Journal of the New Alchemists 7 (1981)

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ourna o t e ew c em sts 77 The New Alchemy Institute9 Introduction Nancy Jack Todd

13 New Achemy

CONTENTS

1 6 Adventures n the Mai Trade1 7 Reections on Apprenticeshp19 Valentine Season: Riverdale

Denie BakusSott Stokoe

Thomas Be19 Poem Tyr Chma20 Reaching Out Robert Sardinky 3 Another Earth Gypsy Tyrone ashman26 New Alchemy and Ecodevelopment in Costa Rca William 0 McLaey

35 Energy3 Greasing the Windmill Sietze Buning39 Scale and Diversity in Energy Systems Joe Seale4 The Forming of the Cape and Isands Self-Reliance Cooperative Greg Waon and

Michael Greene45 Autoogic ] Baldwin

Land and Its Use53 Garden Notes Susan Ervin56 A Report From the Tree eople56 Introduction John Quinney58 Surveying and Grafting Local and Antique Fuit Trees Mavis lark58 Recycling Leaf Nutrents Ed Goodell6 NitrogenFixing Trees and Shrubs John Quinney62 Hedgerows and Lving Fences John Quinney64 Birds and Biological est Control Loie Urqhart68 Tree Crops for Structural Materals Scott Sokoe0 Weaving Wth Wilow Maann Fameli and Earle Bahart

Aquaculture4 Alternatives to Commercial Feeds in the Diets of Cultured Fish William 0. McLae and

Jeffrey Parkin83 Dening and Defying Limits to SolarAlgae ond Fsh Cuture David Engstrom John Woe,

and Ron Zweig88 Modeling Agal Growth and Decline in SolarAlgae onds Daid Engtrom John Woe and

Ron Zweig

9 Bioshelters97 Logging The Course of the Ark

97 Indoor Gardening olleen Armtong104 Controlling the Whtey olleen Atrong108 Toxic Materials in the Bioshelter Food Chais and Surrounding Ecosystems Dr Han Tai

olleen Atrong, and John Todd1 Reglazing John Woe11 Modeling and Design of Future Bioshelters oe Seale and John Woe1 19 utting Ourselves on the Line119 The BAM Greenhouse Homemade Tapestry Hilde Maingay10 The BAM Greenhouse It's Great Ate Atem


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12 2 The BAM Greenhuse Ntes n ntent, Functin and Frm Earle aha123 We Scrunged and Recycled Denie and Dic ac2 Frm the Grup Up hisina ale and n eg 26 Why Nt a Slar Greenhuse n the Send Flr? baa hae128 Ntes Frm a rfessinal ic ec12 We Threw Cautin t the Sun Nanc Jac Tdd and Jhn Tdd

133 Explorations13 The Village as Slar cgy3 rlgue Nanc Jac dd The Village as Sar clgy jhn Tdd13 Cnceptuaizing the Village13 The Need fr Vilages Willam Irn hmpn141 Ournd Keh richl142 Fengshui: An Ancient Thery f Village Siting Pal Sn (Sn Peng-heng)14 A Single Shared Wrd Ma aherne aen14 nergy and Architecture14 Sar Village rncples and Cnstructin Ideas Malclm Well4 Sftnergy aths Frm Here t the Vilage Am Lvins1 A Dme Bishelter as a Vllage Cmpent ] aldin

4 Ntes n An Agricultura Cultural Sla Vllage n the American Suthwest Jhn dd6 clgcal Cyces 6 Sme Cnsideratins fr Agriculture n a Slar Village San Ervn The Need fr Trees L. Hner Lvin18 Waste Water Reclamatn hrugh clgica rcesses Seve Seing162 The Sustainabe Farm We Jacn164 king Bac t Nw We Jacn10 arly Manfestatins1 0 rject 1

The Cathedral Church f St. Jhn the Divine hn Tdd12 rject 2

A Maine Castal Vilage jhn Tdd1 4 rject 3

Marn Slar Village Jhn dd

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This Jora of w c our sevnhprhaps mor han any of is prdecessors rfcsa nsion bewen h acua and h concepua,bwn h prsn and he fuur, bwn binand brinin ino bin Were on sarchin fora dscpiv hemaic i somhin ike NewAchemy and Byond woud b fairy accurae

Th joua rmains, as i aways has bn, an onoin rpor by Nw Achmiss on our mos rcnwork in various fieds of ecooica rsearch Siljoual is a beer nam han o for such anccic colcion of wriins bcau in h jouaw hav aways rid o avoid he fallacy of muchof orhodox scince and no o ovrook he facha w as pop, wih our various insihs, prioriis and prudics ar a par of h paradimIn sum h Joua ofers is readrs no ony hson bu is assord sinrs as w

Tha xpains h prsn, or New Achmypar of his issu The "and Beyond is a bi morcompicad invovin, as i dos, wo rouhy d-finab caoris or saes W hav, of cours,aways bn conscious of he arr picur know-in ha our work had ie meanin in a vacuumand ha wihou our felow ravrs in h aninucear disarmamn arnaiv chnooy, nvironmna, and ecofeminis movmns our aciviis, howvr rewardin o oursvs wer aryesoric Sti, ha horion is rahr rmovd andpar of procsses ss in ons own hands hasony bn wihin he as few yars, and h as

year in paricuar ha w hav formuad a an-ibe or in ourach Wha bean on ao wihFarm Saurdays has vovd ino an aciv du

caiona proram. sids our own ffors in ourach w hav oind forces recenly wih h Com-muniy Acion Commiee based in HyannisMassachuss, and hr ohr oca roups oform h Cape and Isands SfRianc Coopr-aive Shoud h coop b a succss w sha havbecom par of a dcnraized riona poiicanework as w aways hoped o be W hav buno be consued in our area on oher issus kewase ramn and enry poicy as we f in hebinnin we wer somwha isoad from ourcommuniy w no oner are

Now New Achmy which bean as a concepor vision, and becam mbodid in a physica rea-

iy ha had a conx in is ime sixies bo andsevenis brd, has a conx of communiy, ofpac as w bcomes incrasiny difficu os prcis boundas bwn Nw Achemy andha which is byond i.

rhaps i is becaus w iv in such an xraordinary and danerous im ha w ar consanybin ud a o nvision our work si furhr

ino he fuur Havin ncapsuad our discovris in nry cocion and sora, aquacuureois, and oranic veeab producion in hioshr, w ban o ask oursvs, Wha nex? was in rspons o such mna quesin andmor spcificay o prompin from Marar Meadha Nw Achmy convnd a confrnc nd

h Via As Socia Ecooy: A Gneric DsinConfrnc Th enir xporaions secion of hisjourna is devod o idas enndrd by he con-fernc and wrin by many of h paricipans

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A ong te ago when I t wrote about ew A-chey a t wa jut begnnng t wan't too cutto ge a renerng that rang ary true here wereo ew o u then, an we ha taken ony a ecautou tep aroun the ege o the at ewe were exporng ach apect o our work eeh an garen crop, eery new wn gage,

cou be reebere, nae by all o u. We haal taken part or at eat been preent or part the actty urrounng each one o thee

But owy at rt, an then ore rapy, thgroup expane, the nuber o poect ncreae,new e o work were ncorporate, an oeo the ene o the tung eaon an year waot; oe o the haret began to bur togethera bt Een then t wa pobe when wrtng o aeent or partcuar pero o te to coney a eengo the pace o the peope an what t et ke tobe together o the aou project, an o the u-eryng ntellectua raework n whch t all toopace

It ha becoe uch harer to o o So anyo the area o reearch the coputer oengo oar egn the anay o the water chetryn the oaragae pon, the eta o utabe treeanageent, hae reache a ee o copextyrequrng experte wel beyon that o the aateurIt ha becoe challengng or any one o u to gea coprehene expanaton o all acet o orreearch The range o ubject atter n th Jouatetie to th The report on toxc checa n th

Ark or exape, or the one on oeng agagrowth an ene n oaragae pon, hghytechnca an whe tl o nteret to nonexpertcou not hae been generate by the Cearyn pte o our bet ntenton, we hae ha to geway to a egree o pecazaton. It requentyeenta that we hae ubgoup eetng n a-

ton to the reguar weeky eetng o the copetegroup Fe enabe categore o work haeeoe: agrcuture aquacuture, boheter theatona Scence Founaton tea, an antra-on an outreach Each o thee requre noreecon, an athough all eetng are open toeeryone, none o u can poby n the te togo to any that ont recty conce u

Wth th unaoabe eparaton o work anpatally at eat o peope t harer to uona phrae that encapuate a eeing o a te co-on to a o u. A uer o great pouctty nthe garen ay be one o hap n aquacutureThe wnll ay be behang coenaby ur-

ng the ae pero that the ofce ta or outreachpeope are runnng contanty jut to tay n theae pace I ue to wrte paragraph that began"It wa a uar o unower ago ancabbage, tapa an ge, weeng an pck-ng an ee that uch phrae gae a uary an eence o that te I on't thnk I couo o now It o uch harer to extract an ta coonaty ro a ore copex an uereaty.


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a sstaiable ftre i slowly forward alwaysfa sort tat is te reaso, te oe, ad teeti i wi we work So most of te time terevaili syoloial limate alto moredisarate ta it oe was is ot oe of disity

Ad te tere are stil te woderfl times likeommal work sessios or ateris or feastslike te weddis of Collee Armstro ad Seldo Frye ad Ssie Hoerek ad eff Parki, orarvest Festival or eve a ood Farm Satrdaye its al still tere a sakable sese of watit is we set ot to do, ad wy, ad a sese tatwe wold ot ave or oletive e oter ta itis

tis setio devoted somewat loosely toevets at te eter o Cae Cod ad its afiiatei Costa Ria or to varios ativities of New Ale-mists we ave ilded a samli of dois ite offie a aot of aretiesi a desri-tio of or otrea roram some observatiosof a traveli New Alemist ad Bi MLaey'ssaa of te evetfl e i Costa Ria

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Appc W hav com o a o paccr a sk a la prso A rom ocotto o m a sppor w rcv valal haso xpc a a opportyo sty h asc rsarch a omao owhch w Alchmy s o

hat w gy wokg wth Ro hs hral pos o o val rlaoshps whor work, o sposos a h st as awho W ar plac otoo coswh or mors; hs s ar ratoa hghrcao h hors w wok, th ormaow rsarch, a h work w o h aa a pa o hs prsoa rlaoshps A whav h oppory to ps or ow aras otrs wh or sach

A a cosao s th smpl opporttyo pst a volv wth h w AchmyIst rom atg rsh oosaso gsa vgals o mtg a tracg whsom o h ovaors a thkrs o h alr-atv movmt h xracrclar xpcsa may a va Cocs cs ga-g (o sco a or ag), l tps,rags, a socazg wh Alchmss a -low votrs ar par o h xtra oy.

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Volunr hav wd ng f xpcaion whn ha hr and hi pnc o da india hospain a m and had houghu i imh.

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cam o w Alchmy o o a o xpora scovr g soa a cos I waschalgg my ow h axoms a h socal scs ha xprss hm. My oa prsoa xprc ps lcta op-os cos ha ra cot to h vas aways wh whch I ha grow p a ha wcrrtly omag h cr whch I wasmmrs ma m my ha pos-tv amg, cologca a hma at-avs wr va a t was poss o pach was, stctv cycls o o socy my r sach rval o avs, o opos cas my algm wh a alravclr movm cam solly om a trallcta gapplg, was o cla o m thamay oh pop w sachg o ways to cr-a a ssaal r I ook som rags oWam Irw hompsos work a a ao pro-gam ao h w Alchmy Istt to rgm och wh som arav acvs. romths l p I kw tha was comg to wAchmy

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cag tm labo ad caing o nomaionsklls, ad saig

we fed u Vlunte's Gu ut f a bas NwAlemy nle f e-elance We wanted t ncast itliy of xp; wPr m r wceated t

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as appnics at w did a som commongoas W al soug a conx ga ta ouown minds o contmpla t isss aisd at tam wti gnal momnt wic woud ousls. W all lt a dsi to gt togtsocally, o ak tim o ca, to sa ou dalyacitis ad gna pogss t lds i

wic w w woking Ad nally, w ad a ypointd admontion om o pdcssos: to plog to communicat and o suppot acot

Som o t ons om t pios smm ad ad som dicut ims tog tabustng, dmading sasonnsucin conac

w i sponsos ad a ay wok out wo dsid iomaion xcang is sum-m goup aso cognizd at a gua mtgo ouns wold b s bo o socazngad nomato xcang.

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Valentine Season: Rivedale

It's NightUpon th RivMid-FbrmVns shinsOt o th wintry Sk

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how w will liv in th utu.

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Rechg OutRobert Sadiky

May 197 8, ew Ahmy lbrad S Day, a

eraoal day o reogio ad esis obehal o a soar O a hosad peoplsid ew Ahmy ha day hal o hem s-ds rom loal shools I showd wo lmalasss ad oe high shool lass arod h am.My s wo ors wr wh a gop o rs adhird gades who w as xied as Mexiampig bas, ios abo amos ryhigad ll o hoghprookig qsios (a leasom heir pspi). was halleged o expaa ha w wr dog a ew Alhmy a sm-pd, ye horogh way We payd, alkdohd, ad sag ogehr w Alhmy ooko a ompleey dir perspee o m as

saw i hrogh heir yes My egy leel sky-okeed ad my spi dad wih h kis yighgh oerhad was hooked Lae ha day mexprie wih he high shoo ass was ey di-ere hy we a gmhwig radooigdseesed ad apahi bh, o a alWha had od he poess o growg p?This passag Rahel arsos The e of Wondga m some sigh io wha had happeed

A chi's wold s fesh and new and beauu ful

of wonde an exctemen I s o msfoune ha

o most of s ha ceaeyed vison ha tue insinc

or wha s beafl an awe-nsping, s immed

an even os beore we reach aduhood. f hadnence wh he Good Fay who s supposed tpesde ove the chistenng of all chlen, shol

ask that her gi o each chld be a sense of wondeso nesuctibe hat t woul las hrougho lfe aan unfaling antioe agains the boedom an isenchanmens of ate yeas, the stele preoccupatowh hings tha ae artcia, the alenaon from he

sources of ou stregh .*

Soialzao ad shoolg was smoherg yogpope's sese o wodr hkg ak o myoh I old sympahze wih he hgh shoo s-ds I had woked wih Shoo had a siig

impa o my dlopm, as dd my s rea home, he eleisio s Somhow my owdeply igaid sse o wode had ededh baies, mysis, ad xm o mhildhood xpres he wlderess gae mhis ie srgh My ow egaie shoog

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Hilde Ma1ngay

xprees omied wh my iiial xpos oworkig wih yog pop a ew Ahemy moad m o sah o mo hma approaheso daig yog peopl ha osr a appreiao ad esp o all e o arh Or SDay erao sparked may reqess or orsrom shool gops hre was laly a srogieres ad ed o s o eg aeg o yogpopl

h a o 8 bga bildg h o-daos o a ew Alhmy shoo grop edaoprogram was ddd o se p as a oya

pilo proje o deermie is logem easibliyW wad o kow he am od sd asa lassoom or shoo grops who hir errg wih pop's wok ad whehe he pro-gam old ssai se aay My s yearsexpeiee workig wih shoo grops a ewAlhmy was y sss ad w didd oadop he pogram

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Ove hee thosand sdents, peschoo ppisthogh gadate sdens, have paticipate nou edcational pogams ng the past twoyeas epesenng plic and pivate schoosthroughot ew England he temendos dvesiy in age, esidence, ad soioeconomic ackgond of hese stdents gave s an oppotniy

o ty many difeent appoaches to edcatingyong people ao iving lighty o the eahSch immensely challenging wok has een otheneging and exhasting n the half to f daywe pend wih eah gop we ampt o opn peach peson's eyes and mind to the descive,nonssainae nate o hman ssenance todayan o ecoogicay sond means of ilding a so-arased sociey o tomoow O welveacefam/classoom offes an ideal envionment inwhich to cay ot his exporaion egin eachprogam y tying o n o whee he gop scoming rom and whee they "ae at o commnicae with them effecivey, nee o knowwhat thei ineress ae o est expain how ewAlchemy's wok appes o her own lives otense noncompeitive, epesentaional games to eakhe ice an to id a commniy spi hroghcoopeaive gop play often n again o hesegames ae in he ay to commnicae conceptsof ecology and enegy tha ae otherwise ictto concepalze Games like he "We o Lfe,ap St and Knos help develop an appec-aton and ndestanding of he ineependenceof lfe We id People Pyramds whle dscssing the pyamidal sce an enegeics of foodchains and se the "Peope Pass fo a woking

denition o enegy

I liked how you put the net over the plantsso the birds and aimals couldn't get them.It was better tha killing the birds andaimals.

The fertilizer they used was sh and leaves.They dont use the stf you get in the storebecause it cotais chemicals that kill thesoil after a log period of time.

Iside the Ark our group did a play Theplay was about two people and their real

iing that wid power is a better source ofenergy than electricity, moey-wise and energy-wise.

I liked New Alchemy and the things therelike the ark and the dome and the solarstructures. Because you are trying to makethe world a better place to live.

When I went ito the Ark and the door waskept open for a secod I thought it was awaste of ener then I thought the sun's

power will never run out!

I thought it was interesting when you said

to put our orange and banana peils i thebucket ad this year Im going to make acompost pile.

lied havig lunch in th dom and arnig how you ca work a garden with onlynatural stuff I think it is really neat theway you ca get eergy from the su storeit and grow all those nice vegetables adpretty owers.

One theory that I found to be interestigad important was that nothig was donewo an understading of its effect on the

evironment.

Like most people I take our natural resources for grated

The importat thing they are doing at NewAlchemy is looking to nature as a guide.

As egn a fam to my oe pogesses omha o geee o hat of atst/inepeter yo weave the prposes of and meanings ehind thevaos appoprae technologies demonsraed a

the arm into a cohesve pcre he greates chal-lenge o me invoves pting ew Achemy's workinto pespecive An ndestaning of why we aedoing what we ae doing is essential o seeing hegadens windmills, aace ponds, and io-shetes Wiho his emphasis he day wol eitle moe than a show an te, as mos o hestdens that visi s ae fa emoved fom heiifesppor neworks Disant fames, mnesmanfacters, an tiity companies povie heineeds ew o hem eale the devasaing con-seences of moen technoogy o how imaelyependen they ae pon he healh of the natalwor o hei we eng

A each sop on o joney hrogh he armwe exploe the elaonship eween meetng hman needs and mainaining a heathy ecoogicaalance We play, expement, eat togehe, pe-for skts, paint mas, and engage in gop is-csson. All are encoaged to se hei senses asmch as possile We eel the seaminghot compos pie and smy woms, smell he fragan hesand vegetaes, wach he sh an ees, and ase

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The compost ple ws nterestn n the wytht the stcks nd junk turned to fertlzer

I dd not feel sturted wth fcts s Iusully do er dy t museum Eethn ws prt of n nterted system nd

wht you ddn't bsorb when tourn therden you were en n n the Arkbut from dfferent perspecte

If the whole world sted New Alchemy thenwe could mke the erth beer plce tole

I relly lke the wy you neer wste nythn not een wste

I thnk you consere lot thts ret Ifll the people n the world were lke yound consered so much nd used the sun

for ener the world would be so much ncerNew Alchemy hs the best ourds!

som o h gad uis ad gas A ou goups wh spa iss may pa-ipa in o o a umb o mo ousdwoksops ha build o wa has b sn. Wa gn wokshops o sdns om maysool ogh og ag on ompu modligo osysm dynamis ood pois/gaianism, sola gnous dsig, igad ps on-o maagmn in biosls, "ig ighy on

ah ad appopa hnoogis i idwod ouis Wn possil, a andsojo suh as plaig s, buidg a ompos pi,aisig a windmill, ppaing a gaan aso assising a s as s ludd By nd o i im wh us w op o ha gi sudns a ga sns o hi idpndn wih h naua wold and a inasdawanss o h impa o own ls o

Mos o al w wa hm o la alzig a a alhy, ssainabl mans o poidingo may's nds and ig ha hy as -diidals an mak an mpoan oniuo ilpig ng his aou

Maa

My wok w soo goups as gi m ass o op o u Lookg a i a a sn ppos o aliy o mayyoug pop damaiay suud a NwAlmy n h sho m w spd ogh moso hm a ab o gasp ss o wa wa doig, wy w a doing , and wa i maso m

I neer thouht the sun could do so much

I ws thnkn on the wy bck I would lke

to mke sh frm ths s my drem AlsoI ws thnkn tht f you cn feed thrteenpeople for yer n reen eebles f theycould do tht n Ind people would not defrom fmne

Thnk you e much for the tour of NIAI enjoyed my st e much. Especlly thedome becuse t ddnt tke ny electrctyto het t whch proes tht solr eneryworks The rk I relly lked becuse of thewy you rsed the sh wth enery fromthe sun.

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AoterE GsyTyrone Cshman

Tyrone Cashman chose the title for his article thatfollows in reminiscence of one that appeared in ourfirst oual It was about earth gypsies and was byLaura and David Engstrom Earth gypsy was arather romantic term that John Todd had coined forthose of us who chose to be wanderers for a while,taking with them as part of them the ideas anddreams of all of us At first Laura found the termamusing but later confessed to finding it evocativeof th tim of hr trvling with Dvid

We have almost all been arth gypsies at onetime or another John Todd's idea for the MargaretMead a great sailing bioshelter that would be asort of ecological Hop Ship, carries th idea astep further.

Of those who have written of their experiencesfor this Joual, Ty has setled in Califoia wherehe has worked for Goveor Brown, and has beenpresident of the Amecan Wind Energy ssocia

tion As for David and Laura, their peod of wan-dering has given way to a more setled period ofparenthood a task they share equally David is stillwith New Alchemy His meiculous analysis of waterchemistry is indispensable to the National ScienceFoundation sponsored aqaculture research Inwhatever other time he can find he is an artist,working in prcious metals and stones Laura intraining to become a midwife, is bringing hr gentlentur into the srvi of rtuing hildbirth to thwomandefined womancontrolld and joyous x-

perience it is again becomingIn the article that foows Ty apprises the move

ment o vents since his time at New Alchemyinterweaving them with his own expiences be-ginning with the time when he was nomadicnearth gypsy.

N.JT.

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gss l srogly o is o wri mom i pim w m Amis Lookig bk, o ys ry m ik gypsy.

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Ot of thee mge, the o of or qehor ple me home to me A t emerged rememeed Dk regory ommet drg theVetnm Wr: f or demory w wht wem to e we wold he to foe t opeope wh e hey wod te t forhemele

we o work for he te of Clfo memer of Sm Ofe of Approprte ehol-ogy hee me yog me d wome fromro p of the ony mot of whom hdcom f ll gop: Th mg-zne, Eotope, key Rn rm otde Whgton, tte fo Lo Sef Rele, Utedrm Woke Uo, o-olut Quatey, llone w odd ome for goe-men ofe Or mnde w to ere he oherte gene helpg to mpemen eergynghtere d eqpme o e r, dege, nd poponen. We wee to hep we old

wth th t trte to how the wy fo mlle, enromely eg ytemWe were other te. he tdto ytem

red to eje wh n mme reto Bothor delm d o fmry wth how hgget done ge rere go n o wyBt we logged o Ad hg egn to hppenA pely heted d ooled ofe ldg wt A tt degn fo mxede, eergynd wteoerg neghohood for dowtownSrmeo w deeoped he Wter ReoreCono Bord w eed Dogholertgde wee reed Smeno So hengtrng progm wee ted Onte ewge

ytem were propoed d mplemeed Lrgetx ed fo ol nd wd enegy ytem weeped Anothe wy of dong hg hd ego e eogzed the mtrem of Clforltre

Ad h or k fee ht ew Ahemyrem ng fork, etng oe of hofood d enegy ytem o mll e httg fok need o otne o e herd; htreeh m otne to deeop.

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ge o ere nd new o gettg tooled p opreprng noher ph dow whh non d world old go nted o f eeng only the nrrower opo of wr, ntonl emegeny, ndmrt lw

We w ht y he tme the nto peeed ow eergy d wod e too e nlethere hd ee thoe who hd ee ery dpeped he ph he tme fo ong or w

ely. Eher we wod mke t or we wodn'. Weddn kow

Ad here we re Dd we do t, we og whthe othe ddl ml gop d oofrom o to o hnk we'e ome oe thnk the orgl orge nd dy o empth formton of ltre h pd off morethn old he ee expeted

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ylg, joggg, owlg, photogrphy, nd ond on. A wee lwy d t ew Ahemy,knowg how to grde the e klle forholt elfrelnt food nd eergy yem.

We o ed ew Ahemy, or l the -ternte orgzo p ogethe for he predof grdeng, t ery enorgng gn forhe ftre tht the Amer peope e redypng he key kl ht he ddon of moreommonlnd pe nd olr geehog ntr nto deetrlzed, prt pport yeme he eoom re edy good he olretl e of pode from Amer grdew $13 llon he ege o pe gde w

$19 he ege dollr yed per grde w $367he ot wdely lle home enegy reore oero he ome or d wd. Mnyte he ntroded progm to eorge hee of ol d wd eegy he fedel go-ernme h ped x redt for h kd ofeqpment. hee red e eng need womor pee of fedel lego he dtedth he non mjo tte mt offer energyd o ther tome d rrge fo ngof or d wd eegy eqpme, f, fter hed, he fmly dede hey wold lke to ehee reewe reore ddto tenow must y power from ml power pode

who e reewe reore nd mt py re-oe te for th power h grety d heeonom of the hoehold wnd energy yem,ne he ly wll ow toge tey

94 ew Alhemy wod o he expeedhge h rd o few yer And heo do, fter my peregno ehgypy h ew Alhemy, tdng tnngfork, endng o th pre ote to the world

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New Achemy dEcevelopment i Cos Rca

William 0. McLarney

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*he ew Alem nsttute as a smal ste orgaizati in CsaRica Fnded y Bill McLaney wth e ca nd wkng teof NAISA i s cndtg smal-scale lcal exements n aquacutue agcltue, and ee s AISAs ma man s e usel t te ele ts cmmunt ad tectve teesurces e area, aticulal the ests

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Or th p o witig my hv oiv w hu y rom h hmmok, o hh wh Su iovr th mgo o u oi tht ppr or whi ogh o w Puo Vjo o Br, my hr t w m pi o u-kow oigi, th oy r viim hv our mp, w our ho Bui i mi tht w ot o io wmigh ik to hk th ighu mito h hmmok my , t ot my wok

A hour h y oot rom whr hhmmok hg, i th mgt virg oh ovr h o ou w rm, o oo h h Bu i o t ruy o h uozr t work oyg tu or-, hvt o, , php mot g-y, o Ri opo i hop o pro h ou oh rmir

h rmi ot pt, ut hy rv

to put our iy ot i otx; h mpoo wh w r ttmptg o o om rW ttmptig o wok togthr with our campesi gho i th th tht th viromtpom w hv i o woryout h urvv pom hy orotiy hv ommo ouio hy i, "Da ha prblemas ha ida El gust de la ida esesler pblemas Wh hr r o prom,th i o i. h u o i i i ovig pro-m) hop om o th ttiu wi mrg ithi rti, tht i wi hp ipi om ohworyw orvtioit o vopr to piu prom i g oxt m

outio mgig i g outioh rti w w o my p o LtAmi i th th ual the New Alcheists h pi, xp om or tht LiAmr ampesins ou om oty -t om h oogy movm m pto por th, i ou pt o ot Ri ,th oppoit h hpp-campesis om-g mor itv o oogy u wh h ppopit thoogy movmt trtgo h th ampesi. A vii o -rgu ugg tht govrmt mor oritto pui wr o i w o mo oogiy iv govrmt But th

rr otxt my prviou rti o vok th gu tht h mot o rvoutior, r-ormr, tioi i Lti Amritrutio H, mkig rr o poioo ot Ri tht h "o -m, h xmi pt poiutur pr o tu u hirpro t o oogi oi oitio

or ou purpo ot m my ivi o hr prt o roughy u iz. hSxo Rvr vy o whih h Briri rh ou y Spir Mouo , o w, th mo ri o -m. h t out o th rr w hm

rv rom th Sixo vy y h U uiompy oy th i iv i th mou-i, viou ohoo o th ourgmuiio i oro u th owrmotpoto o th y

A o portio o t moty og ho u xg up h Sxo vy to M Lm, mo iy i h h o mm. h r h o h hi prgth ot p om th rvr vy o ith h ocapesis ut th mo rmot por-tio i g ok ow or th mo pty By vu o thi iiy hyhv rm i tu or

h htory o h rui ompy i houtr o th i h o o irmitgrutu vty om, wih o-io pio o vo h vy h o th t o vo; 18o goup opecatas(utt) iv ompy Mgt,t mkht hou h o oryxp hi promi to ju th r o i o ooio

Wh h vu o La mpaia 1 ,ooo ht o py ot R o o h vti to im th th omit op (tiioy ow Ai o pm) otiut i-ty o h uihmt o o Ri. o

my it ou i ht om mpoym wprov, though i w ot tmou to -vmt ( th 1950 th Ut uit om-py riz mo pot i t Amriom to t wok t i ommiri hrom o t prout) oy th oprto imuh or itv h o uhtoop o xit go to povtytik Pmi i, who wi wok o th otR h gumt uuy m or th oiu p o h rut ompi i o

1alaanca a bi dan ag pa f bld nspd b abignal naba' aly cnac w Eupancivlan ad g\n addd wg b ba f ucpas i al pa of s cnuy, \au appld un usag. Plcaly i mpls wu/611 (Ul) f laacaa cpnn f 6 ponc. ppua u s e1 scd Talaaca as and al nabd pal b ibad abear das M sag "Caa aaaca ughly idcas a po f Csa Ra boundd b R Ella a lndaw f anda 1 b, Sixala and abbanSa.

I f u ad Spans class calizd accun f lf n afui cpan fa n asal alaaca s als us Falla's Mml Y. 978 San Js, Csa Rica: iba an, 222 pp

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Ri e oued ems o "lne o pymentso oegn exnge These gumes hveee tked mny times s pologies o eonomi oloilism peps te est se is mdey leno

o my pt woud like to sumi t in eong un the uen ui ompny pojet wil

pove to e n eonom lity o Cos RTo udesnd wy eeve s one must kow it o e stoy o e egio nd oe elsould see mode uit ompny gulue sl ty o coey he essece o t

leve Mt de Lim o oot, eded to Sixol, whih ppes o e the lotio o te eest phone Just oss Qued Mt de Lim pss teed onge metl sign tht deles"Chiui Lnd Compny At tht point entendoned ompy o lnds The sde eesustomily plted wth o ve gown tlthe udesoy s lled n. Howe mokeys elowom the teetops. The whoe inedle y otopil ids, ises, d oweing ees is odisply

Mtue o ms e o only podutive dttive giutul lnd, ey e semntuenvonmen th oseves soil modees lmte nd suppos ge dvesity o oe plsnd wldie. Tese ndoned o lnds e ajoy o wlk hough. Wi te invesment o ei mount o nd lo ey ould e mdepoduve; they ould podue n expot op,povde employme, e vested o wood ndood ops nd potet e lnd o genetonto ome Bu someoe hs deemned suppose

tht nns nd Ai plm o wl e evemoe poe n te so u Ad n ethe uldozes

Soon ente e dese e uldozes e wok emovng o tees ovestoy undesoyevey lving hing Oly ew o the lges eese let o the hin sw nd he x Sms! A ple lled Bne one o e ls suvivos ovely old npero, edeked wit ohids omesshig down o silllivle house omerly thehome o n nien dy Do en w deli hel emedies

A ew dwood tees e set side, ut mos ohe vegetton is pused into wdows he po

ess inevtly esuls i sping wy mos o theopsoil espey whee e e s unevenWhen t ns te eeks un u nd ed espesine he udoze opetos py o eed to eCost Rn lw tht poits utg y ee

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wthin ty mees o wteouse ue dn-ge is ieved y dtes whee t s moe on-venent, the nu wteouses e sigteed

As wk on n he oilg dese su owlemokey lls s dene om the edge o ewoods Tonig, wen etu e tee in wie ss wll e gone; we the wee s dy e

uldozes wok om dwn to dusk Beween med the oes hee is ely no livg e ovegeto o e see jus ho, dy eth

A litle te on ente zone t hd eencere elie Seedlgs o Af o plm heedy een se out in mootonous es M-uousy, i gowt o gss is spoung omthe suso etwee te plm ows Ju Lopez,the 2yeold son o neigos in Mt de Lms enepisingly diven s tes sm edo tle o this empoy "pstue Pepsle i w e eliminted wth heiide

Sill lte ente moe estlished gululzone, plnted o ns Tlle monotoy, pun-uted y mouns o peetly edle u su-stndd nns ejeted to ot in e sun oe eyed y vuues

As o ts wing Ap 1 8o e desuto ssopped umo hs i it wl esume whe epos stt olling in. o ow pehps ee-ouhs o the ompny lnds emin in one onote om o seond gowth nd ndomenom mpen viewpo mss vsio seemsloglto let the ld snd s it is, wth seodgowth gdully hokg out the unteded oseems wste To "develop i ompy syle mypove o e gee wste

ee is muh wht hve desed o invokees, uson, o ge Te people o -do nd Mt de im e oneed h de-oestio wl exee the ye o ood nddougt, edy pesumed o e wosening e-use o deoesion n e lmn vlley nd dike ult y the ui ompy t extendsog te Pnmn side o e Ro Sxo omuio o Coni nd eds to deet oodwtes to e Cost Rin sde They e lso wo-ed in e uue ompy use o pesiidesnd heiides ould dvesely e te owops, nul evionmes, o e The e-vomtst mut movd y t dson o

wldie nd ul vegeto t sle nd pe sould not e essle to ums The d-less pesnt sees e doned seventyve pe-ent nd dems o oupio e estee needony onts the doed o nd o ems o M de Limn nd ndo wt temooony o ompny giutue e nution-s migh pon out t Ai plm o s oe oe lest desle ooking os nd ompy

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lagly unduad ad somms lacampe o adoa ad Maa d Lm woudo omm su oly A w o suppos, n,a y a possssd o a dg o oogalompso uaad y ompany agoo-mss Unlkly. anly amog ompayssa a som wo know somg aou opsol;anly y udsad a campeio ogang sk o yng o mana ops wma lzs On smply mus lv aa dson as mad o sa mu o poduvy o Sxaola vally n log uo hieve aial prt h ho u

Su a poly as pd ps ompany lads av pvously aandod olong pods du o vaous omnaons o dsas, xausd sols and ao pos amad aana opaos uooma a ssoy s g aowd o pa s s vdno ak o on y a pows a a uma ds uo, sol osvaonvomna a ad say) ad o oom d w ous lk osa Ra

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nd temelve. dged on tei own term tebanana and oil palm pojet may trn ot to bepotable; te ame land etrned a pot n tetitie Bt were ae te ot eet owing tatprot balaned agant te virta la of prod-tion on te ame land for peiod of twentyveyear or more a any eonomt attempted toallow for te probable evental deme of te pro-et and to pt a vale on te topoi tat i beinglot a anyone vented to ompae te boo-andbt eonomy of te ealy fit ompany dayto wat mgt ave been aieved by a tabe ag-ilte, prap aao baed, over te ame period of year Wat abot te oial ot of tepen ytem ompaed to te famy fam of wCota a i o pod?

Wat an be done abot ti mie of andNot m it eem in te ot n. erap witlegal elp ome ot of inton old be o-tained againt leartting water ore erap

o eologit friend wil l ep monto emapolltion n te egion bodering te ompayland Bt tee ae popgn agant annon

e propet i ti: te pojet will yed a etain amont of benet to Cota ia for an in-detemnate nmber of yea, wi benet wlbe at leat patly offet by eologia and oaroblem eated by te pojet Eventally, Cotaa wll be left wit one of e bet pee fagrtal land vitally ele Ganted, it maybe poible to "retore and to a degee teot at tat tme wll almot etainy exeed anyorttem eonomi gain to te ontry a awole And te Cota ian people w ave tat

m e ane to ee teir own ntton;tey wil be tat m moe dependent on otideaid and invetment, and te ye wll ontine.

Even if we diont te aboigina inabtant,te itoy of ma farmng n Coatal Talamana longer tan tat of te ompane; t a aobeen moe table n ommnite lke Cata adPeto Viejo, fam go bak eventy year in teame famly ing t tme, te and a re-mained podtive, if not yieldng a op tenpodng oaly needed food

Te dominant agrltre, from Penrt toGandoa i aao Atog aao i an exptop offeng no ntritional benet to te Cota

ian people it a te onideable advantage ofbeng eminently manageable by te mall farmeFtermoe, aao faming a onventionallyprated prode an environment very analogoto tat of te natral foret. Fo toe nfamiawit aao, let me elaborate Caao i planted nfairly dene tand, wt te tee tee to fomete apat e tee, wi an rvive p toninety yea pead to provide nearly tota ade

and pode a ontinal ml of fairiedleave Caao aid to do bet wt abot fortypeent ade above t, o it tomary wentatng a aao farm to eave oter derable treein pae o to plant mber or food tree e endrelt i loe enog to te natral foret tataording to loal wdom te o n an etabledaao fam i eqivalent to virgn foet oi

Caao a eved te inabitant of Coatal al-amana well enabling tem to enjoy a tandardof livng omewat above tat of te campsin inote part f Cta a or moat, it enabled loa farmer to maintan oi fertilty andpa teir land on in te family.

Bt fo almot a ong a tere a been aaofaming n Coatal Taamana farmer ave worred abot te eonomi and eologial aard ofa monote. Ti onern beame moe tanonjetral in eember 9 8 wen te t ae ofte fng deae moniai wee eported fom

Fortna in te Etrea valey above Penrt nOtober 99 te deae wa diovered in ata deLmn; it an now be aid to be bqto n teone Monia doe not te tree, bt enderte ft wote fo oolate prodtion

Te loa farme oopeative, Coopetaamana,a povided expert adve and tena atane and trog a ombinaton of pyial andemia ontol loe may be mnmed eve-tele, a bet ae projeton fo mot famei a twentyve peent dop n podton, tatwt geatly ineaed intenty of managemente pobem i exaerbated by te fat tat omefarmer, nable or nwling to mantan te ne-

eary viglane, ave eft teir aao n a tate ofemabandonment, t povdng foi of infetionfo negboing farm By far te geatet ex-pane of negeted aao of ore te fit om-pany) Some famer are aleady talng of elngot. e next few year wi determine weteaao will ontine to pay a maor ole n te feof Coatal alamana

Even before te advent of monlia, t wa eatat part of te key to te ftre ay in diveation One of te form of dveation motfeqenty died a been a more formal appoa to interplantng adwood tee wit aaoNASA a devoted ome energy to ti projet,

bt aateritally ertain of or negbor areaead of e mot ommony planted ad-wood tree i lae (Cdia Alliad) te mot pop-la loa wood fo ontrtion, bt vao farm-er are alo wokng wit man (Gaa hnian),w yield pot tat may lat fty yea n tegrond ced e (Cedea fssiis) eond to arela a ontrtion wood; jniza (Pihecbium aman), a igaty abnet wood; melina (Gmelina

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aba, rpd grwer impred frm Afric,d am (dela mxaa, nd atv (Papae, prcry ed lw we pce

All ge re invlved in rdwd pning,frm eenger enir memer f he cmmny ue, 6 h cen pln ma,

whic my e ry yer prdce hrveble ree e y e de fr i chidren, ndece e pec f grculre e m enjyi wchng e yung pln he def hndry, whic if nrihed nd encrged, will preerve nd devep he wnd rpic n crpre r gvernmen effr cn

rdwd civin wie my cnrie he ecnmc devepmen nd ily f Cmnc, i imely r f lve Nw he herec peri f mnculre ve becmerel, ere need fr mre immede lun ecnmic prblem hee in cn ehree frm

1 . Deeopmet of alteatve cash ros.2. Deeopmet o f means o rapot and roe

ing fo ouc ae aalable bu eely markeable

3 Geae emhai on ndual and egoa ef-fe food pouio

rdwd ree repreen he m ngermn cnceivble e chcrp prbem.ny f r negr re wrng e ppeexreme, wi qicyieldng nnl fd crpExplrin f inermede pin he jecf prpl ubmed e ch gvernmenby NASA nd Cpelmnc We ve en

he piin h "in yield pr ine hr r n while degrding e nd in e lngrn n u n l l e gre mriy f lcfrmer cncr Fr nnce, cnvern f cclnd ce pre mig e ecnmicly d-vngeu in he r rn C Rcnampss eewere ve lerned frm er experence, wld cree pvery n e lng rn.We pe f ecgy nd cnervin; ur neg-r wrry b her cildren I cme dwn he me ing

In he mre reme cmmniie f Cmnc ch r e pbiliie f ec-nmic divercn re rpy limied by he

difcuy f rnpr We eime ,rnge r n he grund nnuy in Gndcnd de Limn e cnvenin pprch prblem i cnrc frmmrerd, ubjec h will be en p ler in hiricle A le cnveninl pprch en by hecmmuniy devepmen ciin f deLmn nd Gndc wh he ep f NAISA w ecre grn frm Clic Relief Servce

nrc mr lnc erve e cl cm-munie Cnrucin f i unch h ffered ere f ec prly de e rge fible wd b i my ye ume n imprnre A pri luin he rnpr prlemld e effeced by eimen f prceng

fciie fr perihble prdc in cenrl in e uer Vie. he NAISACpel-mnc prpl incde fnd egn wr.

In e r rn, wi e decline f cc hem cric ecme bience i ch-enge i beng me mre ccefully n Gndcnd de Lmn e newe nd pre f heCl mn cmmnie n n e e-blied cc wn frher up e c wereung lndwner in prclr re mre p in f eing n f grwing fd r ee-ng ernive "heyve been ric lngugh he frmer f r cmmuny hey pn few mre en r ed f pneppe r dig

pndNAISA rgin d't7e n C l-mnc w id nd pricpe n ecgyriened develpmen ence e c crp di-vercin prp, e qclure prjec, erggle cnrc e lunch ee effr winine, b we nd r neigbr ee ner w mc cce we chieve n develpen prjec, he fure f e c depend nw ppen in e freed nd prey pped l nd h n rn depend n he de-velpmen regie dped by e nn gv-ernmen nd he fru cmpny And we ved cnwedge ner fce in he rggle

r eclgcl develpmen nd mdfy r wrregy ccrdngy

ch f prn f he hil lnd eng ampss nuched r ligly ued Wherei h been clered, i reecn neer fpyicl need nr pecuniry greed b f CRcn lw. I n C Ric in m Ln Amercncnrie, wnerhip f nd i eihed by m-prvemen (e ernve i n expenve prce nvlving urveyr nd lwyer, which amss mply cnn ffrd Imprvemenmplie vble mdicin f e nurl envrnmen defrein becme viruy r-reqiie fr ecriy f enure In e mre reme

cmmuniie bndry line re drwn nd min-ned n i f neigbry repec reifrcedy cmmny preure; e need fr "mprve-men le B frnier regn pen p,cmmny cnrl re dwn nd e preren he amps defre lnd, even g he n immedie pn ue i, ncree eer gre mpe fr defrein , f cre,he c vlue f lmer

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Uti a cpe f years ag, eter factr asf gea mmet i Castal aamaca Bt ereetry f te fr cmpay as ateed e ea-i Amg te prjects dertae i e aef te eactva f agrisiess e Sialavaley as e cstrcti f a gay fm Br-bri te Paamaa rder a Siaa Wi te

cmpeti f tis igay, Casal alamaca is ed it e Paamaa prt f Amiratead i m, Sa Js ad te res f Cetalad Nrt Amerca. 97 t rave y lad frmSa Js t Sala reed ag a a Lim, passg te g ee, cacig aeta Pesst, cssig e i Estrella acae, catcig a bs t Brir ad aly ardga tid, spadcally scedled ad easperatgysl tra e rder day e jrey cae accmplsed si s by ca i a sgleday by bs

Oe f te s agble resls f peig pe e rad as e ter defrestai f eills beee Pet Vie ad Brii a beatfpiece f cyside as cverted t a series fseile ad stable slpes

Natray, te ae f e e rad tsecmmtes t yet served by rads bega t e-titi f tem Maai ased fr a rad fmPert Vej. e s espse as t prject aris ad alg te eac, c ld avedestryed may f e cc patais f atarea ad ct te peple ff frm tei beacs.Maall peple d pefer a service ad ta ts ad, passg ell ac f teir ss

Gadca ad Maa de Lim ae acively sp-

pg e cstrct fst sc a rad tesite f te ftpat cecig ese cmmites

t e eisig gay is cld e de eas-iy ad it disig a sare meer f a-ral r agicra lad.

At prese e "fca pa, as fa as ayeca ear, seems be ccede Maal'sses fr a rad bac fm e sea, t eeds rad i Gadca ad Maa de m,

alg e ad i eee s valy a-ied ad e is grealy ccered t be able trave by igay betee Gadca ad Maa- Peple I ave taed i Sa Js isiss s "mpa. N i e mms ad be affected epresses ay desre f . ely "reas fr e rad is prvide a ater-ate re eee Siala ad Per Viej -less e ls at e frest, t a is Presmaly tefres s als a fact i e rad beig psedrg fm Margarta t Pta va, despe elac f eve e se r farm i a srec.

Ae ese rads ieviable Ad if ey are, ley evitay ead defresa a massivescae eetcally, defestai ca be preveed, sce te Frest Sevice f e Csa caMisy f Agrclre as e per sse rdey permis fr mer saes I te past year teyave let be ta tey d s t issepemts ct ad sell imer i te Casal a-amaca egi Despte e lac f efrcemepesel, te campesinos ave red is pr-ib f sme dred adders i aea,I f ave paicpaed legactig

et imbe cracrs are actve te reg,ad mer is eig sld, i sme cases rg

te frit cmpay e cmpay as t a sa-mll ea Mata de Lim ad a me cracr

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as cmmniy vlmn assciatn f Maa mn an Ganca i n a r t Prs-n Caraz, "L ly dbe que er g p todo. aw s b sam fr vryn.)

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CO (nsi d ias y Clnizain wasad b baai answ amoand iling pblems n ey a ameno lam-ng a pevisly nied pi f and an by "m-pving i and making paymns CO vea peid yeas gan ie land n paeings av n wked s smly n pl 99

ndds f aeno fm al ve Lmn pv-ine demnsaed n n CO e nSan Js dmanding a smeing b dab iling e land

n pbm in Casa alamana sesm a awsi n an pa f Csa ia beween CO and a spla in wi e spela wn a jdgmen f sming ls 0millin nes ($23 min w fa is aCO dsn av a kind f mny S eplan is pay e spla in imb igs.

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plaes like Ganaase El Savad es meeysmalsa splas mslvs Fm C-es ndian eseve e i Sixaa amenoae waking p nd nw t1oa dviding p and ey ave eld and peed f yeasvey yas in sm ass

Wa is a sake n Casal alamana is e faef and ss families esysmsn a wd ef mng paipans n dama nwbeing payed i is e ameno w beaeas w a f y av nvead e wd olo b in ei nen ffess ss and waes, and n ei daly livesas ams y liv lgy

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e ne y knw nseqenes eiplans, b i b is xa eses saand l naivs ak a f emselvs f eeis a fe, f em i is smewe se

fiend a e nivsiy f Csa ia .va maa is gvng a smna n "egyand wd peae will nd m ineesin Casa aamana say a ee s sen-mn by e amo w ws lve ee inpeae wd b an ndsaemen e is a-eady alk vln Wee n vilenemes pass a uo s effe pnis a e d lnia sna s bing eenaedBy "lnial xaive expian eses bn pmaily sidswi n nains nanaiis lnaism f ss s a fm aggessn,n is ppse wi is elgial sbandyis e psi f pea n lig f een vensin sy f Cnal mea, a needwld d wel pnd is

By e ime is aie appeas n pn manyia evns will av passd n Casal aa-mana e pps pbian is n alyspp f as b pn smeinga as me pass in Casa aamana andwi if i as n aady in Lain mianal ns F ak f a bee pase wil se jagnesqe m nsisnss asing nmy s m e av sn egia nssnss ameno se gealy e am-eno as always lived se na, b e assffd, alng wi s f s, fm nina e ny lmains n dgee wi

na an be maniplad ae e imains n wn pwe B in e as few yas e amno av sn ainfa paes aleed by d-esain ey ave seen sis depeed andsysems pse by mial agil and aeaning y av sn fnie dsappeabe e eyes ey ave wad eaesdisappa a y k f ganed and ndy mssd em y av ived wa y and ave gleaned fm ps daa n spie efa a amo av wildd lie pwe m-pad afn mbile manwildinglnis paps bas ey ave snei imans sne . e nex sep s nne

es bsvans wi pial wld s sbeng dne S even sd we se bae Casal aamana sming wi be ganed fe fe

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There are times when an editor's ot is not an eayone I had deveoped something of an ide fix foran artice on energy for this issue. Woudn't it ea good idea I thought to have someone write anassessment of the state of the art as of the eayeighties The author woud discuss such things asthe present or nearfuture appicabiiy of wind gen-

erators and photovotaics as we as smascaehydropower and biofues It woud hep peope begin to mu over various forms of renewabe energydeciding which coud be best adapted for their onuse in the next few years.

Luckiy I have access to quite a few experts Iapproached Ty Cashman Joe Seae, J. Badwin,and Gary Hirshberg, but for a variety of reasosnone of them fet comfortabe about compying withmy request I received instead Ty's artice whihappears in the New chemy section that, basdon his own experience describes the kind of midset that proceeds attitudina and socia changeFrom Joe came a proe or geographic overview

of the country's renewabe energy potentiasome-what coser but sti not what I had had in mindJ presented me with Autoogic which is incudedin this section and is about good and bad thinkingabout technoogy Gay tued the assignment overto Greg Watson and Michae Greene who de-scbed the forming of a oca energy cooperative.

Once my editoria huf at having my directivesidestepped or ignored had subsided it began todawn on me that their response was suitabe Theenergy question is thorny and compex (No singeshot answers remember, editor?) It is poitia andattitudina and one that wi force us to rethink whatwe reay need and want and to do so ceary thistime Molified I find mysef gratefu to my reca-citrant writers As Amory ovins concudes his ar-tice in the Exporations section, "Using energy toworthy ends for right iveihood is profoundy dii-cut, and not a technica issue at a

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Greasing the Windmill

It took Dad and me om afteoon on one dayUntil sundown the nextto grease the windmill

he rst afteoon we went to townfor a six-pack of beeTput the bee into a gunny sak

and hung the sack in the well on clotheslinehe mill above the well looked shorter than foty feet

he next moing after milking and breaastwe walked into the patureDad had an empty bucket to din the old oil intoand I new oil in a new tin can

Dad sighedand started up the laddereach foot on a step f ve stepsthen both feet on one step for three stepsand then stood on the eighth stepcomplaining of dizziness.

He cae back down

It was my tuI made it twelve steps upone foot on a step but beathing hdwhen Dad called up that I had the new oilI had to go back fo the empty bucket.

It was harde my second timeand slowe with the bucket he whole millshivered in sympathy I managed only to peekonto the plaom to lt the empty bucket abovemy head with y ee hand, and tip the bucketonto the plaorm hen I too was diy

I came down the old oilstill undined

Getting the better of ouelvespved timeonsuming By now it wascoffee time In the kitchen we admittedto Mothe that all we had achievedwas an empty bucketon the plaorm

other einded us that my brother Klaasnow, alas in seicesed to gase the mill on hi way to catchte school bussating out a ha-hou ealy And he neveeven had a dpf gease on him at school hat day

other eminded us that Ge Hen,Klaas's friend aound the coer,not in service and availablewent up his dads windmillwith the full can the empty candined the oldil spread-eagledhimse at againstthe wheel, and had hi dadput the mill in gea Afterwardshe said it had been better than a

feis wheel Running the millhad got the last drop of oilut and he had added new oilbefore coing down, all in one tripWhy couldnt we be like that?She might as well have said,"Napoleon:now theres a hero fo you!

n the pasture after coeeDad said We'll never make itwithout the beeT He had hopedhe could bing the sixpack back to

Docs Cafe, untouched he tcklend then the dip from the gunny sack,the haul of the cold clothesline and thenthe beer itse all would have estored us we had been this and tired We weefaid not thity and tired, and thebee was our bitter anestheticWe needed a bottle apiecefor a full dose

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It was guiltand not the beethat got Dad to the topHe had to proe to himsethat the beer had been necessHow explain the beer to God ome udgmentDay he ouldn't show that the b had helped?

I heered when he made it: Oaj bvn And Icheed

again when he opened the petok and drained the oldoil out

into the buket I had delive earlie at suh panBut h es

wee bright a bmtone looking down, the gilt stillthere

How ould he eer know for se he hadn't faked thefear

to ty the b? He bled al the way dowstep by step, rung ung the full bukettilting ominouly as he hanged it omone hand to the other The wind

whipped spatters over hi bib-oeall and atoff Sundaytie I remembeed Klaasgreasing the millclean

After dinnerthe windmill had doubled in sizein the full glow of an Iowa afternoon.Dad and I began with a beer apiee on the gundWho knows? If I Jailed again, he would need to be

eadyAtually I sed u both I srambled up poured

the oil in,

closed the petcok, and thew the empty tin down Itbouned higher than Dad's

head! What a height to make a can bounce highethan Dad's head

Promptly I was palyed.

Yo done real good Dad aled coe dow "Wait till get a notio I said and dd't bdgeIll go home for tea withot yo I could n o nothingYou got a piece of pie oing "I ould do nothingTher still a two beers in the well

I till ould do nothingMst we get Geit He to feth you down?"Mention of Geit Hemade me go pne on the plao,clutch the edge hunt fo the pokesand undetake my quaeng decen

Then it was teatieMother poured us teabut gave no heos welcome

Afte tea, we did hesafter hoes we milkedafter milking we ate supper,and after suppe Dad emembeed the beeou ouldnt retu two bee ot of a -pack to Do's

Cafe

That beerwith Dad in twilightat the millal Je gonewell s gone as fea ee gets

that beer i the only beer I hae ee joyed

But Mothers dia i too spe foune 1 , 94:Dad and Sietze gased the mill todayIf ee I did a day's wok, I did it that d

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we e cldy eate Gea Lae egi ade mc ie ca e ew Egade e widy ad ty tetce te ew Egad ave fet at cdwi gd ecytem maageme pvide def-iitely eewale fe eegy a egTe may ded f aaded mill dam

ew Eglad cld e ed t geeate a af may megawa f ydpwe e GadClee am, w aed at 6, megawa adexpadale megawat wi e capa-iliie f e wateed cld eep Waigtae i te a f eegy expe

ydpwe cae i limied y e w ad eadavaae a a ie Becae te ct addiaiegeea i mall ce e dam ee,e ecmc f iig eegy c wil cae y-dpwe e t e develped tei maximmpeal. e cae ad lcat gd yd-pwe ie wil play a age le deemigvage cale ad ecmc aciviy. Te ecmc

tat caed mill w t e i may well ewi te depei eewale eegyece

Fe fe pdc pe ae mie tmately limied y e fe capacy epaceima Te eegy c f wd ipme eepe paccal adii fm e geeaig padw a ew e me A aea w a 0 mlead ca eewaly pp a e elecicpwe yed geae a appximately 10 0 mega-wat. e icme m a cale f peawld ppt me a 1 ,2 weegaged pa peep aveig fet ma-ageme ie, ad acctig, etc Addg

we famlie ad evce idy we adamie give a g de f magtde f teie te cmmiy ta mgt deve ppm fet eegy exp: 2 at mSpace eaig f te cmmty idealy wldcme fm wae ea me expt tem f mafacted gd a ed e eegyfm te pwe pa ad peap me f i eai a cgeeai pce) te e petial zef te cmmy ppted y e eegywld iceae cidealy. Tee ge di-cate ppe lm t ptimm ie ey ggea igcat peil dpe ppippted y ima fet cme

level wdy eg, widpwe peial ce faiy gd a ce we atide egad-le cat B e m ecmcay ac-ive widpwe ie will e deemed y p-gapc eate: dge, cae mai gaad acceie ma p ee e will ge-eally pp lage aay wd iet me feqey a igle w f e

ted e egt te idge e wd tewd gap I t a e maxmm pwepeial c ie deped te caace-iic leg wd te tpgapic feaead e veca dtace wep y veat iza pa. e mpcai a agewd ie exac me pwe a pme e

a ma e we ite aa acievedee wl e eefe pee a e lag-e paccal wd ie e m ecmcacae f wid e i ec deae ieem a a aed capac 1-3 megawa appe d eyd wc cmpexy ad eeweig tweg ay e advaage f iceaed cale Le cale cae me eadet ic t i w ecag ta e mega-wacae macie peae excepg e 45Smiam ie Gadpa K Ve-m wa e megawa e a wa de-ged cced ad aced alm eieyy de ad faclty meme e a

ecica g Scli Clege at Tvd e md eveie.

Te exampe a ave deal wi maximmcale f a ecgie ad ave amed ig-ica ecmc activiy eed ad e e-egy pply A me a eegy yem f avilage wd eve e diay demad f e-idece cmmeca ealime, ad peapgt idy, eegyieive dtec a meal fgig ga pdci fmecyced maeial ewie). e lage qa-ative eegy demad wd e wtempeaetemal ede pace ad wate eagegeat ad feezig ad piy a c-

dtg Wee la peial wa gd, eademad wd e e me a eyea ig paive la actecte, ad eeld e te t defee aga ea I igtae cl a a ig alide ad e deetpaive age f ig ce d e a fc-ti f ig deig B w act may faveigd lage cale ema yteme i extg g a i dic e-t Te e i eg p la pea ai clig eed ee ita agecaleiaed wate a cld te mme ea adwte cd a e wae cde ted ig yead acive la ceci widdive ea pmp. Cd wae cd eted ig witetime cvecve ea excaget amie wddive mecacal eigea-ti peap wt e ame device we teed i geeag ed t wae. e advaage te elatvely age cae eaal emalage decg ct pe t capaciy ad aimpved facevlme ai a mae a

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inulaion relavely more ecent ieconomieo cale woul arie n the irbion yemthough the viable ie range or eaonal hermatoage yem col be rom 0 amlie p oa town

aeloa eectriciy electicty tha there whenyou want it) an energyoring el wll become

increaingy coly, epecally in pace where hy-ropowe an bioue are not oca reorcehere wll be ample incenive o conerve an convert organic wate no mehane or acohol y-rg p ctciy ht cnno bore will n a oe n hghqaliy hea e cha cooing; i w perhap even be e n mantega ight. Rerigeraor ha can tore ice ringelecticiy p pero will n a market in aoar energy economy But a ew energy e wilcontinue o eman aeoa electiciy

To mee baeloa eman rom oca olarphoovolac an win energie wll be ithe propec or toage batteie an uel cellare no very encoragng. he manacturing energy co o orage baerie average over theirrelatively hort lieime are a icoagngy argeracton o he energy they hane hi maethem ubiou propec or a utanable oar energy economy Pumpewate energy torage orhyroeectrc recovery i expenive an necientan reire high pace o ocae orage ponSill pmpewaer torage ha eter propectthan atere Flywheel energy torage wi matureo provie another aleative but agan a arlyepenive one

he mo liely propect o baeoa eecriciy

in a olar economy are or ecenraliaon o gen-eraton combine wh nterconnection thoghhe eting elecrc trion gri. yopoweplan wth cient orewater vome cole te wih more rnegenerato an average river ow wo pport an hen e in-termittenly a premim backup energy taion.

Thi wo e an excellent complemen o winn olar eectrciy ince no exra pmpng eip-ent or energy converon y pmping wol ereure The energy o he rve wol impybe soe fr sort perids. Mhemicl wnpower atiic are howng tha a winplant are inerconnece over large region powerctaion average o an the power orce reuire much e orage or rm power herole o ene therma torage ha been empha-e th leave a greatly rece eman oryropower an pobly ouel acp Bt heoverall prolem o energy pply eem econom-icaly olube only by inerconnecion o vllage,town, an region o ake avantage o the i-veriy o heir energy technologie. he liygri invement were yet to be mae here mighe le incentive o create ch a newor romcratch. But there i i igger han we hol everee i we ue energy a rugaly a we mu noer o get along with renewable reource Onymino iriution ranche nee be ae Schan inerconnece ytem woul not be a vulnerable to irption a or current ytem wih cen-ralie generation Wih preictable harhip,the par o uch a ipere ytem col rvvewitho heir neconnection

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Islds Sl-Rece CprveGreg Watson and Michael Greene

Humant about to dcov1That whatev it n to doAnd know how to doI an always afford to doAnd that n fat is onlyAnd all t an affod to do

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lv y bir f Nw Almy mpl p tl vluv iggd m pud ift i t publi my ltiip wt u wld g umbr f idvdul vm t rli t imp f fig i-u rrudig r prl mmiy drgl pt f fd d rgy prdid umpi i gwg mtuti f virm w i ig m ptt(prp v ivib) w dt f NwAlmy w r t gi.

F pt dd t Nw Ami vfd digig d tg m

lgly d d d rgypduig ym t dpdt fl Ery w wr pimily dvd ig fibiliy f ti gl d u viig rr pti publi f t piby B r w but mdim f publi t r w w ppl wr rd bty yv pr i u p

it rgy u Fw til bvd t lt it i d pilpr gwig vgtb d rg g-d dm Cp Cd wr dg mu w v rmtly lv ir iv. C-qty mt ppl w rdr w mpl t ut b t d d prliy rr

A tm pd my f t dgr ir gyitv tgi d b dpdt mt u d d rgy d w bmgl lr dd, t lttr prt t vtmd rbig dm wt mr g wtr tg, id i rd wtLv C d Tr Mi ld m u rigtg w A t vi drw t lw fud w ddt v wr d tvi pp w d li i b dvp d impm lipp ym rgid ly t d t m mmuity b t Gaia, r t tl wrd wll. A mt wm t f vt

Cg u big b mr g.Ml ty py imprt ipr i d i blgi lg dpyil iti. It w y xptd t g i pbli itd mg gy dfd d tt w Almy d b i-mt i tig uld t r w f u il bri

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Soiys doo disovy of divn wof inttdnss y nog m wstsin t t, n s nog y om o n yo) w is t onston of oogys inspid gowing ints n w s gny ppop tnoogy dmnd foso otos, so o w sysms windmis,ogniy gown foods nd so fot s ins dmty wtn nt ys s s tdmnd fo tni ssistn nd gidn inimpmnting ts sysms

Tis s t ni tt o nv nsiosnssising s pd to t: t s nd fo ommnty ppopi noogsts oin Byon Knds wods, ommniysd nnovion To s, ts is o i diffnfom o fom on s ss/dtos ts nontss on tt mny of Nw myssppots now skng fo nd xpng sto ssis in ng. T m s om, ty smto syng, fo s to p o ption (nddsigns) on t in

Nw my's tion n ot po-gms v ptd is ng y ommitngmo of t instit's sos to dssng food nd ngy nds of Cp Co ommnty Dng t wint of 979, ong wi ot o sv gns w w ontt yt Commnity tion Commit CC) of CpCo nd sk to t p n pnning nd mpmning gion food nd ngy ssisngny fo Cp Cod Cp n Isnds Sfin Cooptv.

T Commnty ton Commt s Cp's

nipovty gny. Sin ts fomion in 1 965, t sn ommttd to t Cps ownom si-ns t s n sssf n nging otmo ngs in osng nd fo Cp's poo Tis wok md CC w of tdn of ising f n food osts on t dy,nmpoyd, nd ndmpoyd

Cp Cod nd t snds of ts Vnydnd Nntt t top of t ssststs in ot f nd food oss In mny ss,fmis wt nn inoms of ss tn $7,700spn p to qt of tt fo ting o-snds of Cp sdnts fod o ppy fof ssstn vng spnt twnyv pnt

of t inom fo f Cp sidns f tpospt of going to spms w foodps t st six pn ov t nionvg

Wi govnmnt pogms s s f sssn nd food smps o p mny fms omt f nd food oss, ty do n o notingo ssn t ipins dpndn on foss fs,gsnss, o f ssstn In ontst t

Sfn Coopiv w off indvisn fmis oppotniis to v som m of sfsfny n food nd ngy ndong wi , som poms of op nd nsdgniy

T go of Cp nd snds SfinCooptiv is to omin t noogi xpts nd innovtons of Nw my tommnty ogning xpin of Com-mniy tion Committ of Cp Co, t osing nd ngy nni onsing of t osngiac Corpora ion C}, rgy a-ng nd wtiion sis of Engy -o Gop (EG) of ts Viny n sing, fmng nd qt xps of Wmpnog i Cons of sp nGy . Tis oiv ogniton w povisdnts of Cp nd Isnds wt viog w ty n v ms of foond ngy sfin nd d ov -gon dpndn on fossi fs is kinof mgi invovd d syngy ins pity sing fom omning ndoodinting t ons of fomy spt nvids nd gops wi simi gos

Fo mny of s Sfin Coopvoffs nq n to t on pti ndis Piosop ids s s m i,oopton syngy sfin, nd nonvonoi ng w in ng of ing do oi o is v n ont mningin t ontx of oop

Conpty t oop s ntndd o fost option on st two vs: twn ogn

ons nd wn indivds n sm gopsOn n ogniion v, of t gnsngs niq s of skis Togt ty poposo povi nm of di svs to mms,wo w py s on sdng s dpndng oninom Ts svis nd:

1. Hom rgy ad agricula ad Ti maa comp am of ac mmbr' ho or apar-m rm of rgy ad war corvao, alr-av rgy poa, ad food growg capaii2. Fiacial couig o fdra, a, ad oca loa

or gra program avaab for warizaio ad a-a gy efforts

3 Dico ad woal pucag privg focorvao, alraiv rgy, ad food produciomaria ad qpm, icludg iaio ool,d, oar glazig, ad o for

4 Acc o rvic of om improvm adwarizaio coracor a rducd ra

5 A comp workop/ducao program, cud-ig oi cour i mmr' ou pcia for-um o bjc uch a food produco, p cororgy corvao, ad o forh.

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e rst a peraps e ms mprta par te prgram is te me eergy a autEa member wi be iterviewe by a traie sapers t etermie ivg pater a aasatus, evauate spae eag a mes waer, spe a aayze e resiee rm basemet ati, a appraise geera site is

a ptetia r aerave eergy prua esive smasae agriuturee au wi give etae rma pres

et eergy use a te emis eergy areae me mprvemets It w estimaee st, rsyear savgs, paybak, a rae

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retur r ea appiabe eergy servat,reewabe resure, r prui sep Easuggese straegy wil be presee wt e -text avaabe ag.

e au wil prve te bass r a memberspersa pa mprve e peratg eey s r er me a t beg evep a me

eergy a prut systeme pa w iey a rage pssbiltesbase up steetveess a pteia paybak ruts a materas iug sar ga-gs, w sves a sve ppe, sar waer eaers, sees, gare ts mps sarers a sr, w be avaiabe trug e p a re-ue pries. e p wi er raig asru t members terese i ter wme a eergy prjes r wi arrage rsru a preereia raes by rarsexperiee i apprprate teges

e p expets be serve t abu wtusa Cape a Isas resets embersip

w be pe, aug speia empass w bepae reruig wme amies emembersip wi be eurage iera aperae i part trug mmuty etwrksa te p wi assst aag Esabsga mmuiy ewrk is riia t te suess e p, as we reaie tat may e skils aresures eee ee a st sereaeest areay ur eigbrs a mmuies

Wereas e mmuiy ewrk mg appeare east tagible te p's gas, is ra at i speaks a emstrates tse vauesta mus mpemet ur egies weer

we are aware it r .Iitay, New Aemy's re wi be ra u

ure p sa spei tea areas We arebegg a appreiesp prgram r praiees i wi tey wi: 1 ga skis a kwege i esive agruure auauture, reerps, sar, wi, a eergy servat bywrkg wi us r a u year; a (2) smuta-eusy asss a reses w reuire ep eir partuar ieres areas us, we sa beevepg a pressia sta w pssess useuskis a are avaiabe appy er kweget resieta stuais New Aemy w be -utg e iial a ue auis erig

a mpreesve yearg prgram semiarsWe are very exie abu te p I ur

ms i is a gia ugrw eary eeveyears wrk a te begg a vaue ape r partersp e ew peratve wieabe us iue ur resear erts wieprvig ea asssae tse w ee w

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eeny etie my tsy Citen at ee nesan miles wit an veal an e-ainaly lw nine ents pe mle veal t sillmes ab ty san as s ntealy a nspiay b i s a me p wis st inmain. Use ss be by bete el enmy an ease epaabty, ba e epense e mable l nsy an

te epa ae Cmpaatve ss epa lbe mpe m aae epai ae bs anpats pie sees b even Cnsmes Unnesn aempt s a mpe task. I' be ieanyway new as ae less an ess epaiable bywnes wit mmn ls

ivng lile g making as easy

is typial an insty tat gves lie gt man bengs eep in e le as byes stas ave ply sape seas esgne t lg n e swm se seats aegey tnneynine peen te smes a snsne ntil y ge ta wi an anna pin s millin as tee ae tens tsans as wi nmable ives. Sap tnkli nes menae nsspeting eas Itatingeeins te ai speae ma e viewg an ten ptally iste wnsee sesly, many as beme nnlabewen ey ennte a s se e emey tis as been nwn eaes an being

a mate gemety i esn' st anyting emllins as ae mae evey yea w s pena sase blt n

w an s appen?One easn is a as ae esgne by teams

a may n ave simla gals e pepe e-sgning steeing sysems n a t saey engi-nees. e esl is steeng meanisms a anspea e ive in a as e atlgal answe is pblem as been t a n an epensivemple eatee apsing seeing l-mnny ate being e t by legsain Bynas, many Epean as n nee a -apsng lmn bease te seeng enginees a

saety in min m e begnning an esignesysems ta in't ave pas ta teaene eive n e st plae

Even wen et esignes ae yng t te bes yeas atlg paalyes ea gCnse e Jeep, a sppse aean veieIn nep a Jeep is b a sma nventnalpp w e n ale ven t I leas tegn by e same stane as a Bk, agi appeas t be p tee am's way Isins in m an esn a in wate e beyis a angle mess pats ta at n tings ame te veie Val pats ae epse t amagem snes an iia mpnens ae l

epa n te el e Jeeps leng s less anal laspae, an i is ninatey eavy a ngan n seng I s easy vetne a veyg sw! I esn' las lng eie Simila in-epie may be n n te esign aensmg epmen an say sme say mnayineetve saety awae

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r eteires is purpseully sen n mstrs su ings s ses, r tes, n winwmenisms re esigne ive st n te py-mens e nse e engine n trnsmssnae bttr hcuse y ile y, yu neverbuy ne rn Bu ty inter issmel wen trnspng rens, n is nsiebe nentve uy new ny newrs ve stying eis me m psi tt iseen y sunlig, resuling in y exer swell. Time new ne! In ts y grwngne r resure eplein, su n teis n lnge pprprte in n insy wi ptive met ( nty s been ilt in

wy eqes in ms msnes)nging t tite my men even mre egstn e erive tn. A vlnry ngeseems nliely

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Journal of the New Alchemists 7 (1981)