Page 22 RAIN August/September 1981 RUSH "Illinois Energy Policy: Toward Self-Reliance?" is the topic of the tenth annual conference sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources, to be held in Chicago on September 28-29. Amory Lovins will be a key speaker. Contact Beverly Sherer, Illinois Institute of Natural Resources, 325 West Adams Street, Room 300, Springfield, IL 62706, 217/ 785-2800. The Free University Network and Lifelong Learning R'esources are sponsoring a conference on noncredit educational programs. "Learning for the Community will be held October 22-24 in Wichita, KS. Contact Julie Govert Walker, Conference Coordinator, Learning fodhe Community, Box 1425, 1221 Thurston, Manhattan, KS 66506, • 913/532-5866. The Public Management Institute will be giving intensive two-day seminars on "Bookkeeping for Nonprofit Organizations" and "Nonprofit Management Skills for Women Managers" in several m'ajor cities this fall. For locations and dates, contact the Division of Continuing Education, University of Detroit, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI 48221,,313/927-1027. "People, Land and Community" is a conference to be held in Amherst, MA on October 24. Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson will speak, Hazel Henderson will convene, and Robert Rodale will be a panel member. The , conference will focus on what can be done through community effort to bring about larger institutional changes that could lead to sustainable food and land systems. Contact the E.F. Schumacher Society, Box 76A, RD 3, Gt. Barrington, MA 01230, 413/528-1737. Visit Miami Beach November 6-16 for the International Passive and Hybrid Cooling Conference, sponsored by the American.Section of the International Solar Energy Society. Passive cooling tours and workshops will be offered by the Florida Solar Energy Association during the conference. Contact Arthur Bowen, Tech. Prag. • Chair., University of Miami, Schqol of Engi- . neering and Architecture, Coral Gables, FL 33124, 305/284-3438. On October 16, every nation will observe World Food Day. In the U.S., 178 organizations are promoting the event. To find out what's happening in your state, contact Pa_tricia Young, Coordinator, National Committee for World Food Day, 1776 F St. NW, Washington, DC 20437, 202/376-2311. Robert Theobald, Jean Houstan, Marilyn Ferguson and James Ogilvy will give keynote addresses at "Educational Futures: A Human Agenda," a World Future Society conference to be held November 5-7 in Salt Lake City. For more info: Westminster College, World Futures Conference, Education Section, Salt Lake City, UT 84105. Alcohol, gasohol, and diesohol use is the subject of the Canadian National Power Alcohol Conference, scheduled for October 13-15 at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Tours may be arranged on October 16 to see the K-cycle engine, a gasohol plant, and a gasohol! propane test fleet. Contact: G.B. Garbutt, c/o The Biomass Energy Institute Inc., 1329 Niakwa Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2J 3T4, CANADA, 204/ 257-3891. • Win $50,000 if you're the first person to design the vivatron bomb! Unlike the neutron bomb, which is designed to kill as many people as possible without damaging buildings, the vivatron bomb would destroy high-rise buildings and freeways but do no harm to humans, animals or plants. The new bomb would cause concrete, steel and asphalt to deteriorate-but at a slow enough pace to let people evacuate safely. Submit entries to: VIVATRON BOMB, San Francisco Ecology Center, 13 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA 9411_1. A Passive Solar and Earth Sheltered Housing Conference will be presented by the School of Mines and Energy Development of the Uni-: versity of Alabama, October 5-6 in Jackson, MS and October 8-9 in Atlanta, GA. Contact GayleV. Wells,P.O. Box 6282, University of Alabama, University, AL 35486, or call 205/ 348-4523 (AL residents only: 1-800-452-5901). Land application, composting, anaerobic digestion, aquaculture, and methane recovery will be discussed at a seminar on Biological.Management of Industrial Wastes. Sponsored by BioCycle Magazine, the seminar will be held in Philadelphia on October 22-23. Contact Mildred Lalik, Conference Co-ordinator, The JG Press, Inc., Box 351, Emmaus, PA 18049, 215/967-4135. Fall Workshops at The Rural Education Center in Wilton, NH include "Tree Crops," "farm and Tractor Mechanics for Women," "Reclaiming aI).d Rebuilding Old New England Soils," "Permaculture," "Bio-Ecological Soil Science," and "Restoring Old Apple 'f.rees." For details, contact The Rural Education Center, Stonyfield Farm, Wilton, NH 03086, 603/654-9625. Tired of backyard solar projects? Tired of your backyard? Consider an Alternate Energy Cruise of the Caribbean (Dec. 5-12), the Third Annual Solar Tour to Israel (Feb. 18-Mar. 2, 1982), or Solar Odyssey, a solar tour of the USA (Nov. 1-11). Contact Linda Bouwkamp, Tour Director, Jordan College, 360 W. Pine St., Cedar Springs, MI 49319 (free brochures available on request). "Education,' Appropriate Technology and Development" is the theme of a symposium to be held November 20-22 at Long Island University. Cosponsors of the event are the C. W. Post School of Education and the World Education Fellowship. Contact Nasrine Adibe, School of Education, Long Island University, C. W. Post Center, Greenvale, NY 11548, 516/299-2374. Las Vegas will be the site of the Solar Energy Industries Association Annual Conference on November 1-4. The program topics will include solar in new housing and commercial developments, photovoltaics, community energy planning, utilities, successful case histories, and expert marketing. Contact SEIA, 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 800, Washington DC 20036, 202/293-398_1_.___..... Interested in maintaining agricultural crop diversity? Agricultural experts now recognize the need for conserving seedstock resources to preserve genetic diversity. Successful longterm survival of these seedstocks will depend upon collection and storage in local seed banks, encouraging farmers and gardeners to continue producing traditional varieties adapted to their areas and the reintroduction of seeds in banks to the cultures that have fost them. Training in seed processing and storage, home seed saving, rare plant conservation, and seed distribution organization is being offered at a free two-day skills workshop. "Seed Banks Serving People" will be held October 9-10 in Tucson, AZ. Attendance is limited to 60 persons. Contact Sandra J. Turner, Seed Banks Serving People, MFM/ FFH, 715 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. The Sixth National Passive Solar Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, September8-12. Technical sessions will focus on recent work in such areas as design tools and methods, thermal performance, site analysis and in4ustrial applications. Contact Passive Solar 81, c/o Western SUN, 715 SW Morrison; Suite 800, Portland, OR 97205, 503/221-6560. Correction Our friends at PortlanQ Sun have asked us to correct our access piece on their manual for solar greenhouse construction workshops, Hands On! (VII: 7). We neglected to include the $1.00 for postage. So once again it's: Hands On!, 1981, 49 pp., $7.00 ppd. from: Portland Sun 628 S. E. Mill Street Portland, OR 97214
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