Whole Earth Catalog, Fall 1970

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Published: Fall 1970
Collection: Whole Earth Catalogs
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Sections:

Introduction1
Whole Systems4
Shelter and Land Use18
Community42
Communications62
Industry and Craft82
Nomadics102
Learning120

Whole Earth Catalog, Fall 1970

a
1. 1. AAA Adding Machine Company
    62
  2. ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture
    34
  3. Acoustical Foundations of Music
    78
  4. Adhesive Engineering Company
    101
  5. Aeromotor
    30
  6. Aeronautical Charts
    114
  7. Afrasian Markets
    84
  8. Agricultural Extension Service
    40
  9. Aikido
    131
  10. Aiko’s Art Material Import
    97
  11. Aladdin Kerosene Lamps
    23
  12. Alaska Wilderness
    17
  13. Amateur Scientist
    138
  14. Amazing Tetrahedron Tent
    118
  15. American Boy’s Handy Book
    131
  16. Américan Cinematographer
    77
  17. American Cinematographer Manual
    77
  18. American Indian Medicine
    49
  19. A Place on Earth
    140
  20. Aquarian Alphaphone
    64
  21. Arcology
    24
  22. Armchiar Shopper's Guide
    54
  23. Art of Blacksmithing
    100
  24. Art of Color
    72
  25. Art of Memory
    74
  26. Architectural Design
    22
  27. Ashley Thermostatic Woodburning Stoves
    23
  28. Astrology for All
    121
  29. Astronomical Photographs
    11
  30. Auto Factory Service Manuals
    108
  31. Autoharps
    134
  32. Avon
    113
b
1. 1. Back Country
    16
  2. Back to Eden
    48
  3. Back to the Sticks
    23
  4. Banjo Parts
    78
  5. Bark Canoes and Skin Boats
    111
  6. BD-4 Airplane Kit
    41
  7. Behrend’s Book
    76
  8. Ben Meadows
    19
  9. Beyond Economics
    57
  10. Beyond Habitat
    24
  11. Bible of the World
    139
  12. Big Rock Candy Mountain
    126
  13. Biology and the Future of Man
    7
  14. Birth Control! Handbook
    52
  15. Black Elk Speaks
    5
  16. Blaster’s Handbook
    138
  17. Boatbuilding
    113
  18. Boffing Equipment
    53
  19. Book of Tea
    7
  20. Book of the Hand
    125
  21. Book of the Hopi
    136
  22. Book People
    144
  23. Boy Scout Books
    120
  24. Breaking and Training the Stock Horse
    36
  25. British Columbia Land Bulletins
    19
  26. Building a Log House
    26
  27. Business
    144
c
1. 1. Cabinetmaking and Millwork
    82
  2. Cache Lake Country
    110
  3. Calligraphic Lettering
    66
  4. Cambridge Mills
    96
  5. Camping and Woodcraft
    104
  6. Canadian Whole Earth Almanac
    9
  7. Canadian Wood Frame Construction
    27
  8. Casting the Horoscope
    121
  9. Catalog of Free Teaching Materials
    133
  10. Centering
    131
  11. Ceramic Supplies
    93
  12. Chainsaws
    88
  13. Champagne Living on a Beer Budget
    55
  14. Chickenpower
    33
  15. Childbirth Education
    51
  16. Chuang Tzu
    4
  17. Collectors News
    69
  18. Comic Books
    122
  19. Commonsense Childbirth
    51
  20. Communication Arts
    63
  21. Complete Walker
    102
  22. Composition of Foods
    47
  23. Compost Science
    25
  24. Concerning the Spiritual in Art
    72
  25. Concrete Boatbuilding
    25
  26. Condon Mills
    96
  27. Construction Bargaineer
    29
  28. Consumer Reports
    54
  29. Cooperage Tools
    131
  30. Counter Culture
    57
  31. Countryside
    60
  32. Crazy Comics
    122
  33. Cultivator’s Handbook of Marijuana
    41
  34. Current Diagnosis and Treatment
    50
d
1. 1. Dairy Goat Journal
    35
  2. Dear Dr. Hippocrates
    49
  3. Delta Mist
    143
  4. Dennis Dorogi Dulcimers
    79
  5. Desmond Shiu Massage Roller
    136
  6. Dialectic of Sex
    129
  7. Dictionary of Symbols
    74
  8. Directory of Information Resources
    9
  9. Domebook One
    20
  10. Domecile Kit
    22
  11. Dome Cookbook
    21
  12. Domestic Rabbit Production
    35
  13. Don Graf's Data Sheets
    99
  14. Drinkit
    117
  15. Dye Plants and Dyeing
    98
e
1. 1. Eagle, The Jaguar, and The Serpent
    73
  2. Earth Flags
    11
  3. Earth for Homes
    28
  4. Earth House Hold
    16
  5. Ecological Surveys from Space
    11
  6. Ecotactics
    10
  7. Embodiments of Mind
    74
  8. Emergency Medical Guide
    51
  9. Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
    38
  10. Environmental Handbook
    10
  11. Environment and Change
    8
  12. Esoteric Astrology
    121
  13. Extinction
    134
f
1. 1. F&B/CECO Catalogs
    77
  2. Factory Stores
    55
  3. Family Guide Emergency Health Care
    50
  4. Fezandie and Sperrie
    97
  5. Film Director as Superstar
    76
  6. Fish Catching Methods of the World
    113
  7. Fleming Bottle & Jug Cutter
    140
  8. Flower Does Not Talk: Zen Essays
    68
  9. Foods by Mail
    47
  10. Formulas, Methods, Tips and Data for Home and Workshop
    99
  11. Four-Gated City
    141
  12. Friends
    71
  13. Fuller
    8
  14. Funeral and Memorial Societies
    56
g
1. 1. Galton’s Walk
    125
  2. Gary Snyder
    16
  3. Geodesics
    22
  4. Gerstner Tool Chests
    83
  5. Giants in the Earth
    141
  6. Glassworks
    90
  7. Glenans Sailing Manual
    110
  8. Goat Husbandry
    35
  9. Gohn Brothers
    55
  10. Goodwin-Cole Tipis
    32
  11. Government Surplus
    87
  12. Green Revolution
    60
  13. Grow Your Own
    38
  14. Guide Book for Rural Cottage and Small and Medium Scale Industries
    57
  15. Guide to Organic Foods Shopping and Organic Living
    47
  16. Guide to Filmmaking
    76
h
1. 1. Hall of Mirrors
    141
  2. Handbook for the Alaskan Prospector
    26
  3. Handbook for Building Homes of Earth
    28
  4. Handbook of Medical Treatment
    50
  5. Handbook of Pediatrics
    50
  6. Handbook of Poisoning: Diagnosis & Treatment
    50
  7. Handbook of Prescription Drugs
    49
  8. Handweaver & Craftsman
    96
  9. Hand Woodworking Tools
    83
  10. Harpsicord Kits and Supplies
    78
  11. Hear the Sound of My Feet Walking...
    17
  12. Heller-Aller
    30
  13. Henley’s
    99
  14. Herb Grower
    48
  15. Herbs and Spices by Mail
    48
  16. Hero with a Thousand Faces
    15
  17. Home Canning of Fruits & Vegetables
    45
  18. Homesteaders and Landcrefters Newsletter
    23
  19. Home Tanning & Leather Making
    116
  20. Honda Generators
    31
  21. Hong Kong Mailorder
    54
  22. Horses, Hitches and Rocky Trails
    37
  23. Horseshoeing
    36
  24. Horoscope Poster
    121
  25. House Carpentry Simplified
    27
  26. How Children Learn
    132
  27. How to Build a Working Digital Computer
    130
  28. How to Buy Food
    44
  29. How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method
    39
  30. How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back
    39
  31. How to Keep your Volkswagen Alive
    109
  32. How to Judge a Nativity
    121
  33. How to Learn Astrology
    121
  34. How to Live on Nothing
    55
  35. How to Make & Fly Paper Airplanes
    137
  36. How To Make Booze
    45
  37. How To Make Butter and Cheese
    46
  38. Hydra-Drill
    30
  39. Hydroponics
    40
  40. Humanistic Astrology Series
    121
  41. Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa
    133
  42. Husserl, Edmund
    7
i
1. 1. I Ching
    128
  2. I Seem to be a Verb
    8
  3. Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology
    7
  4. Ideas and Integrities
    8
  5. Index
    2
  6. Indian Tipi
    32
  7. Intelligent Life in the Universe
    75
  8. International Film Guide
    77
  9. In the Kingdom of Mescal
    127
j
1. 1. JanSport
    119
  2. Japanese Abacus
    62
  3. Jewelry Making and Design
    91
  4. Jim Brown Sailing Trimarans
    112
  5. Joblot Automotive
    106
  6. Joy of Soaring
    114
k
1. 1. Kama Sutra Oil
    52
  2. Walter B. Kelly Bee Supply Super Market
    34
  3. Kelty
    119
  4. Key to the American Psilocybin Mushroom
    41
  5. Key to Your Own Nativity
    121
  6. Kilns
    93
  7. Klepper
    111
  8. Kord
    78
  9. Kundalini
    13
l
1. 1. Land for the Family
    41
  2. Lange Medical Publications
    50
  3. Laws of Form
    14
  4. Leather Braiding
    94
  5. Lee Electric Flour Mills
    47
  6. Leffel Hydraulic Turbines
    31
  7. Let's Cook It Right
    43
  8. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
    141
  9. Liberation News Service
    69
  10. Light on Yoga
    126
  11. Living on the Earth
    18
  12. Living the Good Life
    56
  13. Livestock and Poultry Production
    34
m
1. 1. Machina Ex Deo
    5
  2. MacPherson Leathercraft Supplies
    94
  3. Maps
    119
  4. Manual of Current Practice for Design, Construction and Maintenance
    28
  5. Manual of Individual Water Supply Systems
    30
  6. Manual of Simple Burial
    56
  7. Mathematics and the Physical World
    62
  8. Medicinal Herbs
    48
  9. Meditation in Action
    136
  10. Melody Flute
    79
  11. Metal Techniques for Craftsmen
    91
  12. Mildred Hatch Loan Library
    47
  13. Modern Motorcycle Mechanics
    116
  14. Modern Techniques of Excavation
    29
  15. Modern Text Book of Astrology
    121
  16. Monday Night Class
    121
  17. Monitor Pumps
    30
  18. Mother Earth News
    61
  19. Moving the Earth: Workbook of Excavation
    29
  20. Muchroom Booklet
    48
  21. Music Synthesizers
    79
n
1. 1. Natural History Magazine
    6
  2. Natura! Way to Draw
    65
  3. Nature and Art of Workmanship
    82
  4. Nature and Man's Fate
    12
  5. Nautical Charts
    112
  6. Naz-Dar
    66
  7. Necessity of Art
    72
  8. Netcraft Fishing Tackle
    113
  9. Never Cry Wolf
    140
  10. New Age Vegetarian Cookbook
    43
  11. New England Divers
    112
  12. New Key to Weaving
    97
  13. New Religions
    139
  14. New Sources of Energy
    24
  15. New Schools Exchange
    137
  16. New World of the Oceans
    110
  17. Nine Chains to the Moon
    8
  18. Nomadics Tipi
    32
  19. No More Secondhand God
    8
  20. Northern Cookbook
    43
  21. Not So Rich As You Think
    10
o
1. 1. Ocate Sleeping Bags
    118
  2. Old Boathouse
    110
  3. Old Stuff
    142
  4. On Growth and Form
    14
  5. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
    8
  6. Order of the Universe Magazine
    6
  7. Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine
    39
  8. Osborne Tools
    94
  9. Outdoor Survival Skills
    103
  10. Owner-Built Home
    27
  11. Oxford Book of Food Plants
    44
p
1. 1. Parable of the Beast
    15
  2. Perkins Reedcraft
    90
  3. Perpetual Motion Journal
    14
  4. Peterson Field Guide Series
    33
  5. Physician’s Handbook
    50
  6. Pioneer Pottery
    92
  7. Plastic Welder
    89
  8. Pole, Paddle and Portage
    111
  9. Polyester and Fiberglass
    28
  10. Poptent
    118
  11. Population Services
    52
  12. Potter's Book
    93
  13. Potter’s Wheels
    92
  14. Preinform
    117
  15. Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn
    51
  16. Printer’s Supply Book
    66
  17. Procedures
    1
  18. Progressed Horoscope
    121
  19. Quantity Recipes
    44
  20. Quirks
    31
r
1. 1. Rabbits
    35
  2. Rags
    70
  3. Rasberry Exercises
    129
  4. Regarding Wave
    16
  5. Regular Polytopes
    62
  6. Rife Hydraulic Rams
    30
  7. Road Design, Construction and Maintenance
    28
  8. Rolling Stone
    71
  9. RSVP Cycles
    135
  10. Rural Industry
    57
s
1. 1. San Quentin News
    69
  2. Sauna
    53
  3. Sayings of the Ancient One
    133
  4. Scenery for the Theater
    67
  5. Secret Teachings of the Golden Flower
    138
  6. Seeds
    40
  7. Ship Captain's Medical Guide
    49
  8. Sinister Garden
    48
  9. Sisterhood Is Powerful
    141
  10. Small Engines Service Manual
    101
  11. Small Parts, Inc.
    84
  12. Harry M. Smith & Associates
    101
  13. Snugli Baby Carrier
    52
  14. Soil-Cement
    28
  15. Solar Journal
    4
  16. Solidox Welder
    89
  17. Sometimes a Great Notion
    140
  18. Soybean Cookbook
    43
  19. Space Grid Structures
    22
  20. Speech, for Instance
    68
  21. Square Knot Handicraft Guide
    97
  22. Square Sun, Square Moon
    128
  23. Stalking the Blue Eyed Scallop
    115
  24. Stalking the Healthful Herbs
    115
  25. Stalking the Wild Asparagus
    115
  26. Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting
    95
  27. Standard Handbook for Telescope Making
    12
  28. Star Maker
    12
  29. Starrett Book for Student Machinists
    131
  30. Stick and Rudder
    41
  31. Storing Vegetables and Fruits
    45
  32. Subscription Form
    144
  33. Suburban Guerrillaism
    55
  34. Subversive Science
    15
  35. Surplus Center Equipment Catalogs
    84
  36. Surveying
    29
  37. Survival Book
    117
  38. Synergy
    61
  39. Synthesis
    79
t
1. 1. Tales of the North American Indians
    138
  2. Tao Te Ching
    13
  3. Tarzan of the Apes
    140
  4. Tassajara Bread Book
    42
  5. Teachings of Don Juan
    130
  6. Technicians of the Sacred
    75
  7. Technique of Stained Glass
    90
  8. Technological Society
    5
  9. Ten Bushcraft Books
    102
  10. This Magazine is About Schools
    124
  11. Tipis
    32
  12. Tool Catalogs
    84
  13. Towards a Poor Theater
    67
  14. Tractor Supply Company
    25
  15. Traveler's Directory
    116
  16. Trees
    40
u
1. 1. Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization
    8
  2. Used Correspondence School Courses
    127
  3. Using Plants for Healing
    48
  4. U.S. Department of Agriculture
    18
  5. U.S. Navy Diving Manual
    112
  6. Utopia or Oblivion
    8
v
1. 1. Veterinary Guide for Farmers
    37
  2. Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners
    36
  3. Veterinary Supplies
    37
  4. Vibration Cooking
    43
  5. Village Planning in the Primitive World
    61
w
1. 1. Walden
    61
  2. Warshawsky
    109
  3. Way of the White Clouds
    102
  4. Welding Craft Practice
    89
  5. Western Distributors
    109
  6. What to Do
    137
  7. Whittemore Durgin Glass Company
    90
  8. Whittling and Woodcarving
    100
  9. H.L. Wild
    78
  10. Wildcrafter Publications
    23
  11. Wildcrafter’s World
    23
  12. Wild Edible Plants
    115
  13. Wildwood Wisdom
    103
  14. Win
    70
  15. Wiring Simplified
    31
  16. Wok
    42
  17. Wok—A Chinese Cookbook
    42
  18. Wood Buring Water Heater
    23
  19. Woodcraft Supply
    83
  20. Wooden Toys
    124
  21. Wood Heat Quarterly
    60
  22. Worlds in the Making
    132
  23. Writers as Teachers
    135
XYZ
1. 1. Yoga System of Relief
    126
  2. Your Dairy Goat
    35
  3. Zen Teachings of Huang Po
    132
  4. Zip Pen
    88
  5. Zome Primer
    21

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