Comet Bennet (FROM: A Hundred Billion Stars— see page 27) RAIN July/August 1984 ARTICLES 4 Ecology as the Basis of Design: Salt Marsh Restoration and Cathedral as Bioshelter— excerpts from Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, City Farming, by Nancy Jack Todd and John Todd 10 Itching to Learn about Ethnobotany?—by Cathy Baker 12 Weaving Green Threads: Holistic Politics in the U.S.—excerpt from Green Politics, by Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak 15 Plugging Leaks in Local Economies—by Kris Nelson 19 Mudpies and Mosques—by Jeff Strang 22 Japan's Dying Pines: Fukuoka's Last Straw—by A1 Quarto 26 Jumping onto the Micro Wave: Computer Co-ops—by Timothy Clark and Beverly Stein ACCESS 6 Land—"My Farm Is Safe Forever" □ Sacred Cows at the Public Trough 7 Trees—Trees: Guardians of the Earth □ Richard St. Barbe Baker Foundation □ The Man Who Planted Hope and Grew Happiness □ "Wanted: Seeds, and Picks and Shovels" 8 Central America—What Difference Could a Revolution Make? □ Science for the People □ "Revolution Provides Lessons for Urban Activists" □ "RevoluHonary Sandinistas Back Wide Range of Renewables" □ The Nicaraguan Reader □ El Salvador □ Guatemala in Rebellion □ Dollars and Dictators □ Central America Bulletin □ CISPES □ NEST □ Nicaragua Seed Project 11 Nature—Mushroom □ Fmding Your Way on Land or Sea □ San Francisco: Wild in the City 14 Bicycling—The City Cyclist □ Blatant Propaganda □ Adventure Cycling in Europe 17 Community Economics—Catalyst □ Directory of Socially Responsible Investment □ Source Separation the Woodbury Way □ CHIP □ "Cities and the Wealth of Nations" □ "Abstract of a Proposal.. □ Joint Committee on Municipal Investment □ Nuclear Free Investment Packet □ Local Exchange Trading Systems 18 Touch & Go 19 Mud—Racing Alone □ Architecture and Community □ Down to Earth 25 Peace—La Place de la Concorde Suisse □ Soldiers for Peace □ First Earth Battalion 27 Futures—At the Crossroads □ The Evolutionary fourney □ A Hundred Billion Stars BIOREGIONS 28 Voices of Reinhabitation: The Ozarks 30 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report RAIN 2270 NW Irving Portland, OR 97210 503/227-5110 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1890 Portland, OR
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