Page 22 RAIN February/March 1982 RUSH The Energy Bureau has announced its sixth national conference on cogeneration. The conference, entitled “Cogeneration: A Working Partnership," will be held March 29-30 at StouffeRs National Center in Arlington, Virginia. It will be led by a 16 member panel drawn from legal, accounting, financial con- sultitrg, engineering, and industrial firms. For futher information, contacat Barbara R. Dortch, The Energy Bureau, 41 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017. 212/687-3177. Duluth's Energy Future: Shaping the Vision, March 26-27, Greysolon Plaza, Duluth Minnesota. A working conference on the energy transition and strategies for a revitalized Duluth. Speakers: Ron Lippitt, U. of Michigan, Futurist; David Morris, Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, D.C.; Carlotta Collette, Editor, RAIN Magazine, Portland, OR. Registration $30.00 before March 5th. Limited enrollment. For more info contact the Duluth Energy Resource Center, 218/723-3848. National Land for People is offering internships in 1982 in experiential living. They are asking for a six month commitment minimum, preferably a year which will provide experience in food system issues from federal legislation to growing techniques and low-tech energy models. If interested, write or call: National Land for People, 2348 N. Cornelia, Fresno, CA 93711, 209/237-6516. A seminar on Biomass as Energy for the Industry, sponsored by Federacas Das Industries De Rio De Janeiro, will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, April 28-29. Both Brazilian and international experts will be on hand to present an overview of the availability of biomass energy as it relates to industry in developing nations. On April 26th, there will be visits to important Brazilian biomass projects involving ethanol, wood, charcoal, and ^ gasogen. Contact: Eng. Victor Russomano, { M.Sc., Avenue Calogeras, 15-3 E, 8 Andar Cep 20030 Rio De Janeiro-RJ, Brazil, telex: (021) 21296. Mi Jordon College is sponsoring a number of upcom ing alternate energy courses ranging from earth sheltered housing to wind power. These courses run from January through March and will be in Grand Rapids, Fremont, Flint and Detroit, Michi gan. For further information contact The Energy Group, Jordan College, 360 W. Pine Street, Cedar Spring, MI 49319, 616/696-1180. In the same light, the Jordan Educational Travel Service has put out a solar tour schedule to various places around the world. For free brochures or information on any of the tours, write to JETS, 360 W. Pine Street, Cedar Springs, MI 49319. During the week of June 13, 1982, the California Institute of Technology will host the World Hydrogen Energy Conference IV in Pasadena, California. There will be displays of equipment, a poster session and invited speakers will be featured along with technical papers on hydrogen technology. If interested in attending the conference or having an exhibit, contact: California Institute of Technology, 1-36, Pasadena, CA 91123,213/356-4034. Throughout the spring, summer and fall of 1982, an extensive program of Urban Agriculture courses dealing with everything from The Edible City (see RAIN, VIII:1) to woodstoves and coordinated by Michael Levenston of the City Farmer Newspaper, will be underway at the Vancouver Energy Information Centre. For details contact the Centre at 2150 Maple Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. From March to May, there will be a series of one- day workshops in various cities around the country sponsored by the Public Management Institute entitled, "Workshop for Secretaries of Nonprofit Organizations." These workshops emphasize increased efficiency, communication and the difference between a secretary in a nonprofit organization and one in a profit-making corporation. Rather than focusing on basic secretarial skills, the workshop concentrates on professional growth and enhancement. The instructor, Stephen Hitchcock, is a consultant to nonprofit organizations who has eight years of experience in resource development for same. If interested, write: The Division of Continuing Education, University of Detroit, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI 48221, 313/927- 1027. There will be Fundraising Training Workshops sponsored by the Grantsmanship Center from January through June 1982 in a number of states across the U.S. The program will consist of a series of four-day seminars with a tuition fee of $395.00 per participant. The Grantsmanship Center offers a limited number of half tuition scholarships to organizations more than one year old, which serve low income clients and have an annual budget of less than $125,000. In addition to the fundraising seminars, the Center will also offer Grantsmanship Training from January through June in various locations throughout the United States. Address inquiries to: Joan Sullivan, Program Registrar, The Grantsmanship Center, 1031 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90015, or call 800/421-9512. There will be a five-day permaculture design course concerning strategies for a sustainable agriculture, March 26-30,1982. Costs are: $100 for tuition and food with sleeping quarters available. Open to campers. For details, write: Permanent Culture Society, Box 231, Jamestown, MO 65046, 816/849-2186. September 15-19, there will be an International Exhibition of Rural Development Technology organized by Zimbabwe International Industrial Exhibitions (Pvt) Ltd. in association with the An- dry Montgomery Group for the purpose of raising the living standards in the rural areas of the Third World. The exhibition will be held in Bulaway, Zimbabwe and will cover everything from agriculture, education, and energy power (i.e. biomass, firewood, hydro, etc.) to transport and communications. Direct inquiries to: Rural Development Technology 82, Zimbabwe International Industrial Exhibitions (Pvt) Ltd., 11 Manchester Square, London W1M5AB, United Kingdom. The third Community Technology Workshop will be hosted by the Farallones Institute, July 5—August 28. The workshop consists of four two-week intensive courses on low-cost weatherization/con- servation (July 5-17), solar water heating (July 19-31), solar space heating (August 2-14), and community food systems (August 16-28). These courses are geared to community activists interested in starting projectes or educational programs. Participants will live at the training site in Occidental, California. Financial assistance is available for low income applicants. For further information contact: Betsy Timm, Farallones Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465, 787/874-2441. The Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Association (MASEA) and the New England Solar Energy Association (NESEA) are sponsoring two-day workshops on solar additions and remodeling for builders, February 23-24 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 10-11 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and March 27-28 in Fairfield, Conn. Participants will receive background in theory and techniques of marketing, planning and building solar additions and home energy improvements. For more information contact: Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Association, 2233 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadephia, PA 19146, 215/545-2150. The New Homestead School, organized for the purpose of research and education in individual and community self-reliance, is offering a series of week long courses this spring focusing on alternative production methods in the areas of food, shelter and energy. Limited financial assistance and barter arrangements may be possible. For more information, contact Mike Oliphant, New Homestead School, Rt. 1, Murphy, NC 28906, 704/837-8873. vita's (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) Information Resource Development Training program is offering two sessions, one in April and one in October in the Washington, D.C. area, designed to provide organizations and individuals with skills to establish or operate a specialized informationhandling system. Training programs are given in one, two or three week blocks and French or Spanish instruction can be arranged. Tuition for one week is $500, for two weeks $850 and for three weeks $1000, plus daily living expenses and travel arrangements. For further details, write: VITA, 3706 Rhode Island Avenue, Mt. Rainier, MD, 20712.
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