Page 22 RAIN May 1981 RUSH "Intensive Urban Food Production" is the theme of a seminar to be held i~ Wilton, N.H., May 22-24. Designed for community organizers, the seminar will focus on techniques for maximizing food production in inner city gardens. Participants will learn how to improve soil fertility, make raised beds, and integrate small fruit production, aquaculture and small-scale solar devices into an urban setting. Contact the Rural Education Center, Stonyfield Farm, Wilton, NH 03086, 603/ 654-9625 . An alcohol fuel technology and production workshop will b.e held at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, May 21-23. Topics will include economics, chemistry, microbiology, and government regulations. There will be hands-on experience in processing and distillation of alcohol. Contact Wayne Burkhalter, Jr., Agriculture Dept., Navarro College, Box 1170, Highway 31 West, Corsicana, TX 75110, 214/874-6501,ext.278. The International Farm Placement Service is a non-profit operation which brings together organic farmers and volunteer workers from different parts ofthe world. The farmers gain an extra hand, and the workers receive meals, a place to· sleep I organic agricultural experience I and increased intercultural understanding. If interested, contact !FPS, c/o Bruce Dempster, St. Johns College, Annapolis, MD 21404. The Organize Training Center, a group which works to build effective, democratic, self-funding community organizations, will be holding its next workshop in community organizing, May 29 to June 1, in San Francisco. Purpose of the workshop will be to provide an overview of the philosophy, strategy, and tactics of mass-based organizing. Participants in previous workshops have .come from groups as diverse as the Gray Panthers, Easter Seal Society, National Lawyers Guild, and World Council of Churches. Contact Organize Training Center, 1208 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415/552-8990. Practical aspects of producing and preserving food for the individual, family, and community will be the focus of "Personal Food Production," an educational program to be held June 22-24 in Fairview, Alberta. The program will also include dialogue on various aspects of the present Canadian food production system, including centralization of power., diminishing land base, water shortages, and rising energy costs. For information contact Peaceworks, c/o Fairview College, Box 3000, Fairview, Alberta TOH 110 CANADA. ' The Ecotopian Clean Energy Collective, a regional network of Pacific Northwest energy activists, will hold an organizational gathering in Portland, Oregon, May 23-24. Everyone is invited to come and share ideas, experiences and knowledge which can be used to make ECEC an effective tool for spreading the use of appropriate energy sources in the Pacific Northwest. Write ECEC, Route 2, Box 277, Colville, WA 99114, or call 503 /231 -0774. Do ·you have a business which minimizes the production of hazardous wastes? Do you know of any innovative projects in hazardous waste reduction or recovery? If so, Pollution Probe would like to hear from yo.u. The Canadian group plans to use the case studies which it collects in an industry-directed guidebook. Send information to Moni Campbell, Pollution Probe, 12 Madison Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5Jl 2Sl CANADA. Goddard College will again be offering its famous summer program in social ecology this year. The program focuses on the social roots of the ecological crisis and explores technical and social alternatives. Among the subject areas to be offered are the ecology of health, women and ecology, the city in ecological perspective, biological agriculture, and energy-efficient,shelter. For det.ails contact Goddard College, Plainfield, VT05667. "Jobs for the '80s," a conference to inform community-based organizations about trends in federal policies to create jobs for low-income and unemployed people, will be held in Washington, D.C., June 16-18. The Center for Community Change, which is sponsoring the event, has invited key policymakers from the White House, Congress, and the Labor Department to provide answers to questions about federally funded job creation, economic development programs, youth and minority unemployment, etc. (As things look now, they'll have plenty of explaining to do!). Contact Center for Community Change, 1000 Wisconsin Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20007,202/338-4712. A pe~aculture conference, co-sponsored by Tilth, Friends of the Trees, and Children of the Green Earth, will take place near Portland, Oregon, May 8-10. The event will provide an opportunity for farmers, gardeners and horticulturists to share information and ideas for creating a sustainable agriculture for the Pacific Northwest. For details contact Tilth, 13217 Mattson Road, Arlington, WA 98223,206/435-4648. The John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, N. C., announces its 1981-82 work-study program designed to prepare participants for a homesteading lifestyle. Students will live, learn and work at the folk school for two four-month sessions and take part in intensive courses in such areas as organic gardening, shelter design and construction, and homestead planning. The fall session will be held September 6 to December 19, 1981, and the spring session will be held January 17 to May 1, 1982. For more information contact'the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902. The War Resisters League will be holding its annual organizer's training program July 30 to Au- , gust 14 in Deerfield, Mass, and New York City. Purpose of the program is to develop skills needed for organizing in the nonviolent movement, and to present a range of political and philosophical ideas related to the movement. Write WRL, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012, or call 212/ 228-0450. (Deadline for completed application is Junel.) The Farallones Institute, New Alchemy Institute and Chinamerican Corporation announce sponsorship of a series of two- and threeweek China study tours between June and December. Participants will be able to select a· tour emphasizing either agriculture or renewable energy systems. For details contact China Study-Tours, Farallones Institute, 1516 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, 415/525-8081. A Community Service Conference on the concept of "H_uman Scale" will be held Ju/Yi 17-19 in Y ellow Springs, Ohio. The conference will feature Kirkpatrick Sale, author of the book Human Scale. For details contact Community Service, Inc., P.O. Box 243, Yellow Springs, OH 45387, 513/7672161, Executive Director wanted: the-Alternative-Energy Resources Organization (AERO) needs a capable . fund raiser/organizational and fiscal manager. Person selected will help develop programs and supervise them as well as coordinate the work of Board, staff and members. Salary modest and negotiable. Send resume immediately to AERO, 424 Stapleton Bldg., Billings, MT 59101, 406/ 259-1958. "The Politics of Hunger: Building Citizen Effectiveness for Bread and Justice" is the theme of a two-week leadership program for activists and educators to be held in Washington, D.C., June 15-26. The program will feature roundtable discussions with prominent national and international specialists in poverty..related food and development issues, alternating with workshops, group reflection sessions, visits to Congressional hearings, and individual participant research among Washington agencies. For information or application contact World Hunger Education Service, 2000 P Street N.W., Suite 205, Washington, DC 20036, 202/223-2995. A number of programs in small-scale food production and renewable energy systems are being offered at the Farallones Rural Center this spring, summer and fall. For information send a large self-addressed envelope to Farallones, 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465, or call 707 /874-3060.
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