Page 22 RAIN January 1979 On January 22-28, _1979, the Huxley Environmental Reference Bureau will be holding an Endangered Species week to be held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. There will be a variety of speakers, workshops, exhibits, et. It will also be 1 a chance for people interested in endangered species to get together and shai;e ideas. Contact: Joseph S. Lyles, HERB, Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Washington 98225. l • The Huxley Environmental Reference. Bureau is compiling a list ofpeople who will publicly speak on e_nvironmentally related subjects. Prospective speakers • should provide the Bureau with name, address and phone number, topics you would speak on, fees if any, and a · brief biographical sketch. Please send the inf@rmation to HERB, c/o Chara lette MacCay, Environmental Studies Building Room 535, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, or call 206/676-3974. The Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies is now acc_epting applications for spring semester full and part-time internships. Interns will do research, help staff organize seminars and conferen~es, and provide administrat.ive support on such issues as state and local tax reform, energy, women's economic issues, low income housing and neig'hborhood issues, etc. Contact: Patrice./Gallagher, Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies, 1901 Q Street N.W., Washington, DC 20009, or call 202/234-9382. The New Mexico Solar Energy Association (NMSEA) is sponsoring a grassroots symposium at the 3rd National Passive Solar Energy Conference, Jan- ' uary 10, 1979. The conference is being held in San Jose, CA, and the symposium will be in San Jose or San Francisco. The $10.00 fee is negotiable. Contact Anne-Cicero, NMSEA, P.O. Box 2004, Santa Fe, NM 87501, 505/9831006. The New School for Democratic Management presents Community Business Training Evening Session, January 16 to March 21, in San Francisco. Courses include: Starting a Busin1ess,.Bookkeeping, Democratic Management and Organizational Growth, etc. The courses ·• are designed for pe,ople i'f'lvolved with women's enterprises, appropriate technology producers, worker owned businesses, etc. Contact: New School of Democratic Management, 589 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94108, or call 415/543-7973. The Farallones Institute's Rural Center announces its 1979 hands-on residential and weekend workshop schedul~. Residential workshops include whole, life systems, solar greenhouses, solar hot water heating, solar construction, the meaning of Right Livelihood, and the French Intensive Method of gar-1 dening. For complete information send a 9x12 self-addressed envelope with 45i postage to: Rural Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA 95465. , March 2, 3, 4 ar-e the dates for Santa Clara County Office of Appropriate Technology's conference on "Meeting Human Needs: The Economic & Political Context of Self-Determination, Decentralization and Appropriate Technology" at San Jose State University. Fri~ay eve: a discussion of food, health, housing and work problems within local communities; Saturday:, small task groups to strategize solutions to those problems at the conference and beyond; Sunday: topical and skills workshops on community_credit unions, economics of small farming, urban strategies and reform, neighborhood health centers and community development. Preregistration is suggested. Contact Richard Wenn or Michael Hibbard at SCOAT, P.O. Box 5651, San Jose, CA 95150, (408) 277-3132. Corrections: • In the October "Gas Works," Ken Smith mentioned that a one cubic meter digester could provide cooking • gas for a family of five. It should have said_ a ten cubic meter digester or a family of very, very small people). • The graphic in the same article, showing flow of sunlight through bioconversion processes, was originally done by Jeff Barnes of Bear Creek Thunder, Ashland, Oregon. • In Bill Day's November listing of addon wood furnace units the Woodmaster manufactured by Suburban Mfg. Co. was inadvertently incinerated by our typesetting into Woodwaster. Oops! The Institute, a national center for training and research in community organizing, is conducting a number of workshops during the month of January. They are: "Alternative Careers: Community Organizing" on Jan. 14, • Austin, Texas; "Community Organizing: An Ove_rview on Jan. 16, also in Austin; and on Jan. 29-30, "Grassroots Fundraising," which will take place in New Orleans. Contact: Lina Newheuser, The Institute, 523 W. 15th St., Little Rock, AR 72202, or call 501/376-2615. The Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies is sponsoring a conference on "New Directions in Farm, Land, and Food Policies: A Time for State and Local Action" to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 12-14. The conference's aim is to stim'ulate and broaden efforts, to change agricultural and food policy at the state and local levels. Contact the Agricultural Project, Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies, 1901 "Que" St. N.W., Washington, DC 20009. Northwest Alternative Energy Fair will be held at Gray's Harbor Fairgrounds in Elma, Washington (home of Satsop nuclear power plant-40 mi. west of Olympia). Sponsored by the Gray's Harbor Crabshell on May 4 & 5. Contact them at 110 Pioneer, Montesano,· WA 98541, ifyou're interested in exhibiting, conducting a workshop, or helping them coordinate the event and spread the word. JOBS \ New Western Energy Show (see review, p. 21) needs 3 Renewable Energy Technicians for the 1979 season. Tasks will be design of displays, maintenance of vehicles and displays (like wind generators), information gathering, and leading workshops in renewable energy areas. Carpentry, plumbing, metal working and design skills are necessary. Salary is $500-$600/mo. from February to September. Contact David Nimick, NWES, 226 Power Block, Helena, MT 59601, 406/443-7272. NWES also needs actors ·and actresses to teach children about renewable energy through models, games, talks, dramatics. $575/mo. from Feb. to May (possibly Sept.). Contact Shaun Taylor or Maggie Ko'net, NWES, at the above address.
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