Page 22 · RAIN A reminder to our read,enp: if you are a Portland resident or plan to be passing this way, be sure to drpp by the Rainhouse ~2270 N.W. Irving) and browse through our unusual library. We have 2000 books on appropriate technology·, renewable energy, organic agriculture and all the other djverse topics we Cover in each issue of RAIN, and we'd be happy to assist you with your reference needs. Ou'.r usual hours are 9-5 Monday through Saturday: Give us a call to let us know-you're coming! Urban Scientific·& Educational Research, a nonprofit corporation, is sponsoring an Energy Efficiency Competition which is aimed at development of more efficient appliances. They invite submission of prototypes of water heaters, re- ·frigerators, and air conditioners which will be evaluated in terms of ,their energy use, purchase price, maintenance cost, environmental impact, etc. There will be a symposium in June and final evaluations will take place at the end of the summer. For details, write USER, P.O. Box 19112, 20th Street Station, Washington, DC 20009. The Tennessee Valley Authority is now accepting grant proposals under its new Innovative Conservation Research Program. Proposed technologies must center around conventional fuels and involve a dev:ice, method, or system which is either completely new or applied in a completely novel way. For p~ogram guidelines and application form, write Innovative Energy Conservation Research Program, TVA; 1360 Comrperce Union Bank Building, Chattanooga, TN 37401. ' VITA (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) is seeking senior technical advisors for a renewable energy program. Qualifications include commitment to appropriate technology, ~roj~ct development skills, field experience in developing countries, fluency in Spanish/French/Arabic, and PhD or equivalent experience in renewable energy applications, small industry management, or interdisciplinary social science. Send res- ' ume to Senior Program·staff, VITA, 3706 Rhode Island Avenue, Mt. Rainier, MD 20822. Solar Job Fairs will be held in Phoenix, June 2-6 '(in connection with the 25th Anniversary Solar Jubilee meeting of the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society) and in ' Amherst, Massachusetts, during October (in connection with the Fifth National Passive Solar Confer~nce). Individuals and companies wanting information about either Job·Fair should · contact Mr. Parks, P.O. Box 30246, Dallas, TX 75230, 214 /980-0047. Energy, housing, human services, food and · employment wiH be the key issues addressed at the Sixth Annual National 'Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies scheduled for July 18-20 at the University of Pittsburgh. Progressive elected officials, union leaders, and community activists are invited to participate in this event designed to examine innovative policy initiatives, as well as organizing and legislative str~tegies at the state and local level. For information contact Ann Beaudry, Conference on State and Local Policies, 2000 Florida Avenue N .w:, Washington, DC 20009, 202/ 38_7-6030. • ·world College West is seeking an individual with a strong interest and background in appropriate technology and in environmental problems to participate in a team-taught integrated humanities-based program. PhD required, preferably in one of the natural or physical sciences; wotnen and minorities especially urged to apply. Contact Dr. Elden Jacobson, World College West, P.O. Box 3060, San Rafael, CA 94902, . 415/561~7674. "Poverty in th.e '80s" is the theme of a conference to be held June 13-15 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together pres'ent and former v,sTA volunteers, government officials, academics, community organizers, and low income people from around the country to discuss persisting problems of poverty in America. For information contact ACTION, Washington, DC 20525. Cerro Gordo, an auto-free alternative'village in the foothills of the Oregon Cascades, is offering - a summer college-credit workshop program entitled "Wholistic Lifestyle Design," June 28August 23. The program includes courses in homesteading skills for self-sufficiency and social skills for community life and personal growth. Contact Cerro Gordo Center for Creative Comm.unity, P.O. B9x 569, Dept. A, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. ' , The 1980 National Urban League Conference will be held August 3-6 in New York City. The event will include sessions and works_hops on jssues concerning minorities and poor people, . including welfare reform, employment, education, health, housing, and the administration of justice. Write Conferences Dept., National Ur~ ban League, 500 East 62nd St., New York, NY 10021. Food producers, community a,ctivists, ~ealth ,,.. profe~ionals, educators, workers in the food ' system and anyone who eats are invited to attend "Food, Land, and People," a conference on Oregon's food and agriculture policy, to be held June 6-7 in Salem. For information contact the Oregon Food Action Coalition, 1414 Kincaid, Eugene, OR 9?401, 503/344-0009. The 1980 Black Hills Survival Gathering to be • held July 18-27 will include a citizens' review commission on energy development corporations and an alternative technology/land selfsufficiency project. For more information write Th-e Black Hills Alliance, P.O. Box 2508, Rapid City, SD 57701, or call 605/342-5127. A number of problems faced by persons ,concerned with urban revival projectsdisplacement, energy conservation, waterfront development, and economic incentives-'-will be discussed at the Seventh Annual Back to the City Conference to be held in Wilmington, Delaware, June 5-8~ Contact Cityside, P.O. Box 1775, Wil&ington, DE 19899·. The Findhorn Founaation in Scotland announces the opening of the Findhorn Garden School. Centered in a 19th century man'or house bn 10 acres overlooking Fin_dhorn Bay, it is a ''.school in a garden" where up to ten students will learn to grow-food, flowers, and themselves. Enrollment is in three-month or year-long study units, beginning next ort June 21 and again on September 21. For a detailed prospectus, send $2.00 to Mr. A.D. Barton, The Findhorn Foundation, The Park, Forres, Scotland, U.K. The Federation of Southern Cooperatives, a service, resource and advocacy association for low-income families in the rural south, is offering.a one-week course in cooperative principles and philosophy (June 16-20; July 21-25) and a two-week course in cooperative organization and development (June 30-July 11). Contact-Alice 5. Paris, F.S.C., Rural Training and Research Center, P.O. Box 95, Epes, AL 35460, 205/6529676. Winnipeg will be the site of the Canadian National Power Alcohol Conference·to be held June 19-20. The event, which will be coordinated by the Biomass Energy Institute, will include discussion of current and planned developments in alcohol fuel production and recommendations for a Canadian national policy regarding alcohol fuels will be drawn.up. Contact G. Barry Garbutt, The Biomass Energy Institute, P.O. Box 129, Postal Station "C", Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 3S7, Ca~ada, 204/284-0472.
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