Page 2 RAIN November 1978 RAIN access POLITICS Public Policies for the '80s, edited by Lee Webb, 1978, 256 pp., $9.95, $14.95 ins ti tu tions, from: Conference on Alternative State & Local Policies 1901 Q Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 Taking Rainbook a few steps further, this is an excellent tool and resource for public policy innovation and change in state and local government. Done in three parts: 1) models of innovative legislation in energy, economic development, farm land and food, state and local tax reform; 2) bibliographies prepar~d for 30 critical issues facing state and local policy makers including jobs and energy, public banks, plant closings, linked deposits, state and local tax reform, utility rate reform, urban homesteading, preservation of farm land, support for family farm, aging, housing cooperatives, etc. Bibliographies include organizations and publications for ongoing informational support; 3) resources in a "how to contact" format listing networks of organizations such as national labor unions, Senate committees, House committees, national public interest groups. Indispensible ! -LS RECYCLING Repairs, Reuse, Recycling-First Steps Toward a Sustainable Society, Worldwatch Paper 2 3, Denis Hayes, 1978, $2 from: Worldwatch Institute 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 If recycling became the organizing principle of the entire economy, the U.S. could reduce its waste flow by at least two-thirds, avoiding the heavy costs of remaining a throwaway society. According to this overview, three complementary strategies (waste reduction, separation and recovery) can make that economy possible-by setting sound priorities (materials recovery should follow waste reduction and separation) and pushing for progressive public pol- . icies (like the standardized bottles and refundable deposits on new automobiles used in Scandinavia). In the long stretch, what makes it all possible is building public commitment to-you guessed it-those simple and basic changes in our lifestyles. A good introduction to the issues at hand. -SA
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