r"At' 37 RAIN Dec. 82/Jan. 83 RUSH Appropriate Technology Center in Illinois Planned - A study to determine the feasibility of creating a rural center of appropriate energy and agricultural technologies has been initiated by the I\Iinois Natural History Survey, a division of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Offered as a gift to the State of Illinois by Dave and Jane Hetcher, the site for the proposed I\Iinois Appropriate Technology and Education Center is at Jade Acres, near Salem, Illinois. For more information contact: Robert W. Gorden, State Natural History Survey Division, 607 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820217/333-6880. Consumer Co-Operative Development Corporation - The articles of incorporation of the proposed Co-op Bank development subsidiary, the Consumer Co-operative Development Corporation, are available from the Information Office of the Co-op Bank, 1630 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009, or call 800/424-2481 toll free. Employee Cooperatives - A new law in Massachusetts will facilitate the formation of employee cooperatives. The statute gives employee-owned businesses a dependable legal framework which protects their members' rights. Copies of the law from: Rep. Timothy Bassett, Rm. 43, State House, Boston, MA02123. Health and Crime Prevention - Medical SelfCare, the excellent journal published by Tom Fergusen, recently had the boldness to make what should be a fairly simple observation that being mugged or raped is unhealthy. The Summer 1982 issue of the journal has several good articles on health and crime prevention; from the pOint of view of a healthy physical and psychological perspective? Biogas Bibliography - Biogas{rom Agricu/hlra/ and Other Wastes, a Subject Bibliography, is available from Gregg Shadduck, Mid-American Solar Energy Complex, 8140 26th Ave., S., Minneapolis, MN 55420, which covers research literature from mid-1940s to early 1981, listing 2760 dtations. . Community Self-Help - Resurgellcc Magazine is compiling information for a special issue about community self-help, appropriate technology, communilarian, new age, and peace movements in the u.s. Consumer Affairs - The Consllmer Resource Handbook has been compiled by the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs and is available free from the Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO 81009. The Handbook gives names and addresses of federal, state, and local consumer agencies. Alternative Education Opportunities - The August 1982 issue of New Age Magazine had an interesting selection of alternative degree programs around the country. Control Data - Develop Data Base is Control Data's newest entry into the information era. A database like their previous Technolec, this one has online access to international developments in such areas as WOller, enl'rgy and power. housing, infrastructures, agriculture, and food production. Historic Preservation - Gelling /(1 KIIC1W Your Early 1'wI:ntictit Celltury Neighborhood is a nice guidebook which emphasizes how to read the architecture of a period, compiled by Conserve eighborhoods, National Trust for Historic Preservation 1785 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036. Free. Housing and the Environment - £nvirotlme'lltal ActIon, showing great insight into the interrelatedness of things, ha" published a spL>cial issue of thei.r journal on housing, which al first glance might seem to be an unlikely environmental topic, but there are several impor!.lnt relationships, including the demand for timber to meet housng nl'eds (September 1982 issue) Independence: A Self-Reliance Digest - It was a surprise to be thinking about the demise of the Institute for Local Self Reliance's Self Reliance Journal when we received in the mail an announcement for a new publication called, IlldL'Pl!lIdell ee: A Se/f-RelillllCi' Digest. Hummm?! It looks like somewhere between CollslImer Reports, 5un/ival Tomorrow. and Changillg Times. "Buy a house in the city for $1" . . . "or build your own solar home in a rural area for less than $15,(}()()" . .. "How to analyze the profi t potential of any Investment." Solar Energy and National S~curity - The olar Lobby (1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 510, Washington, D.C.) has drafted its SENSE Plan, Solar Energy National Security and Employment Act, a comprehensive and innovative measure to be introduced to Congress, whicll would create thousands oC jobs, improve our environment, and insure our national security. The full text of the Act will be printed in SUII T,mes . Solar Energy in California - According to a report form the California Office of Appropriate Technoklgy, the California solar collector business employs 2.1,000 people, and there are 1500 busnesses, with an additional 5,500 companies involved in the solar industry in some way.
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