Feb/Mar 7977 RAIN page 3 RAINBOOK: Resources for Appropriate Technology All in one place- 256 pagesof the finest resources for appropriate technology-we've been able to pull together over the last 2-7/2 years. The best of RAIN, plus at least as much new material-everything from composr toilets to solar greenhouses to community economics, municipal utilities, land trusts, health self-care, maps, communitf radio stations ind natural pest control. Fully indexed for easy access. R.AINBOOK will be available in booksrores or from Schocken Books in May, but we expect to have copies available for RAIN readers about April 1. Single copies can be ordered from us for $7.95 (see order blank on page 23). Booksrores should order from Schocken Books, 200 Madison Avenue., New york, NY 10016 Many of the following pages contain excerpts from the -- - --r RAINBOOK that you haven't seen before. Enjoy. - -LdeM t3 WANTED: Alternative Energy Activists for the New Western Energy Show. If interested, send resume to: David Nimick, Co-Director New Western Energy Show 435 Stapleton Bld;: Billings, MT 59101 The New Western Energy Show is planning its second summer traveling eitrlvaganza through eight Montana towns and is looking for people to join the troupe. In particular, we need one technical person with experience in design and construction of renewable energy systems, public speaking, general carpentry, plumbing and electricity. We also a1e looking for several theater people who can act, dance, sing or jrggl., plus play an instrument or two. Using theatrical productions, tech- . nical displays and presentations and a little bit of magic, the show atremprs to inform people about renewable energy (sun, wind, bio-gas, wogd, water, bonservation, recycling and alternative farming). All troupe members use their particular talents where they can in the show but share'other duties such as cooking and cleaping, answering questions at the information booth,-deciding show policy and program, erc. All troupe members will join us by June 1 for a month of preparations before oui tour during July and Augrist. Pay will be $750, including room and board for the summer. rapher whose scnsationel photcls of fcrus dcvelopmenr appearc d in Lil'e in the l96Os. Not your norrrral pictures these, but photographs of clouds in thc sl<y as secn from insicle the eye, the parlr takcn by smoke being suckcd into the lungs, synapses in t,he brain, fallopian tubes and mystically lraunting photos of I'ctuses. 'l"hey make clc-ar the incredible bcauty of our bodies. You won't feel the same about yourself once you've seen this. Pbotograpbic Anttdnry of tbe llumtta Body, by C. Yokochi, tgz t, $I4.50 from: Univer:sity Park Press Cham[er of' Comnrercc Bldg. Baltimore, ML Zl2Oz If you'rc curious and nr:t [o() qucasy, this will providc fascinating c,riight.:nnlent about how everyrhing g()es together inside us. Photos of cutaway sectinns thror"rgh conrplete torsos, a liody from which the skin is rcrnoved showing how all rhc niusclcs go togerher. Evcry rnajor organ and systenr irr rhc body' is sfuown irr borh cxr(rior and irttcrior dcrail. ENERGY Tbe Accident Harards of Nuclear Pouer Plants, Richard E. Webb, 197 6, 2ZB pp;, $6.95 from' University of Massachusetts Press . Amherst, MA Of OOZ Amazing. Now I know that WPA means "worst possible accident," none of which AEC-ERDA have included in their list of DBA's("design basis accidents") used in planning reacror safery, that "power excursion accident" probabilities have never been verified in a large core, and that there have been 14 accidents and near-accidents in the world's nuclear reactors. An excellent primer to what starts nuclear accidenrs, keeps 'em going and stops them; the gaps in the Rasrnussen Reporr; and an intro to the jargon of LOCA, SCRAM and PCMA Energt & How to Conseroe ft, Ken Cooper, Oct.1976,17 pp., $1.00 from, Canadian Self-Help Housing Association P.O. Box 4134 Vancouver, Canada V6C lzg We've told you abour lots of home energy conservation resources, so this is mainly for all you enrhusiastic fa: natics who want to keep up with the latest, neatest stuff and have a copy despite the obvious redundancy. Think of all you've read in 20 different places; this item distills it to 17 lean pages chockful of nitty-gritty numbers and hints. Your eyes will work following the tighq, singl'e-spaced typing but will be rewarded with three curtain and shutter designs for windows, economic analyses comparing once mundane techniques now vital'to pglsonal comfort,and national survival, such as passive solar and the full range of heating systems, and the fact that you've got it dl in the palm of ygur hand.
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