Whole Earth Index

Soft-Tech, Spring 1978

“Soft Tech is a term we’ve used and defended since the late sixties. Soft signifies that something is alive, resilient, adaptive, maybe even lovable.”

Sections:
  1. Tools
  2. Invention
  3. Solar
  4. Wind
  5. Transport
  6. Steam
  7. Biofuels
  8. Building
  9. Integrated Systems
Soft-Tech, Spring 1978
      1. INTRODUCTIONS by J. Baldwin (JB) and by Stewart Brand (SB)
        4
      2. LOCAL DEPENDENCY by Stewart Brand
        5
      3. RAIN (Journal of Appropriate Technology)
        7
      4. Rainbook
        7
      5. Energy Primer (Revised and Updated)
        7
  2. Tools
      1. ONE HIGHLY-EVOLVED TOOLBOX by J. Baldwin
        8
      2. Whole Earth Access Company
        17
      3. More toolbox
        17
      4. Experiences in Visual Thinking
        17
      5. Pump Flashlights?
        17
      6. Do-It-Yourself Plumbing
        17
      7. Aushalser
        17
      8. Garrett Wade Company
        17
      9. Devcon
        17
      10. New Equipment Digest
        17
      11. Foundrywork for the Amateur
        17
      12. Drafting Technology & Practice
        17
      13. VW prime mover
        17
      14. Theatrical equipment and supplies
        17
      15. The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding
        17
      16. Handtool Handbook for Woodworking
        17
      17. The Oxy-Acetylene Handbook
        17
      18. How to Run a Lathe
        17
      19. SMALL TRACTORS by Richard Nilsen
        22
      20. The Marugg Company
        24
      21. Farm and Ranch Supplies
        24
      22. Hopperdozer
        24
      23. Central Tractor Parts Company
        24
      24. Dictionary of Tools
        24
      25. The Good Neighbor Heritage Catalog
        24
      26. Iron Horse Antiques
        24
      27. The Living BASICS from the UN
        24
      28. The Cumberland General Store
        24
      29. Ways of the Sierra Madre
        24
      30. Guide to Hand-Operated and Animal-Drawn Equipment
        24
      31. Garden Way Cart
        24
      32. Appliance Service Handbook
        24
      33. An alternative technology equipment directory
        24
      34. Cloudburst 2
        24
      35. Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
        24
      36. Australian Traditional Bush Crafts
        24
      37. Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
        24
      38. Sharpening
        24
  3. Invention
      1. THE DOUBLE BUBBLE WHEEL ENGINE by Steve Baer
        30
      2. Zomeworks’ products
        32
      3. Breadbox solar water heater
        32
      4. Nightwall
        32
      5. The Pro Heater
        32
      6. Sili Shutters
        32
      7. Skylids
        32
      8. Beadwall
        32
      9. Solar Gravity Drivers
        32
      10. Skylight Water Heater
        32
      11. Sun Calculator
        32
      12. Drumwall and Water Heater
        32
      13. Sunspots
        32
      14. NITINOL by Fred Gardner
        35
      15. BUILDINGS AS ORGANISMS by Day Chahroudi
        40
  4. Solar
      1. A-Z Solar Products
        46
      2. Solar Age Catalog
        46
      3. Solar Components
        46
      4. Solar hardware
        46
      5. Tuffak-Twinwall
        46
      6. Grumman
        46
      7. Sunstream solar hotwater system
        46
      8. Serrande Shutters
        46
      9. Ecosol 101 Energy Recovery System
        46
      10. Solar Directory
        46
      11. Shurcliff’s last catalog
        46
      12. Sun Earth
        46
      13. Solar Energy Society
        46
      14. THE CLOTHESLINE PARADOX by Steve Baer
        50
      15. SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN CALIFORNIA, 1891-1930 by Ken Butti and John Perlin
        52
      16. Solar Energy Thermal Processes
        64
      17. Enhanced Solar Collection
        64
      18. Pocket Solar Meter
        64
      19. Thermic Diode Solar Panel
        64
      20. California Solar Information Packet
        64
      21. Solar Age
        64
      22. Solar Energy Digest
        64
      23. Little arctic solar trackers
        64
      24. Alternative
        64
      25. Sources of Energy
        64
      26. SUNLIGHT CONVERGENCE/SOLAR BURN by Charles Ross
        66
  5. Wind
      1. Windcatchers
        70
      2. Wind Workshop 2
        70
      3. Wind Power Access Catalog
        70
      4. Wind Energy Utilization
        70
      5. Here’s an interesting bit of news from our Department of Energy (DOE)
        70
      6. Wooden wind-generator blades
        70
      7. North Wind Power Co.
        70
      8. Energy from the Wind a Wind Technology Journal
        70
      9. Simplified Wind Power Systems for Experimenters
        70
      10. This Is How You Can Heat Your Home With a Little Windmill
        70
      11. Gemini Synchronous Inverter
        70
      12. Design With Wind
        70
      13. Storage Batteries
        70
      14. Homemade Windmills of Nebraska
        70
      15. The battle axe
        70
      16. Food from Windmills
        70
      17. Windmills
        70
  6. Transport
      1. CARS by J. Baldwin
        76
      2. Pedal Power
        78
      3. Le Truck
        78
      4. Without Wheels
        78
      5. A Model Used Oil Recycling Act
        78
      6. Auto Enthusiast Directory
        78
      7. Mopeds
        78
      8. EcoDog
        78
      9. Economy Driving
        78
      10. HOMESTEAD BICYCLE TECHNOLOGY by Jim Burgel
        80
      11. Bickerton Bicycle revisited
        82
      12. Bicycling Science
        82
      13. Bicycles in Shanghai Street
        82
  7. Steam
      1. Geothermal Technoecosystems and Water Cycles in Arid Lands
        84
      2. Coles’ Power Models
        84
      3. Day-Land steam engine
        84
      4. Live Steam
        84
  8. Biofuels
      1. Energy: The Solar Hydrogen Alternative
        85
      2. Methanol & Other Ways Around the Gas Pump
        85
      3. Methanol: Its Synthesis, Use As a Fuel, Economics, and Hazards
        85
      4. The Pegasus Unit
        85
      5. Pegasus revisited
        85
      6. Producer Gas from Davis
        85
      7. THE GREAT METHANE BUBBLE by Jim Burgel
        88
      8. BURNING WOOD by J. Baldwin
        90
      9. Wood Heat
        90
      10. The Woodburner’s Encyclopedia
        90
      11. The Complete Book of Heating With Wood
        90
      12. Modern and Classic Woodburning Stoves
        90
      13. Stove Book
        90
      14. How to Install a Fireplace
        90
      15. Planning and Building Your Fireplace
        90
      16. Wood ’N Energy
        90
      17. Wood Stove Buyer’s Guide
        90
      18. Wood Burning Quarterly
        90
      19. Wood Stoves
        90
      20. Blazing Showers
        90
      21. Mexican water heater
        90
      22. The Lorena Cookstove
        90
      23. A beautiful woodburning boiler
        90
      24. Pioneer Lamps and Stoves Co.
        90
      25. August West Chimney Sweep
        90
      26. Sotz Splitting Maul
        90
      27. The Stickler
        90
      28. A quiet chainsaw!
        90
      29. Sachs Dolmar Chainsaw
        90
      30. Crosscut
        90
      31. Crosscut Saw Manual
        90
      32. Losing Ground
        90
      33. Plant a Tree
        90
  9. Building
      1. THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF BALDASARE FORESTIERE by Joseph Torchia
        98
      2. UNDERGROUND ARCHITECTURE by Malcolm Wells
        102
      3. The Use of Earth Covered Buildings
        112
      4. Underground building
        112
      5. Development and Utilization of Underground Space
        112
      6. The Skylight Book
        112
      7. National Construction Estimator
        112
      8. Porous paving blocks a Ferrocement:
        112
      9. Applications in Developing Countries
        112
      10. Inexpensive Evaporation Coolers
        112
      11. Adobe News
        112
      12. Mud, Space & Spirit
        112
      13. Homegrown Sundwellings
        112
      14. The Indian Tipi
        112
      15. Living in One Room
        112
      16. The Spacemaker Book
        112
      17. The Mariner’s Catalog Volume 5
        112
      18. Fredson Trailer Supply
        112
      19. Home Is Where You Park It
        112
      20. Living Aboard
        112
      21. Houseboat
        112
      22. Wind Vane
        112
      23. Nets
        112
      24. Grid Shells
        112
      25. Adaptable Architecture
        112
      26. Pneumatic Structures
        112
      27. Tent Works
        112
      28. Barns, Sheds and Outbuildings
        122
      29. From the Ground Up
        122
      30. Farm Builder’s Handbook
        122
      31. Ideas for All Around the Farm
        122
      32. Construction Manual: Finish Carpentry
        122
      33. Construction Manual: Concrete & Formwork
        122
      34. Illustrated Housebuilding
        122
      35. Designing Houses
        122
      36. The Green Wood House a
        122
      37. Wood Handbook
        122
      38. The Timber Framing Book
        122
      39. Stone Masonry
        122
      40. Modern Carpentry
        122
      41. Country Comforts
        122
      42. In Harmony With Nature
        122
      43. Building With Logs
        122
      44. American Preservation
        122
      45. Old House Buyers’ Guide
        122
      46. How to Rehabilitate Abandoned Buildings
        122
      47. Back to the City
        122
      48. The Owner Builder and The Code
        122
      49. Housing By People
        122
      50. Energy and Form
        122
      51. The Glass House
        122
      52. INSULATION HERESY by Richard Nilsen
        130
      53. The Solar Home Book
        132
      54. Solar Energy, Fundamentals in Building Design
        132
      55. An Introduction to Heat Pumps
        132
      56. Air powered pump systems
        132
      57. The Handbook of Moving Air
        132
      58. Architecture and Energy
        132
      59. Winona — towards an energy conserving community
        132
      60. Building Value
        132
      61. Concrete and Energy
        132
      62. The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse
        132
  10. Integrated Systems
      1. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE TRACT HOME by Richard Nilsen
        136
      2. Solar building code
        140
      3. Energy Conservation Code Workbook
        140
      4. Your Home’s Solar Potential
        140
      5. Good Shelter
        140
      6. Energy Basis for Man and Nature
        140
      7. Jobs and Energy
        140
      8. METRIC SYSTEM CON by Steve Baer
        142
      9. Boycott the Metric System
        145
      10. An Index of Possibilities (Energy and Power)
        145
      11. Ecodevelopment News
        145
      12. Appropriate
        145
      13. Technology Sourcebook
        145
      14. Economically Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries
        145
      15. Other Homes and Garbage
        145
      16. Radical Technology
        145
      17. THE NEW ALCHEMISTS by John Todd
        148
      18. LAUNCHING THE ARK by J. Baldwin
        159
      19. FROM URGENCIES TO ESSENTIALS speech by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau
        166
      20. About New Alchemy
        167
      21. Ecotopia
        167
      22. Seriatim
        167
      23. END OF THE BOOK
        169
      24. INDEX
        170
      25. Business
        175
      26. Announcement of The CoEvolution Quarterly
        176
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