Page 24 RAIN February/March 1978 ------~EVENTS_______ The University of Washington Civil Engineering Department is sponsoring a Short Course Program in On-Site Waste Water Disposal March 1 & 2. Contact R. W. Seabloom, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. The Heathcote Center and the School of Living are planning their annual Alternative Energy Conference for March 24-April 1. The emphasis for the first weekend is on a combination of wood heat, solar systems and energy conservation, to be followed by a week of do-it-yourself workshops in a variety of alternative energy systems. Cost for the conference, which includes tuition, meals and sleeping arrangements, is $35 for the weekend, $40 for the week, or $75 for the whole show. Contact Linda Spiesal, Heathcote Center, Rt. 1, Box 129, Freeland, MD 21053, Phone 301/ 329-6041. RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portla·nd, OR 97210 The New Earth Exposition is a national festival of alternative businesses and organizations. The Exposition is based on the theme of living lightly on the earth. It will be in Los Angeles, March 9-12 at the L.A. Sports Arena; San Francisco, April 13-16 at the Brooks Hall in the Civic Auditorium; and in Boston, May 4-7 at Boston's Commonwealth Pier Exhibition Hall. There will be hundreds of exhibits and demonstrations, including a life-size model house equipped with a solar energy system, organic garden and indoor fish farm, wind pump and composting privy. In addition to the New Earth Expo, the Whole Earth Environmental Expo '78 will be held March 24, 25 and 26 at the Memorial Coliseum Complex in Portland, Oregon. Workshops, technical seminars, informational and scientific exhibits organized around Shelter, Energy, SmallScale Agriculture and Lifestyle have been organized to connect people with feasible and available alternatives. The International Wood Energy Trade Show is scheduled for April 3-6 in Madison, Wisconsin. The theme is "Safety Through New Technology." The exhibition will include a wide variety of harvesting and heating systems. Contact the Wood Energy Institute, Box 1, Fiddlers Greed, Waitsfield, VT 05673. Beginning in April, Heritage Tipi will offer free workshops in making tipis and tipi life. Contact Harold Finklemand, Box 910, Station "Main", Calgary, Alberta, Phone 403/252-8474. Or visit the Heritage Tipi Showroom at 210 9th Ave., S.E. Calgary. Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed Farallones Institute is offering two fiveweek in-residence workshops on intensive horticulture at their 80-acre ranch in Sonoma County. There will be a wide range of expertise and information on organic gardening in the context of a productive agricultural situation. Spring dates are April 10-May 12. Fall dates are August 28-Septe:rnber 29. Cost including room and board is $500. For further information and applications, write Garden Workshop, Farallones Institute, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA 95465, Phone 707/ 874-3060. Santa Clara County Office of Appropriate Technology is sponsoring a conference on food production and distribution on March 4, at the San Jose City College from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Workshops will deal with enhancing cooperation and the sharing of information and services of groups and individuals involved in urban food production and distribution encouraging self-reliance at the individual and community level, exchanging information on garden varieties and techniques applicable in Santa Clara County, establishing a coalition of groups and individuals interested in food distribution and production in Santa Clara County and anyone else who shares an interest. Contact them at the Santa Clara Planning Department, 70 W. Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110, Phone 408/299-2880.
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