Page 22 RAIN July 1981 RUSH The War Resisters League will hold a 15-day training program July 30 to August 14 for organizers in the non-violent movement. The purpose of this program is to facilitate the development of certain skills necessary for organizing as ·well as present an exposure to a range of political and philosophical ideas which those in the non-violent movement encounter. The first eleven days of the program will be held in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where an overview of the polifics and philosophy in the League and non-violent movement will be presented. The latter part of the ptogram will take place in New York City. The program is limited to 20 participants; preference will be given to people outside the NYC area, WRL members, and active organizers. Cost of the program is $110, which covers food and housing in D~erfield and housing and materials in NYC. For more information contact the War Resisters ~eague, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012, 212/228-0450. Chinook, a spiritually focused educational center and community, is located on Whidby Island, one hour's car ride from Seattle, Washington, This summer Chinook is offering a "Course in Building" which teaches basic carpentry skills related to foundations, framing, rafter and stair layout, window and door installation, and installation of wood-burhing stoves. Four sessions through July and August will all teach b_asic techniques, each • having its emphasis determined by the construction phase of a two-story passive solar house being built on Chinook property. The two-week sessions cost $250 per person, meals and housing are extra. Contact Chinook Learning Community, P.O. Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236. ".In the face of a declining economy there are serious threats to human and natural resources.. . . People joining together and working together in a cooperative spirit can build new social and economic systems." It is in this spirit that.the Consumer Cooperative Alliance is sponsoring a conference July·21-25 at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. The cost for four days is $120. Registration forms may be obtained by sending a $10 pre-registration fee to Consumer Cooperative AllianC'e, Institute '81, Box 14440, Minneapolis, MN 55414. As a result of their own exciting anc\ educational visit to the People's Republic of China in December 1980, the Farallones Institute's International Program is co-sponsoring twoand three-week trips to southern rural China during 1981. The visits are designed to provide an opportunity for travelers to view food and energy systems and daily life in rural China. The trips are structured to allow participants to share their skills and expertise and to promote the exchange of informat~on between Western visitors and community leaders in Chinese villages. Interested ip.dividuals should contact the China Study Program, Farallones Institute, 1516 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 97410, 415/525-8081. To stimulate regional and international communication and cooperation on Environmental Education, an International Conference on Environmental Education is being sponsored by the Asian Environmental Society, the Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries, and International and United Nations agencies. This conference, which will prepare a plan of action for Environmental Education on a national and international level, will be held in New Delhi, India, September 28 to October 3. Registration fee is $50 for participants coming from outside India. Contact Dr. Desh Bandu, Asian Environmental Society, 8, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, 110002, India, phone 278764. • A forum for non-governmental organizations on new and renewable sources of energy will b~ held in Nairobi, Kenya, August 9-16. This forum will be held at the time of the UN Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy to be he1d in Nairobi August 10-21 at the Kenyatta Conference Center. A special dialogue between participants of the two conferences is being arranged as a special event. For conference registration or more information, write Gary Gallon, Environmental Liaison Centre, ·P.O. B?x 72461, Nairobi, Kenya. The national conference of the War Resisters League, "Building Community and a Strategy for Action in the '80s," will be held August 27-30 at the McGlucken Center in Occidental, California. Registration is $55 with some scholarships available. For more information contact WRL!West, 85 Carl Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, 415/7311220, or WRL!National, 339 Lafayette Str~et, New York, NY 10012, 212/228-0450. Cultural workers, performing artists, and theater groups from around the country will come together to attend "The Gathering" August 9-16 in St. Peter, Minnesota. Focus of group sessions will include performance as it relates to the development of personal values, the transformation of historical perspective, the transformation of space, performance and cultural confrontation, and others. Registration fee is $50, housing and food are extra. Write to: The Gathering, c:./o Cherry Creek Theatre, 406 South Third Street, Saint Peter, MN56082. The community at Breitenbush Hot Springs has announced the official opening of their Community Healing/Retreat/Conference Center. This unique facility, located at the western foot of . Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Western Oregon, is ready to host groups of up to 100 people. Workshops offered throughout the summer includePranayama and Biogenics, Body Centered Psychotherapy, Northwes't Sufi Camp, and Women's Wilderness Skills Hike. For details about these events, write Breitenbush Hot Springs Community, P.O. Box 578, Detroit, OR 97342, 503/ 854-3501. "Critical Paths to a Sustainable Future" is the focus of World Game '81, a seminar with R. Buckminster Fuller July 17-19. The World Game, developed by Fuller, is "an innovative global planning tool . .. for making the world work for 100 percent of humanity." For more information contact World Game at 3501 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215/387-5400. The.Activist Workshop is a 9-month program beginning September 12 which will include . workshops, demonstrations and campaigns, and field work in the Philadelphia area. It is a . project of the Training Organizing Collective and Movement for a New Society, and is held in the Philadelphia Life Center, a community of MNS, based_ in a West Philadelphia Neighborhood, consisting of 150 people living in more than 20 communal houses and individual apartments. For more information and an application, write to the Activist Workshop/ MNS, 4722 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143, 215/729-3276 or 726-6911. • The Grantsmanship Center, a national organization devoted exclusively to the process of fundraising, offers a 5-day training program covering the areas of proposal writing and program planning, ·as well as government, foundation and corporate funding. Workshops are being held from July through December.in various locations throughoqt the country. Tuition is $395. A limited number of half-tuition scholarships are being offered to organizations that are more than one year old, serve primarily low-income clients, and have annual budgets of less than $125,000. To apply or to receive course schedule and information, write Joan Sullivan, The Grantsmanship Center, 1031 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Th(! Department of Energy's Solar Energy Re- • search Institute (SERI) will host the Fifth Biennial Wind Energy Conference and workshop October 5-6 at the.Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC. The conference will include presentations of federal and private studies as well as international projects. For a conference brochure contact Kate Blattenbauer, SERI, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO80401, 303/231-736{ Paper abstracts, panel proposals, and Ro1,1nd Table suggestions are being solicitedfor possible inclusion in a 2½-day conference on the promotion of science and technology through the advancement of policy, research, and development in the Third World. This conference will be held November 19-21 in Washington, DC The deadline for solicitations is September 18. Contact or submir to Dr. Mekki Mtewa, Department of Political Science, Douglass Hall, Howard University, Washington, DC, 202/636-6720 or 636-6721. "Learning Wilderness" is a field studies program to explore Montal)a's wilderness while gaining valuable research experience. The Wilderness Institute is sponsoring a special course offered during·fall quarter '81 which focuses on understanding wildlands and civilization. A 12-day trek into the wilderness prepares participants for ten weeks of study and reflection oh the relationships between human beings and wilderness. The program is limited to 36 persons. Costs include University of Montana tuition fees and a $15 Forestry School fee. For more information, including the program for spring '82, contact Wilderness Institute, School of Forestry, University of Montarta, Missoula, MT 59812, 406/243-5361.
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