Recycling: The State ofthe Art, an educational handbook based on the proceedings of the California Resource Recovery Association's Second California RecyclingConference held in November 1976, compiled and edited by Christine Olsen, published by the Community Environmental Council, 1978,130 pp., $10.00 from: Community Environmental Council P.O. Box 448 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 To those who have been into recycling for years this handbook may not offer anything new. The state of recycling is fluctuating and changing so rapidly that it is difficult for any publication to keep up with it. If you are interested in getting a handle on where recycling has been and some of the problems it is facing today, The State of the Art may prove very informative. Though California-oriented, these conference proceedings deal with issues all recyclers face, such as public policy decisions affecting statewide recycling (to wit the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) and low technology solid waste treatment systems versus high technology resource systems (focusing bn issues of type of operation, energy pollution impact, availability of markets, employment potential, social impact, impact on the solid waSte stream, funding and economics). Successful models for recycling centers are exchanged as well as environmental eduation concepts. Materials from the conference have been condensed and organized into a well laid out bundle of collectively assessed recycling goals .. . goals well worth reviewing or learning anew. Nandie Szabo MEDIA On Format: Paper/Space In looking at Rain 's Wind Energy Bibliography compared with NCAT's Wind Bibliography. I discovered that Rain's annotated list of 20 or so sources was printed on one sheet, two sides, and NCAT's 17 entries were on four sheets, two sides, with a heavy cover sheet. Doing layout and design at Rain has made me constantly aware of how we publish information and the format we choose to use. Not surprisingly, I found that three of our own publications are done with the same problem in format approach that I saw in NCAT's bibliographies. two of which we only printed on one side! The problem is that we typed our copy on a pica typewriter (elite. is somewhat better but still does not compare to typeset font sizes) rather than having our super-speedy, small business typesetter, Irish Setter, set the type. On the wind bibliography we spent a little more money on typesetting, but I'm willing to bet that we still saved a bundle on paper. So we're looking at that, and when it's time to reprint those publications, we'll undoubtedly go the route that uses less paper, supports our local typesetter, and probably ultimately costs us less ,and looks nicer too. - LS GOOD THINGS OCC Self Help Manual Survival Guide to the Triple Cities 1978-1980, Off Campus College Staff, $1.00 from: Off Campus College State University of New York Binghamton, NY 13901 The people at the Off Campus College at SUNY/Binghamton have come up with a "self help manual" to their area which will surely prove to be a useful model to other groups who wish to compile similar guides for their areas. The guide not only includes information on h.ousing, restaurants, banks, co-ops, etc., but it also provides information on how to fix your bicycle, how to protect yourself from rape, how to deal with utilities, and other information which should be included in a "self help manual." - YL The Compleat Freighthopper's Manual for North America, Daniel Leen, 1978, $4.95 postpaid from: Daniel Leen, 6601 116th Ave., N.E. Kirkland, WA 98033 For those daring souls who've always fantasized about "riding the rails" but never knew how to do it, this is your book. Daniel Leen, a rider of the rails since 1963, has written everything you need to know about this "great North American folk tradition"- how to get on and off without breaking a leg, how to avoid the "heat" (freighthopping is against federal laws and most state and local laws as well- hopper beware!), how to get information about your train and where to go, what equipment to bring and why, and much more, all written in a fun, yet informative style. After reading this enjoyable book, not only did I gain a sense of the rich and rewarding lifestyle of the hobo, but I was ready to join them. Arc you? -YL April1979 RAIN Page19 AGRICULTURE Camp Joy 131 Camp Joy Road Boulder Creek, CA 95006 Alan Chadwick inspired this enchanted small French intensive farm nestled in a sunny opening in the Redwoods of the Santa Cruz mountains. His garden project at UCSC was the pebble in the pond whose ripples are still effusing a region eight years later. My first experience with French intensive biodynamic gardening was a magical one at Camp Joy in 1974, filling me with new perceptions in gardening and living. Camp Joy is now offering a four-month apprenticeship in horticulture and market gardening from May to September for 8 to 12 people. Those participating in this in-depth training session will receive detailed demonstration, instruction and practical experience in intensive vegetable, flower, fruit and herbproduction, and marketing. Animal husbandry and beekeeping also will be offered to specifically interested people. Every aspect of horticulture from plant propagation, soil and bed preparation to floriculture as a cottage industry will be covered. My experiences with this labor intensive method produced incredible results, as the title of John Jeavons' book, which was used while I was there implies: How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Thought Possible on Less Space Than You Can Imagine. Here's an opportunity to live and work and learn in an intensive training session with people who have eight years of productive experience with their joyous land. Written applications should be sent to them -LS <II "I:; c. c. o -5 fa ~ j c. e 8 ~ ·s o L ____________________________~ ~
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