€oMMUNITY ) Migration to Cities Percentage of population living in .cities of over 20,000. 890 The Town Forum 704 Whiteaker St. Cottage Gwve, Or. 97424 503-942-7720 1970 One of the most carefully planned large communities utilizing Ian McHarg planning concepts is underway 25 miles south of Eugene. They are wanting to share their plans and knowledge. For a report on the "Cerro Gordo" experiment, write to them. Open Space and the Inner City Exhibit Put on by the Eco-Aesthetics Urban Environmental Center, Cleveland High School, Portland. Exhibit from April 4 to May 4. Scheduling for classroom visitation may be made by calling 234-9020 between 1 and 4 pm weekdays. (EouCATION ) Oregon Community Education Assoc. 1724 Moss Street Eugene, Or. 97403 Development of community education centers through existing facilities throughout the state. Coordinates inservice workshops, helps people wanting to set up community education facilities. Newsletter, Hot Flashes will tell you more. Over 160 members. An important network of people opening up schools to more community access. Tennessee Valley Authority Environmental Education Section 327 Miller's Building Knoxville, Tenn. 37902 615-637-0101, ext. 2103 jon Wet, Director. They have lots of good environmental education material, mostly free, including: Developing Environmental Education Curriculum Material, one of the most complete bibliographies (annotated) of environmental educ. curriculum materials in over 150 school programs. Also: Developing Environmental Study Areas, Writing Environmental Education Grants, Some Selected Materials for Environmental Education Master Planning. Also, recently an energy Resource Materials Center has been initiated, including referral list of expertise (people) in energy use/development area; also energy resource/environmental materials from around the country. Solar Energy School Heating Augmentation Experiment. A Report to the National Science Foundation by: Inter Technology Corporation Box 340 Warrington, Va. 22186 Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Virginia, is receiving from the sun all of the heat required to meet the heating loads of 5 mobile-type, detached classrooms. The cost to the school for heating these classrooms is approximately 25ri per day. Copies of the report available from the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 205 50, or U.S. Gov. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. $1.45. Stock no. 038-000-00204. Sea Net P.O. Box 4244 Seattle, Wa. 98104 206-324-505 5 Sea Net is a Seattle-area environmental information network of groups and individuals working to facilitate environmental improvement and community awareness. Sea Net's functions are to educate, communicate, and to act in cooperation with other regional and global environmental resources and concerns. Planned projects include community information gatherings, living lightly conference, ecological monitoring, public awareness presentations (one now in the Seattle Public Library). Regular meetings every other Monday. Call for place and time. Page 7 Portland Community College Community Services Education 12000 s.w. 49th Portland, Or. 97219 503-244-6111 A wide range of community education courses including many basics: self how to do it classes. Also one-shot workshop, lectures on such subjects as: fix it yourself, meatless cookery, applehead dollmaking. Call for schedule and to be put on mailing list. We update our models (of the world) every tenth of a second for position, every two-tenths for velocity, and every three-tenths for acceleration, as long as we are awake." (WarrenS. McCulloch) Whole Life Systems, Summer Program Farallones Institute P.O. Box 700 Pt. Reyes, Ca. 94956 Shelter design, small scale farming, natural energy systems. 15 quarter college credit hours. Affiliated with Cal. College of Arts & Crafts and Antioch College/West. $1,000 tuition (including room and board). ) Lifeline, the concept originally proposed by the Vermont Public Interest Research Group submitted but rejected by the Vermont Legislature, would provide a relatively low flat rate for the first several hundred hours of electricity consumption by residential users. A kind of guaranteed energy income. There are other such attempts across the nation. A summary can be gotten from Science in the Public Interest, 1779 Church St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. (Ask for Vol. II, No. 2 of newsletter. Send self-addressed stamped envelope.) Environmental Energies Inc. 21243 Grand River Detroit, Mi. 48219 1-313-533-1985 They sell various wind powered aero generating equipment ranging in size from 50 to 12,000 watts and prices from $600 to $18,000. Their catalog obviously reflects a helping hand attitude with useful information, such as energy conservation aids, and basic questions about electricity answered. Their store is wind powered; and they also coordinate low energy living classes. Catalog, I think, is $1.00. Continued on page 8
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