RAINBOOK: RESOURCES FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY Editors ofRAIN ......... -- ·""" 256 pp., 1977, $7.95 This is the book that .has turned so many heads around. Drawing together such diverse concerns as economics, energy, health, agriculture and communications into a larger picture, Rainbook opens up new doors for those ofus seeking the ways and means to change our communities and our lives. Essentially the Best of RA IN Magazim· through early 1977, Rainb,wk is as comprehensive a primer/resource book as you will ever find, with thousands of listings on groups, contacts, literature and further sources of information. If you have a question about appropriate technology, Rai11book probably has the answer-or it can tell you where to get it. Fully indexed and profusely illustrated. (Updated via monthly issues of RAIN.) ., URBAN EcoTOPIA POSTER Diane Schatz 22"x33", 1976, $3.00 SUBURBAN ECOTOPIA POSTER ~~ Diane Schatz n, M~ ~ 22"x30", 1976, $3.00 . The first exciting glimpses of an Ecotopian vision . . . . Chances arc you've already. seen Diane Schatz's Urban Ecotopia Poster-on the cover of Rainbvok , reprinted in countless numbers of books and publications, or on a friend's wall. Its city street scene gives literal expression to the idea of urban self-reliance-where cottage industries, cooperative institutions and appropriate technologies combine to make the city a habitable and happy place to be. . . If your concern is rcinhabiting the suburbs, you should visit Diane's Suburban Ecvtopia, where thc,samc potential can be Sl'l'n in gardens, solar greenhouses and windmills. Both of these line-drawn posters arl' rich in detail and perfect for coloring. SHARING SMALLER PIES Tom Bender 38 pp .. I975. $2.00 A small classic that discusses how changing rcsourcdl'!lergy realities arc giving rise to new directions and changing possibilitics~in human values and individual actions, in our institutions and politics. This is the kind of formative thinking that has helped to set the stage for the advcnt of appropriate technology . LIVING LIGHTLY ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HOUSING Tom Bender 38 pp .. I 'J73, $2.00 Herc is an early overview of designing and building energy efficiency and resource conservation into our shelters-from water and waste to heating, cooling and lighting. A good overview on why we should be living lightly-and just what that might mean. EMERGING ENERGY POLICY PRINCIPLES Tom Bender 9.pp .. l'J74,$ 1.00 COSMIC ECONOMICS Joel Schatz and Tom Bender 8 pp., l'J74, $1.00 Two significant papers to come out ofOregon's early energy research and planning efforts; here arc sound principles for wending our way through the coming l'COnomic/energy transition. Simplc outlines of effective economic mechanisms to guide that transition. October 1979 RAIN Page 23 .........., . _ . _ STEPPING STONES: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND BEYOND Edited by Lane deMoll and Gigi Coe 208 pp., 1978, $7.95 The philos~phical strands of thought from which a new social vision is b_eing woven . . Stepping Sto111•s brings to·- gcthcr in one place many of the classic essays that have givcn rise to the appropriate technology movement. From E.F. Schumacher, Wendell Berry and Margaret Mead, to John Todd, David Morris and Amory Lovins, to RA/N's own Tom Bender and Lee Johnson , Stepping Stvni·s will move you beyond the era of limitations into the era of changing possibilities. Five new pieces help bridge the gap between new technologies and new values, bringing greater clarity to our vision of a humanly scaled society. This companion to Rainbook is the p·crfcct reader to bring you full circle to where we stand today: holding in our hands the makings ofa new world . STEPPING STONES POSTER Diane Schatz 2J"x24", 1978, $3.00 Spinning images that excite the ,imagination, Diane Schatz's •latest artwork for RAIN is truly new alchemy. Her elaborate bio-rcgional landscape which graces the cover of the New Stepping Stones reader is now available as a large poster for those of you to whom a picture is worth a thousand words-or more! This urban/ rural scenario vividly details local economics and cnergics,at work and play. Renewable and renewing' If you arc trying to l'nvision just how all our new ideas and new tools come together, this little bit of wizardry will help you get thcrl· - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER Tom Bender 207 pp , 1973, $5 95 If, 111 des1gnmg and building our surroundings, we want to restore our fundamental unity with our environment and the cosmos, we must push beyond just "functional" considerations. We need to reestablish a deeper sense of purpose. These meditations on ecological consciousness arc offered to help us set our hearts and minds straight, before we put our hands to work. A prnctrating collection of short thought-pieces, quotations, symbols and drea,ns. RAINPAPER No. 1, 1 1 r ... _, .. ,~;--j 1 CONSUMER GUIDE TO WOODSTOVES ' ""'· · -~~"••·· I Bill Day I sf~~ l6pp.llc-v1sedjan l97<J.$2(HI I No m,lttcr how yuu split It, wood 1s re-l·mcrgmg as an 1mpor- , ,... .,,.,"··"' • ·, ""' rmm rn hoo><· hwrng Tu hdp msmc <he wood c,,ngy ~ --•;:~:I I trans1t1on 1s one com m1tted to safety and effiul'nLy. wood jj stove consumerist Bill Day has closely momtored the avail- -- ·- - ability and reliability of thl·se products . His newly-revised and expanded C ,,11 s1m11·r Guide iS- a compilation of his articles in RAIN, covering the selection, installation and repair of woodstovcs, wood cookstovcs and wood furnaces. Included arc helpful notes on .fireplace retrofits and chimney maintenance. Essentia_l reading for those of you interestl·d in this revitalized energy alternative. RAINDEX Lane deMoll and Linda Sawaya 48pp., 1979,$4.00 A complete index to thl· first four volumes of RA IN (October 1974 through September 1978) and Rain/,,,,,k, including a four.:.pagc, issue-by-issue li_sting of articles. Indisprnsible for information networkcrs, libraries and m·w friends of RAIN, the Raind1·x is the pl·rfcct way to disrnver our back pages and the magic that lies therein. Yearly supplemrnts will be available for each subsequent volume every October. ----- ---- ---- --- • ---------- --- -- Cuc o~t~';;:;Trl'cu~ouon1 poruon wuh yourordc:r; postc:rrt·nuins 1~1nc:! 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