November/December 1985 RAIN Page 37 Worthy Work INTERN AT RAIN: The intern training program at RAIN includes independent research of environmental and community development issues, participation in the development and publication of RAIN magazine, and other related educational and training experiences. Limited training grants are available to program participants. For an application, write to: Lance Scott, RAIN, 3116 North Williams, Portland, OR 97227. RAIN Advertising Policy RAIN accepts both classified and display advertising. Classified ads cost 300 per word. As a special service during these times of high unemployment, work-related ads (see "Worthy Work") are only 150 per word. Prepayment required. All ads are accepted at RAIN's discretion. The advertising of products and services in RAIN should not be considered an endorsement. RAIN is not responsible for product or service claims and representations. For information on display ads and a rate sheet, contact: RAIN Advertising Dept., 3116 North Williams, Portland, OR 97227; 503/249- 7218. PERIODICAL WATCH RAIN receives about 400 magazines, and we're always disovering interesting new ones. This section is to let you when we've disocvered a new magazine ofparticular interest, and to alert you to noteworthy articles and special issues in the magazines we scan each month. International Barometer: Activist Pressure on Business—This is a new four-page monthly newsletter designed to "inform business, government, and other opinion leaders of the objectives and activities of issue-oriented organizations." Each issue includes organization profiles and news briefs about such concerns as environmental protection, international development, and South Africa. A two- page supplement is also included to provide an in-depth took at the activities of a particular group. International Barometer hopes to "facilitate dialogue between business and activists." Subscriptions cost$160/year (regular), $80/ year (nonprofit organizations), from International Barometer, 1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC, 20036. Save the Genes!—"Green Plants/Green Planet" is a four-page directory of groups around the world involved in genetic preservation, seed supplies, gardening, and food for the hungry. It comes with the Fall 1985 issue of TRANET, a quarterly international networking publication available for $30/year. Write to TRANET, PO Box 567, Rangeley, ME 04970. The Research Has Been Done—What do we need to solve the problems of the world? "More research," many say. Not so, asserts an article entitled "The Research Has Been Done" in the October 2 issue of MANAS. The article describes instances in history when solutions to problems of the day had been discovered and proposed, only to be ignored by a world unable to recognize them. The author asserts that the same is true today. In eight different problem areas—Economics, Energy, Agriculture, Water Supply, Government, Education, Cities and Urban Disorder, and Crime—books are named and described that provide us with all we need to know. Unfortunately, what we need to know and what we are able to implement are still just as far apart as ever. MANAS is an eight-page newsletter published weekly (except July and August) that has been consistently publishing thoughtful material for almost 40 years. It is available for 30 cents per copy and $10/year from MANAS Publishing Company, PO Box 32112, El Sereno Station, Los Angeles, CA 90032. World Leaders Discuss Hunger—As the United Nations hits forty, there has been much said and written about its work. In this special U.N. anniversary issue of Ceres, the EAO Review, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. publishes nine responses they received from heads of nations to a request to talk about hunger in their countries. The presidents and prime ministers whose responses are printed here include leaders of both developed and developing nations, and span the entire political spectrum. There is a refreshing frankness to the replies, for the most part, and the leaders are as quick to acknowledge the work yet to do to alleviate hunger in their countries as the progress made to date. There is a shadow-side to this dignified discussion, though, in its quiet acknowledgement that the fate of the world's hungry rests more with the individual and collective political will of those in power than in any study, project, or food-providing effort of organizations like FAO. Ceres is printed bimonthly. Subscriptions, $15 annually, are available from UNIPUB, PO Box 433, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10157. By, For, and About Women Over Forty—This subtitle describes Broomstick, a bimonthly feminist periodical out of San Fransisco. For nearly 8 years, it has been accepting and printing the experiences, visions, and insights from women over forty about their own lives and the society they live in. All submissions come from readers rather than "experts." Contents include stories, essays, drawings, and poetry. Broomstick is available for $15/year from Broomstick, 354318th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. CALENDAR The Oregon Peace Convention, to be held November 9-10 in Salem, Oregon, seeks to continue and extend the growing unity developing in the Oregon peace movement. The goal will be to create an evolving structure that will lead to a more clearly unified Oregon peace movement. Also, current projects and issues will be discussed. For more information, contact The Oregon Peace Network, PO Box 92763, Salem, OR 97309. The sixth annual Ecological Farming Conference, "Bridges to Healthier Farms," January 31 to February 2 is sponsored by the Steering Committee for Sustainable Agriculture. The conference, to be held in La Honda, California, will highlight successful transitions from chemical to biological farming. This annual conference is the largest gathering of farmers, researchers, and consumers interested in ecological food production. Over 40 speakers are scheduled to discuss many techniques of sustainable agriculture and participants will share information on local and global implications of ecological farming. For more information contact The Steering Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, PO Box 1394, Davis, CA 95617; 916/753-1054. A workshop on The Role of Community in the Economics of Peace will be held November 15- lb in Yellow Springs, Ohio. It will address the effect of military spending by the U.S. Government on our economics and communities. For more information, contact Community Service, Inc., PO Box 243, Yellow Springs, OH 45387; 513/767-2161 or 513/767-1461. Chinook Learning Center presents For the Life of the Earth, a comprehensive conference on the Green movement, November 15-17 on Whidbey Island, Washington. All facets of the movement will be explored (feminist, grassroots democracy, ecological, spiritual, etc.), as well as how the various facets overlap. Featured speakers are Thomas Berry, ecological theologian; Charlene Spretnak, co-author of Green Politics; and David Haenke, bioregional organizer. People working in the Green movement in the Cascadia bioregion will be on hand for this consciousness-raising event. For
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