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Annotated chronological list of publications
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Queries on Opening to the Light Morley, Barry, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. |
1988.08 State College |
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An inspiring set of Quaker Queries on Opening to the Light, presented by Barry Morley at Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1988. |
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Queries on Unity with Nature Pollard, Robert. Clerk, Publication Committee, Friends Committee on Unity With Nature. |
1989.04 Baltimore |
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Queries, or probing questions, representing a compilation and synthesis of queries on Unity with Nature that had been developed by Friends (Quakers) at Monthly and Yearly meetings across the U.S.A., from a perspective that sees people in unity with nature, not apart from it. These queries were subsequently published as the Quaker contribution to the 1989 Environmental Sabbath resource guide developed by the U.N. Environment Programme. |
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Walking Gently on the Earth Phillips, Jack; edited by Pollard, Robert, Friends Committee on Unity With Nature. |
1989.04 Baltimore |
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A checklist, compiled by the Friends Committee on Unity with Nature and supported by appropriate queries, to encourage exploration as to how gently we are walking on the earth, what changes in actions and attitudes and what resources can support our transition towards a right relationship with the earth. |
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Foundations for a Sustainable Common Future Pollard, Robert, Earthcare Interfaith Network. |
1989.08 Baltimore |
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Identification of value issues that are key to a transition to a sustainable future; need for holistic approaches, interfaith cooperation, integrating faith and practice, networking skills, and participation in UNCED preparations. Testimony presented at the Globescope Pacific Assembly, Los Angeles, November 1989. |
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Queries on Environment and Development Pollard, Robert. Clerk, Publication Committee, Friends Committee on Unity With Nature. |
1989.08 Baltimore |
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A set of queries developed for Friends Committee on Unity with Nature for submission as testimony to the Globescope Pacific Assembly in Los Angeles with the intention of examining spiritual dimensions of environment and development. The Queries were later used as key themes by the organizers of The Other Economic Summit in 1997 (TOES-97). |
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Notes on a Nature Rights Amendment Pollard, Robert, Earthcare Interfaith Network. |
1989.11 Los Angeles |
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Preliminary notes discussing considerations for a Nature Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and proposed text of such an amendment that would give legal standing in the courts to the earth, or any part of it, any species of plant or animal, or any member of such species. |
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Balance with Nature Pollard, Robert, Earthcare Interfaith Network. |
1989.11 Los Angeles |
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Identification of an imbalance with nature as a central theme underlying the major global crises we face, and the need for a spiritual response. Testimony presented at the Globescope Pacific Assembly, Los Angeles, 1989.11 |
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U.S. Citizens' Response to Sustainable Development: A Preliminary Report Pollard, Robert; Stewart, Jim. Production, Global Tomorrow Coalition. |
1989.11 Los Angeles |
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Action recommendations of the eight working groups -- organized by sector of society -- that met during the Globescope Pacific Assembly in Los Angeles, November 1989, in US National Public Hearings on the Brundtland Report and in preparation for participation in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - the Earth Summit. |
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Oh Say Can You See By the One Light in All! Pollard, Robert, Interfaith Committee, Baltimore Earthday. |
1990.04 Baltimore |
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"Oh Say Can You See By the One Light in All!" was dedicated as the Fifth Verse of the US National Anthem at an Earth Day Interfaith Sunrise service at Fort McHenry, home of the Star-Spangled Banner and a brief description of how the Star Spangled Banner became adopted - through a grassroots process - as the U.S. National Anthem. Video by Fil Sibley, Anthem by Stephen Longfellow Fiske. |
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United Nations Conference on Environment & Development: Information, Public Participation & Communication System Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1990.06 Baltimore |
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A preliminary proposal and discussion of NGO communication and information needs as they relate to effective participation in the process of preparing for the 1992 UNCED; recommendations for design and structuring on-line electronic conferences to facilitate communications and access to information. |
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Computer Communications & the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Alternative Technology for Communication and Participation by Non-government Organizations: A Concise Guide Goree, Langston James VI; Pollard, Robert, Institute of Pre-History, Anthropology and Ecology, and Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1990.08 Nairobi & Baltimore, MD |
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A brief overview of UNCED-related computer communications, the Concise Guide was produced for the first PrepCom meeting, and widely distributed by the UNCED Secretariat and vie electronic conferences and electronic mail. |
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Citizens' Consultation on the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Conference Resources Pollard, Robert. Compiled/edited/typeset, Citizens Alliance on UNCED. |
1990.10 Washington |
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Compilation of information on UNCED, including brochure on the Citizens Alliance on UNCED (the proposed name of the U.S. Citizens Network before the consultation), proposed structure of the Alliance/Network, and directory of participants, generated from a DataPerfect database. |
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Information Clearinghouse: US Citizens Network on UNCED Pollard, Robert, U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED. |
1990.11 Baltimore |
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Concept paper for an Information Clearinghouse to coordinate the compilation and dissemination of information relating the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). |
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Information, Environment & Development Pollard, Robert, Information Committee, U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED. |
1990.11 Baltimore |
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Proposal for the development of a cooperative U.S. initiative for the application of information technology resources in support of addressing environment and development issues. |
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US Citizens Network on UNCED: Proposal and Plan of Action Pollard, Robert. Editor, U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED. |
1990.12 Washington |
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Successful funding proposal for the US Citizens Network defining objectives and structure. The proposal serves as a "boilerplate" format for national and regional citizen/NGO networks. |
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Communication Protocols for Keeping Information Alive Pollard, Robert, Chair, Information Committee, U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED. |
1991.03 Baltimore |
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Identification of formatting considerations that enhance clarity and readability when sending electronic mail and posting messages to online conferences. |
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Towards an Earth Charter Pollard, Robert, Earthcare Interfaith Network. |
1991.03 Rye |
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Proposed elements for inclusion in an Earth Charter; developed in response to an Interfaith workshop organized by the International Coordinating Committee on Religion and the Earth at Wainwright House in March 1991. |
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On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. A Project Proposal Pollard, Robert; Leland, Bill, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit, through Institute for Global Communications. |
1991.04 Baltimore & San Francisco |
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Successful proposal for a project of Econet / Institute of Global Communications -- funded by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- with a conceptual framework and overview of methodology for On The Line, a publication to facilitate interactive preparation for the Earth Summit (UNCED), and designed for global electronic distribution as a typeset microcomputer document. |
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Some Issues in Technology Transfer Pollard, Robert, NGO Technology Transfer Working Group, compiled by International Synergy Institute. |
1991.04 Geneva |
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Critical analysis of technology transfer issues, seeking to unveil the full impact of technology transfer. including locus of power, ownership and control of economic institutions and the social, cultural, economic and environmental impact. Criteria and proposed conditions for alternative models of technology transfer are suggested. |
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Major Expansion of Access to On-Line Communications Pollard, Robert, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. |
1991.07 Baltimore |
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Proposal for major expansion of access to computer and on-line resources among NGOs in developing countries and Eastern Europe. |
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Participating in the en.unced.general conference: Electronic conferencing in preparation for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment & Development Pollard, Robert, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit, through Institute for Global Communications. |
1991.08 Geneva |
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Overview of the need for using electronic communications for UNCED, and discussion of the nature of participation in an electronic conference. |
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On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit Pollard, Robert; Kiss, Ida. Editors, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. |
1991.08 Geneva |
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Guide to on-line communication issues and resources related to the UNCED / Earth Summit preparations; highlights some key issues for PrepCom 3; overview of PrepCom 3 documents and UNCED-related electronic conferences. |
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Information, Communications, Eastern Europe and UNCED Pollard, Robert, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. |
1991.09 Budapest |
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Analysis/discussion of critical information and communications needs of Eastern European NGOs, analysis of Eastern European information environment, and identification of strategic considerations. |
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Network & Communication Resources Exhibition/Demonstration, International NGO Conference, Paris Pollard, Robert, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. |
1991.10 Sittard |
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Proposal for a demonstration of computer-based networking and communication resources during Roots of the Future, the major International NGO conference to be held in Paris in December 1991 - through the support of the government of France - in preparation for the Earth Summit. The proposal outlined plans for an on-site electronic network; the management of interactive documents, including a participatory newsletter; and the use of databases for UNCED-related documents and membership/contact information. |
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UNCED Beyond Rio? Pollard, Robert, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. |
1991.11 Baltimore |
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Discussion of the need for follow up of UNCED developments beyond Rio, including a proposal to extend the UNCED process through the year 2000. |
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Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Process Pollard, Robert; Liamine, Nathalie. Editors, Environment Liaison Centre International. |
1991.12 - 1991.12 Paris |
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A "participant interactive message system" that was based on a compilation of concise (50 words or less) messages from the participants of the Roots of the Future International NGO Conference in Paris. A total of nine issues were published during the four days of the conference. |
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Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Process - Messages from Roots of the Future, International NGO Conference Pollard, Robert. Editor, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.01 Brussels |
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A database-generated compilation of all the Da Zi Bao messages published at the Roots of the Future NGO Conference in Paris, organized by keyword. The compilation provides a clear identification of the critical issues - and the diversity of perspectives - that were of concern to NGOs in the UNCED process. |
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Interactive, Integrative Networking & Communication Processes in Support of Participation in the Earth Summit / Global Forum '92 Pollard, Robert; Liamine, Nathalie, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. |
1992.01 Paris |
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Draft proposal for a strategy for the use of microcomputers to strengthen communication and networking among NGOs in French-speaking areas of Africa. |
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Da Zi Bao: Global Structures Convocation Pollard, Robert. Publisher, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.02 - 1992.02 Washington |
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Seven one-sided issues - in six different colours - of Da Zi Bao. The issues were sold for 25 cents apiece, and revenue from sales more than covered the immediate material costs of production. |
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Da Zi Bao: Global Heart Magnanimous Planning Session Pollard, Robert; Marsden, Claire. Editors, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.02 - 1992.02 Tucson |
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Four one-sided issues of a participatory interactive message system, with fifty-one messages from thirty-five participants. |
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Bulletin de Liaison Interactif Liamine, Nathalie, Environment Liaison Centre International. |
1992.03 - 1992.04 New York |
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Four issues - one French-English, two English-French, and one French-Castellano - eighteen pages, using "Da Zi Bao" style processes for participant interactive message systems. |
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Da Zi Bao: UNCED PrepCom 4 McLaren, Nadia; Pollard, Robert, Environment Liaison Centre International. |
1992.03 - 1992.04 New York |
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Database and bulletin published during the four week final Preparatory Committee. 17 issues, 275 messages. With Nathalie Liamine, Claire Marsden and others. |
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Da Zi Bao in Rio Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.04 Baltimore |
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Proposal for the implementation of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin system at the '92 Global Forum in Rio. |
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Da Zi Bao: EcoCity2 Conference McLaren, Nadia. |
1992.04 Adelaide |
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The Da Zi Bao process was implemented during the EcoCity2 Conference held in Adelaide in preparation for the 1992 Earth Summit. Six issues were published over the four days of the conference. |
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Synergistic Community Communication and Interactive Processes Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.05 Baltimore |
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Outline of proposed activities of the Synergistic Communications project for the Earth Summit & '92 Global Forum in Rio. The elements include work with the alternative treaty on Information and Communications, the publication of Da Zi Bao, the compilation of a directory of participants, the utilization of multilingual translation software, and the compilation of UNCED-related disk-based resources. |
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Da Zi Bao: Inter-Sectoral Dialogue Meeting, '92 Global Forum McLaren, Nadia, Union of International Associations. |
1992.06 - 1992.06 Rio De Janeiro |
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Da Zi Bao was the principal document that was produced at the Inter-Sectoral Dialogue Meeting, preceding the official opening of the '92 Global Forum. |
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Da Zi Bao Pollard, Robert. Project director, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.06 - 1992.06 Rio De Janeiro |
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Fifty-eight issues of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin were published during the '92 Global Forum in Rio; 21 issues were in English, 25 in Portuguese, 8 in Spanish and 4 in French. More than 2,200 separate messages in all were published. An additional 10 issues of Da Zi Bao were published in conjunction with the Inter-Sectoral Dialogue meetings at the Global Forum. |
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Communications & Information: 1993 Global Forum Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.07 Baltimore |
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Concept paper for an integrated communications and information strategy for a 1993 Global Forum that was to have been hosted by the UK Government. |
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Database of NGOs Accredited to UNCED Pollard, Robert. Editor, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.08 Baltimore |
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Relational database of the 1,420 NGOs accredited to UNCED, their 2,850 representatives, a description of their UNCED-related activities, and classification by area of interest and sector; includes 10 page manual/guide. |
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Alternative Treaty-Making Process from the International Non-Governmental Organization Forum (Pre-publication edition) Pollard, Robert. Editor, International Synergy Institute. |
1992.09 East Lansing |
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The first printed version of the NGO Alternative Treaties, including background and description of the alternative treaty process, the full text of each treaty, in a preliminary logical ordering. |
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Alternative Treaties Bulletin Pollard, Robert; Sutherland, Will. Editors, Ideas for Tomorrow Today. |
1992.11 Millbrook |
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Bulletin with news and reports on the implementation of the Alternative Treaties developed in Rio de Janeiro at the '92 Global Forum. |
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Manual for Participant Interactive Message System McLaren, Nadia, Union of International Associations, International Synergy Institute. |
1993.01 Brussels |
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A manual - in HTML format - for the management of participant interactive message systems growing out of the initial work of Anthony Judge, and its subsequent development under the auspices of the Da Zi Bao process, a project of what was the International Synergy Institute, and is now Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, |
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Alternative Treaties: Synergistic Processes for Sustainable Communities and Global Responsibility Pollard, Robert, Ruth West; Will Sutherland. Editors, Ideas for Tomorrow Today and International Synergy Institute. |
1993.01 Millbrook |
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An edited version of the alternative treaties developed by non-government organizations at the '92 Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The edition incorporates an enhanced classification system that, inter alia, facilitated the incorporation of the treaties in a searchable full-text database and an expanded introduction to the alternative treaty process. |
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The Rio Agreements: A Full Text Database Pollard, Robert. Editor, International Synergy Institute. |
1993.03 Cowden |
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The official Rio agreements -- Agenda 21, Climate and Biodiversity Conventions, the Forest Principles and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration -- are combined with the Alternative Treaties from the International NGO Forum and the Women's Action Agenda 21 in a DataPerfect database format with built-in menus that permits easy search and retrieval of all section of these historic agreements that include any specified word or phrase. |
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Applying Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1993.06 New York |
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Intervention at the first session of the Commission on Sustainable Development recommending, inter alia, that procedures be adopted requesting all documents submitted to the Commission be also provided in electronic format. |
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Participating in the Convention on Combatting Desertification and Effects of Drought Pollard, Robert, South-North Centre for Environmental Policy. |
1993.07 London |
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Provided an overview of the Convention, and of the opportunities for participation and for exchange and access to documentation by NGOs and the academic community. |
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Your Voice McLaren, Nadia; Pollard, Robert, Editors, Parliament of the World's Religions. |
1993.08 - 1993.09 Chicago |
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Twelve issues of Your Voice -- an interactive bulletin based on the Da Zi Bao model -- were published during the 1993 Parliament of World Religions. Three of the issues were dedicated to the proceedings of a "Parliament of the People" and one issue was a report based on the meetings of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders. |
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Parliament of the People: Hopes, Dreams and Visions Pollard, Robert. Editor, Parliament of the People Facilitating Team Parliament of World Religions. |
1993.09 Chicago |
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Publication - as a special issue of Your Voice - of the "hopes, dreams and visions" - thematically organized - expressed by participants on Post-it notes in small group sessions in the first day of the four-day Parliament of the People held in parallel to the Parliament of World Religions. |
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Commitments. Your Voice, Issue 10 Pollard, Robert. Editor, Parliament of the People Parliament of World Religions. |
1993.09 Chicago |
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Publication - as a special issue of Your Voice - of the personal commitments that were shared by participants - on Post-it notes in small group sessions - in the final session of the four-day Parliament of the People that was held in parallel to the Parliament of World Religions. |
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Summary Report of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders Casswell, Tim; Pollard, Robert. Editors, Parliament of the World's Religions. |
1993.09 Chicago |
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Compilation of a Summary Report based on the meetings of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, based on multi-level classification scheme for comments, observations and recommendations of participants, as recorded by members of the Facilitation Team. |
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Model Process for Interactive Participation Zopf, Jayne; Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1993.09 Chicago |
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Description of the interactive participation process used at the Parliament of the People at the 1993 Parliament of World Religions - a grassroots parallel process to the Assembly of Spiritual and Religious Leaders. |
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Participant Interactive Messaging Systems Robert Pollard, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1993.10 New York |
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Participant interactive message systems provided a voice for broad-based commenting by conference observers and participants who are not part of the formal agenda, in preparation for the 1992 Earth Summit. |
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The NGO Alternative Treaties and the NGO Treaty Process Pollard, Robert. Editor, International NGO Forum. |
1994.02 Ottawa |
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The official edition of the alternative treaties from the International NGO Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 1-14 1992, published by the Canadian Council on International Cooperation, and incorporating the text and format as edited and published by International Synergy Institute and Ideas for Tomorrow Today. |
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Dissemination of this Working Group's Papers in Electronic Format: Intervention of International Synergy Institute Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1994.02 New York |
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Intervention at the Intersessional Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Technology Transfer and Cooperation of the Commission on Sustainable Development noting the benefits of electronic dissemination of the documents before the Working Group as well as the broader role of strengthening information infrastructure in support of sustainable development. |
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On-line Access to United Nations Documents Pollard, Robert, South-North Centre for Environmental Policy School of Oriental and African Studies. |
1994.06 London |
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Overview of current United Nations proceedings directly or indirectly relating to the follow-up from the Earth Summit in Rio, including information on how to obtain access to electronic copies of documents from the proceedings. |
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General Review of Arrangements for Consultations With Non-Governmental Organizations Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1994.06 New York |
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Statement submitted at the First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. Recommendations for consistency of procedures for consultation, on the role on national non-governmental organizations, practical arrangements, provisions for timely and effective access to documents, and modalities for consultation. |
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Some Critical Issues for the NGO Review Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1994.06 New York |
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Identification of key areas that had been addressed by the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. |
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Key Issues for the Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations Pollard, Robert. Editor, Ad Hoc Committee of NGOs. |
1994.06 New York |
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Identification of some of the priority concerns for NGOs from among those that were addressed during the First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group |
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Proposal: Establishment of a Consolidated DPCSD Database Task Force of DPCSD NGO Focal Points. Robert Pollard, Editor, Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development. |
1994.08 - 1994.11 New York |
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Proposal for the establishment of an electronic database of NGO contacts, to support the long-term strategy of the Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development regarding the new relationship emerging between the United Nations and the non-governmental sector. The proposal is based on a review of the existing arrangements for maintaining information on non-governmental organizations, information needs of NGO focal points, and an assessment of software alternatives. |
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Procedures for Electronic Dissemination of Documents Pollard, Robert, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. |
1994.10 New York |
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Procedure manual and forms for formatting and dissemination of UN documents on Internet gopher site. |
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Women Engaging The UN Online: WEDO's Electronic Communications in Action O'Leary, Barbara Ann; Pollard, Robert. Editors, Women's Environment and Development Organization. |
1994.11 New York |
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A guide to the Internet gopher of the Women's Environment and Development Organization, including a table of contents of the available documents - including reports of WEDO's activities at the global, regional, national, and local levels - and information on how to access the documents. |
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Strengthening NGO Participation at the United Nations Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1994.11 New York |
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Statement submitted at the Inter-sessional Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. Recommendations for strengthening NGO participation at the UN, including the creative application of information and communication technology in support of systematic arrangements for broader and more timely access to UN documents and the establishment of an Information and Communication Center for compilation and dissemination of UN documents. |
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Towards an Agenda for Information Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1995.02 New York |
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A very preliminary draft - in parts in outline format - to initiate a process of dialogue concerning the need for an Agenda for Information, to parallel and complement the Agenda for Peace and the Agenda for Development. |
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Utilization of information and communication technology in support of broad-based participation and access to information Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute. |
1995.05 New York |
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Statement submitted by the International Synergy Institute at the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. Recommendations for the systematic application of information and communication technology in support of arrangements for broader and more timely access to UN documents and for consultation with non-governmental organizations. |
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Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1995.06 New York |
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Information Habitat promotes the understanding and practice of information ecology - based on the recognition of information systems as ecosystems - sets of interrelated and interdependent structures and processes that can best be understood if viewed as a whole - and in the context of the critical relationships between information ecosystems and other ecosystems - social, institutional, economic, legal, cultural and natural. Information Habitat is a Non-Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council. |
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Information Habitat: Where Information Lives - Overview Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1995.07 New York |
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An overview of Information Habitat and some of the conceptual perspectives of an information ecosystem approach to the use of information technology to enable broad-based participation in decision-making, action and access to information in relation to international, national and local processes relating to sustainability, human rights and peace. |
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Habitat Online Partnership Plan of Action Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1996.03 New York |
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Plan for an integrated online framework to support the role of partners in the implementation of and follow-up to the Habitat Agenda through the systematic use of electronic communications to strengthen cooperation between partners; capacity-building initiative in the use of information technology for Habitat partners. The Partnership Plan of Action was semi-formally incorporated into the Habitat follow up plans by UNCHS (Habitat) however the incorporation was lost when the unhabitat.org domain was "hijacked" and not restored when UN Habitat subsequently acquired the domain. |
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Habitat II Online: Invitation to a Journey Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, Silken Valleys Cooperation Circles. |
1996.03 New York |
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Statement at 1996 Earth Day celebration at the Peace Bell at United Nations Headquarters, extending an invitation to participate in a journey - to Istanbul and beyond; a journey of recommitment to the principles and values of Earth Day; a journey of discovery and exploration of new ways and tools with which we can work together in fulfilling the vision of Earth Day. |
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Habitat II Online: An Ecological Design Process Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, re-published by Open Gates Cooperation Circles. |
1996.05 New York |
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An overview of ecological design considerations in the development of the Habitat II Online initiative to enable coherent, intelligent response to the agenda of the Habitat II conference incorporating an ecology of information, an ecology of education, and an ecology of participation. |
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Schedules - print & web-based - of Events at NGO Forum '96 Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, for NGO Forum '96. |
1996.05 - 1996.06 Istanbul |
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A series of sets of web pages for the daily schedule of events at the NGO Forum '96, with corresponding posters and Room Signs; The web pages and scheduled were revised on a daily basis, with WordPerfect 5.1+ secondary merge files generated from the FORUM96 Digital Engine. |
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Registered NGO Participants at Habitat II Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives for NGO Liaison Office. |
1996.06 - 1996.06 Istanbul |
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A series of lists, generated throughout the two-week conference, and a final report, of NGOs with registered representatives present in Istanbul for the Habitat II Conference. |
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Virtual Light & Colour Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1996.11 New York |
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The virtual light & color cubes are virtual structures in the form of cubes with dimensions of red, green and blue, within which the colour at any point is equal to the sum of the point's red, green and blue coordinates. The pair of cubes - mirror images and photographic negatives of each other - embody fundamental properties of light and colour, and demonstrate the additive and subtractive primary colours. |
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Methodology for the General Assembly to examine the question of the participation of NGOs in all areas of the work of the United Nations Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1996.12 New York |
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Speaking notes for Information Habitat at the Informal Soundings on ECOSOC Decision 1996/297. Recommendations, inter alia, on an inclusive approach to participation of NGOs, on the value of systematic use of information and communication technology, and on examination of innovative participation processes used in the Habitat II conference. |
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The application of modern information and communication technology to improve practical arrangements in support of strengthened participation of non-governmental organizations in the work of the United Nations Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.01 New York |
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Recommendations for use of information technology to strengthen participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including enhanced access to United Nations documents, the Daily Journal and press releases by NGOs in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council. |
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Village Meetings on the Internet: Theory and Practice of Information Ecology Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.02 Vienna |
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Conference presentation on the use of Internet Relay Chat as a simple, accessible and viable methodology for holding online "village meetings". |
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Earthday on the Equinox on the Internet Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, for the Earth Society Foundation. |
1997.03 New York |
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Web site for the 1997 celebration of Earth Day on the Equinox at the Peace Bell at United Nations Headquarters, with the theme "A Culture of Peace". The ceremony was broadcast live on the Internet via streaming video. |
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Non-Governmental Organizations at the Commission for Sustainable Development Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, for the NGO Steering Committee to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. |
1997.03 New York |
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Compilation of information resources and documents in support of participation by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development and preparations for Earth Summit II. The site highlighted the consensus NGO document "Toward Earth Summit Two: NGO Recommendations for Commitments and Action" which included a key section on Information Ecology. The NGO Steering Committee now maintains its own web site - http://www.csdngo.org/csdngo |
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A Brief History of the Light and Color Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.03 New York |
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A brief history of the discovery of the light and colour cubes in the context of the follow-up to the 1996 Habitat II Conference. |
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Dedication of the Peace Cube Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.03 New York |
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Dedication of the Virtual Light and Colour Cube as a Peace Cube at the Earthday on the Equinox on the Internet ceremony at United Nations Headquarters on 1997.03.20 |
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Innovative Ideas and Procedures for Interactions between NGOs and the U.N. Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.04 New York |
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Statement of Information Habitat at the NGO Consultation on Increasing Access to the UN General Assembly and its Committees and all areas of the work of the UN. Recommendations for an inclusive approach to NGO participation based on information ecology, methodology, and on Government/NGO partnership. |
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Colour Equations / Faces of the Peace Cube Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.05 New York |
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An early visual presentation of some of the basic colour equations between the additive (light) and subtractive (pigment) primary colours as expressed through the faces of the light and colour cubes. |
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Partners and the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, in partnership with United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. |
1997.06 New York |
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Publication of Guides to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, and a framework - the Habitat Online Partnership Plan of Action designed to enable monitoring and implementation of the Habitat Agenda. |
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Whole Earth Partnership, Informatics and Participation Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1997.06 New York |
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Web site with a listing and description of the electronic mailing list networks - Habitat Partners networks, Habitat Peace Caucus, the Huairou Commission, NGO Committees on Social Development, Sustainable Development, Human Settlements, Ad Hoc Working Group on the MAI, and Year 2000 list. |
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Information Ecology, in Towards Earth Summit II: NGO Recommendations for Actions and Commitments at Earth Summit II Pollard, Robert, NGO Steering Committee to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. |
1997.06 New York |
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A call for a major commitment to analyze and explore the opportunities and implications of the rapidly evolving "information and communication ecosystem" and to identify critical information ecology issues relating to sustainability; also a call for the design and establishment of, and support for participatory enabling environments within which information and communications technologies, systems and processes - including traditional and non-electronic forms - can facilitate a transition to more open, equitable and sustainable communities and society. |
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Integrated Monitoring Frameworks, in Towards Earth Summit II: NGO Recommendations for Actions and Commitments at Earth Summit II Pollard, Robert, NGO Steering Committee to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. |
1997.06 New York |
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Recommendations for the use of comprehensive frameworks - making effective use of modern information and communications technology - for systematic monitoring of the implementation of all the Rio agreements as well as the agreements of the other recent global conferences. |
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Information Technology, Public Participation & Global Agreements Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, for Commission on Social Development. |
1998.02 New York |
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Statement submitted to the UN Commission on Social Development on the critical need and opportunity to develop virtual structures for public participation to complement conventional and traditional structures, with particular reference to the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), the threats the MAI poses to social development goals, and the need for its reconciliation with the global agreements from Rio to Istanbul. |
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Holistic Approaches to Freshwater Vitality: An Information Ecology Approach Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives for Information Ecology Caucus, NGO/CSD Steering Committee. |
1998.03 New York |
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Outline framework for the use of an information ecology approach - focussing on watershed-based interactive public access to freshwater information - developed on the basis of NGO recommendations from the Freshwater Caucus and the Information Ecology Caucus of the NGO/CSD Steering Committee in response to "Integrated Management of Freshwater Resources" recommendations from a 1998.01 Expert Group meeting in Harare. |
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Essential Economics: Towards a Holistic Framework Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1998.04 Brooklyn |
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Preliminary schematic representation for "Essential Economics". The model, developed in the context of "Holistic approaches to freshwater" and the consideration of the nature of water as an economic good at the 6th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, describes an economic transaction as a process at the intersection of flows of labour, money, knowledge, material resources, energy, infrastructure, etc. |
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Information Ecology Caucus: Report from CSD-6 Information Ecology Caucus. |
1998.05 New York |
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Report of the CSD/NGO Information Ecology Caucus at the 6th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development. |
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Primary Colours: A Proof Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1998.09 New York |
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Introductory presentation on the nature of primary colours based on the existence of - and symmetry and complementarity between - two sets of primary colours - red, green & blue for light; cyan, magenta & yellow for pigment. |
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Information Ecology and Information Society Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1998.11 Vienna |
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A brief overview of information ecology focussing on the emerging significance of information space, of the need for public information space and the development of such spaces through the use of information and communications technology in the course of the series of global conferences of the 1990, and of the electronic mailing list as the key tool in support of non-governmental participation in the global conferences, with an overview of properties of electronic mailing lists and recommendations. Presented at "The Challenges of Information Technology for the Non-Profit Sector". Powerpoint presentation. |
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Information Ecology for a Millennium Forum Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1998.12 Brooklyn |
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An outline of a general information ecology approach in support of information and communication needs of a Millennium Forum - or set of Forums. An overview of some historical roots of information ecology and its evolution in support of the participation of non-governmental organizations in preparations for and follow-up to the global conferences of the 1990s. (Draft, in progress) |
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Information Ecology: Holistic Framework for Empowerment & Transformation Information Flows Process Working Group, New Partnerships For Action. |
1998.12 Turin |
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A holistic perspective on information flows, recognizing three fundamental dimensions of information space - content / substance, personal / community relationships, and the nature of information technology - and three basic phases of information processing - compilation / organization, communication / dissemination, and reception / utilisation. Powerpoint presentation. |
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Istanbul + 2.5 - Half Way on a Journey to Istanbul + 5: A Status Report Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1998.12 Turin |
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Case study / report on a partnership-based information ecology framework for integrated follow-up to the Habitat Agenda and the global agreements of the 1990s. Presented at the "New Partnerships for Action" conference at the United Nations Staff College. Powerpoint presentation. |
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Introduction to Information Ecology Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1998.12 Brooklyn |
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A preliminary overview of some basics of information ecology and the relationship between information systems and other ecosystems; the nature of key properties of information and information flows and exchanges, including implications of physical properties of information - zero mass and size, light-speed; and overview of the application of information technology in support of the participation of NGOs in the preparation for and follow-up to the agreements of the global conferences of the 1990s. |
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Templates for Peace Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.03 New York |
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Templates for creating and assembling Peace Cubes - for 1" / 2.5 cm and 2" / 5 cm cubes - in Portable Document Format (pdf). Designed for printing on glossy/photo paper. Fun to cut out and glue; provides endless fascination for children of all ages. Create a set of eight cubes, and build a 2 x 2 x 2 cube. |
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Templates for Peace Faces Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.03 New York |
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Templates for creating sets of Peace Faces, in Portable Document Format (pdf). Designed for printing on glossy/photo paper. Fun to cut out and arrange, make patterns and shapes, and to reflect upon; provides endless fascination for children of all ages. |
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Templates for Domino Peace Tiles Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.03 New York |
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Templates for creating sets of Domino Peace Tiles, in Portable Document Format (pdf). Designed for printing on glossy/photo paper. Fun to cut out and explore the infinite variety of ways there to make patterns and shapes; endless fascination for children of all ages. |
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Swords into Plowshares: Peace Park at the UN Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.05 New York |
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A slide show of photographs that focus on the Ralph Bunch Peace Park opposite the entrance to the UN Secretariat - beginning with the "Isaiah Wall" with the verse" "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nations; neither shall they study war any more." |
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The Internet: A Powerful Organizing Tool Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.09 New York |
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Outline of presentation made at the 1999 DPI / NGO Conference at United Nations Headquarters providing an overview of fundamental properties of the Internet and information and communications technologies and of some of the key power tools for the nuts and bolts of using the Internet for local, national and international organizing. |
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Full Cost Electronic Market Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.10 Brooklyn |
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Schematic outline of key characteristics and relationships, and elements of the ecological properties relational database - engine of the market, incorporating "double entry bookkeeping for the earth". Outline, generated in Inspiration(r), in pdf format. |
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Habitat Online Partnership Plan of Action - An Outline Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.10 Brooklyn |
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Sketch of a framework for monitoring and implementing the Habitat Agenda. Outline generated in Inspiration(r), in pdf format. |
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Information Ecology of Electronic Mail Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.10 Brooklyn |
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Key material, economic, social and practical factors, in the context of electronic mail as a common and economical medium for communication and information exchange. Outline, generated in Inspiration(r), in pdf format. |
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Network Properties Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
1999.10 Brooklyn |
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Fundamental properties and characteristics of networks, including integrity, connectivity, governance and groundedness. Outline, generated in Inspiration(r) in pdf format. |
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Huntington Beach: Life, Death, Rebirth, Light and Water Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.03 Huntington Beach |
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Photographic slide show - leaves and new growth in a wooded garden and pebbles, shells and more on Huntington Beach. |
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Spring Waters at Saratoga Springs Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.04 Saratoga Springs |
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A set of three photographic slide shows, taken in Saratoga Springs, NY - center of perhaps the most important mineral resource waters in the world. The slide shows are: Congress Park near the center of town, An unconventional set of images from the Congress Springs, at the edge of the Park; and the Saratoga Surf and Spa Motel - a very reasonably priced motel - outside the racing season - with a mineral water hot tub where one can soak to one's heart's content. |
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United Nations Through the Trees Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.04 New York |
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A set of photographic slide shows taken from outside and inside the United Nations Garden at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The first set is of U.N. buildings seen though trees; and some of the sculptures in the garden. |
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The Evolving Knowledge-Based Global Economy Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.04 New York |
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An outline of background and context relating to consideration of the Ministerial Declaration of the high-level segment of ECOSOC on "Development and international cooperation in the twenty-first century: the role of information technology in the context of a knowledge-based global economy" submitted by Information Habitat at the meeting of the High-Level Panel of Experts at the United Nations in preparation for the High-level segment of ECOSOC. |
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Motion for Recognition of John Doe's Competence to Represent Respondents as a pro se Attorney in this Case Doe, John (Pollard, Robert), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.06 Brooklyn |
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Pro se Motion filed in Rama and Manjula, a Corporation against Fye and Doe, Index No. 70826/00, in the Housing Part of the Civil Court of Kings County, New York, presenting arguments for the recognition of John Doe's competence to proceed on a pro se basis in the case. |
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Motion to Vacate Stipulation of Settlement as Fatally Defective Doe, John (Pollard, Robert), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.06 Brooklyn |
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Pro se Motion in the case of Rama and Manjula, a Corporation, against Fye and Doe, in the Housing Part of the Civil Court of Kings County, New York, on the grounds that the stipulation of settlement in the case was fatally defective, presenting arguments and evidence, inter alia, as to illegal actions by Petitioner (Rama and Manjula) including failure to register the premises as a multiple dwelling and failure to provide adequate heat and hot water, defects in the Court's information system, arguing for consideration of the principles of Agenda 21 and the Habitat Agenda in the Housing Court and for the introduction of a comprehensive housing information system and the provision of opportunities for electronic filing and service of documents. |
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Gaia University - A Mid-Summer Night's Surprise Preview Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.06 Saratoga Springs |
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Celebration of the Summer Solstice with a presentation of a preview of plans for a Gaia University at Saratoga Springs - intended to serve as the hub of a global learning and teaching network - with an integrated online framework incorporating the Gaia Mind Hypothesis and Information Ecology principles and including the registration of an extensive set of Internet domains intended to serve as hosts for key elements of a holistic curriculum. |
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Motion to Permit Submission of Additional Counterclaims Doe, John, Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.06 Brooklyn |
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Motion asserting the right to submit additional counterclaims in response to economic harm suffered by Respondents as a result of the Landlord's unlawful use of the Housing Court in this case. |
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Motion to Rescind Five Day Notice on the Grounds of Lack of Jurisdiction Doe, John (Robert Pollard), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.06 Brooklyn |
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Pro se Motion in Rama and Manjula, a Corporation, against Fye and Doe in the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the County of Kings, New York arguing to rescind a five day eviction notice on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. |
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Affidavit #1 in Support of an Order to Show Cause to Vacate Judgement and to Restore to the Calendar Doe, John (Pollard, Robert), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.06 Brooklyn |
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Housing Court of Kings: A framework for information ecology and the administration of Justice Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, Whitehaven and Whitgift. |
2000.07 Brooklyn |
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Information ecology, justice and the law. A framework and a test case / case study in an information ecology-enabled transformation of the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County - better known as Brooklyn. Housing Court of kings is also intended to serve as a model framework to strengthen the role of Housing Courts to do justice to the rights of tenants, and to the responsibilities of landlords to maintain their properties in a lawful, ecologically-sound manner in keeping with the language and the spirit of international agreements on sustainable housing and sustainable communities and cities, and on sustainable, participatory development. |
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Nine Primary Colours Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, and Whitehaven and Whitgift Trust. |
2000.07 Brooklyn |
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A presentation of the primary equations of colour and light, the symmetry of light and pigment, and the nine primary colours. Nine Primary Colors is also a demonstration and appreciation of the power of zero in the three-dimensional mathematics of colour - and in any numeric system. |
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Respondents' Overview of Events Concerning Landlord's Failure to Provide Adequate Heat and Hot Water - among Many Other Failures to Maintain Warrant of Habitability - and Landlord's Retaliatory Refusal to Renew Lease Doe, John (Pollard, Robert), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.08 Brooklyn |
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Overview of the Landlord's failure to provide heat, and Landlord's retaliatory response to a legitimate and validated complaint to the appropriate authority of the City of New York, with submission of relevant weather records obtained from the official web site of the National Weather Center at La Guardia Airport. |
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Affidavit #2 in Support of an Order to Show Cause to Vacate Judgement and to Restore to the Calendar Pollard, Robert ("John Doe"), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.08 Brooklyn |
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Affidavit providing an overview of the grounds for the judge to vacate a Stipulation of Settlement that had been entered into without the jurisdiction of the Court and that had failed to provide reasonable due process. |
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Vertical Faces of the Peace Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.09 New York |
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A set of twenty-four of the forty-eight diagonal faces of the cubes - the twelve in which either black is at bottom or top, or where white is at the top or bottom. Click on any images that gets your attention - when you see it at the center, its negative is in the lower right. |
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Affidavit #3 in Support of an Order to Show Cause to Vacate Judgement and to Restore to the Calendar Doe, John (Pollard, Robert), Housing Court of Kings. |
2000.09 Brooklyn |
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Affidavit filed in Rama and Manjula, a Corporation against Fye and Doe, Index No. 70826/00, in the Housing Part of the Civil Court of Kings County, New York, summarizing arguments as to why the Court's Judgments, raising issues, inter alia, of jurisdictional and procedural errors, and the Court's failure to uphold 14th Amendment requirements to provide equal protection under the law. |
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Light and Colour Cubes - Millennium Peace Day 2000 Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.09 New York |
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A statement made on the Light and Colour Cubes on Millennium Peace Day, September 19, 2000 providing a concise overview of the Light and Colour Cubes and their history and significance as icons of One Light in All as the final Equinox of the Millennium approached. |
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Peace Cubes - Gifts of Light Pollard, Robert, Whitehaven and Whitgift Trust, for Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.10 Brooklyn |
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Home for the Peace Cubes - Virtual Light and Colour Cubes that are at the centre of a three-dimensional mathematics of colour and light and that can transform our understanding of the nature and dimensions of light and colour. The Peace Cubes can also serve as vital elements in a new global curriculum on mathematics, colour and light, as symbols for the One Light in all of Creation, and as teaching tools on the properties of knowledge-based economies, and as an introduction to the properties of zero-based economy. All of the images are computer-generated, the most recent images based on HTML tables generated from a DataPerfect database, as were most of the sets of web pages of images. |
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Peace Faces - Faces of the Peace Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.10 Brooklyn |
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A meditation on the forty-eight faces of the light and colour cubes. Each face represents a meeting place of four primary colours and may evoke a unique feeling. Each face is framed below a frieze of the eight rotations and reflections of itself. At the lower right of the face is its photographic negative. A bottom frieze contains small icons of the forty eight faces. Easy - and enjoyable; forget about words; let your eyes and feelings guide you. |
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Peace Tiles - Gifts of Light Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.10 Brooklyn |
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A set of the ninety-six peace tiles - based on mirror images of the faces and the cycles of all possible pairs of contiguous faces of the Peace Cubes. Each colourful tile is framed below a frieze of the corresponding faces. The bottom frieze contains the photographic negative of the tile. Below that are the sixteen "cycle tiles" corresponding to the faces of the main tile. Sound complicated? In practice it is easy - and fun if you let your eyes and feelings guide you. Virtually no words, yet simple to grasp visually. The web site for the Peace Tiles was launched on October 24, United Nations Day, 2000. |
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Financing for Development and Transition to the Knowledge-Based Economy Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.12 New York |
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An analysis of the critical need for the Financing for Development (FfD) process at the United Nations to focus attention on the need for financing development that enables participation of developing countries in the new knowledge-based economy, and an identification of some of the key issues that need to be considered in the transition to a knowledge-based economy. Prepared for the FfD Business Hearings. |
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Rivers of Light Variations Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2000.12 New York |
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Rhythmic rivers of light based on the fundamental cycles of the Peace Cubes / Virtual Light and Colour Cubes, above a photographic negative of the same. Exhibited at Isha Shabaka's IdefineArt studio in Brooklyn, NY at the natural turn of the Millennium, the Winter Solstice, 2000. |
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Documents submitted by Respondents in Response to Interim Order of 2001.02.08 Pollard, Robert, Housing Court of Kings. |
2001.02 Brooklyn |
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Listing of documents filed by pro se tenants in response to an Interim Order of the Court requesting resubmission of the documents as the Court was unable to find the original documents. |
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Revised form for Tenant's Affidavit in Support of an Order to Show Cause to Vacate Judgement and to Restore to the Calendar Pollard, Robert, Housing Court of Kings. |
2001.03 Brooklyn |
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A revised form for Tenant's Affidavit offered for use by the Housing Court of Kings County, New York (Brooklyn), The form - which would be accessible online, with interactive help options, and in portable electronic formats - makes provision for documentation of the specifics of the Landlord's failure to maintain a "warrant of habitability", and provides optional additional space for describing additional details related to a Tenant's defense. |
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Tenant's Affidavit in Support of an Order to Show Cause to Vacate Judgement and to Restore to the Calendar Pollard, Robert, Housing Court of Kings. |
2001.03 Brooklyn |
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Final, unsuccessful affidavit - submitted on the newly-designed form for Tenant's Affidavits - that documents clearly violations of Housing Code - the resolution of which was supposed to be a precondition for any payment of rent, presents other detailed arguments in the Tenant's defense, and describes how the newly-designed form would work. |
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Holistic Approaches to Financing for Development NGO Interlinkages Caucus, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.05 New York |
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Statement of the NGO Interlinkages Caucus in support of the reference in the Facilitator's Paper on the need for a holistic approach to financing for development and identifying key international agreements relating to social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. |
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Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.10 - 2002.04 New York |
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Web site with daily themes - "64 ways for 64 days" - during the period between the anniversaries of their deaths, with daily themes and quotations on themes relating to nonviolence. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Rainbow Cubic Sine Waves Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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An endless sequence of cycling "rainbow cubic sine waves" - based on a mapping of the colours of the Light and Colour Cubes onto the shape of a sine wave in a quest to reconcile and connect the cubes and the rainbow, as well as to bridge the gulf between the square and cube and the circle and sphere. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Queries on Opening to the Light Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A meditative online presentation of the Queries on Opening to the Light - a presentation that serves as the opening segment of a Journey of Light, Reconciliation and Peace prepared in response to September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Twin Beacons of Light and Colour Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A cycle of eight images of the skyline of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center - illuminated by the arrival and receding of the Light and Colour Cubes in an endless cycle. Clicking on the image enables more information, and access to prior and next steps in A Journey of Light, Reconciliation and Peace. |
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Images from the Peace Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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An updated presentation of images developed from the presentation of the "virtual light and colour cubes" at its dedication as a peace cube at the Earthday on the Equinox on the Internet Ceremony at the Peace Bell at United Nations Headquarters, New York on March 20, 1997. The images highlight rhythmic qualities, photographic negativity, and the primary lights and pigments of the cubes. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Twin Cubes of Light and Colour Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A set of twelve cycling page with images of mirrored twin pairs of Light and Colour Cubes, showing all possible regular presentations from the white and black apexes of the cubes. The images are clickable, providing access to more information and to other phases of the Journey of Light, Reconciliation and Peace. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Twisted Pairs of Light and Colour Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A cycling series of twenty-four pages with images of "Twisted Pairs of Light and Colour Cubes" - pairs of cubes in which the one is the unseen side of the other. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Oh Say Can You See By the One Light in All Fiske, Stephen Longfellow; Pollard, Robert (Layout), Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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The fifth verse of "Oh Say Can You See By the One Light in All!" - dedicated as the Fifth Verse of the US National Anthem at an Interfaith Sunrise service at Fort McHenry, home of the Star-Spangled Banner and a brief description of how the Star Spangled Banner became adopted - through a grassroots process - as the U.S. National Anthem. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Reconciliation in Primary Colours Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A set of eight cycling images with the principal protagonists in a War of - President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Colin Powell and Osama bin Laden - against backgrounds of the Light and Colour Cubes and of the six non-zero primary colours. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: Reconciliation in 16 Colour Palettes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A set of seventy-two images with the primary representatives of the September 11 protagonists - President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Colin Powell and Osama bin Laden against backgrounds of the Light and Colour Cubes transposed into sixteen colour images, and serving as visual metaphors for ways that our perception of our enemies can be distorted when we see them from a limited palette, and one in which our enemies' colours are only partially represented. |
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Meditations on One Light in All: The Great Invocation in the Cubic Colour Wheel Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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A cycling series with the text of the Great Invocation against the background of a rotating "Cubic Colour Wheel" - a "true" colour wheel that was generated by mapping the Light and Colour Cubes into a circle. |
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A Journey of Light, Reconciliation and Peace Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2001.12 New York |
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Interfaith journey invoking light, reconciliation and peace in response to the World Trade Center bombings of September 11 and the aftermath of the bombings. The journey is a series of eight brief passages: Queries on Opening to the Light; Twin Beacons of Light; Twin Light and Colour Cubes; Twisted Pairs of Cubes; Oh Say Can You See By the One Light in All; Reconciliation in Primary Colours; Reconciliation in 16 Colour Palettes; and The Great Invocation. |
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Prayer Wheels of Light and Peace Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.01 New York |
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A meditations series, in the form of a endlessly cycling series of images based on overlaying a prayer wheel with rotating images of the cubic colour wheel. The web pages offer the viewer options to vary the speed of the cycle, and to switch between "positive" and "negative" images of the prayer wheels of light and peace. The set of web pages were generated from the LIGHT DataPerfect Digital Engine, a prototype for an open source digital engine designed on principles of information ecology. |
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Information Ecology Recommendations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.02 New York |
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Preliminary information ecology recommendations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in the context of the profound implications of information and communications technology for sustainable development. |
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Access, Participate and Participation in Agenda 21 Pollard, Robert (designer), Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.02 New York |
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A systematic hypertext-based compilation and organization of all references in Agenda 21 to the words: access, participate and participation. The set of 37 web pages were generated from the TREATIES database using a web-page generating report allowing the selection of any three words of phrases. |
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Information, Data and Communication in Agenda 21 Pollard, Robert (designer), Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.02 New York |
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A systematic hypertext-based compilation and organization of all references in Agenda 21 to the words: information, data and communication. The set of 38 web pages were generated from the TREATIES database using a web-page generating report allowing the selection of any three words of phrases. |
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The Light and Colour Cubes - An Introduction Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.02 New York |
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An introduction to the Light and Colour Cubes and the primary colours of light and pigment. |
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Towards a Curriculum in Information Ecology: Partnership, Informatics and Participation Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.03 New York |
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A compilation of documents and images relating to the development of a curriculum in Information Ecology in cooperation with the Development Planning Unit - Partnership, Informatics and Participation University College, London |
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Educate, Education and Aware in Agenda 21 Pollard, Robert (designer), Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.03 New York |
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A systematic hypertext-based compilation and organization of all references in Agenda 21 to the words: educate, education and awareness. The set of 35 web pages were generated from the TREATIES database using a web-page generating report allowing the selection of any three words of phrases. |
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Holistic, Earth-Centred Responses to the Chairman's Paper, Preliminary Draft Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.03 New York |
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A draft set of recommended changes, presented in HTML format, to the Chairman's Paper transmitted from the second session of the Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. In addition to incorporating specific changes in language, the recommendations included the addition of links and URLs for all the documents referred to in the footnotes plus the inclusion of other relevant footnotes. |
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Proposed additions to Vice-Chairs' Paper on Sustainable Development Governance Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.03 New York |
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Statement presented to the 3rd Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development proposing additions to the Vice-Chair's paper on Sustainable Development Governance, with a focus on the systematic use of information and communication technologies. |
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Introduction to Information Ecology: A Journey from Rio to Johannesburg Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.04 New Haven |
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Overview of key concepts and issues in information ecology as it evolved in the course of a focus on information and communications technology in the context of NGO participation in UN Conferences and related NGO and intergovernmental proceedings beginning with preparations for the 1992 Earth Summit and leading into the 10 year review of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg. Presented to the Information Technology SIG at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, |
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The Ark of Hope at the Hudson River Clearwater Revival Festival Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.06 Croton Park |
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A set of nine slide shows, with photos taken in conjunction with the exhibition of the Ark of Hope, the Earth Charter, Temenos Books and the light and Colour Cubes during the 2002 Great Hudson River Clearwater Festival at Croton Park, in New York, on the banks of the Hudson River. series are titled: The Ark of Hope at Clearwater, Light and Colour Cubes, Around and About the Booth, Fair Grounds - Fair People, Green Energy, Water Views, Trees and Skies, Shore Lines and Closing Skies. |
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Reflections and Observations at Dogwood Hill Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.06 New York |
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A set of the photographic slide shows from Dogwood Hill, New Jersey - on and adjacent to an 11 acre natural reserve in the rapidly exurbanizing Chester, New Jersey. |
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A Castle Retreat: CCC/UN Communication & Decision-Making Project Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, for Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations. |
2002.07 Ossining |
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A set of two slide shows: one of the participants in a retreat for the CCC/UN Communication & Decision-Making Project at Beth Lamont's Castle in Ossining, NY; the second slide show offers images from a brief walk around the castle, and in the castle grounds. |
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Morningside Heights Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.09 New York |
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Two slide shows: Starbucks on the Cathedral Steps and A Walk in Morningside Heights - the Cathedral being that of St. John the Divine. |
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DataPerfect Digital Engines Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.09 New York |
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Annotated description of digital engines developed by Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, with links to related documents and web sites. |
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Project Information Habitat Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2002.12 New York |
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DataPerfect Digital Engine - 2004 Gandhi-King Season: Compassionate Action for Global Healing Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.01 New York |
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A preliminary and evolving outline of the structure, design and characteristics of the DataPerfect Digital Engine, with links to available resources and examples. The outline - and virtually the entire web site for the Gandhi-King Season - was generated by the DIGITAL DataPerfect Digital Engine and represents one element of an Open Source Curriculum in Compassionate Activism for Global Healing. |
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UN Documents Cooperation Circles: Gathering a Body of Global Agreements NGO Committee on Education. |
2003.01 New York |
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A unique hyperlinked searchable collection of more than five hundred key United Nations documents relating to sustainable development, education, human rights, peace, etc., including the agreements from most of the major global conferences organized by the United Nations and a significant number of important conventions / treaties. A significant number of these documents have only previously been available as scanned images - where their contents were mostly generally inaccessible to Internet search engines and from which it was not possible to copy selected text - and have been converted using Optical Character Recognition software. |
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Peace Cubes - Templates for Cubes, Faces and Tiles Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.02 New York |
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A set of printer-ready templates for assembling 2.5cm / 1" models of the light and colour cubes, and creating sets of the twelve "face cards" of the cubes - the surfaces of colour - and the set of ninety-six light and colour tiles. |
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Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence - 2003 Calendar Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.02 New York |
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With the theme for the 2003 Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence: Ahimsa - Opening to an Inner Light, www.season-for-nonviolence.net was developed as an evolving information habitat for nonviolence resources, in honour and recognition of the life, work and teachings of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi and of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The web site incorporates a revised and reorganized calendar of brief messages on nonviolence for each day of the season, and intended to serve as an outline framework for a seasonal ten-week curriculum in nonviolence. The information habitat is being developed on information ecology design principles, and is increasingly being generated through a Digital Engine. |
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From Rio to Johannesburg: A Holistic, Earth-Centred Response Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.03 New York |
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A set of proposed amendments to the Chairman's Paper - A/CONF.199/PC/L.1 - from the 2nd Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development focusing on holistic, earth-centred approaches based on an int=formation ecology perspective. The draft also incorporated hypertext links to documents cited in the Chairman's Paper. |
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Digital Bridges in Peace Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.08 New York |
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Installation in the Digital Bridges exhibit at the Westbeth Gallery, with Reconciliation in 16 Colour Palettes as the centrepiece, framed by sets of images based on the Peace Cubes and highlighting the Peace Cubes as vital building blocks. |
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Journey of the Peace Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.10 New York |
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An illustrated journey through documents and web sites relating to the conception, emergence, growth, dissemination and development of the Peace Cubes / Light and Colour Cubes. The journey also represents a key new step in the journey - as a prototype database-generated web page that incorporates snippets of java code for custom-sized pop-up windows, and integrates thumbnails images of web-based documents. |
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Information Ecology Archives Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2003.12 New York |
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Evolving set of classified compilation of archival information on projects, documents, databases and electronic mailing lists associated with the development of Information Ecology by Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. The web pages, currently totalling pages, were generated by the HABITAT3 DataPerfect Digital Engine. |
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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Yochai Benkler, Yale University Press, re-published by Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2006.06 New Haven |
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Republication of the highly-acclaimed book, The Wealth of Networks - released under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Sharealike license - as a set of easy-to-read HTML pages for each chapter, with an accompanying set of paper-friendly PDF files - that make fuller use of the page size than the PDF version of the book, requiring only two-thirds of the number of sheets of paper. |
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NGO Committee on Education: United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in a Creative Commons, Open Source Climate Robert Pollard, Editor, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2006.09 New York |
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A compilation of key documents on Education for Sustainable Development for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development on behalf of the NGO Committee on Education. |
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Workshop on Education, Youth % Technology for Sustainable Development Robert Pollard, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, NGO Committee on Education. |
2006.09 New York |
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A workshop convened and held during the 59th Anual DPI/NGO Conference. |
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Information & Communications Technologies: Critical Foundation for a Sustainable Common Future Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives. |
2011.11 New York |
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Submission from Information Habitat: Where Information Lives to the 'Zero Draft' document for Rio+20 / the UN Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in June 2012 for the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit. |
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