35 things you can to do to help save the planet in 2021

From opting for sustainable fashion and beauty to reducing your carbon footprint and waste, here’s how to be more sustainable

https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/35-things-you-can-do-to-help-save-the-planet-in-2021

One Community Weekly Progress Update #405

Creating a cooperative society is easier when everyone\'s basic needs are met. It is more likely for people to help others when they aren\'t struggling to survive. One Community is open source sharing all the tools, tutorials, and resources necessary to build and maintain teacher/demonstration hubs that will meet the basic needs of all residents while further evolving the instructions and resources needed to build even easier and better hubs. This is the December 27th, 2020 edition (#405) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-cooperative-society/

One Community Welcomes Sangam Stanczak to the Pioneer Team

Sangam is an Environmental Engineer (Ph.D., P.E.), Certified Yoga Instructor, and Organic Gardener. Her passion to make a positive contribution to the world has been alive since she was 10 years old. Her hope for and belief in world peace has burned strong even in the face of adversity. Although she has felt like something was missing most of her life, she has kept a smile on her face and never forgotten her dream.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/sangam-stanczak/

Alvaro Hernandez: One Community Pioneer

One Community is excited to welcome Alvaro Hernández to the Pioneer Team. Check out his bio page to learn more about him, his experience, journey to One Community, and the amazing work he\'s been doing with us.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/alvaro-hernandez/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #404

Open source collaboratives can transform our world through DIY-replicable sustainability solutions. One Community is creating the open source tools and tutorials to construct and coordinate a global cooperative of these as eco-villages. This is the December 20th, 2020 edition (#404) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source-collaboratives/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #403

We can achieve better living through regenerative communities. We can build more affordable, longer-lasting homes that don\'t contain toxic materials. We can grow food that is more nutritious and safer because it is fresher and not sprayed with poisons. We can provide ourselves with sustainable energy sources that are more dependable and reduce our cost of living. We can experience more recreation and relaxation options, all free and within walking distance. We can create education programs that leverage a child\'s strengths so they are both more fun and more effective. One Community is developing the open source plans for regenerative-community teacher/demonstration hubs that will demonstrate, share, and evolve all of these areas and more. This is the December 13th, 2020 edition (#403) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/better-living-through-regenerative-communities/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #402

How to help humanity help itself: DIY open source sustainability resources that provide a better living experience while also supporting global regeneration and addressing global challenges with food, energy, housing, education, etc. We can create a better world for everyone if we work together as a grassroots movement of people improving their own lives and the lives of others through sustainable living practices. This is the December 6th, 2020 edition (#402) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/how-to-help-humanity-help-itself/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #401

One Community is helping people create a sustainable world through open source sustainability plans covering all aspects of sustainable living. They include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the November 29th, 2020 edition (#401) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/helping-people-create-a-sustainable-world/

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

Newly finished small & large-scale community recycling, reuse, & repurposing options for glass tutorial. Group & individual options for recycling bottles, jars, etc.

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

Big Oil And Big Tech Are Spending Billions On Renewable Energy | OilPrice.com

Big Oil and Big Tech are among the leading buyers of renewable energy certificates as investor pressure to go green continues mount

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Big-Oil-And-Big-Tech-Are-Spending-Billions-On-Renewable-Energy.html

One Community Weekly Progress Update #399

We\'re building a model for addressing social inequality with open source sustainability. We\'re doing this through open source plans and resources that cover everything from food and housing to education and economics. Together, these open source communities will provide a better way of living than most people are living right now. People with shared values and desires will be able to come together and replicate what we\'re doing more affordably than current living models, providing a path to social equality and financial freedom for anyone willing to collaboratively work towards it. This is the November 15th, 2020 edition (#399) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/addressing-social-inequality-with-open-source-sustainability/

Hydro Energy, Trompe, and Ram Pump Infrastructure Setup and Maintenance

Newly finished open source resource from One Community covering micro-hydro energy (turbines, trompes, ram pump, trompe hammer) setup and implementation research.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/hydro-energy-setup-maintenance/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #398

One Community sees itself as a long-term sustainable-change engine that, once started, will continue to grow, improve, and replicate on its own. To make this possible, we\'re open sourcing everything necessary to build the prototype and invite people to participate and see for themselves that a better life is possible through cooperative and sustainable living. This is the November 8th, 2020 edition (#398) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/long-term-sustainable-change-engine/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #397

One Community sees a global eco-collaborative movement as the pathway to a sustainable world that will benefit all people and life on this planet. We are supporting this with the open source and free-shared plans necessary to build a global cooperative of teacher/demonstration hubs to help others build even more teacher demonstration hubs so everyone interested in joining the movement will have a way to do so. This is the November 1st, 2020 edition (#397) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-eco-collaborative-movement/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #396

It\'s time for experiential social change. Rather than tell people we need a sustainable planet, let\'s provide an experience of living that is better than how most people are living right now because it is built on a foundation of sustainable principles. Let\'s give people the experience of a better way of living, and open source and free-share the path to replicating it. One Community is doing this and we call it living and creating for \"The Highest Good of All.\" This is the October 25th, 2020 edition (#396) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/experiential-social-change/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #394

Conscientious community creation is one possible foundation for global regeneration. One Community is supporting this through open source plans for a self-replicating prototype. It includes open source, sustainable, and DIY-replicable 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 October 11th, 2020 edition (#394) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/conscientious-community-creation/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #393

What does a blueprint for widespread and lasting sustainability look like? One Community\'s vision is a global collaborative of self-replicating eco-communities working together for the \"Highest Good\" of all people and life on this planet. We\'re creating the necessary open source plans to launch this. This is the October 4th, 2020 edition (#393) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/widespread-and-lasting-sustainability/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #392

“One Community has spent the last 10 years creating an open source global conservation model. It covers all aspects of a sustainable civilization for the 21st century. Sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices are all integrated and designed for DIY viral replication. This is the September 27th, 2020 edition (#392) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-conservation-model/

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

Check out our newly finished open source clothing recycling and repurposing tutorial! It covers how commercial clothing recycling works, how to be a better clothing recycler, how to repurpose clothing, the best DIY clothing-recycling businesses, and more.

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

One Community Weekly Progress Update #391

Adaptable solutions for eco-living are needed if we are to reach the necessary level of involvement to achieve global change. One Community is supporting this through open sourcing and free sharing all the eco-living components needed to build eco-village teacher/demonstration hubs that will develop even more adaptable solutions. We call this living and creating for \"The Highest Good of All\" and it has the potential to create a sustainable world within our lifetime. This is the September 20th, 2020 edition (#391) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

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

One Community Weekly Progress Update #390

One Community is about building DIY sustainable eco-villages that provide a better, healthier, and more enriching living experience. Our open source and free-shared designs include sustainable and \"Highest Good\" approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Our goal is to demonstrate these villages as teacher/demonstration hubs that are easy enough, affordable enough, and enjoyable enough to live in so that they spread on their own. This is the September 13th, 2020 edition (#390) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/building-diy-sustainable-eco-villages/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #389

We think humanity is on the brink of creating an age of cooperation and collaboration that will transform our society into a sustainable one. One Community is supporting this with DIY and open source and free-shared plans and tutorials for teacher/demonstration hubs that will work together in a global cooperative for \"The Highest Good of All.\" This is the September 6th, 2020 edition (#389) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-an-age-of-cooperation/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #388

Rebuilding our world as a sustainable one is possible if enough people want it. One way to achieve this is to demonstrate a self-replicating sustainability model that provides a way of living that is better than the way most people are living now. One Community\'s designs for such a way of life are an evolution of sustainability that combines sustainable approaches to food, energy, and housing with sustainable and \"Highest Good\" approaches to education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. This is the August 30th, 2020 edition (#388) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/rebuilding-our-world/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #387

What if we were globally addressing climate change with local solutions? Would this be a better approach than the government-led approaches currently being used and promoted? One Community supports doing both and we\'re leveraging our open sourcing and free sharing philosophy to help through carbon-neutral and carbon-negative 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 August 23rd, 2020 edition (#387) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/addressing-climate-change-with-local-solutions/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #386

“Has the time come for creating a new global eco-cooperative? Are we ready to work together globally to help humanity become a sustainable civilization? One Community thinks the answer to both these questions is a resounding \'YES!\' and we are creating the open source and free-shared plans necessary to achieve this. This is the August 16th, 2020 edition (#386) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-new-global-eco-cooperative/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #385

Global collaboration for The Highest Good of All can create a sustainable world. Working together, we can simultaneously address the greatest challenges of this generation and the next while improving global happiness and living standards. One Community is supporting this through Highest Good tools, tutorials, and resources covering sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the August 9th, 2020 edition (#385) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-collaboration-for-the-highest-good-of-all/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #384

Ethical cooperative replication is about open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed to build a global collaborative of teacher/demonstration hubs working together for The Highest Good of All. One Community will be the first of these hubs and will include open source plans and demonstrations of sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the August 2nd, 2020 edition (#384) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/ethical-cooperative-replication/

Newly completed DIY Sustainable Parking Lot Construction Guide

Open source DIY sustainable parking lot design, construction, cost analysis, and maintenance details for sustainable eco-villages & communities.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/sustainable-parking-lot-construction-guide/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #383

“One Community is making sustainability more accessible through open source and free-shared sustainable solutions covering food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. These resources are being designed to construction replicable teacher/demonstration hubs that will produce even more sustainable tools, tutorials, and resources. This is the July 26th, 2020 edition (#383) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/making-sustainability-more-accessible

The Power To End Capitalism

1 minute long and excellent. We DO have the power...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-w68HAn-kk&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #382

Creating a more sustainable world is easier with open source sustainability infrastructure. One Community is supporting this by creating open source plans, tools, and tutorials covering sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the July 19th, 2020 edition (#382) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-more-sustainable-world/

Interview with Jack Reed on the vision he is inspiring for intentional community

Jack Reed is the author of “The Next Evolution: A Blueprint for Transforming the Planet” and One Community\'s collaborative friend who teaches our consensus trainings. In this interview he talks about what the consciousness for The Highest Good of All is, why it is important, and the world we’re capable of creating by bringing together the people who carry this consciousness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lD6JeKsueU&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #381

“One Community has developed an open source sustainability model capable of creating global sustainability within our lifetime. When the designs are complete, we\'ll use them to launch a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs designed to help people replicate sustainable environments integrating ecological and \"Highest Good\" approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Doing this so they are modular and easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on their own is how we will accomplish our global sustainability goal. This is the July 12th, 2020 edition (#381) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/an-open-source-sustainability-model/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #380

One Community is creating an open source blueprint for ecological living. It includes open source and sustainable approaches for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. When the plans are complete, we\'ll use them to build the first teacher/demonstration hub to check our work, add video and other media elements, and begin the global replication process. This is the June 5th, 2020 edition (#380) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/a-blueprint-for-ecological-living/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #379

“Building open source sustainable communities is possible just like building anything else open source. One Community is doing this for \"The Highest Good of All.\" Step one is finishing the open source designs for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices. Step two is confirm everything is correct as we use them to build the initial teacher/demonstration community. Step three is hosting visitors and supporting others for global replication as we continue to build the additional open source village models. This is the June 28th, 2020 edition (#379) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/building-open-source-sustainable-communities/

One Community Earthbag Village Walkthrough

Newly completed One Community Earthbag Village walkthrough video. Complete details on this open source village can be found here: https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/earthbag-village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsA4J2rpTzE&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #378

“Sustainable global change is possible if enough people want it. One Community sees the path to accomplishing this as making such change easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on its own. We\'re designing and will build the first DIY-replicable teacher/demonstration hub to start the process. Over 400 volunteers have contributed to the open source and free-shared plans we\'re developing. These plans cover sustainable and \"Highest Good\" 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 June 21st, 2020 edition (#378) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/sustainable-global-change/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #377

One Community is open sourcing renewable eco-collaboratives. We are doing this to build the first of a global network of  teacher/demonstration hubs designed to help people replicate sustainable environments integrating ecological and \"Highest Good\" approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. We see doing this so they are easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on their own as a path to global sustainability within our lifetime. This is the June 14th, 2020 edition (#377) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/renewable-eco-collaboratives/

HOW NOT TO GO EXTINCT | Daniel Schmachtenberger

Here is an outstanding 6-minute video that dives deep into how our society is currently valuing things and how we can change for the better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A41z7UD3NsU&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #376

“Open source eco-village design has the potential to launch a new paradigm of individual and large-scale DIY-sustainable living. One Community is focused on building the first large-scale open source, 100% replicable, teacher/demonstration hub dedicated to this. Our 100% volunteer team is developing the plans necessary for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the June 7th, 2020 edition (#376) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source-eco-village-design/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #375

“Raising planetary sustainability consciousness is necessary if we want to create global sustainability. Showing people how sustainability can improve their lives, health, and happiness while reducing the cost of living is one way to accomplish this. One Community is creating open source and free-shared plans to build and share teacher/demonstration hubs that will do this for \"The Highest Good of All.\" This is the May 31st, 2020 edition (#375) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/raising-planetary-sustainability-consciousness/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #374

“One Community is creating a new sustainability path with open source and sustainable teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will teach people DIY-replicable models for eco-living. The plans we are 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 May 24th, 2020 edition (#374) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-new-sustainability-path/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #373

Open source cooperatives are the think tanks necessary to address the evolving challenges of this generation and generations to come. One Community is creating open source plans to build teacher/demonstration hubs that will share and teach people how to create complete living environments dedicated to this. Our plans include sustainable and DIY-replicable 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 May 17th, 2020 edition (#373) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source-cooperatives/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #372

“One Community is building the foundation for conservation collaboratives. These will form a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs designed to help people replicate and evolve sustainable environments integrating ecological and \"Highest Good\" approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Doing this so they are easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on their own is a path to global sustainability within our lifetime. This is the May 10th, 2020 edition (#372) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/conservation-collaboratives/

One Community Welcomes Alvaro Hernández to the Highest Good Software and Web Design Team!

Alvaro has over 8 years of Tech Entrepreneurship experience with most of that time in social projects. He has provided consultancy services to a variety of businesses about the selection and implementation of open source technology in their processes. He shares the vision and the values of One Community and is committed to help at least 1 million people to achieve the life of their dreams, until now the best path he has found to attain this is a comprehensive demonstration of a Resource Based Economy. Recreationally, Alvaro enjoys dancing and prides himself in being an exceptional self-learner. As a member of the One Community team, Alvaro is on the path to becoming a One Community Pioneer and helping to develop the Highest Good Network and open source web tutorials.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-alvaro-hernandez-to-the-highest-good-software-and-web-design-team/

One Community welcomes Radhieka Nagpal to the Research Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Radhieka has over a year of experience working in tech consulting for one of the Big 4 firms and has received several awards during her tenure. While professionally rewarding, her passion for sustainability and its potential to have a positive impact on the environment, economy and human lives led her to exploring career opportunities as a climate change consultant. Radhieka wishes to utilize and promote the existence of sustainable alternatives to help reduce the global carbon footprint, especially by large scale industries. In the future, she wishes to be in a position to advise governments and organizations on the best sustainable practices. As a member of the One Community team, Radhieka is following her passion and desire to help reduce the global carbon footprint by helping develop the Most Sustainable Building Materials: Carpet, Flooring, Wood, Etc. tutorial, a tutorial with in-depth research on dramatically reducing our carbon footprint.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-radhieka-nagpal-to-the-research-team/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #371

“Global regeneration has never been needed more. One Community is creating open source plans to build teacher/demonstration hubs that will share and teach people how to accomplish it. These plans include sustainable and DIY-replicable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. When combined, they will demonstrate an example of what we call living and creating for \"The Highest Good of All.\" This is the May 3rd, 2020 edition (#371) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-regeneration/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #370

Creating a sustainable world is possible if enough people want it. One Community sees the path to accomplishing this as making sustainability easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive enough to spread on its own. We\'re designing and will build the first DIY-replicable teacher/demonstration hub to start the process. This is the April 26th, 2020 edition (#370) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-sustainable-world/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #369

“Conscious and conscientious global caretaking is possible. This planet is the only one we have to live on, it is our one shared home. One Community is helping to make it a sustainable planet and home through open source and 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 April 19th, 2020 edition (#369) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/global-caretaking/

One Community Welcomes Henry Nguyen to the Software Development Team!

Having earned his BS in Computer Sciences and minored in nterdisciplinary Arts at the University of Washington, Henry is both a software developer and an artist. He also loves to work with communities, connecting and bringing people together. Born in Vietnam, Henry came to the US in 2013 and helped build a Vietnamese community in Seattle that grew to one of the largest Vietnamese communities in the US. As a community builder he has also been a video maker, administrator, and a web developer. Henry feels software programming is the art of connecting people, so he has a passion for making software that can help people connect to each other. Henry joined the Highest Good Network team to be a part of a project that supports and connects people globally.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/one-community-welcomes-henry-nguyen-to-the-software-development-team/