February 1975 ENERGY (continued from page 7) The Oregon Energy Report, Transition has been published. This 500-page analysis of Oregon's energy- past, present and future-reviews the implications of various energy sources, including a net energy analysis of 14 energy supply systems, and a discussion of transition to a stable energy base. The report is available for $5 (defraying the cost of printing and mailing). Checks must be made payable to the State of Oregon and mailed to: Off. of Energy Research & Planning 185 13th N.E. Salem, Or. 97310 Strange Artifacts: A Sourcebook in Ancient Man. Compiled by William R. Corliss. $6.95. The Source Book Project Glen Arm, Maryland 21057 You've probably noticed the onslaught of books about things like spacemen landing in the inca world, pyramid powers, and 3,000 year old batteries. The Source Book brings together (in a good form: looseleaf- but odd smelling plastic) articles from some of the well respected specialty journals and general science magazines, all about unresolved archeological finds, et. Fascinating possibilities in the things we can't explain. It creates a strong sense of there-issomething-weird, even for skeptics (level 7 out of 10). (Other projects include more general searches for unexplained phenomena.) See also Grants, Agriculture, Information EuTURES ) Futures Conditional Magazine Northwest Regional Foundation Box 5296 Spokane, Wn. 99205 Formerly published by futurist Robert Theobald, this magazine has been transferred to the Northwest Regional Foundation in Spokane, Wash. In Spokane this two-year-old publication will be redesigned to become an information service for groups and communities that are using the Bicentennial as a vehicle for thinking about their future. Each year ten "information packages" will be published dealing with issues of community and futures concern. These packages will contain project ideas and models, a switchboard of events and experiments, and directions to other resources. The first issue of the new Futures Conditional will be available by the end of February. Subscription rates will be $20/year. The Futurist World Futurist Society P.O. Box 3036~ Bethesda Branch Washington, D.C. 20014 Often interested in high technology solution/salvation, the Oct. 74 issue is devoted to post-affluence, long-term energy goals. The futures people and energy scarcity, still an uncommon coalition. $2 single issues, $12/yr. Simulation Sharing Service 221 Willey St. Morgantown, W.V. 26505 ) An ecumenical service to promote the use of simulation/gaming in the church's ministry. $5 for 10 issues. Correspondents keeping others up to date. Not as detailed as simulation Gaming News. Obviously, especially for gaming in church. Write for sample copy. Creative Computing P.O. Box 789-M Morristown, N.J. 07960 201-267-5 559 Educational games in schools, computers and society-equipment. Jan/Feb. issue: computer-generated super 8 movies, limits to growth, palindromes, Plato project report, electronic jour~ nalism. Many reprints from other more technical computer journals. In upcoming issues: role of computer in expanding universe, space exploration-game of survival between various alien life forms such as intelligent gas, anti-material being, radioactive rock ... See also Computers The End ofAffluence. Paul Ehrlich, Ballantine Books, 1974. $1.95. Books are getting better in general, I think. It seems if this book were about 10 years ago it would be a polemica declaration in hardback cover. But The End ofAffluence is a $1.95 paperback and gives you very direct alternative actions. Real addresses. It is also a good pulling together of all those miscellaneous things you've heard about or kind of know, about weather change, famine, industrial dependencies and inefficiencies, protein economy. Action /solutions are political, educational (& research) as well as self-sufficiency and survival. Page 9 rt~----...) \90VERNMENT _ OPPORT NITIE • The Institute for Local Self-Reliance lS looking for two or three people to work on the development of a social accounting system, wrill.ng a news! ttcr, and other projects. Salary: $200 per month, write ILSR, 1717 18th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20009 (202-232-4108). • The Prisoners Rights Project, a legal services program for prison inmates, is seeking an executive director. Applicants should have administrative and criminal or prison law backgrounds. Write: Richard Shapiro, Prisoners Rights Project, 2 Park Square, Boston, Mass. 02116. (617-482-2773). • Ralph ader's Public Citizen is seeking several people to do research, writmg, and other political work on the nuclear power issue. Write Faith Keating, 133 C St. ,S. E., Washington, D.C. 20003 (202-546-4936). • By February 7, 1975, comments must be submitted on the Agriculture Department's proposed labeling regulations governing geographic origin of meat an,d poultry products, See Fed. Reg. 11/27/74. • By March 6, 1975, comments must be received on the Food and Drug Administration's proposals governing poisonous or deleterious food contaminants. See Fed. Reg. 12/6/74. • By March 7, 1975, comments must be received by the Hazardous Materials Regulation Board's proposals governing hazard information systems. See Fe~. Reg. 12/10/74. • FromAprill6-17, 1975, Cornell University is sponsoring a nationwide "Conference on Energy, Agriculture and Waste Management," to focus on energy requirements for agricultural production and the feasibility of generating energy from agricultural wastes, For details, write: W.J. Jewell, 202Riley-RobbHall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. • From June 5-8, 1975, the National Audubon Society and the Sierra Club will host the world's first privatel;)(:Sponsored international conference on the world's dwindling natural areas-- forests, grasslands, tundra, wetlands, islands, etc. It will take place in New York City. For more info, write: Earthcare, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017. (GRANTS ) Northern California Committee for Environmental Information P.O. Box 761 Berkeley, Ca. 94701 Mfiliate of the Scientists' Institute for Public Information). Grant from the Office of Education $24,000 to develop written materials on the environmental significance of alternative sources of energy and pests and pest control practices. See also Information €NFORMATION ) ECOL, book catalog. American Library Assn., Chicago, 1974. 195 pp. $6.95. A catalog (annotated bibliography) of the conservation library of Minnesota; one of the best in the country. This could be quite useful for people wanting to set up libraries as well as a valuable reading list for teachers and students. (It does have some Minnesota region emphasis.) Continued on page 10
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