Page 22 RAIN October 1979 RUSH Ifyo71 live in a solar home anywhere in the U.S., SERI would like to hear from you. Anyone using domestic hot 'water, passive, active, wind or hybrid systems in their house, apartment, or mobile home are asked to send their name, address and telephone number to Solar Users Information, SERI, 1536 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401. Information will be used for the Institute 's work to help design a policy concerning residential solar applications. If you are a developer or distributor of computer models and simulations with solar energy applications, SERI would like to hear from you. Entries will go towards developing a computer models data base that will serve .as a reference tool for the solar community. For information please contact Bob Jackson, SERI, Public Information Office, 1536 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401, 303/231-1235. ~"' ~·~ ♦ ,,, ~·~ Cf) ,,~ ~-~ Amory Lovins will be addressing "Soft Energy Paths: How to Enjoy the Inevitable" at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, on Nov. 5 at 7: 30 p.m. This prese!}tation is a part of the college's Fall Forum Series entitled "The Energy Quandary: Policy Options, Resource Alternatives." This series includes a three day conference on Oregon Energy Independence on Nov. 3-5 at 9am-5pm, Templeton College Center. All events are free .to the public. For additional information, please contact Mike Ford, Director of Student Activities, Lewis and Clark College, 503/244-6161, ext. 567. While in Oregon, Mr. Lovins will be visiting Oregon State University on Nov. 4 for a presentation. For additional information please contact Eric Swenson, Political Science Department, 503/754-2811. The Habitat Center is offering fall "hands-on" workshops in solar home design and construction for ownerbuilders and the general public on October 27 and November 17. The workshops, "Building with Adobe," will be held from 9:30-4:30 with a fee of $20.00. Preregistration is required for attendance. Call Habitat Center at 415/543-1294 or write the Center at 573 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94105. Scholarships are available for low income people. There are many individuals and organizations experimenting with desertadapted agriculture, with reduced water and energy waste. We are attempting to survey such projects in a case study compendium to be printed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology next year. If you grow crops in the low desert of Arizona, New Mexico or southern California, using organic or dryland methods, innovative irrigation or qopping techniques, or droughthardy plants, we would appreciate the chance to interview you. Contact Meals for Million Foundation/Southwes_t Program, 715 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719. @~~ ~-~ ~ ~- I.: .~ I.:' ~ I.: '.A I.:. JOBS The Institute for Local Self-Reliance announces a research conference to develop a technical agenda for a national recycling policy. Fifteen experts will be selected to meet on Nov. 9 (location to be announced) for a planning session, and in D.C. on December 6 and 7, to develop the agenda. Travel costs and consulting fees will be paid. Contact Jeryl Specter, Division of Waste Utilization, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 1717 18th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20009. Organization working in the Northwest for world peace and social justice needs person with communication and program supervision skills. Experience in community organizing and writing required. Travel in region from Seattle base. Salary: $14,000-$16,000, plus benefits. Affirmative Action Employer. American Friends Service co·rnmittce, 814 N.E. 40th, Seattle, WA 98105, 206/632-0500. Immediate opportunity for a professional manager to direct a program to develop and demonstrate the use of renewable energy- solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and wind. Responsible for the conceptualization, planning, organization, budgeting, supervision and scheduling of major renewable energy projects. Position requires a B.S. in an engineering or related physical science field plus four years experience in program management and contract administration work. Salary $18,393/yr. Submit resume to Personnel Officer, Dept. Natural Resources and Conservation, 32 So. Ewing, Helena, MT 59601. Western SUN is putting experienced solar people to work. Our thirteen wes- , tern states are gearing up for a solar future. And we have challenging positions open for you, here in Portland, Oregon: Outreach Services, Marketing and Commercialization, Technology, Analysis and Evaluation, Plans, Programs and Budget, and Administration. Send us your resume by Nov. 1, 1979. For specific position descriptions, write: Western SUN, 921 S.W. Washington St., Suite 160, Portland, OR 97205, Attn. Ms. Darl~•1e Kidner CORRECTIONS Garbage-to-Energy, The False Panacea, listed in our recycling article last month, is surely available, but for $4.50, not $3 .00 as we listed. We inadvertently left out the city and state from the review of the Insulation Manual-Homes, Apartments (Aug.I Sept. '79 issue). The full address is: NAHB Research Foundation, 627 Southlawn Lane, P.O. Box 1627, Rockville, MD 20850.
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