DIRECTORIES In the Making: A Directory of Co-operative Projects, No. 7, by I.T.M~, 1980, 84 pp., J lh. British from: ' In the Making 84 Church Street Wolverton, Bucks, U.K. A close rela,tion to community yellow pages familiar to us in this country, the seventh edition of In the Making is the only directory in the U.K. covering co-operatively run, collective and alternative projects. This tantalizing directory inclu4es projects .as diverse as a typesetting collective in Camden, a home.:hrewed b~er co-op in Leeds and a self-help industrial co-op in Northern Ireland that is attempting tp c_reate jobs in an area where,unemployment has reached 30 , percent. An obituaries column listing deceased and reincarnating groups, information sharing exchange and publications list . (much like RAIN; s access) shares 'this smail directory. Unlike most, this directory includes a series of short articles, covering both philosophical and technical issues in the ar~as of co-operative development and alternative technology. In the Making is an enjoyable and informative romp through the co-op _communities of the United Kingdom. -LS Rural Technology in the Commonwealth: A Directory of Org..anizations compiled by Bruce Mackay, 1980, 127 pp., 1.50 pounds British . Food Production and.Rural Development Division Commonwealth Secretarian Marlborough House, Pall Mall, • United Kingdom SWIY 5HX A revised edition of the 1977 D_irectory of Appropriate Technology Organizations, this new edition focuses primarily on rural tech- .nologies developed by groups frpm Australia · to Sri Lanka. The authors intenfionally dropped the A. T. focus, reasoning that the term has received such widespread and indiscriminant use as to make it meaningless: "If there is any organization engaged in 'inappropriate' technology it's not going to admit it!" • • From Tucson People's Yellow Pages --.- From Boston People's Yellow Pages , Gathering their informatfon primarily through the mail, the excerpts are more descriptive than evaluative. The authors have made an attempt to be mo.re discriminating in who they chose to include in this edition,. using only those organizations whose technologies have been tested and widely adopted by "ordinary people.'·' Rural Technology is a useful guide to organizations and particular technology developments in the British Commonwealth. -LS The People's Yellow Pages: the Grassroots Guide to Tucson, by S.A.I. People's Yellow·Pages P.roject, 1980, $3.95 from: Southwest Altematives Institute· P.O. Box3355 Tucson, AZ 8~722 • With over a thousand entries of everything from Sierra Club to Arizona Gay Community News, this People's Yellow Pages • puts all the Tucson information you'll'need at your fingertips. With the volume of.en-. tries and subcategories used, the index (by, topic and alphabet) at the beginning and end of the book prove essential. A centerfold rp.ap of the city, r_eplete with bus and bicycle routes, is also a nice touch. Great for those new or old tq Tucson. -LS • January 1981 RAIN Page 17 Boston Peoples Yellow Pages, by Voca- • tions for Social Change, 1980 and 81 edition, $4.95,from: Vocations for Social Change P.O. Box211 Essex Station Boston, MA 021i2 It's amazing how clearly the personality and climate of a community is reflected .in its publications. The Boston Peoples Yellow· Pages is a vivid example. Delightful to _ browse through, the,directory demonstrates •an up-front political hi~s in its excerpts, rather than merely a catalogue of alteq1ative • '· lifestyle resources. Among others, the headings includ_e Women, Health, M~dia an~ / Work. '.[he graphics _are also outstanding. While it may yet be a bit of regional chauvinism that colors my objectivity, I still think theBPYP is one of the best around. The addition of a city map, however, would make it e'ven better. - LS
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