RAINBOOK: RESOURCES roR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY Editors ofRAIN 256 pp .. 1')77 . $7 .')5 This is the book that has turned so many heads around. Drawing together such diverse concerns as economics. energy . health, agriculture and com munications into a larger picture, Rai11h ,,ok opens up new. doors for those of us seeking the ways and means co change our communities and our live·s. Essentially the Uest of RAIN Malazi111' through early 1977, Rai11hook is as comprehensive a primer/resource book as you will ever find, with thousands of listings on groups. contacts, literarnre and further sources of information. If you have a 4m·stion about appropriate· technology, Rai11ho,,k probably has the answer- or it can tell you where to get it. Fully indexed and profusely illustrated. (Updated via nh>nthly issues of RA IN.) u RBAN EcoTOPIA POSTER Diane Schatz 22"x33". 1'176, $3.00 SUBURBAN EcoTOPIA PosTER Diane Schatz 22"x30", l'J76. $3.00 The first e·xciting glimpses ofan Ecotopian vision. . Chances are you've already seen Diane Schatz's Urha11 l:',·,,topia PMtcr-on the· cover of Rai11/,,,,,k. reprimed in countless nun1bers of books and publications. or on a frirnd's wall. Its city street scrne gives literal expression to the idea of urban self-reliance-where cottage industries, cooperative institutions and appropriate technologies combine to make the city a habitabk and happy place to be·. . If your concern is rc·inhabiting the suburbs, you should visit Diane's S11 /11 1r/,a11 Lw,,pia . where the same potential can be seen in gar<lrns. solar grernhuuses and windmills. Uoth of these line-drawn pnsters are rich in detail and perli:ct for coloring. SHARING SMALLER PIES Tom Bender 38 pp .. l1J75. S2.00 A small classic that discusses how changing resuurccknergy realities arc giving rise· to new directions and changing possibilities-in human value·s and individual actions. in our institt1tio11s an<l politics. This is the kind of formative thinking that has helped to set the stage for the advrnt of appropriate technology. LIVING LIGHTLy ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HOUSING Tom Bender J8 pp .. I'J7 .1. S2.00 Here is an e·arly overvie·w of designing and building energy efficiency and resource conservation into our shelters- from water and waste tu heating. cooling and lighting. A good overvie·w 011 why we should be living lightly-and just what chat might mean. EMERGING ENERGY POLICY PRINCIPLES Tom Bender •1 pp.. l'J7-l. SI.00 COSMIC ECONOMICS Joel Schatz and Tom Bender Kpp .. l'J7-l . S1.00 Two signiticant papers to come out ofOregon's earl y energy research and planning efforts; here are sound principles for wending our way through the commg e·conomide·m-rgy transition. Simple ouclines of effective economic mechanisms to guide that transition. ....... __ ::;; .~~ . ' . t " STEPPING STONES: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND HEYOND Edited by Lane deMoll and Gigi Coe 208 pp .. I'J78. :S7 .'15 The philosophical strands of thought from which, a '. 1].CW social vision is bei.ng woven . . Sti'ppi11.r: S10111's brings ' to~ gether in one place many of the classic essays that hay(· given rise to the appropriate technology movement. From E.F. Schumacher, Wendell Uerry and Margaret Mead. co John Todd, Dav'id Morris and Amory Lovins, to RA/N's own Tom l.knder and Lee Johnson, S1,·ppi11,r: S1,111cs will move you beyond the era of limitations into the era of changing possibilitie·s. Five new pieces hdp bridge the gap between new technologie,s and new values. bringing greater clarity to our vision ofa humanly scaled society. This companion to Rai11/,o,,k is the perfrct reader to bring you full circle to where we stand today: holding in our hands the makings of a new world . STEPPING STONES POSTER Diane Schatz 2l "x24". l'J7K, $3.00 Spinning in1age·s that e·xcite the· imagin;ition, Diane Schatz's latest ,trtwork fur RAIN is truly new akhe·my. Hn daborat<: bio-regional landscape which graces the cover of the New Stcppi11,s: Sr,,11cs reader is now available as a large poster for those· of you to whom a picture is worth a thousand words-or nwre1 This tirban/ rural sce·nario vividly details local e-c01wmies and enngicsat work and pl.1y. Renew a bk and rene·wing1 If you are trying to e·nvision just how all our new ideas and m·w tools come togcther. this little bit of wizardry will help you get there· - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER ~op;. ~~,;~e.~1 If. 111 des1g11111g,.1nd building our surroundings. we want to restore our fund.1mcncal unity with our cnviro11m,·11t ,111d ch,· cosmos, we muse push beyond just "functional" considerations. We· nee·d to r,·- e·stablish a deepe·r se·nse· of purpose. The·se meditations 011 ecological consciousne·,s are offered to help us set our he·arts and minds straight, before we· put our hands to work. A pe·netrating collection of short thought-pie-c,·s. quotations. symbol, and dre·ams. RAINPAPER No. 1, 'r "" "'"''"'" :ij CONSUMER GUIDE TO w OODSTOVES 1, ............ '~ I Bill Day I - sf~~ 1<1 pp ll, v1sc-dj.111 1117 1 ) S2 1)(1 I No m.Hter ho\-\- y,n1spin It , wood 1s re-e·mer,,111" as an 1mpor- I O t, I_~ _ - '"'"",,·_·.. ,.·,·._·:·:·.~·- ; _I tant Li, tor 111 home· heatmg Tn help msure the· wood e·11e1gy ~ transition is one committe·d to safrty and efficiency. wood stove consumerist Uill Day has closely monitored the availability and reliability of these products. His newly-revised and o:pamkd C:011.<111 11 ,.,. C11id<' is a compilation of his articles in RAIN. rnwring the selection. installation and repair of wuudstoves. wood cookscoves and wood furnan·s. lnclude·d arc helpful notes 011 fireplace retrofits and chimney mainte·namT. Essential reading for those· of you intne·sted in this revitalized energy alternative. 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