Whole Earth Index

CoEvolution Quarterly, Fall 1977

“If you’re surprised to learn of all this don’t feel bad. The very firms who used to manufacture solar water heaters (and now make air conditioners and such) were astonished when Butti and Perlin turned up the solar material in their files. Perhaps this is how things become part of cultural memory, when it is recalled how they link to something that becomes important later.”

Sections:
  1. What's New
  2. Politics
  3. Understanding Whole Systems
  4. Land Use
  5. Soft Technology
  6. Craft
  7. Community
  8. Nomadics
  9. Communication
  10. Learning
  11. Business
CoEvolution Quarterly, Fall 1977
  1. What's New
      1. SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN CALIFORNIA, 1891 - 1930 by Ken Butti and John Perlin
        4
      2. The Wandervogel by John de Graaf
        14
      3. The Ideas of Greenwich Village by Malcolm Cowley
        22
  2. Politics
      1. SANCTUARY IN CUBA by Huey P. Newton
        25
      2. Havana Province, 1977 by Conn Nugent
        30
      3. VALUABLE DEFICIENCIES by John McKnight
        36
      4. Another cure for the Arms Race
        39
      5. Loathing metrics
        39
      6. Recombinant DNA and trouble probability
        39
      7. For the 300 lb. neo-Stoic
        39
      8. NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION IS AN ECOLOGY ISSUE by Stewart Brand
        40
      9. Living Lease by Michael Phillips
        45
      10. Notes for Things to Do in the Future by Donald Burgy
        46
      11. Space Day Symposium by R. Crumb.
        48
      12. Voluntary Simplicity Followup and Comments
        52
      13. Response to the Voluntary Simplicity Questionnaire
        52
      14. Shame
        52
      15. Pride
        52
      16. Voluntary subjugation Ue
        52
      17. E.F.Schumacher
        54
      18. Michael Phillips
        54
      19. Edward Abbey
        54
      20. Murray Bookchin
        54
      21. William James
        54
      22. Sherry Thomas
        57
      23. Cure
        57
      24. Scott Burns
        57
      25. Lewis Mumford
        57
      26. Taking Charge
        57
  3. Understanding Whole Systems
      1. Who Cut Down the Sacred Tree? by Michael W. Foley
        60
      2. The Hawksbill Turtle by Kevin Stevenson
        68
      3. A Guide for the Perplexed
        71
      4. Scientific Quotations
        71
      5. The Unsettling of America
        71
      6. Earth’s Answer
        71
      7. Odd Bodkins by Dan O’Neill
        72
  4. Land Use
      1. New Crops Rosemary Menninger Talking with Richard Felger
        76
    2. More Books on New Crops
      1. More Books on New Crops
        80
      2. Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value
        80
      3. More Water for Arid Lands
        80
      4. Jojoba Growers Advisors
        80
      5. Jojoba Happenings
        80
      6. Winged Bean Flyer
        80
      7. Making Aquatic Weeds Useful
        80
      8. Common Edible and Useful Plants of the West
        80
      9. Potential Natural Vegetation of the United States
        81
      10. My Garden Companion
        81
      11. Raising Small Meat Animals
        81
  5. Soft Technology
      1. Nets
        82
      2. Grid Shells
        82
      3. Adaptable Architecture
        82
      4. Home Is Where You Park It
        83
      5. Pure cotton and wool comforter
        83
      6. Houseboat
        83
      7. The Sauna Book
        84
      8. How to Fix Damn Near Everything
        84
      9. Underground Designs
        84
      10. The Timber Framing Book
        85
      11. Building for Self-Sufficiency
        85
      12. Insulation Heresy by Richard Nilsen
        86
      13. New Equipment Digest
        88
      14. Energy from the Wind (Annotated Bibliography)
        88
      15. Wind Technology Journal
        88
      16. Methanol
        88
      17. VITA News
        89
      18. Pocket Solar Meter
        89
      19. Solar Shop
        89
      20. Ocean soft technology
        89
      21. Ecodevelopment News
        89
      22. California Solar Information Packet
        89
      23. Davis Energy Conservation Report
        90
      24. Soft Energy Paths
        90
      25. Explaining Energy
        90
      26. Architecture and Energy
        91
      27. Stickler energy debate
        91
      28. Jobs and Energy
        91
      29. THE ULTIMATE CITY - Part 2 by J. G. Ballard
        92
  6. Craft
      1. How to Make Knives
        108
      2. Woodworking in Estonia
        108
      3. Woodland Crafts in Britain
        108
      4. Reader’s Digest Guide to Sewing
        109
      5. Iron Horse Antiques
        109
      6. Australian Traditional Bush Crafts
        109
  7. Community
      1. Wilderness Plots by Scott Sanders
        110
      2. Two Dangling Animal Stories and a Heavy Bear Story by J.D. Smith
        114
      3. Black bear story
        114
      4. An awful roach story
        115
      5. Re: cockroaches
        115
      6. Re: cockroach war
        115
      7. What’s the best roach cat
        115
      8. Roach hotel
        115
      9. Bug Joke
        115
      10. The Custer Wolf by Patrick Holland
        116
      11. The food chain
        117
      12. Cute raccoon story
        117
      13. BROKEN CIRCUITS, SMOKE AND FIRE by Judy Melvoin
        118
      14. Notes on Nursing
        126
      15. Nursing Homes: A Citizen’s Guide
        126
      16. Nursing in Society
        126
      17. Talk Back to Your Doctor
        127
      18. Dying of curiosity
        127
      19. Busy dying
        127
      20. Anita sucks fruits
        127
  8. Nomadics
      1. Wind Vane
        128
      2. Building the Skiff Cabin Boy
        128
      3. Gore-Tex again
        128
  9. Communication
      1. Artscanada
        129
      2. Human Behavior
        129
      3. Quest
        129
      4. Beyond Modern Sculpture
        129
      5. Seeing the Light
        129
      6. Fractals
        131
      7. The Argument of Innocence
        131
      8. If the Spirits of the Dead Do Walk Among Us, Where Do They Spend Their Summer Vacations? by Robert Goldman
        132
  10. Learning
      1. The Magic Years
        136
      2. The First Three Years of Life
        136
      3. The Brown Paper School Books
        136
      4. Shee The Self-Respecting Child
        136
      5. Growing Without Schooling
        136
      6. Sesame Street Magazine
        136
      7. Giraffe’s Neck by Terry Lawhead
        138
      8. Rootabaga Stories
        140
      9. Waking Dreams
        140
      10. The Denial of Death
        140
  11. Business
      1. Business
        141
      2. Gossip
        141
      3. CQ Finances
        141
      4. ‘Or Whole Earth’
        141
      5. CQ Financial Report
        143
      6. Point Financial Report
        143
      7. Point Balance Sheet
        143
      8. Grassroots distribution
        143
      9. Announcement of Space Colony Book
        144
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