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
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