.3^4-. Page 38 RAIN April/May 1983 RUSH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES — The American Planning Association has a booklet that outlines how to examine retail opportunities in a neighborhood. The publication, Analyzing Neighborhood Retail Opportunities: A Guide for Carrying Out a Preliminary Market Study, by Wim Wiewel and Robert Mier, sells for $10.00; available from APA, 1313 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. HELP WANTED RAIN needs your help to increase our circulation — which is vital for RAIN to continue publishing. Please send us names and addresses of friends who may want to subscribe to RAIN. Also, if you know of bookstores, food coops or libraries that may want to carry RAIN, send their addresses as well. We will send all of these people a complimentary copy of RAIN. Use the coupon, or a separate sheet, for names and addresses. Thank you! Name----------------------------------------- Address--------------------------------- —— Name _ Address ALTERNATIVES TO SITTING IN COLLEGE FOR FOUR YEARS — We recently heard from Cornelius Bull, who has started the Center for Interim Programs (233 Mt. Lucas Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540), designed to assist students who are looking for alternative methods of education and training that take them off campus and into the "real” world. For a fee, the Center evaluates the student’s work and helps locate unique positions for the students as an employee or apprentice to others. TREES IN CALIFORNIA — The California Office of Appropriate Technology released a new publication entitled Growth Stock: Trees for California, which presents a historical background about trees (and culture) and their vital role in conserving oil resources, saving energy, providing food and fuel, and adding to the quality of life in California. (O.A.T., 1600 Ninth St., Sacramento, CA 95814) HOW TO BUY A COMPUTER — A handy, inexpensive guide is a first step toward buying a computer. You may need more details and more current information in many cases, but this will give you the basic vocabulary to start asking the right questions. (How to Buy a Personal Computer, Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., PO Box 5964, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413, $2.95, 1982, 64pp.) APPLE COMPUTER COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PROGRAM — The thrust of this program is to support the development of micro computer-based networks between community groups, facilitating cooperative effort through better communication and information sharing. Applications for proposals for assistance, including computer hardware and software, are accepted on a quarterly basis, with the next dates being May 15, August 15, and November 15. (Community Affairs Program, Apple Computer, 10525 Mariani Avenue, M/S 9L, Cupertino, CA 95014, 408/996-1010) CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION NET- WORK — The Network has been around for a number of years, but starting with the January 1983 edition, their newsletter has become a journal. It promises to be an interesting vehicle for information about innovative ways to run human affairs, and will be especially valuable for finding interesting business management innovations. (Creativity and Innovation Network, Room 3.1, Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, England M15 6PB.) NITROGEN FIXING TREE ASSOCIATION — Group conducts research on nitrogen fixing woody plants. Membership cost^5.00/year. (Dr. James L. Brewbaker, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, PO Box 680, Waimanalo, HI 96795.) 1981 TAX ACT — A new booklet prepared by United Way of America explains how charitable organizations and nonprofits can take advantage of provisions of the 1981 Tax Act. It costs $1.50 plus 50 cents postage. (United Way of America, 801 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314.) COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY — Some things endure. Jeff Twaine has just kept at it over the years, publishing an index to articles, reports, and books published in alternative/ renewable energy development, appropriate technology, and related subjects. It’s good work, deserving of continued support. You can get the most recent edition (July 1982) for $7.00 or subscribe on an on-going basis. (Syneijy, PO Box 4790, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10017.) THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM has moved from the Davis campus to the Berkeley campus. New funded research projects include an Investigation of the Potential for Agroforestry in California; Renewable Energy Sources and Institutional Factors Affecting A.T. in California — An Annotated Bibliography; and Strengthening a Link Between Municipal Waste Processing and Agri/Horticultural Production. (UC Appropriate Technology Program, Bldg. T-4, Rm. 100, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.) KANSAS BIOREGIONAL GROUP — We received Konza, the newsletter of the Kansas Area Watershed Council, with news about building bioregional awareness in the Kansas area of the great grasslands bioregion of North America. (Send contribution for newsletter to Dan Bentley, Appropriate Technology Center, 1101‘/2 Mass., Lawrence, KS 66044.) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR ALASKA — The Internship Program for Alaska is a cooperative effort of a wide variety of Alaskan non-profit organizations. (If you are interested in internships with community groups in Alaska, write to them at 1069 6th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, or call 907/274- 3621.) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CAN’T SUPPORT CHARITIES CONCERNED WITH WOMEN, MINORITIES AND THE POOR. A new Executive Order would greatly diminish the right of government employees to donate on-the-job funds to groups that try to affect public policy in any way. The regulations complement similar ones being drawn up to make it difficult for groups that advocate/lobby to receive ANY federal support. (Olga Corey, National Coalition to Expand Charitable Giving, Rm. 408, 810 18th St., NW, Washington, DC 20006, 202^47-5340.)
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