Page 30 RAIN February/March 1983 ACCESS: Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution Institutefor Environmental Mediation 3318 Queen Anne Ave. N Seattle, WA 98109 206/285-4641 The Institute has provided mediation services to parties in dispute over facil- itv-siting, resource management and environmental regulation since 1975. There is a regional office at 1605 Monroe St., Madison, WI53711, 206/285-1060; and a California office at 5301 Old Farm Rd., Hidden Hills, CA 91302, 213/999-1813. School ofNaturalResources University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 313/763-9022 The School of Natural Resources has received funding for the study of Natural Resource and Environmental Conflict. A computer file of current literature is being developed. Future plans include training programs, analysis of case studies, and other research projects. NationalAcademy ofPeace and Conflict Resolution Report National Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20420 $6.50,1981 The report on the establishment of the Center proposed in Congress is available from the Government Printing Office. Additional information about the National Academv is available from: Milton C. Mapes jr.. Executive Director, National Peace Academy Campaign, 110 Maryland Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202/546-9500. Uncommon Courtesy School of Compassionate Skills PO Box 428 Sausalito, CA 94966 415/332-6106 Leave it to Steward Brand to sneak in behind the lines with this simple and sound approach to a fundamental problem in living in urban America: you want to be a good citizen, but what do you do out there in the world, when someone is being mugged, or there's a fire, or other emergency? A one-day intensive workshop that has been offered is called Street Saint Skills, and includes training on what to do in emergency situations that arise on the streets as well as dispute resolution tactics. Dispute Resolution Program Directory ($9.00,1981,155 pp.) (and) Alternative Methods ofDispute Settlement —A Selective Bibliography ($4.00,1982) Special Committee on Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution American Bar Association 1800 M St., NW Washington, D.C. 20036-5886 Dispute Resolution Special Committee on Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution American Bar Association 1800MSt.,NW Washington, DC 20036-5886 This free quarterly information update is about alternative dispute resolution in small claims courts, arbitration and mediation of both civil and criminal disputes, settlement incentives, neighborhood justice centers, citizen advisory councils, ombudspersons, and other new processes. Negotiations; An Effective Toolfor Citizen Organizations? James E. Crowfoot Northern Rockies Action Group 9 Placer St. Helena, MT 59601 $5.00,1980,46pp. An introduction to negotiaton techniques for nonprofit organizations. A Summons to Life: Mediating Structures and the Prevention ofCrime Robert L. Woodson $17.50 paper, 1981,130pp. Housing andPublic Policy: A Rolefor Mediating Structures John J. Egan, John Carr, Andrew Mott, John Ross $17.50 paper, 1981,123pp. The Hidden Health Care System: Mediating Structures and Medicine Lowell S. Levin, Ellen L. Idler $19.00 paper, 19M, 265pp. From: Ballinger Publishing Company 17 Dunster St. Cambridge, MA 02138 These three books were supported by the conservative American Enterprise Institute, which is advocating for support of mediating structures: family, church, ethnic ties, voluntary groups and neighborhood associations, to solve housing, crime, and other urban problems. The Myth, the Reality, and the Future of Environmental Mediation Gerald W. Cormick Environment Magazine, September1982 This has a good overview to the field, with an accompanying article on The Crest Dispute: A Mediation Success, by Verne C. Huser. Resolve Conservation Foundation 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 Resolve is a quarterly p>eriodical that provides infonnation about environmental dispute resolution approaches. It is free of charge. Peacemaking in Your Neighborhood Jennifer Beer, Editor Friends Suburban Project Box 462 Concordville, PA 19331 $6.00,1982,58pp. This is a para-peacemaking manual to be used to help straighten out neighborhood, and people-within-the-neighbor- hood disputes and conflicts.
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