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Law and the Courts
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Information Habitat: Taking IT Global
A project to take the vision and practice of Information Habitat: Where Information Lives global through the platform of Taking IT GLobal, in the process building on a set of related initiatives on Taking IT Global.
information-habitat.net/projects/ih-tig.htm
art,
children,
community-based organizations,
culture,
dataperfect digital engines,
digital bridges,
digital economics,
ecological design,
freshwater,
information architecture,
information ecology,
knowledge-based economics,
law and the courts,
light and colour,
mathematics,
nonviolence,
one light in all,
open source,
peace,
public participation,
reconciliation,
sustainable economics,
values
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New York, NY
2003.06-
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Uniting for Peace Coalition
Edited a Petition for an Emergency United Nations Resolution on Iraq, and facilitated the online dissemination of the petition. The Uniting for Peace Coalition came into being with the intention of calling on the United Nations General Assembly to invoke the provisions of General Assembly Resolution 377(V), Uniting for Peace, in response to the failure of the Security Council to reach consnsus on U.S. plans for an illegal pre-emptive war against Iraq.
information-habitat.net/projects/ufp.htm
consensus documents,
electronic publishing,
email lists,
global governance,
law and the courts,
peace,
peace cubes,
public participation,
united nations,
web sites
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New York, NY
2003.02-
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Housing Court of Kings
Design, develop and implement a demonstration model of an online information ecology framework to provide increaed equity for tenants - particlarly those proceeding on a pro se basis in Landlord/Tenant cases in Housing Court.
The initiative takes its name from an real life case involving the defense of Information Habitat's home in the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Kings - better known to the world as Brooklyn.
The Housing Court of Kings offers a design that draws on the power of the Internet and modern information technology - in conjunction with relevant international agreeements - to remedy the Court's antiquated and dysfunctional information system that is a primary means by which equal protection under the law is systematically denied for low income tenants unable to qualify for legal assistance.
Housing Court of Kings also seeks to remedy current absence of any systematic documentation of the nature of the tenants' counterclaims and of the physical and environmental conditions in the tenant's apartment and building.
The project was conceived as a model by which local governmental bodies can and to demonstrate the value of consideration of relevant recommendations from the Habitat Agenda and from Agenda 21.
information-habitat.net/projects/hck.htm
access to information,
economics,
habitat & human settlements,
information ecology,
law and the courts,
new york city
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Brooklyn, NY
2000.06-
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26 Bushwick Avenue
The name Casa Color captures the theme of the small two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn's Williamsburg-Greenpoint district, occupied by Information Habitat, its founder, and his newly-wed wife - an exceptional artist, film and video maker - and where major development of the Light and Colour Cubes took place.
information-habitat.net/projects/26-bush.htm
art,
document storage,
energy,
habitat & human settlements,
law and the courts,
light and colour,
sustainable home economics
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Brooklyn, NY
1998.06-2001.04
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Baltimore City Jail Administrative Analysis
Developed microcomputer plans, training and recommendations; developed and edited Policy and Procedures Manual for compliance with Maryland State standards; published staff newsletter; produced audiovisual materials for orientation of incoming residents; developed plans and proposals; prepared budgets and position descriptions; served as in-house consultant to mid-level correctional and administrative staff, including the design and management of a process for maintenance of an orderly schedule for meals, recreation and other services to inmates.
information-habitat.net/projects/bcj-adm.htm
access to information,
administrative procedures,
baltimore,
consensus documents,
corrections,
law and the courts,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1981.10-1986.03
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Three Mile Island Unit 1 - NRC Restart Proceedings
Intervened on behalf of Chesapeake Energy Alliance in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions proceedings on the Restart of Three Mile Island, Unit I.
information-habitat.net/projects/tmi1-nrc.htm
access to information,
energy,
environment,
freshwater,
health,
law and the courts,
public participation
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1979.09-1980.09
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Chesapeake Energy Alliance
Organized and staffed literature tables on the dangers of nuclear energy and the advantages of alternative energy sources, sold bumper stickers and buttons, organized meetings and rallies. Mimeographed, collated and sorted flyers and mailings; stuffed and sorted envelopes.
Represented the Chesapeake Energy Alliance on a pro se basis in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proceedings concerning the re-start of Three Mile Island, Unit 1. In response to the flood of legal briefs in the case, proposed that a coherent system be established for identification of, and referral to briefs - leading to the subsequent adoption of such procedures by the NRC.
information-habitat.net/projects/cea.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
energy,
environment,
law and the courts,
public participation
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Baltimore, MD
1978.09-1982.07
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609 Montpelier Street
Undertook comprehensive rehabilitation of a two-storey frame house and garden; intallation of wood stove, floor vents and a whole house fan, storm wndows, wall and ceiling insulation and electrical wiring; converted a former driveway into an organic vegetable garden; became the hub of the Chesapeake Energy Alliance and - after the accident at Three Mile Island (TMI) - the home for a pro se intervention in the TMI Unit I Restart proceedings of the Nuclear Regulaory Commission.
information-habitat.net/projects/609-mont.htm
diet,
document storage,
energy,
home ownership,
law and the courts,
sustainable agriculture,
sustainable home economics,
urban agriculture,
urban gardening
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Baltimore, MD
1974.06-1984.12
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Baltimore City Jail Library
Established the first library at Baltimore City Jail; developed and implemented methodologies that became a model for prison law libraries in the State of Maryland; initiated education programs; designed and developed a simple cataloging system that was able to be managed directly by the inmate staff; trained and supervised staff of 10-12 inmate volunteers in a range of library procedures, including basic law library research in State and Federal criminal law; wrote successful proposal funding 7 full time and 5 part time positions under the Public Service Employment Program of the U.S. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA); developed and managed budgets for the library; designed and implemented audiovisual productions; supervised inmate newsletter and inmate self-help programs.
information-habitat.net/projects/bcj-libr.htm
access to information,
art,
baltimore,
corrections,
document storage,
education,
information ecology,
law and the courts,
social development,
youth
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Baltimore, MD
1974.02-1981.09
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Baltimore City Jail Corrections
Received basic training and experience in security procedures, key control and report writing. Principal duties were staffing key posts - and on occasion having responsibility for a cell block.
information-habitat.net/projects/bcj-co.htm
baltimore,
corrections,
law and the courts,
social development,
youth
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Baltimore, MD
1973.12-1974.02
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Baltimore City Jail Volunteer
Worked with a variety of self-help initiatives established by residents, including newsletter and self-help groups, and provided access to the library and its formerly inaccessible collection of law books; conducted small questionnaire-based survey on perception of self and significant others by juvenile detainees; developed preliminary proposal for a Learning Resource Center at the City Jail.
information-habitat.net/projects/bcj-vol.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
corrections,
law and the courts,
social development
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Baltimore, MD
1972.11-1973.12
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Digital Engine