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Recycling
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Baltimore Area Recycling Committee
Successfully mobilized a broad based - and lasting - coalition of neighborhood, environmental and educational groups in a major re-direction of recycling policy resulting, inter alia, in weekly curb-side pick up of recyclables and a five year City Council moratorium on waste incinerators. Supervised the organization of a successful conference that played a major role in stimulating the growth and development of the committee's activities. Developed and maintained database of coalition participants, edited and desktop-published brochures, reports and directories of committee members.
information-habitat.net/projects/recycle.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
conference documents,
conference registration,
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
dataperfect digital engines,
environment,
public participation,
recycling
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Baltimore, MD
1988.09-1991.06
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Better Waverly Community Organization
Served as Co-Chair for Better Waverly; assisted in organizing neighborhood clean-up days; established and edited Better Waverly newsletter; developed and maintained integrated database for membership and organizational records, generating mailing labels - including ZIP+4 codes - and directories as needed. Expanded the database to include ownership records for every property in the neighborhood, classified as to zoning and type of ownership, enabling the identification of ownership of properties in violation of Housing codes - mostly owned by absentee landlords; initiated community gardening project.
information-habitat.net/projects/bwco.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
database,
habitat & human settlements,
home ownership,
information ecology,
publishing,
recycling,
urban agriculture
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Baltimore, MD
1985.10-1990.05
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801 Homestead Street
Undertook major renovation of a dilapidated 1877 frame house and established an organic garden on the 1/3 acre estate that had been created by purchasing two adjacent lots. Removed plaster and lathe interior walls; weather-proofed house with storm windows, insulation and caulking; re-painted interior of the house; installed new wiring, etc.
Removed large quantities of trash and debris from the garden - much of which was buried in the garden - and set about restoring the garden, adding compost heaps and collecting many, many bags of leaves each fall to create a large collection of leaf mold to enhance the condition of the garden.
information-habitat.net/projects/801-home.htm
biological diversity,
diet,
ecological design,
energy,
habitat & human settlements,
home ownership,
recycling,
sustainable agriculture,
sustainable home economics,
urban agriculture,
urban gardening
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Baltimore, MD
1984.12-1995.06
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Digital Engine