Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth Review, July 1985

“That natural process of regeneration — what I call the benign force of nature — is almost universal and exerts its power continuously, unless environmental degradation has proceeded too far.”

Sections:
  1. Features
  2. Departments/Reviews
  3. Whole Earth Software Catalog
Whole Earth Review, July 1985
  1. FEATURES
      1. A Juvenile Democracy by Robert Gnaizda by Stewart Brand
        1
      2. A Tale of Ice and Wild Dogs of the Sea by Bryce and Margaret Muir
        4
      3. Cartoon History of the United States, Part II by Larry Gonick “Biased, pedantic, insufficiently reverent, and probably best ignored.”
        26
      4. Pioneer Enterprises in Regeneration Zones by Robert Rodale The role of small business in regional recovery.
        34
      5. Digital Retouching by Stewart Brand, Kevin Kelly, Jay Kinney. The end of photography as evidence of anything
        42
      6. One Highly Evolved Toolbox Evolves Some More by Jay Baldwin
        76
      7. Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty by Anne Herbert Excerpts from the forthcoming book.
        92
    2. FICTION
      1. Always Coming Home
        20
  2. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
    1. LAND USE
      1. Handbook of North American Indians
        13
      2. American Indian Myths and LEgends
        13
      3. The Monkey Wrench Gang
        14
      4. Ecodefense
        14
      5. Beautiful Swimmers
        16
      6. Life in the Chesapeake Bay
        16
      7. The Audubon Society FIeld Guide to North American Fishes, Whales and Dolphins
        17
      8. M. Montagne Fly Rods
        17
      9. Thomas & Thomas
        17
      10. Stokes Nature Guides
        18
      11. The Audubon Society Handbook for Butterfly Watchers
        18
      12. Leaves
        18
      13. Native Seeds/SEARCH
        19
      14. Natural Pest Control
        19
      15. Big Wheeler Carts
        19
    2. WHOLE SYSTEMS
      1. The Comet Book
        24
      2. Dark Skies for Comet Halley
        24
      3. The Bedrock Geology of the World
        24
    3. SMALL BUSINESS
      1. Past Due
        39
    4. COMMUNICATIONS
      1. Cinefext
        50
      2. The Video Production Guide
        50
      3. Good Movies by Sheila Benson
        51
      4. Utne Reader
        52
      5. Liebe
        52
      6. Installing Your Own Telephones
        58
      7. Monitor America
        58
      8. African Pop! by Stephen Davis
        64
    5. NOMADICS
      1. Access to Nicaragua by Dick Fugett
        67
      2. Designing and Building Your Own Frameset
        71
      3. Bike Nashbar/Performance Bike
        71
      4. Mirrycle
        71
      5. How Professionals Find Real Overseas Jobs by Will Cantrell
        72
    1. SOFT TECHNOLOGY
      1. Build the New Instant Boats
        75
      2. How to Build the Cloucester Light Dory
        75
      3. How the Other Half Builds
        80
      4. Passive Annual Heat Storage
        80
      5. The Eastwood Company
        81
      6. The Progress Drum Stovepipe Oven
        81
      7. Natural Cycle Cooling System
        81
    2. COMMUNITY
      1. The Small Community
        82
      2. WIN News
        83
      3. Sisterhood is Global
        83
      4. Child LIfe Play Specialties, Inc.
        84
      5. Creative Publications
        84
      6. Children's Recordings
        84
      7. HearthSong
        85
      8. My Child's Destiny
        85
      9. Growing Child
        85
      10. Over the HIll...But Not Out to LUnch!
        86
      11. Astrodent
        86
      12. The Essential Guide to Nonprescription Drugs
        86
      13. Mountain Ark Trading Company
        87
      14. Krutzman's Mushroom Specialties
        87
      15. The Mushroom Cultivator
        87
      16. Vintage Clothing Newsletter
        88
      17. Cameleon all-purpose garmet
        88
      18. Hands On!
        88
      19. Designer's Guide to Color
        89
      20. Theatre Craft How-To
        89
    3. LEARNING
      1. Beyond the Hotline
        99
    4. BACKSCATTER
      1. Echoes from readers back to Whole Earth Review
        100
    5. GATE FIVE ROAD
      1. Gossip
        103
      2. Financial Report
        103
      3. WER Update
        104
      4. Masthead
        104
      5. Subscriptions
        104
      6. "Or Whole Earth Access"
        104
      7. "Or Computer Literacy"
        104
      8. Index 1984
        105
      9. Point Puzzle
        121
      10. Thank You
        121
  4. WHOLE EARTH SOFTWARE CATALOG
    1. PLAYING
      1. Life in the Chesapeake Bay
        25
      2. The Recursive Universe
        25
      3. TYCOON
        90
      4. MINDWHEEL
        90
    2. ACCOUNTING
      1. BACK-TO-BASICS
        30
      2. ONE-WRITE PLUS
        31
      3. The Journal of Financial Software and Hardware
        39
    3. MANAGING
      1. MAC-BARCODE
        30
      2. LIGHTYEAR
        32
      3. HIGGINS
        33
    4. LEARNING
      1. THE WHATSIT CORPORATION
        31
      2. PUZZLE TANKS
        91
      3. PARIS EN METRO
        91
    5. ANALYZING
      1. PC-CALC
        32
      2. EQUATE
        32
    6. HARDWARE
      1. Through the Micro Maze
        40
      2. The Endless Apple
        57
      3. Omni-Reader
        57
    7. DRAWING
      1. Thunderscan/MacVision
        40
      2. MACPUBLISHER
        53
    8. WRITING
      1. The Joy of Integrated Word Processing by Charles Spezzano
        54
    9. TELECOMMUNICATING
      1. PLAYNET
        59
    10. ETC.
      1. Interactive Video by Fabrice Florin
        60
More Whole Earth Review
January 1985
March 1985
May 1985
Fall 1985
Winter 1985
Spring 1986