Page 22 RAIN May 1976 WIND ENERGY ~ontinued from page 19 "Wind-Electric Generator Auction," for details contact: Earthmind P.O. Box 276 • Acton, CA 93510 10 "Winchargers" are being sold on a sealed bid basis .by this non-profit organization to support its new research center and to get more wind generators into use. Bids may be made anywhere from a minimum of $300 to a maximum of $2100, depending on what machine you bid on. Closing date on the 1st round of bids is April 15, but unsold items will be up for sale again. Send a stamped, business-size envelope requesting the "bid sheet.,, (L)) "Advanced & Innovative Wind Energy Concepts" RFP, organizations desiring to produce a study, write: US-ERDA I Headquarters Procurement Operations Office 2400 M St., N.W. Washington, DC 20545 Aimed at stimulating the investigation of wind energy concepts which might provide a significant improvement in performance per unit cost (or other factors) over more conventional wind energy systems. Multiple awards are planned. (LJ) €NVIRONMENT ) Acclimatization, Steve .Van Matre, 1972, $3.95 from: American Camping Association Brandford Woods Martinsville, IN 46151 If you're an environmental ed teacher, a camp counselor or naturalist, read this ~book or National Geographic, April 1974, and then attend Van Matre's workshops. It's about how crawling around in the mud and sniffing leaves can help get kids in touch with nature. I saw and felt it work wonders in Minnesota on squeamish city kids. The Portland workshop is to be held at the Menucha Conference Center, May 14-16. For further information about this session and future ones in other regions, contact: Jim Wells, Regional ACC Coordinator, 39 S.W. Brugger St., Portland, OR 97219. (LdeM) Environment 76 Committee The Colorado Central Chapter American Institute of Architects 231 Milwaukee St. Denver, CO 80206 Their competition to solicit creative ideas for the community drew over 400 entries from all conceivable age levels and backgrounds. Volunteer architects helped the 38 winners prepare their ideas for an exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. Looks like a good time was had by all. Plans for community parks, super graphics for factories, a penny 1 scale that plays "Lili Marlene" and many more ... now available in a catalogue from the address above. Also a Colorado Centennial Coloring Book by Joseph Crea (with brown pages so a white crayon shows!). Sorry, no prices were i~dicated in my copies-write for details. (LdeM) (!ieALTH ) Man Adapting, Rene Dubos, 1965, $4.95 from: Yale University Press 92A Yale Station New Haven, CT 06520 If I were to point to the best single book I know to give an understanding of what health means and how fundamentally to change our-attitudes and health-related practices to regain he.alth, this would be it. It doesn't spell out a structure for medical schools or how to do first aid, but once you've read Dubos, those things will fall into place when you get to-them. It isn't as easy reading as some of his other books, but has the most meat in it ... between the lines as well as in them. Call it ecology or call it health, or don't bother to call it-it's merely being aware of how things relate. (TB) A Bibliography of Chinese Sources on Medicine and Public Health in the People's Republic of China: 1960-1970, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare Publication No. 73-439 (NIH), $5.55 from: U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 This has bee11 hiding on our shelves since I don't know when. Seems to be the companion to the Barefoot Doctor's Manual. Would be easy to get buried in it (485 pages, some 14,550 en~ tries), but so is a phone book, and I have a hunch it might be really useful to some people prowling around in the interesting developments in Chinese • medicine. Take a look if you have interests there-contains ALL English translated or abstracted stuff from China about medicine °between 1960 and 1970. Whew! (TB) @ooo THINGS ) Public Interest Economics Foundation Newsletter 1714 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, .pc 20036 $5/yr. _Looks good-February issue contained perspectives on-unemployment and the '76 campaign as well as a lot of information on who's doing economic research where. Also calls for research help from unorthodox economists: currently Public Interest, Inc., to f~ght the San Felipe Water Project, the Connecticut Audubon Society on environmental issues, and PIE-F themselves on nuclear power and the proposed NYC Conven- •tion Center. If you're an economist looking for a cause, get in touch-with them immediately. (LdeM) Northwind Mapleville Organic Farm Cross Creek New Brunswick, EOH IEO Canada $4/yr., 4 issues. Make checks payable to Judy Hinds. A mimeographed, newsy letter by Hal and Judy Hinds-organic gardening, books reviewed, an account of Judy's experiments with making rennet and tidbits about their life on the farm. For those who want to know them better and get a feel for their way of life, tliey're inviting 25 people to an Earthskills Workshop, August 21-28, $7 5. Organic gardening, beekeeping, natural crafts, cheese making and wild edibles. Sounds delightful. (LdeM) Continued·on page 28
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