URBAN EcOTOPIA POSTER· Diane Schatz 22"x33", I976, $3.00 SUBURBAN EcoTOPIA POSTER r~ f1~ , ;;..~~;~I~~~~-~! The first exciting glimpses ofan Ecotopian vision . .. . Chances are you've already seen Diane Schatz's Urban t:c()topia P"stcr.-011 the cover of Rainbook, reprinted in countless numbers of books and publications, or on a frirnd'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 reinhabiting the suburbs, you should visit Diane's S11b11rba,1 Ecotopia, where the same potential can be seen in gardens, solar greenhouses and windmills. Both of these line-drawn posters are rich in detail and perfrrt for coloring. RAIN January 1980 RAIN Page 23 RAINDEX Lane deMoll and Linda Sawaya 48 pp., 1979, $4.00 A complete index to the first four volumes of RA IN (Octobn 1974 through September 1978) and Rai,,hook, induding a four-page, issue-by-issue listing of articles. Indisprnsible for information networkcrs, libraries and new friends of RAIN, the Raindcx is the perfect way to discover our back pages and the magic that lies therein. Yearly supplemrnts will be available for each subsequent volume every October. a J,~f ,i:~~I:~"::: :,~~~::d~:~:E~"'~blications • ccscon· ooc fo"d'""""' ool<y wl,h oo, rnslmmrn·,n rnd ,h, cosmos, we must push beyond just "functional" considerations. We need to rc·- establish a deeper sense of purpose. These meditations on ecological consciousnc·ss are offered to help us sc·t our hearts and minds straight, before we· put our hands to work. A penetrating collection of short thought-pieces, quotations, symbols and drc·ams. SHARING.SMALLER Prns Tom Bender 38 pp., I 97S. S2.00 A small classic that discusses how changing resourcdenngy realities are giving rise· co m:w directions and changing possibilities-in human values and individual a_ctions. in our institutions and politics. This is the kind of formative thinking that has helped to SL't the stage for the advent of-app-ropriate technology. RAINPAPER No. 1, CONSUMER GUIDE TO W OODSTOVES Bill Day Iii pp .. llcvised jan. l97'J. $2 .00 No matter how y,>u split it, wood is re-emerging as an important factor in home heating. To help insure the wood enngy transition is one committed to safety and efficiency, wood stove consumerist Bill Day has closl'ly monitored the avail- -.iiiii~ ....... ~ -- . ■~T _ • •• _ -~ . ' V -- STEPPING STONES: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND BEYOND Edited by Lane deMoll and Gigi Coe 208 pp., 1978. $7 .95 The philosophical strands of thought from which a new social vision is being wovrn . . Stt•pping Stones brings together in one place many of the classic essays that have given rise to the appropriatL' 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 Brnder and Lee Johnson, Stepping Stones 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 ofa humanly scaled society. This co mpanion to Rainbook is the perfect reader to bring you full circle to where we stand today: holding in our hands the makings ofa new world . RAINBOOK: RESOURCES FOR APPROPRIATE TECH)\/OLOGY 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, L'nergy, health, agriculture and communications into a larger picture, Rainbvvk opl'ns up new doors for those of us seeking the ways and means to change our communities and our lives. Essentially thL' Best RAIN Magazine., through ea.rly 1977, Rai,1bt>ok is as comprl'hensivc a primer/resource book as you will ever find, with thousands of listings on groups, contacts, l'iterature and further sources of information. If you havl' a qut:stion about approp-· riate technology, Rainbot>k probably has the answer-or it can tell y.9u where to get · it. Fully indexed and profusl'ly illustrated. (Updated via munthly issues of RAIN.) . ability and reliability ofthL'SL' products. His newly-revised and expanded C o11 s1m1< -r C11idc is a compilation of his articles in RAIN, covering the selection, installation and n;pair of woo·dstovl's, wood cooksroves and wood furnaCl's. Included are helpful notes on fireplace retrofits and chimney maintenance. Essential reading for those of you interested in this rl'vitalized em·rgy alternati ve .. 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