Whole Earth Index

CoEvolution Quarterly, Fall 1979

“But this Great Book, the Whole Earth Catalog had more pages on achieving Mokja than on getting to the beach, which we always figured was the same thing. But then the IDEA struck. ‘Great Jehoshaphat,’ we says to our selves satanically, we says, ‘This is an idea meant to grow on its own. We need a Whole Earth Catalog of the Sea!’ ’N so we settles down to write one through the neurotic haze…”

Sections:
  1. Soft Technology
  2. Land Use
  3. Politics
  4. Understanding Whole Systems
  5. Community
  6. Magazines
  7. Communications
  8. Nomadics
  9. Learning
  10. Business
CoEvolution Quarterly, Fall 1979
      1. The Ocean — Full Wilderness, Empty Wilderness by George Putz
        3
      2. Mike Brown’s Letter
        7
      3. Modeling the Global Carbon Cycle by Phil Conkling
        8
      4. A Short History of America by R. Crumb
        21
      5. Ocean Power: A Salt Solution by Gerald Wick
        25
      6. Salt Tolerant Plants by G. Fred Somers
        36
      7. “Large” Redefined
        38
      8. Future Shock in the Fishing Business by Joe Upton
        40
      9. Joe’s Boat
        43
      10. Ocean Arks by John Todd
        46
      11. Those Who Wait by Ann Medlock
        56
      12. Anti-Submarine Warfare by Robert C. Aldridge
        60
      13. Wooden Boats by Jon Wilson
        64
      14. Buck Smith’s Log
        67
      15. Restorationshop/Apprenticeshop by Lance Lee
        70
      16. Whole Sea Catalog (or something like that) Vol. 6% by George Putz and Peter H. Spectre
        74
      17. A Note About Boats by George Putz
        75
      18. Boats and Harbors
        77
      19. The Spray
        78
      20. The Dory Book
        78
      21. Folding Boats
        79
      22. Two Monumental Works
        79
      23. Sea Canoeing
        80
      24. The Kayak Man
        80
      25. Successful Experimentation
        80
      26. The Case for the Cruising Trimaran
        81
      27. Four Months in a Sneak-Box
        82
      28. Surveying Small Craft
        82
      29. The Ocean Sailing Yacht, Volume One & Two
        82
      30. The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
        83
      31. And then there was the plane that wouldn't sail
        83
      32. Boat Building Books by Peter Spectre
        84
      33. Boatbuilding
        85
      34. Boatbuilding in Your Own Back Yard
        85
      35. Boat Carpentry
        85
      36. Clenched Lap or Clinker
        85
      37. Clinker Boatbuilding
        85
      38. Lapstrake Boatbuilding
        85
      39. Boatbuilding Manual
        85
      40. Boatbuilding Down East
        85
      41. Building Classic Small Craft
        86
      42. Building the St. Pierre Dory
        86
      43. Handbook of Artisanal Boatbuilding
        86
      44. Instant Boats
        86
      45. Boatbuilding with Plywood
        86
      46. How to Fiberglass Boats
        86
      47. Boatbuilding and Repairs with Fiberglass
        86
      48. Foam Sandwich Boatbuilding
        87
      49. From a Bare Hull
        87
      50. Ferro-Cement Designs, Technique and Applications
        87
      51. Boatbuilding With Steel
        87
      52. Hand Tools
        88
      53. Plywood Codes
        88
      54. Sigh
        88
      55. Antique Woodworking Tools
        88
      56. Safety Tools
        88
      57. Founder’s Goods
        88
      58. Forge
        88
      59. Supplies
        88
      60. Early American Industries
        88
      61. Defender Industries, Inc.
        88
      62. Spyglass
        90
      63. Nonferrous
        90
      64. Davis Instruments Corp
        91
      65. Science
        91
      66. Associates
        91
      67. Brass Polish
        91
      68. Waterproof Matches
        91
      69. Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders
        92
      70. Taking a Crack at It
        93
      71. Sailmaking
        93
      72. Goods
        93
      73. Control your pitch
        93
      74. Hydrocharger
        93
      75. The New Glenans Sailing Manual
        93
      76. Boatowner’s Sheet Anchor
        94
      77. Disease
        94
      78. Hiscock
        94
      79. After 50,000 Miles
        94
      80. The Craft of Sail
        95
      81. Sea Survival
        95
      82. Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling
        95
      83. Knots and Lines
        96
      84. The Compleat Cruiser
        96
      85. Navigation, Step by Step
        97
      86. Give Us a Break
        97
      87. Maintenance
        97
      88. Modeling the Brig-of-War “Irene”
        98
      89. The National Watercraft Collection
        99
      90. Fisheries of the North Pacific The American Fisheries Directory and Reference Book
        99
      91. The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
        100
      92. Our Changing Coastlines
        100
      93. Those Who Live from the Sea
        101
      94. Man and the Sea
        101
      95. Tales of an Old Ocean
        102
      96. Oceanography and Seamanship
        102
      97. Practical Shellfish Farming
        102
      98. The Sea-Beach at Ebb Tide
        103
      99. Nichols Net and Twine
        103
      100. Lighthouse
        103
      101. Hey Skipper, come here a minute and look at this.
        103
      102. Goodbye and Thanks
        103
  2. Soft Technology
      1. Hamilton Solar Village by Sim Van der Ryn
        104
      2. The Political Ecology of Hamilton Solar Village by Steve McNamara
        110
      3. The Passive Solar Energy Book
        114
      4. Earth Shelter Design
        115
      5. The Wilderness
        115
      6. Home Power System and How to Do It
        115
      7. Building Regulations
        115
      8. Fiat’s TOTEM
        115
      9. Lorena Owner-Built Stoves
        116
      10. Woodstove Directory
        116
      11. Woodstove Construction
        116
      12. National Solar Energy Education Directory
        116
      13. Lineman’s Gloves
        116
  3. Land Use
      1. Forest Energy and Economic Development
        117
      2. Seeds of Woody Plants in the United States
        117
      3. Small Farm Energy Project Newsletter
        117
  4. Politics
      1. Who’s behind metric conversion U.S. multi-national corporations by Stewart Brand
        118
      2. Stop Metric Madness T-Shirt
        118
      3. Realities of Metrication
        119
      4. Metric Japan re-legalizes customary measure
        119
      5. Mickey Mouse case continues
        119
      6. Walt Disney’s reply to Dan O’Neill
        120
  5. Understanding Whole Systems
      1. The California Water Atlas
        124
      2. The Jesus Incident
        124
  6. Community
      1. More from The Rising Sun Neighborhood Newsletter by Anne Herbert
        125
      2. What do you see out of the window you look out of most? collected by Anne Herbert
        126
  7. Magazines
      1. In Business
        130
      2. Life
        130
      3. Early American Life
        131
      4. Ancient Astronauts
        132
      5. American Humor
        132
      6. Runner’s World
        133
      7. Consumer Union News Digest
        133
  8. Communications
      1. Good Movies by Sheila Benson
        134
  9. Nomadics
      1. Why Trade It In?
        136
      2. Diesel cars
        136
      3. Birdman
        136
  10. Learning
      1. Coyote Stories by Peter Blue Cloud
        137
      2. A Boy and His Dog in Nevada by Dan O'Neill
        138
  11. Business
      1. Masthead
        142
      2. Thank you
        142
      3. CoEvolution Quarterly Financial Report
        143
      4. POINT Financial Report
        143
      5. POINT Balance Statement
        143
      6. ‘Or Whole Earth’
        143
      7. Theodora Kroeber
        144
      8. Gossip
        144
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