INFORMATION U.S. Directory of Environmental Sources, 2nd edition, by U.S. International Environmental ReferraLC~nter, No. PB-274 110/6WP, available from: NTIS 5285 Port Royal Rd. Springfield, VA 22161 A listing of 1144 U.S. environmental organizations registered with the Int'l. Referral System, the purpose of which is to encourage the global flow of environmental information and data from those who have it to those who need it. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency is the ·designated focal point and mechanism for such info transfer on topics including: Energy Resources; Fresh Water; Land Use & Misues; Chemical and Biological Processes; Management and Planning; Monitoring and Assessment; Non-Renewable Resources; Pollution; Renewable Resources; Education; Training and Information; Socio-Economic Aspects; Technology and Industry; Wastes and Wildlife. To use the system, one may phone, write or visit: U.S. International Referral Center ·PM-213 U.S.-EPA, Rm. 2902 WSM 401 M St.-, S.W. Washington, DC 20460 (202) 755-1836 The requestor is provided a listing of sources.likely ~o provide the information desired and then it is up to the user to make contact with those sources. -LJ \ POLITICS Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs, Bruce Stokes, Worldwatch Paper 17, $2 from: Worldwatch Institute . 1776 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Common Sense Radicalism, Neil N. Seidman, from: Mutualist Books Box· 1283 Rochester, NY 14603 Coming from two very different ·perspectives, these two pamphlets are describing much the same potential that is afoot. Hence the comparison: It's significant that the Worldwatch Institute, a-research group focusing on global level problems, has published Local Responses to Global Problems. While bureaucracies everywhere are finding themselves less effective in meet-· ing basic human needs, a host of localized, cooperative and self-help actions are starting to emerge world-wide as more responsive models. Analyzing· four areas, this report finds that increasing emphasis on consumer energy production, primary preventive health care, self-help housing and localized small- • scale agriculture is having an impact on the larger systems within which they function. This development seems to t~rive within completely different political and economic settings. \ I Common Sense Radicalism is an investigation of the same ph~nomena but is clearly framed in more political terms. · It focuses on the potential for Americans in particular to organize themselves through more appropriately scaled economies and technologies to gain greater political control over their lives. This is a decentralist manifesto that digs back into American history and brings us full circle to the real im- •peratives of today. A good primer on our movement with an excellent bibliography for those seeking further • reading. -SA June 1978 RAIN Page 9 BUILDING Underground Space, $30/year from: American Underground AssQciation Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 5 545 5 Journal of the American Underground Association. Technological research for large scale use of underground space for military and civilian use. Juicy details on dewatering coarse tunnel muck, underground storage of nuclear wastes, control of ground movement, underground sewage treatment and nuclear power plants, insurance risks, etc. Excellent source of current work. -TB - u- / -\ -from Common Sense Radicalism
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