Page 22 RAIN October 1981 RUSH The National Public Law Training Center is a non-profit training center in Washington, D.C. which promotes the use of non-lawyers trained in legal knowledge and skills to expand needed services for a wide variety of consumer and community groups, including cooperatives. Under a contract with the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, the NPLTC is pres.: ently conducting a series of eight regional 2 1/2 day workshops to provide legal information and develop legal skills needed for effective development and successful operation of consumer cooperatives. The final two workshops are being held November 5-7 in Detroit, Michigan and December 3-5 in San Francisco, California. Application forms are available from regional NCCB offices or from NPLTC, 2000 P Street, NW Suite 600, Wash- _ ington, D.C. 20036, 202/872-0660. Additionally, the NPLTC is holding a session on "Law and the Elderly" October 13-16 at the General Scott Inn in Washington, DC. This session will probe the needs and legal concerns of older Americans including age discrimination, health services, benefit programs, and nursing home issues. Questions? Contact Rosalyn Voige at NPLTC, 202/8720660. First there was the Sierra Club calendar, then came the Women's calendar. Now you can be the first in your neighborhood to have the ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN CALENDAR 1982. Left Bank Books/Charleton Stew is presently preparing such a calendar as a co-publishing project. It is planned to be 11" x 17" with multi-colored, quality paper and cover. Left Bank!Charletan Stew is· NOT government funded, and labor on the project is donated. Proceeds from this publication will go towards the expense of producing other publications. Order from Left Bank Books, Box 6, 92 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101 The New Mexico Solar Energy Institute at New Mexico State University is offering a series of workshops and activities in addition to its involvement in the "Showcase for Technology"· Conference, which is being held October 28-30 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The series includes (among others), "Solar Domestic Hot Water for Contractors, Builders and Owner/ Builders," "Introduction to Residential Uses of Solar," and "Photovoltaics for Residential Use." To learn more about either the series or the conference, contact Susan Mumma, Information Specialist, NMSEI-NMSU, P.O. Box 3 SOL, Las Cruces, NM 88003, 505/646-4112. Tree Crops Internship available. Help care for the fruit and nut trees of the Farallones Institute Rural Center. This educational program includes pruning, cover cropping, and bareroot tree crop sales. Position starts in October. For more information, contact Robert Kourik, c/o Farallones Institute Rural Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465, 707/874-3060. An intensive four-day short course in "Developments in Waste Management Technologies for Small Systems" is being offered October 26-29 at the University of California, Davis. The course is designed to provide sanitary engineers with an assessment of the state of the art of four waste . management systems suitable for inclusion in small waste treatment systems, based on the most current research findings from the UC Davis campus. Enrollment is limited and the fee is $200, non-credit only. For further details contact University Extension, UC Davis, CA 95616, 916-7520880. A conference on "Energy and the City" will be held Saturday, November 14 in Berkeley, California. Participants and speakers will explore the · overlooked realtionships between energy conservation and production and urban issues, such as land use, transportation patterns, and employment in low-income areas. Planners, elected officials, energy entrepreneurs, community activists and others interested in or involved with.energy use and the city are encouraged to attend. For more information and registration materials, contact "Energy and the City" Urban Ecology, 1939 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94709. The Geothermal Resource Council's 1981 annual meeting will take place October 25-29 in Houston, Texas at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. The theme of this year's meeting, "The International Success Story," was chosen to emphasize the value and promise of geothermal energy in the unfolding energy picture of today. The papers being presented will highlight the latest success stories from around the world. For more information contact Geothermal Resources Council, Annual Meeting, P.O. Box 98, Davis, CA 95617, 916-758-2360. We're seeing it. Federal grants are being cut back. Competition for foundation grants is fiercer than ever at a time when foundations have less to give. Programs and trainings on grant writing are being offered through The Grantsmanship Center and through the National Grant Development Institute, and from the looks of testimonials on the publicity announcements, the trainings are beneficial. Both organizations provide an extensive schedule of seminars in a variefy of locations nationwide. For a complete listing of program dates, write Claire Wilson, St. Louis University, National Grant Development Institµte, Metropolitan College, 221 North Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63103, 800-325-8160, or Joan Sullivan, The Grantsmanship Center, 1031 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90015, 800-421-9512.· Approximately 35 percent of every federal tax dollar finances current military expenditures; another 17 percent helps pay past war debts and expenses. Besides weighing heavily on the consciences of people who would rather not contribute to this madness, these vast expenditures drain resources that could be available for human needs. The Conscience and Military Tax Campaign is a national organization committed to the passage of a World Peace Tax Fund, legislation which would allow conscientious individuals to redirect tax dollars from wa~-preparation to more productive ventures. In cooperation with peace, church, and educational organizations, the CMTC provides information to assist people in exploring alternatives to paying for war. They encourage all peaceminded people to consider the implications of paying for war while working for peace. For additional information, send a SASE to CMTC, 44 Bellhave Road, Bellport, NY 11713. We first heard about Bill Mollison through the Tilth folks who were really excited about his concept of Permaculture; a consciously designed sustainable and productive agricultural life-support system. In Permaculture, shelters, ponds, gardens, grain plots, tree crops, and animals are combined and sited to channel the natural energies of the landscape into forms available for human use. By working with ecological cycles and stressing perennial species, Permaculture creates integrated, low-maintenance systems. Bill, author of Permaculture I and Permaculture II, and founder of the Permaculture Institute, Tasmania, Australia, has been teaching around the world. His 12-day course teaches design concepts as well as practical skills. Rural, urban and suburban designs will be practiced in the fieldwork assignments. This course is being offered October 5-17 in a rural setting 35 miles northeast of Toronto, Ontario. The cost is $550 for tuition, three meals daily, and shared accommodation. Registration is limited to 25 people. Send a $200 deposit and a one-page letter summarizing your interests and experience and how you intend to apply,Permaculture to Permaculture Association of Canada, 129 Pinewood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6C-2V4, Canada. The Center for Ecological Technology (CET) is a non-profit educational and research organization serving the Berkshire Community in the fields of renewable sources of energy, home weatherization and conservation, and community energy management. This fall they are holding workshops at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA. The workshops are $45 each, with some scholarships available. The topics range from "Wind Energy" to "Permaculture" to "Solar Retrofitting Your House" or "Solar Domestic Hot Water." For more information, or the complete series schedule, contact Alan Silverstein, CET, 74 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201, 413/ 445-4556 . A variety of training programs is being provided to support the growing cooperative movement and to help make co-ops more effective. NASCO Cooperative Education and Training Institute and the National Public Law Training Center's project are two such programs. NASCO's Institute '81isa3-day convergence in Ann Arbor, Michigan, of over 400 co-op members, directors, managers, and leaders who will take part in workshops covering a wide variety of food, housing, energy, work, warehouse, and federation co-ops. The dates are October 30-November 1. For more information contact NASCO, Box 7293, Ann Arbor, MI 88107, 313/663-0889.
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