Page 24 RAIN December 1976 Habitat One, a solar- and wind-powered house at the University of Massachusetts, is expected to officially open in November. Information is available from: Duane E. Cromack, Mechanical Engineering Lab No. 7, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 o Also, a number ofworkshops on alternative energy and related topics are offered at U Mass through the Division of Continuing Education. Contact: Merilee Neunder, Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 o Working drawings on the IRRI diaphragm water pump (RAIN, Oct. 1976, p. 9) are now available from the International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 93 3, Manila, Philippines o Wanted: persons who have chosen to work less than a fiveday week to participate in work/play balance study. Please send resume and address to: Calico Mountain Exploratory and Woodworks, Route 2, Box 287A, Portland, OR 97231 o The 1977 Family Energy Watch Calendar is here. Chock full of useful ideas, facts and figures. Available for $1.50 from: Department of Energy, 528 Cottage St., N.E., Salem, OR 97310 o The Boston Women's Health Book Collective (Box 192, West Somerville, MA 02144) is putting together a super collection of Xeroxed reprints on women·~ bealth issues from all over. Heavy-duty reading for $6 a month. Send them articles or papers you want to get spread around o There's a lot from Massachusetts this time. The energy must be flowing well from that part of the world. Right now Rush there's a meeting going on of the AT Network in New England. We'll have a first-hand report on that next issue o Here's something else: Secretary of RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portla.nd, OR 97210 Address Correction Requested Consumer Affairs for the State of Massachusetts, Christine B. Sullivan, has called on the Chairman of the Board of Exxon immediately to withdraw a magazine advertising campaign to mislead American consumers about solar energy. Sullivan protested "the hundreds of thousands of dollars Exxon is spending," and further insisted that Exxon "correct the impressions created by the advertisement." Write for the whole press rel?ase and thank her for giving it to those guys: Executive Office of Consumer Affairs, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108 o "Geothermal Energy" by Richard Bowen, an OMSI Energy Center lecture, 7:30p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9 in Arend Auditorium. Fee payable at the door: OMSI members $2; nonmember $3; high school and college students $1. Please register by phone in advance. Call 248-5920 and leave your name. Richard Bowen, a Northwest authority on geothermal energy, considers it a resource of major magnitude with a high net efficiency, .._, as abundant as solar energy and more readily available. He will discuss present applications of geothermal energy in Oregon and the world for electric power generation, space heating and industrial process heat. o Shelterforce is compiling a directory of tenant associations and other housing activist groups. Organizations should send name, address, phone and a brief description of their work to: Shelterforce Collective, 31 Chestnut St., East Orange, N] .07018. Shelterforce is a natio1Jr;:tl housing publication published quarterly, $3/yr. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1890 Portland, OR
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