JOBS Environmental Action Foundation has job openings for two organizerslnetworkers to work on setting up a,communications network on water ma·nagement issues. Salary is $9,500/year plus benefits. Contact Kay Pilcher, Environ- 'mental Action Foundation, Dupont Circle Bldg., Suite 724, Washington, , DC 20036, 202/659-9682. Environm~ntal Acti_on Reprint Services (no relation) is looking f9r another member for their collective. Job is shipping and receiving to start, but jobs may be rotated soon. Pay is the same for all-$7 5 a week with liberal time off and pretty flexible hours. Contact EARS, 2239 East Colfax, Denver, CO 80206, 303/934-7182. P.S. Their new Catalog is now available for mail order books, 50i. Caritas Creek, a nonprofit environmental education program, is looking for an energetic fundraiser for a resident outdoor education program and summer camp that involves inner city, suburban and special ed children together in Mendocino County, California·. Contact Greg Gordon, Caritas Creek; P. 0. Bo:x 23921, Oakland, CA 94563. The Farallones Institute's Rural Ceriter is seeking staff to assist us in our research work and to participate in our workshop/educational programs. Room and board and the opportunity to take advantage of the Farallone's resources, as well as participate in a whole life systems living situatioQ., is offered. Salary'is dependent upon receipt of grant funds and on workshop fees. We're searching for women and men to help us in the areas of solar design and construction, water conservation and greywater recycling, and composting toilets. It's hands-on work. Interested persons should have some background experience and a theoretical training. Contact Alison or Max at the Rural Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA 95465, 707/874-3060. Environmental' Information Guide for ·· B.C., edited by Arthur G_ladstone, July, 1977, $1.50 from SPEC, 1603 West 4th Ave., Vancouver, BC. The West Coast Canadians always seem to have it pretty well together (I hope they'll be part of Ecotopia). Ifyou 're from that neck of the woods, you'll find this a useful resource. • Rural·Development Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is looking for an energy specialist to develop USDA policy on energy issues affecting rural areas and to assist in designing progr.ams in energy conservation and alternative energy sources. This GS-13 or -14 ($26,000 or $30,000(yr.) position works directly with the RDS deputy administrator. Contact Carl Larsen, Deputy Admin., Rural Development ServiceUSDA, Rm. 4117, South Bldg., Washington, DC 20250. Ph. 202/447-7595. Iowa Center for Local Self-Reliance is looking for a director. He/she performs research, provides consultation to public on self-reliant technologies, Zifestyles, energy conservation and solar. Starting salary: $200/month and room; or $250/ month. Box 1904, Des Moines, IA 50309. Haight Ashbury Community Radio/ People's Media Collective has a series of radio program tapes available on the history of the U.S. Tapes include: "Oral History of the Depression," "Indian Land, African ·Lives," "Early Labor Organizers." Contact them for a.co,mpfete listing wi~h prices: 618 Slander · Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 (415/ 752-57 50). Rush January 1978 RAIN Page 21 Volunteer.s in Technical Assistance (VITA) is compiling a directory of appropriate technology resources around the world. If you would like to be listed, send brochures and project descriptions to Brij Mathur, VITA, 3706 Rhode Island Ave., Mt. Ranier, MD 20822. NSF Announces Science for Citizens Program The National Science Foundation Scien.ce for Citizens (SFC) program plans to award 15 to 25 Public Service Science Residencies and 15 to 25 Public Service Science Internship~, and make approximately 20 awards for forums, conferences and workshops in 1978. Public Service Science Residencies. and Internships enable scientists and students of science and engineering to undertake up to a year's activities with citizen groups and other appropriate organizations in need of their expertise. ~esidents receive a stipend of $18,000 for a 12-month tenure, with current salary matched up to a maximum of $25,000; interns reccc;ive a $6,000 sti- · pend for a 12-month .tenure. Twentynine residency and i~ternship awards were made during the first year of the program·. Public Service Science Residencies and Internships Brochure, SE 78-61,_ will be available January 1, 1978. Applica'tions must be received by March 15, 1978, and awards will be announced in late June 1978. ,. ' . Science for Citizens Forums, Confereryces and Workshops enable nonprofit organizations to bring together citizens and scientists to provide citizens with access to expertise on sciencerelated policy issues and to better inform scientists as to those issues of concern to cirizens. Nineteen proposals for forums, 'conferences and workshops·r~- ceived awards during the first year of' the program. Science for Citizens Forums, Conferences and Workshops Guide for the Preparation of Proposals, SE 78-63, will be available January 1,•1978. The deadline for receipt of preliminary proposals i~ March 1, 1978; formal proposals must be received by May 1, 1978. Awards will be made in August 1978. • Requests for copies of the announcements should be directed to Science '.for Citizens, Office of Science and Society, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC io550 (202/282-7770). 1
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