Technical Assistants for Community Services, 1903 S.E. Ankeny, Portland 97214, 239-4001 Oregon Fair Share, 519 S.W. 3rd, Portland 97204.223- 2981 Alliance for Social Change, 810 Dekum Building, 519 S.W, 3rd, Portland 97204, 222-4479 Red Rose School, P.O. Box 57, Portland 97207, 249-2963 Oregon Accountants for the Public Interest, 71 S.W. Oak, Portland 97204, 225-0224 Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1776 S.W. Morrison, Portland 97205, 224-1606 Health Portland Women's Health Center, 6510 S.E. Foster Rd., Portland 97206, 777-7044 Outside-In, 1236 S.W. Salmon, Portland 97205.223- 4121 Housing Shared Living, c/o Alternative Housing Task Force, Portland Gray Panthers, 1819 N.W. Everett, Portland 97209, 224-5190 Albina Inner City Development Corporation, 2926 N. Williams Ave., Portland 97227,287-5011 Burnside Consortium, 107 N.W. 5th, Portland 97209, 223-5322 Land Use 1000 Friends of Oregon, 519 S.W. 3rd, Portland 97204, 223-4396 Oregon Environmental Council, 2637 S.W. Water Ave., Portland 97201,222-1963 Neighborhoods Office of Neighborhood Associations, 1220 S.W. Fifth, Rm. 413, Portland 97204, 248-4519 Area Offices Neighborhoods West/Northwest, 817 N.W. 23rd, Portland 97210, 223-3331 Neighbors North, 7508 N. Hereford, Portland 97203, 248-4524 Northeast Office, 4815 N.E. 7th, Portland 97211,248-4575 Southeast Uplift Office, 5224 S.E. Foster, Portland 97206, 777-5846 Southwest Neighbors, 7780 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland 97219, 248-4592 Housing & Community Development Bureau of Community Development, 620 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland 97204 Crime Prevention Neighbors Against Crime, 1220 S.W. Fifth, Portland 97204, 243-7394 Recycling Resource Conservation Consultants, 1615 N.W. 23rd, Portland 97210, 227-1319 Portland Recycling Team and The Depot, 3045 N.W. Front, Portland 97210, 228-5375,228-2536 Metro Recycling Switchboard, 224-5555, 8;30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday NATIONAL RESOURCES Many of the books and periodicals described below are available for research at the Rain Community Resource Center library. For further information, call (503) 224-6587. Background One can trace the roots of the present- day community self-help movement back to the late 1960s with the formation of neighborhood and community- based organizations, cooperative alternatives, such as food co-ops, and the publication of The Whole Earth Catalog (most recently published as The Next Whole Earth Catalog, Random House, 1980), the granddaddy of the do-it- yourself journals, and the popular back-to-the-land journal. The Mother Earth News. The winter of 1973-1974 was a critical turning point; by the end of 1974, the oil embargo, and the consequent gas crisis, brought about the formation of innumerable alternative energy groups, community economic development and appropriate technology grass roots organizations. RAIN Magazine was started in 1974, along with Co-Evolution Quarterly, (P.O. Box 428, Sausali- to, CA 94966, $14/yr.) In 1977 RAIN published a catalog, Rainbook, a resource guide for the appropriate technology movement (available from RAIN, 2270 NW Irving, Portland, OR 97210), and later a companion anthology, Stepping Stones (also available from RAIN). The following are some publications to provide you with background on the subjects of appropriate technology, community self-help and self-reliance, simple living as a political philosophy and how to think globally while acting locally. Helping Ourselves: Local Solutions to Global Problems, Bruce Stokes, 1981,160 pp., published by W.W. Norton & Co., available for $6.00 postpaid from RAIN. A superb synthesis of self-help concepts and strategies. The book's inspiring examples of successful local projects in countries all across the political spectrum indicate that what we are trying to accomplish in our own towns and neighborhoods is a part of a worldwide movement which transcends ephemeral political trends and has a momentum of its own. Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered, E.F. Schumacher, 1973, 305 pp., $4.50, Harper & Row. The classic introduction to the concept of appropriate technology. 78
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