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Community Studies 42W
Appropriate Technology & Local Self-Reliance
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The following subject terms are of particular relevance to this course. Find additional terms by searching your subject and examining the terms used; if you already have good sources, check on the terms used for them and search for additional materials using those terms
Appropriate technology
Do-it-yourself work
Economics
Organic gardening
Permaculture
Power resources
Buckminster Fuller
Selected Reference Books
Whole Earth Catalogs
Ken Darrow and Mike Saxenian, Appropriate Technology Sourcebook: a guide to practical books for village and small community technology (Stanford, CA: Volunteers in Asia, 1986) T49.5 D37 1993
Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Village technology handbook (Arlington, Va., USA: VITA, 1988). TH148.V64 1988
Robert C. Brown, Biorenewable Resources Engineering new products from agriculture (Ames, Iowa: Iowa State, 2003)
John Jeavons, How to grow more vegetables: fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops (Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 1995). SB324.3 .J43 1995
Barrett Hazeltine and Christopher Bull, Appropriate Technology: tools, choices, and implications (San Diego, CA: Academic, 1999). T49.5 H4 1999
Bill Mollison, Permaculture: a designers manual (Tyalgum, Australia: Tagari, 1988). S494.5.P47M642 1988
Abbie Hoffman, Steal this book (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996).
HX843.7.H64 A3 1996
Chapters on “free food,” “free housing,” and “free transportation.”
Michael Moore, Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West
Michael Moore, Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West
Paul Pitchford, Healing with Whole Foods
Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing
Nancy Chioffi and Gretchen Mead, Keeping the Harvest Preserving your fruits, vegetables & herbs (Pownal, VT: Storey, 1991). TX612.V4 C45 1991
Bent Sorensen, Renewable Energy Its physics, engineering, environmental impacts, economics & planning (San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000).
Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy Power for a Sustainable Future (Oxford: Oxford University, 1996)
Selected Books
E.F. Schumacher, Small is beautiful: economics as if people mattered (Point Roberts, Wash.: Hartley & Marks, 1999). HB171 .S384 1999
Amory Lovins, Soft Energy Paths: Toward a durable peace (San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1977). TJ163.2 L678 1977b
J. Baldwin, BuckyWorks: Buckminster Fuller’s ideas today (New York: John Wiley, 1996). TA140.F9 B35 1996
Thomas T. K. Zung, Buckminster Fuller Anthology for the New Millennium (New York: St Martin’s, 2001). TA140.F9 B83 2001
R. Buckminster Fuller, Critical Path (New York: St. Martin’s, 1981). CB428.F85 1981
Mary E. Clark, Ariadne’s Thread The search for new modes of thinking (London: MacMillan, 1989). CB428.C58 1989
Robert Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin, Energy future: repost of the energy project at the Harvard Business School (New York: Ballantine, 1980). HD9502.U52 E4914
Chapter 6: “Conservation: The Key Energy Source.”
Steve Chappell, The Alternative Building Sourcebook (Brownfield, Maine: Fox Maple, 1998)
David Pearson, Circle Houses Yurts, Tipis and Benders (White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green, 2001)
Michael Potts, The Independent Home Living Well with Power from the Sun, Wind, and Water (White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green, 1993)
David House, Biogas Handbook (Culver City, CA: Peace Press, 1981)
Mike and Nancy Bubel, Root Cellaring Natural cold storage of fruits & vegetables (Pownal, Vermont: Storey, 1991). TX612.V4 B79 1991
Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia (New York: Penguin, 1999) TX369.W67 1999
Daniel M Berman and John T. O’Conner, Who Owns the Sun? (White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green, 1996). HD9681.U62 B47 1996
Lester R. Brown, Eco-economy Building an economy for the earth (New York: Earth Policy Institute, 2001). HC79.E5 B76 2001
Eban S. Goodstein, Economics and the Environment (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall). HD75.6 G66 1995
Hal Bernton, William Kovarik and Scott Sklar, The Forbidden Fuel Power alcohol in the twentieth century (New York: Boyd Griffin, 1982). TP358.B4 1982
Charles A. Reich, Opposing the system (New York: Crown, 1995). HN59.2.R438 1995
Enzo Tiezzi, The End of Time (Boston: WIT, 2003). HC79.E5 T53 2003
José Argüelles, The Mayan factor: path beyond technology (Santa Fe, NM: Bear, 1987). BF1999.A6395 1987
Greening School Grounds
Windpower Workshop
Futures that Work
Film and Music (McHenry, Interlibrary loan, Social Sciences Media Lab, and SCCAT’s Appropriate Technology Library)
“The World of Buckminster Fuller” - ILL
“Ecological Design” - ILL
“In Danger of Falling Fruit”
“Garden Song: Alan Chadwick’s Vision of Abundance” - McHenry
“Fat of the Land” - McHenry
“Grassolean” - SCCAT
“Trash Diggers: Dumpster Diving in Santa Cruz” SS Media Lab
“Marx for Beginners” McHenry
Library Databases
Web of Science (Citation Indexes)
MAGS (Expanded Academic Index ASAP) Abstracts, many full-text articles, all subjects, shows UC holdings, 1988-
NEWS (National Newspaper Index) Citations, major U.S. newspapers, no full-text, shows UC holdings, 1979-
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe News, Business, Legal, Medical, and Reference database, much full text
Sociological Abstracts Sociology citations, most with abstracts, to articles & books, shows UC holdings, 1963-
Public Affairs Information Service Citations (abstracts from 1985-) related to government, international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and related areas, 1972
Social Services Abstracts Citations with abstracts of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. 1980-
Gender Watch Full-text database focussing on gender across disciplines, 1970-
Women's Resources International Citations with abstracts on women's studies with focus on health and international issues, 1972-
Contemporary Women's Issues Global full-text database covering sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights, 1992- .
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Citations & abstracts for papers, articles & books, 1966-
ERIC Document Reproduction Service Full-text ERIC documents, 1997-
ABI/Inform Citations, abstracts, and much full-text in business, management, finance, and economics, shows UC holdings, 1971-
EconLit Citations, mostly with abstracts, 1969-
Left Index citations to scholarship and news from the political left
MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography Index to literature, film, linguistics
Selected Magazines and Journals
Appropriate Technology & general renewable energy:
Home Power,
Mother Earth News (http://www.motherearthnews.com/index_js.html),
Energy Design Update,
Environmental Building News,
Renewable Energy World,
Appropriate Technology (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?Ver=1&Exp=12-20-2007&Cert=8RkgPFRptdRe5CJoOsTmS9BWBXR%2f1auHcMOD%2bfO7BzdaszP8qPkghACC04VmSo8a&Pub=45883)
Power Engineering,
Chemistry & biology:
Journal of Natural Products,
Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Organic Letters,
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology,
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences,
Ecology:
Earth Island Journal,
EcoVisions,
EcoWorld (www.ecoworld.org),
Progressive Engineer (www.progressiveengineer.com),
Renewable Energy (science direct),
Nature (www.nature.com),
Environmental Health Perspectives (http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/allpubs.html)
Hydrogen & the fuel cell:
Fuel Cells Bulletin (restricted to UC IP addresses: http://uclibs.org/PID/10026 ),
Fuel Cells (restricted to UC IP addresses: http://uclibs.org/PID/11750 ),
Social ecology:
Mother Jones ( http://www.motherjones.com/index.html ),
Harbinger,
Sociology:
World Development (Science Direct)
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal,
Annual Review of Energy and the Environment,
Solar:
Solar Energy,
Solar Today,
Science & Technology:
Union of Concerned Scientists,
Technology Forecasting and Social Change (science direct),
Technology and Culture,
‘Waste,’ compost and organics recycling:
Biocycle (http://www.biocycle.net/biocycle.htm, or http://www.jgpress.com/biocycle.htm),
Compost Science Utilization (http://www.jgpress.com/CSUContents/csuContents.htm),
Resource Recycling,
UCSC Special Collections
Senior Theses: Community Studies, Environmental Studies, Biology, Sociology http://libweb.ucsc.edu/thesis/Search.html
UC Santa Cruz Master's Theses & Doctoral Dissertations http://libweb.ucsc.edu/dissertations/
Annotations to Selected Theses & Dissertations:
Alper, Dean (1978, ENVS) “Appropriate Technology: An alternative development strategy.”
Well organized, bibliography. Has an introduction to AT worth looking at. Discusses development, Nepal, and the third world.
Ayala, Carlos Cuauhtemoc (1985, ENVS) “Alcohol from apple pomace.”
Worked with Raymond Dasmann and LE Clemens. In conclusions he states that it takes more energy to produce the alcohol than is found in the alcohol.
Baruchin, Celia (1989, ENVS) “Sunsible Living: energy in America.”
Cites Hal Levin (Solar architect in Santa Cruz). Richard Dorf The Energy Factbook. Nothing too special.
Beaman, Amber (1996, CMMU) “Rainforest Agro-Ecology: the ancient Maya in modern Belize.”
Stratton Sustainability Project, Cayo District, Belize. “Maya Forest Garden” in El Pilar?
Berg, Stephanie (1984, ENVS) “History overview of school outreach in energy education.”
Discusses the 1979 Energy Center in Santa Cruz as well as project SERVE (Soft energy resources of value to education). Not well organized. Has a bit of information for K-12 packets.
Berkey, Jon (1984, ENVS) “Research on solar food dryers at the UCSC farm.”
Sponsored by Steve Gliessman. Thorough. Acknowledgements provide a good look at some people who could offer us support. (University of California Program in Appropriate Technology [UCAT], Brian Williams at the Santa Cruz Energy Center, etc.) Literature review, nutrition of dried foods, design. Decent resource for solar foods day. May be in AT Sourcebook(?).
Blackburn, Kate (1984, ENVS) “The design and implementation of a residential energy conservation program at UCSC.”
No table of contents. Almost good for local conservation issues, but mainly as a reference for people wanting to dig in deeper (not to good for my uses).
Carlson, Karen Marie (1981, ENVS) “Small Enough to Care, Big Enough to Matter.”
Chapter One has a decent overview of AT, as does the beginning of chapter two. Mainly focused on the case of agribusiness. Bucky quote, ecology quote from Barry Commoner. Quotes Darrow and Pam “Social Benefits of Appropriate Technology.” Field study with New Mid-County Food Co-op (in Santa Cruz County). Decent resource for the beginning of the class.
Lipovsky, Molly (1997, ENVS) “Whispers from the plant world: A written component to the Costanoan/Ohlone ethnobotanical interpretive exhibit at Indian Canyon.”
A great project! Got to go there to see what she actually created. Describes many useful species (oaks, common tule, elderberry, willows, soaproot, dogbane, stinging nettle, and sedges). In addition, cordage, hand fire making, acorn processing, games and musical instruments of the Ohlone are discussed.
Stack, Kimberly Michele (2000, CMMU) “The fight for “Terra:” agrarian reform and medicinal plants in rural Brazil.”
Suarez, Angela Brener (1995, ENVS) “Medicinal uses of tropical plants: An ethnobotanical study of the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize.”
Two hour slide show (3 carousels with synchronized audio tapes) at Social Science media lab. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America, Flora of Guatemala. 5 month field study at Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
374 Woodland Ave.
Ben Lomond, CA 95005
Hackney, Patrick (1989, ENVS) “Sunsible living, energy alternatives for today: An inquiry into designed communities.”
Describes Village Homes in Davis, and solar design.
Harris, Abbey R. (1986, ECON) “Ecological sustainability and the viability of regional economic self-reliance.”
Concise. Beginning of chapter two talks about the rise of monopoly capitalism. Ch 3 has a part on the myth of the standard of living.
Hoff, Rebecca (1980, ENVS) “Mariculture as an appropriate technology development strategy.”
Possibilities for small scale aquaculture.
Houts, Mary D. (1966) “Vegetation of the UC Santa Cruz Campus.”
Hard to dig into but I’m sure it’s chalked full on information that could be used to make species lists for UCSC trails.
Mealey, Timothy J. (1981, ENVS) “The role of the university in appropriate technology development.”
Discusses a conference with the same title in June 1981 at UCSC. There were over 200 attendees and 20 speakers. OAT California office of appropriate technology. Discusses policies that UCAT should adopt. RAIN magazine. Has great synthesis of knowledge throughout and would provide a great resource for planning another conference of a similar nature at UCSC. Conference program at the end. Murray Bookchin, William Friedland, Hal Levin, Isao Fujimoto [UC Davis], David Morris and/or Harriet Barlow, William Oswald and Kara Nelson [UC Berkeley].
Moss, Daniel (1983, CMMU and ENVS) “Energy Future in Santa Cruz: a case study in the relationship between technological and social change in the appropriate technology movement.”
Integration of technology in the social change process. Author asserts that unless we claim the means of production nothing else will matter. Copy available for SCCAT website?
Murray, Joanne (1984, ENVS and CMMU) “Back to the drawing board: an anaysis of the relationship between energy use patterns and social change.”
Looks into energy self-sufficiency of mobile homes in Santa Cruz. Does it discuss the UCSC Trailer Park?
Swain, Matthew (1996, ENVS) “Piercing the Veil: A Student Activist’s Guide to UCSC’s Bureaucracy and its System of Governance”
White, Kirkland (ENVS) “Biogas for the urban home.”
No table of contents. Built a small scale digester in CA.
471 West Camino Road
Arcadia, CA 91006
Other Web & Electronic Resources
The Appropriate Technology Library (A set of 27 CD’s accompanying the AT Sourcebook)
Local Resources
Ecology Action Network of Santa Cruz
SkyPower Institute
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture
Pacific Biofuels, Inc.
Santa Cruz City Public Works Department, “City forms energy working group.” Available online at: http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/press_release/archive/energyworkinggroup.pdf
Santa Cruz City Housing and Community Development, “Housing and Community Development Programs.” Available online at: http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pl/hcd/programs.html.
“Self-help housing” programs allow people to reduce the cost of buying a home by putting in many hours of their own labor (a.k.a. ‘sweat equity’).
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