Video Update

This is our first One Community video blog update. If you like this form of update, please comment, like, and/or share it so we know. If the response is positive we will do more of these. If the response is really positive we will do one a week.

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OUR FIRST VIDEO BLOG UPDATE

THE NEW AQUAPINI DESIGN UPDATE

Through ongoing consultation and design evolution with Avery Ellis (Aquaponics Specialist and owner/operator of Integrated Aquaponics), we were finally ready to get Douglas Simms Stenhouse (Architect and Water Color Artist) what he needed to produce the following design and plans. Evolutions that are new to this drawing include:

• A more efficient roof design for water collection, reducing materials needs, and increased structural integrity.
• Addition of terraced North and West walls that increase growing space and reduce retaining wall needs and cost.
• Moving the fish pond to the East end to improve ease of traffic flow and harvesting on the West end
• A direct access drive ramp that eliminates the corner we had before and will make removal of harvested food much easier
• Ramps instead of stairs to access the filtration system
• Improved filtration area design that saves space

MORE INFO: CLICK HERE FOR OUR SUSTAINABLE FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW PAGE

NEW BATHROOM PLACEMENT FOR LIVING DOME OF THE SEGO CENTER

SEGO Center City Hub updates for last week include new bathroom placement (see below), updates to the cupola (see below), and updated location of the library (pictures coming soon). These updates are compliments of the hard work of  Karl Harris (Architect Drafter, Designer, and founder of KH Designs) and Charles Mclean (Archtectural BIM Designer, College Professor, Urban Agriculture Designer – Consultant Bio coming soon). Benefits of these updates include:

Bathroom Move:

• Significant savings on plumbing
• More efficient space use
• Addition of more space for rooms
• Creation of 4 additional public bathrooms
• Elimination of the need for separate changing rooms on the ground floor
• Addition of several more ADA compliant bathrooms
• Addition of a 3rd floor bathroom
• Addition of a 3rd floor east-facing sunrise patio space

Library Move:

• Added view of the regeneration zone of the natural pool from the library
• More streamlined and open layout of the Social Dome
• Addition of several hundred feet of loft social area and dining space

Cupola Updates:

• More windows
• Materials saving removal of east walkway replaced by east-facing patio area
• Pivot doors open east and west walls (pivot doors not yet depicted)

MORE INFO: CLICK HERE FOR OUR SEGO CENTER CITY HUB OVERVIEW PAGE

EDUCATION FOR LIFE PROGRAM UPDATE

Coming in the next 24-hours but we’ve still got some finishing touches to complete. Here is the Education Portal, however, and our new collaborative input page for those that would like a preview: Collaborative Education Input Page

Solution Based Thinking: SEGO Center Open Source City Hub Progress Update

The SEGO Center City Hub is solution based thinking approach to spreading sustainability and starting  comprehensive sustainable communities, villages, and cities all over the world. This component of One Community as a duplicable teacher/demonstration community, village, and city model is purposed to provide an open source and replicable city center, demonstrate cutting-edge sustainability, to function as a community, village, or city recreation center, dining hall, and laundry facility, and to offer a green-luxury option to donors, major eco-investors, VIPs, or anyone else that might not feel like they are initially ready to stay in one of our earthbag or straw bale hand-constructed homes. Because it replaces individual kitchens, laundry rooms, and living rooms for residents, the SEGO Center also saves significant resources.

SOLUTION BASED THINKING THANKS

These most recent 3D renderings and updates are products of the hard work of Karl Harris (Architect Drafter, Designer, and founder of KH Designs) integrating the work of Meg West (Landscape Architect, Permaculturalist, and founder of Leaf Landscape) and Jennifer Engelmeier (Eco-pool and Spa Specialist and founder of www.LoveYourPool.com). Andrew Sadera (Architect Drafter and Designer) has also been an on-going contributor and consultant to this phase of component development.

SEGO CENTER CITY HUB MOST RECENT CAD EXPORT

Here is the most recent CAD export for the SEGO Center. In this past week Karl was able to integrate all of Meg’s CAD work into a master copy so we could update the SEGO Center Details Page with everyone’s combined work.

SEGO CENTER CITY HUB 4TH FLOOR EVOLUTION

This week Karl is focusing on the 4th floor meditation/multi-media center 3D renderings and design details. Here is what we’ve produced so far:

The next evolution is to add in two 7-foot pivot doors to both the East and West walls. These doors will be designed on runners so that they can be opened and positioned as desired to open the entire East and West walls for air and traffic flow and sunrise and sunset views. We will also be replacing the door seen above with a much easier to duplicate “standard” door and replacing all the windows with picture windows for increased lighting and views.

SOLUTION BASED THINKING: COMING SOON

Additionally Luis Rincon (Civil Engineer) is now working on the engineering for the SEGO Center City Hub and creating an open source tutorial for how to use the USGS Seismic data tool and factor in the data when choosing a location for building a building like this. P2S Engineering is also working on the LEED Platinum considerations, load calculations, and appropriate HVAC systems.

MORE SEGO CENTER INFORMATION

SEGO CITY HUB OVERVIEW      ●     SEGO DETAILS PAGE       ●     SEGO EVOLUTION PAGE

MORE SOLUTION BASED THINKING

7 VILLAGE PROTOTYPES ● EARTHBAG VILLAGE ● STRAW BALE VILLAGE

 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ● SUSTAINABLE FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE

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One Community on KBPK 95.5 FM Los Angeles

One Community founder Jae Sabol was recently featured on “Environmental Directions,” an international, award-winning interview radio series hosted by Nancy Pearlman. The discussion focused predominantly on sharing One Community as a path to creating increased mainstream involvement. More specifically, the years leading up to where we are now in the process, how our foundation of open source and free-shared blueprint creation is a different approach from the sustainability movement of the 60’s-80’s, and how we feel that demonstrating a more enriching living experience is essential because it specifically fulfills deeper human needs. Additional points touched on included the One Community energy infrastructure, ethical building and increasing habitat, LEED Platinum Certification of the SEGO Center City Hub (previously called The Center of Peace), and additional details revolving around our non-profit mission.

Jae was the second interview of two and can be heard at the following link starting at the 15:50 mark:

http://www.kbpk-fm.com/enviro_direct_1831.mp3

This show aired live last week on KBPK 95.5 FM Los Angeles and KAMX 94.7 FM and KJCE 1370 AM, both out of Austin, Texas.

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New Family Application Guidelines are Complete!

One Community values the collaborative and cooperative environment created by working and living as a family and we feel extending the family spirit to include all members of One Community, and ultimately all members of the entire human organism, supports happier people and the creation of a better future for the planet. We see every person, regardless of age, playing a crucial role in shaping the One Community environment and we have specifically designed the One Community education program, holistic recreation model, daily living, and construction plans with families in mind.

This week we will start posting and sharing some of the results of months of work on the One Community open source and free-shared Education For Life program designed for all ages. As part of this we are happy to announce that we’ve completed the additional application guidelines and requests for parents and their children who may wish to be a part of this education pilot program as it evolves and develops on the property.

Here are the newly created pages:

FAMILY APPLICANT OVERVIEW
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PARENT APPLICANTS
ADDITIONAL YOUNGER APPLICANT QUESTIONS

Unrelated to this, we also spent significant time today updating our revenue projections to reflect the addition of 3 rooms (one ADA compliant) in the SEGO Center City Hub and the Pod 1 redesign that will provide an additional 5 visitor rental rooms while we are building Pod 2.

UPDATED REVENUE PROJECTIONS PAGE

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New One Community Pages Created

Along with all the infrastructure and education program progress, One Community has also been working hard to respond your feedback! Here are a couple of the newest pages we’ve created:

The Importance of Financial Stability for One Community Pioneers and Our Global Goals Page: While it doesn’t cost anything to join or be a part of the One Community Pioneer Team, individual financial stability is important to our global goals and our desire to form a team thinking, creating, and living for The Highest Good of All. Our entire model is designed around building One Community as an open source prototype for self-sufficient teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities that create abundance, self-sufficiency, and frees people from the financial scarcity that we feel limits humanity’s inherent desire to want to help each other. This new page details the importance of individual financial stability in relation to these goals.

International Sustainable Development Page on the One Community www.SustainabilityNonProfit.org overview website: We’ve had tons of feedback that this website is overwhelming. In response to this we have been working to complete an overview site that will function as an easy to navigate portal to the information most relevant for those just introducing themselves to One Community. This new page on the developing SustainabilityNonProfit.org website is a summary page discussing our 4-Phase Sustainable Communities Strategy outlined in much more detail on this website.

Open Source Aquaponics/Aquapini Development Update

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! Huge gratitude goes out to the massive investment of time by our primary aquaponics consultant Avery (Aquaponics Specialist and owner/operator of Integrated Aquaponics) and previous Pioneer Dave Jones who have done the most to get us to the point we are at now.

Aquaponics/Aquapini Sketches before Architectural Plans

We just finished our meeting with Doug (Architect and Water Color Artist) and he is now going to take the images you see below and turn them into the quality he has produced for us with Pod 1 and Pod 2.

While Doug is working on the architectural plans for the commercial system depicted above, our next step is drawing out the specifics of what will be planted for each section (trees, media beds, low grow zone, creeper grow zones, and deep water culture), projecting the yields, and evolving the specifics of the aquaculture. We are also getting the plans ready for Doug for the non-commercial designs intended for backyard reproduction featuring food diversity and a more aesthetically appealing “zen garden” themed internal design that you can read more about on our Open Source Sustainable Food Production Systems Details Page.

MORE AQUAPONICS/AQUAPINI INFO

AQUAPINI OVERVIEW   ●   AQUAPINI DETAILS   ●   DESIGN NOTES   ●  FOOD RESEARCH NOTES

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