Binda Colebrook 141 Euclid Seattle, WA 98122 I am organizer for PCC's winter gardening project. We are trying to build a body of information to ascertain the production possibilities of winter crops in the Puget Sound area. The project will run through the spring of '77, hopefully culminating in the publicity of our findings. Ken Bossong, co-editor People & Energy 1779 Church St. N.W. Washington, DC 20036 The Center for Science in the Public Interest is presently trying to compile a listing of citizen groups that have undertaken energy conservation programs-i.e., programs in which the group itself is directly coordinating an energy conservation campaign or else programs in which the groups directly influenced actions by state or local governments to institute energy conservation efforts. If you know of any groups that are so involved in energy conservation programs, I would appreciate hearing about them. Tom Bender, E.E.L. Systems Communicator and Synapse Snapper Mr. Steve Johnson: R.M. (Rainmaker): A synapse lapse was noticed in the latest RAIN piece on place: Wendell Berry, The Long Legged House, is basic and inexcusably absent. His The Memory of Old Jack is also good, but only J.B. Jackson's Landscapes is a collection of his writings from Landscape magazine-no longer printed but a goldmine of Place. Also: Van Eyclk's writings in Team 10 Primer are cosmicly perceptive. Dorothy Lee's Freedom & Culture also has some rather good things. And, of course, The Environmental Design Primer. If you can stand more, overturn. And lastly, a note on the future of humanity: When you are finally Independent Rain Makers, you can handle your own financial affairs and have printed your own, personalized, Rainchecks. Mildewy yours, Tom Bender, E.E.L. Systems Communicator and Synapse Snapper. Bill Logan Energy Education Directory c/o Energy Information Center Grant Rd. Newmarket, NH 03857 The Energy Information Center is working with N.H. state education dept. and the Governor's Council on Energy to encourage the development of energyrelated curricula in school systems. We are presently compiling a directory of projects and energy-related programs. If you have knowledge of an energy education program, games, films, etc. please let us know about it. Information regarding intended age group, cost of program, funding sources; would be particularly helpful. All contributors will receive a free copy of the completed directory. Sept/Oct 197 5 RAIN Page 31 following suggested by: Pauline Sargent, Dave Deppen Philadelphia Area Green Pages: A Handbook of Tools, Information and Resources for the Greening of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 325 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 $3.50 postpaid. For the local resident it's a dandy reference to regional growing conditions, finding garden plots, useful stores, agencies, arboreta, trade organizations and local lore. For everyone else it provides useful information on national plant organizations, horticulture correspondence courses and techniques. It's also a fine model for similar publication efforts el sew here. 19 7 5. 7 0 pl us pages. Grasscrete From a distance it offers the illusion of grass. It is actually 56% concrete and 44% grass. On the Home Savings and Loah lot, the grasscrete surface provides parking spaces that produce enough oxygen daily to support the breathing habits of 25 people. Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological Water Quality Improvement Alternatives. J. Tarbier, editor. Held March 3-6, 1975, at U. of Pennsylvania. We have not seen the compilation yet, but judging from our in and out attendance of the conference it should be top-notch science. We had no idea, for instance, of the major, working projects using reeds and bullrishes as natural filters. (To be published Feb. '76. From: Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19174, (215) 243-6591. SUBSCRIBE TO RAIN Name _________________________________ Address------------------------------- Occupations? D New subscription, money enclosed D Change of address Interests/Concerns .. . D $5 .00 individual D $10.00 institution, 3 subscriptions D $15.00 foreign (air mail) □ CHECK ENCLOSED The institutional rate may be used by individuals, but we hope institutions will use only the special $10.00 rate.
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