Page 8 RAIN TOWARD-S A FEDERATION Rain that becomes trapped showers in the earth becoming springs becoming creeks becoming rivers that be.come canals that become wet fields. I picture people making lists like we do of who can you contact region-by-region who will "spread" the (some) word to the appropriate other persons who will spread it still further until and that's the way things happen and change. • This is not a directory; most of these periodicals we just found out about, so it seemed right to put them in one place and say something. Maybe it's map time-where are the wordof-mouth canals in your area? North County Anvil Box 37 Millville, MN. 55957 Articles, photos, poems, book reviews, with emphasis on the North Country-but much application elsewhere. More political and rural and funkier (on newsprint for example) than Earth Journal. Things like: alternative sources of energy persons: Don & Abby Marier; threshing in Wisconsin, survival program for unemployed; Wounded Knee, art and community. $4.50/yr., 6 issues. ' The Tex,as Observer, a journal of free voices 600 W. 7th St. Austin, TX 78701 A social issues, public interest news magazine that's been around for years. Recent issue reviewed Limits to Growth con,ference-the issue was sent to us by a staff member who attended the conference (we do somehow make contact with one another). Colorado Express . Box 18213, Capitol Hill Station Denver, CO 80218 Published semi-annually. $10 for 2 years. $3.00 each. A cataloging format with outdoor mountains and rivers emphasis. Most issues continuation of access to wilderness equipment. Guide to restaurants in Colorado, VII. Issue No. 1 was catalog of food, transportation, care and r~creation in the Denver/ Boulder _iirea. Earth Journal Minnesota Geographic Society' 1501 S. 4th St. Minneapolis, MN .55404 Mq_st recently a well-done issue on food; includes: neighborhood food systems by·Gil Friend and David Moris (Institute for Local Self Reli.ance); various living lightly menus and recipes; Japanese packaging; guide to groups in Minneapolisincluding the newly-developed self-reliance project; the food systems in Minnesota, and more. Single issue 75¢, $3/yr., quarterly. Eco Systems Oklahoma Environmental Information Center East Central Oklahoma State U. Ada, OK 74820 An environmental education and issues newsletter for central south area, covering local (and some national) developments in edJcation, energy, waste, wildlife, agriculture, etc. $2/yr., 8 times a year.- • Public Occurrence, a Vermont magazine 182 Main St. Burlington, VT 05401 , $5/yr. Vermont is one of those regions that collects mellow caring go_od eccentrics. Somehow I figure it would be easy to talk as an Oregonian to someone from Vermont. Public Occurrence-in that almost traditional new regionalism periodical standard: newsprint, orderly design, short to medium size articles-covers most areas that RAIN does for Vermont and New England, with more politics, poetry and consciousness. Santa Cruz Alternative Energy Coop P.O. Box 66959 Scotts Valley, CA 95066 A nicely done newsletter produced, on the side; by f'hese folks who are holding workshops in solar energy, researching solar greenhouses, starting a meteorological data collection program, helping the county with a winterizing program. Information •about middle California. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope and donation if possible. News Print Co-Op c/o Tl\eatre Project 45 West Preston St. Baltimore~ MD 21201 Not really a regional magazine but an interesting concept in print distribution. People pay very cheap amounts £or space (quarter of tabloid seems about average) wherei,,H·they can ad- -vertise, print their J?Oetry, their small magazines, flyers, etc. The co-op, a person at this point, does layout and design. Might be a model for times when paper and energy get short. Send $1 for sample. The Cultivator Federation of Cooperatives Box 107 15 Central St. Hallowell, ME 04347 As Lane said to me, it's not often that you find yourself reading an in-house newsletter cover to cover with interest. Much more than might initially meet the eye-not just food and co-ops; there are book reviews and recipes, "Indian Agriculture in Maine," recycling, fuel wo_od, etc. ' IO (and) North Atlantic Books RFD #2, Box 135 Creamery Road Plainfield, VT 05667 Several years ago I came upon an /0 by ::i,ccident while I was thinking about places (a sense of knowing around you like the back of your hand)-I was unsure what I meant; the /Os helped a lot. It is poetry of place; sometimes feels like it's off on a wing, but lots to get your started. Hist9ry and spirits. Many of the books and issues of IO (20, some are out of print) are by Richard Grnssinger; some other titles include: Here by Bobby Byrd; 20,000 A.D. by Ed Sanders; The Windy Passage from Nostalgia, A Book of Vermont-a catalog-size book, including geology, agriculture, photographs, settlement patterns, settlers' journals.
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