provide light and ventilation for future. enclosed uses are shown to be desirable. They require only about 4 percent in-·· crease in cost for the garages and make future conversion economically sound, improving the financial uncertainties of. parking garage development. Layouts· for use as apartments and offices are studied. Similar studies for other elements of our urbaf). form (such as suburban land use) neetl to be made. r~;;;;;_~ ~I ~ l'~~ w,• Figure 1.Pa,.,,ing11orey insplit•levelt1ructure.96car1taill1, Figure 3. Conversion into ollicet. Floo, 1-vout. Sy~II: C • cetl offi01, S • landlc:ape ofticl. A a filing room, F • ttoreroom, K • confe,enc. room, I • in11..1a1ion1 room. KPR .• cl()Mlr~. @cOTOPIA ) The 6th National Composting & Waste - Recycling Conference, sponsored by Rodale Press, will be·he.Id in Portland, Orego,n, May 12-14, 1976. The conference will foc~s on human waste recycling with exhibits of compost toilets. Write Organic Gardening & Farming, 33 E. Minor, Emmaus, PA 18049, for details, or watch RAIN for updates. A new U.S. energy source has been discovered recently by Entropy Evasion League researchers who have m·apped a large network of surface deposits of petroleum-bearing strata criss-crossing the country. The strata are relics of an age of highly mobile petroleum-eating dinosaurs whose pathways covered a vast portion of our land area by 'the late 1970s before the deep earth petroleum deposits that fed their metabolism ran out. These surface deposits, once known as an "Interstate Highway System," are n·ow highly valued for the energy content of their asphaltic compounds: Miners are said to be paying exorbitant prices for old maps locating the deposits. (Courtesy Ecotopian News Register) "Tools for Transition," weekly each Tuesday evening from March 16 to June 1, 1976, $55 registration fee, contact: "Tools for Transition" Program Pacific Science Center 200 2nd Ave. No. Seattle, WA 98109 206-624-8140 Transition towards more effective ways of living in harmony with our new resource and economic realities will be explored in 9 three-hour-long slide-filmlecture-discussion sessions led by outstanding Pacific Northwest ·resource people. State-of-the-art information and practice will be explored in such topic areas as "We are in the Transition," "The Solar Alternative," "Decentralized Energy Sources," "Food Production," "Food Distribution,"-~'Briarpatch Economics," "Health," "Communications Learning" and "Building Community." Coordiryated by Mark Musick of Tilth·, session leaders include: Wilson Clark, ~avid Baylon, Bob Murray, Ken Smith, Lee Johnson, \Voo9,y Deryckx, Sean Kahn, Randy Lee, Denny Bater, Tom Bender, Lane deMoll, Joyce Prensky, Burt Webb and Gigi Coe. An opportuni-- ty not to be missed. Highly recommended for those who've read Ernest Cal- 1 lenbach's Ecotopia and want to m4J.(e .', the next step. . Art in New State Buildings, Art Bulletin, . Round 1, Dec. 1975, available free from: JohannaJ. Nitzke Visual Arts ~oordinator Wash. St. Arts Commission 11 ~ 1 Black Lk. Blvd,. Olympia, WA 98504 206-75 3-3860 Describes 30 projects at new state buildings in the sta,te of W4shington that are seeking art works and artists, and tells how to apply for selection. Leap Year Conference on Regional Federation P.O. Box 10091 Eugene, OR 97401 . The follow-up to recent conferences held among food produce'r/growers and other collective and cooperative organizations is to he held Feb. 27-29 at Camp Collins near Portland. The idea of a federation for the Northwest i~ growing. Workshops are planned on practical matters such as funding, forming new co- •operatives, and manager, ~ystems, as well as more theoretical top'ics such as feminism and dialectical materialism. Discussion is also planned on the possible legislative, research a'.nd networking roles . of a federation. If you wish to attend, write to the above address, send donation .when possible. (Someone from R.AIN will be attending, so rides from Po.rtland will be available-cont~ct us.) February/March 1976 RAIN Page 5 OMSI Energy Center Programs 1. "Solar Energy Evening," Friday, Feb. . 27, at 7:30 p.m. ip. Arend Auditorium. Descriptions of Portland area solar heating systems and a panel of architects, engineers and manufacturers answering audience questions; speakers are Roy Josi, Portland General Electric; Bill Church, architect,; Steve Baker, Univ. of Oregon Solar Energy Center; Bill Goldbach, Pacific Power & Light; Doug Boleyn, BPA Energy Conservation Office; and Don Hoffman, Environmental Interfaces, Inc. Call 503-248-5920 for details. 2. Weekday school group activities for grades 5-12: ai:i "Energy Conservation Lab" session and a presentation on the "Basics of Solar Energy.." Call the OMSI School Tours Office, 503-24859 3 6, to make "8.n appointment. Ecological Inventors Assistance Project provides non-profit assistance to inventors of eco-sound i.rwentions at any point from drawing.board to su·pplying the public. Work via goal clarifying, assis..; . tance in organizing, planning and connections to needed resources. Services are free until inventions make money; then an agreed-upon percentage of PJ?- fit is used to expand services to other eco-sound projects. Please contact us if you know of: (1) an existing organization doing all/part of this• OF'l a similar basis, (2) funding possibilities or attempts for a similar project, (3) you are •interested in receiving this service, or (4) you can offer help in delivering it. Jackie or Jay, Mentat School, P.O. Box 5001, Aloha, OR 97005, 503-649-2001. Oregon Habitat Conference c/o Paul Ackerman • Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR 97045 The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and Clackamas Community College have received a grant from the Oregon Humanities Commission which will pay for five conferences on Habitat in Oregon. The plans include a theme conference (Mar. 19, 20) at the Community College with follow-up in other regions of the state. The subje~ts to be dealt with include energy, food , production, shelter and tr_ansportation Continued on page 6
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