Page 2 RAIN November/December 1984 RAIN Volume XI, Number 1 November/December 1984 Editor Tanya Kucak Staff Rob Baird Brenda Jamsgard Alan Locklear Steve Manthe Katherine Sadler F. Lansing Scott Jeff Strang Contributors Val Chambers Richard Conviser Terri Gabriell Robert Kourik Mimi Maduro Michael Marien Roger Pollak Graphic Design Susan Applegate Comptroller Lee Lancaster Printing: Argus Printing Typesetting: Irish Setter 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, amusing, and ecologically sound. RAIN is published six times a year by the Rain Umbrella, Inc., a nonprofit corporation located at 3116 North Williams, Portland, OR 97227. Subscriptions are $25/year for institutions, $15/year for individuals ($9. 50 for persons with incomes under $6000 a year). For additional information on subscriptions and publications, see page 39. Writers' guidelines are available for a SASE. Editorial and advertising deadlines are two months prior to publication date. RAIN is indexed in the Alternative Press Index and New Periodicals Index. Members of the Rain Umbrella Board of Directors: Bruce Bliatout, Jackie Dehner, Patti Jacobsen, Kim MacColl, Mimi Maduro, Maggie Rogers, Steve Rudman, Sumner Sharpe, and Michael Wells. Copyright © 1984 Rain Umbrella, Inc. No part may be reprinted without written permission. ISSN 0739-621x. Cover: "A Great Light" woodcut by Susan MacMurdy from the Syracuse Cultural Workers Project 1985 calendar. See review page 19. LETTERS My wife and I read the May/June issue from cover to cover, as usual. A good issue, and it was nice to have an update on Findhorn. I understand Peter Caddy is in California now, attempting to start another, and here in Costa Rica, Steve and Paula Friedman hope to accomplish a Findhorn-type colony, to be called Genesis II, on their 84-acre plot on the high plateau. But I write primarily about your statement (in "Acupuncture: Balancing the Patterns") about "the intractable pain of malignancy, which neither modern Western nor traditional Chinese medicine can control." Mebbe so, if you speak of orthodox Western medicine, but there are other ways to control and even eliminate the pain. If you look at back issues of Cancer News Journal, published at Playa del Rey, California, you will acquire sufficient data in this line. A new book, The Cancer Survivors-and How They Did It, by Judith Glassman, 825 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025, gives most of the "alternative" treatments for cancer and explains them in some detail. Edwin Todd Costa Rica Kris Nelson's "Plugging Leaks in Local Economies" article (July/August RAIN) piqued my interest and left me wanting to know more. I am organizing the Center for Economic Development, which will be oriented around the developmental needs and efforts of the "economically depressed" region of northwest Wisconsin, and many of his points hit home. As is true in many other areas through- . out the U.S. and the world, the local economic downturn was the result of changes and events external to the area in light of the dominance of external rather than local economic linkages and scales of activity. The present situation and its genesis similarly points to the potential merit of a reorientation and revitalization of the local economy in a manner that would leave area residents less susceptible to events beyond their control. The obvious first step would be the organization and implementation of a series of "comprehensive economic conservation audits" for the communities of the region. And this is where I would like to request your assistance. I'd appreciate sources of information on this type of endeavor and the names of communities and related contact persons/entities that have undertaken similar projects. Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin Superior, Wjsconsin RAIN Readers: If you know of any communities that have undertaken eco110111ic-co11servatio11 audits, please let us know and we'll pass on the i11for111atio11. Yes, we are still here! The "same, small, knowledgeable audience" is out there waiting to read RAIN, and we deserve a good appropriate technology publication. Soft energy is still where it is "at." The earth has not gotten any bigger in size since the early 1960s. I'm in there for the long haul to offer a service that I feel good about and it ain't easy in a world that still won't put a price on clean air, water, and earth. Alternate soft technologies need a good publication and communication journal! Thanks for your work and the RAIN journal! Doug Whitefish, Montana Timberline Lodge, an example of Oregon Rustic or National Park Style (FROM: Oregon Style)
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