February/March 1983 RAIN Page 7 ACCESS: Bioregional Communication Vehicles Rain also hears a variety ofbioregional voices through the development of the moi'ement's periodicals. As ivith any other categorization, the ones ive have selected as bioregional may have as many differences as similarities'. But there is ' something distinct about their development. One of the threads is the fading of distinctions behveen previously distinct areas of concern. These vehicles are speaking increasingly to relationships between issues. Out of ivhat seems like a near-panic response to inter-connectedness, one bioregional monthly in California subtitles itself, “the journal of safe energy, peace, appropriate technology, self-sufficiency, and community." Consistent with'the bio-regional per- svectii’e is the number ofperiodicals that ciefine theirgeographic coverage in terms of non-traditional yolitical boundaries: the Journal of Hudson Vallei/, the Journal of the Southeast desert.' The selection ofperiodicals we’ve chosen for review in this issue reflect a range of orientations. We will continue to reideiv other like-minded journals in future issues of RAIN. Agayuli Rt. 2, Box 132 Leicester, NC 28748 $10/yr. (contribution) A newsletter that focuses on perma- culture activities in the Southeastern part of the United States. It is an interactive/ networking oriented newsletter, similar to the old standby. Smallholder, from British Columbia. It contains many letters and brief articles from individual contributors looking for information and/or communication with others, technical as well as policy-oriented news and information. Maine Times 41 Main St. Topsham, ME 04086 Weekly, W8/yr The Maine Times has been an exemplary regional voice for quite some time. It continues to prove that a strong regional voice doesn't have to be provincial. Its coverage is regional and national, and its special features often contain information useful to people anvwhere. They recentlv published their blockbuster annual Energy Issue with information for the individual wanting to conserve energv or save money as well as news about public policy issues and new energy resource developments. Mountain Life and Work Council of Southern Mountains Drawer N Clintwood,VA 24228 Monthly, $9/yr This journal is concerned with cultural and social issues. It covers news in the South Appalachian area with special focus on work and employment issues. Coyote — Community News and Views of the Southwest Desert Food Conspiracy Cooperative 412 N. Fourth Ave. Tucson, AZ 85705 Coyote is an example of the enhanced quality and increased coverage of food cooperative newsletters. In a recent issue. Coyote editors expressed their bioregional perspective: "Part of Coyote’s purpose is to help spread the word on bioregional thinking. What does it mean to talk about bioregions? It's simply another way of looking at the world in terms of natural coherence of resources." Hudson Valley Green Times PO Box 208 Red Hook, NY 12571 Produced by the Hudson Valley Grass Roots Energy and Environmental Network, this small tabloid provides news to Hudson Valley area about environmental dangers, and alternative plans for future sustainable developments. All Area T7 Reade St. New York, NY 10007 $5/issue All Area follows on the work of Talking Wood, a bioregional oriented publication that has been around for several years. All Areas, unlike several others reviewed, is a general bioregional publication, focusing not on a specific bioregion, but on the concepts of bioregional awareness. The issue on hand at RAIN is 180 pages, graphic-full, slick paper. Articles include "Logos/Mythos" by David Finkelstein; "A Metalogue," Gregory Bateson and Paul Ryan, "Alaska in Transition" by Paul Metcalf; and "Maximus, to Gloucester, From Dogtown, after the Flood," by Charles Olson. The next issue of All Areas will be published in Winter 1983. San Antonio Artists Alliance Revue 121E Ashby San Antonio, TX 78212 The Alliance works with the Humanities Program at St. Phillips College in San Antonio on the Regional Awareness Project which includes publication ofa series of journals on earth, air, and fire (energy); sponsorship of a conference on the San Antonio bioregion in May 1982; a folk- fesHv'al and performing Arts Showcase. The September 1981 issue of the Alliance Revieio had a special section describing the San Antonio bio-region. VCAT News Appropriate Technology Program University of California 2030 Bainer Davis, CA 95616 The UCATNeios is a well-written quarterly that reports on the program's activities as well as other apropriate technology and small-scale biological agricultural projects in the area. The summer 1982 issue featured an article by Gil Friend on the potential of biological agriculture. Urban Ecology Newsletter Urban Ecology, Inc. PO Box 2334 Berkeley, CA 94702 This is the group that has had its truck garden arrested and impounded because the garden is in a car, and cars are not supposed to be on the streets of Berkeley for more than 72 hours. Since being arrested, the car has been invited to become a portable monument for the city, a symbol of our culture's devotion to the automobile. The newsletter is an important link in bioregional thinking, attempting to reweave urban ecology.
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