STEPPING STONES: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND BEYOND Edited by Lane deMoll and Gigi Cae 2IJH pp., ln~, S7.~5 Th(' philosophical strands of thought fr9m which a new social vision is being woven Stepping' Stones brings togcther in ont' place many of the classic essays that have given risc to the appropriate tC'chnology movcmcnL From E.F. Schumacher, Wendell B('rry and Margaret M('ad, to John Todd, David MorrIS and Amory Lovins. to RAI.'\"s own Tom Bender and Lec Johnson, Srepping Scont's wil l IlW Vl' you beyond [he era of lImitations into the era ofchanging posslbiliocs. Five !lew pieces help bridge: the gap bctween new technologiC's and new values, bnll~1I1g grratLT clarity to our Vision ofa humanly scaled socicty. This companion tu R,III1/l( I(lJ,: IS the perfect reader [0 bring you fuJI circle to where we stand today: huld lllg in our hands the makings ofa new world, STEPPING STONES POSTER Dialle Schatz II ~x24~ ltJ7!1. S:' .O() Spllllllll~ inuges that excitc the imagination, Diane Schatz's latest artwork for RA/.\· IS truly ncw alchcmy. Her elaborate. blO-regionallandscape which graces rh l' co ver of rhl Ncw S/cppil1g S/Clnt'J reader IS now available as a large poster for thosl' of you (Q whom a picLUre is worth a thousand words-or more! ThiS urbanI rural \ CCTl JrlO viVidly details local economics and energies at work and play. Rcnn\'Jhk and ren('wing~ If you arc trying to enviSIOn just how all our new ideas alld un\' tools lunll' together, this little bit of wizardry will help you get there. ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER Tom Bender 2(l7pr··llJ7J.SS.lJ5 If. IJ1 designing and budding our surroundings, we want to restore OLlr fundamental. unity with our environment and the ('O\IHO~ , we mUSt push bcyond Jll~t ~funClional" considerations, We nct:d to rel'S"IJbh~h ,\ deeper SLT1\e l)fpurpose. These meditations on ecologIcal consCIousness arc offered to help us ~et our hearts and nllnds straight, before we put our hands to "(lrJ.. A pencrranng coltcnion of short thought-plcces, quotations, symbols and drl'alll ~ RAINPAPER No, 1, CONSUMER GUIDE TO WOODSTOVES Bill Day 16 pr., Rl'visedJ an IlJ79, S2.00 r--..;O Ill.ltll'f how you spilt it, wood IS re-cmerging as an importaTH facto r in hOlllc hcating To help insurc the wood energy trJ1i~HIUll i~ Olle committed to safct), and efflciellcy, wood s t (HT cu n\umcrist Bill DJ)' has closely monitored the availJ blil!\ Jlld rl'liabilit~ ofrh('sl' produCts. His ncw'ly-revised and expanded COll5unrer CHi de IS a compilation of his articles in RA /'''.', covering the selection, installation and rl'pJlr ofwoodsw\'o. wuod ("ook~[Ov,,:s and woud fuman's. Includ".'d arc helpfu l 11 11leS 011 flreplacc retrofits and chimney maintenance Essential reading for thll~l' of you intercsted 111 this revitalized energy alternative. RAINDEX Lane deMoll and Linda Sawaya 48 pp .. 1~7Y, S4.lXl A eomple,e mdex to the fm' four volumes ofRAJ!'.' (October In4 through September 1978) and Rainbook, includmg a four-page, issue-by-issue listlJ1g of articles, Indispensiblc for information ne[ w()rkL'r~ . llbraril's and new friend~ of RAI.".', thc Raindcx is the perfect way to disC()\!l:r our back pages and thl' magic that lies thnein. Yearly supplements will be 3\'Jilabk for each subsequent voluml' every October. ways and means (0 changl' our communities and our lives, Essentially the lksl of RAIN Magazint' through carly 1977. Rain"ook is as compn'hensive a primer/resource book as you will ever fmd, with thousands of listings on groups, (ontacts, literature and further sources of information, If you have a question about appropriate technology, Rainbook probably has the answer-or it can tell you where to get it. Fully indexed and profusely illustrated. (Updated via munthly issues ofRAJ.\'.) URBAN ECOTOPIA POSTER Diane Schatz 22"x33", 1976, S3.OO SUBURBAN ECOTOPIA POSTER Diane Schatz 22"x30", 1976, S3,()() The Irs[ exciting g impses ofan Ecotopian vision.. . Chances arc you'n' alread\' seen Diane Schatz's Urban EcolOpia Poster-on thl' cover of Raillno{lk, reprlntcd I~ countless numbers of books and publications, or on a friend's wall. Its cit v ~[rcc[ ~cene g.ives literal l~xp~essi.on .to the idea of urban self-reliance-where ~o[[age mdustrles, cooperative mstHutlOns and appropriate technologies combinc to make the city a habitable and happy place to be, "Ifyour concern is reinhabiting the suburbs,. you should visit Dianc's SI4bluhan Erotopia, where the same pOlenrial call be seen m garden~. solar grel'nhouses and windmills, Both of these line-drawn posters arc rich in detail and perfect for coloring, SHARING SMALLER PIES Tom Bender 38 pp .. 1~7:;, $2.00 A s~.all c1ass~c .that discusses how changing re-source/energy realities arc glvmg rise to new directions and changing possi bilities-in human values and individual anions, in our insti tutions and politics, This is the kind of formative' thinking that has helped to set rhe stage for the advent of approprtate technology, LIVING LIGHTLY ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HOUSING Tom Bender 3H pp.. 1~73, S2 IKI Here is an early overview of dcslgnlllg and buildlll~ enl'rg~ efficiency and resourll' const..'rv;ltion inlO uur ~Ill'lters- froll! water and waste to hl'ating, cooling and lighting. A good overview on wh), we should be living lightl),-andjust what that might mean. EMERGING ENERGY POLICY PRINCIPLES Tom Bet/der ~ pp" In4, $1.00 COSMIC ECONOMICS Joel Schatz and Tom Bender 8pp., 1~74,SI.O(] Two significant papns to come out ofOregon's early energy research and planning efforts; here art' sound principll's for wending our way through the coming l'CO nomiclt'nngy transition. Simple outlines of .:ffl'cti\T economic m('(halllsms to gUlde that transition. RAIN Page 23 ORDER FORM RAIN:Journal of Appropriate Technology Subscription 2 YCJr\ ~p 1:o,') UVS, S~S ()() $ _ _ ______ 1 )'C.H J() 1\\U l·\. 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