Dec. 82/jan. 83 RAIN Page 38 Organizing Events - Community Events, and Hmo to Orgal/ize T I I.I!11/ is a short publication available from Conserve Neighborhoods, for neighborhood groups and others wanting to organize community events. Free from Conserve Neighborhoods, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Women's Issues - Have vou recentlv read any good material with a 'feminist perspective, gone to any great women's gatherings, hE'a.rd anv new ideas involving women's isues? Ii S~1 let us hear from you. We hope to publish something in RAIN about the women's movement and how feminio;m affects our lives. LOCAL ENERGY DIRECfORIES California Energy Networks, a directory of local energy groups, from the Office of Ap pr()priate Technology, 1600 Ninth Street, Sac ramento, CA 95814. Minnesota Sun Funds: A Resource Directory, from the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, 2412 University Ave., SE, Minne apolis, MN 55414. $3.50, 1982. Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Resource Assessment - is an analysis of the renewable energy potential in Pennsylvania, published by the Governor's Energy Council, Lieuten ant Governor's Office, Harrisburg, PA 17U00002. Oune 1982,137 pp.) Philadelphia Solar Directory - is a comprehensive directory to solar energy resources in the Philadelphia area, compiled by the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association (2233 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19146). The directory describes over 180 solar installations in the area and resources for solar energy development. It is 280 pages and costs $7.50 in a spiral notebook format. Montana Environmental Congress - Montana's first Conservation Congress took place in mid-September with 120 people attending representing more than 40 environmental organizations to develop a blueprint for working together for a prosperous future for Montana. (PO Box,961, Helena, MT 59624). CALENDAR The Government of Mexico is hosting the first exposition on housing technology, TECNOVl, which will take place in the Centro De Exposidones "Tollocan-Habitat;' in Mexico City - coordinated by the Ministry of Human Settlements and Public Works. The focus of the exposition will be on low-cost housing construction techniques. Information and exhibitions are being invited for this exposition to be held January 27 through February 6. For more information contact: Arq. Abel Ibanez, Instituto AURIS, Parque Orizaba #7, Piso 8, Naucalpan De Juarez, Estado De Mejico, Mexico 905/576-0048. The World Future Society is sponsoring a conference in Dallas, Texas, on Linking Educational Partners: Schools, Families, Businesses, Communities, Media. It is an attempt to integrate the institutions that provide lifelong learning in our culture. The conference is scheduled for February 13-16. For more information contact: Kathryn Berry, Dallas County Community College District, 701 Elm, Rrn. 200, Dallas, TX 75202. Two more seminars on Tools for Community Economic Transformation have been announced by the Intermediate Technology Development Group and the E.E Schumacher Society. Each week long seminar will provide an opportunity to examine in depth the programs, organizations, and lesal structures for integrated community economic development. The first seminar will be held in San Francisco, January 9-15, and the second seminar will probably be in the Chicago area, June 12-18. For more information contact: The Schumacher Society, Box 7f>, RD. 3, Great Barrington, MA 02130413/528-1737 or the Intermediate Technology Development Group, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 212/972-9877. The Aquaculture Convention and Trade Show will be held January 9-13 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Sponsoring organizations include the World Maricuk, . ture Society, the Catfish Farmers of America, and the Shellfish Institute of North America. For more infonnation contact: Louann Wannemacher, Glasscock & Associates, PO Box 55060, Little Rock, AR 72205. 501 /611 -7677. Farmers, researchers, farm suppliers, and many others will assemble for the second annual Conference on Sustainable Agriculture to be held January 21-23 in La Honda, California (near San Francisco). Topics will include: weed management, post-harvest handling, foliar feeding, marketing, and economics of ecological farming. The registration fee is $52 ($65 after January 8). For further information contact: Steering Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, PO Box 464, Davis, CA 95617 9161752-7645 or 9161756-8518. Photovoltaics: From Research to Reality is a conference being sponsored by the New England Solar Energy Association, scheduled for March 24-26 and is to be held at the Massach usetts InstihJte of Technology. For more information contact: Alex Wilson, NESEA, P.O. Box 77~, Brattleboro, vr 05301 802/254-2386 . Composting Municipal Wastes is the subject of a conference for the Upper Midwest, sponsored by the University of Minnesota and taking place on January 11. For details contact: Leslie Denny, Department of Conferences, 315 Pillsbury Drive S.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 612/373-5325. The fourth annual energy tour of Israel will take place February 17-March 1. The event is co-sponsored by Solar Lobby-Sun Times, Wind Power Digest, Renewable Energy News, Jordan College, and the Michigan Department of Commerce. For more information contact: D. Bailey, Jordan College, Cedar Springs, MI 49319 616/696-1180. ASHRAE Semi-annual Meeting and International Air-conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Exposition will be held January 23-27 in Atlantic City. New Jersey. Contact Ralph Burkowsky, ASHRAE, 1791 Tullie Circle N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329404/636-8400. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Energy Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition will be held in Houston, January 3D-February 3. Contact Frank Demarest at the ociety, P. b. Box 59489, Dallas, TX 752292141 247-1747. The International Symposium-Workshops on Renewable Energy Sources will be held March 19-24 in Lahore, Pakistan, presented by the Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami, and hosted by the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. For more information contact: Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami, P. O. Box 248294, Coral Gables, Florida 33124. Strategies for ending hunger and poverty at home and in the Third World is the subject of the Politics of Hunger: SeminarIPraxis conducted by World Hunger Education Service in Washington, D.C. from January 9-21. Fee for the two week seminar is $250 with limited fellowships available. For more information contact: Sheila De Turk, World Hunger Education Service, 2035 P Street, N. W. , Washington, D.C. 20036 202/223-2995. PACIFIC NORTHWEST EVENTS The future of Northwest Agriculture will be explored February 4-6 at Camp Adams, 4.5 miles east of Molalla, Oregon. Working together on this timely conference are a number of church organizations, the Washington State Universitv Extension Service, the RAIN Community Resource Center, the Oregon-Washington Farmers Union, TILTH and the Washington Small Farm network. For details contact Laura Stuchinsky, clo RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving, Portland, OR 97210. The Breitenbush Communitv will be celebrating the winter solstice and the completion of the Medicine Wheel Hot Tubs through Native American sacred rituals. $20/dav, December 17-22 (Breitenbush CommunitY, PO Box 578, Detroit, OR 97342. 503/854-3561. Computer Concepts for the Office Staff is the theme of workshops - in Seattle, Washington (January 13-14) and in Anchorage, Alaska (J,muary 20-21), sponsored by Pacific Lutheran Universitv. Contact: School of Business Administration, Executive Department, Pacific Lutheran Universitv, Tacoma, WA 98447.
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