Page 28 RAIN May 1976 Small Scale Computer Bob Wallace did a catalog of computer resources, published in RAIN (Vol. 2, No. 1). Leap Year Conference. He was in his blue shirt. Handed me a pile of stuff, just before he compared his office and home in a bag. • The following update of the 1st listing is one thing he handed me. • Also a short history of community memory projects which he wants to work on some more. • A listing of computer clubs in the U.S. If you want a list, send self-addressed, stamped envelope to Bob Wallace, New World Computer Services, P.O. Box 5414, Seattle, WA 98105 • The Northwest Computer Club Newsletter, Pacific Science Center Foundation, 200 2nd Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109 (SJ) Boston People's Computer Collective Bill Mayhew Children's Museum Jamaica Way Boston, MA 02130 617-522-4800, x2 5, 9 am-Spm M-F Group trying to increase layman's awareness of computers in society. Offering courses on societal implications of computers and the computer as tool and toy. Also working on a traveling interactive computer exhibit. (Children's Museum has PDP-11 running UNIX) . GOOD THINGS continued from page 22 Challenge for Change National Film Board of Canada P.O. Box 6100 Montreal, PQ H3C 3H5 Canada The National Film Board of Canada is everything our U.S. gov~l'hment arts program isn't. They have sponsored what is probably the most beautiful, creative and relevant collection of films that any country has produced. I remember an exhibit of their films in Minnesota-people just stayed there fascinated watching the films again and again! Their full catalogue must be incredible. Send for their catalogue of environmental films-water, conservation and nature, human settlements, the Canadian Northland, population growth, lifestyle and environmental concern, man's impact on the environCommunity Mailing Service 3525 Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-382-6096 Cooperative group doing mailing list services (list maintenance and cheshiring) for both local and other non-profit groups. Uses a large computer running a PL/1 program. Computer Education Project Lawrence Hall of Science University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 415-642-3134, 642-9193 A place where the general public (especially kids) can learn about computers and actually run programs in BASIC. Has regular classes and many terminals available. Larry Press 128 Park Pl. Venice, CA 90291 Author of many books and articles on community and educational uses of computers. Best one is "Arguments for a Moratorium on the Construction of a Community Information Utility," a paper in the 12/74 CACM (available for SASE) which examines some of the social problems a system might generate. He calls for computer information utilities which are "prudent, ecological and decentralized." ment and children's films. Too many really fine, award-winning films to list. Their brochure on the New Alchemists film is an example of their thoroughness and usefulness-in addition to description of the film and 16 pages of access information related to the film, it lists other films of related interest, who is doing related projects in Canada and a long list of interesting readings. (TB) €ECYCLING ) Yea! Someone is finally taking the ORE Plan seriously. The City of Bellingham (Washington) asked Huxley Environmental College on the campus of Western Washington State College to go in with them on a grant proposal to NSF to design a labor-intensive neighborhood recycling program for the city based on Lion Goodman Cooperative Consciousness P.O. Box 933 Boulder, CO 80302 303-443-7505 Group interested in setting up a Community Memory and Resource/Information Center. Also interested in a national network of computers oriented toward the spiritual community and a community free school computer project. Kirk Kelley 911 Mission Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Working on "The Whole Universe Catalog," an on-line university with access to the universe. First issue of newsletter ($2 for 4 issues) has description of system, which organizes info into a University section and a Space-Time Continuum section. Half-hour video tape also available, showing what the system would look like to a cable TV subscriber. Fascinating system. The Network Center P.O. Box 492 Elkton, MD 21921 Interested in using computers to help implement people networks. Workirrn on a paper on the subject; should be available now. the ORE Plan. As far as we know it's the first time a city has initiated plans for this sensible way of dealing with "waste." We'll keep you posted. (LdeM) Decision-Makers Guide to Solid Waste Management (SW-500), 1976, from: Office of Solid Waste Management Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460 A solid survey of options and processes of solid waste management. Contains good coverage of special wastes-waste lubricating oil, tires, sewage sludge, hospital wastes and hazardous wastes, but contains only three short pages on reducing waste generation and does not cover inexpensive low energy systems such as the ORE Plan. (TB)
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