RAIN is a monthly information access journal and reference sepvice for people developing more satisfying patterns that increase local self-reliance and press less heavily on ou, ti-it"d ,"ro.rr""r. We try to give access to: * Solid technical support for evaluating and implementing new ideas. * Ecological and philosopbical perceptions that can help create more satisfying options for living, working and playing. * Up-to-date information on people, events and publications. 7977 Conseraation Direictoryr, $3 from, National Wildlife Federation l4l2-l6th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 A comprehensive listing and description ot government agencies and private organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada that are concerned with conservation and the environment. rLJ Spokane's Merry-Go-Round at the downtown riverfront park is now open; Unbelievable richness in its baroque wood-carved Garnboling horses, even Appaloosas, with birds holding up rhe backs of their saddles. Michael McClure's target clown for ride 'n toss games Set in an elegantjewel box of wood, mirror and glass, Take a child other than yourse lf. We need a national merry directory And one for steam calliopes. Anyone know where they are still turning and musicing? -LJ its way through the bureaucracies and construction will begin this summer. An experimental learning program, with college.credit available, will give opportunity for work in design and ionstruction of energy alternalives, habi tat desig.n and construction, adaptation of organic food production techniques to supporr 2500 inhabitants, design and consttuction of waste reduction and recycling systems, transpottation systems and development of communication and growth organization. Workshops, seminars and hands-on buildins experience. Write for information paciCt, -TB Aladdin Lamps Bill Day, our woodstove friend, warned us some rime ago that Aladdin lamps have been redesigned in a way rhat makes them much harder to fill without breaking the mantle. He suggests that if,you want one to hurry and get an old model one before dealer'sitocks are our. -TB helped bring together new social visions with the mechanisms for enacting them, is setting up a School for Entrepieneurs at the Tarrytown, NY, Conference Center. The course will be three highintensity weekends-May 7 -8, l4-L, 2l22* cov ering entrepreneurship theory, personal testing workshops, practical skills, individual business and idea guigriidance plus contacts, readings and lectures involving respected figures in many fields. Write above address for more information. -TB SHELTER Workshop Program in Eco-Systemic Community Design, July 9-Sept. 3,lg77 Tuition $475 Cerro Gordo Center for Creative Communiry P.O. Box 569 Cottage Grove, OR97424 The planning for the Cerro Gordo community in Oregon has finaily wended BUSINESS "The Case for Rural Industry," David Vail, 197 5 Department of Economics Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 04011 A fine overview, with excellent bibliosraphy, of the benefit of small-scale e#- ployment-intensive rural industrv in developing countries. Many specific examples are given of flexibillty of scale in different industries, elasticitv of labor/capital substitution, and ih. unrealities of plant efficiency in most industries-simply and clearly laid out. Vail was an economic advisor in Tanzania during I972-3 and is now working on ways to strengthen the small farm sector in Maine. -TB School for Entrepreneurs Tarrytown Conference Center . East Sunnywide Lane Tarrytown, Ny 10591 Bob Schwartz, the well-known New Age entrepreneur rvhose articles on businesi and journalism in New Age Journal haie New Job of the Month: Recycled Glass products Recycling of many materials depends on development of markets for those. materials that can provide economic incentives for recycling. Small-scalc production plants utilizing such recycled materials are a key to this piocess, as they minimize transportation costs and thus have a possible competitivc advantage in local markets. Development Techniques Ltd.,36 Derby Road, FIinckley, Liecs. LE10 1QF, England, a subsidiary of ITDG, has developed ar.rd has available as a package unit a glassware molding plant. 'lhe plant employs 11 people, produces up to 3000 containers (300 cc. or other sizes) per day, ar a capital cost of f,52,000. They also provide training of workers and analysis of local matcrials. Seawecd ash, blrsi furnace slag, basalt, sandstone and local sands and clays have been successfully used as ingredients. *TB
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