Page 2 RAIN Summer 1986 RAIN Volume XII, Number 3 Summer 1986 Coordinating Editor F. Lansing Scott Contributing Editor Steve Johnson Circulation Manager Alan Locklear Interns Julia May Elizabeth Rifer Contributors Steven Ames Walter Truett Anderson Scott Androes Rob Baird Wendell Berry Cherry Britton Lester Brown Duane Elgin Mimi Maduro Ann Niehaus Parker Rossman Gene Sharp Johnny Stallings Jeff Strang Takeshi Utsumi Sim Van der Ryn Mary Vogel Printing: Argus Printing RAIN magazine publishes information that can help people make their communities and regions more self-reliant, and build a society that is more participatory, just, and ecologically sound. RAIN is published quarterly by the Center for Urban Education. RAIN subscription and editorial offices are at 1135 SE Salmon, Portland, OR 97214; 5031231-1285. Subscriptions are $18/year ($12 if you live on less than $7500 a year). See page 55 for additional subscription information. Writers' guidelines are available for a SASE. RAIN is indexed in the Alternative Press Index. Copyright © 1986 Center for Urban Education. No part may be reprinted without written permission. ISSN 0739-621x. Cover illustration: by Diane Schatz from the Peace Trek Family Coloring Book. RAINDROPS RAIN On the Move Again We're all settled into our new office now (be sure to note our change of address), and though the move was a bit of a disruption in our schedule, there are many benefits to our new location. The Center for Urban Education (CUE), RAIN's sponsoring organization, wanted to bring all of its dispersed programs under one roof for organizational efficiency. The new arrangement has helped our efficiency, as we no longer need to shuttle back and forth between our office and the computer lab at the Information Technology Institute during magazine production time. (Or rather, we still must shuttle back and forth, but now its just a matter of running up and down the · stairs, instead driving across town.) Also, we've streamlined some of our administrative work by sharing an office with CUE Administration (an important measure in our current time of cost-cutting). The arrangement also enable CUE staff to be more involved with the magazine on a day-to-day basis. Rainmaking We've been fortunate to have two interns working with us these last two months. Elizabeth Rifer, having just completed her first year at Mount Holyoke College in Massachussetts, returned to her home town of Portland to work with us during the summer. And Juila May, our intern during the spring quarter, volunteered to see the summer issue through to completion, working well beyond the time her internship was officially over. Good thing, too, because we needed every ounce of peoplepower we could ·muster to get this issue out. We've found that producing an entire 56-page magazine with computers and a laser-printer was a bit more than we bargained for. We hope that you, our readers, are patient with us as we try to smooth out our production schedule. This Issue One of the advantages of being a quarterly magazine is that we have more time for designing and compiling special sections that address a particular issue in some depth. As you will note, this issue contains two special feature sections. The first is an 11-page section that presents a wide range of current thought and work in the area of redefining national (and international) security. Proposals are coming from many quarters for means of enhancing security that are far less expensive and less dangerous than current military methods, and that enhance community conviviality and sustainability at the same time. (In RAIN's early days, we ran an article entitled "A Good Society is the Best Technology"; in this context we might say "A Good Society is the Best Security.") These ideas are just beginning to emerge; we can only hope that presenting them here in RAIN will help them "trickle down" into wider circulation (see page 31). Our second special section deals with socially responsible investing and banking. Although we have given socially responsible investing a fair bit of attention in the past, this is the most comprehensive treatment of the subject we've done to date. We're planning to use this material as part of a booklet we're preparing on SRI and related concerns. You'll find other good material in this issue, too. In fact, we had so much good material for this issue that we had to take out two of our regular featuresScattered Showers and Tools for Organizations-to make room. Enjoy! -FLS
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