Anarchy; The Journal ofDesire Armed is packed with reviews of the alternative press, news of dicey activism, and radical dissection of almost everything. Among US journals in print, it is probably the least constrained in probing personal and social issues. The pulsing, collectively produced quarterly is $12 for six issues from: C.A.L., POB_ 1446, Columbia, MO 65205-1446. Every year The Other Economic Summit (TOES) holds an effective counter-summit to the infamous G-7 economic negotiations among leaders from the US, Japan, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy. In this hemisphere they fight the mutually abusive free trade and GATT agreements, and provide big media with alternative economic proposals. Their 28-page quarterly newsletter comes with membership, $30/year if you live in a G-7 country, $20/year otherwise: TOES/Americas, P.O. Box 12003, Austin TX 78711, phone: (512) 476-4130, fax: (512) 476-4759. The Left Business Observer is a favorite of ours: sharp, short and amusing. It tears into the workings of national and international capitalism, with an eye for current trends. One cannot find a more agreeable guide through enemy territory. Only $20/year (11 issues). LBO, 250 W 85 Street, NY, NY 10024-3217, phone: (212) 874-4020. In Portland. Oregon the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy is hosting a lecture by Nobel-winning chemist Ilya Prigogine on the necessary change from an artificial, deterministic theory of systems to one more sensitive to pervasive, active self-organization. Radical evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis discusses the central role of cooperation in evolution. March 6th and May 1st respectively. Tickets from ISEPP, 1717 SW Park, Suite 1500, Portland, OR, 97201, phone: (503) 228-3999. A conference entitled EcoVillage: Planning for Sustainable Living begins April 30 at Cornell University. It's sponsored by the Eco-Justice Project, Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-9240. Co-op America's annual Directory of Socially and Environmentally Responsible Businesses lists over 500 national businesses who've shown commitment to something other than simple profit. For a copy, send S2 to Co-op America, 2100 M Street NW #403, Washington, D.C. 20063. If you know a business who should be a member, have them call (8(X)) 424-2667. The staff at Co-op America Quarterly works hard both to ferret out sensitive businesses and alert us to exploitative ones. Although openly enthusiastic about working alternatives to capitalism. Co-op America's strength at the moment lies mostly in reforming certain sectors of the market economy. S20/year from 2100 M Street NW #403, Washington, D C. 20063. Impact Visuals is a world-wide cooperative of photographers and graphic artists concerned about social issues. Their work is first-rate and topical. If you need artwork send $15 for a yearly subscription to their monthly index, packed with timely photos from which you can rent a print for a reasonable fee. They have around 50 photographers in the US and 30 or so individuals scattered around the globe, as well as affiliated co-ops working from South Africa, Denmark, Brazil, England and the Netherlands. Besides the index, they also arrange assignments. For the index write Impact Visuals, 28 West 27 Street., Suite 901, NY, NY 10001, phone: (212) 683-9688, fax: (212) 725-8318. Susan Meeker-Lowry's quarterly Catalyst: Economics for the Living Earth, is perfect for outreach, a highly personal look at positive work towards alternative economics. We'd recommend getting a subscription for anyone interested in environmental and community issues who needs a gentle, jargon-free introduction to rethinking capitalism. $25/year from Catalyst, Box 1308, Montpelier, Vermont 05601. Natural Life is a new name for the Canadian Positive Vibrations, an affable bi-monthly that searches for sustainable projects, movement lessons and appropriate ideas. The current issue touches on bicycle guerilla street theatre, the homesteading movement in British Columbia and cooperative games, and provides a guide to starting buyer's clubs. US S24/year, Canada S21/year from: The Alternative Press, 195 Markville Rd., Unionville, Ontario, L3R 4V8 Canada, phone: (416) 470-7930. The software package Risk Assistant is designed to give everyone access to the Environmental Protection Agency's hazard standards for multiple substances under numerous scenarios. Rather than hiring an expensive consultant, or waiting five years for the government or a corporation to do it, you can produce a report on accumulated and specific risks to lend credence to your claims. Developed with government sponsorship, it costs around $200 from: Thistle Publishing, P.O. Box 1327, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1327, phone: (703) 684-5203, fax: (703) 684-7704. A round, snazzy, high-end solar box cooker is available for around $200 from Syncronos Design, P.O. Box 10657, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87184, phone: (505) 897- 1440. It looks classy enough to fit into an upper-middle class picnic, and in such a setting it might just get the wheels turning over the immediate potential of direct sunlight. Rain Winter/Spring 1992 Volume XIV, Number 2 Page 53
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