Page 16 WATER continued The Problems and Potentials of Recycling Waste for Aquaculture Marine Resources Information Center Room 5-331 Mass. Institute of Technology Cambridge, Ma. 02139 $3.00 (wEATHER ) Douglas County weather prediction: A herd of long-haired goats living on Mt. Nebo are observed regularly, and their locations are used to make weather predictions on radio station KRSB. An ad hoc study showed that the goats were 90 percent accurate in their prediction (compared with 65 percent for the U.S. weather bureau during the same period). ,...........-r-"T"""T-r-,-.--,---....-,---.,-,....--,---..-.r"""T"I A nnudl m~an lrtnfHratuu of lhr Nnrth- ~-,----N-<f---H-Ir-f--.L----if-!--hrl ~=mls1900 lt20 YUR 1940 pher~. 1960 Potential Implications of Trends in World Population, Food Production and Climate. A study done by the CIA (OPR-401, Aug. 74) describes the future strategic position of the U.S. based on our continued ability to produce food, and use it as a negotiating tool (as our version of oil embargo). Describing the potential in studies showing we are moving towards a cooler climate, the report states, "In a cooler and therefore hungrier world, the U.S. near monopoly position as food exporter ... could give the U.S. a measure of power it had never had before-possibly an economic and political dominance greater than that of the immediate post World War II days.... In bad years ... Washington would acquire virtual life and death power over the fate of the multitudes of the needy.... (From Elements) ~HOLE SYSTEM~ World Game Workshops Workshop/Earth M.D. Box 2016 Yale Station New Haven, Ct. 06520 This summer, June 21 through July 18, multidisciplinary workshops about "comprehensive anticipatory design science" with lectures by Buckminster Fuller, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegan, Gene Youngblood, Ervin Laszlo ... Workshops to include applications process to world food problems, transition economy and communication development. $350 full workshop, $150 orientation week only. Posi tions-~i tua tions Evergreen Environmental Resources Center Evergreen State College Olympia, Wn. Quarterly environmental magazine slated for June publication. First issue to deal with nuclear energy in the Northwest. Short articles desired, up to 5 pages, double-spaced. (Also, for second issue, on public involvement in comprehensive planning.) La Mamelle P.O. Box 1413 Sunnyvale,Ca.94088 An alternative anthology of contemporary art is looking for contributors (photos, personal histories, conceptualizations, interviews, poems, etc.), especially with a west coast, not New York, consciousness. David House, founder of Eartbmind (see Rain insert, Vol. I, No.6) and coauthor of Wind and Windspinners (Rain, same issue, pg. 3) is leaving that situation for greater personal satisfaction and moving to the Salem-Portland area. Has experience in graphic design, offset lithography, color and B&W photography, scientific and technical or freelance writing. Samples sent on request. Has experience or knowledge of methane digestion, bio-dynamic agriculture, 16mm film making (most phases), script writing, psychological counseling, math/science/english tutoring, teaching various subjects to either children or adults, organizing people, natural foods cooking, nutrition, and other areas. Can give lectures or slide shows on: net energy, ecology and various problems of society, nutrition, wind/electric machines and solar energy devices, and many others. He is looking for a job or a situation, full or part-time, temporary or permanent, and also looking for a place to live for 12 to 16 months in the North Marion County area only. Contact him at Earthmind, Josel, Saugus, California 91350, Earth, until approximately May 20. Larry Parker Environmental Studies Center 11 PLC Hall University of Oregon Eugene, Or. 97403 (503) 686-5006 Is looking for others who would like to implement alternative sources of energy work-studies in schools and would like feedback on the idea of a catalog of intermediate technology tools for the N.W.
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