Page 32 RAIN March/April 1984 mornings to share a sense of affinity with the earth and its inhabitants. As visitors have come to Chinook and returned to their homes around the Pacific Northwest, a network of meditators has developed. Beginning at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday, Northwest- erners from all walks of life silently connect with the planet and each other. At 10 A.M., the participants envision light where their counterparts reside throughout the Pacific Northwest. “Effective earthkeeping and change happen on all levels," observed ■RAIN staff member Kris Nelson. "This is one of them. It's time for 'soft tech' to more actively encompass one of the most ancient appropriate technologies." For more information, contact Kris at RAIN or Fritz Hull at the Chinook Teaming Community, PO Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236. Environmental Groups A list of environmental organizations in the Northwest is available from Ecopeace Northwest, Box 1555, Beaverton, OR 97075. The group occasionally publishes a newsletter. Northwest Eco, on key legislative issues. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request. Artists Wage Peace, Awareness A group of performing and nonperforming artists in Eugene, Oregon, has organized both to augment peace- related events sponsored by other groups and to expose publicly what's called committed art—works that have socially inspirational or political themes. The group. Artists for Social Awareness, is planning a display event in Eugene, compiling a list of interested artists (including writers and poets) throughout the region, and seeding chapters in other Northwest communities. For details, contact Solala Towler, PO Box 21062, Eugene, OR 97402. Recycling Gets Boost On the theory that householders' participation in recycling begins with awareness, Oregon's Clackamas County Recycling Task Force recently joined 14 other sponsors—representing citizen's groups; schools and colleges; and state, county, and city governments—to stage the county's first Recycling Awareness Week. A Friday evening feature was a public recycling conference—later featured on cable TV—followed the next day by the grand finale: the "First-ever Intercity Competitive 1.3- yard Unlimited Dumpster Derby," with a representative of each entrant's city government "riding shotgun" in the dumpsters. (In the interest of physical safety, future derbies will be less "unlimited.") In addition to those who attended the various events, others were made aware of recycling procedures through numerous news stories, pictures, feature articles, and editorials and by TV news coverage on three channels. For information on how to successfully conduct such an event, contact Jerry Hermann at the John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045. —Dick Barney Dick Barney is a free-lance writer living in Oregon City. Dick Barney • Portland Energizes Sewage Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia Emerging, once commented that until cities begin using sewage—a resource out of place—to help feed, fuel, and resupply water to residents, we can't
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