Page 2_2 RAIN Aug./Sept. 1980 The National Center for Appropriate Technology has developed a ten-lesson curriculum for grades 5 and 6 which focuses on the changes in lifestyles and technologies which today's students will experience as they grow to adulthood. For further information and a sample lesson write: Appropriate Technology Curriculum, NCAT, P.O. Box 3838, Butte, MT59701. A task force at the Solar Energy Research Institute is giving consideration to the use of annual tree crops as feedstock for fermentation to alcohol or for integration in other farm energy systems. They would welcome correspClndence with individuals or organizations who have knowledge'of, or are active in promoting, tree crops for small-scale energy systems. Write to Tom Milne, Tree Crop Task Force, SERI, 1617 Cole B~vd., Golden, CO 80401. Massachusetts Fair Share, a statewide citizens' action organization concerned with organizing low-income families to fight for social justice, is looking for organizers, organizer trainees, canvassers, researchers, and administrative support people. Contact MFS Personnel, 304 Boylston St., 2nd fir., Boston, MA 02116, 617/266-7505. The Harvard Graduate School of Design is offering a number of non-credit evening co_urses, beginning in October. Course titles include "Improving Urban Business Districts," "A Beginner's Guide to Landscape Design," "A Study of Japanese Gardens," and "Solar Energy· and Energy Conservation." For a brochure and application form, contact Carol Lee Kort, Continuing Education, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall L-37i Cambridge, MA 02138 ; 617/495-2578. Western SUN, the U.S. Dept of Energy, and the Utah Energy Office will be the sponso!s of the "1980 Solar Update" to be held Sept. 25-26 in Salt Lake City. The event will feature presentations on the practical aspects of the design and construction of solar installations, solar financing, conservation, and earth-sheltered design. For a copy of the Solar Update program, contact MCC Associates, 1533 Red Oak Driw, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301/589-8130. Organizations and agencies interested in developing farm energy progr~s are invited to take advantage of a new training institute established by the Small Farm Energy Project. Seminars, hands-on workshops, and one-to-one consultation with program staff of client o~anizations will be ,available. Contact Rob Aiken, Energy Project, Box 736, Hartington, NB 68739, 402/2546893. ' The Safe Energy Co.mmunication Council is about to launch a campaign to challenge radio and television advertising on behalf of the nuclear industry. They need the assistance of many citizen volunteers to monitor local stations and keep track of any pronuclear ads that might be run. For details of how you can help, contact Whayne Dillehay, SECC, 153616th-St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036, 202/546-4790. A survey to determine the use of information technology in neighborhood planning and policymaking is currently being conducted by faculty of the University of Pittsburgh. They would like to hear from people who have knowledge of neighborhood projects which utilize automated information clearinghouse services, telephone conferencing, teletype, microfilm, or microcomputers. Contact Clark Rogers or Cheryl Paine at 3L24 Forbrs Quadrangle, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260,.412/624-3606. The Santa Barbara Center for Bio-Intensive Agriculture offers a variety of courses for beginning and experienced gardeners, ranging in length frnm one day to seven weeks. The biointensive·approach uses intensive planting in raised beds, with deeply prepared soil, simple hand tools, organic fertilizers, and inter-planting . techniques. Contact Santa Barbara Center, Com- .. munity Environment Council, 92:4 Anacapa Street, Suite B4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. "Minority Focus on Solar Energy" is the title of a national conference to be held Sept. 1517 in Arlington, Virginia. Among the many sponsors of the event are SERI, the Navaho Nation, La Raza, the National Urban Coalition, and the NAACP. For further information call toll-ree 800/424-2885. The Golden Gate Energy Center, a public b~nefit organization devoted to the study, demonstration and advancement of renewable energy • sources, is currently interviewing candidates for the following staff positions: technical manager, technical assistant, program assistant, and secretary. If interested in applying, please sulimit resume including salary history and references to Tom ]avits, Golden Gate Energy Center, Bldg. 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123, or call 415/556-0560. The Fifth National Passive Solar Conference will be held Oct. 19-26 in Amherst, Massa-' chusetts. A "Women in Solar Energy'' pro- . gram will be offered Oct. 20-21 in conjunc- . tion with the conference. Contact Passive Solar 1980, Box 778, Brattleboro, VT 05301, 802/254-4221. • NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation) is looking for groups interested in co-sponsoring its two-day training course for co-op directors. The course focuses on the legal, cooperative, and organizational responsibilities of co-op boards, and provides directors with tools to clarify and simplify their tasks. Contact NASCO -Training for Co-op Directors, P.O. Box 7293, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, 313/663-0889. The Energy Show, a forum on energy issues for Canadians, will be held Oct. 23-26 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The show will include a two-day conference, an exposition featuring hundreds of energy exhibits, and a series of workshops on energy applications in housing, agriculture, and transportation. Contact The Energy Show, 230 23rd Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 0J4 CANADA, 306/652-2063. Commercial and industrial solar systems will be explained from an operation and cost-effective perspective at seminars to be conducte~ by Jordan College in cooperation with the federal government, Oct. 27-29 in Denver, Nov.10-12 in Chicago, and Dec. 810 in Orlando. For further information contact Linda Bouwkamp, Asst. Director of Energy Programs, Jordan College, 360 W. Pine St., Cedar Springs, MI 43919, 616/696-· 1180. • • CORRECTIONS We inadvertently omitted the following access information from "The Aborigine P.eace Corps" in the last is~ue. Aprovecho is a Spanish,word meaning: I make the best use of. Ianto Evans is a part of the Aprovecho.Institute, a small group of people from several countries who are working to demonstrate locally appropriate technologies, egalitarian working and living arrangements, and to.rekindle local pride in techniques, ways of organization and means of livelihood. They develop small-scale technologies and natural energy tools and consult loc~lly on energy-related . matters. Ianto is also the author of Lorena Owner-Built Stoves, 1979, $3.00 from Appropriate Technology Project, Volunteers in Asia, Box 4543, Stanford, CA 94305. The Aprovecho Institute is at 359 Polk Street, Eugene, OR 97402.
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