Page 22 RAIN Note to persons Interested in ordering the booklet Starting and Running an Energy Information Center, reviewed in the Feb.- Mar. issue of RAIN (pag~ 2): contrary to our statement, the publication is not currently being distributed by the Oregon Department of Energy, and we apologize to ODOE and to any of our readers who may have been inconvenienced by our error. We'll let you know in a future issue if and when this valuable publication is made available. GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS The Solar Energy Research Institute (SE.RI) would like to hear from persons throughout the U.S. who are using solar energy in their homes. SERI would like the input of solar users to a~sist them in their efforts to design effective government policy concernirtg residential solar applications, help industry • plan marketing strategies, and develop better information and commt,mications programs. Names will not be used for business solicitations. Send name, address and tele- • phone number before Jt.ine 1 t9: Solar Users · Information, SERI, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401. The T~ojan Decommissioning Alliance is currently planning what it hopes will be the largest anti-nuclear demonstration ever to occur in Oregon. The event is scheduled for May 17, and TOA is seeking suggestions, ideas and help from interested persons. Contact TOA, 215 S.E. 9th Ave., Portland, OR 97214, 503/231-0014. HELP WANTED University for Man, a free university in Manhattan, Kansas, seeks a coordinator to develop and disseminate its.free university model in rural areas. Respon-sibilities include supervising a four-state program, staff development, conference presentatiqns, grant writing, and being a liaison with groups and organizations 7'.lationwide. Applicants should have a willingness to travel, a flexible time schedule and a commitm'ent to rural education. Salary: $15 ,000- $16,000. Contact Sue Maes, Director, University for Man, 1221 Thurston, Manhattan, Kansas 66502, 913 /532-5866 . Western SUN, a regional solar energy center funded by the U.S.-Department of Energy, is seeking a wood combustion specialist. Minimum qualifications include BS degree in Engineering with emphasis in combustion and materials science plus two years experience in wood combustion technologies. Starting salary: $20-26,000 depending on qualifications. Submit resume and three references before May 30 to: Ms. K. Weaver, Western SUN, 715 S.W. Morrison, Suite 800, Portland, OR 97205,503/241-1222. COURSES & CONFER_ENCES Members of living communities and community organizin& groups throughout New England will be on hand to lead discussion groups and workshops at the Tenth New England Communities Conference, to be held irt Greenville, New Hampshire, May 30 to June 1. Discussion will center around such topics as shared work and incomes, childraising, community governance, and starting a community. For information, contact Another Place, Rt. 123, Greenville, NH 03048. A jive~day, hands-on course in the care and handling of draft horses will be offered by the Glorieta School in Carlton, Washington, May23-7.' Courses will include corral driving, field work, and lectures. Contact Glorieta School, P.O. Box 143, Carlton, WA 98814. "~lobal Energy Strategies for a Sustainable Future" will be the focus of the four-week World Game Laboratory to be held June 6-July 5 in . Philadelphia. The World Game is a research and planning ·facility where.students come together to develop long-range strategies for "making the world work" in sustainable, locally appropriate and culturally compatible ways. For further - information contact World Game '80, 3624 Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215/387- _5400 l\10RE (Minorities Organized for Renewable Energy) will sponsor its first national hands-on energy workshop in San Bernardino, May.19-21. In addition to hands-on activities, the event will include exhibits, demonstrations, tours, and group discussions. Emphasis will be placed on developing strategies to increase minority involvement in renewable energy development. For further information contact Kay Cooper, Center for Renewable Resources, 1001 Con- , necticut Avenue N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, 202/466-6880. Learn to build~ passive solar home this summer . by building .one! The Owner Builder Center ; a non-profit-orga-nization headquartered in Berkeley, is offering one-week and three-week homebuilding programs which will include both classroom instruction and on-site experience iti construction of two 1000-1200 square foot . homes. Programs will be held in Nevada City;· California, during-June, July and August. For further information contact the Owner Builder Center, ,1824 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, 415 /848-5950. The Rural Apprenticeship Program seeks to match up small farmers and rural craftsmen with people who may currently be trapped in unsatisfying and unproductive jobs and anxious to develop skills which will enable them to survive in the country. For information contact Rural Apprenticeship Program, Box 248, Northport, WA 99157. How can new, cost:-effective communications technologies and metl,.ods such as small computers.and cable television improve community services in the 1980s? This will be the central question addressed by Buckminster Fuller and other speakers at the Townwatch '80 conference to be held in Sacramento, May 9-10. Contact Frank . Mcloughlin, Townwatch '80, Department of Communications, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819, 916/6260560. The $olar Sustenance Team, a non-profit or- • ganization begun by Bill and Susan Yanda, will be offering three separate but consecutiv~ workshops in solar design and application,May 11-23 and October 26-November 7. Workshops are • entitled "Solar Adobe Design and Construction for the Owner-Builder," "Greenhouse Gardening," and "Solar Greenhouses for the OwnerBuilder." For more information contact Solar Sustenance Team, P.O. Box 733£, El Rita, NM 87530,505/581-4454. World Hunger Education Service is offering a two-week seminar, June 16-27 in Washington, DC on the "Politics of Hunger: Building Cit:izen Effectiveness for Bread and Justice." Participants will meet with national and international food and development experts, join in action/resource· workshops, and at.tend congressional hearings. For information or application, contact Robert ~aird, World Hunger Education Service, 2000 P StreetN.W., Suite 205, Washington, DC 20036,202/223-2995. "Agricultural Self-Reliance for the Northeast" will be the subject of.a conference to be sponsored by the Natural Organic Farmers Association in Durham, New Hampshire, August 1-3. Contact NOFA Conference, Provirtce Road, Stafford,.NH 03844 .. "Women and Appropriate Technology," a conference to be held at the Heathcote Center, May · 23-26,will include both practical and philosophical discussions of a. t. and its relationship to women's lives. For infC!rmati9ri contact Heathcote Center, 21300 Heathcote Rd.,· Freeland, MD 21053, 301/~29-6041. • Th_e Deep Run School of Homesteading and Organic Agriculture, which offers a one-year program for persons who wish to learn the skills of self-sufficiency, is beginning a new admissions policy which will allow people to participate for shorter intervals and at almost any time of the school year. The curriculum includes agriculture, food preservation, folk-crafts, solar shelter,'woodlot management, and more. Contact Deep Run School, P.O. Box 388A, RD 7, York, PA 17402, 717/757-4174. The Trilateral Connection poster accessed in the Feb./Mar. RAIN is available for $5.00, not $3.50, from the Black Hills Alliance, Box 2508, Rapid City, SD 57709, 605/342-5127. 'rhe poster is a fundraiser for the B.fack Hills/Paha Sapa Report \\'.hich p_rovides information on the struggle against uranium.mining in the Black Hills and.on the International Survival Gather·- ing July 18-27 in the Black Hills.
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