Page 24 RAIN January 1977 The Iowa Public Interest Research Group is sponsoring four Limits to Growth Conferences, January through March, in Storm Lake, Creston, Decorah ·and Ottuma. For more information, contact the Iowa PIRG, P.O. Box 1232, Ames, lA 50010 • Washington State Recyclers can have their services listed with the toll-free Hotline by simply calling 1-800-RECYCLE. You can also call this to find out where to get rid of or scavenge neat stuff • For librarians: "Sunspark: Guide to Alternative Periodicals" by Don Carnahan (Nov. 1976, $2 from: Sunspark Press, Box 6341, St. Petersburg Beach, FL 33763) is a useful and comprehensive guide to magazines devoted to creative natural lifestyles. 52 pages. Twice annual updates are planned for $1 each • And another: "Periodicals That Progressive Scientists Should Know About" (Sept. . '76 edition) from Science for the People (c/o Progressive Technology Company, P.O. Box 20049, Tallahassee, FL 32304) is a four-page listing in tiny print that always has new things on it you've never heard of Much improved over earlier versions. Send a self-addressed envelope for a copy • The Oregon Committee for the Humanities (1633 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97201) is now accepting grant applications for projects involving humanists around the theme of "The Unfinished American Revolution: Our Continuing Search for Life, Liberty and Happiness." Write for deadlines and details • Our friends, Piper and Doni at Earth Cyclers (Route 1, Edwall, WA 99008) have put together "Wheat to Eat," a little booklet on the different things one can do with wheat: wheat berries, flour, sprouts, wheatgrass, Rush diastatic malt, gluten and bulgar. For a copy send 40¢ to cover postage. A donation would also be appreciated • The Public Interest Research Group invites all public interest advocates to submit research topics to a bank which would match topics to professors, graduate students and other scholars. Academics are constantly searching for meaningful topics. The public interest movement needs research. The bank suggests a partnership. Contact Ginny Collette at the Public Interest Research Foundation (1714 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036) • The new "Mariner's Catalogue" (Vol. 4) is out and is a gem, as usual. Chock full of seaworthy goodies from boats to hardware to books about it all. You could love it for the graphics alone. $6.95 from International Marine Publishing Company, Camden, ME 04843 • Want some nice little books on New England? "The Factory Store Guide" ($2.95), "Southern New England for Free" ($3.50), and "Short Walks on Cape Cod and the Vineyard" ($3.50) all from Pequot Press, Old Chester Road, Chester, CT 06412 • Finally found long-looked-for japanese sewing patterns- kimonos ($1.50) and hippari coats (25¢) and a wonderful store that sells the right fabric. Write to Kasuri Dyeworks, 1959 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94 704 • Bay Area Californians who want to keep up with eco-events would do well to join the Berkeley Ecology Center. Their newsletter has the most complete listing I've seen anywhere of events, public meetings and hearings, radio and TV spots of interest, classes and outings. Minimum membership is $6/year from the RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portland, OR 97210 Address Correction Requested Ecology Center, 2179 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 • "The Indian Art of Tanning Buckskin" (P. 0. Box 250, Roseberg, OR 974 70), $3.95 for a plain cover or $4.95 for a fuzzy cc>ver. "Now every time I see a dead deer on the highway I want to skin it" (Howdy Reichmuth) • The South Whidbey Consumers' Cooperative (P.O. Box 306, Langley, WA 98260) is trying to achieve public ownership of their local phone company. They would like information on other alternative system proposals or experiments, as well as moral support • It looks like the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT, P.O. Box 3838, Butte, MT 59701) has an executive coordinator. jim Schmid has been a CAP Director in upper New York state and was active in coalition building around utility rates and ownership reform. He should be moving to Butte soon, so at long last NCA Twill be more than a P. 0. Box and a dream • "I wonder sometimes at the style and pace we all seem to adopt; furious rushing to save a planet that's partly endangered by furious rushing. Planet aside; I know time pressures and anxieties are bad for my own systemhead, arteries, heart and stomach. But I'm so impatient! And somehow I have gotten the notion that I'm responsible · and necessary to saving the planet (a bit grandiose) or Iowa City; even my family. Our credit union (New Pioneer Cooperative Society) passed state audit with flying colors. We're up to $42,000 in deposits, $32,000 in loans and will be able to pay a healthy dividend (5%) to members this year." (Craig Mosher, Iowa City, lA) Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1890 Portland, OR
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