educators, and others who share a common interest in enhancing the future of small communities. $30 for a membership. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) U.S. Headquarters 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1270 New York, New York 10115 The IIRR is a world training center dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of the rural poor in the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Grassroots economic development money is generated from a diversity of sources and given to projects that further self-reliance. Write to receive their annual report. Social Justice National Whistleblower Center (NWC) 517 Florida Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001-1850 (202) 667-7515, Fax (202) 462-4145 The NWC was created in 1988 in response to the needs of whistleblowers who could not find representation from existing public interest organizations and attorneys. The Center supports precedent setting litigation on behalf of employee whistleblowers, provides legal advice and referrals for counsel to whistleblowers nationwide, and educates the public about the rights of employees to make disclosures regarding corporate and government misconduct, environmental destruction or health and safety violations. The NWC has put together a comprehensive handbook on whistleblower protection entitled The Whistleblower Litigation Handbook: Environmental and Safety Claims. Social Ecology The Institute for Social Ecology (ISE) P.O. Box 89 Plainfield, Vermont 05667 (802) 454-8493 Have you thought about returning to school, or if you’re in school, going to that college that you really want to attend? The ISE, is the one independent institution for higher learning truly dedicated to figuring out how to live responsibly on this planet. They offer courses such as. Design for Sustainable Communities, Ecology & Community, Women & Ecology, Soil, Food, & Community, Architecture & Society, and Reconstructing the Inner City, To enhance and deepen our understanding of our relationship to ourselves, each other, and the earth is the basis for our survival. ISE blends the theoretical with the practical, making praxis the means to positive community level social change. To get their quarterly newsletter, contact the above address. An affiliated organization, the Social Ecology Project, puts out an occasional publication entitled. Green Perspectives, $10/10 issues. P.O. Box 111, Burlington, Vermont 05402. Sustainable Agriculture California Action Network (CAN) P.O. Box 464 Davis, California 95617 (916) 756-8518 CAN has been active in combating the ills of industrial agricultural in California through lobbying and public advocacy work since 1977. While they primarily react to the sicknesses of large scale agribusiness — rural disintegration, petrochemical disasters, worker exploitation, etc. — they have recently been more proactive in promoting community-based sustainable agriculture. Their quarterly. Agrarian Advocate, comes with a membership purchase of $15 for individuals. The Garden Stewards Project 84540 McBeth Rd. Eugene, Oregon 97405 (503) 343-9544 The GSP has been helping low-income people regain a sense of dignity and self- worth, as well as some economic self- sufficiency, through setting up gardens in their backyards. They provide education and resources to keep the gardens growin’ and the kitchens cookin’. Great work! Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) RR 3 Box 239 Decorah, Iowa 52101 SSE is a group of radical gardeners who are saving heirloom and endangered vegetable varieties from extinction. They’re selling the 3rd edition of the Garden Seed Inventory that contains 5,797 seed varieties. This catalog of catalogs is being heralded as a landmark study by gardeners, plant breeders, and anyone concerned with genetic preservation. Revenue generated from the book is used to buy samples of endangered varieties while sources still exist, and to develop the collection of rare food crops at SSE’s Heritage Farm. To receive a 4-page brochure that details SSE’s projects and publications, send them $1. Urban Renewal The Neighborhood Works (TNW) 2125 West North Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60647 (312) 278-4800, FAX: (312) 278-3840 Towards urban renewal, TNW reviews practical approaches to energy use, job creation, housing development, food production, and waste management. TNW also examines policy issues impacting communities. A valuable resource for any urbanite working to transform concrete jungles into habitable environments. $30 for a year’s subscription; single copies are $3.50. City Farmer Suite 801-318 Homer Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2V3 Canada (604) 685-5832 You know when you’ve finished cooking or eating a meal and there is all of that organic matter you hesitate to throw away; because you’ve heard you can make soil out of it, instead of contributing it to the landfill nightmare. Well, find out more from City Farmer’s Urban Home Composting Handbook (36 pages). Available from the above address for $10. Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods (SUN) & Elliot Energy House 3116 N. Williams Portland, Oregon 97227 (503) 284-7868 “What do we want? ECO-CITIES! “When do we want ‘em? NOW!’’ SUN is the Portland-based, non-profit organization actively promoting citizen-empowered, self-reliant urban neighborhoods. Their monthly newsletter. The Sun, covers community-based economic models, appropriate technology, and ecosystem principles for urban neighborhoods. SUN holds monthly meetings at the Elliot Energy House, a working example of several appropriate technologies for the urban dwelling. RAIN Spring 1993 Volume XIV, Number 3 Page 63
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