June 1977 RAIN Page 3 f^ RAIN is a monthly information access journal and reference service for people developing more satisfying patterns that increase local self-reliance and press less heavily on our limited resources. We try to give access to: * Solid technical support for evaluating and implementing new ideas. And while we're on the subject, here are two new books for budding Pacific Northwest naturalists. Both are good places to get started, particularly if you're new to the area: Profiles of Nortbutest Plants, Peggy Robinson, 1977, $2.5O from her at: 1O2O S.W. Dolph Ct. Portland, OR972l9 Food uses, medicinal uses and Iegends for plants in the Portland arca. Western Trce Book, George Palmer and Martha Stucky, 1977, $5.95 ftomt Victoria House 2218 N.E. 8th Ave. Portland, OR97212 Especially nice for its comparisons- "All firs have these characteristics in common," "how to distinguish between the wild cherries." Tom turned to the cedars and began to dream. -LdeM DO IT NOW Foundation P.O. Box 5115 Phoenix, AZ 85010 Cheap, high-quality publications on drugs and drug use-alcohol, grass, downers, uppers, smack, over-thecounter, prescription, etc. A rare blend of street-wise sawy and unhysterical but accurate warnings of medical hazards. Director Vic Pawlak writes, "We can't send everything free to everybody, but we can promise that readers writing in will receive basic information on whatever chemical area is their prime interest. " Catalog and sample pamphlets free from above address. -Tom Ferguson ENERGY SAVING Industrial Energy Conseraation: A Handbook for Engineers and Managers, D.A. Reay, 370 pp., 187 illustrations, 1977, $12.5O flexi'cover fromt Pergamon Press Maxwell House Fairview Park Elmsford, NY 10523 As you might expect, given Great Britain's more desperate energy situation, serious attention to conservation would soon be reflected in excellent, clearlywritten books. Understandable diagrams and graphs amplify a text chock full of money-saving hints for an entire range of energy:intensive industries: iron & steel, aluminum, chemical, oil, pulp & paper, glass, food processing, textiles. One chapter emphasizes good housekeeping of boilers, dryers and other equipment. Another covers €nergy recovery. Case histories and examples of capital cost and return on investment with various techniques and new processes abound. References, appendices of British & U.S. organizations and equipment suppliers, and a very useful, index complete this work. If anyone has seen a nitty-gritty U.S. version, please let us know. Highly recommended to plant engineers and corporate energy managers. -LJ FEA Public Schools Energy Audit Service, $30 per elementary school, $50 per junior or senior high, contact your nearest Federal Energy Administration office. A two-phase audit includes' 1) a summary of your energy-saving potential and a series of checklists to use in your operation of the school, and 2) a cost-benefit analysis of energy conservation options. -LJ Colorado Energy Researcb Institute EnergSr Ne..lj.s Notes, available from: CERI P.O. Box 366 Golden, CO 80401 As an energy center, CERI can answer questions and direct Coloradans to local architects, engineers, researchers and energy policymakers. It aiso publishes avzrtety of reports and analyses on furure energy alternatives, energy conservation and net energy in the Colorado context. Write for a sample newsletter and publications pricelist. *LJ "How to Remodel a Home for SelfSufficiency," by Joel M. Skousen, in Inflation Surztiaal Letter, vol. 4., no. 9, May 4, 1977, $2 (single copy), S4&lyr. for !4 issues, from' Inflation Survival Letter 6737 Annapolis Rd. P.O. Box 2599 Landover Hills, MD 20784 We'll review Mr. Skousen's book, from which their excerpt is taken, in a future issue. Meanwhile, this is a good intro to ISL, which is full of financial survival hints and is now including more perspectives on the relation of energy to inflation and human survival. -LJ Greenhouse Energy Conservation, contact! W. Bauerle and T. Short Ohio State Universiry Cooperative Extension Service Ohio Agric. R&D Center 2120 Fyffe Rd. Columbus, OH 43210 An insulating plastic covering over a conventional glass greenhouse cut total heat use.by 57% during the four coldest months of winter '7 5:7 6. A commercially available two-layer cover is inflated with air after attachment to rhe ourside surface of the greenhouse. -LJ * Ecological and philosophical perceptions that can help create more satisfying options for living, working and playing. * UP-to-date information on people, even$ and publications,
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