Page 2 RAIN March/April 1984 RAIN Volume X, Number 3 March/April 1984 Editor Tanya Kucak Staff Rob Baird Than James Steve Johnson Sara LaBorde Alan Locklear Kris Nelson Jeff Strang Contributors Kristine Altucher Scott Androes Jeff Ball Dick Barney Tom Bender Carlotta Collette John Ferrell Collette Gardiner Gail Katz Meg Roland Graphic Design Linnea Gilson Comptroller Lee Lancaster Printing: Argus Printing Typesetting: Irish Setter Cover: Ancil Nance RAIN magazine publishes information that can help people lead simple and satisfying lives, make their communities and regions economically self-reliant, and build a society that is durable, just, and ecologically sound. RAIN is published six times a year by the RainUmbrella, Inc., a nonprofit corporation located at 2270 NW Irving, Portland, OR 97210; 503/227-5110. Subscriptions are $25/ year for institutions, $15/year for individuals ($9.50 for persons with incomes under $6000 a year). RAIN is indexed in the Alternative Press Index and New Periodicals Index. Copyright © 1984 Rain Umbrella, Inc. No part may be reprinted without written permission. ISSN 0739-621x 4 "Better than Cereal Boxes": Readers Reflect on RAIN—by Than James 10 Avoiding the GRUCC: Creating a Community Currency—excerpt from The Handbook of Tools for Community Economic Change 12 Hidden Costs of Housing—by Tom Bender 20 Burden of Dreams: Building Community with A.T.—by Meg Roland ACCESS 7 Waste—Future Water □ Workfrom Waste □ Dead Tech □ Hazardous Waste in America 8 The Living Earth—The Global Brain □ Well Body, Well Earth □ Prejudice against Nature 17 Housing—Community Self-Help Housing Manual □ The Owner-Builder's Code Reform Handbook 18 Farms and Gardens—Ten Acres Enough □ The American Cropland Crisis □ A Gardener's Guide to Propagating Food Plants □ The Seed Finder 19 Deserts—Tracks □ Spectacular Vernacular 25 Integral House Projects in the U.S. and Canada 26 Community Uses of Computers ^ BIOREGIONS i I 28 Voices of Reinhabitation; The Prairie Bioregion , 30 North American Bioregional Congress 31 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report Self-Reliance Contest We know there must be more than 2,000 people in the world who would subscribe to RAIN—if they knew about us. We have a few ideas about where to find these people and how to reach them, but we need more ideas. Send us your ideas, plans, and suggestions for making RAIN economically self-reliant and known to its potential readership. The person who sends in the best and most useful plan (what to do and how to do it) will receive: (1) a complete set of back issues, including out-of-print issues; (2) one hour on-line with Steve Johnson (phone or computer); and (3) a Peace Poster autographed by Diane and Joel Schatz or a RAIN T-shirt autographed by the RAIN staff. Second prize is an autographed T-shirt or Peace Poster and a one-year subscription. Third prize is a one-year subscription. The person who submits the best local entry gets lunch with the RAIN staff and a tour of the Rainhouse (tell us if you consider yourself "local"). WeTl accept entries until June 1,1984, and weTl publish the results in the September/October 1984 issue. Send to: Self-Reliance Contest, RAIN, 2270 NW Irving, Portland, OR 97210. □ □
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