Page 22 RAIN January 1981 r. "Advanced Solar Energy for the Homeowner' is the title of a short course to be offered by Jordan College in Cedar Springs, Michigan, March 13-14. The same campus will-be the site of a course on "Building Your Own Solar System" on.March 21. For details contact tinda Bouwkamp, Energy Programs, Jordan College, 360.West Pine Street, Cedar Springs, MI49319. The Land Trust Homesteading Farm near Bangor, Michigan, will b·e offering a program in homesteading and small-·scale farming beginning May 1. Students will gain practical experience in livestock care, organic gardening, food processing and preservation, field crop production, use'of tools, and farm construction and repair. A related program will be offered simultaneously at the nearby School of Homesteading. For information on eith er program contact Jon Towne, Lan d Trus t Homesteading Farm, R.R. 2, Box 311, Bangor, Ml 49013, 616/427-8791. - San Francisco will be the site of a two-day workshop, January 29-30, for lawyers, para-legals, and law students who work with community groups or plan to do so in the future. Topics will include: grassroots approaches to client problems; the role of the community organizer; the best uses of legal skills to support community organizing; and understanding the tension between legal analysis and direct action strategies. For information contact The Institute f r Social Justice, 628 Baronne, New Orleans, LA 70113, 504/524-5034. The Farallon.es Institute Rural Center will be offering one- to five-week workshops in the areas of bio-intensive horticulture, nutritional gardening, and edible landscaping in the coming months. For complete information on the programs send $1.00 to Farallones Rural Center, 15290 Colem_an Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465. February 19 will be the date of a Prassive Solar and Earth Sheltered Housing Confere!Jce to be held in Birmingham, Alabama. Topics will include construction techniques, structural problems, waterproofing, financing, and passive solar heating and cooling. Contact Alabama Energy Extension Service, University of Alabama Natural Resources Center, Box 6282, University, AL 35486, 205 348-4523 . A national conference on Energy and the Community will be held in Detroit, Michigan, April 6-7. It will be airiled at energy personnel, municipal administrators and legislators, educators, community development personnel, and individuals who are,a_ctively involved in energy as a business or as a volunteer concern. Workshops will center around performing community en~rgy assessments, identifying and developing alternative energy options, securing governmental support, and overcoming legal barriers. For details contact Dr. Brenda White, Conference Coordinator, Proaction Institute, P.O. Box 304, 4321 Okemos Road, Okemos, MI 48864, 517/349-6500. The fif_th annual meeting of the International Bicycling Networkwill be held fo New York City, February 14-15. The network is an association of bicycle activists, groups, and resources dedicated to making the.bicycle a major mode of transportation. Contact The Bicycle Network, c/o Freewheel Bike Co-op, 3336 E. 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406, 612/722-3232. Rural grassroots leaders and activists from around the country will ;neet in Washington, D.C., February 8-10, at the Fifth National Conference on Rural America. Conference participants will help to shape a rural policy platform and seek to develop a politically strong rural people's movement. For further information contact Joyce G. Horn, National Conference Coordinator, Rural America, 1346 Connecticut Avenue N. W., Washington, DC 20036, 202/659-2800. .The DOE's Appropriate Technology Program for the Pacific Southwest (AZ, CA, HI, NV, and U.S. Pacific Islands) will be awarding some $800,000 in grants (averaging $20,000 each) in the summer of 1981. Project descriptions must be in between' January 15 and March 19, 1981. Applications and additional information can be obtained from AP:.. TECH Program, DOE-IX, 333 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105. "Citizen Participation ... A Dream Deferred" is the theme of The National Citizens Participation Council's 1981 Annual Winter Conference January 22-25 in Washington, DC. Regfstration is $75. Co:ptact NCPC, 1620 Eye Street N.W., Suite 609, Washington, DC 20006, 202/ 293-7351. Mobilization for Survival is having its 4th annual conference Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme is "Building,a Strategy for Survival." Registration: $15 advance, $20 at the door, $5 student and fixed income. Free housing and childcare. Contact MFS, 3601 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215/386-4875. • The DOE is lo~king for women-owned businesses {"firms which are owned, 51 percent or more, by women, and which are operationally controlled by women") to participate in federal energy programs. DOE's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization recently awarded $50,000 to the National Association of Women Federal Contractors, the first award of its kind by any federal agency. Women entrepreneurs desiring information about the grant should contact Shirley Vaine, •NAWFC, P.O. Box 178128, San Diego, CA 92117, 714/279-5536. Willamette Valley organic farmers and soil scientists from Oregon State University will team up on January 31 in Corvallis, OR, for a day-long series of presentations on building soil fertility'. The conference will run 'from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For additional information contact Bob Cooperrider of Willamette Vall~y Tilth at Rt. i, Box 308, Sheridan, OR 97378, 503/843-3492. The Harvard Graduate School of Design Continuing Education Program is offering about a dozen e~rly_and late eve'ni.ng non-credit courses be~innmg m early February. These practical, short courses focus on living with and improving the built environment. For detai"ls, contact Carol Lee Kort, HGSDCEP, Gund 503, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617/495-2578. • The non-profit Centenfor Alternative Resources and the Envi:wnment has started an "Adopt An Anemometer" program that will provide wind speed measurement equipment (anemometers) free of charge to 20 non-profit Pennsylvania organizations, and also provide assistance in assessing wind energy potential across the state. Their aim is to provide site specific information on a widespread basis. The wind speed data should be extremely valuable to homeowners and businesses wishing to use wind energy. Those interested should write or call the Center at P.O. Box 539, , Harrisburg, PA 17108, 717/233-3996. The Illinois South Project is looking for a fulltime staff member for its Agricultural Team. The job will stress work on rural land use and ownership issues, and includes a salary plus vacation and me<lical benefits. A minimum two-year commitment is required. Send. resume to Alan Sax, Illinois South Project, 701 North Park Ave., Herin, IL 62948, 618/ 942-6613.
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