Open Source Project-launch Blueprinting Complete Civilizations for a Sustainable Planet

One Community is open source project-launch blueprinting and free-sharing everything necessary to create comprehensive sustainability and build 7 different sustainable village prototypes as a path to collaborative global change for The Highest Good of All. We are focusing on the following areas: food, energy, housing, education, business, society, and stewardship.

http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source/

Creating a New Earth: One Community Progress Update for the Last Week

One Community is focused on creating a new earth for The Highest Good of All. Open source project-launch blueprinting and free-sharing a model for self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built all over the world is our path to achieving this. We believe if we make it easy enough, affordable enough, and attractive to enough people, then we can create exponential growth and develop mainstream embracing of these concepts and literally transform life on this planet for everyone. Here is our progress update for the week of April 29th through May 5th, 2013.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/creating-a-new-earth-one-community-progress-update-for-the-last-week/

How to Create Sustainable Sustainability for The Highest Good of All

Creating sustainable sustainability for The Highest Good of all by combining fulfilled living with self-sufficient sustainable infrastructure, zero-waste living, regenerative living, a resource based economy, and a sustainability NETWORK focused on sharing and spreading these ideas.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/sustainable-sustainability/

New Page! Walipini and Aquapini Planting and Harvesting

The open source planting and harvesting plans for our Phase I food infrastructure are starting to come together. Check out the new page with the space and zone details: http://www.onecommunityranch.org/walipini-and-aquapini-planting-and-harvesting/

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/walipini-and-aquapini-planting-and-harvesting/

One Community World Change Progress Update for the Week of April 1st

Here is the written blog, details, and images that go with our "World Change Progress" video blog update (also included) for One Community's accomplishments for the week of April 1st.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/one-community-progress-update-for-the-week-of-april-1st/

New Aquapini Drawings, Open Source Blog and Updates, SEGO Center City Hub Update, and More

Here’s our sustainable living communities open source project-launch blueprinting update for the week of 3/11 including updated aquaponics/aquapini drawings, the newest SEGO Center City Hub export, open source Education for Life updates, and more. Also our weekly blog update (first three minutes) and a 17 minute discussion about what is open source project-launch blueprinting, what do we hope to accomplish with it, and why are we doing it.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/sustainable-living-communities-open-source-creation-update/

Sustainable Lifestyles: SEGO Center and Tropical Dome Updates

Here's this week's SEGO Center City Hub and Tropical Dome update and images in our on-going open source project-launch blueprinting program to promote sustainable lifestyles and create and free-share everything people need to duplicate all aspects of One Community.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/sustainable-lifestyles/

Open Source Aquaponics/Aquapini Development Update

Thank you Avery Ellis and Dave Jones! Over two years of planning and collaboration on our open source designs for aquaponics/aquapini sustainable food systems are finally at the point where we are drawing up architectural plans!

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/open-source-aquaponicsaquapini-development-update/

One Community Welcomes Luis Rincon to the SEGO Center City Hub Infrastructure Team

One Community is happy to welcome Civil Engineer Luis Rincon to the SEGO Center City Hub team. Luis is a Civil Engineering graduate from California State University with a minor in Psychology. Coming from a family of farmers greatly influenced and shaped Luis’ beliefs of shared responsibility for the common good. Because of his care for others, he began school majoring in Psychology, completed his AA, and then decided to focus on his academic strength in math and receiving his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering in 2012. Luis believes strongly in sustainable living facilitated by ingenious designs as a path to reduced consumption and this, combined with our shared values of open source contribution and educating others, is what has led Luis to volunteer his knowledge and passion to the engineering aspects of the SEGO Center.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/one-community-welcomes-luis-rincon-to-the-sego-center-city-hub-infrastructure-team/

Image Updates: SEGO Center Integration of Natural Pond Pool, Eco Hot Tub, and Changing Rooms

SEGO Center City Hub Update! This open source and free-shared piece of One Community continues to quickly evolve. Here are updated images including the newest CAD export and "finalized" natural pool and eco hot tub layout details: http://www.onecommunityranch.org/sego-center-integration-of-natural-pond-pool-eco-hot-tub-and-changing-rooms/

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/sego-center-integration-of-natural-pond-pool-eco-hot-tub-and-changing-rooms/

SEGO Center City Hub: Open Source Plans for a Sustainable City Hub

The “Center of Peace” has evolved into the SEGO Center City Hub to represent the importance and function of this building in relation to our global change strategy, its relation to the 7 different sustainable village prototypes, and its intended purpose as a “launch point” for additional self-replicating sustainable teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities like One Community.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/birth-of-the-sego-center-city-hub/

Ecological Sustainable Design Tool: The Sustainable Development Matrix Ethosolution

We just finished our ethosolution feature on a great ecological sustainable design tool called the Sustainable Development Matrix. What the Sustainable Development Matrix is is a comprehensive green development strategy proposed by Sustainable Land Development International (SLDI) for ecological sustainable design for business and land development best practices implementation. Read all about it on this page.

http://www.ethosolutions.org/green-development-strategy-the-sustainable-development-matrix/

Open Sourcing How Doug Designed Our Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Solar Array Details

Open Sourcing the Design Process: One Community’s sustainable energy infrastructure is just one aspect of our blueprints for self-sufficient and self-propagating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities strategy to be built around the world. Just as we will be showcasing a diversity of eco building methodologies and alternative food production options, so too will we showcase a diversity of alternative energy methodologies ranging from traditional generators to solar, wind, and newer technologies as they become available. Our initial system to supply for the energy needs of Pod 1, our aquaponics systems, and the Center of Peace community center is a tried-and-true 283 kWh photovoltaic solar power system.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/open-sourcing-our-photovoltaic-systems-design-process/

Exploring the Vortex Coil by 1Stop Energies

Here is the blog we promised on the Vortex Coil Technology. If you are into the idea of free energy and advances in this field, we think this is worth a look. The first video on the page shows you how to build one yourself. The other videos are the ones we thought were most important to exploring this technology further. http://www.onecommunityranch.org/renewable-energy-or-alternative-energy-the-vortex-energy-technologies/

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/renewable-energy-or-alternative-energy-the-vortex-energy-technologies/

Welcome Aravind, James, and P2S Engineering to the One Community Consultants Team!

One Community is happy to announce P2S Engineering, Aravind Batra, and James Del Monaco to the Consulting and Partners Team specifically working on the Center of Peace. Aravind is an Electrical Engineer, LEED AP and Principal fo P2S and James is a Mechanical Engineer, LEED AP, and Sustainability Director at P2S. They will be helping us so that the Center of Peace can receive sustainable buildings highest sustainability rating: LEED Platinum Certification You can learn more about Aravind, James, P2S and the rest of our team on our Team Page: http://www.sustainabilitynonprofit.org/the-one-community-team/ You can learn more about the Center of Peace here: http://www.onecommunityranch.org/center-of-peace/

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/welcome-aravind-james-and-p2s-engineering-to-the-one-community-consultants-team/

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability: Open Source Energy Infrastructure Update

Energy efficiency and sustainability go hand in hand and we have spent extensive time exploring the various energy options available with the following criteria in mind: 1. Sustainability (effective, durable, ethical) 2. Duplicability (can be shipped globally, affordable) 3. Sufficient to provide the foundation we need to explore a diversity of other options for expansion and in support of our open source goals

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/energy-efficiency-and-sustainability-open-source-energy-infrastructure-update/

Global Free-sharing and Open Source Collaboration

We've launched an international marketing campaign that is now yielding 9,000 new visitors a month to our SustainabilityNonProfit.org overview website. This is the new page we just created specifically to help international visitors to the site quickly understand who we are and who we are seeking to work with as we continue to expand our global sustainability collaborative: http://www.sustainabilitynonprofit.org/global-free-sharing-and-open-source-collaboration/

http://www.sustainabilitynonprofit.org/global-free-sharing-and-open-source-collaboration/

Dynamic Organics: Garden Tips, Water Saving Tips, Lawn Care Tips, and More

We just completed a blog for Meg West, the landscape architect helping us with The Center of Peace and host of the quarterly sustainable landscaping program “Garden Wise.” In her second episode, “Dynamic Organics,” they focus on tips from the professionals to grow your own vegetable garden, organically maintain your lawn, tips to save water, the benefits of MULCH, and more. This is our blog post including the whole show and our summary of all the main points.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/grow-your-own-vegetable-garden-organically-tips-and-tricks-from-the-garden-wise-tv-show/

Agriculture Sustainability and Seeds – “The Gift,” A 3-Minute Film by Jean-Marc Abela

When it comes to agriculture sustainability, seeds is where it all started – for human civilization and for our daily bread today. Yet, so few are saving seeds these days. Many of us do not even know what the seeds of the food we eat look like. Jean-Marc Abela created a short and beautiful video to share a perspective on seeds and life itself. If you enjoy it, please help by sharing this and voting at the end of the film.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/agriculture-sustainability-the-gift/

Self-replicating Solution Model that Creates Solution Models: One Community

By now most people know that the necessary resources and technology exist to feed, house, and provide energy for every person on Earth. Self-replicating self-sufficient teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities will provide a path to put the necessary technology and resources where they are needed most. For this to happen a working initial teacher/demonstration village with widespread appeal is being created. It will be affordable, applicable across a diversity of cultures, easily accessible, it will open source free-share what is needed so that normal people with average knowledge and little or no experience can duplicate it, and it will have a marketing engine capable of exposing enough people so that duplication by others will begin and exponentially expand implementation of this model around the world.

http://www.onecommunityranch.org/solution-based-thinking/