One Community Weekly Progress Update #509

One Community is creating the building blocks for communal permanence. They include food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. We\'re open sourcing and free sharing each component as we\'re developing them so we can build a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs designed to evolve the plans and develop even more. This is the December 25th, 2022 edition (#509) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/communal-permanence/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #508

One Community is making living a more luxurious life through sustainability easier with open source and free-shared DIY-replicable and how-to plans for comprehensively sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Combined, these plans will be used to construct One Community as the first of many teacher/demonstration hubs that will teach, evolve, and open source even more plans. This is the December 18th, 2022 edition (#508) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/living-a-more-luxurious-life-through-sustainability/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #507

\"Creating an abundant planet is recognizing that global abundance is measured by those of us who have the least. To help those who need help the most, while helping everyone else too, One Community is creating open source and free-shared plans for teacher/demonstration hubs that will teach, evolve, and make globally accessible sustainable, regenerative, and 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 December 11th, 2022 edition (#507) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.\"

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-an-abundant-planet/

Duplicable City Center Tour - One Community Global

One Community is developing the largest open source building in the world. Be one of the first to watch our new 3-minute tour. https://youtu.be/Rh_08ufpbsA #SustainableArchitecture #LEED #OneCommunityGlobal #OpenSourceArchitecture #GreenLiving #Ecovillage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_08ufpbsA&feature=youtu.be

Now is the time to create the world we know is possible...

One Community is facilitating the evolution of our planet and our species to sustainably live and create. Our path to accomplishing this is to inspire people with a working model. This model is designed for widespread appeal by being affordable, applicable across a diversity of cultures, easily accessible, created so that people with average knowledge and little or no experience can duplicate it, and with a marketing engine capable of exposing enough people to build the necessary momentum for it to continue on its own.

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

One Community Weekly Progress Update #505

One Community is demonstrating ethics as a design science by applying our values for the \"Highest Good\" of all people and life on this planet to every area we\'ve identified as necessary to achieve a truly sustainable civilization. This includes developing open source and free-shared sustainability models for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Combined, they will be used to construct teacher/demonstration hubs that will share and evolve these ideas even more. This is the November 27th, 2022 edition (#505) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/ethics-as-a-design-science/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #504

Working with nature is only one part of being conscious and conscientious global stewards. To really make a difference, sustainably addressing our systems for food, energy, housing, and even education, economic design, and social architecture is needed. One Community is designing open source and free-shared plans that do this for all these areas and more. This is the November 20th, 2022 edition (#504) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/working-with-nature/

One Community Global - 3-minute Overview of Who We Are and What We Are Creating

Check out our new 3-minute overview video. We\'ve been working on this for the last month or so and think it is the best representation yet of what we\'re doing and creating, sharing interview footage and over 200 images of the work we\'ve completed so far. \"One Community is a Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization, and what we’re creating is open source and free-shared blueprints and resources, tools and tutorials, and do-it-yourself instructions for all aspects of what we call “Highest Good Living”...\"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7MUY0IJ4FY&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #503

One Community is charting a path to true wealth using radical sustainability. We\'re doing this because we believe it\'s not money that people want, but rather the things money can (and can\'t) buy. In our opinion, \"true wealth\" is a life that fully meets our foundational needs, builds and maintains quality relationships, includes more of the things that make us happy and more time to do those things, and, in the case of our team, makes a difference in the world. Our open source and free-shared plans are designed to achieve all of these and more. This is the November 13th, 2022 edition (#503) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/a-path-to-true-wealth/

Extreme Build of the Seed Eco-Home | Open Source Ecology

Check this out from our friends at Open Source Ecology. Build a 1300 square foot Seed Eco-Home with 6 kW of solar electric – site-built and code-compliant, in just FIVE DAYS!

https://www.opensourceecology.org/extreme-build-of-the-seed-eco-home/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #502

From One Community\'s perspective, all the systems we are developing are earth care systems because they are all designed with sustainability in mind. From the open source and free-shared food, energy, and housing plans to the education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices, everything we\'re creating to the best of our ability in the \"Highest Good\" of all people, all life, and the planet. This is the November 6th, 2022 edition (#502) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/earth-care-systems/

One Community Global - A Sustainable World IS Possible

One Community Global - A Sustainable World IS Possible We\'ve completed an updated version of another one of our overview videos. It\'s less than 2 minutes long, check it out! \"Technology and communication have progressed to the point that we are capable of creating an infrastructure of food, energy, and structure self-sufficiency, AND a global network for sharing and evolving it. With this foundation, we can relearn, redefine, and refocus what living is about...\"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZXu7BWNXkI&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #501

Creating a meaningful life is challenging when basic survival needs aren’t being met. One Community is creating open source and sustainable food, energy, and housing plans to address this. We see open source and sustainable plans for education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices as part of the solution too. This is the October 30th, 2022 edition (#501) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-a-meaningful-life/

One Community Global: 4-Phase Strategy Overview

\"Sustainable world development is possible if enough people want it. For that to happen a working model with widespread appeal must be created. It will be affordable, applicable across a diversity of cultures, easily accessible, created so that normal people with average knowledge and little or no experience can duplicate it, and it will have a method for capturing public attention...\" Here\'s our video talking about the four phases of development.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3iGWgIt-oI&feature=youtu.be

One Community Weekly Progress Update #500

Preserving conditions that make life wonderful is something that can be studied, quantified, constructed and replicated. One Community is developing open source and free-shared models to achieve this. 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 October 23rd, 2022 edition (#500) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/preserving-conditions-that-make-life-wonderful/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #499

Open sourcing applied eco-knowledge is what One Community is all about. We are doing this for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. The plans we are developing will be used to construct teacher/demonstration hubs that will share and evolve these plans further and as a pathway to global sustainability. This is the October 16th, 2022 edition (#499) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/applied-eco-knowledge/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #497

Creating an abundant world through sustainability will benefit us all. We have the technology and ability to do this and address our generation’s greatest challenges. One Community is creating open source and free-shared community teacher/demonstration hub models and plans to form a global collaboration that will lead the way by demonstrating what is possible and how to replicate the models and components. 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 October 2nd, 2022 edition (#497) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/creating-an-abundant-world/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #496

By forwarding abundance through community living models, we can decrease the amount of time invested in tasks we don\'t enjoy and increase our time doing things we love. One Community is adding to this the ability to create positive global change and we\'re developing open source and free-shared community teacher/demonstration hubs to lead the way. This is the September 25th, 2022 edition (#496) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/abundance-through-community-living-models/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #495

Building eco-systemic permanence means building systems designed to last because they integrate with and support Earth\'s natural systems that we all depend on. One Community is including open source and free-shared DIY-sustainable models covering food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the September 18th, 2022 edition (#495) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/building-eco-systemic-permanence/

Patagonia founder gives away company to help fight climate crisis

Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of the outdoor apparel brand Patagonia, said on Wednesday he is giving away the company to a trust that will use its profit to fight the climate crisis. Instead of selling the company or taking it public, Chouinard, who became famous for alpine climbs in Yosemite National Park and has a net worth of $1.2 billion, is transferring his family\'s ownership of the company to a trust and a non-profit organization. \"Each year, the money we make after reinvesting in the business will be distributed as a dividend to help fight the crisis,\" he wrote in an open letter on the company\'s website on Wednesday.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/patagonia-founder-gives-away-company-225355735.html

Mature Ethical Behavior – One Community Weekly Progress Update #494

We have the ability to develop living models demonstrating and supporting mature ethical behavior. One Community is developing them to apply 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” and we are open sourcing and free sharing the plans. This is the September 11th, 2022 edition (#494) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/mature-ethical-behavior/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #493

Humanity becoming responsible stewards for our planet means engaging the interconnectedness of natural systems and integrating this into our design, construction, and living models. One Community is doing this with open source and free-shared DIY plans covering 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 4th, 2022 edition (#493) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/engaging-the-interconnectedness-of-natural-systems/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #492

Accounting for our actions in as many ways as possible means minimizing our negative impact and maximizing our regenerative impact. One Community is designing solutions for this purpose. This addresses all aspects of a sustainable civilization: food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the August 28th, 2022 edition (#492) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/accounting-for-our-actions-in-as-many-ways-as-possible/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #491

One Community is designing an eco-path to living a more luxurious life. It is open source and free-shared and includes everything needed for comprehensive sustainability: food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Combined, these components will be used to build a global collaborative of teacher/demonstration hubs that will evolve and spread these approaches even more. This is the August 21st, 2022 edition (#491) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/eco-path-to-living-a-more-luxurious-life/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #490

Addressing social inequality with global sustainability cooperatives is one way to make a global difference while regenerating our planet and ourselves. One Community is designing models for this that include sustainable and DIY-replicable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. This is the August 14th, 2022 edition (#490) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/addressing-social-inequality-with-global-sustainability-cooperatives/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #489

The time has come for creating a blueprint for a sustainable earth. We’re creating one that is open source and free-shared, includes all aspects of sustainable living, demonstrates a more luxurious living experience, and designed to build DIY-replicable teacher/demonstration hubs that will further the movement and make comprehensive sustainability accessible to anyone who wants it. This is the August 7th, 2022 edition (#489) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/a-blueprint-for-a-sustainable-earth/

Eco-community Electric Vehicle Integration & Charging Infrastructure Guide

Newly completed tutorial about electric vehicle integration for sustainable communities. It covers eco-village electric vehicle (EV) selection, integration and charging infrastructure setup.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/eco-community-electric-vehicle-integration-and-charging-infrastructure-guide/

Best and #MostSustainable #WaterSaving #Faucets and #FaucetAttachments

Conserving water with low-flow/water-saving eco-friendly faucets. Our choices after 40+ hours of research on products, accessories, reviews, features, etc.

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

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

Open source paper recycling and repurposing tutorial covering how commercial paper recycling works, how to be a better paper recycler, how to make your own paper, the best DIY paper recycling options, the best small and large-scale community paper recycling options and more. https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/best-small-and-large-scale-paper-recycling-reuse-and-repurposing-options/

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

Most Sustainable and Safe Paints, Primers, Varnishes, Stains, and Sealers

20+ hours researching the safest, best, & most sustainable paints, primers, varnishes, stains, and sealers: LEED compliance, VOCs, SVOCs, Heavy Metals, etc.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/most-sustainable-paints-stains-varnish-sealers/

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/

One Community Weekly Progress Update #483

We\'re creating a more sustainable world through open source and free-shared sustainability resources covering food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Combining these, we will build teacher/demonstration hubs to make sustainability (and eco-communities) easy enough, affordable enough, and demonstrate the experience luxury-eco living as attractive enough to spread on its own. This is the June 26th, 2022 edition (#483) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.

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

One Community Weekly Progress Update #482

“Globally replicable eco-models are needed if we are to transition to a sustainable civilization and planet. One Community is supporting this by open sourcing and free sharing replicable sustainability 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 June 19th, 2022 edition (#482) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/globally-replicable-eco-models/