Page 4 RAIN Oct./Nov. 1983 LETTERS Dear RAIN; Tom Bender's comment on "Is Socialism the Answer" (June/July '83) focuses attention on the unresponsiveness of bigness under any name. Amory and Hunter Lovins' article in the same issue focuses on the vulnerability of bigness. Big size is not the only thing those comments apply to: there's also big speed and big accelerahon. Sudden change can't be responsive change and is always vulnerable to upset. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. Because of how money is invested for growth, economies are generally structured to run and change faster and faster (read: less responsive and more vulnerable) until their "gears" clash or they simply burn themselves out (to then pick up and do it again). While there are many ways to arrange things that would avoid that, the only ones presently in practice are totalitarian socialism and barter. All three—growthism, totalitarianism, and barter—are quite unacceptable for a global economy. Sincerely, Philip F. Henshaw Brooklyn, NY Dear Steve: Just a note to wish all the Rainmakers a happy anniversary. As one of the founding godpersons, I am pleased that you continue to prosper. I cannot say that I would have wagered, a decade ago, that you would still be in existence. Your presence is felt and continues to be necessary. I trust that I will be able to write the same kind of letter in another 10 years. Cordially, John D. Taylor President Northwest Area Foundation Saint Paul, MN Dear John: Congratulations on your 10th year of publishing! RAIN has always been a favorite magazine here at VITA, and we are pleased to see you reach this milestone. Yours, David Jarmul Managing Editor VITA News Volunteers in Technical Assistance Arlington, VA Dear RAIN; Gene Spagnoli, assistant to the commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is a reader of your publication. He sent us the June/July '83 issue. We were left out [of "Choosing the Future: Social Investing"]. Our mutual fund should have been, we believe, above all the rest. We are the first and only fund for solar and alternative energy and are up 30 percent in less than a year. Yes, we are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We are doing well for our investors. However, since we have no regular sales organization or connection with established security firms, most of the world does not know we are here. Please let them know. Thanks, Maurice L. Schoenwald New Alternatives Fund, Inc. Suite 300 295 Northern Boulevard Great Neck, NY 11021 Index to RAIN Volume IX Volume IX Vol. IX, No. 1, October/November 1982 (40pp.) True Security, by Tom Bender, 6 20,000 Kiiotons Under the Sea; Taking Offense at Trident, by Jim Springer, 8 Trying Out the Future: A Look at A.T. Research Centers, by Laura Goldman and Nigel Dudley, 14 Ordinary Excellence on the Farm, a talk by Wendell Berry, 20 The Sound Environment, by Steve Johnson. 24 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report. 32 Voi. IX, No. 2, December 1982/January 1983 (40 pp.) Green Deserts: Planting for Our Very Lives, by David Mulligan, 6 Puppet Show in Sudan, 8 Sustainable Agriculture: A Tradition in West Africa, an interview with David and Mark Freudenberger, 12 Wallowing in Development: The Loss of Ecological Information, by Jim Riker, 20 Water for Food for People, by Rob Baird, 28 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report, 31 Chinese Aquaculture, Fine Tuning A.T., by Christina Rawley and Ron Zweig, 40 Vol. IX, No. 3, February/March 1983 (40pp.) The Bioregional Movement, an interview with Planet Drum, 4 Self-Reliant Cities (excerpts from the book), by David Morris, 8 Thinking the Unthinkable: A Declining Economy, by Warren Johnson, 10 Is There a Pothole in Your Future? by Steven Johnson, 15 Investing in the Community, by Kris Nelson, 18 Appropriate Technology in Oregon: A Solar Sampler, 22 Peacemaking: Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution, by Steve Johnson, 28 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report, 31 Volume IX, No. 4, April/May 1983 (40 pp.) Special Issue: "The Women's Movement" The Anatomy of Freedom, by Nancy Cosper, 4 The Need for Women in Power, by Margie Hendriksen, 5 Sexism and Militarism; Some Connections, by Ada Sanchez, 8 Development for Whom? Women’s Unrecognized Role, by Rosalind Grigsby Riker, 9 Aprovecho; Approaching a Feminist Vision, by Mary Vogel, 10 Women and Spirituality, by Margaret McCrea, 11 Women Astronomers of the Scientific Revolution, by Margaret Alic, 14 A.T. and AG: One Happy Marriage, 19 What If: Women and Future Technology, by Patricia Logan and Lisa Yost, 23 Some Thoughts About Reading About Technology, by Lane deMoll, 27 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report, 31 Vol. IX, No. 5, June/July 1983 (40 pp.) Real Security, by Amory and Hunter Lovins, 4 The Politics of Weeds, by Diane Cameron, 8 Is Socialism the Answer? by Tom Bender, 12 The Came of Landfill Salvage, by Dan Knapp, 14 Computers, Cooperation, and Making Lots of Money While Avoiding the Dumb Death of the Species as We Know Us, by Anne Herbert, 16 Choosing the Future: Social Investing, an interview with Grace Parker, 18 The Klamath Knot (excerpt from the book), by David Rains Wallace, 20 Water Under the Bridge: Experimenting with Micro-Hydro, 26 Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report, 30
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