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Whole Earth Review, Winter 1992

“The Biospherians have been getting some hostile media coverage during their first year sequestered in a glassed-in world. […] In contrast to other reporters, [Kevin Kelly] finds good science, some unexpected phenomena, and a few shenanigans. It’s more than ever a Grand Experiment.”

Sections:
  1. Whole Systems
  2. Science
  3. Community
  4. Learning
  5. Communications
  6. Livelihood
  7. Land Use
  8. Nomadics
  9. Health
  10. Gate 5 Road
Whole Earth Review, Winter 1992
  1. WHOLE SYSTEMS
      1. Industrial Ecology by Hardin B. C. Tibbs
        4
      2. Between Economics & Ecology by Debbie Mytels
        22
      3. 50 Simple Things Your Business Can Do...
        24
      4. The Tightwad Gazette
        24
      5. Guide to Commercial Recycling
        25
      6. The Green Business Letter
        25
  2. SCIENCE
      1. We Are Nanotechnology by BC Crandall
        78
      2. Biosphere 2 at One by Kevin Kelly
        90
      3. Landforms and Drainage of the 48 States
        31
      4. The United States (except Alaska and Hawai)
        31
      5. Interactive Physics Il
        82
      6. Explorabook
        82
      7. Surreal Numbers
        83
      8. Fractal Music, Hypercards and More
        83
      9. Great White Shark
        84
      10. Ocean Frontiers
        84
      11. Understanding the Sky
        85
      12. Orion Telescope Center
        85
      13. Gazing Balls
        85
  3. COMMUNITY
      1. Clowns Up the River (The Amazon’s Health & Happiness Project) by Charles L. Johnson
        26
      2. Diplomacy’s Cutting Edge (The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization) by Jeff Greenwald
        32
      3. Firearms: No Right Is an Island by Joe McConnell
        40
      4. We're Gonna Have a Good Time by Marlene Lily
        66
      5. I Got My Mississippi Plates Today by jd smith
        72
      6. The Once & Future Superpower
        21
      7. The Leader as Martial Artist
        21
      8. In the Gravest Extreme
        43
      9. Giving Up the Gun
        46
      10. Criminal Evidence
        46
      11. Women & Guns
        48
      12. The Art of Daily Activism
        76
      13. War Tax Resistance
        76
      14. The Mismeasure of Women
        128
  4. LEARNING
      1. “I Wander the Terrain, Playing Godzilla” by Freddy Bosco
        50
      2. The Assayer’s Scale Was Intelligence the Ultimate Currency of the Information Age? by Renee Fuller, Ph.D.
        118
      3. Ecological Literacy
        20
      4. Ishmael
        81
      5. The Mutter Museum 1993 Calendar
        125
      6. Primitives
        125
  5. COMMUNICATIONS
      1. Why Public Radio Isn’t by Rachel Anne Goodman
        52
      2. Access to Independent Video by Richard Kadrey
        58
      3. Zines ‘R’ Us by Richard Kadrey
        61
      4. When a Bookstore Becomes a Library by Clere Englemert
        64
      5. The Age of Missing Information
        49
      6. Harriet the Spy
        49
      7. Animal Talk
        123
  6. LIVELIHOOD
      1. The Case Against Patents by Dan Lancaster
        86
      2. The Overworked American
        77
      3. Sabotage in the American
        77
      4. Milwaukee Job Saw
        88
      5. Deburring Tool
        88
      6. Enerpac
        88
      7. On Duty Emergency Tool
        89
      8. Magna-Point Tweezer
        89
      9. Storm Whistle
        89
      10. The Buckskinner's Craft
        124
      11. Sell Yourself to Science
        124
      12. Feminine Ingenuity
        128
  7. LAND USE
      1. GrassScaping by Malcom Wells
        108
      2. Kill More Trees; As Fast As Possible by Philip A. Rutter
        110
      3. Finding & Buying Your Place in the Country
        39
      4. Sailor Song
        106
      5. PrairyErth
        106
      6. Voice of the Earth
        107
      7. Lancaster & Simpson
        109
      8. Drip Irrigation
        109
  8. NOMADICS
      1. Samba
        31
      2. Discover Indian Reservations USA
        37
      3. Indian America
        37
      4. Just Go!
        37
      5. Undiscovered Islands of the Mediterranean
        38
      6. The Traveller’s Tree
        39
      7. Used Cars
        116
      8. Lease Cars
        116
      9. Mountain Bike!
        117
      10. Road Rash
        117
      11. Cool Tool
        117
  9. HEALTH
      1. Diet for a New America
        126
      2. May All Be Fed
        126
      3. Relief From Back Pain
        126
      4. Nada-Chair
        126
      5. EarthSave Foundation
        127
      6. Dyna-Bee
        127
      7. Gyrobic-l
        127
      8. Falling Apart
        129
  10. GATE 5 ROAD
      1. Gossip
        130
      2. Think Globally, Dance Locally
        130
      3. The Fluctuating Price of Tea in China
        131
      4. Backscatter
        132
      5. 1992 Financial Report
        135
      6. Supporting Subscribers
        136
      7. Statement of Ownership
        137
      8. Masthead
        137
      9. Unclassifieds
        138
      10. Reader Services
        141
      11. Whole Earth Bookstore
        142
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