RAIN MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ECO NET VOLUME I, NUMBER 4 JANUARY 1975
Page 2 RAIN is a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded b by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education Grant. The office is at Environmental Education Center, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, Or. Or., 97207. (503) 229-4692 Usual deadline for material ~ 18th of each month. ECO -NET /Energy Center/OMSI (503) 224-9500 Charles Auch Linda Craig Dean Ivy Marcia Lynch Mary Lawrence Bob Phillips Rusty Whitney RAIN/EEC 248-5929 248-5941 248-5929 248-5920 248-5940 248-5941 248-5903 (503) 229-4692, 229-4683 Anita Helle Lee Johnson Steve Johnson (editor) Mary Wells (layout, design) EEC (503) 229-4682 Randi Krogstad Don Stotler Laura Williamson Cover Photo: Ancil Nance Typesetting: Irish Setter THANKS TO: Randy Chakarian Carol Costello Jack Eyerly George Harvey Catherine Johnson Jim Morrison Julie Seltz Randy Skoog Bob Wallace January, 1975 RAIN RAIN is a monthly bulletin board. As.stuff comes our way by phone, mail, feet, hands and mouth we make entries, abstracts, paragraphs. We emphasize environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information; and we are interested in the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections. Our geographic emphasis is the Pacific Northwest, though our prejudice will be Oregon, and more specifically Portland. You can correct our bias by your feedback, sending us information on projects, exciting books, pieces, newsletters, ideas, photos, corrections. Positions and Situations is a place for you to locate others, more or less without our editorial intervention. If you are thinking about thinking about doing something here's the place to find next steps and connections. We have spent nearly as much time constructing our mailing list, as compiling the newsletter. It is presently composed of environmental educators, people doing energy related research, other newsletters, other centers, community organizers, governmental and private environmentally related groups and agencies. If you have other persons you think should receive RAIN, drop us a note. Why you may not be entered: We don't know about you, you are lost in brown boxes and manila envelopes, or we ran out of time and space. You will notice initials following some entries: The person submitting the entry is found in the list of contributors. In addition to RAIN, during the year we expect to publish: 1) City Survival, a short directory (or series) to information resources in Portland, 2) A Directory ofEnvironmental Information Resources in the Pacific Northwest, 3) How To Sheets, guides to getting things done, like how to find your way through governmental bureaucracies, 4) An Access Guide, to materials at EEC/Energy Center. Please mention RAIN when asking for information from individuals and groups, as it then encourages those people to keep us posted. (S.J.) 1975 RAIN Catalog We need an in ex and update to RAIN, so we decided we will cut up old RAINs. We will send out entries, addresses, etc., and ask people to update/correct the information, and to tell us what key words they want. We have long thought we would like to know our readers, so we will print up a reader enquiry card, and hope you will fill it out. Then we've got other compilations: the "Rough Drafts," the Energy Center Bibliographies, an Urban Agriculture Directory, a N.W. Media Guide-so of course, why not do it all under one cover. It can also be an update to Chinook Centrex, but more regional and national. The basic component will be a compilation of RAIN entries, indexed. Beyond that, it's up to you and us. Send us information about yourselves, or others, or needs, or books. People sending in information we use will receive a free copy (unless it's just information about their own project). · The catalog could provide more in-depth information, lots of How to Survive, and ... We expect to send out cut-up RAINs by February; the catalog will be published like in April. But we are waiting for your feedback.
January, 1975 €GRICULTURE·F009) American Association of Nurserymen Inc. 230 Southern Bldg. 15th and H Streets;,N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 General education publications as well as detailed nursery landscape information. Energy conservation through planing shade. Nice free brochure on energy conservation called "It Depends on You." Ask for publications list. Emerald Dairy Goat Association Findrack Station Rt. 1, Box 501 High Pass Road Junction City, Ore. 97448 Newsletter, with articles, commercial ads and classifieds from dairy goat raisers in Oregon. $3/yr. subscription. Council for Agriculture, Science & Technology Astronomy Department Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50010 515-294-2036 Many published reports, including "Energy and Agriculture," submitted to Congress Nov. 26, 1973; also a V<!luable "Directory of Environmental Scientists in Agriculture," Nov. 1972 ($3). Also publish a newsletter reporting on developments in technology, science and agriculture. Corporate Secrecy: Agribusiness U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Stock No. 5270-0178, $2.25 (or GPO bookstore) Hearings before the Subcommittee on Monopoly of the Select Committee on Small Business, U.S. Senate. A 500page report. Testimony, newspaper clippings, studies, articles. Index to Groups and Individuals Interested in Food Production and Farming (Wa., Or., Ida., B. Columbia) OPEN, N.W. Network Box 692 Port Townsend, Wn. 98368 Fifty cents and a large self-stamped envelope. Over 100 producers and interested exchangers. Along with the as yet unfinished Agricultural Conference Director, makes a large information base for alternative forms of agriculture in the Northwest. (See also Jaybird, under Agriculture) Jaybird Information P.O. Box 554 Republic, Wn. 99166 A listing of people involved in marketing sessions, Agricultural Conference. Over 200, includes some people not at conference. Co-ops, organic farmers, warehouses, trucks. Send donation AND be two-way about it. Homesteading Class Antioch College West Rt. 1, Box 28A Winters, Ca. 95694 80-acre organic farm; students farm some ~ours, other times take classes in alternative energy, soil analysis, pest management. Michael Dillion of Athens, Georgia, has a 27-foot tower which holds 230 tomato plants, which he figures provides the equivalent of 175 feet of conventional row space. A 10-foot tower produced 1230 pounds of tomatoes in 1971. The tower is filled with compost, etc. and has a water/nutrient system in the core. Acres, U.S.A. -a voice for Eco-Agriculture 10227 East 61st St. Raytown, Missouri 6413 3 (C. C.) $5.50 a year. Research and news, some politics, even pyramid power. Lots of how-to things. John H. Cejka, the farmer-scientist interviewed in Acres U.S.A. last month, is telling farmers to till the soil this fall. Come spring there may not be time. Reason-heavy rains, very wet weeks in many areas. Cejka's firm, Cyclomatic Enginee-ring, P. 0. Box 382, Glenview, Illinois 60025, pinpoints super-wet areas. Organic Waste. A report by the Bureau of Mines in 1970 stated ''A significant part of the energy demand of the nation can be obtained by converting nearly every kind of organic solid waste to a lowsulfur oil.'' A refuse plant at Rosenheim, Germany serves 14 towns. Paris turns 1.6 million tons of refuse annually into steam to produce power. Other European cities are doing the same. Fertilizer from waste would be better. Energy rates better than landfill~ ACRES U.S.A. Page 3 Pacific Northwest Seed Bank/Network c/o Baruch, Regional Coordinator 1155 N.E. 7th Corvallis, Or. 97330 "We are concerned that the socialeconomic structure of the United States and the world is becoming increasingly unstable, creating potential problems in obtaining food seeds from outside our region." Banking, trading, accessing information about growth, use and storage of seeds. Factors form on request-for exchange purposes. Wanting feedback about needs/structure of the bank. Old Fashioned Recipe Book Carla Emery Kendrick, Idaho 83 5 3 7 Living room mimeographer. 1974. $9.95 plus 42i postage. 640 variously colored mimeographed sheets, 3-hole punched, ready for a notebook. As well as good recipes, there's information about root cellars, drying, home remedies, dictionary of antique cookbook words, butchering, crackers, soapmaking, blankets, even biography and pictures of Carla and her family. Good index. Forestry as Agriculture Source/Bibliography Oregon has several tax options which lower running yearly taxes in favor of a higher harvest tax. We just got "reforestation" or "Fee (yearly) and Yield (harvest)" classification, which means we pay 10 cents/acre-for the trees that are on it, no matter how much or little they're worth. When we cut them we will have to pay 12~% to the State. The land itself is also subject to tax, but apparently it is exempt from school taxes. continued next page
Page 4 Oregon Historical Society General Readings Eric Sloane. Reverence for Wood. Ballantine Books. (Also: American Barns, Museum of Early American Tools, ...) Rutherford and Platt. The Great American Forest. Yearbooks of Agriculture, esp. 1948 - Grass (see pp. 594ff., "The Use of Logged-Off Land"); and 1957-Soil. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbooks Log Scaling & Timber Cruising, J.R. Dilworth, OSU Bookstores, Corvallis, Or. Northwest Publications, Pacific Northwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, P.O. Box 3141, Portland, 97208. Franklin and Dyrness. Natural Vegetation of Oregon & Washington. Randall & Keniston. Manual ofOregon Trees & Shrubs. OSU Bookstores. Woodland Handbook for the Pacific Northwest. Prepared by the Oregon Woodland Publications Council and the Washington Woodland Council, published by the Cooperative Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Where to Get Pacific Bamboo Gardens, 4754 Vista Lane, San Diego, California 92116 Forestation Notes. Frank TerBush, editor. U.S. Forest Service, Division of State & Private Forestray, Box 3623, Portland 97208. One issue has listings of nurseries which supply bare-root seedlings for forestry plantings. USDA's Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service has reforestation and other land-building programs. They will pay 75% of cost of reforestation at the rates of $85/M seedlings planted, $3 5 /acre for site preparation. F.W. Schumacher, Sandwich, Mass. Excellent seed company-grow your own woodlot of useful trees (See Eric Sloane, A Reverence for Wood, et al., and Rutherford Platt, The Great American Forest.) Department of Forestry, State of Oregon, 2600 State Street, Salem 97 310. Their Elkton nursery's prices this year: Douglas Fir-$34/M, Poplar-$75 /M. Randy Chakarian See also: Community, Computer, Education, Media. January, 1975 E-RCHITECTURE ) Solar Heated Buildings: A Brief Survey Dr. William A. Shurcliff Solar Energy Digest P.O. Box 17776 San Diego, Ca. 92117 Fifth edition. Data on 68 houses, schools and commercial buildings. (High Country News) His (Baldasare Forestiere) main tools were hand tools, a pick, a shovel and a wheelbarrow; a horse and a small scraper were used to move large rocks. He dug over 90 rooms, passages and courts, each with an Of?en hole to the surface for light and water, and each with a fruit tree immediately below. He dug most of the rooms ten feet below the surface, a small lower level 23 feet below, and another few rooms 35 feet below the surface. His big dream was a restaurant .. . (Harpers Weekly) NAHB Research Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 1627 Rockville, Maryland 20850 301-762-4200 The National Association of home builders. They publish a very good manual, the "Insulation Manual"- homes, apartments. $4, with locations, amounts, techniques, design and operating cost data for 561 communities. Also from them: "Manual of Lumber and Plywood Saving Techniques," for residential light frame construction. Various options in allowable support load factors. $3 .50. Soil Cement: Its Use in Buildings Available from: United Nations, Sales Section New York, N.Y. 10017 Prepared by the Inter-American Housing and Planning Centre. National University of Columbia, Bogota. (1964, $1.50). Information regarding types of soils used used, lengthy instructional data, models, Oregon Historical Society results of experiments.
January, 1975 Portland Community Design Center 723 S.E. Grand Ave. Portland, Or. 97214 503-232-4221 Community oriented resource center providing free services in architecture, planning and community development to neighborhood groups and low income individuals who otherwise could not afford such services. Having worked with various community projects including Eliot Neighborhood Model Block, Sunnyside Neighborhood, Children's playground design, N. Portland Neighborhood, Community Center remodeling .... See also: Energy, Weather. ~UDIO VISUAL ) Oregon Filmmakers: November 1974 issue of Film Library News. 6-page rundown of some films about Oregon. Also audio tapes, available by loan from: Oregon Division of Continuing Education 1635 S.W. Park Ave. P.O. Box 1491 Portland, Or. 97207 Midwest Video News WIDL Video 5875 N. Lincoln Chicago, Ill. 60659 Especially for midwest, but also national source material too. $4/yr. Write for sample or exchange. Challenge for Change Newsletter · National Film Board of Canada P.O. Box 6100 Montreal101, Quebec Reports on activities; special issues, good access. Social Animation through media. Videomaker, Appalachia's Living Newsletter Broadside TV 204 E. Watauga Johnson City, Tenn. 37601 A catalogue of videotapes for purchase or exchange. Tapes on "The Wobblies," "Jesse Stuart," on living and learning, "The Union Struggle," "Black Midwife and Nurse"-Aunt Minnie Conley of Carter County is 96 years old and talks of her service to the mountain community delivering babies and offering other health services, "Moonshine Making." Broadside TV also offers a supplemental tape list for use in school curriculums-a series on environmental education, know your city, and general interest .... (B.P. C.A.) Speakers' Bureau Portland Community College 12000 S.W. 49th Ave. Portland, Or. 97219 A brochure available describing the range of topics/speakers. PCC faculty, available for speaking engagements, no charge unless long distance. Community Video Report c/o Community Video Center P.O. Box 21068 Washington, D.C. 20009 $4/4 issues if community, $12 if institution. (Randy Skoog) Bulletin for Film and Video Information Anthology Film Archives 80 Wooster St. New York, N.Y. 10012 Callie Angell and Hollis Melton, eds. $2/ yr., bi-monthly. A what's happening for film and video people. Traveling artists' itineraries, grant information, reprints of articles from other publications, show show places, catalogues .... (B.P., C.A.) €oMMUNITY ) National Conference on Urban Environment Contact: Mr. Wayne Schimpf£ Open Lands Project 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, Ill. 60604 :robe held in March. Forums being held prior to gain national input. For information on the national conference, Mr. Albert Hopkins, National Conference on the Urban Environment, 1028 Connecticut Ave., N.W., #407, Washington, D.C. 20036. Community Garden Fact Sheet Organic Garden and Farming Emmaus, Pa. 18049 Also Dec. 1974 article on a dozen or so community gardens around the country. Free. See also: Audio-visual, Futures, Media. €0MPUTERS ) The Tom Shift Terminal or A Convivial Cybernetic Device Write to: LGC Engineering 1807 Delaware St. Berkeley, Ca. 94703 For information (a 50-page paper) on modification of Don Lancaster's TV Typewriter. Page 5 New Rural Society. A telecommunications system developed under a HUD grant to Dr. Peter Goldmark, has been installed for permanent use by the Union Trust Company of Stamford and New Haven, Ct. Also along the same lines is "Rural Development Through Electronic Technology," available from: APL Lab Agricultural and Rural Sociology Dept. Texas A&M University College Station, Tx. 77843 Com index P.O. Box 5415 Seattle, Wn. 98105 A global directory of groups and people interested in the use of computers as community communications tool. Books, periodicals, etc., being prepared. Subscription $2; for directory and 3 updates. Contact for details or to. be included, etc. (Bob Wallace) graphic: Victoria Johnson META Information Applications, Inc. P.O. Box 943 Wellfleet, Ma. 02667 617-349-3121 The use of computers in agriculture and medicine. Two specific projects now: Cattle breeding programs and techniques for production and utilization of fertiliz· ers. Wishing to hear from others with information, ideas, similar projects. Con· tact Pamela Hardt and Robert Shipiro. (eouCATION ) Environmental Education Science Education News American Assn. for Advancement of Science 1515 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 November 1974 issue reports on several environmental education councils and centers, including the EEC. continued next page
Page 6 New Roles for Youth in the School and Community. $4.25, 1974. Citation Press New York, N.Y. ($4.25, 1974) A descriptive almost-catalog of innovative education projects. Includes short directory of ones still existing. The National Commission on Resources for Youth, the compilers, are a resource for special education projects, especially ones with community involvement curriculum/work. Nat'l. Commis~ ion on Resources for Yout:~ 36 W. 44th St. New York, N.Y. 10036 Ecology, Environment and Education R. Thomas Tanner, $1.75. Professional Educators Publications Inc. Box 80728 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 According to the Environmental Education Reporter, "If there were to be a dictionary of environmental education in America, this book would definitely be a front runner." R. Thomas Tanner Cispus Environmental Learning Center Randle, Wn. 98377 Float Town c/o Bjorn Lunde 13007 8th, N.E. Seattle, Wn. 98125 206-363-3285 They have salvaged a barge and are creating a living learning center to eventually travel around the Puget Sound area. Interested/teaching energy systems, biodegradable waste, food growing, etc. See also: Agriculture, Information, Networks. The Port of Tacoma will be shipping 2.5 million gallons of manure each month to the Arab countries Buhrain and Dubai, for use in a billion dollar desert reclamation project. (Ore. State Energy Conservation Newsletter) ) Energy Profile of the State of Washington. July 1973. 76 pp. $2.50. Institute for Environmental Studies 112 Seig Hall FR-40 University of Washington Seattle, Wn. 98195 (C. C.) Strategies for Energy Conservation. $5 Living Systems Rt. 1, Box 170 Winters, Ca. 95694 Think you might be interested in this newly-released report, prepared by a multi-disciplinary team for the City of Davis, Ca. Building performance, proposed changes in the building code, neighborhood planning and energy efficiency, and operation of a building for maximum solar heating/cooling. (David Bainbridge, Davis, Ca.) The Energy Crisis Survival Kit. Susan Knox. $1.65. Manor Books. There are many sources for some of the general information provided in this book-various common sense ways to conserve and live good in inflation/ depression, but it's done pretty well here and has lots of good energy-use facts, some contact and follow-up, and at $1.65. Energy, Natural Life Styles Library Box 268 Tillson, N.Y. 12486 An 80-page book/magazine. $3.95. A usual definition of energy (wood, solar, small scale); but also an unusual definition: the collection includes a nice pumpkin food page, and another on Jerusalem artichokes; small book reviews, resource access. Price seems a bit much. January, 1975 Indiana Solar Heating Law Effective since February of 1974, a law in Indiana (Act No. 223) provides for up to a $2,000 deduction in the assessed value of real estate to compensate home owners for the value of solar heating and cooling systems. Pacific Power and Light Company Customer and Technical Services 920 S.W. 6th Ave. Portland, Or. 97204 Free booklets from Colonel Watts His Name on energy conservation. Also $1 general manuals on house and mobile home insulation. A study done for the Energy Policy Project by Bruce Hannon of the University of Illinois shows the total amount of energy used by each major industry, together with its employment intensity. It indicates that in their production processes, most of the high energy-intensive industries such as cement, aluminum, chemicals, and steel are the ones that employ relatively few people. But most of the industries that had the highest number of jobs per dollar of investment, such as hospitals, hotels, education, dairy farm products, barber shops, were the lowest users of energy in their operations. This and other studies done by the Energy Policy Project staff are likely to show that only a handful of industries me more than half of the energy used by all industries, yet employ less ~han 10 p_ercent of the people working m the Umted States. Further these industries produce only about S percent of the total GNP. Solar Energy Society U.S. Section Smithsonian Radiation Biology Lab 12441 Parklawn Drive Rockville, Maryland 20852 Research and dissemination (Solar Energy journal). $20 regular, $10 student membership. (C.C.) Oregon Historical Society
January, 1975 For a more extensive reading list, send 10ct or stamp to: Eugene Future Power Committte P.O. Box 5274 Eugene, Or. 97405 (information provided by Randy Skoog, Coalition fora Safe Environment, 3123 Eastlake Ave., E., Seattle, Wn. 98102.) ~ 0.6 I 0::: ~ 0.5 f2 (/) a o.4 0::: ""' ~ 0 0.3 z ct ::E ~ 0 .2 0 ""' Li: 0.1 ~ J I A _l_ b f-1' c;; 0::: ""' > v ' \; - ) ~ 0 Ci 12 3 6 A.M. 9 12 3 6 P.M. A daily load curve for an electric range. (Source: Federal Power Commission On Energy-On Site Magazine. $6.95 60 Greene Street New York, N.Y. 10012 9 A collection of photos and articles on energy, energy and civilization, Rene Dubois, Architectural Prospects, Richard Stein, Autorama, Chip Lord & Ant Farm Farm, People in Glass Houses, Witold Rybeyneki, Washington Monument as a Sundial, Yuri Schwebler. Selection follows: As we mine ever poorer grades of ore approaching the crustal abundance of these elements, we must provide an energy subsidy from fossil fuels that geologic processes provided for us in the past. It requires energy to go from a high entropy, dispersed state (crustal abundance) to a low entropy, concentrated state (ore). To that extent the human substitution ofan energy subsidy for one of nature's is a key to rising inflation. (James Mellett) If we focus our attention on solar energy, plant growth and manpower, we shall find that all our basic energy needs are available in abundance, not only kinetic energy for current supplies, but potential energy stored in living cells and organs, in plant fibers, wood, fossil fuels, bodily reserves offat and sugar, muscular structures, and finally etherealized in subjective superorganic form in the tissues of the human brain. (Lewis Mumford) The unit ofmeasure now being used 12 by some sophisticated whole system thinkers is sometimes called the "ecodollar." The eco-dollar can be used to measure the true cost of electricity purchased from Con Ed by including the health and cleaning costs of pollution in the calculated sum. The eco-dollar can be used to measure the loss ofa species ofwild bird in terms ofthe resultant simplification ofthe overall system when we lose that bird's concentration ofinformation in its gene pool. And the eco-dollar can be used to measure the social worth of a novel in terms ofthe new information or new ordering of information it brings into the social system. See also: Games, Groups, Media, Networks, Recycling, Whole Systems. ~UTURES ) Earthrise P.O. Box 120 Annex Station ProvideJ!fe, R.I. 02901 401-274-0011 Futures research, education and design. Occasional publications. Futures Laban ongoing study, with credit at the University Without Walls; global futures game. An attractive newsletter; reviewing futures study around the country. Student $3, Individual $5, Institution $10, Memberships $6, $10, and $20. Goals for Seattle City of Seattle Seattle Municipal Bldg. Seattle, Wn. 98104 400-page comprehensive plan for Seattle. Simulation Learning Institute P.O. Box 637 Huntington, New York 11743 ) They offer a nuclear energy game (we haven't seen it). Write for details, other projects/games. Page 11 Oak Ridge Associated Universities Citizens Workshops P.O. Box 117 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 The Energy-Environment Simulator, a computer-like device that visited the EEC in December, is a clever device by which one plays a game of survival, based on various energy and environment resources and decisions to use/ not use. The Oak Ridge Associated Universities is a non-profit educational and research corporation sponsored by 42 southern colleges and universities. It conducts many research, educational and public information programs for the Atomic Energy Commission (now part of The Energy Research and Development Administration), and other governmental and private agencies. (GovERNMENT ) U.S. Arma Shipments, Week of Sapt 3~ 4, 1974 MATERIAL Rifles (22,540) Fire Control Systems Aircraft Support Equip. Aircraft Support Equip. Aircraft Support Equip. Aircraft Support Equip. Aircraft Support Equip. Fire Distribution Support Radar Air Data Computer Testers Rocket Support Equip. Missile Support Equip. Helicopter Parts Spacecraft Equip. Aircraft Support Equip. Tank Spare Parts Helicopter Spare Parts Aircraft Support Missile Equip. Bombs Pyrotechnics Military Vehicle Equip. Aircraft Spare Parts Transceivers Missile Equip. Spacecraft Equip. Ammunition Target Aircraft Communications Equip. Aircraft Spare Parts Aircraft Spare Parts Aircraft Spare Parts Aircraft Spare Parts Helicopter Spare Parts Photo Interpretation Equip. FSL Receiving Systems Aircraft Spare Parts Aircraft Spare Parts Navigation Systems Speech Scramblers Ships Navigation Ships Support Aircraft Spare Parts Helicopter Spare Parts Weapons Delivery Systems Searchlights Weapons Parts Military Vehicle Equip Fire Control Systems Missiles and Support Protective Personnel Equip. Tanks and Military Vehicles Sp. Pts. Weapons Spare Parts Tear Gas Grenades Gas Masks Ships Support Equip. Military Electronic Equip. Weapons Spares DESTINATION Taiwan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Luxembourg Spain Great Brttain Great Brttain Greece France France W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany Italy Italy Great Brttain Netherlands France France Great Britain Spain W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany W. Germany Italy Colombia Venezuela Venezuela Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Iran Iran India Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Legislative Action Center 601 W. Burnside Portland, Or. 97209 223-7133 COST $ 3,414,810 703,019 217,632 231,764 110,124 150.000 400,578 1,044,635 796,620 280,750 758,400 9,675,000 600,000 177,000 1,000,000 446,002 500,000 500,000 168,493 342,808 66,960 1,663,152 100,000 111,933 113,000 106.485 302,667 263,552 185,000 3,437,338 212,349 1,800,000 300,000 2,950,036 1.194.620 I 1,000,000 303,923 2,000,000 464,500 1,963 141 ,761 256.450 1,000,000 247,811 450,000 455,760 132,992 140,000 158,203 122,801,423 252,527 3,000,000 2,000,000 371,687 1,500 I 266,250 122,899 1,500,000 Total $169,398,176 Providing information about the state legislature through resource-phone, newsletter, meetings. Non-profit group. Staffed by Vista, student interns and volunteers from the community. See also: Agriculture, Groups, Information Networks.
Page 12 €ROUPS/ASSNS) National Council for Public Assessment of Technology 1714 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Started by Byron Kennard, who also helped develop the Public Interest Economics Center-same address. Providing a forum for public participation in governmental discussions about technological growth Uni-Versing Center 1520 S.E. 37th Portland, Or. 97214 Michael SunU, director On the moment· positive feedback from the group for helpful thoughts. Ongoing brainstorming, reporting and recording on eco-issues and new education experiences. We explore how much energy is gained by making certain changes in design and function in a system of society. Reprints and condensations and original copies are part of handouts and free lending library of info on energy, environment, education, psychology, spirit, media and communication networks, body healing. Massage _and yoga lessons. Questions, relevant info and donations wanted. ( Lili Everbee, Universing Center) Northwest Regional Foundation P.O. Box 5296 Spokane, Wn. 92205 Robert Stilger, director of program development, Expo '74; Robert Theobald (with probability of "Futures Conditional" moving to Spokane); Edward Lindaman (pres. Whitworth College); Mr. Bob Baily, and Mrs. Lorna Ream, incorporators. Formative stages. Hoping to be involved in citizen participation through bi-centennial and the U.N. Habitat conference (June 1975, Vancouver, B.C.). Write for more details on the foundation's goals. Forest Park Committee of Fifty Garnet E. Cannon, Chairman 4470 S.W. Greenleaf Drive Portland, Or. 227-2069 Annual meeting held, with presentation of plan for management of Portland's 6,000-acre wilderness park. University of Idaho College of Law Moscow, Idaho 83843 c/o David Risley & Ellen Spano Volunteer basis. Legal research for environmental issues. Washington Environmental Council 107 S. Main Seattle, Wn. 98104 623-1483 State-wide legislative action group. Newsletter. Write for details. Task Force Against Nuclear Pollution 153 ESt., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003 Petition drive underway to include a nuclear power moratorium as amendment to the nuclear budget bill next spring. Write for details, newsletter, petition. 0FORMATION ) The Connection P.O. Box 224 Ojai, Ca. 93023 A catalog of hundreds of items, survival oriented. Available for subscribers at special discount prices. Prices average, some above and some below others I've seen. Impressive range of stuff. (Catalog itself, available in bookstores, is $4.) They also publish the New journal ( $6/ yr.); and provide services connections. Write for details. Bibliography of Data Describing Social, Economic and Environmental Conditions of the Spokane Metropolitan Area Produced by the Spokane Regional Planning Conference, transportation study division, City of Spokane. Lists publications of Wash. State Dept. of Ecology, urban planning reports, geology, water, air, pollution reports, census. Mostly Spokane Basin interest. Environmental Problem Solving-a Process Manual Union of Young Environmentalists University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, Wis. 54302 A 64-page nicely done booklet providing elementary information on areas such as research, grants, clarification skills, use of flow charts, graphics, matrices. Developed out of a workshop summer of 1974. (no price on our copy) January, 1975 The Servant as Leader Center for Applied Studies 17 Dunster Street Cambridge, Ma. 12138 Single copies $12.50. Three other titles in series. The idea comes from Herman Hesse's journey to the East, where Leo, the servant to a band of men on a mythical journey, disappears and the band falls into disarray, revealing Leo as a leader. The Whole COSMEP Catalog Dust Books 5218 Scotwood Rd. Paradise, Ca. 95 969 Catalog of shoestring publishers in audience directed layout (each publisher cited laid out own page). This is a compilation of people who belong to the Committee of Small Editors and Publishers, Inc. Alone with Alternatives in Print, provides a large peek into publishing/distributing on the cottage/ community level. Science for Society Commission on Science Education American Assn. for Advancement of Science 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 An extensive (110 pp.) bibliography, for secondary and college students and teachers, and lay groups. Includes newspapers, magazine references; very few references earlier than 1971. (no price) City of Portland, Information 1220 S.W. 5th Ave. Portland, Or. 97204 503-248-4583 New copies of City Services (breakdown by problem area) partially reproduced in RAIN No. 2, is available again. Also City Government, How It Works, a brief description; a useful departmental breakdown; a summary of budget pamphlets available. The Lives ofa Cell. Lewis Thomas. Viking Press. Lewis Thomas is director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where unusual nutritional research takes place, involving the use of Laetrile (vitamin B-17). The book is about exchanging information as the goal of life.
January, 1975 Recycling Information Office 1234 S.W. Morrison Portland, Or. 97205 229-5119 (MEDIA ) A large new poster (23" by 23") available for 251i. For organizations and schools to post. Rura/ite P.O. Box 1731 Portland, Or. 97207 ~AND USE ) Oregon Coastal Conservation and Development Commission This 40-page newsprint magazine goes out for $1.32 a year to members of many rural power companies. There's inspirational and heart-warming stories, recipes, good classified ads, some soft electrical sell. $2.00 for outsiders. 251i a copy. P.O. Box N Florenc~, Or. 97439 503-997-8248 Information about Coastal resources in The C. U.E. Media Guide will be continued, but we were short on space. If you desire an entire guide, write to us or C.U.E. _14 different reports. Coastal wetlands, continental shelf, planning, economic analysis, historical and archaeological resources, others. They are attempting to make the reports available. Prices not set-somewhere between $2 and $4. Write for details. Community Communications Center Rt. 1, Box 778 Winlock, Wn. 98596 Formative stages. Proposing a multipurpose facility, offset printshop, dark room, audio tape production studios .. Get Involved: Some GroupsTo Do It With A tlll' 1 1 b f · Environmental Policy Center 324 C Street, SE North Dakota Farmers Union, Box 651, James- . cross . coun ry, a grea num er o orgam- Washington, DC 20003 ' • town, N.Dak. 58401 zattons are mvolved 10 vanous aspects of the land Evergreen Land Trust Ass'n., P.O. Box 303, Clear North West Information Network, 608 19th Ave. refom1 movement. Herewith a parttal list. Get Lake, Washington 98235 E., Seattle, Wash. 98112 in touch with a group near you and pitch in! Federation of Southern Cooperatives, P.O: Box 95, Northern California Land Trust, P.O. Box 156, Agribusiness Accountability Project, 1000 WiscoQ- .sin Ave., N.W., Washington, DC ~ Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, :IIllO 31'Cl, ~~ Albuquerque, N.Mex. 87101 Americans for Indian Opportunity, 11!'rG'~eff,erson Place, N.W., Washington. D.C. 20Q3ii Appalachian Research and Defense ~116-B Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, w:'tr-4:, 25301 Basin Electric Power Co-op, Bismar~~1 ,ND 58S01 Black Economic Research Center, 112 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10027 Black Land Services, Penn Center, Beaufort, s. c. 29902 Black Mesa Defense Fund, 770 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, N.Mex. 87501 Center for Community Change, 1000 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20007 Center for Community Economic Development, 1878 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 02140 Center for New Corporate Priorities, 1516 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90024 Center for'Rural Affairs, P.O. Box 405, Walthill, Nebraska 68067 Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University, St. Louis MO 63130 Central Clearing House, 338 E. De Vargas, Santa Fe, N.Mex. 87501 Colorado Project, 1232 Delaware, Denver, Colo. 80204 Committee to Save North Dakota, 801 2nd Ave., S.E., Jamestown, N.Dak., 58401 Community Services, Inc., Box 243, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 Conservation Foundation, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036 Concerned Citizens United, 208 W. Bertrand, St. Marys, Kansas 66536 Consumer Federation of America, 1012 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 Cooperative League of the USA, 59 E. Van Buren, Chicago, Ill. 60605 Cut Cane Associates, P.O. Box 98, Mineral Bluff, Ga., 30559 Delta Ministry, P.O. Box 3634, Jackson, Miss. 39207 Emergency Land Fund, 799 Fair St., SW, Atlanta, Ga., 30314 Environmental Action, 1346 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036 Environmental Defense Fund, 645 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022 Epes, Ala. 35460 Berkeley, Calif. 94701 Foundation for Community Development, 604 W. Northern Cheyenne Land Owners Association, P.O. Chapel Hill St., Durham, NC 27702 Box 113, Lame Deer, Mont. 59101 Friends of the Earth, 529 Commercial St., San Northern Environmental Council, B!»< 89, Ashland, Francisco, Calif. 94111 Wise. 54806 Gulfcoast Pulpwood Association, Box 53, Easta- Northern Plains Resource Council, 41!7 Stapleton buchie, Miss. 39436 Bldg., Billings, Mont. 59101 Henry George School, 833 Market St., San Fran- Northern Rockies Action Gtoup, 9 Placer St.-1 cisco, Calif. 94103 Helena, Mont. 59601 Highlander Research and Education Center, Rt. 3, Open Space Institute, 145 E. 52nd St., New York, Box 245 A, New Market, Tenn. 57820 NY 10022 Institute for Development of Indian Law, 927 15th Peacemaker Land Trust, 4818 Florence Ave., St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 Philadelphia, Pa. 19143 Institute for Liberty and Community, Box 94, Penn Community Services, P.O. Box 126, FrogLyndonville, Vermont 05851 more, S. C. 29920 Institute for the Study of Non-Violence, Box 1001, People's Appalachian Research Collective, 321 Palo Alto, Calif. 92302 Ridgewood Ave., Morgantown, W.Va. 26505 International Independence Institute, West Road, Return Surplus Land to Indians, 1701 MassachuBox 183, Ashby, Mass. 01431 setts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group, 305 Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Box 628, Denver, S. Wilmoth, Ames, Iowa 50010 Colo. 80201 Kansas Farm Project, P.O. Box 3527, Lawrence, Rural Farmers Co-op, Forest Home, Ala. 36030 Kansas 66044 Rural Housing Alliance, 1356 Connecticut Ave., Land for People, 4696 N. Millbrook, Fresno, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 California 93726 Rural Resources Institute, 120 S. Izard, Little Migrant Legal Action, 1820 Massachusetts Ave., Rock, Ark. N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Sam Ely Land Trust, P.O. Box 116, Brunswick, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, 2651 Maine 04011 N. Colfax, Minneapolis, Minn. Mississippi Action for Community Education, Box Save America's Vital Energy, Inc. (SAVE), 702 W. 588, Greenville, Miss. 38701 Main St., Belle Plaine, Minnesota 56011 Montana Farmers Union, Box 2447, Great Falls, Mont. 59403 Movement for Economic Justice, 1609 Connecti· cut Ave., N.W., Washington. DC 20009 National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 3801 Grand Ave .. Des Moines, Iowa 50312 National Coalition for Land Reform, 345 Franklin St., San Francisco, Calif. 94102 National Constiinl!J.'§iCongress, 631 E. Polo Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 68100 National Farmers Olpllization, Coming, !a. 50841 National Farmen Union, Box 2251, Denver, Colo., 80201 National Indian Youth Council, 201 Hermosa N.E., AlDl!querque, N.Mex. 97108 National Sharecroppers Fund, 112 E. 19th St., New York, NY 10002 Native American Rights Fund, 1506 Broadway, Boulder, Colo. 80302 Nature Conservancy, 1800 N. Kent St., Arlington, Va. 22209 New Alchemy Institute, P.O. Box 432, Woods Hole, Mass. 02543 Save Our Cumberland Mountains, Petros, Tenn. 37845 Siena Club, 220 Bush St., San Francisco, Calif. 94104 Small Towns Institute, P.O. Box 517, Ellensburg, Washington 98926 Southern Cooperative Development Fund, Box 3005, Lafayette, La. 70601 Southern Regional Council, 52 Fairlie St., Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Southern Rural Action, 220 Sunset Ave., Atlanta, Ga. 30314 Tax Reform Research Group, 733 15th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20005 United Family Farmers, Box 39A, Carpenter, South Dakota 57322 United Farm Workers, P.O. Box 62, Keene, Calif., 93531 United Services Citizens Council, Alpena, S. Dakota 57312 from: Feople and Land TsiJ Aszi Page 13 Ramah Navajo High School Box 356 Ramah, New Mexico 87321 Quarterly publication $6/yr. First issue: the yucca, sheep shearing, traditional navajo wedding, poems, drawings, clans, silver-smithing. 72 pp. High Country News Box K (c-4) Lander, Wy. 82520 The environmental bi-weekly of the Rockies. In-depth feature articles on energy development (especially strip mining) and alternatives, land use planning, public lands management, predator control, natural history. $10/yr. See also: Audio-visual. 0ETWORKS ) "Watergate is a gnat compared to the Bell System"-Southwestern Bell of Texas Vice President, T.O. Gravitt in a suicide note, found after his death by carbon monoxide poisoning. (Daily Olympian) The Knowledge and Skills Exchange 303 Jefferson Bldg. Iowa City, Iowa 52242 319-35 3-3610 People learning, teaching, sharing skills ranging from accounting to flying and zen. Newsletter for 9 months (Free Lemonade) $1. (See RAIN No. 1 for learning exchange directory.) OMSI Communication Resource Cneter 4015 S.W. Canyon Rd. Portland, Or. 97221 503-248-5940 For mathematics and science educators primarily, and subscription services. Forwarding announcements, locating experts, assisting research, suggesting learning materials, convening people. Freestyle 420 17th St. East Seattle, Wn. 98105 Xerox newsclipping and pasteup potpourri; though primarily the age of media; an anthology of blocks of words. Library Networks 74-75 Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc Tiffany Towers P.O. Box 429 White Plains, N.Y. 10602 $24.50. Recent information on special library services developed, such as OHIO computerized library service and others. They also publish Advanced Technology /Libraries, $36/yr. continued next page
Page 14 The Workbook Southwest Research and Information Center P.O. Box 45 24 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 505-842-6537 A catalog format index to tools for learning and social change and organization. First issue has many new information resources and many pretty well known. All explained in good detail. Agriculture, health care, penology, transportation, energy, education. Monthly $7/yr., students; $10 individual; $20 institutions. Sample copy on request. Alternative Technology Information Center Rm. 423 UMC University of Colorado Boulder, Co. 80302 443-2211, ext. 6854 Preparation of information packages, research and technical assistance, seminars, public awareness programs in wind and solar power, greenhouses, hydroponics, aerobic and anaerobic waste management, integrated life support systems. Write for details. See also: Agriculture. @uTDOOR ED ) Friends of Tryon Creek State Park P.O. Box 493 Lake Oswego, Or. 97034 Completion of nature study center due the first of the year. More trails, horses, bicycle and pedestrian. Write to help, get newsletter, become member, etc. Replacement of dog sleds with snowmobiles and the use of hunting rifles may have contributed substa_ntially to the partial hearing loss of 85% of the adult Eskimo population in the Bafflin zone of northern Canada. (Canada journal of Otolaryngology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1974) €ECYCLING ) The Ore Plan Rich Duncan Systems Science Portland State U. Portland, Or. 97207 Revised edition, December 1974, of report on this labor-intensive, neighborhood oriented recycling plan that is utilized by Sunshine Recycling in Portland. January, 1975 POSITIONS-SITUATIONS Lime Saddle A very interesting sounding proposal dated March 30, 1974, for an alternative education network. Any one know how I can reach them? Steve Johnson, c/o EEC/RAIN. Evel Knievel According to the October edition of Western Aluminum News, nearly 100,000 all-aluminum cans were littered at the site of Knievel's attempted jump over Snake River Canyon. The Twin Falls, Idaho, YMCA has new tumbling and exercise equipment thanks to the $380 they received for 2,550 pounds of cans collected by volunteers. (The energy required to produce 100,000 aluminum cans is about 7 5 ,000 kilowatts100 households for a month). (Vern Riffer, Earthwatch Oregon) €oCIAL SERVICE~ Source P.O. Box 21066 Washington, D.C. 20009 Starting with a communications catalog in 1971, then a catalog on communities/ housing, now No. 3, "Organizing for Health Care," 250 pp. of national groups, projects, resources. The only successful national People's Yellow Pages. Always out of date, but even the description of activities is worth the time/money. Source No. 1: Communications. Swallow Press, 1971. 120 pp. $1.75. Source No. 2: Communities/Housing. Swallow Press, 1972. 255 pp. $2.95. Source No. 3: Organizing for Health Care. Beacon Press, 1974. 250 pp. $5.95. See also: Audio-visual, Energy. ERANSPORTATIO~ Bikeway Planning and Design, a primer. A 9-page brochure, describing alternative costs, accessories, general safety, aesthetics, design. Interesting bibliography. $1 from: David Bainbridge 57 Slatters Court Davis, Ca. 95616 Rolls Royce is planning to introduce a new $100,000 model in 1975. Their sales have gone up recently. Of an estimated 70,000 Rolls Royces produced since 1904, 40,000 are still running. The Environmental Education Reporters Inc. (The EE Reporter) is seeking more input about local conferences, etc. 1621 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. Man on bicycle ranks first in efficiency among traveling animals and machines in terms of energy consumed in moving a certain distance as a function of body weight. The rate of energy consumption for a bicyclist (about .15 calories per kilometer) is approximately a fifth of that for an unaided walking man (about .75 calories per gram per kilometer). Also more efficient than salmon or dogs. (from Bicycle Technology, S.S. Wilson, Scientific American, March 1973) Oregon Historical Society Neighborhood Transportation System (NTS) Operating in Marin County (San Rafael, Ca.), funded by the County Transit District at $15,000. It is a carpooling based on hitchhiking and use of identification cards and coupons. For full report, write to: Kenneth 1. Schmier 203 3 Haste St. Berkeley, Ca. 94704 415-845-7 363 How to Convert Your Auto to Propane. 1 erry Friedberg Aerakis Volkswagen P.O. Box 531 Point Arena, Ca. 95468 A 15-page booklet. Easy to read instructions. I don't know about supplies of propane. Kits also available. (no price)
January, 1975 The Pegasus Unit. Niels Askov, Mark L. Papworth. $6.95. 133 pp. Pegasus Publishers, Inc. P.O. Box 121 Olympia, Wn. 98507 Update of technology developed during World War II utilizing wood, peat and coal for gasoline. Set of engineering drawings also available at $22.50. Revised edition soon to be published. The cost of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline has increased sixfold since 1969. In 1969 the project was estimated to cost $900 million and was to be completed in 1972. Today the price tag is $5.98 billion with a completion date of 1977. (High Country News) See also: Information. (wEATHER ) Direct Solar Radiation on Various Slopes for 30 to 60 degrees north 1 latitude. John Buffo, Leo J. Fritschien, James L. Murphy Pacific NW Forest & Range Exper. Station U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 809 NE 6th Portland, Or. 97232 503-234-3 361 Tables of daily values of direct solar radiation for selected slopes, in 15 degree gradients, and isograms of hourly values of direct solar radiation in 10 degree gradients. (no price) Washington Climate-for King, Kitsap, Mason and Pierce Counties. College of Agriculture Washington State University Pullman, Washington 99163 Fifteen pages of general description of Washington weather factors. Fifty plus pages of tables, including average monthly precipitation, select locations, surface wind "roses", evapotranspiration, solar radiation, moisture content ... (B. W.) -;,,:-' ' ~.'I -' ,,-: tl ', .. FIGURE 4 SURFACE STREAMLINES, OCTOBER-MARCH Page 15 Oregon Historical Society Dam across the Bering Straits The loudest advocate is Dr. Clyde L. Cowan, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. (co-discoverer of the subatomic particle, the neutrino). Careful study has convinced him that such a dam, by stopping the icy arctic ocean currents that sweep down America's west coast would drastically alter our climate. (Skeptic, july 1974) Direct Solar Radiation on.Various Slopes for 45 and 47.5 degrees north latitude. John Buffo and Leo J. Fritschien University of Washington Seattle, Wn. 98195 Only a preliminary report. For comment only, not ordering. Arctic Environmental Research Laboratory College, Alaska 99701 An associate laboratory of the National Environmental Research Center, 200 S.W. 35th St., Corvallis, Or. 97330. They investigate the unique problems of perma frost lands, and other extreme cold conditions. Reports and newsletter available. ~HOLE SYSTEM~ Mankind at the Turning Point: the 2nd Report to the Club ofRome. $12.95 E.P. Dutton 201 Park Ave., S. New York, N.Y. 10003 Mihaijlo Mesarovic and Eduard Pestel. See also: Groups.
Page 16 Jan. 6 Jan. 8-9 Jan. 11 January, 1975 CALENDAR Alternative Sources of Energy. 5-week basic course. William A. Mackie, Linfield Research Institute, Linfield College, McMinnville, Or. 97128. Wilderness Survival Classes. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 4015 S.W. Canyon Rd., Portland, 248-5900. Solar Wind Energy, Homesteading series. Total Environmental Action, Box 47, Harrisville, N.H. 03450. $30/ session. Other dates. Write for details. Jan. 11-12 Photography in Art and Science. Write to John Pratt, OCE, Monmouth, Or. 97361. 838-1220, x215. Jan. 13 Oregon Legislature Opens. Jan. 13-17 Solar Energy Applications for Buildings Conference. $300 registration. Extension 5 02314, Arizona State U, Tempe, Az. 85281. Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Feb. 7-9 Video Exchange Information. Workshop: time and place to be announced. Call229-5927. Solid Waste Workshop. Environmental Studies Institute. University of Wn. $3.50 registration. ($1 students) Metropolitan Environmental Education Council monthly meeting. Mt. Hood Ntl. Forest Bldg., 2440 S.E. 195th, Portland. 9: 30 a.m. Oregon Mycological Society Meeting. Dr. Stuntz, University of Washington, speaking. 7:30p.m. 3536 S.E. 26th, Portland. Toadskin Film Video Event. $1 entry fee. Jan. 15th deadline. Filmmakers Cinematheque, 107 Cross Place, Eugene, Or. 97402, 342-7806. Feb. 20-22 Open Encounter on Video. Establishing a base for an international festival. To be held Oct. 21 to Nov. 7th. Institute of Contemporary Arts, Ltd., Nashhouse, 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW 1, England. Feb. 22 New Age Agriculture Conference. Contact Mark Dworkin, P.O. Box 306, Langley, Wn. 98260. March National Conference on Urban Environment. (See under Community) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION Portland State University U.S. POSTAGE PAID PO Box 751 PORTLAND, ORE. Portland, Or. 97207 PERMIT NO. 770 Address Correction Requested
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