OUTDOOR continued International Backpackers Assoc. P.O. Box 85 Lincoln Center, Maine 04458 Two 6-day sessions this summer, June 2-7, and August 25-30, on survival and backpacking skills. $20 registration, no tuition fee. They also provide a hiking partner matching service for free. Write for details or send complete information. Mt. Adams Wilderness Institute Flying L Ranch Glenwood, Wn. 98619 10-day and 2-week sessions this summer in survival skills, environmental education, mountaineering skills. Write for details. Living Education: A Teacher's Guide to Overnight Sites in Oregon Oregon State Dept. of Education 942 Lancaster Drive, N.E. Salem, Or. 97310 A state-wide guide to camp sites and other overnight facilities for environmental, outdoor education. Also introductory materials: how to plan overnight trips. And good listings of resource material: maps, films, books, etc. ~ETWORKS ) Workforce Vocations for Social Change 5951 Canning St. Oakland, Ca. 94609 VSC has been around quite awhile now and has spawned innumerable centers through the country. The centers often become general community resource information access centers, not only through employment counseling, but because of the counseling style (lifestyle: what do you really want to do?). Workforce has a radical perspective (liberation, struggle, rights), is published bi-monthly, usually with a focus on an area (day care, prisoners, labor, media, education, etc.) Serves as one of the few national links for job openings in collective, alternative political groups, projects. (Usually good source listings). Donation for subscription. Amateur Computer Users Group (Homebrew Computer Club) 558 Santa Cruz Ave. Menlo Park, Ca. 94025 An informal bay area computer group of about 60 members. A page, so far, of alternative goals (and even the name not settled on yet); information exchange, software development, reaching out to other groups in the country. € ECYCUNG ) "Getting Rid of Sewage-Isn't There a Better Way?" Environmental Action Rm.731 1346 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 March 29, 1975 issue. Robert Mueller, senior research scientist with NASA proposes an alternative to municipal sewage treatment operations based on the utilization of Bio-gas, called the domestic sewage methane cycle. "The daily production of solid organic waste in the Washington D.C. Metropolitar area is about 250 tons.. .. Utilization of this waste through production of bio-gas, the 250 tons of organic material is equivalent to 2.5 billion BTUs per day ... enough to heat 10,000 single-family homes . . . . " Recycle Children's Museum Resource Center The Jamaica Way Boston, Ma. Here's a 60-plus-page booklet (funny simple sketches) of uses for junk or easy findables, for making musical instruments, looms (what to do with popsicle sticks), games, etc. And the ones presented here may inspire your own recycle ideas. (I have no price.) Minnesota has a packaging environmental impact review process coordinated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, that allows either individuals or manufacturers to submit a package for review, with possible denial of sale, based on energy use, economic effects on labor, problems of disposal, etc. Clivus Multrum USA 14A Eliot St. Cambridge, Ma. 02138 (617) 491-5820 Now distributing Clivus composit toilet systems (around $900 to $1,000), and developing/researching modifications of the Clivus and other on-site waste digestion methods. Page 15 ERANSPORTATIO~ Transportation Pooling National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Rd. Springfield, Wn. 22151 Collection of 10 reports developed for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. Approaches to matching, transit taxi coordination, pooling for the disadvantaged, others. Order #pb 236 157/as. $7.50. Hitchhikers for America Oregon Office: 408 S.W. 2nd, Suite 220 Portland, Or. 97204 (503) 227-2419 A nationwide effort with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Coconut Grove, Fla. and Portland. The idea is registration of driver.s and hitchhikers, issuance of J.D. cards, and referral for members to rides from one place to another. People's Bicycle Workshop 4003 S.E. 63rd Portland, Or. 97202 (503) 238-0137' 236-0418 ..·· Community bike shop. Workshops in bicycle repair, eventually providing low cost parts, and tool loaning. ~ATER Washington Sea Grant Program Communications Division of Marine Resources University of Washington Seattle, Wn. 98195 (206) 543-6396 ) For people who want to know about events (conferences, hearings, TV programs) concerning marine resources/ problems. Ask to be placed on mailing list. Emphasis on Seattle area. continued on page 16
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