoCad, SolidWorks, MatLab, and C++. As a member of the One Community team Fabio is helping with the creation of residential control systems, electrical designs and schematics for sustainable housing in all 7 sustainable village models and the Duplicable City Center.

Welcome to the team Fabio!

Peppers: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Buying Heirloom Seeds | Recipes | More

Peppers: Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Buying Heirloom Seeds | Recipes | More

Chili peppers have been studied for their benefits to help prevent heart disease, improve weight loss, lower cholesterol, preventing bacterial infections, improving digestion and more.

Would you like a larger variety than what you see in the store, all grown without pesticides or other poisons? If so, you might want to consider growing your own. Here's an open source resource to help you do that.

One Community Welcomes Igor Castro to the Software Development Team

One Community Welcomes Igor Castro to the Software Development Team

One Community welcomes Igor Castro to the Software Development Team as our newest Partner/Consultant! Igor is a 3rd-year Management Information Systems student who has skills in Programing Languages (C, C++, Java, Pascal), Database, Systems Analysis, Information Management, Data Analysis, Project Management, and more. For One Community, Igor is the overall Team Lead and Manager for development of the Highest Good Network application.

Read his complete bio here:

http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-igor-castro-to-the-software-development-team/

Welcome to the team Igor!

Potatoes: Rare Varieties | Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Potatoes: Rare Varieties | Cultural Considerations | Planting Guidelines | Where to Buy | More

Much like rice, wheat and maize (corn), potato crops are an important part the world’s diet. They are the largest crop in the US but China is the largest producer in the world with almost 1/3rd of all potatoes harvested in China and India. There are 1000s of varieties of potatoes but almost all commercially grown potatoes are 1 of only 5 different varieties: Russet, Yukon Gold, Kennebec, Desiree and Fingerling.

Would you like to try something different? Here's an open source potato resource that provides some interesting alternatives, cultural considerations, planting guidelines, information resources, and even recipes.