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WHOLE EARTH CATALOG access to tools h^y' Spring 1969 #'?' amH •'"v; * : WHOLE EARTH CATALOG FUNCTION The WHOLE EARTH CA TALOG functions as an evaluation and access device. With it, the user should know better what is worth getting and where and how to do the getting. An item is listed in the CA TALOG if it is deemed: 1) Useful as a tool, 2) Relevant to independent education, 3) High quality or low cost, 4) Easily available by mail. CA TA L OG listings are continually revised according to the experience and suggestions of CAT A L OG users and staff. PURPOSE We are as gods and might as well get good at it. So far, remotely done power and glory--as via government, big business, formal education, church-has succeeded to the point where gross defects obscure actual gains. In response to this dilemma and to these gains a realm of intimate, personal power is developing-power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested. Tools that aid this process are sought and promoted by the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG. RETAINING SUBSCRIBERS Mark Albert San Francisco, California John Doss San Francisco, California Edmund Scientific Company Barrington, New Jersey Henry Jacobs & Associates Sausalito, California Edward Rosenfeld New York, New York St. George Bryan Maui, Hawaii Geoffrey Gates New York. New York Peter Cornell Berkeley, California Second Printing August 1969 © 1969 Portola Institute, Inc. All rights reserved under Pan-American and International copyright conventions. CONTENTS 1 CONTENTS 33 Natural Foods by Mail 62 Understanding Media 97 Gerry Outdoor Equipment 2 CATALOG procedure List of 325 Natural Food Sources Cybernetics Sierra Designs The Natural Foods Cookbook 63 Cybernetic Serendipity 98 Ski Hut New Macrobiotic Cookbook A Model of the Brain Haverhill's 34 ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture 64-5 Mathematics 99 The Book of Survival and Understanding The Herbalist 66 Data Study The Survival Book Corona Corn Mill McBee Keysort System 100 Hot Springs {35 Wild Foods 67 Design for a Brain The Explorers Trademark Log Whole Systems The National Fisherman Information National Geographic 101 Mountaineering 3-4 Buckminster Fuller 36 Electricity From the Wind 9100 A Calculator New York State Conservation 5 The Population Bomb Coot 68 Thinking With a Pencil Publications Famine 1975! 37 Dome Cookbook Maps and Diagrams Hornung's Handbook of Sierra Club The Times Atlas of the World Solar Stills Ashley Thermostatic Wood Designs and Devices Innovator Population, Evolution, and 102 Sailing Illustrated Birth Control Burning Circulator 69 Eye and Brain C/A Magazine Boat Owners Guide Man's Domain 38 Foam Experiments Behrend's Book American Practical Navigator- Cosmic View Sunset Light-Curing Fiberglass 70 American Cinematographer Bo wd itch Apollo 8 Patches American Cinematographer Manual 103 Stick and Rudder Earth Photographs Foam Kit The Technique of Documentary Aviation Books Full Earth 39 Sundry Materials Film Production Aeronautical Charts Exploring Space With a Camera 71 The Techniques of Television Private Pilot's Handbook The World From Above Production 104 Motor Trend Repair Manual Surface Anatomy Industry Film Making in Schools Volkswagen Technical Manual Geology Illustrated 72 Moog Synthesizer 105 World Car Catalogue Sensitive Chaos and Graft Music by Computers J. C. Whitney Automotive Human Use of the Earth 40 The Way Things Work Tape Recorders Accessories & Parts The Sciences of the Artificial Introduction to Engineering Design 73 Colour Guitar 106 Airstream Travel Trailer Synthesis of Form 41 Direct Use of the Sun's Energy King Karol Records Monomatic Toilet On Growth and Form Structure, Form and Movement 74 Allied Radio Hitch-hiking In Europe The Ghost in the Machine 42 New Scientist Heathkit 107 Nothing; The Year 2000 Scientific American Tektronix Catalog The Futurist 43 Product Engineering 75 The Radio Amateur's Handbook Dover Publications Tech Notes Education Automation Good News Learning Designcourse 76 American Booksellers Association The Shell 44 Popular Science Subject Guide to Books in Print 108 Dr. Spock A Year From Monday Popular Mechanics Projects Art Prints Creative Playthings Psychological Reflections 109 The Psychology of Children's Art Clearinghouse 77 Bookmaking The Human Use of Human Beings Creative Drawing 45 Science and Civilization in China, Printing as a Hobby Tantra Art Volume IV, Part 2 Books on Education Purposive Systems Mechanics 110 Push Back the Desks Aspects of Form / 46 The Biology of Work Community Teacher General Systems Yearbook Handbook of Chemistry and Piaget? Process and Pattern in Evolution and Physics 78 Village Planning in the 111 How Children Learn Man Adapting 47 Human Engineering Guide Primitive World Teaching As a Subversive Activity The Phenomenon of Man New Science of Strong Materials Kibbutz: Venture in Utopia 112 Programmed Reading Van Waters & Rogers Dune Thinking Straighter 48 Woodcraft Supply 79 The Politics of the Barrios Media & Methods Shelter and How to Build Your Own Furniture of Venezuela 113 Scientific American Offprints 49 Thomas Register of Communitas Educator's Guide to Free Films Land Use American Manufacturers 80 The Office: a facility based Krazy Leg Edited by Lloyd Kahn Plastics on change Index to 16mm Educational Films Synectics 18 Space Grid Structures 50 Silvo Catalog Encyclopedias The Dymaxion World of Surplus Center Equipment Catalogs 81 The Modern Utopian 1114 The Black Box Buckminster Fuller 51 Whittling & Woodcarving The Realist We Built Our Own Computers Fuller Sun Dome High Grade Tool Chests Green Revolution Paper Airplane Book Boffers 19 Tensile Structures, Volume One Snap-on Tools 82 WFF 'N PROOF Person to Person Tensile Structures, Volume Two 52 Brookstone Tools 115 THIS Magazine is about Schools 83 Sauna 20 Architecture Without Architects Jensen Tools Cuisenaire Rods Massage Archigram Miners Catalog 116 ITA 84 Dear Dr. Hippocrates 21 Architectural Design Soundcoat Life Science Library The Merck Manual The Japanese House 53 Meccano Kaiser Aluminum News 85 Emergency Medical Guide 22 The Owner-Built Home Machinery's Handbook 117 American Boys Handy Book Family Medical Encyclopedia Your Engineered House Model & Allied Publications Pioneer Posters 86 Champagne Living on a 23 House Carpentry Simplified 54 Allcraft Tool & Supply 118 Guinness Book of World Records Simplified Carpentry Estimating Soldner Kick Wheel Beer Budget The English Duden Plumbing and Wiring Books Buckskin Unity Buying Service Using Libraries Effectively Audel Guides 24 Adhesive Products 87 Sears/Wards mail order 119 700 Science Experiments Glue-nailed Roof Trusses 55 A Sculptor's Manual 88 The Armchair Shopper's Guide for Everyone Village Technology 25 Creative Glass Blowing Consumer Reports Edmund Scientific Adobe Construction Methods 26 56 Classic Guitar Construction 89 Lee Electric Flour Mills 120 Outward Bound The Wilderness Cabin Creative Photo Micrography Ball Blue Book An Introduction to 27 The Indian Tipi 57 Knots Truck Repair Manual Tipis Scientific Research Zone System Manual 90 John Holt's list 121 Altered States of Consciousness Aladdin Kerosene Lamps 58 Macrame', the Art of 91 Fieldbook for Boys and Men |122 Sense Relaxation 28 Man's Role in Changing the Creative Knotting Tools for Progress Lucis Trust Library Face of the Earth The Complete Book of 92 Government Publications Meditation Cushions and Mats Two Mushroom Books Progressive Knitting Government Printing Office 123 Self-Hypnosis 29 Instant Weather Forecasting 59 Leclerc Loom 93 Federal Domestic Assistance Psycho-Cybernetics The Elements Rage Pioneer Loom Surplus Defense Supply 124 A Yaqui Way of Knowledge Climates of the States The Techniques of Rug Weaving Fundamentals of Yoga 30 Organic Gardening & Farming CUM Yarn Samples |125 Creative Act Magazine Nomadics I Ching Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening 94 The Complete Walker Organic Gardening Commun­ Trout Fishing in America 31 Farmers of Forty Centuries 95 Camping and Woodcraft How to Have a Green Thumb Light Weight Camping Equipment 126 Advertisements Without an Aching Back ications and How to Make it 127 CATALOG costs Soil Test Kit 60 Intelligent Life in the Universe Kaibab Boots Whole Earth Truck Store Human Biocomputer 32 Seeds and Trees by Mail 96 L. L. Bean 128 Subscription forms 61 The Mind of the. Dolphin Agricultural Publications Recreational Equipment 129 Portola Institute 1 Corresponding CATALOG Commentary from CA TALOG users that is of general interest, and not a specific review, is published in the Supplement Critical comments, new design processes, no-cash techniques, news of specific enterprises, useful procedure fantasies, design student work, time and trouble shortcuts, new uses for common or exotic materials, other realms for the CATALOG to consider, &c, &c. - we/come. Donating Portola Institute, Inc. is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation. Donations to Portola or the CA TA LOG may be deducted. Retaining subscriptions to the CATALOG are $25 for one year ($17 tax deductible). Sustaining subscriptions are $100 + per year ($92 + tax deductible). Names of retaining and sustaining subscribers are given in the CATALOG. 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