March, 1975 Recycling Legislation Below are the names of some of the people who will be determining policies affecting recycling and solid waste management in the Portland metropolitan area. Rep. Norma Paulus, Chairperson Dept. of Environmental Quality Citizens' Advisory Committee on Solid Waste Management 1520 Trade St., S.E. Salem, Or. 97301 Your state legislators-representative and senator. Call your county courthouse if you don't know who they are. Commissioner Robert Schumacher Clackamas County Courthouse Oregon City, Oregon 97045 Governor Robert W. Straub State Capitol Salem, Or. 97310 Commissioner Connie McCready City Hall Porrland,0~97204 Commissioner Mel Gordon Multnomah County Courthouse Porrland,Or.97204 Commissioner Burton C. Wilson, Jr. Washington County Courthouse Hillsboro, Or. 97123 (Recycling Information Office, DEQ, 1234 S. W. Morrison, Portland, Or. 97205, 229-5555) See also: Audio-Visual, Water, Groups/ Assn. @uTDOOR ED ) Survival Education Association 9035 Golden Given Rd. Tacoma, Wa. 98445 Lots of very useful materials for use by schools as well as individuals. Surviving the Unexpected Wilderness Emergency by Dan Fear is a guide for getting by in the wilderness. $3.95. 196 pp. Surviving the Unexpected curriculum guide encompasses home and wilderness survival problems and is like the wilderness emergency book, except the information is in ~he form of projects and problems for classroom. Also available are pamphlets/sheets on a variety of subjects, like compass orientation, wilderness travel ... The bibliography they have is the best survival in the wild and/or alone I've seen anywhere. The Survival Education people also work with two other groups: Survival and Disaster Education Program, Dept. of Emergency Services, 4220 E. Martin Way, Olympia, Wa. 98504. The state of Washington has begun a coordinated teaching program to be eventually statewide. Robert Skip Stoffel, coordinato~ Write for outline of proposal and in-use curriculum. Also: ' Council for Survival Education 3380 Parfet Wheat Ridge, Colo. 9003 3 Promotion, establishment of survival education programs, nationwide. Bigfoot News P.O. Box 632 The Dalles, Or. 97058 503-298-5877 There are these dedicated people searching for Bigfoot, not to shoot him down, but I guess talk to him or her or them. Bigfoot has a town named after her/him (but according to the newsletter, they can't find the town) and sandwiches. Also, in searching for Bigfoot, the people find other things. Write for a sample copy or subscribe for $5/yr. (12 issues). See also: Agriculture, Energy ~OPULATION ) Zero Population Growth 1346 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 202-785-0100 Many materials available for classroom use. Especially useful is the Population Education Resources Kit, which is mailed free to teachers (write on school stationery); contains a 70-page booklet, "A Study Guide to Population and the American Future," as well as special lists on audiovisual materials, population study centers, and a directory to other groups concerned with population problems. Equilibrium, an excellent publication, is no longer published. (Perhaps back issues on Energy, vol. 2, #3, are still available.) The National Reporter is the still existing newsletter of ZPG, which is directed at all persons (not just schools) involved in population problems. $5.50/yr. Other reports, books, published, ask for ZPG price list. Two local chapters: Lane County ZPG P.O. Box 5494 Eugene, Or. 97405 Corvallis ZPG Student Activities Center Oregon State U. Memorial Union Corvallis, Or. 97 331 Page 11 (!RANSPORTATIO~ CARPOOL. Portland 227-7665. For help in matching your transportation needs with others'. They report that 22,000 people joined 2238 carpools since last February, and estimate a gasoline savings of 6 million gallons. Collectively the car poolers saved about $12 million. Graphic: Victoria Johnson Bicycle Repair Co-op, forming in Portland to create a place where tools, some cheap/barter mechanics might be available, etc. Interested? Call Bart Jones at People's Food Store. 236-9056. Bicycling and Hostels. Special issue of: Outdoor Recreation Action Bureau of Outdoor Recreation U.S. Dept. of Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 The winter '74 issue, report #34-a good access guide to bike routing, paths, history, groups, other sources of information. $1.10 single copy. (Outdoor Recreation is $4.10 a year.) DECLINE IN USE OF MASS TRANSIT IN THE U.S. Ul /~ --, - ~~:~ ... ;~ ;~~~~~:~RAILROAD I' /"7 '\. ...... r---:~~~'!".~~ACH ~ 8 v "\ --r-- o • ~ ~ :~- 1940 1950 SouiC:e: AmeriCinTranaltAnoeieUon,'72·'73TrerttltFactBoot(1873) From: Interchange Anne Hughes and Friends Gallery 2328 N.W. Everett Portland, Or. 97230 Had, or perhaps still does have, a marvelous exhibit of bicycles in paintings, drawings, collage, etc. See also: Art
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