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UNCED / Earth Summit
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World Summit on Sustainable Development, PrepCom 3
Active participant in Preparatory Committee meetings; developed set of proposed amendments to the Chairman's Paper; generated sets of web pages with the full text of Agenda 21 references to information, data and communication; access, participate and participation; and educate, education and awareness; made oral presentation of information ecology recommendations on sustainable development governance.
information-habitat.net/projects/wssd-pc3.htm
access to information,
dataperfect digital engines,
holistic approaches,
information ecology,
information economics,
preparatory committee,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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New York, NY
2002.03-2002.04
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World Summit on Sustainable Development, PrepCom 2
Active Participant in PrepCom; circulated Information Ecology Recommendations for the Summit; prepared sets of web pages with Agenda 21 references to Access, participate and participation and Information, data and communications.
information-habitat.net/projects/wssd-pc2.htm
information ecology,
information economics,
preparatory committee,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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New York, NY
2002.01-2002.02
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Sustainable Energy & Environment Division, UNDP
Designed and implemented World Wide Web publication of Sustainable Energy documents produced by the UN Development Programme: Energy After Rio: Prospects and Challenges, UNDP Initiative on Sustainable Energy and Energy as an Instrument for Socio-Economic Policy.
information-habitat.net/projects/undpseed.htm
access to information,
electronic publishing,
energy,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations,
web sites
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New York, NY
1997.05-1997.08
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Da Zi Bao at Rio
Published Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Exchange Process during the '92 Global Forum at Rio de Janeiro. Modified and refined Da Zi Bao database, installed software on a 20 workstation local area network. A total of fifty-eight issues of Da Zi Bao were published - in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French - with a total staff, mostly university student volunteers, of 115 people.
information-habitat.net/projects/dzb-rio.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conferences,
database,
information exchange,
interactive processes,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
training,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1992.06-1992.06
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Earth Summit PrepCom 4
information-habitat.net/projects/es-pc4.htm
access to information,
preparatory committee,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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New York, NY
1992.03-1992.04
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Global Heart Convocation
Pubished Da Zi Bao participant interactive message system - four issues with fifty-one messages from thirty-five participants- at the Global Heart Convocation organized by Terra Christa Communications, to support heart-centred and spiritual approaches to the uacoming Earth Summit / UNCED. Distributed diskette-based UNCED documents.
information-habitat.net/projects/ghc.htm
conference documents,
conferences,
dataperfect digital engines,
participant interactive message system,
unced / earth summit
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Tucson, AZ
1992.02-1992.02
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Global Structures Convocation
Published seven issues of Da Zi Bao as a participant interactive message system for UNCED participants in a major conference on the implications and opportunities for new structures for global governance offered by the Earth Summit. The bulletin was produced with a laptop computer, clerical and sales volunteers, DataPerfect 2.3, WordPerfect 5.0, Bitstream fonts, a Canon BubbleJet printer and a local commercial photocopy center.
information-habitat.net/projects/gsc.htm
conference documents,
global governance,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit
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Washington, DC
1992.02-1992.02
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International Synergy Institute
Active participation in, and monitoring of, the proceedings of the Commission on Sustainable aevelopment, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Convention on Desertification, the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, the World Summit for Social Development, the International Conference on Population and Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations; in all these proceedings, this involved a leadership role in promoting the compilation and dissemination of documents in electronic format -- on disk and via electronic communications -- and the provision of support in the use of information and communication technology by representatives of non-governmental organizations participating in the above proceedings.
information-habitat.net/projects/isi.htm
access to information,
conferences,
database,
electronic publishing,
information exchange,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1992.01-1995.06
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Synergistic Processes project
The principal focus project has been the application of information and communication technology in support of effective communication, access to information, and broad-based participation for the non-governmental organization community in the UNCED process and follow-up activities.
Member of facilitation team at the 1993 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago, co-editea Your Voice interactive bulletin, with responsibility for special issues that organized and presented reports from a Parliament of the People and from the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.
During the UNCED preparations, project activities included the publication of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin at PrepCom IV and at the Global Forum in Rio; the latter involved publication of the bulletin in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French with a total staff, including volunteers, of 115 people. After Rio, the work involved compilation and publication of the Alternative Treaties, dissemination on disk of the official Rio agreements and the alternative treaties in several languages, the design, implementation and dissemination of a database of the NGOs accredited to UNCED and the organization of the text of the Rio agreements and the alternative treaties into a full text searchable database.
information-habitat.net/projects/spp.htm
database,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1992.01-1995.06
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Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Exchange Process
Designed, developed and implemented an relational database version of a "participant interactive message system" that was used to document and disseminate ideas, recommendations and observations of non-govermental participants at meetings and consultations in preparation for the 1992 Earth Summit.
information-habitat.net/projects/dzb.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conferences,
database,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
interactive processes,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
sustainable development,
training,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1991.12-1992.06
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On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit
On The Line served as an interim organizational name that was used between the time that funding for the publication of On The Line was terminated in the context of differences in evaluation of priorities with the Institute for Global Communications and the establishment of a relationship with the International Synergy Institute.
information-habitat.net/projects/otl.htm
access to information,
database,
electronic publishing,
information exchange,
public participation,
unced / earth summit
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Geneve, Switzerland
1991.09-1992.02
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Roots of the Future: International NGO Conference
Developed comprehensive proposal for information, communication and networking resources at the Roots of the Future international conference for NGOs sponsored by the Government of France, and organized by the Environmental Liaison Centre International, and held in Paris in preparation for UNCED; designed and published nine issues of Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Exchange Process, an interactive bulletin for participants in the conference, supervising staff of nine people; designed and supervised registration database and produced directories of conference participants; provided technical assistance in word processing, desk top publishing and electronic communications.
Disseminated conference information and documents - including Agenda Ya Wananchi - online and on disk, and continued to organize and publish Da Zi Bao at the next and final Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Environment and Development and at the Earth Summit and '92 Global Forum.
information-habitat.net/projects/paris.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conference registration,
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
dissemination of information,
information ecology,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
training,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Paris, France
1991.11-1991.12
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Earth Summit PrepCom 3
information-habitat.net/projects/es-pc3.htm
access to information,
electronic publishing,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
preparatory committee,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Geneva, Switzerland
1991.08-1991.08
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International NGO Forum preparations
Participant in NGO strategy meetings concerning the creation of the NGO Alternative Treaties; implementation of Da Zi Bao as an informal forum for exchange of NGO ideas, visions and concerns on sustainability; participant in December 1991 strategy meetings in Paris; participant in consultation and contribution to drafts of the alternative treaties on Communication, Information, Media and Networking; Education; and Sustainable Agriculture; promoted awareness of online availability of draft treaties.
information-habitat.net/projects/ingof-p.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conference registration,
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
electronic publishing,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Geneva, Switzerland
1991.08-1994.03
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Alliance of Northern People for Environment & Development
Active participant in the formative stages of ANPED including the establishment of by-laws and statement of purpose. Editor / author of the structure of the U.S. Citizens Network for UNCED that served as the template for ANPED's constituion.
information-habitat.net/projects/anped.htm
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Brussels, Belgium
1991.05-1993.01
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Center for Our Common Future
Provided global electronic distribution of Network 92, the newsletter of the Centre for Our Common Future to NGOs participating in preparations for The Earth Summit / UN Conference on Environment & Developmnet, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The success of this initiative can be measured in part by the fact that a print version of Network '92 typically would be received in Baltimore, MD at the same time as the next issue was received and redistributed electronically.
information-habitat.net/projects/cocf.htm
access to information,
electronic publishing,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
unced / earth summit
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Geneva, Switzerland
1991.04-1992.06
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Earth Summit PrepCom 2
information-habitat.net/projects/es-pc2.htm
access to information,
electronic publishing,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
preparatory committee,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Geneva, Switzerland
1991.03-1991.04
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On The Line - EcoNet/ Institute for Global Communications
Wrote and directed the successful proposal for On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit, a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation, that was designed to promote the effective use of electronic communications by NGOs involved in the UNCED preparatory process, and included the publication of a newsletter that incorporated methodological breakthroughs in on-line publishing.
information-habitat.net/projects/igc-otl.htm
electronic publishing,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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San Francisco, CA
1991.03-1991.09
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Citizens' Consultation on UNCED
Active participant in consultation with a focus on the organization and structure of a citizen's network, on the role of information and communications technology in the Earth Summit process and the successful negotiations that led to the establshment of the U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED.
information-habitat.net/projects/citcon.htm
access to information,
public participation,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Washington, DC
1990.10-1990.10
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Citizens' Consultation on UNCED - preparations
Active member of organizing committee; wrote, formatted and generated personalized invitations to the consultation; maintained database of consultation participants, and generated directory of participants; compiled, edited and formatted Consultation brochure.
information-habitat.net/projects/citcon-p.htm
conferences,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
unced / earth summit
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Washington, DC
1990.07-1990.10
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International NGO Strategy Group
Facilitation of access to - and organization, exchange and dissemination of - information within the NGO Strategy Group, and among NGOs accredited to the UN Conference on Environment and Development and participating in the PrepComms, and provision of technical support and guidance, etc. to NGO representatives.
information-habitat.net/projects/ingos.htm
access to information,
conferences,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit
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Geneva & New York,
1990.04-1992.06
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Caring for Creation secretariat
Designed and supervised the registration database for the Caring for Creation interfaith conference; desktop publishing; set up and implement accounting system using Quicken® software; provided training and supervision in database use, word processing, desk top publishing and electronic communications.
information-habitat.net/projects/cfc-s.htm
conference registration,
conferences,
database,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
religion,
unced / earth summit
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Washington, DC
1990.04-1990.06
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US Citizens Network on UNCED
Chair, Communications and Clearinghouse committee. Active participant and facilitator in the formation of the Network, and in the language and design of its formal structure; designed and maintained the initial database of Network participants, and published directories of participants; edited and published brochures and conference literature; wrote successful grant proposal that provided initial funding for the Network; designed, implemented and promoted strategies for the use of electronic conferences on the Association for Progressive Communications networks by NGOs involved in UNCED; set up and facilitated UNCED-related on-line conferences; during UNCED PrepCom I, in conjunction with Langston "Kimo" Goree, was responsible for on-line and print distribution of NGO reports sent from the first PrepCom Meeting in Nairobi; provided support and technical assistance in computer use to NGO representatives during UNCED PrepCom II.
information-habitat.net/projects/uscnu.htm
access to information,
by-laws,
conference documents,
conference registration,
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
electronic publishing,
global governance,
information ecology,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Washington, DC
1990.10-1992.06
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Earth Summit / UNCED Preparations
Active participant in and facilitator of the NGO participation process, beginning with preparations for the organizing session of the Preparatory Committee. Initially attending under the auspices of an Earthcare Interfaith Network, and was one of the key organizers of the US Citizens Network on UNCED. Pioneered the use of electronic communication, email in support of broad-based participation. Served as primary support for NGO computer centers at PrepComs. Active participant in the NGO Strategy Group, and Chair of its Information and Communications Committee. Eventually received accreditation under the auspices of the International Synergy Institute. Created database of accredited NGOs and NGO Representatives and full-text searchable database of the Rio Agreements.
information-habitat.net/projects/unced.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conferences,
database,
electronic publishing,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1989.05-1992.06
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EcoNet, Institute for Global Communications
Facilitated international electronic conferences for public participation in preparation for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; design and presentation of workshops on electronic conferencing. Provided technical assistance and support to key information providers - e.g. Centre for Our Common Future, UN Non Government Liaison Service, Environmental Liaison Centre International and the Environment and Energy Study Institute - in disseminating their newsletters and information on-line plus training and technical support to many NGO representatives. During UNCED PrepCom II and III in Geneva, managed the electronic communications room for NGOs at the Palais des Nations, providing technical support, assistance and resources in word processing and electronic communications for NGO representatives.
information-habitat.net/projects/igc-vol.htm
conferences,
electronic publishing,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit
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San Francisco, CA
1989.11-1992.09
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FGC Gathering 1989
Led section on the Environment in a workshop on Friends in Global Networks.
information-habitat.net/projects/fgc-1989.htm
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
quakers,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Canton, NY
1989.07-1989.07
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Friends in Global Networks
Developed a proposal for an Interfaith approach to the UN Conference on Environment and Development, building on the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation movement in the World Council of Churches.
information-habitat.net/projects/fgn.htm
access to information,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
peace,
public participation,
quakers,
religion,
unced / earth summit
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Baltimore, MD
1989.07-1989.12
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Globescope Pacific Assembly and Global Tomorrow Coalition
Directed, organized, supervised and edited the production of the U.S. Citizens' Response to Sustainable Development: A Preliminary Report at the Globescope Pacific Assembly, the U.S. National Public Hearings on Our Common Future. Provided database and word-processing support.
information-habitat.net/projects/gtc.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conferences,
database,
information ecology,
public participation,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Washington, DC
1989.07-1989.11
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FWCC Triennial - Section of the Americas
Participated in the Triennial Meeing of the Friends World Committee on Consultation with a focus on a concern with Unity with Nature. The meeting had an overall theme, from Micah, 6:8 "... and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" and included a focus on the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation movement in the World Council of Churches and on the preparation for the 1992 Earth Summit,
information-habitat.net/projects/fwcc1989.htm
interfaith dialogue,
quakers,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Des Moines, IA
1989.05-1989.05
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Journey through Rio, Istanbul and Beyond
A retrospective journey in the form of a chronological annotated listing of documents and web sites - with links where available - electronic mailing lists, and databases that mark some of the highlights, landmarks and processes of the journey in more detail. The journey begins as preliminary preparations are underway for the Preparatory Committee meetings for the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro through a virtual journey to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, by way of the Habitat II Conference in Istanbul.
information-habitat.net/projects/rij.htm
access to information,
art,
conferences,
database,
economics,
electronic publishing,
email lists,
habitat & human settlements,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
millennium,
nonviolence,
peace,
peace cubes,
public participation,
social development,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1989.05-
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