Page 22 RAIN November 1980 Austin, Texas, will be the site of a conference to be held De1::ember 11-13, focusing on alternative state and local energy officials, policy a_nalysts, • and representatives of citizen~' organizations a~d community groups to discuss methods of supporting conservation and solar applications at the state and local level. For more information contact Becky Glass, Energy JJiroject, Conference on Altern,ative State and Local Policies, 2000 Florida Avenue N. W., Washington, DC 20009, 202/387~ 6030. • A seminar on "Non-Profit Management Skills for Women Managers" ·will be offered· in Seattle by the Public Management Institute • November 13-14. Sponsor for the'event is the ' University of Colorado, Boulder. For further information contact the Center for Conference and Management, 970 Auroro Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302, 303/492-8356. I The University of Detroit will sponsor seminars on "Bookkeeping for Nenprofit Organizations," November 10-11 in Raleigh, North Carolina, • November 13-14 irz Dallas, Texas, and November 20-21 in Los ,Angeles, California. Topics to be . covered include: preparing better financial reports; analyzing bookkeeping ~ystems; meeting tax requirements; and human relations techniques in bookkeeping. Contact Division of Continuing Education, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI 48221, 313/ 927-1027. DONALD MACQUEEN, WHEREVER YOU ARE-We can't locate your address, so we're exteriding our thanks here for your generous donation. · "Island Energy Self-Sufficiency as a Model for Regional Energy Planning" is the theme of a National Conference on Renewable Energy Technol-" ogies to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, December · 8-11. The event will be sponsored by DOE, the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, and the University_of Hawaii at Manoa. ~or information contac~ Donni S. Hopkins, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, U. of Hawaii, 2540 Dole S.treet, Holmes Hall 246, Honolulu, HI 96822, 808/948-6379. "Solar Greenhouses for the Owner-Builder" will be the theme of a seminar to be held November 3-7 at Ghost Ranch,,New Mexico. Topics will include basic solar principles, greenhouse design, materials options, construction and gardening. Event will also include construction-of a portable greenhouse and tour of greenhouses in the area. Contact Bill Lazar, Solar'Suste~ance Team, P. 0. Box : 733D, El Rito, NM 87530, 505/581-:-4454. A symposium on the medical consequences of . nuclear weapons and nuclear war will be held at the San 'Francisco Civic Center, November 17-18. For det'ails contact Physicians for Social Responsibility, P.O. Box 144, N. Beacon Street, Watertown, MA 02172. • NASCO (North American Students in Cooperation) will hold _its Fourth Annual Cooperative Education and Training Institute November 7-9 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Theme of the event is "Coops: A Working Alternative." Topics to be discussed in workshops include: developing sm_all housing co-ops; how to start a buying du~; using volunteers effectivey; stress management/burnout; legislative issues for co-ops; and women in co-ops. For additional information contact NASCO, Box 7293, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, 313/ 663-0889. Detroit will be the site of two alternative energy seminars to be offered by Jordan Col- . lege: "Commercial and Industrial Solar Installations"' (November 10-12) and • "Community Solar Programs" November 1314). A seminar on "Solar for Educators" will be held on the Jordan Cone'ge campus in Cedar Springs, Michigan on November 6. FQr further details contact Linda Bouwkamp, En- , ergy Programs, Jordan Coll~ge, 360 West Pine Street, Cedar Springs, MI 49319, 616/6961180. ' · 1 The Photovoltaics Advanced R & D Annual Review Meeting will be held November 18-20 at Colorado Springs. Event will include1discussion of progress in DOE photovoltaic programs. Contact SERI, Conferences Group, 1617 Cole Blvd.; ' Golden, CO 80401, 303/231-7361. A forum entitled II Acid Rain: An Issue That Won't Go Away" will be held on December 12 in Arlington, Virginia. Discussion will cent.er around what is known and not known about the causes and effects of acid·rain and what regulatory actions will be taken now or requested of Congress in the future. For further information contact Robert Nash, The Energy Bureau, 41 East 42nd Street, New York, NW 1_0017, 212/687-3178. The Institute fo r Social Justice will offer a con- ~ensed version of its one-week Organizer Training Seminar, November 20-22 in Columbus, Ohio and December 4-6 in New Orleans, Louisiana( • Seminar will emphasize basic principles and skills of community organizing, with focus on-building and maintaining prganizations, models of organizing, research, and developing issue campaigns. Contact Institute for Social Justice, 628 Baronne, New Orleans, LA 70113, 504/524-5034. 11 A Primer on Biological Farming-Towards a Sustainable Agriculture in Virginia" is the title of a conference to be held November 8-9 in Wirtz, Virginia. Featur~d speakers will be Eliot Coleman of the Coolidge Center for the , Advancement of Agriculture and Amie Voehringer of the Graham Center. Contact,Patti Nesbitt, Virginia Assoc. of Biological Farming, Rt. 2; Box 374, Strasburg,.VA 22657, 703/ 465-8742 .: A Passive Solar House Design Workihop will be · offered November 15.by the DomestiCTechnology Institute in Evergreen, Colora,do. The session will cover basic passive,design and construction techniques with special emphasis on architecturally integrated mass storage walls, cooling techniques, attached greenhouses, and solar"envelopes. " For details contact D.T.I. , P.O. Box 2046, Evergreen, • Corrections: co 80439, 303/674-1597. • • Our apologies: the.price for A Report on the Food System in Oregon: Recommendations for,a State Food Policy , reviewed last month~ is $7.00 per copy. The price of the report was still being negotiated as we went to press and was inadvertently left 01.f t in the last-minute madness.
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