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Interfaith Dialogue
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Seasons of Peace Cooperation Circles
information-habitat.net/projects/spcc.htm
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
nonviolence,
peace
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New York, NY
2004.09-
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Mesopotamian Summer: Between the Rivers - A Cradle of Civlization
An evolving network of cooperation circles to observe the summer season as a time for appreciative inquiry into holistic approaches to the restoration of the Southern Marshes of Iraq, keystone ecosystem of the Shatt al-Arab watershed and home of the cradle of civilization.
information-habitat.net/projects/ms-br-cc.htm
dataperfect digital engines,
freshwater,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
peace
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New York, NY
2004.06-
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2004 Gandhi-King Season - Compassionate Action for Global Healing
Development of a reorganized web site for the Gandhi-King Season, with the goalMof compiling an open source curriculum in compassionate activism for global healing, and of inviting participants in a People's Agenda for Economic Justice to observe the Season - which runs from Friday, January 30 to Sunday, April 4 and honours the anniversaries of the deaths of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - as a time to engage in interactive dialogue on, and development of, a People's Agenda. Management of a set of electronic mailing lists relating to the Gandhi-King Season.
information-habitat.net/projects/gks-2004.htm
children,
culture,
dataperfect digital engines,
education,
healing,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
nonviolence,
peace,
peace cubes,
values
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New York, NY
2003.11-
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Peace & Nonviolence Resource Network
The Nonviolence Resource Network is being set up as an open network to facilitate dialogue and exchange of information and resources between networks, organizations and projects that focus on nonviolence, and to promote the understanding and practice of nonviolence.
information-habitat.net/projects/pnvrn.htm
access to information,
dataperfect digital engines,
digital bridges,
interfaith dialogue,
ngo networks, committeesM& caucuses,
nonviolence,
peace
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New York, NY
2003.03-
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2003 Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence
Preventing Violence, Promoting Health: Shared Strategies
information-habitat.net/projects/gks-2003.htm
access to information,
interfaith dialogue,
nonviolence,
peace,
peace cubes,
public participation
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New York, NY
2003.01-2003.04
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information-habitat.net/projects/.htm
interfaith dialogue,
new york city,
religion
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2002 Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence
Active participant in the 2002 Gandhi-King Season and in organizing opening and closing events at United Nations headquarters; established web site, incorporating calendar of daily themes and quotes.
information-habitat.net/projects/gks-2002.htm
access to information,
interfaith dialogue,
nonviolence,
peace
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New York, NY
2002.01-2002.04
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September 11 Peace Memorials
Designed, developed and disseminated peace memorials to foster an appreciation of peace, and the vital need to find ways to conduct world trade in peace - not in war - and to remember the power of forgiveness and universal love - to realize that it is not possible to win a war on terrorism; to resolve the challenges of terrorism, we must seek and follow paths of healing and peace based on an appreciation of One Light in All.
information-habitat.net/projects/911peace.htm
art,
database,
economics,
habitat & human settlements,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
light and colour,
mathematics,
new york city,
nonviolence,
one light in all,
peace,
peace cubes
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New York, NY
2001.12-
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Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence - New York Task Force
Active participant in Task Force, established and managed electronic mailing list for the Task Force. Created daily calendar web pages of daily messages that were also sent daily to an electronic mailing list during the Season for Nonviolence - from January 30 to April 4 and honoring the anniversaries of the deaths of Mahatma Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
information-habitat.net/projects/gks-nytf.htm
access to information,
children,
database-generated web sites,
digital bridges,
electronic publishing,
health,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
new york city,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
nonviolence,
one light in all,
peace,
peace cubes,
september 11, 2001,
united nations,
virtual light & colour cubes,
web sites,
youth
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New York, NY
2001.11-
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Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations
Participated in development of mission statement, structure, processes and information ecology of the Spiritual Caucus.
information-habitat.net/projects/scun.htm
interfaith dialogue,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
spirituality,
united nations
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New York, NY
2001.03-2002.05
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Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence - Taking IT Global
Project planning for taking the Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence global, using the platform of Taking IT Global, and connecting with a number of other related projects on Taking IT Global.
information-habitat.net/projects/gks-tig.htm
database,
dataperfect digital engines,
digital bridges,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
nonviolence,
one light in all,
peace
|
New York, NY
2001.01-
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United Religions Initiative at the United Nations
Participate in planning and decision-making for events, outreach, communication and organizational development in support of the vision and Charter of the United Religions Initiative.
information-habitat.net/projects/uri-un.htm
by-laws,
interfaith dialogue,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
peace,
religion,
united nations
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New York, NY
2000.12-
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CSD Exhibit on Water and Health
Spontaneous installation of a complex and evolving multi-material installation / exhibit on the theme of of a UN Commission on Water and Health. The exhibit began in Conference Room C at UN Headquarters, and for its final two days, moved into a space that became open close to the Vienna Café where it provoked interest and discussion among participants in the 8th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
information-habitat.net/projects/csd-2000.htm
freshwater,
habitat & human settlements,
health,
interfaith dialogue,
peace cubes
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New York, NY
2000.05-2000.05
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Gaia University
Design and development of knowledge-based curriculum, structure, information architecture and administrative framework - incorporating an extensive network of .net domains - for an Earth-centred, holistic approach to learning and teaching based on the science of Information Ecology and a recognition of One Light in all that exists - symbolized by the Light and Colour Cubes. Conceived as a key element in an evolving collaborative proof of the Gaia Mind / Global Mind hypothesis, Gaia University seeks to restore the essence of the Pythagorean / Hippocratic Oath - "First do no harm" - as a central commitment of education, and to serve as a model for a general framework for a knowledge-based economy and society based on appreciation of the fundamental properties of information, information systems and networks.
information-habitat.net/projects/gaia-u.htm
access to information,
community development,
economics,
education,
freshwater,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
knowledge-based economics,
mathematics,
one light in all,
peace cubes,
social development
|
New York, NY
2000.04-
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Friends General Conference 1988
Active participant in workshop sessions on Unity with Nature, including a focus on consideration of sets of Queries developed by Monthly and Yearly Meetings on Unity with Nature and ways in which Friends; participated in informal meetings of Friends concerned with Unity with Nature.
information-habitat.net/projects/fgc-1988.htm
interfaith dialogue,
quakers,
sustainable development
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Boone, NC
1988.07-1988.07
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Parliament of the People
Co-opted member of the Facilitating team for a Parliament of the People that was covened as a grassroots parallel process to the Parliament of World Religions; Facilitated and published three special issues of "Your Voice" to record the proceedings of a Parliament of the People.
information-habitat.net/projects/pop.htm
conference documents,
conferences,
interfaith dialogue,
participant interactive message system,
participatory processes,
public participation,
publishing,
religion
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Chicago, IL
1993.09-1993.09
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Your Voice
Facilitated and published eleven issues of Your Voice - a participant interactive message system for participants to record their thoughts, observations, and ideas and reflections during the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions, including three special issues for a "Parliament of the People."
information-habitat.net/projects/yv.htm
electronic publishing,
interfaith dialogue,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
publishing,
religion
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Chicago, IL
1993.08-1993.09
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Parliament of World Religions
Co-opted member of a thirty-person facilitating team for the Parliament. Active participant on the facilitating team; compiled, edited and published a Summary Report of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders for the Facilitating Team based on the reports and observations of the members of the team.
information-habitat.net/projects/pwr.htm
conference documents,
conferences,
electronic publishing,
interfaith dialogue,
publishing,
religion
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Chicago, IL
1993.08-1993.09
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Information Habitat: Where Information Lives
Guides and directs Information Habitat - a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council - with a focus on promoting the understanding and practice of information ecology as a holistic life science and as a framework to support a global transition to knowledge-based economies, societies and environments. Throughout the global conferences of the 1990s, Information Habitat has been the leading pioneer in the systematic application of information and communications technologies in support of broad-based participation, access to information and networking by NGOs involved in the work of the United Nations, and the development of an information ecology framework that can support a transition to sustainability, human rights, justice and peace, in the context of an integrated follow up to the agreements of the United Nations Conferences of the 1990s and their reconciliation with international trade and investment agreements.
information-habitat.net/projects/ihwil.htm
conferences,
database,
ecological design,
economics,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
mathematics,
one light in all,
peace,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
united nations
|
Baltimore, MD
1990.06-
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Caring for Creation
Active participation and networking in this major interfaith conference on religion and the Earth; organized and staffed an exhibit on Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, demonstrating the power of microcomputers and electronic conferences to enable unprecented storage of, and access to, information, with a focus on access to documents relating to preparations for the Earth Summit; prepared an outline presentation of Hands-on Healing; participated in workshop discussions on UNCED participation and the uses of information and communications technology.
information-habitat.net/projects/cfc.htm
conferences,
interfaith dialogue,
religion,
sustainable development
|
Washington, DC
1990.06-1999.06
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Caring for Creation secretariat
Designed and supervised the registration database for the Caring for Creation interfaith conference; desktop publishing; set up and implement accounting system using Quicken® software; provided training and supervision in database use, word processing, desk top publishing and electronic communications.
information-habitat.net/projects/cfc-s.htm
conference registration,
conferences,
database,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
religion,
unced / earth summit
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Washington, DC
1990.04-1990.06
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Earthcare Interfaith Network
Developing "Foundations for a Sustainable Common Future", based on the vision of a global Interfaith network - united in their common faith-based acknowledgment vision presented at the November 1989 Globescope Pacific Assembly, in Los Angeles and key member of the organizing committee for the U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) and initial interim secretariat for the Citizens Network.
information-habitat.net/projects/ein.htm
access to information,
database,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
public participation,
religion
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Baltimore, MD
1989.08-1992.06
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FGC Gathering 1989
Led section on the Environment in a workshop on Friends in Global Networks.
information-habitat.net/projects/fgc-1989.htm
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
quakers,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Canton, NY
1989.07-1989.07
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Friends in Global Networks
Developed a proposal for an Interfaith approach to the UN Conference on Environment and Development, building on the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation movement in the World Council of Churches.
information-habitat.net/projects/fgn.htm
access to information,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
peace,
public participation,
quakers,
religion,
unced / earth summit
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Baltimore, MD
1989.07-1989.12
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Earth Day 1990
Organized an Interfaith sunrise dedication on Earth Day 20 at Fort McHenry - "birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner" - of a fifth verse of the U.S. National Anthem, the Peacemakers Planetary Anthem that begins "Oh say can you see, by the one light in all?"
information-habitat.net/projects/ed1990.htm
baltimore,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
one light in all,
quakers,
values
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Baltimore, MD
1990.02-1990.05
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FWCC Triennial - Section of the Americas
Participated in the Triennial Meeing of the Friends World Committee on Consultation with a focus on a concern with Unity with Nature. The meeting had an overall theme, from Micah, 6:8 "... and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" and included a focus on the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation movement in the World Council of Churches and on the preparation for the 1992 Earth Summit,
information-habitat.net/projects/fwcc1989.htm
interfaith dialogue,
quakers,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
|
Des Moines, IA
1989.05-1989.05
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Journey through Rio, Istanbul and Beyond
A retrospective journey in the form of a chronological annotated listing of documents and web sites - with links where available - electronic mailing lists, and databases that mark some of the highlights, landmarks and processes of the journey in more detail. The journey begins as preliminary preparations are underway for the Preparatory Committee meetings for the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro through a virtual journey to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, by way of the Habitat II Conference in Istanbul.
information-habitat.net/projects/rij.htm
access to information,
art,
conferences,
database,
economics,
electronic publishing,
email lists,
habitat & human settlements,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
millennium,
nonviolence,
peace,
peace cubes,
public participation,
social development,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
|
Baltimore, MD
1989.05-
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Friends Committee on Unity with Nature
Coordinated and edited "Queries on Unity with Nature" that were included as the Quaker contribution to the Environmental Sabbath materials published by the United Nations Environment Programme; edited and produced Unity with Nature Resource Packet; compiled and edited "Queries on Environment and Development" submitted to the Globescope Pacific Assembly.
information-habitat.net/projects/fcun.htm
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
one light in all,
publishing,
quakers,
values
|
Ann Arbor, MI
1988.02-1991.01
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Baltimore Interfaith Peace Mission
Participated in meetings, organized by the late Father Phillip Berrigan, of advocates for peace in Vietnam; distributed leaflets, etc. Following the Baltimore Four and the Catonsville Nine draft protests, the organization evolved into the Baltimore Defense Committee.
information-habitat.net/projects/baltoipm.htm
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
interfaith dialogue,
peace
|
Baltimore, MD
1967.10-1968.03
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