Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth, Summer 1997

“Over the last quarter-century, we’ve learned that access to tools and ideas is not enough. Practice and experience refine handwork and wisdom, make it better, secure a more subtle touch. So, we’ve changed our motto from ‘access to tools and ideas’ to ‘access to ideas, tools, and practices.’”

Sections:
  1. Tapestry and the Webs
  2. Homeplate
  3. Coevolution
  4. Eternity: Life ‘N Love
  5. Backmatter
Whole Earth, Summer 1997
      1. The Tensile & the Tantric — Choosing Fibers That Fit by Peter Warshall: The Briefest History of Fibers
        4
      2. Rainshed Inc.
        11
      3. Lark Books
      4. The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry
      5. Treefree Botanical by Carolyn Moran
        12
      6. Yellow Pages: Treefree Paper
        15
      7. Yellow Pages: Deconsume! Recycle!
        16
      8. Building & Construction
        16
      9. Yellow Pages: Cotton & Other Textiles
        17
      10. Bestiary of Useful Fibers
        18
      11. All About Cotton
        18
      12. The World of Fiber Processing
        18
      13. Industrial Hemp
        18
      14. All About Silk
        18
      15. Felt
        18
      16. All About Wool
        18
      17. In Sheep’s Clothing
        18
      18. Inventory of Synthetic Fibers
        20
      19. Prestek Fiberglass Bridges
        21
      20. Recycled Carpets
        21
      21. Patagonia
        21
      22. Home Composter
        21
  2. Tapestry and the Webs
      1. Land of Found Friends by Ivan Illich, Jerry Brown, and Carl Mitcham
        22
      2. Women in the Material World
        27
      3. Slow
        27
      4. Danny’s Girls by Bharati Mukherjee
        28
      5. I'd Love a Hot Dog from that Central Computer by Zach Leary
        33
      6. Partial Closure by Dorion Sagan
        34
      7. Hear Ye Not the Hum of Mighty Workings? By Peter Warshall
        38
      8. The Ends of the Earth
        38
      9. The Case Against the Global Economy 64
        38
      10. When Corporations Rule the World
        38
      11. The Clash of Civilizations
        38
      12. Future Survey
        38
      13. The Resurgence of the Real
        38
      14. The Futures of Women
        41
      15. George Mokray’s A List
        41
      16. Factor Four
        42
      17. Stuff
        42
      18. The Mind of the Accused: Books & Videos of Timothy McVeigh by Jay Kinney
        43
      19. The New American
        45
      20. Relevance
        45
      21. The Freedom Networker
        45
      22. Gathering Storm
        45
      23. A Force Upon the Plain
        45
      24. Rural Radicals
        45
      25. A Potentially Bloody Red Pages: Watchdog Groups
        46
      26. School of the Americas Watch
        46
      27. How to Hide Things in Public Places
        48
      28. David’s Tool Kit
        48
      29. How to Use Mail Drops
        48
  3. Homeplate
      1. Inviting the Goddess into the Household by Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan
        49
      2. How the Chair Conquered the World by Edward Tenner
        54
      3. Stretching
        57
      4. Why Things Bite Back
        57
      5. Bioregions
        59
      6. The North American Rain Forest
        59
      7. Ka‘u Landing
        59
      8. Marine Watch
        59
      9. Grassland
        59
      10. Great Old Broads for the Wilderness
        59
      11. Tipis and Yurts
        59
      12. Bioregional Disasters
        59
      13. The Ethics of Eating, {Pt. 2} by Alice Waters
        64
      14. Blueprint for a Green School
        66
      15. Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings
        66
      16. KidsGardening
        66
      17. Travelers’ Tales: Food
        66
      18. Elixir Farm Botanicals
        66
      19. The OMS Medical Supplies Catalog
        66
      20. Peppers of the World
        68
      21. A Field Guide to Hot Sauces
        68
      22. Oriental Vegetables
        68
      23. The Harvard Guide to Women’s Health
        68
      24. Chinese Herbal Cures
        68
  4. CoEvolution
      1. The GoEvolution of Ranching and Conservation Communities by Peter Warshall
        70
      2. Toolkit: Working Rules for Consensus
        71
      3. Malpais Borderlands Group
        71
      4. Eyes of Fire
        71
      5. Save the Jaguar
        71
      6. Beyond the Rangeland Conflict
        71
      7. Slanted Truths
        73
      8. Gaia to Microcosmos
        73
      9. Anima Mundi
        73
      10. The Pollinator and the Predator by Gary Paul Nabhan
        74
      11. Forgotten Poliinators
        75
      12. Yellow Pages: Protecting Pollinators
        76
      13. Toolkit: Homefront Pollinator
        76
      14. Crossed Signals: Synthetic Chemicals and the Coming Health Revolution by Michael Lerner
        77
      15. Metta for Monsanto
        79
      16. Our Stolen Future
        79
      17. Toxic Deception
        79
      18. The Making of a Conservative Environmentalist
        79
      19. A Civil Action
        79
      20. Uproar at Dancing Rabbit Creek
        79
      21. Hospitals that Poison by Lexi Rome and Peter Warshall
        81
      22. Health Care without Harm
        81
      23. First, Do No Harm
        81
      24. An Ounce of Prevention
        81
      25. American Hospital Association Guidebooks
        81
      26. Preventable Poisons
        81
      27. Yellow Pages: Plastics that Heal
        81
      28. Yellow Pages: Persistent Organic Pollutants
        84
      29. Dying from Dioxin
        84
      30. Pollution Action Map
        85
  5. Eternity: Life ‘n Love
      1. Mind Writing: Exercises in Poetic Candor by Allen Ginsberg
        86
      2. American Poets Say Goodbye to the Twentieth Century
        90
      3. Poems for the Millennium
        90
      4. Voyager II
        90
      5. Mountains and Rivers without End
        90
      6. Comic Book Apprenticeship
        90
      7. From Tuva to Tupelo: Interview with Paul Pena by James Donnelley and Allison Levin
        92
      8. Toolkit: Tuvan Throatsinging
        93
      9. Friends of Tuva
        93
      10. Tuva
        93
      11. CDs/video
        93
      12. The Hundred Thousand Fools of God
        93
      13. WPA Footage
        95
      14. Visual Experience
        95
      15. Bust
        96
      16. The WomanSource Catalog
        96
      17. Four Paws Four Directions
        97
      18. Acupressure for Lovers
        97
      19. Pharmako/Poeia
        98
      20. Psilocybin Mushrooms
        98
      21. One River
        98
      22. Peyote
        98
  6. Backmatter
      1. Gossip
        100
      2. Reader Services
        100
      3. Advertising
        100
      4. How to Submit
        100
      5. Business Report
        100
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