Whole Earth Index

CoEvolution Quarterly, Summer 1977

“Clearly, then, there is or has been some vitally important element in this observance [of voluntary simplicity]. But the vast quantities of things given to us by modern mass production and commerce, the developments of science and the complexities of existence in modern industrialized countries have raised widespread doubts as to the validity of this practice and principle. Our present ‘mental climate’ is not favorable either to a clear understanding of the value of simplicity or to its practice.”

Sections:
  1. Politics
  2. Understanding Whole Systems
  3. Land Use
  4. Soft Technology
  5. Craft
  6. Community
  7. Nomadics
  8. Communications
  9. Learning
  10. Business
CoEvolution Quarterly, Summer 1977
  1. Politics
      1. VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY (3) by Duane Elgin and Arnold Mitchell
        4
      2. VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY (1) by Richard Gregg
        20
      3. R. Crumb’s Modern Dance Workshop
        28
      4. SRI Is Wrong About Voluntary Simplicity by Michael Phillips
        32
      5. Flash! New Harris poll on VS
        34
      6. Living below your means
        34
      7. In the People’s Republic
        35
      8. The Arms Race is a tacit conspiracy
        35
      9. The Poverty of Power Reviewed by Kenneth Boulding
        36
      10. In These Times
        39
      11. Herman Kahn’s “New Class” is a label of convenience
        39
      12. Remarks on Recombinant DNA by James Watson
        40
  2. Understanding Whole Systems
      1. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
        42
      2. Tools for Thought
        42
      3. Earth Flags
        43
      4. Mission to Earth: Landsat Views the World
        43
      5. A House in Space
        43
      6. There Ain’t No Graceful Way: Urination and Defecation in Zero-G. Astronaut Russell Schweickart talking to Peter Warshall
        44
  3. Land Use
      1. The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse
        48
      2. The Guide to Self-Sufficiency
        49
      3. Small Farmer’s Journal
        49
      4. Agriculture in the City
        50
      5. Tools for Agriculture
        50
      6. Porous paving blocks
        50
      7. Organic Gardening and Farming Index
        50
      8. Drought Gardening
        51
      9. Environmental Seed Producers
        51
      10. Johnny’s Selected Seeds
        51
      11. Low Maintenance Perennials
        52
      12. Centaur Forge
        52
      13. Roots
        52
      14. Backyard Livestock
        53
      15. A Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners
        53
      16. Finding the Merck Veterinary Manual
        53
      17. Hallucinogenic Plants
        54
      18. Hallucinogens and Culture
        54
      19. Mushroom Hunting in Oregon by Andrew Weil
        56
      20. Foraging for Edible Wild Mushrooms and Poisonous and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms
        56
      21. Tuning in to Nature
        57
      22. A Field Guide to Western Mushrooms
        57
      23. American Honey Plants
        57
      24. Time Landscape by Alan Sonfist
        58
  4. Soft Technology
      1. Rainbook
        60
      2. Energybook 2 3
        60
      3. An Ark for Prince Edward Island
        61
      4. The Transformation of the Tract Home by Richard Nilsen
        62
      5. The Green Wood House
        66
      6. Stone Masonry
        66
      7. Cee The Skylight Book
        67
      8. Barns, Sheds and Outbuildings
        67
      9. Thermal Energy Construction
        67
      10. Building Value
        68
      11. The Handbook of Moving Air
        68
      12. A Design Guide for Residential Areas
        68
      13. SUN Catalog
        69
      14. Alternative energy mini-grants
        69
      15. Natural Power, Inc.
        69
      16. New Mexico Solar Energy Association
        70
      17. Development and Utilization of Underground Space
        70
      18. Design Manual for Solar Water Heaters
        70
      19. Unbuilt America
        71
      20. Energy for Man (classic)
        71
      21. The National Center for Appropriate Technology
        71
      22. Burning Wood by J. Baldwin
        72
      23. Wood Heat
        72
      24. The Woodburner’s Encyclopedia
        73
      25. The Complete Book of Heating with Wood
        74
      26. Planning and Building Your Fireplace
        74
      27. Modern and Classic Woodburning Stoves
        74
      28. Wood ’N Energy
        75
      29. Wood Stove Buyer’s Guide
        75
      30. Woodburning Quarterly
        75
      31. Pioneer Lamps and Stoves Co.
        76
      32. Sotz Splitting Maul
        76
      33. The Stickler
        76
      34. The Wood Handbook
        77
      35. Little arctic solar trackers
        77
      36. Timber Saw
        77
      37. Heat with flowerpots
        77
      38. August West Chimney Sweep
        77
      39. THE ULTIMATE CITY — Part 1 by J. G. Ballard
        78
  5. Craft
      1. Handspinning by Diana Sloat
        96
      2. Handspinner’s Handbook
        96
      3. Spinning Wheel Primer
        96
      4. Handspindles
        97
      5. Amos Handspindles
        97
      6. Shelburne Spinners
        97
      7. Putting on the Dog
        97
      8. The Web
        97
      9. Spindle Head
        97
      10. Spinning Wheel Plans
        97
  6. Community
      1. The Good Neighbor Heritage Catalog
        98
      2. The Bystander
        98
      3. American Indian Reference Book
        98
      4. How to Start and Operate a Mail-Order Business
        99
      5. The Price of Marijuana Misinformation by Russel Falck
        99
      6. DEATH DOES NOT EXIST by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
        100
      7. Two by Rabindranath Tagore
        108
      8. Three by Anne Herbert
        109
      9. The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
        110
      10. Life after Life
        111
      11. Death: Current Perspectives
        111
      12. Hospice in America by Lynette Jordan
        112
      13. Care of the Dying
        115
      14. Living with Cancer
        116
      15. Something Beautiful for God
        116
      16. The People’s Pharmacy
        116
      17. Stretching
        117
      18. Good Vibrations
        117
      19. Wet
        117
      20. Goethe in the Pea Patch by J.D. Smith
        118
      21. A few animal stories from Aristotle
        119
      22. Another bear story
        119
      23. 2 from Pike County, Illinois
        119
      24. Morris in Berkeley
        119
      25. Cockroach letter 1
        120
      26. Cockroach letter 2
        120
      27. Turkey Drop by Terrence Williams
        121
      28. Dan O’Neill’s Comics and Stories
        122
  7. Nomadics
      1. The Folding Schooner
        126
      2. Dinghy Building
        126
      3. How to Build an Indian Canoe
        126
      4. Living Aboard
        127
      5. The Complete Fisherman’s Catalog
        127
      6. Coulter Carriage Supply
        127
      7. Mopeds
        127
      8. Orienteering
        128
      9. Gore-Tex
        128
      10. Diesel Rabbit
        128
      11. Left Over in Your Heart by Will Davis
        129
  8. Communications
      1. Computer Hobbyist Publications by Marc Le Brun
        132
      2. The Poem Is That Voice in Between Acoma. Poet Simon Ortiz talking with Lewis McAdams
        134
  9. Learning
      1. Monkey-Doll Birthing Toy
        140
      2. How to Make Old Time Radio Plays
        140
      3. Exploratorium Cookbook
        140
      4. Parabola
        141
      5. m Campaigns
        141
      6. Experiences in Visual Thinking
        141
  10. Business
      1. Thank you
        142
      2. ‘Or Whole Earth’
        142
      3. Financial report
        143
      4. Gossip
        143
      5. First CQ books
        143
      6. Masthead
        144
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