IIAIN Journal of Appropriate Technology INSIDE: Schumacher on GOOD WORK Demand Water Heaters Wind Energy Update VOLUME III
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RAIN is a-monthly informatio^n access journal and reference service for people develgping more satisfying patterns that increase local self-reliance and press less heavily on our limited resources. We try to give access to: * Solid tecbnical support for evaluating and implementing new ideas. * Ecological and philosopbical perceptions that can help create more satisfying oprions for living, working and playing. * U/-to-date information on people, events and publications. Initiative America 1316 Independence Ave. S.E. Washington, DC 20003 In 23 states citizens have the righr to petition to place proposed iaws on the bdllot, where a majority of voters can enact them directly. Best known initiatives recently were nuclear safeguards measures in Oregon, California and Washington (defeated) and bottle bills enacted in Michigan and Maine. Initiative America is a new group networking lawmaking information, acting as a clearinghouse for researching and drafting the best laws. They're remodeling a school bus into a traveling "petition factory." Write them for information about membership and their forthcoming "Guidebook to. Direct Democracy." -LdeM The Economics of Elec*ic Utility Rate Reform: A Directory of Economists, April 1977, $2.25 from: The Public Interest Economics Foundation 1714 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 202/872-O3t3 This is a listing of economists by state willing to help out (provide advice, testify, etc.) on utility rate restructuring battles in judiciai, administrative, legislative and regulatory proceedings. The service is on a volunteer or low-fee basis, but the booklet is expensive, so don't order it unless you're seriously wanting to make use of the people listed. This is a nice model for other professions, skills and services. -LdeM ENERGY SAVING Up tbe Power Curoe, a LO-minute, 16mm film by FEA, free loan prints are available fromt Modern Talking Picture Service 2323 New Hyde Park Rd. New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Points out specific steps that can be taken to increase energy efficiency in the home, where 6O% of the energy is used for heating and cooling. With the aid of infra-red photography, it shows where large amounts of heat escape through walls, windows and chimney. -LI Annual Report to the President and tbe Congress on the State Energy Conseruation Program, 61 pp., available from, J.D. Riviera, Acting Dir. Office of State Financial Assistance Federal Energy Administration Washington, DC 20461 A report on FEA's state program in its first yeai of operation. Check out where your tax dollars are being used most effectively. -LJ Hospital Energy Conservation: Two reports, "Total Energy Management for Hospitals," DHEW Pub. No. (HRA) 77-6t3, and "Total Energy Management for Nursing Homes and Other LongTerm Care Institutions," DHEW (HRA) 7 7 -614, available from' Energy Action Staff Health Resources Admin. Rm. 10-.4-41 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 $532 million per year could be saved via basic conservation measures, without interfering with patient care and without significant capital expenditures. -LJ Energlr Conserzsation in Non-Residential Buildings, R.G. Salter & Associates, $7.00 from' Publications Rand Corp. Santa Monica, CA 90406 A 4O'5O% reduction'in energy use intensity (BTU/sq. ft;) was possible mainly with changes in operating procedures. In some areas, such as Southern California, more insulation may actually increase energy needed for cooling; the energy-saving potential of natural lighting was often mor€ beneficial than reducing the amount of window glass. Useful to designers and building managers. -LJ MOUNTAINS Everybody's home mountain deserves Himalayas, Yoshikazu Shirakawa, $18.50 the love tirat these photographs and from, Harry Abrams, rnc. i"Til;ilH:il.t:::lfj:liH iiij,n. 110 East 59th St. life it collects around it. Love and celeNew York, NY 10022 brate your own mountain or prairie or If you have been drooling over this book foresr as weli! -TB since it appeared in L973 for $100, it's now available in a smaller (9"x12") and cheaper version. Without a sense of the everyday nature of the mountains, the photographs are so stunning and the colors so amazing that they seem unreal. They do convey a sense of the incredible impact such powerful places make on our lives and our senses of the environmental forces of our world. It's a vastly different space than that of the desert or the forest or the plains or the oceans, and yet each touches our hearts and minds in powerful ways. -TB Under the Mountain, Charles Newlin, 1976, $5.95 from: Book House Northwest 2900 S.E. Stark Portland, OR 97214
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Juty 1977 RAIN page 5 . Fl.F. Schumacher atop Davis, CA's most popular form of transportation. it cannot maximize everyrhing for evcryone it must begin to make choices. Should there be more people or more wealth, more wilderness or more automobiles, more food for the poor or more services for the rich?" (p. 181). We might say; wtiat a collection of choices! Even in conne ction with "human values,, a choice affecting the rotting of human minds or brains finds no mention. And this is yct another cxample of the lack of intcrest in the vital question of buman work ond ubat tbe ur.trk does to tbe worker. Considering the centrality of work in human life, one might have cxpected that every tcxrbook on economics, sociology, politics and related subjects rvould presenr a theory of work as one of the indispensable foundation stones for all further expositions. After all, it is rvork which occupies mosr of thc energies of the hurnan race, and what people actually do is normally more important, for understanding them, than what they say, or rvhat thcy spend rheir money on, or. what they own, or how they vott: . A pcrson's work is unquestionably one of the most important formative influences on his character and personality. However, the truth of the matter is that we look in vain for such presentations of theories of work in these textbooks. The question of what the work does ro the worker is hardly ever asked, not to mention the question of whether the real task might not be ro adapt the work to the needs of the worker rather than demanding of the worker to adapt himself to the needs of the work-which means, of course, primarily, to the needs of thc machine. It is not as if there werc any lackiof studies and reports on prdductivity, on workers' morale , workers' participarion in management, and so forth. But they do not seem to germinate any fundamentally new thinking; they do not raise questions about the validity or sanity of a system which destroys men's initiative and rots their brains. They all-although in varying degree start from the implicit assumption thaithe kini or' quality of work to be done in society is simply what it is, somebody has to do ir;if ir is soul-destroying work, that is regrettable but unalterable; if people do nor like doing it, we pay them more and more until enough people like thc money more than they dislike the work. But, of course, this economic solution of the problem-paying what the law of supply and demand prescribes-is no solution from our point oi uitrv; some people, as St. Augustine observed, even take pleasure in deformities, and many are prepared-or they are forced-to ruin themselves for money. We are concerned with thc fact that our system of production, in many of its parts, is such that it destroys men's initiative and rots,their 6rains, and inflicts this damage nor on a few people by way of exce ption, but on millions of them'by way of everyday routine. Why m.n or women tolerate it and accept it against pecuniary compensation is quite a differcnt quesrion. Why do we work? Let us ask then: How does work relate to the end and purpose of man's being? It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every human being born into this world has ro work not merely to kecp himself alive but to strive towards perfection, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." To keep himself alive, he needs various goods and services, which will not be forthcoming withour human labour. To perfect himself, he needs purposeful activity in accordance with the injunction, "Whichever gift each of you may have rcceived, use it in service to one anorhcr, like good stewards dispensing the grace of God in its varied forms.t'(l pcter,4;10). From this, we may derive the three purposes of human work as follows, First; to provide society with the goods and services which are necessary or useful to it; Second; to enable every one of us to use and thereby perfect our gifts like good stewards; and Third: to do so in service to, and in cooperation with, others, so as to liberate oursclves from our in-born egocentric i ty. This three-fold function makes work so ccntral to human life that it is truly impossible to conceive of life at rhe human level without work, which the Church declares, "even after original sin, was decrecd by Providence for the good of man's body and soul." The kind and quality of work to be done is impticitly taken as given;somebody has to do it whether we like it or not. Thc time has come to question this implicit assumption and to attack this immobilism. Mindless work is as iniolerable in a society that wishcs ro be sane and civilized as filthy air or stinking water, nay, it is even more intolerablc. Why can't we set new tasks to our scientists and ehgineers, our chemists and,technologiests, many of whom arc becoming increasingly doubtful about the buman releuance of the ir own work? Hai the affluent society nothing to spare for anything really newl Is "bigger, faster, richer" still the only Iine of development we can conceive , whcn we linow that it entails the perversion of human work so that, as one of the popes put it, r'from the factory dead matter goes out improved, whereas men there are corrupted and degradcd"? . . . and that it also entails environmental degradation and the speedy exhaustion of the earth's non-renewable resources. Could we not devote at least a small fraction of our research and developmenr (R and D) efforts to create what might be called a technology with a human face? This "human face" would reflect, to start with, in a certain way, the sizc of the human being, in other words, we should o o o & I
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JuIy 1977 RAIN Page 7 RIGHT I,IVELIHOOD Rigbt liaelibood is a conaiction tbat wbat we do and how we do it s.bould proaide more tban money-it sbould proztide benefit and satisfaction to all ubo ari toucbed b.y it. RIGHT LIVELIHOOD IS WORK TI]AT * Produces. something of personal and not just material bene_ Irts to others. + Gives you a fair return-providing for your needs but not enough to encourage greed. x Gives you a sense of being a valued part of your community x Develops a touchstone oldeep experience by which you can measure other situations. * Gives real satisfaction. * Increases your skills and the development of all your * Gives expression to rhe values ly wnicn you live. faculties. -TB WORK New School for Democraric Management 256 Sutter St. San Frar.rcisco, CA 94108 415/434-r705 More information is now available on this new program first covered in the April 7977 RAIN. Their first offering is an extensive Summer Session (Julyl l7-29) on " Business problems of All ternative Enterprises"-a brass tacks how-to on marketing, bookkeeping, etc. mixed in with discussions "f ."m_ rnuniry development strategies. They also plan programs and courses on " Leadership Training for Restructured Workplaces" ( geared towards larger corporations), "Industrial Democracv and Union Administraton," and ,,De'-., cratic Managemenr in the pubiic Sector." In addition, the alternative business program will be scheduled into a continuing series of regional seminars. 'luition is $85 per course or $250 for a load of 3 full courses. Regional semi nars are $85 for 2-l/2 d,ays. Scholarships and deferred payment schedules are available. Write for their brochureitself a short introduction to new directions in business and management practices. -LdeM Ad m i n ist rat iae Ma na ge ment, monrhly, $12/year, $1.75 single copy, from, Geyer-McAllister publication, Inc. 5l Madison Ave. New York, NY 10010 If you're a small, non-profit or any group needing to eke the most for the least out of office procedures, tools and materials, check out the plethora of hints for increasing your organization's efficiency contained in AM. We found the Dec" '76 issue, with its ,,Consumer's Guide to Copiers," at Windworks where Een Wolff was trying to figure out the best copying machine for iheir small organization. If your local library doesn,r doesn't have it, call and visit a corporate library. -LJ Cooperatiaes at tbe Crossroads. Michael Schaaf, 1977, g5 from Exploratory Project for Economic Alternatives 2000 P Street N.W. Washington, DC ZOOT6 'lhis report, and Toward a National Food Policy, are not as innovative as Public Trtrsts by rhe same group, reviewed in the May RAIN, but tLey do pull rogerher a mass of useful informarion on some valuable economic options. Food co-.ops offer savings ranging up rc 4O% over chain sto?es. Cooperatively owned factories have productivity up to 3O% higher than conventional firms. Cooperative housing offers rents as much as one-third low.r" than competitors. Cooperative health care available is up to 4O% cheaper t-han the nattonal average. And co_ops are not inherently growth-orienred liki invesror_ owned corporations. Yet co-ops are not a panacea. .lheir economic savings are often not cost reduct.ions bu1 a transfer of profit from one group to anorher. Although incen_ tives for growth are not as strong as corporations, there is nothing inherent in co-ops to prevent their growth into giant operations like the Blrkeley Food Co-op or the huge agricultural co-ops that frequcnrly oppose rhe interesti of the.small farmer. As opposed to small scale opcrattons, co-ops represent a lurther lnstllutionalization of our lives which has frequent negative effects as can be observed in Sweden or other countries wherc they are a major mode of crperat ion. They are srill baiically cconomic-centered institu tions, oplrating to the profit of one group, and such focus frequenrly overpowcrs rhe positive social values they often represent. 'Ihis stud,y suggesrs actions by government and cooperatives thernselves that can improve their benefits, and contains tristory and case studies of co-ops valuable to anyone wishing a coherent overview. Toward a National Food Policy is also available from EpEA ($5), summarizing a mass of information on food inflation and offcringproposals for new food policy. -TB 1z The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran speaks nctt only of Loae, Marriage, and Friendship, but also about Woik, "You work tbat you may keep pace witb the earth and tbe soul of tbe eartb. For to be idli is to become a suanger unto 1be seasons, and to step out of life's procession, tbaimarcbes tn malesty and proud submission toutards tbe infinite.,' "Wben y.ou w-ork you are a flttte tbrougb zlhose beart tbe wbispering of the bours turns.to musicl Wbicb of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings ti{etber in unison?" '.'To loae life tb.rougb labour is to be intimate witb life's inmost secret." "And wbat is it to usork witb lotte? . . . It is to cbarge all things you fasbion with a breatb of your oun spirit.', "Work is looe made aisible. And if you cannot work with loae but only with distaste, it is benei ibot you sbould leave yon,r work and.sit .at t.be gate of tbe temple ind take alms of ibosi;e usbo work with joy. For if you baEe bread witb indifflrence, you bake a bitter bread tbat feeds but balf mor,s hiiger.,, (from Andy Alpine in Briarpatch Reoiew)
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APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY Ap pr o priat e Te c b n ol o g3r - A Dire cto ry of Actioities and Projects, Integrative Design Associates, l977,free from the National Science Foundation Research Applied to National Needs lVashington, DC 20550 Annotated listing of more than 300 U.S. groups and individuals who regard themselves as active in a.t. development. It contains a zip code listing of U.S. groups, a list of Washington, DC, resources, international activities in a.t., an introductory bibliography, and a report on what a number of a.t. people consider important issues to be deait with in the future. A bargain at twice the price. -TB Liklik Buk, Melanesian Council of Churches, 1977, $5 fuom' VITA 3706 Rhode Island Ave. Mt. Ranier, MD 20822 Real appropriate technology manuals need to be developed regionally-to sift through the stage we're in now of documenting, analyztng, testing and laying out simply for people what works for the special needs and opportunities of each region. This is a beautiful example prepared for community self-help in Papua. New Guinea, and in many ways is the finest a.t. publication we've seen. Not a lot of rhetoric-just a few warnings to a.t. people to practice instead of preaching-and a wonderful collection of lovingly presented how-to information-dressmaking, seif-propelled ferries, bush medicine, uses for oil drums, old tires and inner tubes. It also has an extensive section on agriculture and food processing. Simple, solid and dignifieda real bargain. -TB WATER/SEWAGE Chinese Cbain and Wasber Pumps, compiled by Simon Watt, ITDG, 1976, $3.50 from' ISBS P.O. Box 555 Forest Grove, OR 97116 An interesting compilation of 21 of the 120 versions of the chain and washer water-lifting devices developed by various communes in China and displayed at the 1958 Peking Agricultural Exhibition: Contains performance infofmation and descriptive drawings from which they can be built. Basic principles and potentials of the device, adaptation to various power sources, and construction from variopg local materiais. -TB New Directions in Solid Waste Planning, Neil Seldman,l977, $2.25 ftom' Institute for Local Self-Reliance 1717 lSth Street N.W. Washington, DC 2OOO9 An encouraging progress report on development and implementation of low technology solid waste recycling systems. Source separation programs in small towns and rural counties in Maine and New Hampshire have recovered up to 5O% of the waste stream, and other projects across the country have clearly demonstrated the technical, economic and social effectiveness of such systems. In contrast, highly touted high-tech resource recovery,plants have failed abysmally-with massive cost overruns, total technicai failures and frightening economics being common. Interestingly, a Department of Defense directive for waste recycling at military installations is expected to be a major stimulus to recycling, both by stimulating local materials markets and through allowing piggybacking by local communities on their transportation arrangements. Solid waste planning is at a breakthrough point, and it looks like the victor is common sense and common-sense.technology! -TB Jrily L977 RAIN Page 9 RIVER-POWERED FERRY -4 t- l-i-=--- To change the direction move the tow cable !o the other end of the horse: {"t e ,*td \ ) t. - nfta _ _ -. -___b_ .' Economically Appropriate Technologies for Deoeloping Countries, Marilyn Carr, ITDG, L976, $6.50 from' International Scholarly Book Service P.O. Box 555 Forest Grove, OR 97116 An excellent annotated bibliography from ITDG of almost 300 useful sources of both analytical studies of application of small-scale technologies in developing countries and of practical how-to information on equipment, processes and projects from various countries. Covers agriculture, low-cost building materials, manufacturing, infrastructure and various handbooks, manuals and technical publications. This sourcebook, in conjunction with Volunteers in Asia's Appropriate Te chn ologSt So urc e b o ok and our own R/INBOOK should pretty well cover the field of resources presently available internationally. The usefulness of this bibliography would be increased by inclusion of price and access information, as the difficulty of obtaining such materials is compounded when ordering from other countries. -TB Little E.C.S., A Kiln for Cbar' coal Making in tbe Field, Tropical Science, Vol. 14, 1972. Describes a new type of metal, transportable charcoal kiln known as CUSAB. This enables light, useless scrub to be rapidly converted into charcoal, which can be sold, e.g. for domestic fuel. By this technique, necessary bush clearing can proceed at a profit (a trial in Kenya cleared whistling thorn trees at a profit of 50 pence per acre for the whole operation); and large trees, conventionally used for charcoal production, can be spared. gat:! orga strb3o aa arllrto
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Dietary Goals for tbe United States, prepared by the Staff of the Select Committee on Nutritional and Human Needs, U.S. Senate, February l9Z7 (Stock No. 052-070-039t3-2'), 9 54 from: U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 Says Senator McGovern, Committee Chairman: "Too much fat, too much sugar or salt can be and are linked to heart disease, cancer, obesity and stroke, among other killer diseases. In all, six of the ten leading causes of death in the United States have been linked to our diet." Whether it's your diet or the U.S. diet you are concerned about, the "McGovern Report" has some stupefying answers to some foodbasic questions: How much of my (our) diet is fat? 42%. What percent of my carbohydrate intake is sugar? 52Vo How much sait do I take in? 6 to 18 grams per day on the average. How much do I need? About 112 gram per day. There is also specific informaiion such as a table of fat content of foods which told me that cheddar cheese is 20% saturated fats compare d to 2.2% for whole milk yogurt and .2% for uncreamed cotrage cheese. -Alex Jewell Integral Urban House Farallones Institute 1516 5th St. Berkeley, CA 947lO Starting in the fall of this year, the Farallones-Antioch College/West Master of Science Program in Ecosystem Management and Design will start accepting students who wish to focus on alternative sources of energy or other a.t. investigations that do not fail strictly into the category of the management of biological systems. Student advisors in the a.t. area will be Richard Merrill, Jerry Yudelson and Lynn NelSome new pamphlets are available for 25d each' Management of tbe Pest Garden Spail by Helga and William Olkowski, and Grey Water Reuse in tbe Urban Garden by Tom Javits. The latter includes answers to the most commonly asked questions concerning the use of household wastewater for garden irrigation. See RAIN, April 1977, f.or an early version of this pamphlet. Also, visitors to rhe Bay Area should note that the Urban House now has tour times at 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in addition to Saturday 1-5. Highly recommendedl -LdeM Tbe Draft Horse Primer, Maurice Telleen, 1977, $10.95 from: Rodale Press Emmaus, PA 18049 Horse farming is nostalgic ro many people, but that nostalgia won't feed many farmers. Horsefarming is also increasingly economic, contrary to agribusiness dogma, as farm equipmeni and fuel cosrs increase exponentially. One particular advantage is its flexibility -the ability to use horses together on a single big project or separately on many small simultaneous jobs. The material in this book, culledfrom Draft Horse Journal, Western Horseman, Organic Gardening and Farming, many out-of-print agriculture booklets and years of personal experience, covers most of what can be conveyed through a book-buying, care and feeding, horsepowered machinery, shoeing, hitching and breeding. A growing number of farmers are using horsepower and making a fair living, realizing that highpriced, high-powered machinery is just a treadmill for pumping more dollars around in a circle with little more ending up in the farmer's pocket. -TB American Vegetarian Association 100 Gregory Ave. West Orange, NJ 07052 20t/73t-4902 These folks recently senr us a flyer on some events happening in the next couple of months. They are sponsoring July 1977 RAIN page l1 the North American Vegetarian Conference, JuIy 25-31,, in Arcata, Calif. A World Vegetarian Conference will be held in India November 18-December 9. Details on that are availabie from the Indian Vegetarian Congress, "The Grove," No. 1 Eldams Rd., Madras 600 018, India. A National Vegetarian Congress is happening at the Star Lake Vegetarian Center in Gallilee, Penn., on June 28-July 4. Write to the Vegetarian Society of New York, 113 3 Broadway, New York, NY 10010. If you want to keep up wirh such things on a regular basis, you might do well to subscribe to Vegetarian Life, published quarterly for $5/year by the American Vegetarian Association. Or join the associations for $10/year for individuals ($15 for families). -LdeM GOOD THINGS Doing More witb Less, from: 6595 Heatherheath West Bloomfield, MI 48033 50C an issue. Subscriptions are $6 for 12 issues (but it's published 8 times a year-you figure it our). Ir's getting harder and harder to keep up with all the nice lirtle publications coming out on how to live lightly. Insulating and weatherizing, recycling, fixing drippy faucets and cooking a whole wheaC quiche are included in this one. I don't think these things can be said too many times, and the small networks that build up around each one are wonderfully supportive for people just getting the idea. -LdeM National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools c/o Alternative Schools Network 1105 West Lawrence Room 211 Chicago, lL 60640 A new coalition is forming that looks like it might be useful for alternative learning people to be involved in. I don'r know much about it beyond their initial flyer and the fact that Bill Harwood from New Schools Exchange (Pettigrew, AR 727 52), Linda Hutchinson from the Education Exploration Center (3 104 16th Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55407) and Julie Tousley from Edcentrlc (Box 10085, Eugene, OR 97401) are involved. Long time prime movers and good people all. -LdeM
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