Open-source sustainable city designs and DIY ecology tools
One Community Global is a nonprofit building open-source blueprints and design tools for sustainable settlements. The tech stack—React, Node.js, MongoDB on the backend, paired with SketchUp, Autodesk Inventor, and Lumion for CAD/rendering—reveals an organization bridging community organizing with serious architectural and engineering work. Active hiring across design (4 roles), engineering (3), and ops (1) signals acceleration toward shipping more detailed design specs and interactive tools.
One Community Global, founded in 2011 and based in San Gabriel, California, develops open-source design frameworks and tutorials for self-sufficient, regenerative communities. The organization publishes weekly progress updates, geodesic city center designs, sustainable greenhouse systems (aquaponics and walipinis), and interactive network applications—all made freely available. The 11–50-person nonprofit operates as a research and publishing model, creating blueprints and implementation guides intended for global replication.
The organization uses React, Node.js, and MongoDB for application development; SketchUp, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, and Lumion for architectural and CAD work; and WordPress, GitHub, Azure, Dropbox, and Google Docs for infrastructure and collaboration.
Active projects include open-source geodesic city center designs, aquaponics and walipinis (sustainable greenhouse) designs and renderings, a Highest Good Network app, hub connector features, and weekly progress documentation and announcements.
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