Page 2 RAIN Oct./Nov. 1982 RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology Volume IX, Number 1 Oct./Nov. 1982 Editor; John Ferrell Contributing Editors: Gail Katz Patrick Mazza Mark Roseland Laura Stuchinsky Graphic Design: Linnea Gilson Intern: Jim Springer Printing: Eagle Web Press Typesetting: Em Space Cover Photograph: Ancil Nance RAIN COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER Staff: Rob Baird Ann Borquist Bruce Borquist Nancy Cosper Steve Johnson Comptroller: Lee Lancaster Interns: Karen Coulter Penny Fearon RAIN Magazine publishes information which can help people lead more simple and satisfying lives, make their communities and regions more economically self- reliant, and build a society that is durable, just, and ecologically sound. RAIN is published 6 times a year by the Rain Umbrella, Inc., a non-profit corporation located at 2270 NW Irving, Portland, Oregon 97210, telephone 503/227-5110. Subscriptions are $25/yr. for institutions, $15/yr. for individuals ($9.50 for persons with incomes under $5000 a year). Copyright © 1982 Rain Umbrella, Inc. No part may be reprinted without written permission. In This Issue... Articles Trae Security — by Tom Bender............................................................. 6 20,000 Kilotons Under the Sea: Taking Offense at Trident — by Jim Springer Trying Out the Future: A Look at A.T. Research Centers — The Farallones Rural Center, by Laura Goldman ...............................14 — The Centre for Alternative Technology, by Nigel Dudley..................15 Ordinary Excellence on the Farm — a talk by Wendell Berry ................ 20 The Sound Environment by Steve Johnson ........................................... 24 Features Letters .........................................2 Pacific Northwest Raindrops ...................................4 Bioregion Report........ .......... 32 Rain Checks .................. ......... ...4 Rush .................................. .......... 38 Touch & Go.................................31 Access Information Architecture............................ Kids.................................. Building ....................................30 Nukes ........................................31 Energy...................................... ..23 Peace & War.................... ..........11 Environment ............................29 Politics ......................................13 Futures ......................................18 Self-Help ..................................4 Good Things .......................... .. 18 ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS! Up to now, we have published a 24-page RAIN 10 times a year. With this issue (Vol. IX, No. 1), we begin publication of a 40-page RAIN 6 times a year. Our volume year wUl run: OCT/NOV, DEC/JAN, FEB/MAR, APR/MAY, JUN/JUL, AUG/ SEP. You'll continue to receive the same total number of pages over the course of a year and your subscription will expire at approximately the same time as it would have under the old schedule. If, for example, your subscription was originally set to expire with the April 1983 issue (Vol. IX, No. 6 under the old schedule) it will now expire with our bimonthly April/Mayl983 issue (Vol. IX, No. 4 under the new schedule). The new expiration code is indicated on your address label. If you have any questions about these changes, please write: Circulation Department, RAIN, 2270 NW Irving, Portland, OR 97210. Letters Dear RAIN, A.T. is easier to promote here when people see that there are concerned people in the affluent U.S.A. We appreciate your work. Thanks. Sincerely, Paul Warpeha The Appropriate Technology Development Institute Lae, Papua New Guinea Dear RAIN, I thought your article "Faith Into Action" (Rain VIII:7) was very good. People are starting to read all of the Bible, not just the parts they think justify their comfortable lifestyles. Unfortunately, your list of Christian based volunteer services omitted one of the largest and most successful, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. JVC was started 25 years ago (be-
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