Page 10 RAIN February/March 1976 ) ( APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ) A. T. DEVJ.:LOPMENTS Federal funding for several A.T_. programs has been allocated recently. The Community Services Administration has received a $3 million appropriation to e·stablish a Center for Appropriate Technology. Its emphasis is planned to be on low:-cost,.renewable energy devices, winterization and assistance to low income people. Contact Eugene Eccli, c/o Mary Ann MacKenzie, Room B-307, Commun-' ity Services Administration, 1200 19'th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20506. The Agency for Internation~l Development (AID) has been funded $20 mil- ' lion,to develop an intermediate tech- •nolpgy program primarily to assist the U.S. private sector in marketing equipment useful in third world countries. Contact Ted Owens, Director of Rural Development, AID, 320 21st-St., N.W., Washington, DC 20523'. Efforts are also being made to establish • Offices of Appropriate Technology in ERDA and the National Science Foundation. Authorization bills for both are being assisted by Congressman George E. Brown, Jr. (DrCal.), 2342 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. Time will tell if Washington mon~y will be food or poison to A.T. Pragmatically, it might be helpful- or it might prove to be an embarrassment equal to ERDA building solar homes that cost $250,000 each and repeat already successful private experiments that cost one tenth as much. It will all come out in the wash! Sim,VanderRyn, California State Architect and President ·of Farallones Institute, is setting up an Office of Approp1 riate Technology in the California State Government (possibly in the Executive Department). As proposed, the office will concduct seminars for state officials, network infbrmation on A.T., work to implement recycling and ·other whole system technologies, and set up a solar informatidn switchboard. Contact Jerry Yudelson, Office of Appropriate Technology, c/o 1State Architect's Office, Box 1079, Sacramento, CA 95805. -An exhibit of appropriate technology tools d~veloped by many ·foreign -and U.S. groups is being planned for Habitat, the U.N. conference on human settlements, in Vancouver, B.C., from May 29 to June 11, 1976. Contact Bill Ellis,. 7410 Vernon Square, Alexandria, VA 22306. An informal gathering is also being planned for A.T. people during the conference. Ideas for presentations, ' topics and format are welcome. Contact Bruce Mccallum, Advanced Concepts Centre, Environment Canada, 9th Floor, Fontain Bldg., Ottawa, Canada. For Montana renewable energy people- $700,000 per year from the state coal tax is now becoming ·available' for grants for the development and demonstration of renewable energy sources. Copies of proposed grant rules can be obtained from Charles Greene, Program Manager, Alternative Energy Program, Department of Natural Resources, 32 South Ewirig, Helena MT 59601. Group (number) Coat ot •~•lier tUS$) ,n pe,c~nla901 1-10 11 · 20 21 · ◄0 No Answer Tinsmith■ (21) 39.3 35.6 7.2 7 2 10.7 ca,penlen ( 14) 43.0 35. 7 7. 1 7.1 CObblon (7) 14.3 14.3 7.1 7. 1 57.1 Matt,e11 makers and tailors (3) 33.3 33.3 33.3 All group• (52) 34 33 10 ''.Employment and Economic Development," Ekistics, Vol. 40, No. 237, Aug. 197 5; available in most architecture or· planning libraries or from: Page Farm R'oad Lincoln, MA 0177 3 Subscriptions $24/yr. Special issue on accomplishments of employment-intensive economic development processes. Studies of China, Tanzania and Kenya as well as other countries. Development policies planned to meet the needs of the vast majority of people rather than mere rate of growth. Ekistics papers tend to be rather abstract and intellectual, but this issue does provide feedback from some rarely-explored aspects of development. The International Rice Research Institute P.O. Box 933., , Manila, Philippines IRRI has developed a series of simple, well-designed agricultural tools for lowcost/high employment applications. A very promising diaphragm irrigation pump that pumps 50-60 gal./min. to a height of 1-2 meters is l!nder development. Also available are a single-axle tractor, an 8-12 hp power tiller, a mobile 7 hp thrasher (1 ton/hr•.), a batch grain dryer (1 metric ton in 4-6 hrs.) that runs on kerosene or rice husks, a portable grain cleaner, a contact herbicide applicator that works like a printiµg press, and a seeder for pre-germinated rice seed~IRRI's process of licensing manufacturing (at no cost) to produce their designs (14.in the Philippines and 16 more in 9 other countries) should be a useful model for U.S. centers interested in making good things widely avail-
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