1 50 4 https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/bd92e4fbc33066336189ab94cb2cebd3.pdf faafa5c5af75e827adb96e85cb965890 PDF Text Text ������������������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records Description An account of the resource <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, later simplified to&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal</em>,&nbsp;was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. <br /><br /><span>The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name,&nbsp;</span><em>Katúah</em><span>, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant.&nbsp;</span><br /><span><br />The <em>Katúah Journal</em> was co-founded by Marnie Muller, David Wheeler, Thomas Rain Crowe, Martha Tree and others who served as co-publishers and co-editors. Other key team members included Chip Smith, David Reed, Jay Mackey, Rob Messick and many others.</span><br /><br />This digital collection is only a portion of the <em>Katúah</em>-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. The items in AC.870 Katúah Journal records cover the production history of the <em>Katúah Journal</em>. Contained within the records are correspondence, publication information, article submissions, and financial information. The editorial layouts for issues 12 through 39 are included as are a full run of the Journal spanning nearly a decade. Also included are photographs of events related to the Journal and a film on the publication. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This resource is part of the&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal Records </em>collection. For a description of the entire collection, see <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katúah Journal Records (AC. 870)</a>. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The images and information in this collection are protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.) and are intended only for personal, non-commercial, and educational purposes, provided proper citation is used – i.e., Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records, 1980-2013 (AC.870), W. L. 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Title A name given to the resource <em>Katúah Journal Index, 1983-1993</em> Description An account of the resource This document is a topical index to all 38 issues of&nbsp;<em><a href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/browse?collection=79" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</a>.&nbsp;</em> &nbsp;<em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians,&nbsp;</em> later simplified to &nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal,&nbsp;</em>was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name, Katúah, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant.</em></p> Subject The topic of the resource Bioregionalism--Periodicals--Indexes Sustainable living--Periodicals--Indexes North Carolina, Western Appalachian Region, Southern North Carolina--Periodicals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rob Messick Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource periodical indexes PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937"> AC.870 Katúah Journal records</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted" href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en 8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted </a> Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/79" target="_blank"> Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians </a> Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1990s Acid Deposition Agriculture Alternative Energy Appalachian History Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Bioregional Congress Bioregional Definitions Black Bears Book Reviews Cherokees Children's Page Community Death and Dying Earth Energies Ecological Peril Economic Alternatives Education Electric Power Companies European Immigration Fire Folklore and Ceremony Forest History Forest Issues Forest Practice Geography Glossaries Good Medicine Habitat Hazardous Chemicals Health Hunting Katúah Katúah Organization Permaculture Pigeon River Plants and Herbs Poems Politics Radioactive Waste Reading Resources Recycling Sacred Sites Shelter South PAW (Preserve Appalachian Wilderness) Stories Transportation Issues Turtle Island Villages Water Quality Western North Carolina Alliance Wilderness Women's Issues https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/de17f54be8d2e1fccacd51c09b08146c.pdf e4018ca4e8f5df316bedfdd2f6ee2887 PDF Text Text ISSUE AUTUMN NO. 1 1983 �BIOREGIONS : "The Trail To Home" FROM ULSTER TO CAROLINA : (The Scotch-Irish Migration To N. Carolina) 1 3 (""! N 4 PERHACULTURE PRACTICES A Story MOSHKA & LAKIMA N By Snow Bear < z H ,.J 0 ''Wind Rose" By George Ellison MAP MEDITATIONS 6 8 OLD TIME APPLES POETRY ...... co The Katuah Bioregion 9 10 i:x: < u ::c f-1 i:x: MOUNTAIN GUIDES A Resource Bibliography i.2 BIOREGIONAL CONGRESSES 14 ALTERNATIVES TO ECONOMICS 17 FINDING KATUAH 0 z 19 A Bioregional Questionnaire FALL CAL EN l}\R 21 CREATIVE DISTRIBUTION 22 .. (""! ...... co �"A TRAIL TO HOME": continued from page l By W1frI of definition of this word, Peter Berg writes : The teim refers both to a gecgrapti.cal terrain and a terrain of consciousness - to a place and the ideas that haVe developed about how to live in that place. Within a bi.ore9ioo the oonditicns that influence l ife are slllli.lar, and these in turn have influenced lunan ooc:upancy. EDITORIAL STAFF: Bonrue .CamJ;:bel.l '1b:mas Rain Crowe IDretta Rattler Arrly Feinstin Oluck Marsh a:1 McNeil! Olip Smith Ida Mc:Neill Mamie Muller David Reed Sam Sutker Martha Tree David Wheeler A bimegioo can be detemined initially by the use of climatology, physiognqily, animal and pl.ant geogra?lY, natural history, and other descriptive natural sciences. The final boundaries o f a bioregioo are best described by the people who live within it, th:cough hunan rec:cgnitioo of the realities of livin:;J-in-place. All life al the planet is ocmected in a f&1 obvious ways, and in many nme that are barely explora:i. But there is a distinct resonance lllDl19 living things and the factors which influence them that occurs specifically within each separate place al the planet. Di.soovering and describing that resonance is a way to describe a bioregion." EDITORIAL OFFICE FOR THIS ISSUE: Long Branch Environmental ~ducation Center Route 2, Box 132 Leicester, N.C . 28748 PRINTING: Sylva Herald Publishing Co. Sylva, N.C. ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO: Kat.µab: Biorez1onal Joµrnal of the Southern Appalachians Box 873 Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 'lbe effects of seeing the world in this W1frI would be far-reaching. WOUld our national policies be the sane if the land was seen as a sacred being? WOUld our eoonanic:s be the sane if the <X>St to the biosphere were reckoned into the price of production? WOUld our politics be the same if power over an area were in the hands of the people who lived there? lllat if oak, bear, fox, and chickadee had a voice in the decisial-lll!lking oouncils? The key to this transitioo is in the spiritual realm, for in disoovering the land as she is in the place \othere we live, we di.soover ourselves in the izooess. 'DleJ:e is a necessary connecti.cn here, for the self we see axoum us is not our own nature in metapx>r or reflection. I t is our own aelf tJ:uly and actually. 'lbis is the mystical oonneotion that makes healing, knowl.edl;Je, and power all possible. If we make a gesture to the earth, the earth gestures back - this is the source of the nagic. '!!le geological fomations urx3erpinning the land, the sprinq rains every year, the wims sweeping in f%an the west, the tan;Jled uniergrowth of a rhoc!odermon slick, the juna>es playing anong the forest trees - these are mcng the forces that shape our bioregion and give it its unique character. 'lbese forces also shape the landscape of our own cxnscicus- ness. But our mind is a creative force as well, and the attuned h1.1nan mind can be a power for encx:iuragi.ng the ecological health of an area. 'lb:>se who see thEmlelves as sta.lards, protectors, and healers will be uniting the power of their minds to this task. To these pe:>ple falls the responsibility of keeping the essential nature of the nountain area intact. 'lbe .A{pllac:bjans are the oldest irountains, and they are strong sources o f power for the whole eastern half of TUrtle Island. This is .iJttx>ssible to explain to those who do not already understand it fran their own experience. To them, this po- .... -·.,,.-·· . sition would seen reactionary and a::>unter-pr:oduc:tive, and they cannot see why it is ultimately inportant to the survival of us all. we are here to make changes, but the biggest changes are within ourselves. We are here to learn and grow and, like the great trees of the forest, to develop roots and beo:rne part of this place. In this way the process of transfomation begins. It is a healing process, a voluntai:y marriage of ourselves to the land. As we help the land to repair the damage done by a careless humanity, so does she help us to repair the damage done within our hearts and minds by a bankrupt system. By infomling our vision and giving a a::>ntext to our work, the idea of a bioregion can be a powerful tool in our spiritual, ecxxanic, and political liberation. It can help us to becane whole in our spirit, in our bodies , in the land, and in our experience. Prayer chant: "Ancient M::>ther I Ancient M::>ther You who have waited so l.alg, You Wio have waited so lcn;J For your children to return, Your children are oow returned Here we are" , KATU1!.H - page 2 'lbe Blue Ridge M::>untains are under duress, but the area still has a feeling of sacredness, an aura of power that has protected it sanewhat fran the ravages of humankind. we are lucky in the land that has been left to us. 'lbis area is a prine location to hatch an ecologically sane and healthy society - the no.mtains are equal to the task if we are. We have an area that is relatively untraapled and not overpopll.ated. Because of its inaccessibility, it is econ::mically depressEd and therefore relatively \mindustrialized. Because of its isolation many of its p e o p l e , are unsqhlsticated and still feel close ties to the mountains. aubml 1983 �FROM ULSTER TO CAROLINA The Migration Of The Scotch-Irish To Southwestern North Carolina The study of migration is particularly valuable to Americans, for either in an ancient past (for American Indians) or in more recent centuries, all Americans are immigrants. To an amazing degree we have remained a migratory people, profoundly mobile, moving from city to city, state to state. Alexis de Tocqueville observed of early American society that the American "grows accustomed to change." Once having moved, it was easier to move again and again. Migration frequently leaves only a sketchy historical record. While the great sweep of events might be clear, the details are often lost in the confusion of move· ment. Many family histories remain incomplete and often even the names of those who first came are lost. The problem of understanding and evaluating the ex· perience of the Scotch-Irish is made more difficult by the eagerness with which they threw over the culture of the Old World which might have identified them as a group in America. Still, their presence surrounds us in the Southern Appalachians in the evidence o( family names, in the stamp they placed upon the customs of the region and in lingering memories. A distinctive feature of the Southern Appalachian region is that its relative isolation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries has preserved a strong sense of a Scotch-Irish past. At the close of the American Revolution, the territory west of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains quickly opened to the first legal white immigra.nts. Southwestern North Carolina was one of many regions across the new American nation that received a flood of new people. For perhaps two decades before the area was opened for settlement, it had been admired by the inhabitants of the western Piedmont and Watauga who hunted there and fought with General Rutherford against the Cherokee in 1776. In the last year~ of the Revolutionary War, North Carolina passed legislation granting mountam lands to ve~erans of the state's militia and the Continental Army - from 640 acres for pnvates to 12 ()()() for brigadier generals. For others, land was available throughout the period fo; five and ten cents per acre plus fees. A series of treaties with the C~erokee between 1785 and the 1830s progressively opened the land and kept tt cheap and plentiful. Beginning in 1787, when the first grants were made on t~e Swan· nanoa and French Broad Rivers, war veterans and settlers from the Piedmont and Watauga, as well as a steady flow of people down the Great Wagon Road, settled the mountain lands with surprising sp~. Although early census figures are notorious for underestimating populations, the census of 1790 recorded 88 families some 559 souls already settled on Reems Creek, and a considerable settlement' to the south ~here Bee Tree Creek enters the Swannanoa River. Between 1787 and 1840 the Old West Frontier passed through southwestern North Carolina and a new society evolved. The census of 1840 recorded a population of approximately 34,000 people in that region west of the eastern boundary of Buncombe County, divided at that time into Buncombe, Henderson, Hayw?°'1, Macon and Cherokee counties. Like all frontiers, the region was never static or isolated but constantly growing and changing. For many new settlers, western North Carolina was only another temporary stop. There were people who grew a few crops on land they never legally claimed and then pushed on either westward into Tennessee and Kentucky, or southward to Georgia and Alabama. Some raised children before seeking another home and still others stayed. ~os~ who settled amongst and frequently displaced the Cherokee were of ~tverse backgrounds: English, German, French, Black, Welsh as w_ell as Scotc~·lr1Sh: No single ethnic group can claim an exclusive role in the creation of fr~~tte~ ~1ety, but a careful examination of the family names in the new communmes md1cates that the largest group among the early settlers was the Scotch-Irish. aubm'l 1983 Mountain Agriculture "I doubt not that those (Scotch-Irish) pioneers who came to the South and gave all cheir strength and devotion to the fabrication of such civilization as we have were grim and decermined and stiff. necked and opinionated and fearless people. le is probably easier to admire chem than it would have been pleasant to live with chem. I spent my earliest days amongst them and I have no doubt that their arrributes had been transmitted almost unmodified to them by their ancestors for generation after generation. They were and they are undemonstrative, apparently without affection and superficially cold. But they generally have opinions, right or wrong, and they are altogether willing, if nor anxious, to stand by their opinions to their last breaths. I scarcely think our government could have come into being without them."}. K. Hall on his Scotch-Irish ancestors in North Carolina, personal correspondence, 1941. This large, mobile and adaptive group of immigrants brought to their new homes a culture formed in Scotland and the north of Ireland and molded by migration. Much of the Ulster legacy had been put aside for new ways with few signs of regret. The Scotch-Irish brought a simple, practical and unadorned style of life, but in at least two essential areas, religion and agriculture, thier mark upon mountain life still bears witness to their Ulster origins. The other area besides religion where the Scotch-Irish left their mark upon mountain life was their use of the land. The pattern of mixed farming which they develop«P was one that they brought with them and which they found wellsuited to their new environment. This mixed farming was appropriate for the mountains because it did not require enormous amounts of first-quality land and could in fact utilize unclaimed "open range." Nor did it require the kind of capital that was needed to obtain the best lands, so it was better suited to a people most of whom had left Ulster with little material wealth. and it was appropriate to a heavily-forested and laborshort area. This type of mixed farming is described in the wills and farm inventories of the earliest settlers, such as those surviving for Haywood County. Grains were the dominant crops with Indian corn far and away the leader, followed oy oats, wheat and barley.- Plows are listed in most of the inventories, indicating that in addition to hoe cultivation many fields were also being cleared and plowed as agriculture moved out of the earliest pioneer phase. Other crops such as flax and cotton were also grown, though in small amounts for local use. This .t ype of agriculture, using slash and burn techniques to remove trees and the hoe to cultivate around the stumps which were left, as well as the raising of small numbers of animals, was a pattern which had been practiced in Ulster in the infield-outfield system, and it was a pattern which the Scotch-Irish stamped upon the mountains of western North Carolina. James Patton, the weaver from County Derry, offers a valuable insight into that.aspect of the frontier economy. In the Philadelphia area he had found various employment as a casual laborer until he had accumulated enough money by 1789 to purchase a supply of·goods and set out for western North Carolina. His experiences in Pennsylvania indicate that in fact Patton knew little about farm work and had no taste for it. This marked the beginning of his new career as a traveling merchant, taking trade goods south to the North Carolina mountains and driving livestock north to the cities of Washington, Balti!Ilore, and Philadelphia. His experiences give a good idea of what it took to prosper as.a merchant working the Great Wagon Road and into western North Carolina. During his life, he saw economic activity grow from the late 1780s, when there was little money available in the mountains, to the 1830s when his inventories of trade goods reveal a significant expansion of commerce. The primary "cash crop" that mountaineers raised was livestock, whici1 according to Patton was driven out of the mountains in large numbers, supplemented by furs, feathers, beeswax, and roots for medicine such as gipseng and snake root. He observed: ... I settled in the upper part of North Carolina at that time the poorest part of the country I ever saw to make property; but I do not entertain the same opi· nion now. Changes and improvements have convinced me that there are few sections of country superior to the western part of North Carolina. , KAW.AH - page 3 �WHAT IS PERMACULTURE " • • • Pe.Jtma.c.u.ltwr.e. -l6 ~ a c.oMdoU6ly duigne.d ag.Jtic.uli:WLe. .t>y.t>tem • •• that c.ombinu land.6c.ape. duign wi;th pe11.e.nniai. pf.ant.6 a.nd a.nimai.6 to make a. .t>a.6e. a.nd .6U6tainable. 11.uoWLc.e. 6011. town a.nd c.ou.ntluj• •a. :t.Jwly a.pp11.op.Jtia.te. te.c.hnology giving h-i..gh yie.ld.6 6011. low e.ne.11.gy inpd.6, a.nd U.6.lng only hu.ma.n .t>IUU and Welle.ct to a.c.hie.ve. a .t>table. ILe..l)oWLc.e 06 g11.e.a.t c.ompf.ex.lty and .6tabil..ity• • • • ( pe11.mac.u.ltwr.e.) -l6 a philo.t>ophy 06 woll.h.ing wi;th, 11.athell. than agaiMt na.twr.e; 06 p11.otll.a.c.te.d a.nd thought6ul ob.6M.va.tion 11.athell. than p11.otll.a.cte.d and thoughtlu.6 labo11.; and o~ looking a.t pf.a.nt.6 a.nd a.n.imal.6 in all the.ill. 6u.nc.tionli , Jta:the11. than tll.e.a.ting a.ny a.11.e.a. a..6 a. .t>ingle.-p11.odu.ct .t>y.t>tem." ---&ill. Molti..6on a..6 quoted in AGAYULI , Pvuna.c.uli:WLe New6lette11. THE CHICKENWIRE DAM EVERY YEAR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TONS OF TOPSOIL WASH OFF OF OUR AMERICAN LAND INTO THE OCEAN. SOIL IS ONE OF OUR K>ST PRECIOUS RESOURCES . WITHOUT F!ln'I LE SOIL. AGRICULTURE -THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CIVILI ZATI ONFAILS. THE LAND CAN NO LONGER SUPPO!n' BUMAN LIFE. THIS HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR PLANET MANY TIMES. IN FACT. MANY OF THE WORLD'S DESERTS ARE THE DIRECT RESULT OF POOR AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DE FORESTATION THAT LED TO SOIL LOSS THROUGH WIND AND WATER EROSION. PEBMACULTURE IS AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE ECOLOGICALLY SOUND,PERMANENT.SUSTAINABLE AND ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVING. THE PRACTICE OF PERMACULTURE DRAWS FROM THE BEST OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND COMBINES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNIQUES TO CREATE CONSCIOUSLY DESIGNED, H!GH QUALITY LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS. THE CllICKENWIRE DAM. WHICH WAS DISCOVERED QUITE BY ACCIDENT. CAN PROVIDE A USEFUL TOOL FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION FOR SMALL STREAMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERMACULTURAL SYSTEMS. THE CHICKENWIRE DAM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A RUMANMADE BEAVER DAM, IS QUITE EASY TO BUILD. SET LOCUST POSTS AT 4- FOOT INTERVALS ACROSS A SHALL STREAM BED AND UP THE SIDESOF THE STREAM BANK TO THE TOP EDGES. SECURE THE TWO END POSTS WITH GUY WIRES OR SOME OTHER BRACING SYSTP.M. ATTACH 36" OR 48" HI GH, l " OR 2" MESH CHICKENWIRE TO THE POST IN THE SAHE MANNER AS IF YOU WERE FENCING A CHICKEN YARD. IN FACT THIS DAM CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A CHICKEN ENCLOSURE. SECURE THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE CHICKENWIRE TO THE STREAM BOTTOM AND BANKS WITH PEGS OR ROCK. FLOAT HAY, LEAVES. OR SIMILAR DEBRIS DOWN THE STREAM ABOVE THE FENCING AND ALLOW IT TO BUILD UP ON THE FENCING AND GRADUALLY SEAL ON THE MESH . WATER WILL BEGIN TO DAM UP BEHIND THE DEBRIS-CLOGGED FENCING, WHILE SOME WATER ~LL CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH AND OVER THE DAM. THIS STEP WILL HAVE TO BE REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE DAM, AS DEBRIS PROGRESSIVELY BUILDS UP HIGHER AND HIGHER ON THE FENCING. EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST THE DAM WILL LEAK COPIOUSLY, OVER TIME THE DEBRIS WILL SEAL MORE TIGHTLY AGAINST THE CHICKENWIRE. THE CHICKENWIRE DAM HAS MANY POTENTIAL PERMACULTURAL APPLICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE SYSTEM'S VIRTUES AND USES. IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH ANY MORE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 1. THE DAM IS INEXPENSIVE AND QUICK AND EASY TO CONSTRUCT. OTHER MATERIAL THAN CHICKENWIRE. SUCH AS WOVEN CANE OR BRUSH SECURED IN THE CREEK BEAVERDAM FASHION COULD BE USED. 2. THE DAM IS FLOOD PROOF. WATER JUST FLOWS THROUGH THE DAM OR OVER THE CHICKENWIRE CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. IN FACT. FLOODS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THE DAM POND DEEPER BY ADDING DEBRIS HIGHER UP ON THE DAM FENCING. J. THE DAM SLOWS WATER LFAVING THE PROPERTY AND INCREASES THE WATER' S POTENTIAL USES. 4. THE DAM ACTS TO COLLECT SILT AND SOIL BEING CARRIED DOWNSTREAM. THUS REDUCING A PROPERTY'S SOIL LOSS AND PROVIDING A SOURCE OF RIGH QUALITY , EASILY COLLECTED SOIL FOR RETURNING TO FIELDS AND GARDENS. THESE DAMS CAN BE PLACED IN A SERIES ALONG A STREAM FOR EVEN GREATER SOIL CONSERVATION AND COLLECTION. THE SILT THAT EVENTUALLY WOULD FILL THE AREA BEHIND THE DAM COULD BE USED FOR STREAMSIDE GROWING AREAS FOR SUCH PLANTS AS WILD RICE. CATTAILS, SAGITTARIA, CREEK MINT AND .OTHER AQUATIC PLANTS. 5. PONDS SO CREATED MAKE " GREAT POULTRY WATERING HOLES AND HABITAT FOR DOCKS . GEESE, FROGS , CRAYFISH, AND OTHER WILDLIFE OR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 6. THE DAMS. IF PLACED NEAR CULTIVATED AREAS. CAN BE USED FOR IRRIGATION PONDS FOR FLOOD. GRAVITY OR PUMP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS . By: Chuck Marsh , Bountiful Gardens , P.O . Box 509 , Dillsboro, NC 28725 (70 4) 586- 5186 , I<ATlWI - page 4 autum 1983 �SCOTCH-IRISH MIGRATION a-/fer ]uia, b°'J' t:lt &atlt continued from page 3 ij nf aJ4 :J }J,..lt Ml 1'.W\li: ~ HtAo""J ,,., k tu tfD.," ;,,, ft""' JJAilu.re1. 'JI JA°'rt:f wilh ,,,_ i1j c/,eu,., wa.h1J1 "These mountains /of North Caro/ma/ begin ro be populated rapidly. The salubri· ry of rhe air, rhe excellence of rhc warcr, and more especially rhe pasrurage of rhese wild peas for the carrle, are so many causes char induce new inhabiranrs ro serrle rhere. "Esrares of rhe first class are sold at rhe rare of two dollars, and rhe raxes are nor more rhan a half.penny per acre. In· dian corn, whear, rye, oats, and peach rrees, are the sold ob1ecr of culrure. "The inhabitants of these mountains are famed for being excel/enc hunters. Towards the middle of aurumn mosr of chem go in pursuir of bears, of which rhey sell rhe skins, and rhe flesh, which is very good, sttves chem in sr:.ear measure for food during that season. They prefer ir ro al/ ocher kinds of meat, and look upon it as the only thing rhey can ear wirhour being indisposed by it. They make also of their hind legs the most delicious hams ... They hunt chem wirh great dogs, which, wirhouc going near chem, bar/c, cease, and oblige chem to climb up a rree, when rhe hunter kills chem wirh a car· bine." F. A. Michaux, Travels il nulu.r11 "'Y jDUl. '); luJJ 1"I i.IO!Jf f/,I J4ih If rtpl ihidi"f /w ilj oi.m JIM. gtt~ 1~"f1' :J fA1Ut ~11WfA- ttltcYJ A~ j/u.""'1j #f iWAUJJ f :J f•r M tvf/, fo,. 11¥ &.rlJ, ij wilA. Mes Llj ~hl.a.inj w ilj JIA) ihtj fJ!mflJrl ~. 0, fta1 &ulJ,,, ym M je1 tl ""1«~vd i,. ilcl ~ '1f Mj tMM-~) I '-n filt1J, ""f 1'1i1Wi ,.,jlJi. n111t..l#ttj ~ ""°'! 1-ttJ MY 14JO!HJI,. jur1ly lit# iur 41'11 IJ,,e J'4j4,.j ;Mil ..n lite l4YJ If fo/1""' Ml ,,.r Zift uJ :; 1c1>ZZ J.in j,,, The Drovers' Road through North Carolina connected rhe region ro Charleston and Savannah. Ir was a roure of serrlement in che early 19th century as well as rhe sire of rhe carrle and swine drives char were so im· porranc ro che regional economy. sourhwesr~ i l!Je ha.vlf ef ih~ far1r1r-. _,y,. 1if: ~J ~.u,. CJr41111 HOW THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS GOT THEIR NAME - FROM A GUEST CONTRIBUTOR It is worthv notice, that our mountaini; are not liOlitnn• and scattered confusedlv o~er the face of the countrv; but that the~ c:ommcnce at about 15~ miles from the sea-coast, are' disposed in ridges one behind another, running nearly parallel with the sea-coast, though rather approaching it as they advance north-eastwardly. To the south-west, as the tract of countrv between the sea-coast and the ~l ississippi becomes narrower, the ~1ountains converge into a single ridge, which. as it appronches the Culph of :\lexico, subsides into plain countr~'· and gives rise to some of the wilters of that ~ulph. and particularly to a ri\'er called the Apillachicola, probably from tht- :\p;1l;1d1il'S, an Indian nation formerh· n•sidin~ on it. Hence the mount.tins ~i\'in~ rise to that river, and s~n from its various parts. ,,.l'rc e;1lll•d thl' :\p;1lachi;1n mountains, being in fact the md or ll'rmination only uf tlw ~'feat rid~es passing through the <.'Ontinl'llt. European gcograplwrs howc\'er l'Xtended the name northwardlv ns far as the mountoins extended; some giving it, after their separation into different ridges, to the Blue ridge, others to the North mountain, others to the Alleghaney, others to the Laurel ridge, as may he seen in their different maps. But the fact I believe is, that none of these ridges were e,·er lmo\\11 by that name to the inh;1bitants, either nati\'e or emigrant, but a~ tht>y saw them liO called in European maps. In the same dir<.'C'tion ~t·1wr;11l\' are the \'t>ins of limcstmll'. coal. and other minerals hitherto 1lisl~l\'t•rt•tl : :incl so range the foils of our ~rt·at ri\'ers. -TllOM.\S jEFt'Ell.>;OS Xotc1 0 11 tl1c State nf \ 'ir::,i11ia. 1781-82 West of the Alleghania, 1802. Two fundamental features of the early Scotch-Irish do stand out. The first is the cultural interaction they experienced with people around them throughout their migrations. They never settled in isolation from others. The second is their readiness to change and adopt new ideas and practices. Perhaps their most per· sistent trait as settlers on the American frontier was their way of using the land, evolved in the uplands of Scotland and Ireland and ideally suited to the frontier that unfolded south and west of Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their familiarity, even contentment, with this way of life drew them to the fron· tier and invited them ever onward in search of plentiful land and game. And here too their preference for the single family farm over the village community sustained their strong spirit of individuality and the importance of family and self-sufficiency. This is where their greatest influence lies - in the kind of land . use and social organization they brought to much of the South. The open range system in which crops were fenced and livestock roamed free prevailed across much of the South into .t he 20th century and is an important element in the shaping of Southern history. Southwestern North Carolina had by the mid-19th century created a society that was a synthesis of cultures and peoples reacting to their new environment. This new Appalachian culture was shaped by forces distinct to the region. Ethnicity was largely submerged by regional conflicts within the state; by new economic activities such as logging, mining, and tourism; by the intervention of the federal government in land policies and development projects; and by continuing in· and out-migration as the Southern Appalachians became increasingly differentiated from surrounding regions. Those who would understand modern Appalachia would be right to pursue these themes; but a true understanding of the traditions of the region and its sense of itself still calls us to back to the ethnic heritages the first settlers brought. ~ Migration of rhe Scocch·lrish People A Comprehensive Ex hibition Produced By Mounrain Heritage Center of Western Carolina University Sam Gray: Project Director Curtis Wood and Tykr Blethen: Hntorical autum 1983 R~arch and Writing ' I<ATUAH - page s �MOSHKA. t LAKlMA The. moon .6m.U.e.d Jted .thJr.ough the. ne.u a:t the. edge 06 the meadow. TJr.Unk, bMnc.h a.nd lea6 .6ha.dOW.6 .6netc.hed a.c.Jr.0.6.6 a. JLlppUng .6ea 06 the. t:a.ll gMUU a.nd wil..d6loWelL6 belong.lng to Ealith Mathe.Jr.' .6 late .6wnmeJt. Ro.6e. c.oloJted ha.Jr.vut moonU.ght .6lowly ga.ve. wa.y to .6h.,i.n,lng .6il.ve.1r., a.nd a..6 the. nee .6ha.do1Al6 .6hMnk, the. .li..ght 6eU upon the. two 6ox pup.6 pe.1r.c.he.d upon the. ta.ll.., .6mooth, Jr.Ound gMnlle. boulde.Jr. ,ln the. VeJL':f c.e.n.te.Jr. 06 the. meadow. A STORY BY SNOW BEAR Mo.6hka. a.nd La.IWna. 6eU the a.nc.ient powe.Jr. 06 .tha:t Jr.Oc.k .6.lng.lng thJr.Ough them, c.oUIL6ing ~d.6 th/Lough the pa.d6 06 the.iJr. plW6. But the.iJr. ga.ze tAn-6 6.bc.e.d upon the meadow; .6lowly .the.iJr. .6.talr.e. c»r.c.J.e.d .it., taJUng bt the. bowa:ty 06 ti6e tha..t .tlvt.ive.d on that JUc.h, bla.c.k .60il. and the plant.6 a.nd wec.U tha..t gJte:w on a.nd w.lthbt. The.iJr. e.alt.6 c.a.u.ght .the. c.on.tented IWmbl.lng 6Jr.Om .the bla.c.k beaJL '.6 thJr.Oa..t a..6 .6he. e.66oltt,lu.6lq lti.pped open .the Jr.Otten hemlock tha..t ha.d 6a.Ueninto .the. me.a.drxu. She .6a..t on he.Jr. hau.nc.hu, tic.k.lng 6Jr.Om he.Jr. pa.w the. wh.U:e. g.ltl.Lb.6 tha:t ha.d lived w.i.tkin the. log. HeJt c.ub poked a.nd .6c.Jr.a..tc.he.d a..t .the. .6o6t wood, 6incllng he.Jr. own 6ood . Clo.6eJt .to .the. a.nc.ie.n.t Jr.Och .the. wh.ue. 6la..6h 06 the .6kunk '.6 .6.tJU.pu dlr.w .the..ilt a.tte.n.tlon. A6 .they wa-tc.he.d he. .6c.Jr.a..tc.he.d a. hole. ,ln the. .6oil., Jte.a.c.hing down wLth one pa.w a.nd wlth.dJr..aw.in a. gJtea..t p.(.nk ri.igh.t CltaWleJr.. Then .tluwr. lz.e.e.n eyu caught the. UniJ Jtu.6.tting 06 gM.6.6 a..6 the. 6,le.ld mou.6e. Mn thJr.Ough hi.6 tunnel, c.otte.c.U.ng 6a.Ue.n .6e.e.d. They .6e.n.6e.d hi.6 6eaJL a..6 he. 6Jr.Oze. when the. .6ha.dow pa.ue.d ave.Jr. hi.6 ba.c.lz.. Vown-!Wrlne.d 6ea..the.lr..6 mu.66te.d the. .6ound 06 the. gJtea..t ho1tned owl' .6 6.li..ght a..6 .it. .6WOOped bt a..t gM.6.6 top level. to ha.Jr.vut IJU a.no.their. /,i..e.ld 110U6e. The. .6p.iJLlt6 06 the. boo young 6oxu .6oa.Jted upon the. .6ong.6 06 the. night: .the. c.hiltp 0 6 the. c.Jr.ic.lz.e.t.6, the. wlU.6 pelt 0 6 the. glta.6.6 e.6 tha..t ntaltke.d .the. pa.u.i.ng 06 .the tung .6nake., the. .tJt.iLllng 06 the. nee. 6Jr.Og.6, the. yipp.i.ng a.nd how.U.ng o 6 the c.oyotu, .the. de.e.p-.tlvr.oa..te.d hooting 06 .the owl. But then, 6Jr.Om the. wut, ca.me. a. ha.Jr..6h Jr.Oa.!Llng .tha:t dlr.owne.d out the .6ong.6 06 .the night. Mo.6hlz.a. a.nd LalWna. tultned a.nd IAJ!Lin.k,l.e.d theAJr. nw.LZzlU a..t the. .6meU a.nd .6ound 06 da.nge.1r. .tha..t wa..6he.d oveJt them. They c.Jr.Ouc.he.d down tow, pltU.6.ing the.tn.6e.l.uu a.ga.in.6t the. gMnlle. be.neath, gJr.Owt..i.ng a..t the. btv.l6ible. .thltea..t ,ln .the. w. A.nd .then, a..6 the. Jr.Oa.!Llng gJtw unbea.Mbly loud, .they .6a.w .it. c.oming ! A. bU.teJt, ove.1r.powe.Jt.lng w.ind bUIL6.t upon .the. va.Uey, .6na.pp.lng wea.lz. tJr.e.e..top.6, upending .6ha.Uow Jtoote.d nee tltunk.6 and 6la.tte.ning .the deU.c.a..te. meadow gJta.uu. It .6la.ppe.d the. two 6oxu, nybtg to tea.Jr. them aJAJa.':f 6Jr.Om .the a.nc.ient .6.tone., but they hehl on w.it.h a.U the.iJr. .6ne.ngth. Ic.y 6.ingell.6 cfug be.neath theAJr. .61z.bt; .the.Vt ha.c.lz.lu we.1r.e. M.l6ed, .theAJr. ha.iJt .6t.ood on end. And then, a..6 .6wi6tty a..6 .it. ha.d c.ome., .it. pa.ue.d on. They looked up bt we to .6 ee. .tha..t teM.lble. w.ind Jtoa.!Llng down the. vall.ey, .6 na.ppi.ng ne.u a.nd 6latte.n.i.ng gM.6.6 u a..6 .it. went. The. wind ha.d le.6.t; .it..6 biting c.hilt wU:hbt .them; the. on the.iJr. ne.c.lz..6 .6til.t .6tood out, the.iJr. eyu we.Jte wide. a.nd gla..6.6y with teJr.Jr.OJt. Looking a..t the. meadow they .6a.w d.tvtk .6ha.dowy c.la.IAl6 a.nd teeth Jr.U6hing a:t them. The. moonUgh.t 6-lU.e.d .the. .6pa.cu be.tween the .6ha.dow c.la.IAl6 with gho.6.tly .6il.ve1t .6ha.pu .tha..t CltaWle.d a.long .the. e.dgu 06 the 6ie.td. The. moon .it..6e.l.6 Wd.6 .tro.l6.te.d in.to a. .6c.owl.lng huma.n 6a.c.e.. PaiJr.6 06 a.ngJty Jte.d eyu .6t.alr.e.d a:t .them ha,iJr. KATOAR - page 6 autlm1 1983 �6Jtom wltkin .the g.11.a.uu thlr.eate.ning .to pou.nc.e and claw and b.lte. F1tom a.U. cU/r.e.c;tion6 came kideou.6 AntL'Ll.6 g1towl6 and Al.U:he.Jt.ing noi6u . ' Pa.n.i.c made. .them dlUJw down w.ltJWt .them6elvu 6rwthe.1t and 6WLtheJL; .they e.a.c.h. weJLe. 4b.6otu.telq alone., 601tgo.tten to ea.ch o.theJL. They coul.d onhj hu.nc.h oveJL and Ah..i.veJL. r.t l.00.6 Lak..ima. who 6.irralt.lJ ga.the11.ed the. 1tenw.Uning 4.tl!.e.ngth 06 hi6 Ahltin#Ung .6p.iltU and .in an .i.Jvr.u..Uta.bte. bu;t .6.U.e.nt vo.i.c.e. Aa..id, " Mo.6hka, took at me.I Look .into my e.yu l " She. twr.ned he.It he.ad and looked .in.to he.It bJto.the.Jt '.6 e.yu. A4 .the»r. eyu met, a Apalr.k l.00.6 tu..ndled. The tonge.Jt they looked, the AtltongeJL .the 6lame 61tOm .that Apalr.k g1te.w, until. .the 6.i.Jte 06 Ap.ilt.lt bl.a.zed .in .the.ilr. .6ou.l.6, rn.<.nd4 and bod.i.u. That IAJtVUnth .6plle.a.d .thJtOu.ghou;t to dutltoy .the cold 6e.a.Jt .that had COn6u.med .th~. When .the l.tu.t .tlutcu 06 6e.4Jt we.1te. gone, they bltOke .the.ilr. gaze upon ea.ch o.the.1t. They looked to the E44.t .into .the n,ight .that ha.d Awai.towed .that cold, powe.1t6u.l wlnd and .they .6en6ed a Ao6t Jtu.4.t.Ung 6.tow.i.ng up .the. valley. A '4Wlm, gentle bJte.eze moved .the .tl!.eu .into a Jthy.thmic., .614.tly.i.ng danc.e. It U6.ted up .the gll.444e6 .that had been p1r.u.6ed 6la.t and ILi.ppt.ed them gently, 44 .i.6 .the meadow l.00.6 the 4u.Jt6ace. 06 a AIWrrneJL.i.ng lake. The. &«1IUll iAJind calte.6.6 ed the.iJr. 6aCe6, and played wUh .the.i.Jt 6u.Jt 44 .lt had wUh .the. gJUZUe.6, JUppLi.llg .lt .in IAllVe.6 06 lted, white and black. Then .they 6elt .lt pa.u .in.to .the Wut, Jtutolt.i.ng eve11.rJ-th.i.ng .to .the calm .that had been be601te .the. cold wlnd lt4vaged .the. va.U.e.y. Once. 494.i.n .the meadow l.00.6 a pt.ace 06 be.a.u;ty .that frilled them IAllth Aong. The Aong came 6oltth ucaping .in.to .the. cte.a.Jt n.ight aAJr. and l.00.6 dJuuAwt .in.to .the he.a.Jtt 06 e.veJLy Uv.ing .th.i.ng .in .that pt.ace. Exha.u.6ted, .they padded Atowl.q and 40(,t.l.y u.p .the. Vlt.i.p Spll.i.ng Hollow and cLimbed .the. hA..U to .the. ltOck owt:Cltopping .that hel.d .the.ilr. home.. S.i..tt.i.ng .in a c.i.Jtcte .in 61tont 06 .the. den we11.e. Tlt..i.4hka and Ka.lwn4, .the.ilr. mo.the.It and 6athe11., and w.i.4e. old W44hte., the IUlcoon. The1te we.Jte .6.tlutnge du,i.gn6 .6CIUltched .into .the e.a.Jtth be601te. .them; they Aat .touch.i.ng ea.ch o.the11. '.6 paW6 and A.i.ng.i.ng .i.n a la.ngu.a.ge .the young 6oxu had neve.Jt he.a.ltd be60Jt.e. When .they dlr.e.w clo4 e, fAl44hte looked u.p and 44.i.d, " Thi6 n.i.ght you. have 6ou.ght tong and luvtd wUh an enemy 6e.w Me able .to conqu.e.Jt. FoJt you. have conqu.e11.ed the Sp.(Jt.lt 06 Fe.a.It and though .lt mtL1J 4444u.lt you. o6ten, you. wlU a.l.wa.y.6 be .lt4 ma.6.tell.. The. powe.Jt 06 .the. love .i.n you. that m44.te.Jted .lt wlU g1tow .6.tl!.onge.Jt .in .the 1Je.a.lt4 ahe.a.d. We .thJtee have 14Nltc.hed you. g1tow, r..m..tJUng .the Path 06 TIW.th, and knew you Welte 1te.a.dy .to 6ac.e .thi6 tJUal.. r.t l.00.6 we Jto Ae.nt .that Sp.(Jt.lt 06 Fe4Jt upon you., .to .6.tl!.e.ng.then you. and 40 you. m,i.ght know .the powe.Jt .that h44 601t Ao tong AptVr.k.t.ed wl.th.in you.Jt eyu. F1t0m .tw day on, you. have. w.ltJWt you.Jt Ap.i.Jr..lt .the c.hih.llten you. we.1te, bwt we wlU .tl!.U6t you. 44 ou.Jt .tJtu.ebJto.the.Jt and .t1we-.6i4.te.1t. But now, .into .the den wUh you.. " When .they CltaWled wl.th.i.n .the. 11.oc.k.6, be.6 011.e. .them a 6eJU.t l.00.6 la.id ou;t 06 a.U. .the.i.Jt 6avolt.lte. 6Jtu..lt4 06 the. meadow: bla.c.kbeNtq, .6br.awbeM.y, ll.44pbeM.IJ, and pe!t4..innon, all luvtvu.ted and dlr..i.ed .in .the. ti.me. 06 the.i.Jt Jt.i.pene.6.6. They ate glt4.te6u.lty, .then la..i.d down .in ne.w, .606.t bed.6 06 pu!Li6y.ing c.e.dalr. bou.gh.4 and went glt4Ce.6u.lty .in.to .the IA10lthJ. 06 dlr.e.am.6~ autmn 1983 Snow Bear is a teacher and herbalist of traditional alternatives for children and adults. He and his wife Khalisa are founders and directors of the Pepper land Farm Camp in Farner, Tenn. ~ - page 7 �In the North Carolina mountains, people have developed an appreciation for a variety of apples because apples were used in so many ways. In the old days, apples were not an occasional treat. They were a staple food. From the planning of the home orchard to the drying of the apple slices, every way possible was used to extend the apple season and preserve the fruit. In the absence of modern refrigeration, various kinds of apples came to be known not only for their taste but also for their rate of ripening and their capacity for preservation. Each apple had its specific season and purpose. Some apples are early apples and some are better late in the season. Some are for drying , some are best suited for sauce while others are best for canning. There are juicy ones for cider and hard ones for storing and, of course, there are plain And who knows how the Leatherman, old eating apples. the Milam, ~he Democrat and the During the season, some of the best Knotley Pea got their names. Many by Dou;J Elliott old-time eating apples are Crow's Eggs, of the apple varieties I mention Bellflowers, Black Hoovers, Virginia here are found only in a particular Beauties, and Spice apples. The small area, perhaps as small as a portion yellow Spice apples actually have a Just about anyone who's been raised of the county. And some names might distinctive wintergreen-mint flavor . be a local name for a widespread in·· the mountains or who's looked at Some eating apples will keep for months, variety. For example , Theron showed apples in the western part of our while others might be right for eating me what he called a "No-rthern Spice State has come cross Winter Johns or during only a few weeks of the season. Apple" that looked suspiciously some of the other old and almost Theron showed me a little apple called like a common New England breed forgotten varieties of apples. Until a Stripey. Early in the season the apple called "Northern Spy . " recently, an apple was just an apple has a crisp, tangy, white flesh; but if One of the great proponents of prefor me. That was before I started it gets too ripe or you let it sit around serving the many varieties of apples ranging the hills and hollows with the house too long, sometimes even for a was L.H . Bailey whose 1922 book, The Jheron Edwards, a sharp-eyed mountain few days, its crisp texture turns mealy. Apple Tree, lamented that of the more man from Yancey County raised in the "It'll almost choke you," says Theron of mountain tradition of self-sufficiency than 800 varieties listed in nurseryits sawdust-like texture. As good as this men's catalogues in 1892, not more and well in touch with much of the delicious morsel is fresh from the tree, than a hundred were available at the old-time wisdom and ways . After a you'll never find it in the suppermarket. time of book's publication. couple of seasons of seeing apples Sauce apples and canning apples each ' through Theron's eyes, I felt like have different properties; they aren't someone who had been shown a rainjust labeled as cooking apples . Good bow in full color after seeing only canning apples are firm-fruited and won't black and white. turn brown while a whole panful is peeled The fact is, there's an incredible andsliced. The slices hold their shape as variety of apples in the mountains of they are exposed to the rigors of home North Carolina. And by biting into a canning. Some good canning apples are few of these old-time apples we can Winter Johns, Pippins, Milams, Sweet tap the richness of a rapidly distA~ Russets, Knotley Peas, and Spitzbergens. appearing culture and life style. Although it is possible to make sauce out When I asked Theron how many types a, of almost any apple, the best have a soft of apples he knew, he rattled off a texture that will break down into sauce list of more than 20 varieties . Just with little cooking. Bellflowers and the names of these almost forgotten Stripeys are ideal for sauce-making. Juicy breeds left my head reeling with deapples like Winesaps and Sheep's Nose lend light. Some were named for what they themselves well to cider-making. Pippins resembled, like the elongated, lopand Crow's Eggs are favorite pie apples. sided Sheep's Nose apple, the oval The large Stripped Ben Davis is a favorite Crow's Egg, and the yellow Bellflower. "Why do we need so many kinds of baking apple. Others took people's names, presumapples?" Mr . Bailey asks. "Because Good canning apples are usually good ably the ones who developed the there are so many folks," he says. drying apples because of their firm flesh. variety or who first brought it into "A person has a right to gratify his Apple-drying was an important home industry the area. So there's Stark Apples, legitimate taste. If he wants twenty or in many parts of North Carolina . Itinerant Betsy Deatons, Black Hoovers, Stripforty kinds of apples for his personal merchants traveled back country buying or ed Ben Davis's and Ducketts. Still use, running from Early Harvest to trading dried apples. Theron tells of Others, like the Winesap, Sweet Roxbury Russett, he should be accorded peeling and slicing basket after basket Russet, Stripey and Spice apple are the privilege. There is merit in of apples which were dried on racks over named for their distinctive tastes, variety itself . It provides more the cookstove . In some areas the apples wer color patterns or both. The contacts with life, and leads away cored and sliced into rings which were drie _ Spitzbergen and the Virginia Beauty from uniformity and monotony." by stringing the slices on a pole . Drying refer tn their place of origin; the Today, according to the North is one of the simplest and, if you have a Horse apple is so big and sour that Carolina Agricultural Extension Service wood stove, one of the most efficient ways it is considered fit only as feed 90% of the State's co11DDercial apple to preserve apples. Just slice the apples for horses; the Limbertwig was crop is made up of only their varieties thinly and spread them on window screens named for the distinctive shape and Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and CONTINUED ON flexible limbs of arent tree. Rome Beaut • aubml 1983 KMUAH - paqe 8 ,, =1nd by bitin.y into a few of tAese old-time apples we can ttLf rtc/in,ess '?f :ap tdl_y dts°i'feartTtj cutture and lifestyle.'' �...- :· . ~,. . •>...,, . -- · _ _ ..,.....a - .- -~---~ for B, a geopolitical song as emblem, in this 22nd year of heavenly deadlock "The bastard wilde Popple is called ••••• in English winde Rose •• ••• " Gerarde, Herbal (II, lxx 301), 1597 "In those days, even though ancient astronomers had learned to divide the circle mathematically, directions were not marked by degrees, but in terms of winds • Every experienced seaman, however untutored, knew his winds. They meant more to him than any number 0 to 360. Since the ancients recognized 12 primary winds, at first the medieval compass cards were circles divided into 12 directional points •• ••• And the way they were drawn, often with artistic flair, reminded sailors of a 32-petaled flower. Hence the compass cards became known as wind roses. To this day the Portugese call the compass card a rosa dos ventos, a wind rose, and any modern cartographer wishing to affect an old chart places in one corner an elaborate and full- blown wind rose." John Noble Wilford, The Mapmakers, 1981 Finally, of course, there are oo naps, oo c:arpasses, oo destinations. No plans . No yesterdays. No tarorrows. Just place. The only lodestar is your heart. Switchbacking fran the cul-de-sac above the shade we pass through air so still it is a balm but we can see that sure breeze jagging treelight on the crestline & when we get there, love, I pranise you it will swirl us into pattern up the main ridge to CliJ'9'1BllS (passi1'¥3 over the JUdge's eyrie at Sharp Top we' 11 raven-croak in unison into his solanness) & sail us Cbwn the high divde to Silers Bald & 'lhurderhead & on & on & on devouring the upgrades & laurel hells with the sheer ease of flight (the ridges west in Tennessee are negligible but eyeing the other incline we'll tick off Forney Welch Jenkins Twenty Mile & IDI¥3 Hun;p:y &you&I will spy the threads in this tapestry glinting in the norni1'¥3 sun Peachtree Noland Forney Hazel for this is our & Eagle range) till the downdraft shelves to Fontana & ~ering back through the old river valley finds us wieldil'¥3 these walkID]sticks tryi1'¥3 to get a little higher on the slope together • . ..• . ... . ;,.,· autl:lm 1983 KAnfAH - page 9 �...... "I WAS VRIVING BACK ON 1-40 FROM RALEIGH, AMV I STARTEV TO GET THIS EXCITEV FEELING AS I VROVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS. I BEGAN TO FEEL THAT CERTAIN FEELING OF BEING IN THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN AS I STARTEV TO CLIMB, ANV I KNEW I WAS COMING HOME. THE MOUNTAINS WERE IN FRONT OF ME, LOOKING MAGNIFICENT. YOU KN(XJJ THE WAY THEY ARE SOMETIMES, WITH l BIG CLOUDS GATHEREV ALL AROUMV THE TOPS ANV THE SUNLIGfT SLANTING THROUGI, LIKE GOV WAS SAYING, 'THESE ~ ARE MY MOUNTAINS, KEEP THEM HOLY'." THE APPALACHIAN BIOREGION, LIKE THE LAND ANYWHERE, IS AN EXPERIENCE. IT IS THE BEING THERE, THE WORKING , THE EXPLORING, THE COMING TO GRIPS WITH ITS MYSTERIES THAT ULTIMATELY .PROVIDES OUR PHYSICAL SUBSISTENCE AND OUR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH. WRITINGS AND MAPS CAN NEVER SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS EXPERIENCE. THERE IS A SPECIAL INTENSITY IN STANDING AT THE TOP OF A STEEP MOUNTAIN RIDGE LOOKING OUR OVER FORESTED VALLEYS OR IN ARISING AT DAYBREAK ABOVE ROLLING BANKS OF CLOUDS THAT ISOLATE THE MOUNTAINTOPS LIKE ISLANDS IN A GRAY OCEAN. THERE IS A PERVADCNG SENSE OF ALIVENESS """ AND AWARENESS IN A FOREST OF TALL TREES THAT AWAKENS THE MIND TO THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AND REVEALS A SPECIAL SENSE OF PRESENCE. BUT WORDS AND PICTURES CAN BE GUIDES TO POINT THE WAY. IT IS PLAIN TO SEE ON THE LAND SURFACE MAP OF THE EASTERN RALF OF THE CONTINENT, TURTLE ISLAND, THAT THERE IS AN APEX OF INTENSE ENERGY: THE BLUE RIDGE AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS, WITH THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS AS THE ENERGY CENTER. FROM THAT CENI'ER, THE ENERGY FLOWS OUT, RADIATING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. JUST AS IRON FILINGS WILL DELINEATE THE INVISIBLE FLOWS OF MAGNETIC FORCE, THE LINES OF THE RIVERS ON THE MAP SHOW THE ENERGY PATHS RADIATING OUTWARD. THE RIVERS ARE BORN IN THE MOUNTAINS. TREY FLOW OUTWARD IN ALL DIRECTIONS: EAST TO THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD; SOUTH INTO THE PALMETTO COUNTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA; INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE ALABAMA LOWLANDS OR BY WAY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE WEST; EVEN NORTH TO THE GREAT LAKES. THE POWER OF THE EARTH SPIRIT FLOWS OUT OVER ALL THE LANDS THERE ARE BOUNDARIES TO THE MOUNTAIN REGION; BUT THEY ARE "SOFT" BOUNDARIES. NATURE DOES NOT LEND HERSELF TO HARDAND-FAST LINES, BUT RATHER TO TENCENCIES. NIGHT MOVES INTO DAY, WINTER MOVES INTO SPRING - THE DIFFERENCES ARE APPAI<A1lJAH - page 10 RENT, BUT THE PRECISE POINT WHERE THE TRANSITION TAKES PLACE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE. SO IT IS WITH THE LAND. AS ONE TYPE OF CLIMATE, VEGETATION, OR TERRAIN MERGES INTO ANOTHER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MARK THE PRECISE CROSSOVER POINT. / t<ATUAH: THE CENTER "ON CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS, THEY FREQUENTLY SPEAK OF THEMSELVES AS "ANI-KITUHWAGI" OR "PEOPLE OF KITUWHA", AN ANCIENT SITTLEMENT ON THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER ANV APPARENTLY THE ORIGINAL NUCLEUS OF THE TRIBE." - Jamu Mooney, My.th.6 06 .the. CheJr.Oke.e. ~ THIS NAME, KATUAH, APPEARING IN A VARIETY OF PHONETIC SPELLINGS, REFERRED TO THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE LOCATED JUST BELOW THE JUNCTION OF THE TUCKASEGEE AND OCONOLUFTEE RIVERS IN autmin 1983 �WHAT IS NOW CALLED SWAIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THIS VILLAGE DOMINATED THE "MIDDLE TOWNS" OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, THOSE VILLAGES LYING ALONG THE TUCKASEGEE AND THE UPPER PART OF THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER, AND THAT AREA WAS FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS KATfiAH. .. THE MEANING OF THE WORD KATUAH HAS BEEN LOST, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE WORDS THAT CARRIES A SIGNIFICANCE DEEPER THAN ITS DEFINITION. THE WORD WAS USED WITH DEEP RESPECT, AND, ACCORDING TO MOONEY, WAS "FREQUENTLY EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE TRIBE". ... THESE RANGES PERHAPS RELATE MORE TO THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONS THAN TO THE APPALACHIAN SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAN CHAIN, THE PIEDMONT PLATEAU FOLLOWS THW MOUNTAINS SERVING AS A TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN THE HEIGHTS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN • APPALACHIA IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE TERRITORY DEFINED BY THE OHIO, CUNBERLAND, AND TENNESSEE RIVER DRAINAGES. TO THE SOUTH, THE MOUNTAIN SYSTEM DIMINISHES IN NORTH GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA UNTIL IT CEASES ALTOGETHER IN , THE VICINITY OF THE GREAT ETOWAH MOUND NEAR MARIETTA, GEORINDEED, IT CAN BE SEEN ON THE MAP THAT KATtl-·- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . , GIA. AH IS THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF THE CBER<r KEE TERRITORY, AS TH.§ INDIANS APPARENTLY ECONOMICALLY , THE CITY OF ATLANTA , ORIWERE WELL AWARE . KATUAH ALSO COINCIDES WITH GINALLY THE OLD RAILROAD JUNCTION, THE ENERGY CENTER FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF FACES AWAY FROM THE HIGHLANDS TOWARDS THE TURTLE ISLAND CONTINENT. IT IS FROM THE PROFITABLE COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHTHIS CENTEJ WE BORROW THE NAME FOR OUR PR<r EASTERN FLATLANDS. YET .THE MOUNVINCE, l<ATUAH. AND '!T IS THROUGH THE NAME TAINS ARE ALWAYS THERE, SENDING KATLJAH WE HOPE IN OUR MODERN CONTEXT TO REOUT THEIR INFLUENCE, AND STILL AWAKEN THE SPIRITUAL IDENTITY THIS AREA HAS HAVE A HOLD ON THE HEARTS OF MANY HAD IN THE PAST. OF THE CITY'S PEOPLE. THIS PROVINCE, THE FOCUS OF OUR ENERGIES THE APPALACHIANS ARE THE OLDEST AND OUR OWN BIOGEOGRAPHICAL NICHE, ROUGHLY MOUNTAINS ON THE CONTINENT. IN THE COINCIDES WITH THE ORIGINAL AREA OF CHER<r EONS OF THEIR YOUTH, IT IS HYPOTHEKEE SETTLEMENT IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES. SIZED THAT THEY STOOD AS TALL AS THE THIS AREA IS ALSO LARGELY COINCIDENTAL WITH HIMALAYAS. NOW, ROUNDED AND WORN WITH "OLD APPALACHIA", THE GEOLOGICAL NAME FOR AGE, THEY ARE A DEEP STORE OF WISDOM, THE EARLIER FORMATIONS OF THE APPALACHIAN STRENGTH, AND ENDURANCE. THEY ARE THE CHAIN - THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, THE UNAKA ELDERS OF THE LAND, AND THEIR ENERRANGE, AND THE TRANSVERSE RANGES BETWEEN GIES ARE MORE SUBTLE AND DEMAND MORE THEM . ~""" d.e. "'-.P ATTUNEMENT THAN THE RAW PRIDE OF THE Tll f.: CllJ:;HOJ<EI·: MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST GLORYING IN THEIR PHYSICAL STRENGTH. THE APPALACHIAN CHAIN WAS FORMED IN TWO DISTINCT STAGES. "THE GREAT APPALACHIAN .JAMl':S :-.100.N t-:\" THE POWER OF THE APPALACHIANS IS A 11:)00 VALLEY" - THE TENNESSEE AND SHENANDOAH STRONG FORCE IN THE LIVES OF ALL RIVER VALLEYS SEEN AS ONE - DIVIDES @dui-rft..J K~ ..t~ site. THE PEOPLE UNDER THEIR INFLUENCE. "OLD APPALACHIA" FROM "NEW APPALACHIA" ~ .__ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __.THEY STAND STRONG ABOVE THE RUSH OF THE ALLEGHENIES AND THE CUMBERLAND THE COASTAL POPULATION CENTERS. MOUNTAINS, YOUNGER RANGES THAT CONTAIN THE MASSIVE COAL DECALM, IMPASSIVE, ENDURING, THEY GROUND AND BALANCE THE POSITS SO CHARACTERISTIC OF APPALACHIA JN MANY PEOPLE'S l'KENETIC ENERGIES OF THE PROFIT-SEEKERS AND THOSE TOO MINDS. ABSORBED IN SIMPLY MEETING THE BILLS ON THEIR LIVES TO NOTICE WHERE THEY ARE OR THE WORLD OF LIFE AROUND THEM. THE MOUNTAINS ARE IN MANY WAYS SIMILAR THROUGHOUT, BUT THE MINING OF COAL HAS PERMEATED THE HISTORY, CULTURE, ECONOLIKE THE MOUNTAINS' POSITIVE BENEFITS, THE CHANGES THAT MICS, AND CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF "NEW APPALACHIA" WOULD COME ABOUT IF THEIR INFLUENCE WERE DIMINISHED BY TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS HAVE THE MISTAKES AND EXCESSES OF HUMANKIND WOULD ALSO BE BEEN CREATED BETWEEN THE TWO HALVES OF THE APPALACHIAN SUBTLE AND FAR-REACHING. IN WHAT MANNER THESE CHANGES CHAIN. HOPEFULLY, THESE WILL BE RESOLVED IN THE COURSE OF WOULD APPEAR IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY, BUT THEY WOULD POST-INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME. SURELY aE DESTRUCTIVE AND WOULD LESSEN THE VITALITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES AND OUR POTENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL. APPALACHIA: O SIORE&lON UR THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO THEIR SOUTHERN LIMITS IN NORTHERN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA COMPRISE OUR COMPLETE BIOREGION. PROTECTING AND MAINTAINING THE LIFE OF THE MOUNTAINS IS A VERY PRACTICAL SORT OF WISDOM, FOR OUR WELL-BEING AND THE SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF THE LAND ARE INTIMATELY LINKED. CLWTINUED ON PAG£ tO GEOLOGICALLY, THE APPALACHIAN CHAIN PICKS UP AGAIN TO THE NORTH AS THE CATSKILL AND ADIRONDACK MOUNTAiNS IN NEW YORK STATE AND THE GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS IN NEW ENGLAND. BUT aut\ml 1983 r KATlWl - page 11 �A RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR KATUAH AREA THE BIOREGION IVEA AKWESASNE NOTES. A BASIC CALL TO CONSCIOUSNESS: THE RAV DENO SAU NEE ADDRESS TO THE WESTERN WORLD. AKWESASNE NOTES, PUBLISHER-cJo MOHAWK NATION, ROOSEVELTOWN, NY 1368~e bioregional ethic as lived by the Iroquois Nation from Paleolithic era to the present and the attack upon it by European colonialism. BERG, PETER, ed. REINHABITING ! SEPARATE COUNTRY. PLANET DRUM FOUNDATION, BOX 31251, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. 1978. The bioregional experience, Northern California as example. BERRY, WENDELL. THE UNSETTLING OF AMERICA. SIERRA CLUB, LAND. NORTH POINT PRESS, SNYDER, GARY . EARTH HOUSE.ti:OLD. NEW DIRECTIONS; THE OLD WAYS. CITY LIGHTS; THE REAL WORK. NEW DIRECTIONS; TURTLE ISLAND. NEW DIRECTIONS. Bioregional classics - poems and essays of respect to Gaia and the "real work", getting in touch with ourselves and nature. TUKEL, GEORGE. TOWARD! BIOREGIONAL MODEL ; BERG, PETER. t?IGURES OF REGULATION; TODD, JOHN & TUKE~. GEORGE. REINHABITING CITIES AND TOWNS. PLANET DRUM FOUNDATION, publisher. Some of the publications from Planet DrlDD which give a good overall $ense of designing for sustainability. periodicals: AKWESASNE NOTES. c/o MOhAWK NATION, ROOSEVELTOWN, NY 13683. Official publication of the Mohawk Nation; Best statemect of the traditional Native viewpoint on modern problems . CoEVOLUTION QUARTERLY (CEQ). "WATERSHE!'JS" ISSUE. WINTER, 1976-77. published t;y the Whole Earth Catalog, Box 428, Sausalito, CA 94966. CoEVOLUTION QUARTERLY. "BIOREGIONS" ISS!.iE . no . 32 WINTER 1981. published oy tile: Whole Earth Catalog . RAISE 7HE STAKES.PLANET DRUM FOUNDATION, Box 31251, Sa& Francisco, CA 94~31. - - Tri-annual publication dedicated to "deve:!.oping, analyzing <i-:ld communicating the concept of a bioregion". Interested in developing an exchange among individuals and groups "tnat are exploring cultural, environmental anci economic forms appropriate to L:he places they live in". GEOLOG'I ROGERS, JOHN. THE TECTONICS OF THE APPALACHIANS. WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, 1970. NATURAL HISTORY Use any good field identification books ( The A~dubon Field Guides good) plus the following of special regional interest: BROOKS, MORRIS. THE APPALACHIANS. ~re particularly Natural History textbook. CAMPBELL, HUTSON, SHARPE. GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS . UNIVERSITY OF TN PRESS. CHILTOSKEY, .'1ARY & HAMEL, PAUL . CHEROKEE PLANTS. HERALD PUBLISHING, 1975. Syl va, NC ELLIOTT, DOUG. ROOTS. CHATHAM PRESS . Exceller.t 5uide to r:ne underground world of medicinal and othe::vide useful plant rhizomes. GRAY, SAM. HAZEL CREEK: PATTERNS OF LIFE ON AN APPALACHIAN WATERSHED. MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER, WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, CULLOWHEE, NC. HESLER, L. R•. ' MUSHROOMS OF THE GREAT SMOKIES. KROCHMAL, ARNOLD AND CONNIE. GUIDE TO MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES . QUADRANGLE PRESS. Experts on Appalachian plant life. KATUAH - page 12 autunn 1983 �LINZEY, ALICIA AND DONALD. MAMMALS OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. UNIVERSITY OF TN PRESS. STUPKA, ARTHUR. NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. One of the best-k. lwn naturalists specializing on this area. STUPKA, ARTHUR AND HUHEEY, JAMES. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. The Smokies are known for the varieties of amphibious creatures. BARTRAM, WILLIAM. THE TRAVELS OF WILLIAM BARTRAM. BARNES & NOBLE. One of the first whites into the area, Bartram wrote of the land and the Indians in almost an untouched state. TIME-LIFE. THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS . TIME-LIFE BOOKS AND JEROME DOOLITTLE, 1975. NATIVE INHABITANTS There are a lot of books on the Cherokees, but it is hard to find information about their traditional ways. Mooney is the best source. MOONEY, JAMES. MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE AND SACRED FORMULAS OF THE CHEROKEE. CHARLES ELDER, BOOKSELLER. GRAY, SAM. MYTHIC MAPS: CHEROKEE LEGENDS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER, WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY. ULMER, MARY AND BECK, SAMUEL. CHEROKEE COOKLORE . PUBLISHED BY MARY AND GOINGBACK CHILTOSKY, 1951. MUSEUM OF CHEROKEE INDIAN. JOURNAL OF THE CHEROKEE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. CHEROKEE, NC 28719 . Periodical . Sometimes interesting, sometimes boring accounts of Cherokee life and history, almost always by white academics. WHITE SETTLERS: HISTORY ANO CU L TURE CAMPBELL, JOHN C. THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDER AND HIS HOMELAND. UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY . KEPHART, HORACE. OUR SOUTHERN HIGHLANDERS . UNIVERSITY OF TN PRESS LOVINS, CLIFFORD R. OUR MOUNTAIN HERITAGE. MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER, WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY. PARRIS, JOHN. ROAMING THE MOUNTAINS ; MY MOUNTAINEERS, MY PEOPLE; THESE STORIED MOUNTAINS. A good storyteller and knowledgeable"""'ibout the mountains, if you can get through his descriptive verbiage . VAN NOPPEN, JOHN AND INA. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. APPALACHIAN CONSORTIUM PRESS. WIGGINTON, ELIOT, ed. THE FOXFIRE BOOK and FOXFIRE 2-6. ANCHOR PRESS/DOUBLEDAY. The famous interview series on mountain culture. SEEING BERRY, WENDELL. THE WHEEL (poems) ; FARMING:~ HANDBOOK : THE COUNTRY OF MARRIAGE CARTER, FORREST. THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE. DELACORTE PRESS. A young boy learns from his Cherokee grandparents in East Tennessee. DILLARD, ANNIE. PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK. HARPER'S MAGAZINE PRESS. PORTER, ELIOT (PHOTOS) AND ABBEY, EDWARD (TEXT). APPALACHIAN WILDERNESS . BALLANTINE BOOKS. NEW YORK, 1973. POLITICS ASKINS, JOHNSON, LEWIS, editors . COLONIALISM IN MODERN AMERICA: THE APPALACHIAN CASE. EMERGING 810REGIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN RESOURCE CATALOG. PUBLISHED 1980-82 . AVAILABLE NOW IN LIBRARIES OF WNC AREA. autunn 1983 �FOLKS IN THE OZARKS HAVE BEEN MEETING AS A BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. OTHER BIOREGIONAL CONGRESSES AROUND OUR CONTINENT ARE BEGINNING TO CONVENE AS WELL. IN FACT, THERE IS EVEN GOING TO BE A NORTH AMERICAN BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS IN SPRING OF 1984 TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THESE CONGRESSES. WHY ARE THESE CONGRESSES HAPPENING AND WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, BIOREGIONAL BOUNDARIES ARE CLEARLY DIFFERENT THAN POLITICAL BOUNDARIES.WHEN YOU BEGIN TO THINK BIOREGIONALLY, YOU BEGIN TO HONOR WHOLE PROCESSES THAT SURROUND YOU. YOU CANNOT CUT OFF A MOUNTAIN RANGE JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO EXTEND INTO ANOTHER STATE; NOR CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN FORGET WHAT HAPPENS DOWN RIVER BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE UNDER OTHER'POLITICAL JURISDICTION'. IN OTHER WORDS, BIOREGIONAL BOUNDARIES INCLUDE "WHOLE SYSTEMS" AND HONOR THE NATURAL, ECOLOGICAL "LEGAL" SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY FUNCTIONING. BIOREGIONAL CONGRESSES A.lIB INFORMAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES WHICH HAVE 'CROPPED UP', SO TO SPEAK, WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE BIOREGIONS. A MAIN PURPOSE OF A BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS IS TO REFLECT WITHIN THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS/CULTURE THE WIDER "BIOLEGAL" STRUCTURE THAT EXISTS IN THAT BIOREGION; IN OTHER WORDS, TO TRANSLATE INTO HUMAN TERMS THE ECOLOGICAL LEGAL SYSTEM WHICH IS ALREADY FUNCTIONING IN THAT BIOREGION. ANOTHER PURPOSE OF A BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS IS TO FACILITATE THE ADAPTATION--INTEGRATION--INTER-FACING OF THE HUMAN CULTURE INTO THE WIDER BIO-SYSTEM. HERE THE EMPHASIS IS ON "SUSTAINABILITY". ARE HUMAN PRACTICES THERE --ECONOMIC, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL,ETC.-- ALLOWING FOR OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BIOREG- ION. THE FOLKS IN THE OZARKS WHO CONVENE EACH YEAR AS THE OZARK AREA COMMUNITY CONGRESS (O.A.C.C.) HAVE BEGUN TO EVOLVE A VIABLE PROCESS FOR "CONGRESSING". THEY HAVE FIRST IDENTIFIED ALL THE VARIOUS ASPECTS IN THE BIOREGION WHICH THEY CONSIDER TO BE SIGNIFICANT. HAVING IDENTIFIED THESE ASPECTS, THEY , THEN, HAVE SET UP ELEVEN PERMANENT STANDING COMMITTEES TO ADDRESS THESE INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS AND TO CAUCUS DURING EACH CONGRESS. THE ELEVEN COMMITTEES ARE AS FOLLOWS : APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL/ECOLOGICAL COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS COMMUNITIES/ALTERNATIVE LAND TENU AGRICULTURE/DIRECT MARKETING BIOREGIONAL/ECOLOGICAL POLITICS ENERGY/RENEWABLE RESOURCES HEALTH EDUCATION/NETWORKING/COMMUNICATION PEACE/HUMAN RIGHTS SAFE ENERGY KAT6AH - page 14 autunn 1983 �EACH REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDING THE CONGRESS IS ASKED TO JOIN ONE OF THE ELEVEN STANDING COMMITTEES AND TO CAUCUS WITH THAT COMMITTEE DURING THE CONGRESSIONAL SESSION. THE COMMITTEES MEET SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE FOUR-DAY SESSION OF THE CONGRESS --DOING INTENSIVE NETWORKING, INFORMATION-SHARING, AND PLANNING WHAT THEY WILL DO AS A GROUP FOR THE COMING YEAR. A MAJOR FUNCTION FOR EACH STANDING COMMITTEE IS TO DRAFT A SET OF RESOLUTIONS -WHICH ACT AS A PERMANENT GUlDELINE FOR THAT COMMITTEE'S DIRECTION. TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONGRESSIONAL SESSION , THE RESOLUTIONS ARE THEN BROUGHT TO THE FULL CONGRESS IN PLENARY SESS ION AND ARE REVIEWED AND RATIFIED . TAKEN AS A WHOLE THE BODY OF RESOLUTIONS FROM THE ELEVEN MAJOR COMMITTEES THEN FORMS THE CONSTITUTION/MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE CONGRESS. THROUGH ITS CONSTITUTION , THE CONGRESS-BY IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BIOREGION -- HOPES TO PROVIDE A "ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE" TO THE ACTUAL BIOREGION, IN ORDER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS COMPLEXITY AND INTERWOVENESS AND, THEREFORE, TO CONSCIOUSLY PLAN FOR ITS SUSTAINABILITY. IN OTHER WORDS , THE CONGRESS HOPES TO "MIRROR" THE BIOREGION. THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ATTEND THE CONGRESS ARE MAINLY PEOPLE FROM THE BIOREGION WHO ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE "SUSTAINABILITY" OF THE BIOREGION IN SOME WAY --EITHER THROUGH THE ARTS, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE REGIONAL ECONOMY,ETC . THE CONGRESS IS NOT "JUST ONE MORE THING TO DO" -- IT IS A WAY OF LETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING ON PARTICULAR ISSUES OR IN SPECIFIC AREAS SEE HOW THEY ' FIT IN' TO THE WIDER PICTURE OF SUSTAINING THE BIOREGION AND TO RENEW THEIR SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR PERSONAL ACTION . IN THE YEAR BETWEEN CONGRESSES, THE STANDING COMMITTEES MAY MEET PHYSICALLY , OR JUST MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEMBERS , OR DO NOTHING AT ALL. THEIR DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION IS ENTIRELY SELF-DETERMINING AND DEVELOPS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. O.A.C.C. FEELS THAT IT IS KEY THAT THE CONGRESS DEVELOP IN A NON-FORCED, ORGANIC WAY -- THAT THERE NOT BE STRONG EXPECTATIONS LAID ON THE CONGRESS OR ITS COMMITTEES IN ITS FIRST YEARS. THE METAPHOR IS THAT OF Ni\TURAL AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES: LET IT UNFOLD, REMEMBERING THAT THE BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS MODEL IS NOT BASED ON "HUMAN LAW" AND HUMAN PRIORITIES BUT RATHER ON THE WIDER RHYTHMS. THE VARIOUS BIOREGIONAL CONGRESSES ON THIS CONTINENT AND THOSE BEGINNING IN EUROPE ARE EMERGING BECAUSE THE STANDARD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES, BOTH REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY, ARE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THIS REALITY OF WHOLE, INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS NOR ARE THEY TAKING ON THE TASK OF SUSTAINING OUR ECOLOGICAL, CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE EMERGING BIOREGIONAL CONGRESSES ARE PROVIDING A MEANS FOR HEALING AND RE-NEWING THE BODY POLITIC, IN ITS TRUE SENSE. THROUGH THESE CONGRESSES, WE HUMANS CAN AGAIN ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE FORCES THAT ALLOW THIS PLANET TO EXIST. dltawn 61Wm c.onveJt6a..Uon6 wlth Vav.ld Hae.nke. HERE IS A LIST OF BIOREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH EXISTING ONES AND THOSE IN FORMATION: OZARK AREA COMMUNITY CONGRESS , O.A.C.C. O.A. C. C., Box 129, Drury, Missouri 65638. Thia Congress meets in the fall of each year. Bioregionaliata from other areas are welcome to attend. O.A. C.C. is also spearheading t he co-ordination of the upcOIDing North Amer ican Bioregional Congress . THE GREAT LAKES BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS G.L.B.C. , Box 24 , Old Mission, Michigan 49673. Thia Congress is now being formed and plans to hold its first congress in October ('83). OCOOH AREA COHMUNITY CONGRESS OCOOH, c/o Spark Burwiaater, Rt.l, Box 77A, Chaseburg Wisconsin 54621. This Congress is now organizing and may hold a Congress this fall ('83). NEW YORK STATE BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS - c/o Alan Casline/ROOTDRINKER, Box 864, Sarasota Springs , New York 12866. Thia Congress is now forming and is planning for a Congress to be held July 4, 1984. KANSAS AREA WATERSHED COUNCIL, KAW KAW, 816 Mississippi St, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. Thia Congress formed in Kay, 1982. A Congress is scheduled for tbJ.s fall ( '83). O. S.INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST c/o Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society Box 1064, Tonasket, Washington 98855 . A bioregional gathering is being planned for this winter ('83). SOUTHERN APPALACHIA BIOREGION c/o KATUAH, Rt . 2 Box 132, Leicester, NC 28748. A strong bioregional consciousness is coming out of this area. A new bioregional journal KATUAH will be published quarterly, beginning i~ fall ('83). There is also interest in forming a Congress for the area . U.S.SOOTHEAST c/o Southern Onity Network/Renewable Energy Projects (SUNREP) P.O.Box 10121, Knoxville,TN 37919 . SUNR!P organized the Southeastern Connections Conference which was held in August '82 and was cosponsored by over 77 organizations in the Southeast. This conference included vorbhops on bioregional organizing. SUNREP offers to help facilitate people in the Southeast to s et up bioregional organizations in their area. COLORADO PLATEAU Southwest Bioregional Congress, 227 Eas t Coronado, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 . A Southwest Bioregional Congress is in the process of being formed. A Congress was scheduled for fall ' 83, but has been postponed. OHIO RIVER BASIN Ohio River Basin Information Service (ORBIS) c/o Sunrock Farm, 103 Gibson Lane, Wilder, KY 41076. The Ohio River Basin Information Service has been formed to facilitate bioregional awareness in this vast watershed . TENNESSEE BIOREGIONS c/o Louise Gorenflo, editor , Tennessee Organic Growe r, Route 6 Box 526, Crossville, TN 38555. Bioregional consciousness is being developed in this area and a bioregional gathering is being planned. INTERNATIONAL THAMES VALLEY BIOREGION c/o Mark ltinzley, 7 Gayshaa Avenue, Cants Hill , Ilford, Essex IG2 6TB England. A bioregional organization is beginning to form in London. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IM LEARNING MORE ABOUT BIOREGIONAL CONGRESSES OR IN HELPING TO FORM A CONGRESS FOR OUR SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BIOREGION, PLEASE CONTACT: Marnie Mulle r c/o KATUAH Rt.2 Box 132, Leicester,NC 28748 RNIE MULLER autum 1983 KATdtw - page 15 ' �" TheJte. ne.e.d.6 to be. Continent Con91tu6 that the. occ.upa~ 6.inai.1.tj become 60 06 Nollth Ame.JU.ca can .inhabUa~ LEARN TO BUILV A LCXll-COST, FUEL-EFFICIENT FINNISH MA.SONRV WOOV-HEATER and frind out whVte the.IJ Me.•• Th-U ti.me Con91tu6 iA a veJtb •.. Cong1tu6, come togetheJt. Come togetheJt with the continent. " - PeteJt Be.Ilg, 7976 THE NORTH AMERICAN BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS ( NABC ) IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN MAY, 1984 IN THE NORTHERN OZARKS. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR CONVENING OF THE CONTINENTAL BIOREGIONALIST MOVEMENT AND WILL INCLUDE THOSE WORJ<ING IN 'GREEN POLITICS' AND FOR SUSTAINABILITY, IN GENERAL,AS WELL AS NATIVE TRIBES AND ORGANIZATIONS. A HANDS-ON CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP wU:h an in-depth 1teview 06 it.6 contJt.a-ntow duign pll.inciptu SEPT.16-18, 1983 Workshop leader: Tom Trout FOR THE EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED SINCE 1981 WHEN A RESOLUTION WAS PASSED BY O.A.C.C.II ALIKE (OZARK AREA COMMUNITY CONGRESS) CALLING FOR A NORTH AMERICAN BIOREGIONAL CONGRESS, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGAN- Thi6 week-end wo1tfuhop IZATIONS HAVE BEEN WORJ<ING TOWARDS CO-ORDINATING THIS 6e.atWle both a CONGRESS. 1tev.lew 06 the F.lnn.i.6h Ma.6onlllj He.ateJt du.lgn IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR ORGANIZATION BECOMING A CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS CONGRESS OR IF YOU WANT TO PART- M well. M the hand.6on con.6.tlw.ct.ion 06 it ICIPATE IN CO-ORDINATING THIS CONGRESS, CONTACT: ---at Long Bllanch EnTHE BIOREGIONAL PROJECT/N.A.B.C. v.i.Jr.onmentai. Education BOX 129 CenteJt. DRURY, MO 65638 rwt --~:::c;;:CCI P.-.-n--.:::=~- I.ONG BRANCH t:N\?IRONMl:NTAl t:OUCATJON Cf:NTt:R Rl'ul.z 2. Box 132 1..ek:es\er. 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A \IX· p.ut l\11ndl1· of l"-\a\·s. p0t•m,. j1111rnak c·alt·ndar' and prnpmah ahout tht• fral!ilt Rock' ~toun tain,. $4 po\lllaid. PLEASE CUT AND MAIL IN TODAYi . . ~ - page 16 autam 1983 �ALTERNATJVES TO ECONOMJCS SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR BIOREGION IS INTIMATELY BOUNV TO OUR ABILITY TO RE-CONCEPTUALIZE OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM. WE AS A CULTURE NEEV JO GET OURSELVES BACK ON AN EVEN KEEL WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT BY FIGURING OUT HOW TO INTEGRATE OUR HUMAN ECONOMIC SYSTEM INTO THE WIVER 'PRIMARY ECONOMIC SYSTEM' OF THE BIOSPHERE. RIGHT NOW OUR HUMAN ECONOMIC SYSTEM IS OPERATING OFF-BALANCE BECAUSE IT VOES NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL ENERGY INPUT-OUTPUT THAT IS OCCURING ANV BECAUSE IT EXTERNALIZES A PORTION OF ITS BASIC COSTS OUTSIVE OF ITS BUVGETING SYSTEM. A GOOV TEXT TO REAV ON THIS SUBJECT IS HAZEL HENVERSON'S THE POLITICS OF THE SOLAR AGE: ALTERNATIVES TO ECONOMICS (Ancho~ Book'6~, 1981). THIS VERY REAVABLE BOOi<°IS ACTUALLY A TREATISE ON REFORMULATING ECONOMICS --HlXAJ TO SHIFT "FROM ECONOMIES THAT MAXIMIZE PROVUCTION ANV ARE BASEV ON NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES, TO ECONOMIES THAT MINIMIZE WASTE, RECYCLE EVERYTHING, MAXIMIZE RENEWABLE RESOURCES, ANV ARE MANAGE'O FOR SUSTAINEV-YIELV PROVUCTIVITY".(p. 81 HENVERSON APPROACHES THE QUESTION OF RE-CONCEPTUALIZING ECONOMICS FROM A PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE, BUT HER "MEASURING STICKS" CAN WORK ON A BIOREGIONAL LEVEL, AS WELL. FOR OUR BIOREGION, WE CAN BEGIN TO ASK THESE KEY QUESTIONS: If the economic system in the bioregion is considered to be efficient/beneficial/productive, FOR WHOM is it efficient/beneficial/productive and OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME is this being judged? -Since no system is value-free, what are the VALUES inherent in our EXISTING economic system? In terms of scale, what is the best scale to use when the variables of RENEWABLE ENERGY, FULL EMPLOYMENT and ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY are being considered? RE-CONCEPTUALIZING ECONOMICS FOR OUR BIOREGION MEANS THAT WE BEGIN TO KEENLY EXAMINE THE PRACTICES OF OUR CULTURE TO SEE IF THEY REFLECT OUR TRUE VALUES ANV TO SEE IF THEY ARE IN SYNCHRONICITY WITH THE WIVER ECOSYSTEM. WE NEEV TO STUVY A WIVE VARIETY OF PRACTICES INCLUVING: BANKING PRACTICES; BUILVING COVES; FOOVPROVUCTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SOIL ANV WATER CONSERVATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH SECTOR; MARKffiNG SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENTAL BUVGET PRIORITIES; ANV SO ON. ,, KATUAH WOULO LIKE TO PROVIVE A FORUM FOR THOSE OF US IN THIS AREA WHO ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTEV IN RE-CONCEPTUALIZING ECONOMICS FOR OUR AREA. IF YOU ARE INTERESTEV IN RESEARCHING A SPECIFIC AREA OF THIS ISSUE OR IN WRITING AN ARTICLE OR IN SHARING IVEAS, PLEASE LET US KNOOJ.~ - MARNIE MULLER, A..lteJtna;t,lve Econom.i.C.6 ,, EditoJr. KATUAH, Rt. 2 Box. 132, LeicuteJL, NC FROM POLITICS OF THE SOLAR AGE: ALTERNATIVES TO ECONOMICS Hazel Henderson • • ••••. • • • •• ' v .. ' . . '~ -. ·· ' •. l!n·· . ff il ~. "The task for all of us committed to these social-change movements (human rights, corporate accountability, economic justice, ~onsumer and environmental protection, holistic health, appropriate technologies and those promoting stmple living, personal growth, and greater awareness of the interdependence of the human family on this blue planet) is to see that we a.te. 011e. coa.Lltlort in the larger politics of reconceptualization . Together we must demystify today's counterfeit priesthood of •puppet• leaders, and map and align our own energies with these larger-field forces and the energies that, in reality, drive our planet: the daily solar flux, which in turn drives our planetary weather system; the cycles of oxygen, of nitrogen, and of hydrogen, and the plant photosyntbeais that is our ~ e.collOm.i.c 4114tem••••••••• • • • we can see ourselves and our diverse socialchange activities as part of a living orchestration, generating larger patterns, out of which grow new paradigms of knowledge, policy, and personal behavior.• • •• For many of us, activities in various movements for social change have helped us understand our own and each other's inner space and to tap the deeply coded knowledge of the creation. This inner/outer search provides a base for healing the body politic. Some of us, in the environmental movement for example, began with the objective manifestations of human pathology or, as in my case, with diagnosing the pathology of economics . Now we are coming together in a growing coalition with the potential for 'wholing' ourselves 111td recycling our culture.• "Farmers have always understood what sustained-yield productivity means -now we have to teach it to economists." "When asked for advice by the U.S.State Department concerning the formulas that economics might develop, my response was that the economic method was entirely inappropriate, since economic models do not take account of bio-productivity, the requirement for diversity in ecosystems. the widely differing approaches to production and consumption in each culture and value system as lte.60WtCe.6 ••• " 28748 autmJn 1983 f KA'lUNI - page 17 \ �CONTIMIED FROM PAc.£ 8 (preferably nylon screens) suspended a few The apple tree, like most of us who call ourselves American, is not native to the feet above your wopd stove or oth~r heat source. The drying usually takes three days Americas. Some crab apples are an exception, to a week. During warm, dry weather but the apple tree actually originated in (a rarity in the Appalachains) apples can Persia although it had been cultivated in Europe for at least 2000 years before it be sun-dried, but they must be taken inside every night to protect them from the dew. was brought to the New World. Despite its Traditionally, people who were preparing foreign origins, no tree has contributed more to America than the apple tree . Besides apples for the market peeled them to make the vinegars and tonics , it's given us apple a more refinerl product. However. this is not necessar y, especially if the apples have not jack, apple brandy, apple wine and apple been sprayed. cider ; there's apple jelly, apple sauce, The art of preserving fresh-eating apples apple butter, apple cake and pie; and l\'\Cr't-, nowadays has been relegated to the relm of don't forget apple leather (broiled and horticultural science and refrigeration dried apples), candy apples, baked apples, engineering. Modern storage houses are vaporscalloped apples, apple grunter and apple crisp sealed and have massive refrigeration systems that maintain a constant temperature of 31 F. and a relative humidity of at least 85% . However, the-old-time methods of storing apples are still worth knowing, not only because they may be of use to those who might like to store a few bushels of apples for home use but also because they demonstrate a creative relationship with the enviornment app~. and a sensitivity to nature that is disappearing from our modern world. Eor· th~ person versed in the art of applestoring, the first thing to consider is the hase of the moon. As Theron tells it ,"keeping" apples are best picked on the "down side" of the moon (yhen it is waning). During this phase, any bruises that occur will most likely dry up and not ruin the apple. However, if you make hard cider or home brew, you'd best make it during the "comin' up" of the moon, since things "work" or ferment better as the on is waxing. Next you must choose a good keepingapple variety. Winter Johns and HardThere are apple toys like apple-faced enings are the favorites in our area . dolls and apple games like bobbing for The apples are picked carefully, each apples. Appl e wood is prized wherever apple lifted upward to snap off the a hard, fine- gr a ined wood i s called for. stem. If it is pulled so that the stem In colonial days, it was used for marips out of the apple , decay can soon chinery, particularly cogs, wheels and ruin it. In colonial days two men, a shuttles. Even the apple tree bark can picker and a packer, harvested each tree be used as a vegetable dye to give vivid with gloved hands . The picker handed golds and yellows. two apples at a time down to the packer Jonathan Chapman, better known as who carefully laid the apples in straw Johnny Appleseed, said, " Nothing gives on a sled. (A sled juggled and bumped more yet asks less in r eturn than a tree, less than a wagon or a wheelbarrow.) particularly the appl e." When loaded, the sled was skidded over Whenever you roam the hills and the hay to the packing cellar. hollows of the Appalachians and come upon The apples were then stored in cellars . an apple tree, stop and look around . You In Vermont and Connecticut where there will probably see others as well and was ready access to quarries, some apple perhaps some ancient rose bushes, lilacs cellars actually had marble shelves to or other cultivated plants. Nearby, you keep the fruit cold and dry. Sometimes may see the ruins of an old cabin, perhaps they even had windmills that operated no more than the fallen chimney and a fans inside them to keep the air moving. depression i n the ground that marks the Noah Webster recommended packing apples cellar where many an apple was stored. in heat-dried sand . Others used grain Living in the space age, it is difficult pr dry straw. Sometimes really special _ for most of us to understand the richness apples were hung "by their tails" (stems) ~-~ ~- 7 -~ as well as the hardships of that kind of from the cellar 's rafters. One favorite ~ -:::;../ l lfe. Other than reading a little history, down-home Appalachian apple sot rehouse ~'=:--:::;-~ - " listening to the music and the s tories of is a hollow chestnut stump. It is cleaned the old-timers, there aren't many ways for out, lined with dry leaves, filled with us to get a flavor of the old times-unless apples, covered with more dry leaves and it's through the flavor of old-time apples. some slabs of bark to shed the rain . Theron has also piled apples on the ground and then covered them with a thick layer Voug Elliott iA c.uJrJr.enti.y Uvi.ng i.n of "loose blade fodder"-dried corn leaves8UIUt6 ville, N. C. • He iA well.-known tied in bundles. This insulates the apples i.n :the mounta..LM a.6 an heJLbai.iA:t a.nd from severe cold, yet allows plenty of a. hil.alti..olLA i,tolltj:telle.JL. He -l6 :the air circulation. "They'll keep all winter," au:tholl 06 a. book, Root.6: An UndeJr.Theron says. gJr.Ound Follag eJL' .s GUlde. 'Not~i" ~i'ffll,S fet lt7j a7K7 m rtlur111 pdtrtt.<,tki~ r.!f ,, tfw; ~ KA1UAH - page 18 autmn 1983 �WHAT IS THE ELEVATION OF THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE WHAT IS THE GEOLOGICAL UNVERPINNINGS OF YOUR PLACE ? ? HOW WAS IT FORMEV ? TRACE THE ROUTE OF WATER FLOW FROM YOUR HOUSE TO THE OCEAN - -TRACE THE PATH OF THE ENERGY THAT POWERS YOUR HOME FROM ITS SOURCE TO YOU --FROM WHICH VIRECTIONS ARE THE SEASONAL PREVAILING WINVS IN YOUR AREA ? NAME SEVEN COMMON TREES IN YOUR AREA --NAME SEVEN COMMON WILV ANIMALS IN YOUR AREA --NAME SEVEN VARIETIES OF BIRVS COMMON TO YOUR AREA - ARE THEY WINTER OR SUMMER RESIVENTS ? VO YOU TALK TO TREES ? PLANTS ? LIST FIVE CRITICAL ECOLOGICAL ISSUES IN YOUR AREA --- · ·~ ~;;%;:. . ~~~I!~~~ WHAT ANV WHERE IS THE CLOSEST NUCLEAR FACILITY TO YOU ? WHAT ANV WHERE ARE THE LARGE INVUSTRIES NEAR YOU ? A.) WHAT ARE THEIR WASTE PROVUCTS ? HOW ARE THEY TREATEV ? 8.) VO THEY SELL WITHIN OR OUTSIVE OUR BIOREGION, OR BOTH ? WHAT IS THE POLICY OF YOUR LOCAL VUMP ON SALVAGE ANV RECYCLING ? WHAT IS THE STORY BEHINV THE NAME OF YOUR LIVING PLACE ( cove, CJteek, town, etc. ) ? We woui.d Uk.e yowr. JLupon.6 e and po.6.6-i.ble .6k.e.tchu t.o the tJAJO qu.ution.6 below. Plea.6 e mail. to: Katuah, P.O.Box 873, Cu.Uotdtee, N.C. 28723. WHAT IS THE TOTEM CREATURE FOR OUR REGION ? ( That -U, the CJtea.twr.e that by at; wU.qu.enu.6, at; ,impo!Lta.nce to the na:tu.lta.l ecology, oil at; pJLevalence but expJLU.6U the. .6p.i.Jr1;t 06 owr. aJLea - example.: Pac-i..6-i.c. Nold.hwut - .6a.lmon I WHAT IS THE TOTEM PLANT FOR OUR REGION ? ( example.: Ozallk. Mou.nta-i..n6 - oak ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _l_ _ _I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ......... ,,,.• A.. ..... I -=- I ~ ~ ........ 11..... • lll&P..."llli ....1p•11•u-1. , :"°'. -- I I I 111111.'llll ........... ~-Wmrpml belt representin3 the fonnation of the Il:oquoian League with design meaning "one heart for all the nations. n -------------------------------------------- autumn 1983 IOOU'AH _ page 19 / �_Q:O:oo~®.oQ....oc.Qo_~_.o-~.oo-or~ REmIABITATIOO ••• IT IS TI ME TO RETURN HOME . .. TO LI VE AS ~ NATIVE PEOPLES OF THIS AREA, MAKING OUR LIVING BY SKI LL ANV ~ ATTUNEMENT TO THIS PLACE, AJJIARE ANV SENSITIVE TO ITS CHANGES, LIVING SO ITS CHANGES REALLY MATTER ..• RATHER THAN LIVING IN ONE PLACE ANV SUPPORTING OURSELVES BY EXPLOITING J:l THE RESOURCES OF SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT IS TIME TO ROOT OUR ~ LIVES HERE ••• TO SHARE THI~ PLACE WITH TffE LIVING BEINGS 1--J WHO SHARE IT WITH US... ~ SUSTAINABILITY ... THE LEVEL AT WHICH A BIOREGION CAN CONTINUE TO PROVUCE WITH INTEGRITY ... MEETING OUR FOOV, WATER ANV ENERGY VEMANVS FROM WITHIN OUR OWN AREA BY TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATE TO THAT AREA ... SHAPING OUR VE MANVS TO THE ABILITY OF OUR REGION TO PROVIVE .•. "LIVING FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION OF OUR CHILVREN'S CHILVREN"... g JJ: tl Li D ~ P. ••• "A VOMICILE ••• LJALLS OF HILLS OR MOUNTAINS, A FLOOR OF A RIVER OR A LAKE, A ROOF OF RAINCLOUVS . .. CLOUVS ~ · PART WITH RAIN WHICH FALLS ANV EROVES THE WALLS INTO THE AQUEOUS FLOOR WHICH EVAPORATES BACK INTO THE CLOUV R OF ... O THE WATER CIRCLE/CYCLE FORMS A BIO-SPHERE"... N (Pe.tell Wa11..6ha.U.) l'1 WATEBSHED 0 ECOLOGICAL LA/JI OF THE BIOSPHERE AS ~ EXPRESSEV IN THE FORCE OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS - EARTH, WATER, ~ FIRE, ANV AIR - IN MOTION ••• THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THESE ELEMENTS VEFINEV AS LIFE-FORMS , OF WHICH THE HUMAN SPECIES IS ONLY ONE AMONG MANY .•. GREEN LA/JI: BEAUTIFUL, VISPASSIONATE, INEXORABLE, RUTHLESS, ANV TOTALLY JUST... ~ "GREEN IM" ••• THE ~ ••• A COUNCIL MEETING OF THE BIOTIC ~ A GOVERNMENT, BUT ITS NATURAL ALTERNATIVE ••• HERE ALL ARE REPRESENTEV, BE THEY CLOUVS, ROCK, SOIL, PLANTS , ANIMALS, TREES, OR PEOPLE ... WHERE CONSENSUS IS SOUGHT ON THE ECOLOGICAL LAJJIS OF THE LANV AS WE REAV THEM IN THE BIOREGION ANV THE LIFE THAT SURROUNVS US . .. WHERE THE STEWARVS ANV CARETAVERS OF THE LANV VEVELOP STRATEGIES TO VEFENV AN1J PROTECT THE NATURAL ECOLOGY ANV TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL WORLV ... BIOREX;IOOAL COMMUNITY ... NOT ~ •• •"ALL THE THINGS OF THE WORLV ARE REAL, MATERIAL THINGS. THE CREATION IS A TRUE, MATERIAL PHENOMENON, ANV THE CREATION MANIFESTS ITSELF THROUGH REALITY •.. THE SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE, THEN, IS MANIFEST TO HUMANS AS THE CREATION .. . (64om the Invoca.tion) Appalachian Physiographic Provinces MA? ME.D\TAT\ONS -- c.oNT!NUEO FROM PA•E II LAND/LIFE/FORMS WE CAN NEVER COMPREHENV HER, BUT WE CAN KN()il HER. VEEP IN OUR EVERY CELL, VEEP IN THE SOUL O~ OUR BEING, THERE CAN AJJIAKEN AN AFFINITY FOR THE LANV SO THAT ONE MOVES INSTINCTIVELY TO HER RHYTHMS, KNOWS WHERE TO FINV VEER OR GINSENG, KNOWS WHEN IT WILL RAIN, KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK TO MOUNTAINS. ••• OUR MOTHER GAIA, THE EARTH, SINGS TO US ••. IN EVERY PLACE THE SONG IS VIFFERENT: BE IT STEEP, FORESTEV MOUNTAINS: WIVE, FLAT PLAINS; OR PALM TREE BEACHES ... EACH EXPRESSION IS UNIQUE ANV REQUIRES A UNIQUE RESPONSE IN THE THIS IS NATIVENESS. THIS CAN COME FROM GENERATIONS OF ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, ANV SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THOSE HUMANS LIVING IN THE SAME AREA, OR IT CAN BE CULTIVATEV BY WHO ARE LISTENING ... THE PLACE, THE SONG, THE RESPONSE: ~ CONSCIOUSNESS ANV AWARENESS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE THE BIOREGION... ~ LAN1J ANV HER WAYS ANV HOW WE LIFE OUR VAILY LIVES IN HER PRESENCE . BIOREGION ..n... cs-cro.QtrcJLL>®..o~_o:o_p_g_ :o:o::.o..~ a ''THE IDEA OF A BIOREGIONAL IS CULTURAL. IT DEFINES BOTH A PLACE AND ADAPTIVE IDEAS ABOUT LIVING IN THAT PLACE," SAYS PETER BERG OF THE PLANET DRUM FOUNDATION. THE BIOREGION, AS WELL AS BEIN D G EFINED B THE LAY OF Y THE LAND AND THE FORCE-FLOWS OF THE ELEMENTS, IS ALSO IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ITS PEOPLE. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, THOSE WHO LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINS TO SEE BEAUTY, THOSE WHO LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION, THOSE WHO DEFINE THEMSELVES IN THE MOUNTAINS' TERMS ARE ALL RIGHT THERE IN THE MOUNTAIN BIOREGION. THE BIOREGION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ORGANIZED OR PROCLAIMED. IT IS ALREADY THERE, WAITING FOR US TO DISCOVER IT. IT IS A PROCESS BEGUN LONG AGO, WAITING ONLY FOR US TO PLUNGE INTO ITS STREAM. ,P' autum 1983 �l :oo llY\ e..\vtc.. ~1101aue1 NC.... autmn 1983 £..8J1'B'Z- CM&Mc &I. "'L&. 'UT'&~AL. cMEttAc£E c.tt...w=r.s ~ c.uauu, .rnc.acew, lN1)"'fll P601> •lllC..W..., f'U>WA'f, EKtUllT.S OM Tt\• us-.11rtr10...i, CAt•lt.Otce'l! 1 N. c.. 0tT. lf-·9 - Mt, , I<ATUAH - paqe 21 �,1-· .. .. . ,.... .. . . ....... "·"';!<.•-'' ,•• ······~--- ., .• 1?". •• ••••• ,. ·'·'t·:t=::'IO-• ••.•••••.;,..,:r. • n·:="'=':=·~ ,;=~•:.;;!1==7=',>~··•"''·'*·n--.:;;;."~''·",:= •-1..._.~,=rn!:;:!: ... ;.:..:t~tc.:t.• ····:1·1·•:i;:1:f••••:...; ...._.. . . ..... ·••l•"':"'•·· ····r. •t!i:t ·it". ,·:,;)!:,..........;·····-- 1 •• J'i'\"'~····•-•.\:..,.1 ...... l' •.:•;·1~-m· •i ,.: ;1: •••:., '' /l •"""".. -;·· ....··,...... 1'::;!i?:..-.......... ,._,u. ~1: • .• ·•,4 •. 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""h ::.1*9':":.·~~:1~',.\.~:'.-!ir:t=W:t\>l'e:.\t~~.t~~.i.•-:{".!r;?T~j···!1~;. j \iWi!'&<Tiflil~c1· o' mnnaz.inu among the dot u an "go}[.p" ag~ .ui ""- U.11. ~!;'fP!~';:1;~~.:.;rrl~~fr.! r,f;!:~fit:-:~7:-::·!::·!·~:.'!t!'l!!.:.i; .,.-:;:.~i!:!'--U"·li :.:..;.t. r!.~1••;~1.-.:..~! bu i. -::J i... . .. ,,, .• H• u• :-·.. 1... ~ ....r "!'U· J,,1• .... !.!. r.J,.t, H'ltl:! • •__ , ... ,,,,...••, ... i~~r'tt;~11~=:~.,~;.-:.::: 4Cr<.paC.rGO i;;;:.:,tt·~;~~ :::m;: :~-:- r.t~J:;!:,_ ~L~::: .......... ~···!'> ......r;...... m::Ei; 1 ·::sffir,.:~ii-;~~ ;m:.:;;•.~1 ..e~~n;:~· t..:J•~t·•'fo•• fg1Eii.>~~t ;:-;:!!!*Wir f_=nfJsm~·,. ~W~i:Ef:l! ·····-·~ ·i\i55fJ!:i.:: 1:t-:t::~·~ :'t':t-:;.:!r!!:.. · ·:n·..-•,... :~:~· ::?;~~ ..,,....-· p:s~::.:;o.;:J ~~i:llf~. ~~ft!:!'i'"! ~i!r. ... r.. . :;;~~Jf~!iF.f' ':!~j~]!~t~. _ • - ..... :u ~.l~1.. ,...... t ::J;:r:-.1''!!'J ri " 1 • :,,_:. r;."'"'!~.,.,._; \.:J:J; ;1!'!~z;!!1~::. :;z;...... .,.,, .,.... :FH~f! ~E:::-!E;:_r-~: FOR TH E I DEAS AND INFoRMATioN !.!il.:!;!: 1!¥.!!m;::~:~~ ABOUT BIOREGIONAL CONSCIENCE ll{17:~;;tt;.1~~u~~tl~!~~:1 •t1•·-r1 Jt--ffll.,... -~. THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BRING ~·!!ll~·1r~:rr~:.:.:!r:l:.~ FORTH IN KATt1AH TO BE SPREAD ~tfu~~j~;~:filf.4il~!fJ FAR AND WIDE WITHIN THE REG:Ujtilf~JHl~~riE~:~}).!.j~ ION, WE NEED THE JOURNAL TO ~iif,lt;1m=.-1~~~-ni';tr.~1J ..... (1:•·l- ·-··l~:·.hl ...~ REACH AS WIDE A GROUP OF PEO- ~:.m!u;~~)jmi!;h.!.:::.i.:.;: ~ ... .!~~m1 1 !L!;!a:!:Cct:\r1 PLE AS POSSIBLE. :!r.:;!;:t!,~:i~1!~!J·~~~rn~!• : •r···~t"·J··~1~· , ... ,r SEEKING THE ,;,~-ur.-·:li:ta :7!,Ji;~.!r~~ TO THIS END WE ARE · 1 ~:~:;n...:....!-:;,·1:1t':;i.;; SUPPORT OF OUR READERS IN DE- :~..t-~~:ti!:\!~j!~~!llj~?5i VELOPING A REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. IF YOU ARE INTER-mi.=ifoil~Bi:"..;~~~:: ··· ··:t··-:::?l!~!f~:S.~t· 1 h;!§nil~filH;~ilii'!lli- ESTED IN HELPING TO DISTRIBUTE THIS JOURNAL IN YOUR AREA , BY ILLING PLEASE CONTACT us F ... ,,..,·,,.,f, ..oi r..:.F.f!i':!a-r• OUT T HE FORM BELOr.T '". · · ....... · :w.~~:~m;r.i.lli:!..~tn~:= ~m!;as;.·?~..!<~~:i !;-~hi :l • ..••~ho"l~ i• ••~y:•·-~-1c· ~:; •. ·f1filF 1 ~r?!:-!1,~~~ :.r;::m::ffl1: ...::,n,-.:-- [r.··f·'·ft~··· 1 c .......n . 1lt ':i;.~.{!i .• 1.~:.::~r~-:!~~ DISTRIBUTORS CONTRACT TO BUY THE JOURN~L AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. ALSO FOR EVERY 20 COPIES OF THE JOURNAL THAT THEY SELL, DISTRIBUTORS GET ONE COPY FREE TO SELL OR KEEP. ;t;j; ~. ~m· 1.?J .. ,. ~ii ~-­ THIS INCENTIVE IS TO ENCOURAGE DIRECT DISTRIBUTION :irt~ BECAUSE, AS WELL AS BEING A MEDIA COMMUNICATION, THE JOURNAL IS A "TALKING TOOL" TO HELP INITIATE DIALOGUE. IN FACT, IT WORKS BEST THAT WAY. THE ~~ STRONGEST CONNECTIONS ARE FACE-TO-FACE AND HEART- :J.::~j fiiEl ;rn ···TO-HEART. PLAIN WORDS CARRY A STRONG MEANING THEN· ~ll! PERHAPS YOU FEEL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KATUAH AND THE BIOREGIONAL IDEA IN GENERAL so AS TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DIALOGUING AND FIELDING QUESTIONS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS OR PEOPLE ON THE STREET. THIS IS WHY WE PROPOSE LOCAL MEETING GROUPS. THESE ARE GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN EACH COUNTY OR CITY WHO MEET TO TALK ABOUT BIOREGIONAL ISSUES IN GENERAL, AND TO STUDY THEIR LOCAL HABITAT, IN PARTICULAR. THEY GATHER STORIES OF UNIQUE PEOPLE AND PLACES IN THEIR AREA AND SEND THEM TO THE JOURNAL. THEY COALESCE INTO AN AFFINITY/ACTION GROUP IN CASE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY. THIS IS WHY THERE ARE ONLY I MEMBERS' AND NO I SUBSCRIBERS. TO KATUAH. THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR THIS JOURNAL WILLHOPEFULLY GROW INTO A PROCESS A DYNAMIC PROCESS OF INTERACTION, OPENING, AND CHANGING ON ALL SIDES THAT WILL FOSTER A GROWING AWARENESS OF WHAT Is AT STAKE FOR OUR LIVES AND THE LAND IN THE DAYS TO COME INTERESTED? WRITE US, AND WE'LL EXPLAIN THE DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURE AND HOOK YOU UP WITH OTHERS NEAR YOU WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED. THESE ARE THE TIMES! U1.{ # • # ~-' about KA""·~Ah and a u.<..uueJtulA. uny -': ', A~.,. ~ 0, 0 loofU.liln a:t and Uv,lng wl:t.h theliind, they might al.-60 C1VVr..IJ ·~ h nO a c.ameJul and maybe a. .6maU ta.pe /[.eC'.oltdeJt. At:, t: ey .tlr.a.v~, they .talk wlth people about Ka..tU.a.h, note thw JtUpon.6U, and pellha.p-6 take thU!t p.i.c.tu.11.e. Fii.om t/W, ,lnteJr.c.hange c.omu mateJLial.. 60/[. the next .U.6ue 06 the j 0wr.na.l. -- the c.a.nclld though.t.6 and 6ee.li.ng.6 06 oUJr. ne-i.ghboJUi . ... ""he -v'LU. ~-v ..... "OV"" """"~-vAo,,,.~ ~ -v.. ""he ,...,"""- '\A.In ""'d agni"', .o\.l'i .. ,... +e "":-e ~· ""L.elj tW ""........,, leaJLn the te.Jr.JIJU.n. They Lind .6topning "'""c.u: .the homu 06 new 61Llend6 wheJte they ft.ind a :;;;i.C'.c:;- whetheJr. 6Ji.om old mountai.n 6olk.6, new age homuteade.JU,, 0/[. .60cia.l. o.ct.lv.Uu Uv.ing ,ln a ~ a""'""'"... ent. ,,;-1-.. ~...,..,,, The ,,;,.A .. : .,. ,,.;d,, .. /··~01..,,,.~ IM.Q\... ..J:.,.,OV"" n""' mou~""ni .....:0.1_ ~...., ..~ ..... '""-1',-v .... ,IA._... ~ 0 An-'· nnd 6 ;.,.d "Ov"• "nd .. idgn• .,.L.A.,. •oon be"ome 0°-' u.o """ """'' '- ~ ""' ~ ""-nuA... "" '-'. Ao • : .,. ""h · LJLle.nu.o. The Vta.v~M.6 J[.e.tuJul to V;(..6-v\.. ""- em '\.,. :- and aga..ut. A,111e o Pe!Lha.fl6 they w.ill be 91Llded onto l.lttte-U.6ed tJw.il..6 that they Vi.ample down and wlden by thw c.ontinued pa.6.611gU .60 that t:hey }[.ema.in M r.ooi.fUng }[.OutU 60/[. othell.6 to 60.U.Ow on thw own joUJr.netj.6 ,ln lateJr. ti.mu when people w.iU enjoy r.ooi.ki..ng to the,Vr. du.ti.na.ti.on-6. V.UVUbu:ti.ng KatUo.h c.ould be a new uny to .6ee OWl land and heJL. people ClMe up. AnotheJr. .6C'.ene: A 6am-U.y ta.ku Ka:t&.a.h to the c.ornrnunay At:, t hey CJVVr..y t he. WO'W 0 'V .. .(..U. 'V.. """" .(..U.. 'V\.. potlllc.k and .6eU up a ta.bte to hell. the joWtniJ..l to the.ilt 61Llend6 and ne,ighboJUi. "HeJte, ta.ke a. look. 16 you like U, you c.a.n. butj .lt. )U.6t don, t .6p.i.U a.ny o6 tha:t g1U1vy on a, now. Tell. me what you th..i.nk." ::µ: ~~ Olt p.i.dWte th,U,: The .60und 06 dlr.wn6 WU OVVl the bU.6tte and din 06 the mountain 6a.ilt OJ[. CJLa6t .6how. People W.6t ii~.~-_: OVeJt to a b!Li.gh:tty C'.Olo}[.ed booth ba.c.ked by a l<Vtge map 06 -·· the Ka,tilah mountai.n Me.a. TheJte they jo,ln people al.Jr.eady i~~ da.nc..ing to the ciJw.m6 and c.hanting vo,lc.u, "Ka-tu-ah. *~ Ka-tu-ah. II The .6ound6 JtLLn up and down thw .6p.i.nu, ~ij~; M.ng,lng deeply, open-ing .6e.cJLet pla.c.u c.lo.6ed by c.en.tWLiu ~ht: o6 c..i.v.illza:t..Um. Hii±~ Then the mU-6,l('. -6.top.6 and .6omeone .6pe.a.k.6 b1Lle6ly .06 a bio~nm 11.eg,lonal 6u.tUJr.e ,ln KatJ.a.h. Thvr.e Me quu.tion-6 and an.6we!L6, ~·f\'{f. and .6ome n_innau'..nu Me .6old. The mU-6.lc. c.ontinuu. A .6eed :..~!·-·!,n. -:i d -·--' b · .,. _ • 06 ®Wi.enU.6 and c.omrrun.lttJ .U pla.nte u.na eg-<..n-6 "-o g}[.ow. t~·~ ~ij~ AnotheJr. ..<.de.a: Young people U.6ed to peddle nW6papeJL6 on ~&T ,,;-1-,, .6:t.1Leet.6 to make a Li.;t;Ue ex.tlul money. Tho.6e da.tj.6 may f.!t~ b;bac.k, but now U' .6 .in the wl.de c.oMA..doJUi 06 hhopping i:E~ rnali.li, a:t the c..i.v,lc. c.enteJt on c.onc.eJtt rr-ight, 0/[. maybe a:t H~ a c.oun:tluj da.nc.e. 16 you know .60me !fOung 60.t.k.6 tha-t would j~!?. .Uke to make ~ome money 6oJt them6e1.vu, Ka:tUa.h wil.t .6upply ~~~g the mga.z.i.nu. !"(•--· !:e--·~;·•.&.,.:r• ... 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';1: rl~,:i.... -·•·.. ~·•-•· ..... ·~~ ... ~ ·•·•-•r:' t:· t-:..::-:=.:-.t-•rr:!?~1:::~1J:~·~!~:!~1!r~~-=•!""'. :,:~:,:,:i!~i~:~r.#Jf!jJ:. ,.~~.:,;n-=:-.s:1r ~~'!."!~L;:: .. ~·!.:-"'· ~\.,,~;,:-:-•,-· ......., -,.-' ,..=. ,.: ....:1••·r:.' n···!r:, ..... ~1....-· ·!-:i·!:.l J:r!·-~ .... ~ ••:........., .... ··•:!:-r... .. t1~.•~!>.1.,,~., ,.,,~!~r!E!i:·~ ,· ···;J"····,~l.fl·,,,, .:.:!..!J. ····,···.' ·.!~:;! ......:.,.. !H.~ •• ,.......J ......, ',,· •!ll~•• ·;tr.. , , ...... .... Hii~ 1..... -~··· ........ ,11.--... ............ , ........ , ........ _..f'' ""'•r• • ..........•• , ~.-..• • ·•• •t•~·· ·~ :c-................ t-. ,.,..,_ r11 ,, ...... - !'':lt-t.'i~: !'2~!~'!! ::.~....... ~ .,....., .•••, ......... -. ••• ·, ,..,...,.,....,~-.r·• :·'~-; :.'\ • w , .. I!\.,'":~ ~ f"1'1~. ~ !(\ ( ~:; ":!. YES, I AM INTERESTED IN FINqING OUT .:-cm.~~: MORE ABOUT DISTRIBUTING KATUAH. I ·•·r··~~,1 UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN RECEIVE COPIES •:,:-~:~.o.: OF KATUAH AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF r-Jfu-t~'. $1.10 AND CAN SELL THEM AT THE RETAIL {~¥~ki~ PRICE OF $1. 50. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT .;!:m;i~ NO PAYMENT IS DUE UNTIL THE COPIES ARE r:.u··:t:~ i~~h!~ SOLD • ''-''·~~~:::. :.r;,m::iii PHONE-------- ~ RETURN TO: KATUAH P.O.BOX 873 CULLOWHEE,NC 2 8 7 2 3 KMUAl:I - page 22 autmn 1983 �WMATTO 8JUN<t t SCHEPULE: 10 - 12:30 - Discussion of bi oregional concerns, issues, and directions for future gr owth 12 : 30 - 2:00 - POT-LUCK LUNCH 2:00 - 5:00 - Tradin', pl ayin ', socializin ' , and interest group meetings -Covered dish and utensils for the whole family -Items for trade , barter, sale (plant s, craft s , produce, canned goods) -Information to share : issues, topics , interesting folks , organization bioregional happenings -Hope , good humor, and ideal ism OCTOBER 29 at DEEP CREEK CAMPGROUND GREAT SMOKY MTN . NATIONAL PARK Driving : Go to Bryson City, N.C. and follow signs to " ~ ep Creek Campgrounds" EVERYONE WELCOME! For more information , contact: paqe 23 �ISSUE NO . l AUTUMN g I o ~ ~ o ~ ~ g § ~ o ~ ~ Og oommmooo Dnr«atimv 1983 mmmooomnunoog I 1n the beginning, we we/le told that t he human being.6 that IAXli.h.. abou..t on :the Ecvvth have been g pMvided with all the thing.6 nec.Ul>aJl.y f,011.. li6e ..E! We we/le ..i.n.6.tJw.eted to C'.aJl.ll..y a love. f,011.. one. ~ arto.thell, and to l>how a 11..upeet f,011. all the be- g ing.6 of, thl.6 EaM:h. We aJi.e L>hown that ouJL li6e ~ exi-6.t.6 with the .tll.ee Uf,e, -that oWt we.U-being ~ depe.nd.6 on the wei...t-being of, :the. vegetable. g Uf,e, that we. a11.e. the. c1.o.6e. 11.e.f.ativu of, the. ~ 6oWt-legged being.6. In OW!. VXJ.lj.6, .6p,i.Jt,(;twi£ ~ c.on.6eioU.6nU.6 i.6 the. highut f,oJun of, poUt-i.c6 . g OW!..6 i.6 a v.xi.y of, Uf,e. . We. believe. that all Uving thing.6 aJl.e. .6 pi!U:tua..f. be.ing.6 . S pVU;t-6 ~ c.an be exp11.u.6ed M e.nellgy f,Oll.1116 manif,uted i= ,(.n mat.tell. A biade ofi gJt.aM i.6 an ene11.gy f,011..m manif,ute.d in rna:ltell - gJt.aM m atte.11... The ~ .6 pilU:t 0 6 the gll..a.6.6 ,(A that U.n.6 een f,011.c.e whic.h f3 p11.odl.1.c.u the. .6 peciu ofi gll.M .6 , and it i.6 g O ~o a g g i 0 a o i :;::9~ o:~: ::dg:•~eal, ~<Mal i g 0 g thing.6 . The C11..eation i.6 a .tJw.e, mateJLi..a..f. phe.n~ ome.non, and the Cltea.ti.on manif,ut.6 -ihe.l.6 to ~ U.6 :thMu.gh 11..e.af.it.y. Th e. .6 p,i.Jt,(;tual u.nivelll> e., o then, i.6 man-i.Lu t t o man M the. Cll..eation, the ~ Cll..eation wh..i..c.h i,u.ppoJtt.6 Li6e. . We believe that e man i.6 11..ea.l, a paJtt o6 C11..e.at.lo n, and that g hi.6 du..ty i.6 to .t>u.ppoll.:t Uf,e. in c.onju.netion with o.t:heJr. be.inQ' • Oo n I o The 011..igina.f. 1n.6.tJw.etion <Li.Jr.eet that ~ O e o ~ ~ I o g I we. who v.xi..f.k abou..t on the Ea.11.:th a.11.e to e.xp11.u.6 a g11.e.at 11.upe.et, and a6f,e.etion, and a g.Jta.t..ltu.de toVXJ.Jt.d all the .t>p.i.Jr.i,t.6 wh.i..c.h c.11.e.ate. and .6u.ppoll.:t Uf,e. . We give. a g11..eeting and a tha.nkl>giving to the many .6u.ppoll.:tell.6 of, ou.11.. own Uvu the c.011..n, the. bean.6, :the .t>qu.a..6h, :the wind.6, .the i,u.n. When people c.eMe :to 11.upe.et and explle.6.6 glLD.t:-i;tude f, 011. :thue many :thing.6, then all Uf,e. wlU be dutll.oyed, and human Uf,e on thi.6 pl.a.net will. c.ome to an end. g ~ Ou.11.. 11.00.t.6 a11.e deep in the .t.o.nd.6 whelle we. Uve. we have a g.11.e.at love 6011. ou.11. c.ou.n:tll.y, f,011. ou.11. e fWtthpl.a.c.e i.6 the/le . The. .6oil i.6 11..ic.h f,11.0m :the. g bonu of, thou.L>and.6 of, ou.11. g.e.nellation.6. Eac.h 06 ~ U.6 VXJ..6 c.11.e.ate.d in :tho.6 e .f.a.nd.6, and i:t AA Ou.IL ~ dl.1.ty to take. c.a11.e. of, them, bec.a.u.L>e 611.om thue. g dl.1.ty to take. g.11.e.at c.a.11.e. o6 them, be.c.a.u.L> e. 611.om I ~~~~e.~~~~~ri11!e.t~~~~~~f~~~~ o abou..t w.Uh a g.11.e.a:t 11.upe.c.:t, f,011. the. Ea.Jr.th i.6 I a Vell.IJ 0 0 : e 0 o ~ ~ 0 - .6ac.11.ed pl.ac.e... ~ p--- address of the Hau De No Sau Nee to the western world (presented to the United Nations, Conference of Non-governmental Organizations; Geneva, Switzerland, 1977) 9 0 0 ol 0 ° I 1 1 1 0 0 o 0 0 0 g I ( "The land is sacred," the Indians told the European ool onists. It is only in this generation, un:ier the threat of nmaway uraniml, runaway in:iustrialization, and the ravages of EX>isol'OlS sprays am waste-EX>llutants that we are CDning to realize the true depth and meaning of these words. Now we have rediscovered the web of life, called "the ecology" am the spirit of the lam, "the envirorment." cnly now, alm::lst 500 years after Colurbls, refugees fran the invading irdustrial society are anbarking on amther voyage of exploration into the New World. We are looking at the lam with new eyes to fin:i space, subsistence, am meaning for our lives. Ia:>king arourXi, we see a different world, alive and p.tlsating, a spiritual being. OUr planet seen in this way, we call GAI A. a living organism with a will and an intelligence of her own. She dances to her own time, and it is to our own peril i f we do oot follow her lead. 'lhe ancient name of this continent we inhabit is TURTLE 1SLANV. 0 "Turtle Island - the old/ new name for the continent based on many creation myths of the people who have been living here for rnillenia, and rea.pplied by sane of than to "North .America" in recent years. Also, ari idea fourxi world-wide, o f the earth, or the cosnos even, sustained by a great turtle or serpent-of-eternity. g 0 g a · I 0 ~ name: that we may see ourse lves 11Dre accurately on this continent of watersheds and life-camnmities - plant zones, piysiograpri.c provinces, culture areas; following nat\Jral boundaries. 'lhe "U.S.A"and its states and oounties are arbitrary and inaccurate inp::>sitions on what is really here." - Gary Snyder A g 111 0 1 0 g I o ) speak of the world 11Dre accurately, to speak of the world that is really here instead of the arbitrary ploitical boun3aries, we speak of BIOREG!ONS. TO 0 Qmmmooommmooommmooommmooommmooo1DDDD0oommmooomnunooo~ autum 1983 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records Description An account of the resource <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, later simplified to&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal</em>,&nbsp;was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. <br /><br /><span>The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name,&nbsp;</span><em>Katúah</em><span>, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant.&nbsp;</span><br /><span><br />The <em>Katúah Journal</em> was co-founded by Marnie Muller, David Wheeler, Thomas Rain Crowe, Martha Tree and others who served as co-publishers and co-editors. Other key team members included Chip Smith, David Reed, Jay Mackey, Rob Messick and many others.</span><br /><br />This digital collection is only a portion of the <em>Katúah</em>-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. The items in AC.870 Katúah Journal records cover the production history of the <em>Katúah Journal</em>. Contained within the records are correspondence, publication information, article submissions, and financial information. The editorial layouts for issues 12 through 39 are included as are a full run of the Journal spanning nearly a decade. Also included are photographs of events related to the Journal and a film on the publication. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This resource is part of the&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal Records </em>collection. For a description of the entire collection, see <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katúah Journal Records (AC. 870)</a>. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The images and information in this collection are protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.) and are intended only for personal, non-commercial, and educational purposes, provided proper citation is used – i.e., Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records, 1980-2013 (AC.870), W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Researchers are responsible for securing permissions from the copyright holder for any reproduction, publication, or commercial use of these materials. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource journals (periodicals) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians,</em> Issue 1, Autumn 1983 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sylva Herald Publishing Company, Sylva, North Carolina Subject The topic of the resource Bioregionalism--Appalachian Region, Southern Sustainable living--Appalachian Region, Southern Apples--Varieties--North Carolina, Western Apples--Storage Traditional Farming--United States--Appalachian Region, Southern Alternative agriculture--Appalachian Region, Southern Permaculture--Appalachian Region, Southern Animals--Folklore Appalachians (People)--History North Carolina, Western Blue Ridge Mountains Appalachian Region, Southern North Carolina--Periodicals Description An account of the resource The first issue of <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, published in the fall of 1983, sets the platform of the publication which expresses and overall tone of respect and stewardship of the land and all life in it. Topics in this issue include Katúah and its meaning, the world as bioregions, the migration of Ulster Scots to North Carolina, and sustainable practices. Authors and artists in this issue include: Chuck Marsh, Thomas Rain Crowe, Sam Gray, Curtis Wood, Tyler Blethen, Snow Bear, Doug Elliott, George Ellison, and Marnie Muller.<br /><br />Beginning with Issue 19, Spring 1988, the journal title was shortened to <em>Katúah Journal</em>. The journal was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name, Katúah, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant. <br /><br /> Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Bioregions: "The Trail to Home".......1<br /><br />From Ulster to Carolina : <br />(The Scotch-Irish Migration to N. Carolina).......3<br /><br />Permaculture Practices.......4 <br /><br />Moshka &amp; Lakima : A Story By Snow Bear.......6 <br /><br />Old Time Apples.......8 <br /><br />Poetry : "Wind Rose" by George Ellison.......9 <br /><br />Map Meditations : The Katuah Bioregion.......10 <br /><br />Mountain Guides : A Resource Bibliography.......12<br /><br />Bioregional Congresses.......14<br /><br />Alternatives to Economics.......17 <br /><br />Finding Katuah : A Bioregional Questionnaire.......22 <br /><br />Fall Calendar........21 <br /><br />Creative Distribution.......22<br /><br /><em>Note: This table of contents corresponds to the original document, not the Document Viewer.</em> Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937"> AC.870 Katúah Journal records</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted" href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en 8" target="_blank"> In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted </a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Appalachian Region, Southern Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/79" target="_blank"> Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Journals (Periodicals) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1980s Agriculture Appalachian History Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Bioregional Congress Bioregional Definitions Economic Alternatives European Immigration Geography Glossaries Katúah Permaculture Poems Reading Resources Stories Turtle Island https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/4d450fedff98db51d827ad2d6b6eb05e.pdf 17a990be6fc8c33627511b8f4ccfd428 PDF Text Text ������������������������������������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records Description An account of the resource <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, later simplified to&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal</em>,&nbsp;was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. <br /><br /><span>The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name,&nbsp;</span><em>Katúah</em><span>, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant.&nbsp;</span><br /><span><br />The <em>Katúah Journal</em> was co-founded by Marnie Muller, David Wheeler, Thomas Rain Crowe, Martha Tree and others who served as co-publishers and co-editors. Other key team members included Chip Smith, David Reed, Jay Mackey, Rob Messick and many others.</span><br /><br />This digital collection is only a portion of the <em>Katúah</em>-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. The items in AC.870 Katúah Journal records cover the production history of the <em>Katúah Journal</em>. Contained within the records are correspondence, publication information, article submissions, and financial information. The editorial layouts for issues 12 through 39 are included as are a full run of the Journal spanning nearly a decade. Also included are photographs of events related to the Journal and a film on the publication. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This resource is part of the&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal Records </em>collection. For a description of the entire collection, see <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katúah Journal Records (AC. 870)</a>. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The images and information in this collection are protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.) and are intended only for personal, non-commercial, and educational purposes, provided proper citation is used – i.e., Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records, 1980-2013 (AC.870), W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Researchers are responsible for securing permissions from the copyright holder for any reproduction, publication, or commercial use of these materials. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource journals (periodicals) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, Issue 7, Spring 1985 Description An account of the resource The seventh issue of the <em>Katúah Journal</em> focuses on the culture of economics and work. This issue features an essay on economy by poet, novelist, and environmentalist Wendell Berry. Other authors and artists in this issue include: Donna Obrecht, Elizabeth Squire, Becky Wellborn, Sparrel Wood, Mark Friedrich, Rick Murray, Thomas Rain Crowe, Chip Smith, C. B. Squire, Robert Penn Warren, Barbara Reimensnyder, and Michael Hockaday. <br><br><em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, later simplified to <em>Katúah Journal</em>, was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name, Katúah, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Looking to the Future.......1<br /><br />Sustainable Economics.......1<br /><br />The Great Economy by Wendell Berry.......3<br /><br />Native Village Economy.......4<br /><br />Hot Springs.......5<br /><br />Worker-Ownership.......6<br /><br />Busy Needle.......7<br /><br />Working in the Web of Life.......8<br /><br />Spring Creek.......12<br /><br />Self-Help Credit Union.......13<br /><br />Responsible Investing.......15<br /><br />Madison County.......16<br /><br />Wild Turkey.......18<br /><br />Update: Forest Service Plan.......20<br /><br />Nuclear Waste Update.......22<br /><br />The Gift Economy.......23<br /><br /><em>Note: This table of contents corresponds to the original document, not the Document Viewer.</em> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sylva Herald Publishing Company, Sylva, North Carolina Subject The topic of the resource Bioregionalism--Appalachian Region, Southern Sustainable living--Appalachian Region, Southern Regional economics Sustainable development--Appalachian Region, Southern Cooperative societies--North Carolina, Western Barter--Appalachian Region, Southern Investments--Moral and ethical aspects North Carolina, Western Blue Ridge Mountains Appalachian Region, Southern North Carolina--Periodicals Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937"> AC.870 Katúah Journal records</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted" href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en 8" target="_blank"> In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted </a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Appalachian Region, Southern Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/79" target="_blank"> Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Journals (Periodicals) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1980s Appalachian History Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Bioregional Definitions Book Reviews Children's Page Economic Alternatives Folklore and Ceremony Forest Issues Glossaries Good Medicine Habitat Hunting Katúah Poems Radioactive Waste Reading Resources Turtle Island Villages Wilderness Women's Issues https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/0d9900eecbaa84dc53b477e07072e743.pdf fa0c060dc360f4bcedc42ca0ae593baf PDF Text Text Postage Paid Bu._M~ Permil 118 LeiceS1er, NC 28748 ISSUE 24 SUMMER 1989 �• • • • (' • :..~ • • . . . . .. . . . ;_~ f ('!; • : : . - • ' • <....~,,,... ._:.!.-:. • ' .. . . • . . . ~ lONTENTJ = d~ ' ~ ·~ ' ,,..... .. .... ~~'" - - <:==:l: . .. . • 'lo. ~(;' I . Dee~LD~~~~r~i~~................................ 3 7...............................s Life ~~I::rr~~~~ Hiroshima Day 1989 .............................7 Direct Actioo! ....................................... 8 T'AI: PEACE by Patrick Clark Planting a Tree of Peace.......................9 Community Building and Peace......... IO by Richard Lowen1Tial Peacemakers: A Resource Listing....... 11 Ethnic SurvivaJ. ................................... 14 Black Mountain Pairing Project.. ........ 15 "Battlesong" ........................................ I6 A Poem by Heather Pirrillo Growing Peace in Cultures................. 18 by Mamie MuJ/er Review: The Chalice and the Blade..................20 Natural World News...........................22 P eace. As we cxplon: the meaning of this word in the Kanlah pro,·ince. we find as many subjective definition5 as there are people working to manifest lhem. Yet, is there an underlying sense that ties together the different perspectives and the work all these people are carrying on? The answer for us came very lute one night while we wen: gathered to prep3te the spring issue of the KatUa.h Journal. Someone by chance called up from the I Ching the hexagram T'ai, entitled "Peace." The sign was composed of three yin lines over three yang lines--illusuating n smte of vibrnnr balancing. The yin energy, which represent<> the receptive or yielding quality of nature, is above the yang, moving downwnrc.1; and the yang energy, which represents the active or creative principle. is below the yin, moving upward. Abovt IMow The Receptive Eanh ( K'un) The Creative. Heaven (Ch'lcn} A Children's Page...............................25 The ~I reads• Drumming........................................... 26 "111is hel<agram dcnotc.s ;i urne m nature when Heaven seems to be on E:lrl.h. Hc:ivc:n has pixed 11sclf bcnCJlh Ille Eanh. and so lhcll' powers unite Events Calendar..................................28 \Vebworking....................................... 30 in deep h:lrmony. Then ~and blc..~'illlJ;S dc.lecnd upon :Ill living lhmg&." In this hexagram. the I Ching emphasius that peace is not a sunk .st.:ite but r.uher one of dynnmic balane"C, alway:. changing as conditions change. Jn the world of nuture and m the world of the human, everything is in motion. It is in the midst of this swirling interplay of forces which create this Life. rhat we begin to feel n sense of hamiony, of communion, of rightness...that could be: identified as peace. When "'e do not cultiv:ue this hannony, then Life becomes •·our of b:ilancc." Finding balance and maintaining b.·llancc-, both personally and culturally, is a process of continuous exchange. When the exchange is balanced. simple 1hough it sounds... peace brings peace. In this world of diversity :ind disparate value systems. peace does not depend on "an absence of con0ic1", but rather on the way we get through the e-0nnic1. II is 1he embracing of all the life forces. even those in apparent opposition. As we strive to preserve the habitats tha1 maint..'lin life and ro bring about specific political and economic changes. we come to recognfae the connec1cdncss of all things. In 1his way, we produce changes rhat are Sll'Ong and enduring. People like those listed in the pages of this issue of Kattwh Journal, nnd many others in the region, arc an lnspinuion to all of us In tl1eir ded1ca11on. The way they go about workin~ for change ii. itself crearing new ways of relating. And the new rcJ31ionships 1h3t are now incubating llJ'C the Ir.Isis of a new culture. Eventually chc insti1u1ions of society, which are simply renccuons of the basic relationships escablishcd :1mong ourselves and other living 1hmgs, will be transfonncd. "May the Spirit so stro11g in the ~hadow and stmm Hold fast 10 what is righ1, A11d S!irt!ly as JOU breaJlre the gentle air of Peace This ia11d shall shefur in the light of love Tlzis land sl:all shelter in the light " Blessed beThe Ednors (l'w fn>m I CIU11g "'T~ BooJ;. o{CiuJntu.1ranslllle<l sn1et ClcmwJ by Richard Wilhdm Uld ill1o Engluh bt Cory F. Ba)'llCJ. Sons l1ria from "l.a:id ol l.i&Jil" ias ro:orded 11) 1~ Ta-vtdtil/Weawrs) �STAFFTHlS ISSUE: Scott Bi.rd Patrick Clark Andy Half-Baker Rob Messick Marnie Muller Mart.ha Tree Richard Lowenthnl David Wheeler EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE: Susan Adam Abby Bird John Creech WiJI Ashe Bason Jack Chaney Jim Houser Christina Monison PiCllllte Rodney Webb Chip Smilll Morgan Swann ...and !honks IO Jake ror lnte-nighl brownies COVER by Martha Tree INVOCATION from "Meditations with Animals" by Gerald Hausm:m PUBLISHED BY: Ka1U1Jlr Joumal THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BIOREOION AND MAJOR EASTERN RIVER SYSTEMS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE PRINTED BY: The Waynesville Mou11raineer Press EDITORIAL OFFICE THIS ISSUE: Globe Valley WRITEUS AT: TELEPHO.'IE: (704) 683-1414 KarUtiii Jour11al Box 638 Leicesier, NC Kaufah Province 28748 Divemty is an imponant clcmcru of biorog101Ul ecology, bolh lllllUral ond social. In hne w11h I.his principle, lhe Kotuah Journol lrics io serve a,~ o forum ror lhe discussion or regional issues. Signed anicles cJtpn:ss only lhe opm1on of the 3uthors and are 001 ncccss:irily lhe opimoos of lite KotUah Journal editors or sulff. The lnierrutl Revenue Service h3S declared Ka1uah a non-profil SOl(c)(3) of lhc lntem:il Revcnu.: Code. AU contributions 10 Ka1U1Jh ore dcdLICllblc from pcrsont1I income twt. orgnnl~tion under section _, SPIRIT FEATHERS Death feather of the crow puts my enemy to sleep Crow feather Crow feather Life feather of the Jay makes my mind awake Jay feather Jay feather Peace feather of the crane turns my enemy into me White crane White crane (Creek Indian) Here in the southern-most heartland of the Appalachian mountains, the oldest mouni.ain range on our continent, Turtle Island, a smaU but growing group has begun to take on a sense of responsibility for the implications of that geographical and cultural heritage. This sense of responsibility centers on the concept of living within the natural scale and balance of universal systems and principles. Within this circle we begin by invoking the Cherokee name" Katuah" as the old/new name for this area of the mountains and for its journal as well. The province is indicated by its natural boundaries: the Roanoke River Valley to the north; the foothills of the piedmont area to the east; Yona Mountain and the Georgia hllls to the south; and the Tennessee River Valley to the west. The editorial priorities for us are to collect and disseminate information and energy which pertain specifically 10 this region, and to foster the awareness that the land is a living being deserving of our love and respecL Living in this manner is a way to insure the sustainability of the biosphere and a lasting place for ourselves in its continuing evolutionary process. We seem to have reached the fulcrum point of a " do or die " situation in terms of a qualicy standard of life for all living beings on this planet. As a voice for the caretakers of this sacred land, Katuah, we advocate a centered approach to the concept of decentralization. IL is our hope to become a support system for those accepting the challenge of sustainability and the creation of harmony and balance in a total sense. here in this place. We welcome aU correspondence, criticism, pertinent information. anicles. artwork, etc. with hopes that Katliah will grow to serve the best interests of this region and all its living, breathing members. -The Editors Su mmer. J989 �DEEP LISTENING by David Wheeler "We cannot make a change. We musr be rhe change we wish I() create." - Mohandas K. Gandhi There occurs occasionally a unification of spiritual belief and political activism in which the literal applica1ion of a spiritual principle becomes a potent lever for social change. The resulting techniques are so powerful that they arc a1 once a tactic for solving a problem a11d also lhe solution 10 the problem. It might be said tha1 in that situation the means and 1he end are one and the same. But m ac1uality, when those si1uations occur, there no longer arc diffcre.ntiated "means" or "ends." There is simply a continually unfolding process of change. The mos1 prominent case in modem times is non-violent direct action as pr.tcticed fim by Mohandas Gandhi in South Africa and India and then later by Martin Luther King, Jr. on th is continent. The principles of non-violent direct action have revolu1ionized the role of social protest in the world 1oday. F.ven as people pro1est specific instances of injustice, they also set a positive example of how to resolve social conflicts and raise a posi1ive spiri1ual consciousness a1 1he same time. Today ano1her method known as "deep listening," is curren1ly being developed even as it is being applied. It, 100, will also be noted as one of those powerful unities of spiritual and social practice. Herb Walters is a founder and presently a s1aff worker with Rural Southern Voice for Peace (RSVP), a small group of dedicated activists promo1ing peace issues throughout the southeast from a base in the Celo Community on the Soulh Toe River near Burnsville, Nonh Carolina. From his experience as a counselor of disturbed and delinquent adolescents, as a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), and as an insrructor in the principles of connict resolution and non-violent direct action, Herb has come 10 realize the power of the Quaker tenet of "listening." The basic principle of deep listening, as practiced an "Listening Project!>'' organized by the RSVP staff, is simple in the extreme: it is listening - without opposition or judgement - to the emotions, wishes, and fears of ordinary people living in ordinary communities. Ye1 the simple act of listening holds great potential for organizing political movements for social change, Listening Projects are often held in communities which a.re facing a crisis situation or divided by a controversial issue. ''Listening Projects are basically a process for geuing activists 01Jt into a community," says l lcrb. On a political level there arc two reasons for getting organizers into neighborhood~. One is tha1 an order for a movemcn1 to expand its base, i1 must reach out to ney. segments of the population - people who mtty fed hopeless or powerless 10 bring about change or people \\hO may be ovenly hostile 10 ch:inge. Listening Project volunteers go to the homes. of people in a target community and approach them dircclly about ll1cir concerns on issues as 1hey are felt wilhin that community. The volumeers often find that If they are successful in drawing people out, they are breaking new ground in exploring feelings about issues thnt the people themselves may never have examined before. Responses vary from door lo door. Sometimes people fall into the standarJ modes of thinking. But in many cases. by examining their true feelings about maucrs they had never considered deeply before. people find themselves identifying or accepting entirely new uppro:iches to old problems. The second reason for getting organizers into neighborhood~ 1s the basic organizing principle, "start where people are at." Pa!it experience has shown that if organizers go into neighborhoods with the mtenl lo conven residents to preconceived ideas on issues. however log1c:tll)' devastanng these arguments might be, they meet with limited success. The Listening Projc:GIS are based on the wisdom that if activi~ts are willing to listen to the people, the people themselves will tell about how the larger issues directly affect their lives. Often people respond to the issues in a more immediate manner than acuvists' in1ellee1ual formulations. A Lis1ening Project in St. Mary's, Georgia found that local rc-~idents fell the presence of an atomic submarine base as an abridgement of their fishing rights. Another Project with the Shenandoah Peace Co:iJuion in Virginia found that people's pnmary C-Oncem was the lack or yoULh activities or programs, which related to problems with drug./alcohol abuse and vandalism. By responding to this concern. the Coalition is ov~oming the isol:ition that many peace groups feel from their communities as well as pointing out the social effects of excessive military spending. But tnere 1s aJw a third and more profound rctlSOn for going into 11 community and becoming involved with local people's concerns· deep lis1ening is a powerful tool 10 bre:ik down stereotypes - on both sides of 11 conversation - and to thereby overcome polarization. Herb states that, 'The fact 1s that a 101 of people out there in mainstream America don't join the pe:tcc movement because they don't trust us. They sec the peace movement in terms of stereotypes. A part of the listening process is to overcome that barrier by letting people's common humanity come through and finding a common understanding. Oftcn a real truth does arise, and we lind that people do care. They re-.iJly care; they ju~t don't know what rodo." But people in the cuhural mainstream arc not the only ones who arc limited by n:mow thinking. "Acrivbt~ in the peace mO\'emcm have a 101 or fears and sterco1ype:; of the \'cry people the>: arc trying to rench," says Herb. "At 1he same time a.~ they are talking about 'outreach,' movemcnt people distance themselves from the majority of the population by working in the safety of their own liule groups and using the media to convey their rn¢ssage. "I see listening as direct action, because through 1he Listening Projects we go right 10 1he people. they don'! like )'OU and what you are doing. that's all the more reason to go right to them. That's non-violence: go right IO the people who are against you and find out why. Find wh:u you can do to change the pol:uiz:llion thac's happening, instead of always keeping your disl:Illce from !hose people." rr In a Listening Project. organiz.ers :ire first trnined in a specittl session with a RSVP staff person in "111.:h they draw up a survey questionnaire. learn communication skills with which 10 approach {con1mued on peg~ 4) Su.mnu:r, 1989 Drawmg by Rob Mc.ssicl; >C.'1tiwf1 Journal p119e lS �peop e, and le.am Lhe crucfal djffercnce bet ween ordin:iry and ''deer u listening. "Normally," says Herb, "when another person 1s speaking, we .ire thinking of ways to put our own point across. Deep listenmg calls on us to let go of our own egos for awhile. We suspehd judgement. We try to become that other person so that we can really understand their fears and hopes. We listen, and we accept the fact thut they are different, that they have different ideas. and we concentrate our attention on their esscmial humanirv, that p:in of us that we all share." · This is called "seeing the light in the other person" in the Friends' way of speaking. II creates its own kind of magic. Opposition dissolves without opposition to foed on, and people at first hostile or indifferent often feel encouraged to open to deep feelings and emotion~. A relationship of l111St is begun that can cross the b:irriers of stereotype and polarization. Differences are "starting points" and come to be seen as interesting pcrspecuves on shared problems and common simations. "lnilinlly there 1s mistrust or some retuctance," says Herb. "but when the person realizes that the volunteer isn't there to conven them or to judge them, they begin to say what they acrunlly think. Wha1 often develops is a relationship of openness and trust, :ind the person speaking often opens to change in a way that they never have before. "They feel safe. They might talk about their fears. They might say, 'We need mon: nucle:ir weapons.' But instead of giving a reaction. the volunteer ju.st says, 'Why do you feel that'?' and really listens to them and draws them into talking about their deeper feelings. "Listeners often find themselves in the position of being facilitators for an internally motivated conversion, as the person they are talking with begins to think about questions like the nuclear arms race or the local bomb plant on an emotional level. In the course of one conversation real change can happen in people \.\ho would never have gone to a peace group meeting. it's a fascinating process." Groups contemplating undenaking a Listening Project art warned that they must be willing t0 make a long-term commitment to the community they are about to enter. Experience has taught the RSVP staff that a Listening Project evokes a mong and often unexpected response. People are "hungry to be listened to," as Herb says. and, although volunteers may start out expecting rejection, interviews more often than not end up with the resident saying, "Do you reaUy have 10 go? Can't you stay just a little longer?" Many people feel hopeless and powerless. They have a sense that they are being manipulated a.nd swept along by forces far beyond their ability to controL They often feel that wishing for change is only causing themselves needless pain. Having someone actually want to hear what they have to say is an empowering experience. h is an offer of hope. It makes them feel that perhaps it is wonhwhile to do away with the psychic numbing in which they taken refuge. But if visitors offer that hope during a visit and then never return again, lhe result is detrimental, and people could be left in a position worse than their original condition. A group muSt be prepared to offer avenues for action that fit the concerns and abilities of the people of lhe community. It may be ~legislative network thnt contacts elected reprcsenl!ltives on specific lSS~es. It migh~ be a church meeting or a fund-raising project. The ob;ect of entenng a community and taking the time to listen is to rea~h_people so they might find 1heir power and take leadership. This 1~ a long process and requires a corresponding degree of commument, but it offers its own rewards for activists willing to muster the patience to see it through. Drawing by C"'la YllOlll'll' f,f1llsaps. I /111 1rtu1~. Smi,Ley .\11.11V11a1n llltlt School Ollr) In thL lad.son COMnI) P~~ /llttwork's /(}/Jr! · ~·1swn of Pcau" conu.rt /J/I In our society, contr0ver:.ies arc customarily settled by deb:ue. One side is suppo~d to overcome the other with the weight of logic. The format is argument, and the focu:. is on differences how "we'~" right and "they're" wrong. In deep listening the interviewers focus tirst on the common ground. the opinions upon which they R$fee wnh the person with whom the)' are talking. In Lisfening Pro;cct training se_,sions it is said: "You may disngree with ninety percent of" hat a person h telling )OU . If so, focus on the :ucas of agreement first. Build a relationship of rrust: then you can look a1 the differences." . In deep listening. disagreements have a place, but tha1 p13ce 1s way do""n the scale from the primary position they custom:uily hold in political discourse, and lhey are never allowed to dim the vision of "the light within." What could be gender than the companionable acr of listening? Yet practittoners have found it to be a technique of grear power with far-reaching social effects. The source of that power lies in going beyond the ego and getting down to lh:u place where lhings change. . O~e experience invol~ed lhe Piedmont Peace Project (PPP). a. b1-r~c1al g_rou~ of lo~-rncome people, which undenook a L1stemng Project Ill the mill town of Kannapolis. Nonh Carolina to broaden community participation in their program. lmerviewers !'Cwmed with a.wealth of infonnauon about the concerns of people !n the communny and how to express these concerns as organizing issues. Members of the PPP, including a couple int.rocluc:cd to the group thr~ugh 1hc Listening Project, attended the 1988 convcnuon of the nauonal SANE/FREEZE organization. SANE/FREEZE was ~.ungry f~r commun~ty ~ontact and welcomed the PPP delegates. I he low·rnco~e. mrnonty people from Kannapolis brought the conce~s oftheirc~~unity bi.:fore the policy-making committee of the na11onal organ_1zauon and helped influence SANE/FREEZE to stre_ss the conn~cuon between military spending and human needs dunng the conung year. .. Bui _for this group the rewards were not all in the realm oi poh11cal mnuence. The PPP hai; found that deep listening empowers member:; of< 1hc g~oup as well a:; the people of the ~ommumty. ~e L1liten10g Pro;eet offered a ~cn~c of involvement m the ~~1unHy. that PPP member:; felt h:id been lacking. . .. It exc111?.g and P.<>wcrrut to ~ircc1ly experience ~eople's lives, says Herb. ~s a Lllitemng Project volunteer. you will meet people for the ~JI'St umc who will open their lives to you in a way some of your fryends never have. Tiu:se community people will calk ro you about things that will move you and touch you deeply." :s (C()lltinued on p:ige 24) Summer, 1989 �LIFE IR I TOIIC CITY wrirten and compiled b!J Juclith I la/le >Ck The city of Oak Ridge is located in eastern Tennessee. near 1he regional hub of Knox\'ille. Its two primary industries are nuclear technologies research and m(lnufacturing components for nuclear warheads, which are carried out on the government-owned Oak Ridge Reservation. Over 15,000 people work on the 37,000-acre site, which is man1gcd for the Depanmen1 of Energy (DOE) by Martin Manetta Energy Systems, lnc. The ciry's location in the heart of TV A's electrical power empire and its proximiry Lo 1-40, a major east-west expressway, make Oak Ridge well-suited for its role in the nationwide US nuclear weapon!> complex. An estimated 680,000 people live within a 50-mile radius of the nuclear producuon facilities at Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge Reservation is located in an area of rolling hills in the Clinch River drainage system of !he Tennessee River basin. All the sireams in the reservation flow into the Clinch River, which joins the Tennessee 23 miles downsiream. Oak Ridge is an integral pan of the national nuclear weapons complex which is controlled by the Depatunent of Energy. The Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) office of the DOE oversees a uranium production empire that includes the Oak Ridge Reservation and oi.her nuclear facilities in the midwest. There ore three primary weapons production facilities at Oak Ridge: The Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Component Plant fashions the internal componems of H-bombs and plays a pan in the production of every major nuclear weapon in the US arsenal. The sprawling Oak Ridge N:uional Laboratory specializes in energy research, pnnicularly with nuclear technologies, and in the production of radioisotopes for commercial sule. The Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plunt hjs been on standby since 1985 because of a decreased demand for enriched uranium. The plnm currently serves as a waste dump for Y-12 and ORNL. Approximately half of Y-12's 7,000 employees do production work, processing, fabricating, and assembling uranuium and lithium compo111mrs for t/le nation's nuclear warheads. For example. Y-12 receives deuterium (heavy waJer) separatedfrom river warer at DOE's Savannah River plam in South Caroli11a, combines It with lithium and shapes the compound into tablets thllt are sent co warhead a.{sembly facilitit!$ near Amarillo. Texas. Y-12 also recycles e11riched uranium cnmponents from mothballed warheads that have been 10ken apart i11 Texas And it makes precision equipme111 and weapons-testing components for DOE weapons labs in California aJUJ New Me:dco. --Our Own \Vorsi EMmy • p. 111 Secrecy and Control From us inception nnd in large pan 10 the present, 0.1k Ridge, the firs1 atomic city, has been a "secret city.'' In the name of n111ional security, its deadly l~l!'4~f;~JA;J-'tll~~:!~ workings have been kept hushed. This is wha1 drives the "see nothing. hear nothing, say nothing" attitude that has allowed the present· day problems of nuclear we.ipons proliferation. cnvironm1:ntal destruction, and dcterior:iting public health 10 evolv.:. In early 1943 the residents of \\'hen l, a small turnu ng communny 1n enstcm Tenne~scc.. were ~mddenl\ 11prl)otcd, /Jarl)el! 1111.:.fc11ce and a serle.1 of scc1mry gates .mung up around Summc• , 1989 their land. and crude houSinl tlvown wgetlu:r for a di/ferettt ldnd of conununity. Thllusands of construction workers - their 11umber 1Nenmalty reached 47 .500 - heaved up enormous experimemal srructures in which tlwusan.ds of scie111i.Hs arul production workers would make maJerialsfor the first aJomic weapon.s." -·Old 01rn Wom Ent1rry. p.112 111e nev. community, Oak Ridge, was k.epl under strict government control. Its citi.rens, under the jurisdiclion of the Ma.nhauan Projec11 set into motion production of the nation'~ first atomic bomb. On August 6, 1945, the secrecy was broken when the "Linle Boy" bomb devastated Hiroshima nnd led to 1he end of World War ll. The enriched ur-.inium-235 that fueled that honible explosion was produced at Oak Ridge. 11uec days later, Nagasaki was dei;troyed by a plutonium-produced bomb, another kind of nuclear weapon that had been re.~carched at !he O.tk Ridge Lab. Nearly 200,000 city 1'C$idems died in the two blasts. These bombs changed the nature of war by changing the technology of weapons. Humankind now had the capability to destroy the world. "In 1948 the AEC'sfirst chairman, David Utienrhal, urged that the atomic (ndustr)' 'enlist a widening area of our economy,• by sending its roots deep and wide into the same soil that /uls nourished the auionwti11e and other industrial gianlS, the soil of competitive private ittdustry." -OurOwn Worst Enemy. p.116 T he commercialization of the ruom in Oak Ridge came when Union Carbide was installed as lhe sole contractor. At about the same time, 1he AEC cook steps that seemingly decreased governmental control or Ouk Ridge. In 1949, after seven years of total control, the city was opened 10 the public and passes were no longer needed to enter. In 1959, residents voled 10 incorporate and established their own municipal government. This communi1y autonomy was a farce, however. In reality, "the institutional changes made Oak Ridge a town run by two companies--Carbide and tire governme11t- eaclt bufferi11g the other from various forms of acco1111tabiliry and e.wctirig a deep measure of comrol " ·--Old Ow11 Wor.rt £ntmy. p.116 Worker safety and health at the Oak Ridge Reservation nlso fell prey to the policies of secrecy and control. 'T11ey wen: almost c-0mpletcly neglected in the interest of greater bomb production. lnjured and exposed workers were examined and treated exclusively by a special team of radiologists, who kept comple~ control over the employees· medicOLI record!i. Losing coun cases were prevemed. sometimes with hush money, and only winnable ones were brought to trial. The AEC both set nnd enforced the rudiation standards, and kept sccrct unpublicized medical research on the effects of radiation. In 1956, Carbide and the AEC raised the plant's allowable limit for radiation levels on clothing and h:inds to eight times the previously existing lmut. This wus part of an aggressive 111!.:e-back \:ampaign launched after the Oil. Ch1:micll and Atomic \Vorkers union local had advanced numerous n.:commcnd.111ons tor safety improvements. The fu:.t aucmpt 111 outside regulation of the cnvironrncnl tit Oak Ridge was m 1975 when the l!nv1ronmcnU11 Prorection Agency (EPA) first gr.mtcd :\ational Pollution D1sch:ugc Ehmin3tlon SysL pem11ts to Oak Rtdl:e cm facilni es The permits \\t:re (rommllell on ~gc 6) 00 l'hoco 'Kiltunr, J ournnt pu 5 �Burial Grounds: A Legacy of Hazard (continued rrom page 5) diluted by exemptions, however. For example, the pcnnils did 001 monitor mercury, PCBs, and other toxics, or waterborne radioactive wastes. Still. between 1975 and 1983, Union Carbide monitors reported 740 violations. The EPA "canied" DOE in spite of itS non-compliance, and in 1980 renewal pennits were drafted. Poisoned or Protected? After World War 11, there was a surge of activity 10 build H-bombs. From that time to this, the US and USSR have each produced arsenals of nuclear weapons numbering in the tens of thousands to "murually deter" each other. Now large areas of both the Soviet Union and the US are unlivable due to excessive radioactive contnmination. Cancer monalities are increasing. Money has been squandered, and local economies have become bomb-dependent. "National security" has lost its original meaning. And lhe bomb-1n1cks keep rolling. The H-bomb project involved the handling and disposal of huge q11anti1ies of toxic and radioactive materials. When lilh1um was detected in lhe annosphere after the test explosion of an early Soviet ;i , imic bomb, research centered around separating the lithium isotopes. The process finally adopted used massive amounts of mercury to make electrochemical cells. Oak Ridge's Y-12 Plant was the site chosen for this activity. In this second surge of activity :u Oak Ridge, most of the US markelS for mercury were bought out. Burial grounds at the Oak Ridge Reservation are shallow unlined t.renches in 1he eanh holding toxic and radioactive wastes. They contain everything from "low-level" radioactive waste (meutls, gloves, clothes, rags, e1c,) to chemicals in drums, solvents and depleted uranium. Incoming, off-site waste shipments have been buried with records of their contents inaccurately kept or lost. Most are covered with earth now, but during waste dumping, they were left open. Of1en the crenches filled with water during periods of heavy rainfall. The contents of some of the burial grounds are classified as Steret because of the kinds of radioactivity they contain, which places chem outside of state and federal jurisdiction. All the dumping are;is were originally sited for accessibility, and scam attention wos paid 10 I.he geological and hydrological characteristics of the area. Since the rainfall is 60 inches annually, there is a shallow water table and an extensive surface water system. Contamination, i.e. sirontium-90 and uranium, leaks into the water table in all directions, and is carried by water runoff into streams during times of henvy precipitation. '7he leakage from the burial grounds has contaminated not only nearby rocks and soils, comprising a large surface area, but has carried a tremendous amo11111 of radionuclides, thereby conian11naring stream beds a long distance from the si1e. Considering the length of 1he radioactive half-lives contained in the waste, it is doubtful 1/Jat the reserva1ion itself or its surrounding areas can ei·er be returned to a natural s1a1e." -Deadly Dc/t nse. p. 112 "/rt low doses. radiation causes lung, bone and other kinds of cancer, leukemia. premature aging, birth defects, sterili.Jy, blood composition challges and caiaracts ofthe eye. Because radiation ltas the highest impact on growing cells, yowzg children,fe111ses and embryos are the most readily affected. Radiation can also cause genetic mura1io11, the complete effect of which will 1101 be known for gener.a1fons. The likelihood of developing cancer. disease or generic effecis is related tO the OJ11ow11 received by 1he tndivid11,a/, lhe rart ofexposure and the rype of rudiarwn. " Oak Ridge Reservation Wltn Nearby Towns and Strums --Deadly 011/tnst. p. L25 Dams and SetUing Ponds: Last Line of Defense? N t 1 J • ' "' .... "/Ji the excitement, Y-12 misplaced a huge portion of mercury. A J9n Union Carbide audit. compiled largely from the memories ofoperaiing perso1111el, estimated char 2 .4 million pounds were losr between 1950 and 1972. Of 1hi.f anwunr,Jederal officials could not accou111 for I .9 million pounds (they speculated that much of ii lies w1dernea11t rite Y-12 buildings used for lilhiwn separation): 475,000 pounds wound up i11 one Oak Ridge creek; and 30,000 pounds were lost through airborne vapors." --Our Own Worst Enemy, pp.129 Mercury contamination has been just one environmental problem 1n Oak Ridge. After 46 years of "haste and waste" production schemes, the extent of environmental destruction has been shocking. "With a col/ec1ion of unlined pits, unfiltered stacks, lifeless streams and a willingness to use the Great Ouuioors as their filtration system, ORO's waste managers have wagered that dilution is the pollurum solwio11·-tluu a Jwrde of migrating wastes will grad11a1/y dissipote their toxic quali1ies as they meatUier around a11d ojf1he reservaJion." However, "Former Oak Ridge health physicis1 Karl Z. Morgan says tlwr ORNL 1estsfow1d radioactive con10mi11an1sfrom Oak Ridge Reservation 111 river sediment as far away as the Mississippi River." -·Ow Own Worst £Mmy, pp. J32, 136 Xau'.ulfi Journat pa9e 6 "The restrvaiion's three major facilities were built virtually top offour lfibutaries of the Clinch River in order 10 exploit 1hem as sewers. White Oalt. Creek carries ORNL's wasces, Poplar Creek receives ORGDP's and £as1 Fork Poplar Creek and Bear Cr1rek carry Y-12 's." --Ow Own Worst Enemy. p. 133 Ofl Two of the creeks, White Oak and East Fork Poplar Creeks, were dammed, according 10 the DOE, 10 create a "last line of defense to keep ORNL and Y-12 pollumnis from exiting the sites." These and other small dams "...have a rwo-fold function fim, the highly contaminated water in streams becomes di/wed in the large impowzdme11ts created by the dams; second, impounding the water allows time for radionuclid& UJ bind U) particles and seu/e otu, thus creating settling ponds. Both functions are supposed 10 serve to lower the total radia1ion co11111 in wasu! streams eman01i11g from 1he facilities In tliis way 1hefacili1ies try 10 use tire primitive and inexpensive method of dilulion to reduce the concemrations of radioactive co11tami111Jtio11 to 1/te level required by lax federal Standards. Those sra11durds do not limit the total 01n<1111Jt of polluwnt.f tlw1 could be disposed of each day. HSe\·eral problems have resu/!edfrom rhis practice ofdil111i11g waste. First, during heavy rainfall the system fails: the lakes behind 1he tlams can IW longer act as set1lin11 ponds. their waters rise a11d become turbulent, and largt amounts of radionuclides t1W\'e over rite dam and into the Clinch Rfrer. Second. rite beds of these se11ling ponds, over time, lrave become so filled with radioacti-.:e sedill'.en1 1ha1 1/ie process of binditig a1ui sc11li11g om ll'hicli is supposed to occur becomel less possible." --DeadlyD~feJUe. p. 107·108 SumttWT, l 989 �Air Releases For fear of their enemies, humans have unleashed powers have already caused great destruction and threaten co destroy all life unless they are curbed. Governments seem blind to the fa't lhat our greatest enemies are the weapons used to Lhrcaten our human "enemies." . Our paranoid fc:ar of o~er ~umans has doomed us to a path that, 1f we connnue to follow H, will lead to the certain desuucrion of all life - not in a grand holocaust, but as vicrim to a slow toxic wasting disease. ' t~at A study done by rhe Office of Environmental Audit of the DOE in 1986 found 1hat, at 1he Y-12 Plant alone, I.here were 233 b!-lildings with 350 s1acks thn1 rekased one or more pollu1ants to thi: au. Only a few had filtration controls. Eighty-six of the s1acks e!llined U-23.4, 235 or 238. "Normal operational releases'' of airborne uranium had come to 12,870 pounds during Lhe plant's history. Accidents and spills at the Y-12 plant have released unknown quantities of uranium. "EPA Sraiistics show tlUll the Oak. Ridgt Reservation and the Fernald Peed Marerials Producrio11 Ce111er lead all DOE facilities in rel~asiflg radioactive particles 10 the atmosphere Oak. Ridge area resulenrs are exposed ro airborne radio11uclides measuring 50 mremfyear 10 the lungs and 8 mremslyear to the bone--jive times gremer than a proposed EPA limit.'' -OivOwn 1Vors1E~emy,p.137-138 A new i.tlcinerator, slated to go on-line in the summer of 1_989, will increase the risk of air pollution. This incinerator, ltcensed by the EPA. will bum radioactively contaminated PCB's. Another incinerator in the Oak Ridge area has also been licensed to bum low-level radioactive waste. (sec KattJalt Joivnal, Issue 23) "Incineration releases radionuclides such as tritium, carbon-14, and iodine inro tlte air, and can also create the potent car~inoge11 dioxin.This radioactivity is carried by prevailing winds wl11ch blow northeast and southwest along 1he valley without crossing the ridges." -Deadly Defense.pp. 115.74 For 1he r.akc of evcry1hing I.hat lives we must resist this destructive impulse in ourselves and stop our slow slide into oblivion by stopping the production of all nuclear weapons now. References: Our 01t111 Worst Enemy. The lmp()CI of Military Production 011 the Up~r Sow/I • wriucn by Tom Schlesinger with John Gnventa and Jullet Merrifield and published in 1983 by The Highlllnder Research and Educnuon Center (RL 3, Box 370: New Market, TN 37820). D11adly Defense: Military Radioactive la!ld/llls - wnuen by Marvin Resnikoff. Lisa FiM.ldl, 11t al.• and published by I.he Radioncuve Waste Crunp:iign (625 Bro:idway, Scc:ond Floor: New York City, NY 10012) IF '\'1~ J)()N''I1 S'l'() 1>, '1111l~lll~ '\'II.1I.1 JJJ~ N<> ONJ~ 1 1~:.~r<ltllJ~\Jlhis 6 By BriJNJINs FirUtin., Grade Jt,S"'°""JMOW!lmn JllgliSdwol An En1ry 11t w 1989 "\/LnonofPeace" <:onJl!SI spcnwr~dby 1neJOl:UoltCowd1ptauNtrwort The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (0REPA) and other co-sponsoring groups are orga.ni~ing the "NEVER AGAIN: March for Peace and the Environment" action on Hiroshima Day, August 6. 1989 in Oak Ridge, TN. You and other individuals and groups rrom the region and the nation arc invired to aucnd. This action is seen as a major event in this "Year of Resistance." People from diverse backgrounds and understandings will come together to create a large, compelling turnout, which will non-violently demonstrate that the issues surrounding peace and the environment can no longer be ignored. The focus of this action is lhc Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Pinnt managed by the United Stares Department of Energy in Oak Ridge. The goals of the march and weekend activities arc to make a statement for: · the cessation of production and deployment of nuclear weapons. - the environmental restoration or the weapons production facilities, and • the use of the talents and money now being wasted in weapons production to be used for goods and servic.~s which meet human needs. March for Peace and the Environment Hiroshima Day August 6, 1989, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oalc RUJgt E11~/ronmental Ptau Alliantt P.0, Otn llOJ. Kno1CVill6. TN 37901 (615) S7l-2322 Si.unmu, 1989 During the days between Jliroshima Day 3nd Nagasaki Day, a Peace Caravan will proceed from Oak Ridge to the Sav:inn:ih River Bomb Plant near Aiken, SC. to Warner Robins, GA, ending up at the Kings Bay Submarine Base in Sl. Marys, GA on Augusi 9. Free camping 1s available Saturday and Sunday at the peace camp. It is a primitive camping situation and campers should come prepared. The camp is 30 minutes east of Knoxville JUSt minutes off Interstate 40. Please pre-register for maps and information. ./~ P' Schedule or Events Saturday, August 5: 12:()()..6:00 pm· Check-in at Peace Camp 5:00-7:00- Check-in and Potluck Snacks, Laurel Theater, Knox.ville 7:()().8:00 • Premiere of the ftlm 811.iltling Bombs. Laurel Theater 8:()().12:00 - Social, music, Laurel Theater 8:30-9:30- Ecumenical cnndlelight vigil at Y-12, Oak Ridge 10:00-12:00- ''Dan~ Against Destruction• Sunday, August 6 12:00-3:00 pm · Regisuarion, Alvin K. Bissell Parle Oak Rid;;e I:00-4:00 - Non-violence trrumn~ 4:00-5:00 - Aflinity groups meeung 3:00-6:00 - Music, speakers, "Uranium: Tm.ii of Tears" 6:00-6:30 - "NEVER AOAIN: M:irch for Peace and the Environment• 10 the Y·I 2 gates 6:30-7:00 - Rally nnd non-violent civil diso~dience 7:00·8:00 - Jail vigil 8:00-9:00 · Community 5h:iring Monday, August 7 Morning - Peace Caravan depans Oak Ridge �''Do by Patrick Clark The Oak Ridge EnvironmenUl.l and Peace Alliance (OREPA) began in June, 1988 for the purpose of organizing a rally at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Components Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This very successful non-violent demonstration on Hiroshima Day, August 6, 1988 saw 170 people march on the plant to oppose the processes of nuclear weapons-making. Five people were arrested in 1he first cases of civil disobedience 10 occur in Oak Ridge, a major clement of the national weapons production complex. Since the 1988 Hiroshima Day event OREPA has continued to be active as well as producuve in its research. uncovering and presenting before the public spotlight the realities of the Y-12 operations and the nuclear industry t1t Oak Ridge. OREPA participated in emerging "Green" world vision looks at issues not as isofaled and separnte, but as co-dependent nnd interrel:i.1ed. The Bomb, a deadly monster in itself. produces a trail of devastation from the mines where the raw uranium is taken from the ground, along the route by which it is shipped to the plant, 10 where its by-products are buried or released into the environmcnL This process, supposedly vital to national security, involves mine tailings, highway spills. accidental releases, and radioactive waste. Is it in 1he imeres1 of "na1ioual securily" for our governmem to poison the environment and hllrnl the local people? Bomb production is causing this environmental destruction constantly, whether the final products are detonated or noi. Oak Ridge is a cenier of highly concenttated nuclear activity. It is "a disgrace to Katuah" and "a blight on the countryside," says Smith. ''What they do at Y-12 is repugnant. The bombs are produced to kill men, women, and children. The whole operation is laced with secrecy, illegitimacy, and intimidation. Employees are threatened with loss of their jobs if they discuss what they do. There is noihing resembling a free exchange of ideas. This runs counter to the values our country was founded on and how humans should treat each other. Thepublicdoesn'thave access to what's going on there. The DOE produces a noxious brew of chemicals that is released into the surrounding airand water. Hidden in their ~ fog of secrecy, they use 'national ~ security' as justification for all this." engages in periodic31 tracking of nuclear weapons shipmen is) in the ~ foll of 1988 and has testified at scoping hearings at Oak Ridge. The group was the guest of lhe US Dep:mment of Energy on a tour of the various Oak Ridge facilities. ft hns also developed a slideshow uboul the situation at Oak Ridge and actions taken to correct itThe presentation has been shown to over 50 church, school, and environmental ln the arena of nuclear warfare, human rights, groups. peace, and environmental issues go hand in The group has also joined the Miliwy hand. Production Network. This is a coalition of national and local groups concerned with nuclear OREPA was founded on direct acuon. weapons production facilities thro1.1ghout the "Direct action is people raking responsibility for country. Delegates from the member groups protection of their offspring and the planet. meet periodically 10 generate strategies for Direct action is not letting those in power decide developing public opposition to the production wbat is best for us. This involves sincerity, of miliu'lry weapon.~ dedication, t\lld, at times, risk. Direct action is a Because of its involvement with the very powerful personnl sutement of one's nuclear weapons industry at Oak Ridge, OREPA values." has become a fairly credible counterweight to the Smllh says that bis experience in 1he government operations there. The group has Y-12 demonstration was a moving and become known as a voice: for alternative views empowering one. It made him realize thnt one of Oak Ridge. person can make a difference. "There 1:> no reason to feel helpless and like you're not being hurd. Direct action shows you this." Whal is lhe conne~tion that prompted Oak Ridge is 45 years of environmental OREPA to adopt both environmental and peace debL Heavy me1als, PCB's, and toxic organic issues in LO its title? According to Steve Smith, a chcmlcnls have constantly been release-0 into the founding member of the group. the peace and surrounding creeks. and rndioactivity is environmental is:;ues are inseparably linked. The ~tUafi 1ounml Ptl941 8 dispersed into the air. Deadly wastes which even the government has no1 tabulated have been buried around the city. P-01luted radioactive groundwater is carried in10 the creeks during periods of heavy rainfall . "Many questions remain,'' says Smith. "What is the migration of the deep-well injections. for instance? We're not getting answers. There are obviously lots of serious problems there." OREPA's immediate goal is to curb weapons production ac Oak Ridge. Uhima1ely the group is seeking a complete halt to the production of nuclear weapons and a timely clean-up of the military mess. This requites exposing the rationale behind nuclear armament to the general public. "Let's stan a debate on what's fueling the arms race," says Smith. "What are the economic realities hidden behind the facade of national security? The money tied up in the rums race is phenomenal. Part of OREPA's goal involves funding other work for the people employed there. Suggestions include research in solar and other renewable energy alternatives. as well as clean-up of the exisung damage. They are not presently fulfilling any useful function, anyway. "The Sovieis are ""illing 10 negotiau:: the people in Europe don't want nuclear weapons. The US cannot continue to Justify its arms production within this current world situation." The next eight months are important ones for world peace. Vital decisions arc being made in Washington which will set the nuclear policy agenda for the next 50 years. The government can go 1wo ways according to OREPA: it can continue 10 build more nuclear weapons for the fu1ure, or it C3II clean up what it hns done so far. Whal will decide !his is people getting involved. How can people get involved? There nre three main ways: I) by becoming informed and informing others; 2) by taking pan in the political process. Write letters. attend public forums, call your representatives, demand 1hat our opinions be hew-d and our money shifted away from nuclear weapons bujld-up; and 3) be in Oak Ridge on August 5 and 6 for the 1989 Hiroshima Day March for Peace and the En\'ironment. Dr""'"'I "1 F.dJiL l/aJJ, 9111 ~rodL Jtlltk111 a18ht& Ri~ lllgh School, Gl#nvil~. ftltXtlt Caro/111(J, an ollry '"rite 1989 • Visfo>i tJf P~~· COflldl •poN<Jritd by w lad.son COIU'oly P~ocr ,,. # , NdWtlTt ~ Summo.;r, 1989 �PLANTING A TREE OF PEACE by David Wheeler In the spring of 1987, a group of parents and peace people in White County, Georgia went to the Superintendent of Schools to ask thnt some pan of the school curriculum to be devoted to peace education. They wanted to balance the unrestricted military recruitment activities that were being carried out on the high school campus. l11e superintendent sent lhe idea on to a committee, declaring that he was a veteran of the Kore::in War and ''a patriotic American." Needless to say, the idea was stifled in 1he bureaucratic framework. Months latl!r the parents returned with another proposal. This time they sugges1ed involvmg the students in a llaudenosaunee (Iroquois} Indian ceremony called "Planting lhe Tree of Peace." At the original Tree of Peace ceremony, the Six Nations {lroquo1s) Confedcrocy was formed; and pans of the US Constitution were actually modeled on 1hat confederacy. The proposed latter-day ceremony was planned to coincide with the observances of the bicentennial of the signing of the US Constitution... ~ well as remind studencs of the Indian heritage of this land. Within this historical context, the second suggestion was accepted, and the group contacted Jake Swamp, peace chief of the Iroquois Nacion, who has brought this ceremony to many places around che world. He Q£l'CCd tO conduc1 the event. Weeks or publicity and preparation preceded the ceremony. School children wrote invitations to 1heir local and national elected representatives asking them to auend. A local journalist helped the children write a press :innouncement to be released to community newspapers. When Jake Sw:1mp ;UTived. he fir:;t spoke to the eigh1h grade children at their school. He opened his Ullk by giving 1hanks 10 the spirits 01 all things 1kn live and the Grc;it Sp1ri1 over all, and told the children that 11 was imponani tel open C\ery gathering by recognizing the: spirits of the '' orld. He nlso spoke to high school soci:il studies cla~ses and gave a presentation at an assembly in the elementary school. At 1he assembly fifth grnde children presented him with gifis they had made.. When he ~poke to second-graders in their classroom. some of !he children were frightened of h.im at first, but Swamp calmed their fo:irs by telling them of lhe tradition of the peace chief among his people. He said he never fought, as that would bctr:iy his trust to his tribe. but r.uhcr worked to promote peace amoni; his people and in the world. The next day, Swamp wen1 wuh his ho~ts to the S:lutee-Nacoochee Presby1 erian Church and spoke to the younger children. His message in the children's sermon was that we should remember to give thanks for all things. and lhnt every gathering should open with a prayer of thanks. Summer, t 96C} prophecies that the day will come when the wild strawberries will rcrnm no more, and all that will remain for the people will be the leaves of the plant. It will be lhat way for everythmg. Swamp said. The day will come when most or lhe living beings of creation will be gone 10 a beuer place where none or this pollution and destruction is happening. Yet, even 1hen, we must sull give thanks for what remains to us. Afcer Swamp's presentation, lhe group ai Sautce placed a white pine tree donated by a local landscaper into :i large hole, nnd the children present covered the roots with dirt. Then four children. representing the four directions and the four races or the world, tied four ribbons· red. black, white. and yello\\ - to 1he tree to mingle together in the wind. Other children came forward and also deconued the tree with ribbons. Traditional lndian dancers from the Cherokee Indian Reservation, led by Richard Crowe, then performed craditional Cherokee social dances. A group of women from the local community presented Jake Swamp wnh ll beaded bell lhnt they had m.nde depicting the White Tree of Pence surrounded by a.II the peoples of the world. The ceremony was completed with a gigantic pot-luck feas1. Tree or Pence Socic1y That afternoon the Tree of Peace Ceremony was held at the Sautec·Nacoochee Community Center. Over 100 people attended the gathering. Elected official~ who Wt.'TC present were recognized and given a chance to speak. Girl Scouts paraded around the site carrying the fings of many nations. symbolic of international uniry. When Jake Swamp ~poke, he cold the story of The Peacenu1ker, who first brouglu peace. to the constlltltly warring tribes of the St. Lm~rcncc Rivcr-ca'1em Grc:u Lakes :irc.i nnd drew them together to form the lroqu<us Confederacy. In the \\'hite Tree of Peace ccrcmony, lcgc:nd s:iys that the Pcncc:makcr tore a t?reat white pine tree from the ground. Ile then bid Adodarhoh, originally the licrcest of the tribal W;lf chiefs, to be the fin;1 of the warriors to thro\\ his weapon!' into the hole which opened into an underground river and carried them away. The tree was replaced in the holt:, and The Peacemaker declared lh:u, "The Y.hi1e roots of this tree will go out in nil 1hc dirc!Ctions, and lhe children of filJ 1.hosc present will be able to gather together under the shade of this Tree of Pcl::icc for all time to come." fake Swamp again emphasized the imponance of giving thanks :ind :.aid that no matter hov. bad things might seem 10 be, it is imponant 10 give lh:mks for what we have. Ile gave as an example the wild strawberry plant, which is very sacred to th1: lribcs of the Huudenosaunce. It 1s said among the Haudenosaunce that thing~ migh1 indeed be bad now, buc !hey know th;u someday things will be worse. because it is given in the tribal The Tree of Peace is thriving in Soulhc:m Appalachian soil The white pine pl3nted in Sautee was surrounded with wildflowers, set around its base the following year. Oo New Year's Day, 1989. bulbs were planted around lhe rrce, which bloomed later in the spnng. The tree is kept mulched and tended by the children and aduhs of lhc community. It il> ;i focus of e:1ch year's New Year celebrauons and the annUjl community fo~1ivals which :in: held at the cen1er. Because it wns positi\'c nod nonconfronianonal in ns nature, 1hc Tree ol Peace.: ceremony softened 1he members of 1he school bo!l!d They cnme to ~c-e that to 1he loc:il group, "pence·• meant brillgb.g pc•ople :oge1/1a rnther than splimng the rommunny apart. l11crcfon:. in 191)9, community members w.:rc allowed to perform ti peace pl.1y at the sd1ool. T/ie Peace C/11/d tdls the story ot nn American girl and a Ru~siun boy who become tricnds and evcnrn:illy bnng 1hc:1r countric<>' leaders 10ge1ticr to discuss di~armament (sec: p. 15). The piny was also presen1cd in a pubhc p¢rfonn:ince. which was :mended by the whole school board, 1he county commissioners, and other eh:cted officials. The play was supponed in pan by local businesses. It was filmed for TV by the CNN Networl.;, and the t0\\11 enjoyed the "idesprcad nucntion it received. 11lc :.pirit of peace has brought changes 10 a small, rur.1.l 1own in Kaniah. (prepared v.11/i tlic 11.:tp ofJ(}{JJmt Steele) Rc:.aun:c; r/:( Grwl law of Pc.:JU and TN! Co11.1111ui1on 0/1/11: UrnudS1aus of./tr111:nca. Tr~ ol Pc!ICCSocicty, c/o Jake Swump. Box 188·C Cook Ro.1!1: Mohawk Nauon: YUi Hogamburt. NY 13655 �. Community Building and Peace: The Vital Connection A look oJ The Fou11datio11for Commu11ily E11courageme111 by Richard Lowenthal Most people, ii questioned, would say that they deeply desire peace and a sense of community in their lives. Yet, despite this longing, most people usually have very little idea of how to creartt pe3Ce and community, and thus end up fceHng stymied and hopeless about it - which le~ incvitabl y to resignation and apathy (two of the of1-dei;eribed hallmarks of the 80's). We need only to look at the course oflhe "peace movement" over the pasr two dCQndes, 10 sec this discouragement and disempowcrmcnt at work. Ccnainly, the peace mov.:ment has had an important impact on many lives and on our social consciousness, but in some crucial respects the movement has been remarkably ineffective. ls our -planet really nny more peaceful now thnn it wns ten or twenty or thiny years ago? ls meani11gful disarmament (as opposed to the token disnnn:uneot now being righteously touted by the superpowers) any closer to becoming a reality? Despite all the efforts of varied peace groups and peace-minded citizens, we are all still churning out more and more nucle:ir weapons. every day of every year - and movement toward la..~ting peace and improved intemationru relations has in most respects been negligible. Why is this? Why has lhe peace movement had such difficulty gaining headway and achieving tangible results? And why do many people srill dismiss the goal of peace as an impractical, visionnry dream? For that matter, why is the peace movement often exactly that· unrealistic and impractical? As we prepare to enter the last decade of the second millenium, it is vital thnt we understand these questions and seek to nnswer them - for the answers we seek may well be crucial to our survival. Ooc oflhe most positive and provocative approaches to these questions is that taken by The Foundation for Community Encouragement (FCE) in Knoxville TN, a non-profit organiiation based largely on the seminal work of Dr. M. Sc0tt Peck and his most recent book Tiie Different Drum: Comn11111iry Making and Peace. The book's introduction begins with a deceptively simple yet astonishing statemcni: "In and through community lies the salvation of the world." It is astonishing • and not at all simple - because the dist.resSing truth is that "most of us have never had an experience of true community." Thus saying that community will be our salvation is like crying "to describe the taste of artichokes to someone who has never eaten one." Until we can truly experience ond savor the taste. texture, and feeling of community, there is simply no way to comprehend Dr. ~1.-ck's opening stntemem. Then four paragraphs into th~ inu-oducuon to ·. . .· . this amnz.ing book. Dr. Peck very mildly expresses his views about peacemaking - in the procC£S answering the questions expressed earlier in this article. His words are wonh quoting 1n full: "... initially. r thought this book should be entitled 'Peace-Making and Community.' But that would put the can before the horse, for I fail to see how we Americans will be able to communicate effectively with the Russians (or any people of other culrures) when generally we don't even know how to communicate with the neighbors next door. much less our neighbor.; on the other side of the tracks. True communication. like the charity it requires, begins :1t home. Perhaps peacemaking should start small. I am not suggesting... that we should abandon global peacemaking cffortS. I am dubious, however. as to how far we can move toward global corrununity • which is the o111y way to achieve intemntional peace- until we learn the basic principles of community in our own individual lives and personal spheres of influence." The book goes oo to explore the essence of community, and the process of community-building through sharing, vulnerability, communication, and real relationship. Dr. Peck is careful 10 explain the difference between "pseudo-community" and the experience of true community, and an understanding of this differece is crucial to understanding FCE's mission and philosophy. While community is characterized by openness, inclusivity, risk-taking, and genuine appreciation of the differences of personalities and opinions, "pseud~community" is based on rigid expectations and beliefs, exclusivity, maintaining an appearance of community, and the squelching of confrontation and differences. As FCE puts it, ''Through the power of genuine community, we seek to offer opportunities for people to bridge differences and reconcile conflicts with authenticity and integrity.'' In practical tcnns. FCE's focus extends into several different areas - all, of course, related to the an (or science?) of community-building. Its primary focus is to share the experience of community through powerful weekend programs called Community Building Workshops. The effectiveness of these workshops is made evident by the fact that in 1988 over 50 were conducted throughout the United States, just three years after the first workshop was offered • which happened to be the 011Jy one presented in 19&5! In 1986. twelve were conducted. and in 1987 lhere were thirty. These weekend workshops are exll'Cmely cxpericmial in narure, as well as participatory - there is very Httle intellectunl material presemed, and no lecturing at nil. This does not mean. however, that intellectual awnrcne:;s is discounted ·quite the contrary! In fact, one of the strengths of the workshops is that awareness nnd community grows ouc of evc:ryone's total experience within the group scning, and not out of some framework or organiwrion imposed on the group (a.~idc from some basic ground rules for the weekend). Since there is very little to grab on LO in order to pigeon-hole or intellectualize what's happening, and the group leaders are not teaching. or lecturing, or giving directions (with a few exceptions), (c:ontinuol cm Ne Z.:J Drnwing by Rob Messick Su.mnu:r, 191t9 �Peacemakers for the Katuah Bioregional Province (a partial listing) American Friends Service Committee Asheville Aikikai Pc<JCe Program 92 Piedmont Ave. NE AtlllllUI, GA 30303 (404) 458-0460 939 Riverside Drive Woodfin. NC 28804 (704) 258-1330 Dan P:ilmcr, lnwuctor Amnesty Internntioruil The pltilos()phy of rukido 1s much different from that of rnt>il f/llJl'tial ans; rather than mttting an Oltachr head-on, studl:nts of aikido lrrarn first how 10 get ow of the way. Then we are 1augl11 l10w to capture an Ollachr's energy and redirect /J, so thr amounJ of tnugy pw fnto the a111Jck. is returned 10 the aiiacku. In a1kldo practice an attQ(.ktr is immobl/iud Ira such a way lhnl, t'Vtn if ht dou11'1 know how to fall, he is brouglll 10 the ground "'ithDUI bting hurL Tht idea is lo immobilize him. The purpose of aikido is 10 ruolv~ a violent conflict without harm 10 one's st.If ar to an auacktr. Practitioners of aikido do 1101 considtr an attacking person as an t11emy. An attacker is simply pr&rcflting us with on opporruniry 111 practice Instead of ignoring an attadc. we learn ID embrace iJ and use 11 as an opportunityfor personal spiritual ~w:lop~111. Tht! most Important thing a/Jou.I nikido i.f Ml self-defense. but self-control It is necessary IO learn to control one's own tnergy o.!ld one's own balance before one can control SOPU!ane. rlsc'J tnergy and balance. Once on4 lia.r mastend st/f-conlral. con1101/ing someone else is no1 so dlflicult. The physi.cal practice of nikido techniqUl!s enhances Jht: developmMt of the spirit. Bodily txptrltndng tlu! principles of nikido 111 training, one gets a btJlt!r feel/or 1he ~truual D$pt:CIS of ti~ practice than a reading of tlte p/tilosophy could give. Then agam. one canMtjust practice, <1ne OIJO has 101hinJ.. l1 worlcs both ways. · Da11 Palmer Soul.hem Region 730 Peaclurce (#982) Atlllll1.3, GA 30308 ConUICt Judi Hom Appalachian Peace Educalion Center 114 Coun Sll:'CCl ~~\.ACJf1. Abingdon, Virginia 24210 (703) 628-4366 ~~ . ~4- ..., /. 1g: ~ (') q: '." ~0Nc~,~~ The Appalachian Ptact Education Cl!llttr is a coalition of~Q(;e groups in the southwestern Vlrginin area as wall as a membership orgallizatio11. Tht! coa/i1io11 i11clu1Us Jhe Sou1liwes1 Peace 1'111e /11 \Vise a11d Lu counties. Pellplefor a Just Pt(l(;e in IVytltcvillt:, S1wkms fur Pt(l(;t and Environrrwt1al Concerns 01 Emory and lltnry College, and the Ctn1raJ America Group. Beyond War/Peace Tree RI. 3, Boit 30-E Clntksvillc, GA 30523 ConW:t: JllllCl Schaller The Center for Peace .Re. 11. Boit 369 Scvicrvillo, TN 37862 Central America Resource Group Box 7411 Asheville, NC 28802 Coalition for Justice in Central America Box299 Blacksburg, VA 24063 (703) 951-7953 ConlllCC N:111cy Qcnlhncr, Nik Jones Cumberland Center for Justice and Peace Scwancc, TN 37375 (615) 598-5748 ConUICc John M. Gcssell Ecumenical Project for Int ernational Cooperation 734 w Locus1 Sc. Johnson Ci1y. TN 37C)()J Ecumenical Peacem:ikers Bo~66 Swllllllllll03, NC 28778 Fellowship or Rt'cundli:iliun f'. 0 Bm 2-71 Nyad, NY IO'JC.O A Ieng t1~ peo.I' or ani:u11< n 11 fuel QJ11(Jn11 0tlv acu,1t1u has pr1Jll'ded sll(lport ond drc:ft CG.w IIille ID pc.ople conmkring (MS cr.llor::roly t1on. s .. nunar. 1989 Foundation for Communily EncouragemenL 7616 Gleason Rd. Knoxville, TN 37919 (see article page IOJ J ackson County Peace Network P.O. Box 1872 Sylva. NC 28779 (704) 293-9230 Conmtt Cynlh13. Gnlltngcr A VISION OF PEACE Tht Jackson Coumy Pear:c Nt1work fJCPNJ brings M.ar.e issues into tht Iota/ .1hcools through the Vi.tiofl of Peace Con111s1, a y~arfy e»cnt 1ha1 awards caslr prius for the moJt ~anmp/ul siattmenu on pcllet 1/it1~ by high ~chool 111iJcnu worJUnK in tire. wrmen or visual arts. Tht contest is hi!ld wrth the pu11UJs1on of the Board of Edurm1on ulUJ l 'mc-11 of Ptut"c projtCf.f art uqu1rM rla.u><-ork In some '" ' t:laJJ<'S. Thi! a>nlt.JJ tr a gerttle. rwn-a>n;ront•ulon:il wav 111 tnCO«T<l,Ef. mulaiJS to respQ/1d 10 t/w prewng ls1 .. c oj1hc nut;lcm tlvcut, ,,.hJch t.t a Jiron£ uifl:.u:1m! 011 J"Wll ptoplt"s 1lunJ.mg.ye1 u a sub;cct tluu lS f11r..:elJ taboo 111 tire /;nots or 1n an dulfo ut i.1/hadults In 1987 JC!'N i. f one of11> IDcol orgw: • tans w #"ft e.vt: 1he NC Go.cr11 1 " " rd for Ouuumding \ufunr.. Ser.rec Theuwardwusli-tllte1cd1abtdur1n large nwzsive II) ti.I! su us of w 1 uion of />ca t: Cc.r.11'..si • l'ar Mor.• t 11111! Cynllua G ,/11111;tr Hand$ In Outreach BoxOne Pen!Md, North Carolina. 28765 Hands In Outreach is a Yancey Counry-ba..rcd educational sponsorship progr(llll for "third world" child.rtn Now in iu sixth ~ar, it is "'"ently responsible for the tducatian of 68 indfrldJUJJ cllildren undtr sponsorship and has ht!lped 10 form a rural wo11~n.s· kniJ1i11g ctn/tr which today has frained !Mre than 50 formally illittra/e girls. \Villi a membership of only 140 sponsoi-s. this .rmall and very pusolllll ouirtach has substantially con1ribu1ed not only 10 r,ons1ruc11ng rwo uw schools, bw a/$0 rwo complete school llbraries. Hands In Outreach is l:ome-bostd and is directed by author Don Willcox andfiber artist Louise Todd Cope. The Highlander Cenler ~ RL 3, Box 370 New Markel. TN 37820 {615) 933-3443 Con1ac1: John Gavcnw. R~ Din:clllr Sinu 1932 Tht lllghlandcr Ct!ntcr has s.en'ell us an tducatialllJl umcrfor 1h11 30uiheas1 on issues such as civil rig/Its, labor ISS~S. tllt tnvironllft!ll/, 'll'Ol"Ur saftty and hlalth The Ctnter i.1 noi.•l:o$ling the STP Schools 10 encourage grassroots s1ra1egits 10 counter 1ndu.strial pollution ond programs 10 help communil)' ITU!m~rs understand tht local and global pokier srrw:tures that infl~ue their lives. EMange progranr.r art. being carried on with groups i11 Indio. NicaragUJJ, Sowh Afrit:a, an.d other countries around tht! globe. ·John Gavtnta Ellie Kincade, M.A. (Conffic1 Management) 21 Hillcnd31c Rd. Asheville, NC 2880S (704)1Sl-6St5 "We have so often liMed htroiJm wi1h warfare, bottling, conq~st, and victl)ry. t/taJ a difftrurt notion of huoism, OM that allows us 111 su nurturing and sustaillin1 as ltvoic activiries, is difficult 10 develop. Yet 1his rs whal must ht! doM Wt nud ta vol~ actions Ira "1hu:h one i~nll/its with, raihtr than opposq, another bt!1ng or way ofbl!111g The idea of bottling or fiahlU.g is only one of 1ht: ways of dealing with /tar. Ci!r/llct, alld difftrtncc. Of1en that which we rtjtct and oppose is tht w:ry ~rson or position 1l:a1 w.- 11ted lo 111c/ude in our tn:brau. Acctptance 1s tl:t:' art of making the obstacle tht! pa1h: thtrefore tmbrace tJ~ tncMy. Thi~ 1s lht ltrson of thi! rivu guldt, Fact the dangtr, mow toward 11 ThaJ's where t/r.t: currtn1 u tl:t stro11ges1, and 111<·i// CJJrry ,vou around tht obstaclr. Uu II. Ir: 31k1do, a Jup1mcu numt.il urr , tht tea. hu turn from your auacJ.trs. Move rrght in ~r.u 10 rlielfl, See tliz "'vrfdfro"' their po1111 of M.'Ou/d sm;, '"Blend Ntlltt ltkntih w1tli 11'.e U.l"IJ and llrqnu:lrlJll;for~d. Oppcfl(IUS arcl1i:d), ti"nt :tar; u-.crgy A Upl W lift Tr.at'~ are Mil p:issne. 1ilkcr. fr m ai1:1do./r m l.t11 11 m 11'.e 11wr 1kty Ja~:nd i:n alcnnts.s an on abuuy 1 uspond tlllJ1 u co1 :plrtt Our fir I 11ul Is lo ht Ill' 1 lr:adu OU( (fi.n lives the /st' t r;j ""' "'" sto·icJ Ir. /ac.t w au )' art "'" hi:> on! 10 dJsaJ~tT wla.J: tfJPl tr.;'®1 Women m 11"' W1I~ b CJ.w; Ga!l:md {[rem EJ1k Kinca:dtJ Xotunh Jo .. uw[ pmii: t1 �Peacemakers Peacemakers Peacemakers Peace Room 'V Madison County The World Grune lnstituie Uruvcrsity City Science Cemcr 3508 Market SlrCct Phihdclphia. PA 19104 (215) 387-0220 The Peace Room is structured sa tlllll row dmo and "inretligcnce reports" from all ovu the p/Olltt CD!l bl! collected. proccssl!d and applkd by its rl!starch staff 10 dl!\list crtoti~ stratl!giesfor solving basic human riud problems. The rcstarch is 1htn madt a1'Uilablt 10 world leatkrs and tht general public through rl!SCOfch rqx>rts and cxpu1tntiJJ/ World Game Workslwps. 90 Mill Ctt.ek Rd. M:trshall, NC 28753 (704) 656-2280 Contact: Drew Langsncr Mnrtin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change 449 Auburn Ave. Atlanta, GA 30312 Plowshare Peace Center Box 1623 Roanoke, VA '24008 (703) 985·0&08 ConlllCl: Pul Prat;ilJ Plowsharl! Peace Center is on education and rts0u.rct cemu on issu.ts relating to social ju.slice, peace, and non·violtnce. Plowshare wa.r ts1ablished by pcoplt of various rtligiDu.s D!ld philosophical persptctivts who sh,art a commi1rmi111 10 nonvioltncc as a way of life. This commitmtnl flows jrom the spiritual Olld ptrU>rral conviction tho/ active lovt is rht only power by which evil is overcome O!ld tlu! only suflicic111 /xJs1s for human society. Blacksburg Adopts a Sister Mountain Light Nelwork RL 1Bo~229 Dillard, GA 30537 (404) 746-2454 COllUICl: M:srinn McCracken "The Mountain Light Netw0rk. is an intuuional/y unsuucwrtd asstmbfagt ofgroups D!ld indi>'iduals i111l:e IYNC and North Gtorgia ana who havt a dup ct>mmitmenJ to 1ndivuiuaJ and global peace ·· New Providence Peace Committee 70'3 W. BroodWQy Maryville, TN 37&01 Contacc Jean Myers North Carolina Educalion Peacemakers Center for Peace 214 Piusboro SL. Chapel HiU, NC 27514 (919} 929-9821 Offering work.shops and courses on education in w 1111Clear age ond confliCJ resaluiion. Northeast Georgia Peace Council Rt. I. Box 319 Baldwin, OA 30511 (404) 778-0579 Com11cc Patsy Gailey sec "Wt short a commitment to a peaceful world We we IJ.lliud in aclcnowltdgmg that Peop~ Evtrywhut Arc Crta1al Equal (PEACE)." Peace Links: Women Against Nuclear War ~~ !:e~~. Blacksburg, Virginia hos become the 78th US corntnJJ!lity to join the US.Nicaragua sistu city program. Tiit link became official on April 11, 1989 l<'licn 1ht Bladcsbu.rg J'own Council decided (in o 4~3 ''Ole) to odop1 San Jose de Bocuy, Nicau.ragu.a as 1rs s1Jttr Cit) Tlit srsru city program btrween the US and Nicaragu.a is an offshoot of Sisur Cities ln1ernatlonal, a program initiated b)' Prts1de111 Eist!llhower ur 1956 to es1ablish greater fricndJlup (Jlld u.ndcrst011durg 1Ntwtt11 the people of the US and other nationJ thl'ough ptrsonal conUJcl ... Mcmbl!Ts of the Si.tttr City Co1t1111111u (SCCJ told the Council 1ha1 they hove vizcd to avoid politici:ing rht issue. But, givim tht current mood of the country, thi.t 1s very difficult to accompltsh. According 10 Rev IVoody Lta1:h. Virginia Tech Pre.sb)'ttriOll minister, fom1er Council member, aJUJ chair of the SCC. "IVhat is intended 1s for one human contlTlu.nity, Blacksburg. 10 a11emp1 10 build bridges offri.:ndJhip and u.nderstonding with D!lOther humon cammu.ni1y, San Jose tk Bocay. It is the hope of 1he Co1M1f1tu thDl the Town Council will be able 10 htlp the town transcend po/11ical differtnccs through this project. It is one way 1ha1 we CDfl say 10 tht children of the town and to 01hu UJwns; We believe thal hurrta11 beings CIUI work 0111 differtnccs when thtir go11crT11M111S COllllOI .• '" Al leas/ two mambers have already visited San Jose tk 8ocoy, and childrtn from Margaret Becks Elementary School in Blacksburg are currently engaged 1n a ptn pal pro;cct with srudt!llJS in Bocay The Commillte haptS these exchanges wll/ ltod ro regular tducational and cultural exchanges bttwun the 1wo conurnuuties~. • by Mariann Caine (tu.trpttdfrom the New River Free Press) ~f~·'~ I• Wf •I NC 28802 (704)684-mo .~ Contacc Jennie Eblen Peace Links is a non·projit, non-partisan orgoniumon commllltd 10 increasing awartncss of and Cl)nctrn aboUJ the issues of world peace and IN 1hrt!a1 of llJIClt!llrwor. Irr Asheville, Peace Links hos1t!d three Soviet In 1985. promottd o "Kids S~alc Thtir Pt!DCt" program in 1he public Schools. and sponsored "Rock 'n Rtgister, • a musical concl!r/ for voltr rl!gistrotion Far "Peace Day 1989." tht group will sponsor 1he childrtn's play "PtfJU Child.· (sup. 15) • )CMit £b{e11 wa~n visitors Peace Links • 3509 Kcstetwood Rd.. Knoxville, TN 37918 - Box 566, Mountain Home. TN 37684 • 235 Hamburg Rd., Bake~ville, NC 28730 • 734 W. Locust St., Johnson Ci1y. TN 37604 Credo of /lie Peaceful Traveler Gr01cfu.1 for the opportu.nily ro travel and to uptritllct the "l>'Orld and be~ ptau begins w11h the indlvr'dual, I a/flmt my personal rtspollSlbiliry and conunitmtlll IO: • journey wilh Oil opui mind and gelllk heart .at:ctpt wilh grace and gr01ilud41he diversity I Coniacc Judy Sheclccl, Hetb W3ltcts Rural Southern Voice for Peace (RSVP) was fou.ndi:d 111 198/ in response 10 a m:ed on /ht part of people w/lo /tit o call 10 worlc for peace and 1us1ict and against raci.rm. bu.J were i.toloted in snwll. and often coflSl!rvarive, rural comm11.1U11u scattartd 1hrougl11Jul IN sowheast. The group ~gan in a cold ba.s11111tnl room with a $4f)/) donation and o oorrowtd zypewmu. It has grown 1n10 a well·known and respected regional peace orga11ila1ion with thru paid staff people, filling an important niJ:h4 in the spct1rum of social change work. in the South and providing hope and insp/raJion to volu.nttcr aciivisrs Md local citizens. RSVP provides o monthly newsleucr 1ha1 amplifies tlit of1err small, and ~t significant, activities that local people are organizing in their own commu.nitics and connects these events within 1/tt context of change that is beginning at the grassroots in the rural Sowlt. In 1984 RSVP began lls Rural Ntrworking a.nd Training Program in which RSVP staff people visittd small 1owns and solllhern cilic;r providing training O/ld suppon for organi:crs. As a result of this program, 12 new group$ have bttn formed and 20 l!Jds1ing groups h11Vt bun rtvitaliud and Strtnl{thtncd. This wori. eumplifits 1ht commi1me111 ro commu.n11y organizing and citizui empowerment tht.u has cl1aracttriud RSVP tinl:e its inception. A recent brtak1hrouglt in neighborhood COmmJJnications is the Ustcning Project idea, which is bwtg dtvl!foped in procriu by I ltrb Walters ofthe RSVP staff. (Sec report on page J) RSVP offers training and conStd101ion for groups who wan/ to initiate Luttning Projects in their area. Peace Advocacy Network 8945 Sh:illowford Drive Knoxville, TN 37923 t/ICOll.ll/Cf • revere and protect the flQ/uroJ tnvironnt(n/ which sustains al/ life • opprcclOl.e all cultures I discover - respect and tllallk nry hosufor their welcome • offer my hand ln/rlendslrip (() tvtryon.e I meet - support rrovtl services 1h.o1 short these views aJUJ act upon 1ht1r1. by my spirit, words and actions • encourage 01htrs to travel tht world ln pttl«. • from The First Global Confcrcnoc on Tourism: A Vi1al Force for Peace (October 27, 1988) x.atl.iah Journat page 12 ~ura.f Sou//, cm Uice fo,. Pea.ct 1901 Hannnh Bmnch Rd. Burnsville, NC 28714 (704) 675-5933 Peace and J ustice Committee 3219 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919 Peace TreeJCovenant Box82 Snu1ec, GA 30571 Peacemaking Committee Nacoochee PresbylCrian Church Box 87 Sa111ee, GA 30571 S'4mm4lr, 1989 �, Peacemakers ~t:'3s Peacemakers in the Nuclear A . , g e Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC 28778 (704) 298-3325 Coniact: Doug Banleu · options in the Nuclear Age l!XistJ 10 ma/cc wt:ll·informed uniw!rsity faculty members available OJ spcakers (free of charge) for well·establisht!d conununlty groups on topics pertaining to national security • the arms race, 11urorism.1111ervenJion, t/te economy. etc. 1'he aim of Options is ({) hrlp p~ople learn the issues and develop .rophistica11'on in analysis of the complu questions uwolved. It is our belief 1ho1 people ore ~st ab/t to ll!orn and arrive at their own conclusion afttr hto.ring a range of opinions on policy choi<:es. The Options program does not take an advocacy role. The program strives 10 provide the comprehLnsrvenns. openMss. and integrity on which any substantive cducatio!IJJ/ exanunation of the iss11ts depends." Pax Christi - Virginia Tech Peacemakers Soviet-American Video Exchange for Children Vagabond Globetrotling: State of lite Ari (S.A. V.E. fotCh.ildtcn) Boll 1838 Cullowbee. NC 28723 (704) 293-9534 Conmcc Howw-d lUll by Mru'Cus Endicou. A book on conscious iouring, tMlilnblc from lhc publisher. S.A.V E wrll coordinate the exchange of student-produced vidto tapes hl'twecn Russian and American schools at tl:t! ;unror high fevel Tilt' principal objective is. of course. 10 foster awareness • awcvencss that Strips awoy tire fear of the unblown. A11 added bonus wjff be the St/f·owarene.ss that comu from ezpfaining one's own situation w others The undulying intMt of tht pro;rer goes beyond fX!OCl!. Peace is o gfrcnfor surviwd's sa/ce, but there ts a more subtle and/ar·rtat:li111g aware11<1ss that may also be engendered: the consc10u.rntss ofs/:ared space, ofshored r(J:.fponsibility for the globof tnvironment, When friendship replaces r1ustrust, 11 is much easier to see that tire health of the planet a/fem us all. • /foward /fi/f Transylvsnians for Peace Box 451 Brevard. NC28712 (704) 884-1633 Con1$t Connie Nash Coniacc Cale O'Hare 20/20 Vision "Encmyof1/1e Week'' "My command!Mnt 10 you is this· love your enemies. Pray for those who persecme )'OU.• Paz Christi has a custom of praying for an "Enemy of the Wetk" at l!acl1 meeting. The custom arises from our desire 10 follow Christ's command to love tvuyoM, evt'n those who oppose us or hate us. A prayer lealkr chooses a person. gtoup. or organization that is in some sense an entnry. The praytr leader explains in what sense that person. or group ls an entmy. and then leads a Sincere prayer for tht wt/I-being of that entmy. • RL I, Box 1037, Sau.tee, GA 30571 (404) 878-3459 Conuicc Joan King • 20/20 NC I I th Congressional Dis1I1c;t P.O. Box 5855, Ashevrllc, NC 28813 The 20f20 Project is a national, grassroots lobbying organ11ation 1ha1 works thro14JJr Ct>ngrtssional districts. Any cilutn can becor1ll! pclitica/fy involved at trucial points i1t rk political syntm by paying S20 per year and taking only 20 minutes per month to wrrre a letter to a Congression11/ reprtst!nralive about a cho~n pofitical issue. Through the 20/ZO Projea people's effortS can be maximiud. and they can become poliucalfy involved with very li11/e t!J!ort · Krtty BoniSkl! 71 Woodbury Rd. Asheville, NC28804 Contact: John Sicvens Enchiridion lntcmation:il Box2589 Cullowhce, NC 28T.l3 Vietnam Vets for Peace 840 Marion Ave. SE Atlanw. GA 30312 War Resisters' League • Southenst ©l W Chapel IUll SL Durham, NC 27701 Wnr Tax Counseling .t15 Kmharine lane Wood:llOCk, GA 30188 (40-l) 928-8"..52 Conl:ICc Robert R:mdall Women's International League ror Pence and Freedom • 28 Queen Rd.; Cruidlcr, NC 287 I5 203 01cy SL Blaclc.sburg, VA (703) 95 I-0032 Peacemaking Task Force of I be Asheville Presbytery Peacemakers Conlllct: Mllry K!ly uutd • RL 5, Box 694; Franklin. NC 28734 ·Rt. I. Box 486; MotglllltOn, GA 30560 Conwc Barbara Newell Earth Quilts/ Regional Project Norma Bradley 296 Monlford Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 (704) 25J· 079 I "Designed from the elements of the Earth and crt.ated within the Earth"."Combinlng the traditional an of quiltmakmg with lqvt of the mountain environment, Norma Brod/ey, arusrlsculptor, assists school groups and others in crealing their own CtJmmw11ty 11ar11t S(u/ptJVt using nntivt materials. Physicians for Social Responsibility • 5 Alpine W:iy, Swnnnnnoa, NC 28778 - Box I 15, Moun.run Home, TN 37684 SANE - Box 11274, Asheville. NC 28804 • 108 N. Blue Ridge Rd .. Black MounlaUI, NC 28711 - 108 Morchc.'ld SL, Morganton. NC 28655 Southern Dharma Retrea t Center RL I, Box 34-H Hot Springs, NC 28743 In Sanskrit, the c/aJsical language of l11dia. dh31'ma is the word for wisdom. /or mtnd tSstnte or 11atural low, It is bl!lit•ed 1/mt greed. hatred, and ignoranc:e (or our 1nab1/ity to su ourst/1-rs a.~ we really are) art states of11Und that hinder the growth of wisdom and undtrstanding, rJnd art the fundamt11tal caures of hultlilfl sulfcrlnlJ It is also believtd thar through 1h.practret of llU!diwtio11, a focu.rtd a11en11011 , tltest states may be dmoNtd und replaced with more politr~'I staks, such as con".passton and /cJndness. Tiit goal ojthe Southern Dlwnr.a Retu Ctn/tr .<11 is 10 pro•ide a ,·01nfortub/t 11<11hmng pluct, rtmo•ed from tht t\·cryd/JJ dwractions of lift, and to crtatt' <Vt atmospliue of quut r(flect1on where one can nurture a stnse of~Iler and wu:o1-er till' 1tmhs w11Jiin 11'.e heart. x.ntuurl Jo ... rnat pa9c 13 1i~ JeconJ anncw/ Peactfest, ~ponsurcd b) PO;( Christi · \'irgiflla 1'ech 011 Su.n.;fuy April 16, 1989, il!lr.ia,,d hwulrtds OJ srwknt.t and /o<al r~.1idr111110 a brr.rfit conurt cdtbraJrnf /J('a <'. • photn by MariJnn Ca111<'. COW1C$)' of the .Vt" Rrvtr fru Press �'.PEACE CWLLD 0 ne of the most familiar peace quotes IS Gandhi's "If we wish to create a lasting peace.~. we w1U have t0 begin with the children." This autumn, the children of the Asheville, NC community will share !heir own vi~ions for aunining world peace in the mus1caJ fanwy.Peact Cliild. The Ptacr Clrild play taltes place m the ycur 2025, when the world is already at peace. I! uses the device of a s1ory1cllcr to cxpl:un how children helped bring peace 10 the world. The script and music ha"e incredible power as the children unfold their wisdom on life, wur, and peace. This play which has been produced iniemmion.11ly since 1981 and is unique in that the author invites t.ach producer 10 rewrite the ~ript to lit the community. the ume, and especially the cast of children of their particular selling. The members of the cast arc involved m dlscu.~sions on peacemaking throughout all rehearsals and ate given the chance to have their own ideas put into the script. The priority is 10 involve community children in the Peace C/rild process, so that •the central experience or Peace Cliild comes when the children performing 11 feel that they themselves are the pc3CC children of the story." The Peace Child Foundation administers all the Ptact Child activities. They supply communities with a Study Gujdc and necessary production support as well as coordinate national and intern:11ional tours. Peace Child was the first production to use the •space Bridge" program, a satelliic link between the US and USSR. Jn 1985 Peace Child toured the world with a special Soviet-American Ptact Child tour in 1986. For mo.re information,conuicc Peace Child Foundation 39n Chain Bridge Road Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (704) 3854494 The Peace Links' producL is scheduled for ion September 30, October 1 (Pence Links' "Pence Dny. 1989") as well as performances for schools. If anyone is interested in volunteering, in buying advertising in the production's program, or in general information, please call Jennie Eblen at (704) 684·5530. Ethnic Survival The Frie11dsllip Quill ~rh.: frimdship qwlt is n tradition in this COU/llry that camt witll 1/u: peopl~ wlio Stllll!d l11ut/rom 01hu plaC Wt wonted 1 find d luimef or our friendship qui.ft t!S. 0 in the Sovw Uman in a place somewhat 11/te our own lrome It 1/V.lkl!s Tnl! glad 10 1hinfc af 1/rL long journey that our quilt offriendship has had and thaJ 11 hasfound you The quilt has marry/11n11y and sad and 1111eru1ing stories. The pa11trn aroUlld 1J:e edges is a traditional oM ca/ltd 'Flying Gttse'. 1'hey artflying around /ht world ro brillg us 1oge1htr 111 growing UJ;l}erstanding so that we con becomt/ri11nds/rom our distant places In this way we can bring peace to our lands, our children, ourfriends, and ourselvt:s... In tht corntrs ofIlle bordl!rs where tht gttst ort flying art tht phases of the moo11. May sht help us to renwmber 1 change wil/mgly and gracefully, to become 0 wll/ll is ntctssary to bring our /ropes and visiollSfor ptoCt to lift.We /rope 1his quilt of/ritmdship has brought f rom us to you the living thoughts and patltml /ropes with which it was made. Thalllc you/or receiv111g it and giving it a lromt 1n your llvt:s. ·from The Book of Quiltmnkers H Thmy women and mui wlro are members and friends o/ tht Ctlo Commu11i1y in 1he South Tot River Valley crtartd 1ht quilt. ft now li\•es in a school in Klrosta by the Black Sta. For mort lnforma1ion. con1ac1 Kori Loy Wildrclcindt; Box 340. Rt. 5: Bur/IS\lille. NC 28714. Ribbon Around the Earth crc:ue, on pieces or fabric, images or personal meaning In 1985, thous:inds of people gathered in Wash1ng1on, D.C. to lie a RIBBON AROUND THE PENTAGON on the 40th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima tllld Nagasaki. The Ribbon was compost<! of 27,000 pJCCC:> of fabric on which people from every iiate and many nauons had placed symbols of "what 1hey could not think of to be lost forevct" in 1he event of a nuclear Wllt. S1te1Ching 15 milcs-3/ound the Pentagon. on to the Whiie House and around the Capitol, the Ribbon bcc:unc a gentfo remmdet th:u the earth and all 11.s peoples are vulnerable in this nuclear age. Since lhc 1985 event. the Ribbon panels have become pan of local events and have traveled worldwi~ 10 be in major displays. "Making ribbons" has Dc:en adapted as a peacemaking acuviLy in such places ;u Sri Lanka, Israel. and South Africa to addresS conOict.s m lhcsc regions. Today there is a new mission--10 tie a Ribbon Around The .Earth in 1992. Conunuing in our cffon.' of ~lf.Cll{lrc~sion , we "ill expand our original vision to representing our concern not ju~t for nuclcar war but other pressing global issues mcluding hunger, poveny, human righlS, and the environment. lmagme an abuncL1nce of colorful ribbons in simultaneous displays around the world m nauons' cap1Ulls. across borders, 1n political hotspots, and m ~crt.d pl;ice~ You can begin your own scgmenl showing what you cannot think of as lost forever. A p;inel of sturdy cloth, of any color, finished size l8"x36". including a 2· top:.11tchcd bordct. Embro1Jery, appliquc. bauL., quilting. knitung, needlepoin t. weaving. paanung. c1c. ~y be u'itd. Finished scgmcn~ should h:ivc 9" ues or bias wpc sewn mto each comer so they may be ucd together C3$ily. On the bad; a piece of "pcllon" mterfoc1ng coultl be used to write in pen, matkCI"S, or Lyping 11bou1 you and your Ribbon SC&Jllent JCcituah Jou1 nu( p«IJC 14 Ribbon Around the £:.anh iti 1992 8SS tv'. ltjfrrso11 St. M lingron. VA 22205 Elnh bas approxim:uely 5000 ethnolinguistic groups...and only 159 UN members. M oM of these nations' boundaries were cn:ated nnd are m:tlnt:i.ined at gunpoint Mo~t of the world's wars are civil ww-s being waged by ethnic groups fighting for their cultures' sur.ivitl against hostile nation states. The prOQ:sS of colonization has left Africa. Asia and pans of Latin America in nearly arbiir.uy political pieces. War is bOLh the cause and I.he result of this siluation. How can we revolve our Planet into a place tha1 honors and fosters diversity? Educating ourselves about the problem is a good pince to sl:lrt. We need 10 put pressure on our eleci<!d representatives to end our military nid to nations which use these weapons to abuse their ethnic minorities who rightfully desire their independence. We can bring our vision of One Planet peacefully shared by many peoples into a world m:1de more and more receptive to such ideas by the realization of the magnitude of our common problems and the absolute necessity of our cooperation for survival. We are in need of a second wave of decolonization. The first wave saw the breakup only of the European global empires. The second wave will see the breakup of the smaller empires which they left behind. There will be no real peace here until we see our planet as a whole and end our wasteful and violent defense of artificial boundruies. The Eanh's healing Chris1s is the ecological disaster we are fast waking up to. We will have to cooperate to survive. We are one pl:l.Det. and this simple fact is n million times more imponant than any demarcations we have theorized and armjed into being. The age of nations is ending and a new age beginning. What good is a Kalishnnkov against I.he pollution of the Oceans, what good are jet fighters against the greenhouse effect. We will cooperate or we will cease to operateentin:lyl It is stone cold obvious thm the way out of this mess is by learning 10 look at this world as a unity instead of as meaningless political frogmenLS and in pooling our resowces and intelligence instead of using them to confound each other. We will survive by becoming more reasonable, and become more reasonable ns we survive. The Earth is becoming one community. We are building a true planetary culture. This does not mean an end to our ethnic differences, rather we are building a community of communities, n culture of cultures in which we will provide each other wilh a safe pince to prosper. The EmplTCS have had a vested in1erest in etimimuing differences but the emerging Earth community will have an interest in protecting cultuml diversity as a valuable asset. ,, -Will Ashe Baso11 Suggcstbi Res<iurcc: Cultural Sur~iviJJ Ml.ig:11jnc. 11 D1vin11y Avenue Cambridge. Ma:. ~huscts 02138 �In 1984 rhe glasnosr ("openness") policy was as yet unheard of in the Sovic1 Union. But during that year people from !he small mountain town of Black Moun1ain on lhe Swannanoa River in Buncombe County, Nonh Carolina sent a lecter to another small town, the Sculemenr of Krasnaya Polyana in the Caucasus Moun tams of Black Mountain residems made the first Russia, suggesting the two townships open exchange visit to Russia. They were wannly relationships wilh each other to promote peace received and returned with gifts and good and goodwill between their two nations. wishes for the people of lllack Mountain from Miriam Willey of Black Mountain said, the people of Krasnaya Polyana. Two more "We stancd the Pairing Project because we saw Black Mountain residenLS journeyed to the that the nuclear arms race depended on our fear Soviet Union in June of 1987. They returned of the Sovie1 Union, which was inflamed in the with a large :,;Iver samovar and four originul e:irly Reagan years to support the military pain1ings as gifts for the town. build-up in 1his country. We thought 1hat the Then in December of 1987, while Reagan only way 10 end 1he anns race was 10 get to the and Gorbachev were holding meeungs in rooi of that fear, so we began to develop direct Washington, DC, Chairman Kulii and Elena coninct with the Russian people. And it has Filonova, a school-teacher, visired Black proved successful." Mountain for five days. The meetings were The letter from Black Moun1ain to warm and cordial nod the people of Black Krasnaya Polyana was one of 1,000 sem from Mountain had no doubts th:u Chamnan Kuli1 American cities to countcrpnn cities in the Soviet was most sincere in his "wi,;hes that the Union under the auspices of the Ground Zero American and Sovier people would collaboro1e organization. Black Mountain wac; fortunate in in friendship." being one of 65 towns which received a reply "His deep dedication 10 peace mruches our from the Soviet Union. The response was an own, and we see this relationship continuing to enthusiastic leuerfrom Valentin Kulii, Chauman flower in furure yeurs," in the word.~ of Miriam of the Executive Commiuee of the Soviet of Willey. Krnsn:iya Polyana, which is comparable 10 the During the visit Chairman Kulii was position of mayor. The relationship between the presented wilh a mou111ain dulcimer and a peace two towns was officially initiated in November quilt as gifts for the people of his town. Plt1ns of 1985 through a letter 10 Chaimmn Kulii that was signed by tJ1e Mayor, the Board of Aldemien, and 100 residents I of Black Mountain. "When Reagan :md Gorbachev were holding their fin.1 summit meeting in Geneva in 1985, we fell that we were recapitul:uing :tt the grassroots wha1 was happening there at the national level," said Miriwn Willey. More than 50 Black Mountain residents began the work of exchange by preparing a packet contajni_ng photographs and a 22-pagc descnpuon of their town, leuer.; from high school slUdents, and a copy of the local newspaper to send 10 their Russian sister city. Throughout 1985-86 the Black Mountain group held educational lectures on the life and culture of the Soviet Union, sponsored a film festival of Soviet films. and celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of the Russi.an l'ltcto, top: Am~ricuflJ (left It> flghl) l'otly Cod.v, D1t111t! and Claudell(! Orthodox Church with a community Iii/I :.hare u ml!JJJ witli R11.u1(1fl/nr.r.d.r 1n Kra.1na)'a fo/yana worship service. In 1986 a group of 16 Above W/llu Wt:olh(tford, prts1dtnt of thl' Blad:. /lfoun1a111 l'umng l'rojcct, (/ef/J muu Chairman \'altlllm Klllii of Kru.~naya 1'11/yana. were also made to co-sponsor a sisrer cities friendship calendar, featuring photographs of Black Mountain and Karasnay:i Polyana and notations of both Soviet and American holidays. A 1989 Sister Town Calendar was produced, and I, 150 copies were sold in this country. The $3, 150 raised will be used to sponsor future exchange delegations. A 1990 calendar is planned, to be produced by the people of Kmsnayu Polyana in the USSR. ln September of 1988 n delegauon of visitors from Black \fountain visited Kmsnaya Polyana for 1hree days. This was the first time foreigners had been allowed 10 siay overnight in the town, as there arc no lntourist hotels there. Instead they shan:d facilities used for vacationing military people and found thcm.o;elvcs around a night bonfire with members of I.he Soviet Defense Department and their families. There are plans for more el(ch:ingc delegations between Black Mouniain and Krusnayil Poly:ina. Yuri Filonov, a te.1cher of Englhh and German. will teach at Warren Wilson College in rhe neighboring town of Swannanoa this summ..:r. More lcctun:s and educational progr.ims have been held 111 the Black Mountain Libr:iry. High SC'hool and middle school :.tudc;n~ in Black Mountain are now <."Om:sponding "'ith their counterparu in Krasnay:i Polyana, building relationships that will extend into I.he nel(t generation. Ag:tin, Mmam Willc:y spe.1h for the J>t!Oplt: of Black Mounlllin: ~we feel we have overcome the enemy image. We no"' have a totally different conception of the Russian pe~1ple 1h:1n we did before we Marted the project. We didn't reali7.e "'c'd have so much fun, and we couldn't h3ve received a bener reception from I.hem "The Pairing Project 1s our statement th:11 we Jive in :in inu:rdependcnt world, :ind \\C can't have enemies in a nuclear age. There's 100 much at si.:1kc. "lt's slow, bur n's very exciting, because it's working." ~ Da>1dWIW'tla Summer, 1989 �• • ''lalua." "H1nm?" "Do you know why I brought ;yo1t lzere?" "Mm-ll!Ylm. Same reason as alwa. s: you have some big, bad y 1iews to 1ell me." "Yeah ... Well, db )'OU know what it is, then?" "I think so. You've been drq/1ed. haven't you?" "... How'd you know?" "Easy. Logic. We J1ave11't liad a fight, a11d you've not met any girls •.J dbri't tlti11k-·so it couldn'1 have been w say that you want to break up. Your family never figlus, so it couldn't be domestic problems. And you just got your job, so I didn't really t/1ink you could have lost it already Anyway, you're nineteen, and there's a war. \Vluu else could there be?" "I see. All riglr1. Madan/I! Fortune-Teller, so whm had I planned to say next, if you're so smart?" "Mmmm .. I don't know. What?" "Just this. Laura: I'm going. I'm really going. Arid, l.Altra ... I want you to know. . it's/or you that I'm going. J'd hare myself ifI didn't go, if I backed out, if I leJ (/()w11 my f<Jmily and my courury--..as I very easily could, you know. J'm scared of dying. Bur because ofyou, I ca11't risk hating myself. God! I.Aura, I'm going to war!'' • * sining ml)bile in rhe quiet night hush, rich leaves rustling ow beyo11d our embrace to caJch the wind-1his is love a liglu glows from 1/ie parlor. so/1 frosted glass with the vague shadow ofa pail11ed rose mu1ed 011 tlie lilce curtain no one sees kiss me quickly this is love the lwing chains have ceased squeaking. a faraway distant train swells ils terrible /Ul111U)ny--tlie sadness of le(IVing brings us yet closer w each other, an excuse, like 1he non-existent chill ofperfiuned sow/tern June 11igh1 to draw a tender breaJh as one··· a11d we'll do a.u:tthingfor each oilier? • f shl)u/d have see11 tlte missiles. the bombs. the um:rdesola1e co11/1tSion when i looked into those eyes ofyours. bw i only saw the stars. • • • (Jrruneas11rable) --Do you care? (Doi) --Can you see? (Wiry (/() I brood) ·-Anytlli11g wonhwlule? (About the world's injZLrtices) Child Why Q1'eslion Healthy Respect Fot: Metaphysics, Papa Bui Do You Love Me? Son Were/ In A BcUll)•sphere Wi1/i Bebe • Circu.Jaring In The Vomit Of Armageddon Yes /Do • * i was watching my feet, wa1clii11g the light pass over them an su11day: the leaves like cookie-cutters split a11d nfracted the light illlo animal images on the sidewalk aJid on my shoes. the day was calm, perfectly. to fall u1 love. i /liNer imended i should have seen tlie ripples in tire s1uuigli1- bur 110 alas (a lass!) i, afool, glancing up from 1n)•feet, tripped over yow sJw(/()w into the glorious pools of your eyes, wo swift to hear your liglu "helloH or t'Ven to liear my ow11 splash. i came gasping to the surf as soon as ace l could--dripping, rivuletS coursing dbwn my back-bw yow smile sunned me automatically dry. • • • • •• •.• yes. but are you cluvalroLtS? Do you not recognize your duty to your Lord God and ro llis ~oyal Jligh11£Ss your appointed Mas1err "Yes, yes. yes; pleose stop it, Chloe, I want to sleep. dear" A pause. "Gaah--wai11, do yo11 /01·e mt!? I don 'r think su. realfr. Gawain, tllere ts a war ou1side our "indow. A war. Ga\\YJin, t/,.) yo111Uldcrsta11d what I say? Ga11ai11. Please, Gawain, go fight Jn U! You're fW1 gelling too old, are you. dl:ar heanr "Chloe. Chloe. Chloe, Cltloe, do I lia~e to suffer to make you huppy? Jlave you no faith 111 me? Ridiculous woman-gojeed your peacocks!" • --How much? Wlsen 1 look irr your eyes, i seem)' own reflection. • • • * • • oops. the shell ofthe earth, it's a li11le cracked, spi1mi11g, flingi11g hurtling, off-bala11ce-.,get the/at kid off our ml!fT)"go ·ro1u1d A1id ill Chicago, at 2:00, the s1111 setS i11 six mimttes and ti~ buildillgs break aftto reveal a sub1trb neighborhood benvixt gre1mspring hills Time lriccough.s -my black-eyed susan, you are. my sun, my soul. m.y self-·· (tire plw1ie rings.) 111/ien i look into your eyes (the phone rings.) when i look--". . a singing telegram/mm a mr. martin 1111/ier kiflg,jr. will .\'Oil acceprtlte cluuges?" wiry- "we shall 01/er come, we shaDover come, we shall over come .•• ~ four niliety-five p/1~ tax. i love you. susan! romeo and juliet lli!Ver intended JhiI.. i had a dream once, too, in teclmicolor. The transient w1frerst• swells and re1·olves. Stars wing by, rlie Rock of 118tS and splrere 11msic •.• hear ii."~ sliall! overcome. • • • UNICEF is selling cl:ancc:s r/us Christmas 011 o clwi,i:: one peace or a milliM pieas. A wlwppcr ofan honor. Bl4t ir's lb(> bad. Thi") 're Mt making any mu11ey offit .• aml the W1t1e11burghers a1 I! making a mint peddlfng pardnns, �• • * they are fighting for love. * well, my first dJlly is as citize11 of the universe. but what I wanr to k11ow is, why i'm me and not you ... have i got a special mission or something? it's weird to think that i'm alt there is. what if i'm11tst imagi11iflg the whole thi11g? rw. i dbn't really believe lhaI.. bm, you know, i could think: "i'm the whole u11iverse.'' and chen, i'd be a citizen of myself. • • it's because he's a truck driver. momma. you know that. the only tiling i11 che world that could part /Um from that eighteen-wheeled swee'/iean of his is Iris draft card. if uncle sam yells for him. he's there, one mad rush to the from line where he .na11ds,for all the world like a devoted sclwolkid saying 1/ie pledge: perjealy composed/ace, heels together, hand to forehead in salute. i ca11 just see Jtim. but if i_calt him. 111>w, if it's ll.llt that's yelf/11g for him to come save one of his own babies from drowning in t/11! plastic swimming pool, he says, "you get him out casey, i'm working 011 the tra11smission." the transmission! my God! momma, iin tl()t really bitter oranythi11g; i'm 1w1 lotally jealous of1ha1 gas-guzzling baby ofhis; ; jus1 /01·e him, tnQnuna ••• • • • • They really love me. They 0011'1 wa11t me to die. U11cle Sam j11S1 don't carry no weight with me. I c011'11uulersrand why tltis di.s1an1 relatio11, unknow11 kin, who I never seen before, should all a s1"1de1t turn up, just when he needs me, and ask me to up and die for him. When I got family andfrle11ds who loves me more1n him, who cares about bein' gold-placed in God-thick glory? Thb Uncle Sam ofmine is askin' 100 nwch. Besides, I love my cou.mry. She don't need any more murder on her record than she's already got. • • • ~mommv!" "ah,j11si a minwe. gail.--wlzat jimmy?" "mommy • ·)-est' "mommy, wlw ls Godr "God is love, jimmy. don't pull on monuny's skirt-·! mommy's on the telepho11e: let's not talk to mommy now, okay, jinuny? we ca11 talk about this later.-excuse me gait go ahead." "mommy, where is God?" "i11 htave11,ji1runy. now go play ouwde 011 your big wheel for a while." "mommy; how come God does11't come to the world a11d give people hugs sometimes, mommy?" "oh, gall! your kidding me. no! i k11ow you can't just suy that in a resraura11t.---i don't k11ow,1inu11y. jimmy! look at mommy wizen she's talking ro you now, i asked )'OU to go nwside, didn't i, young man?" • • • God is Love, love is God, God is love •. . • • • the h11ge11ess of the earth smothers them they are caug/11 ben11ee11 the growul and the infini1e ozone-bl~ b1a their love is deep and great mul hean-crescenooing. they are fighting and loving blindly, passionately (ca11 you see it?) look imo their love-shot eyes. just look • * • wlllll js tlie worrh of this love? they dje like • • • mes • • romeo and ju/fez never imended JhiI, i should have k11ow11 when i went to ba11le for you, dear, i should ltave k11own, • • * standing 11p in too-shon sluule eyes sweatiflg salt--the sky U>O blazing clean w cry • Yet oo they k1ww how whar when where why they go? screaming, Jitavillg blood to rouge the barre11 dust, • • so. shall i die for you, the11? shall i die for you? and kill a thousand because i love and serve one? one God, one Belief, one Way, one Cou111ry, one Mother, 011e Child, one Man. one Woman, One anw11g miflio11s? given time. i could team ro love them all. • • • i should have known, swinuning up from 1Jwse pools that how easily I could h/1\le drowned there. had you are your eyes, asked me 10 pick up a sword. a dagger, a bayonet, a machine guri, a bomb a11d prove my love co you·-· well. i should liave k11own, as you knew. didn't you, a/Id wisely showed me that somebody's blood could prove nobody's devotion and thlll w lo\·e t)fll! is to love all. is11't that what you mea111? looking into your eyes. i see tlU! reflection of the universe, don't i? oon't i? * • • one more time/or the time, J;e steps inside the frame, Md out again. and looks back ar d~ impressio11 he has left-· see tire image ofa yowig soldier , young sol· , young my mother lived i11 hiroslrirM. • • )'Oil· • • rlu.• men, the lleros. the womcm. die cowards, thtt cowbays, tiil' soldiers, a11d the priesL\, the rabbis, a11d the martyrs, the be11ei;oh111 dictarors, till! politicians, and sumebody'l dog and the childro1! Photo by Rob Mc5Sltk �Reflections On Growing Peace in Cultures by Mamie Muller The universe irself can be turbulent, tumultuous...so whatever peace is, it needs 10 acknowledge that dimension of re:ility. Binh and death and dying...:md composting..and change exist in the universe...so that, too. needs t0 be included in an imaging of peace. Female and male exist in cite uaiverse...other spt'cics exisr...the eanh itSelf wanants our anention...so peace, if it is possible. needs co acknowledge and honor all those relations. And dreams ...cx.ist in this universe ...and memory...and our interior psychcs ....nnd love...aml absence of love....Can peace ace-0mmodate the ranges of all th:it? When I stretch r.he boundaries of my mind and hean and each time- say "that, 100"...somehow peace stnys with me, and so I wonder as to ir.s nature and origin. As l d.:lve into my concep1/h1ngu:ige reservoir, the closest thing tlr.n l can say peace is---is "to be intcgro.1 with". Being integral with someone, something, some element... means that in some way I participate in a .rlwred existence witl1 I.hem and appreciation of that shared existence contains in it, for me, I.he possibility of shared pence. For peace, though, to be more than just a personal experience or an event between two entities, ii is essential 10 look to 1hc scale of the sodoc11lmral. h is here that our human stories unfold. Culture, 1 r.hink, is best thought of in its most hteral. biological scn~--as a medium in winch to grow something. such :lS bacteria. It seems that th<: tendency towards culture is i11here111 in our very make-up. I !ere we are...a spccies...h:wing grown in communily-fonns for hundreds of thousands of year.. That occurencc: was preceded by an even more ancient fom1ing or single-celled organisms imo mulu-cellcd ones. We seem to be truly crcnturcs of culture. Thomas Berry talks nbout trc111sge11etic mlwral coding, The passing on of "deep mformation" is an essential aspect of the function of any culture. Divcr.>ity among cultures can Ix: ~tounding---language, foods, color.;, designs. sounds, songs. in~trumc:ms, dances. ceremony, ::m:hitecture--but the: fl'arufcrc11ci: of i11fomw1icm---is a comrm)n tr3it Does, as Thom;1s suggesl'i, our cultural coding pasi. on infonn:11ion ...i11 as clt:111c111al a 11ay a.r c/1ro11u15omes do? Doe~ our consciousness have no active part to play in the process of evolution?'! Cm we in fac1 nunun: or crarl imentional cultures that cnfumcc our panicip:nion in the planct:iry prt>Cess? Thomas speaks or the universe as having a psychic dimension...from ib very inception. Not an ntlditivc nor an extra ingredient, it is rather. he insi~ts. an elcmcmal facet of our phy:.i..:al universe. So lei us say th:u the universe, from the beginning, ha:. been psychic 10 itself--through itself. Then, the question becomes: can hununs pltticipatc in this elemental dimension? Can human culture:; consciously allow for the recognition, utilization, and celebration of this full rcnlity?'! It is at this level that we begin im1uiring about thC' possibil11ies of peace. The univer:;e constJnt!y infonns itself. Can we luunm~t be 1nfo1111Cd? h :.cem) that one of the roles of an organic functional culture is to enhance 1hc indi\ id11als' ability t~) he.-u· rhc "infonn.11ion" of the univc.rse. Our relations amongst ourselves nre intimately interwoven in U1c fabric of the universe. Unless we explore and 11ckno~ledgc !he univcri-e in a// the dimensions in which 11 is preseming itself to us, we remain isolated and enelol>ed.. .in~'ap~blc of the exuberance required for ongoing "re!Juonship"...of any son, whether human-co-human or human-to-earth. Western culture's dcufness and myopia tO\\,ird~ thi:. "inlorm;uion" scern 10 h.we occum:J b<!cause of it:. limited recognition of the depth of 1he naturul world*.dcscribing 11 as nll!re landscape and inanimate treasure uove. The pos:.ibilily for communicauon... much less for communion has thus become practically impos:.ible. Yet ironically 1t is here whc~ a great deal of cultural healing mus1 take placc....1n the re:i..lm of hum:1n-eunh relations. Our p:;yches need t0 reconnect in a one-to-one correspondence with these deep psychic inl1uences of the universe and renew a sense of bondedness with the n:uuml world. The infomu1tlon or the universe reveals ltself 111 many \\ ay~ ... but ont of the sirnple)t, closest ways 1s to listen to one's homcplac.e--to 1hc c:nurc ecological life community in whi~h onc·s human community b immersed. "Bcmg integrJl with .. suggests 1hc need to pcrcdve a sense of the natural scale 01 things so that we can more appr<1priatcly and fully be able "to be integrJI w11h" all the varied levels. In 1enns or ecological sc.1lc, it seems that human culture can bci.t relate to the natur.tl world ar. the lc\'el of the regional scale. Going beyond the neighborhood or covc.. beyon<l the li:>cal ...one comes to the n:gionnl. It is here: lhnt Summ1:r, 1989 �one can notice whole ecosystems at v.ork (or :11 play). Watershed, geolo~ic:il form:mon, similarity in plant nnd unirnal spccles...all these 11.rC best comprehended nt the rcglon:tl level...\\ hich h3s us distincl though "soft" n:itur:tl boundaries. A region is wulknble, know:ible -.nnd in crnfting hulll:l11S)Stems10 interface \\ith the ecological systems, this as the sc:ile nt \\ hich 11 ts ntikcs the most sense 10 ..be integr:ll v. ith". Encouraging nccurntc, full pcrccpuon of reality is cntical in developing cuhural model111g ~ystems that will funcuon ru.lcqu:ucly. 11lc m:irk of a :.tiflmg culture, 11 seems, is one in whicl1 the range of sh:ued perceptions of reality remains quite restricted; one in which, for exnmplc, the many ranges of red arc referred to only as "red", thus ignoring the myriad hues of thlll family of color. A restrictive culture relegates drcamtime to the realm of the subordinate and gmnts nonexistence to ull bUl n mengcr spectrum of sounds and senses. An nlivc. functioning organic culture. on the other hand, nurtures individuals' facuhies of perception and encourages their scn~c of rootedness in a shared realiry--both in terms of the human :ind natural \\Odd. EncoUt3ging the development of :iccurate feedback mcch:inisms within I.he infrastruclurc of a culture is also essential. lf a culture does not 3llow for appropriate fcedb3ck, then 11 W:k of internal vibrancy occurs...promoting fossilization of thought P,:tttcms. activi1y, and environs. Spedfie nurufestations of culture such as archuecture, roodbuilding, commerce, food producuon, communications, b:lnking. govern~ e1c. become highly rigid and unduly reinforce the status quo. How can a culture allow for a sense of fluidity as well as solidi1y? llow C3l1 we come iogether in community-forms without domesticating ourselvei; to death .•.ns \\ell ns the planet? How c;in we, not just individually but in a socio-cultural sense, a~·knowledge the whole, rich, diverse range of the dep1hs of the naturJI world as well :is the human psyche? It seems the more in 1ouch we arc with our sense of bondedness to 1he wider Lifo conununity. the more access we have to resolving thc:.e questions. Exchange between humans onJ the nalural world t.ak~ pince nt evcrv level whether we acknowledge it or not. Our fuc:uhing in 1111d our breathing out ••. our intake of food nnd our rele:isc of wnstcs as \\ell ~ mnny other fimctions clc:irly icll us 1h:l1 we live In the pl:mct not on it and we arc a part ofthe dynnrruc process nOl apan from it. I low c:in we nurture the growth of cultures \\hose infrasuucturc designs acknowledge this in1mute ongoing exchange? Cultures usu:illy reflect 11 com:munny's sense of its human hentnge but u is esscnu:d thni they rcllcc1 a sense ofthctr ecological hcniage :is well. 11115 mtim: ey of hum:in CXISlCllCC Wlth lhc n:itUr.J.I world needs 10 be recognized not JUSt on the biolog1cal, chemical level bu1 on the psychic/l>pirltunl level us well Our very sense of personal nnd cultural idemi1y needs to incorpom1e 1he ccolog1cal l111ncnsion. Only \\hen we begin to undcr&iand and l'ncour.igc these "conditions" fur pcncc...cun we come closer to growin~ pe11cl! 111 c11lturcs... Summer, 1969 Some concepts to consider for growing peace in cultures... res~ct for dhe~ty ~UllC:llOO of SJ!CCICS llS w..11 a:s e.uemun:uJOa of ethiue peoples has become :i StVCtC thrc:u throughout lhc pl;inct. ID add1uon to etbic:al constderau~. bomoccnuy and d1m1msh~nt ol m:uufcsuuaos o( hfe llIC 21so blologlc:ally un,.1se. 1be lolth lllld ~bihty of rmy sy m wh.:tha hum;in Of ccologd. rest m a gcnumc rcsp:c1 lllld cclclKatmn or bhluc as u.ell cultural diverS1ty beyond dominanrr Mmy culturtS lll\e become c:nucn:bcd m:i • domiruon °'er" JWod J:m 11.' u C'.'ld.."ll:cd m term, of gender, rllCC. ctlum: hcn1Jgc, species lllld/Of cge. This dom1n1on pi)Sturc c::iuscs ph)'MC:&I, psychologlc:ll, sp1.ntu~1. cc-011omic: lllld cnvaronmcntnl ~ufflX':lllOO, A mocc babncc:ll. cqu1ubli: dyn:umC' mo.tel a n:qu1n:J 1n which mu1uality is 1hc b:is1~ r~1hcr than fol\'e Of co.:rccmcnL tuvp,rntion No longer does rul\lieJ 111d1v1du:ihsm or Da.rw11w111 compc11t1on pro-.Jc tm ulllm:UC mo.let fOI' suN1val. Cooper:.11on 1111d symbio11~ nrc now being recognized as csttr4i:il nspccts or our biologknl hcntasc. Coopc:3lion. CQ-C1.1si.cncc. and conlUcMcsoluuon need w be 01 the bc3r1 or :a "'br.uu culture. Vclucs iUCh u cmp:ithy and imporuncc ol ie:im"ork !so need w be rccbimcd. 11ppropri:ue 'cale Dimensions or sale occur l!uougbout lbe Jl:l1.Ur.ll 11.-orld Crom die microscopic to die lllXtOSIX>pic. Sak ~ :also 1111pon;u11 in terms ol hummJ 11ttavity. In f:ict. ii is an csscnlbl dcmcnt tn dcsl,nmg for qu:il1l)' ol we-.11;hc1bc.r an tmns or technology. c:cooomks, archi1cc1urc Of 1111y odlct l1lU Emplmlzing appropri.ale sc::ilc CDCOU1'3btl the shlfl rrom D bi&flly c:crunhzcd and bicrnrcluail mode IO one lh3.t IUPJIOIU clivcrsificntioo mid dccenlr.l.liution It also nud,cs us to rc-cv:Wi:uc the b:lsic :ugumcms ol ccntr.1h1.:111on such o~ ns110113l sccuri1y, cconom1e &t:ibahty tluoush coloni:llism, homogcncny anJ eullur:il supcr10111y. We begin to recognize the l!eW to oplorc hum:in 'c:ilc, \•illage·JJ:llk 1llld rcgion·sc:ile modcls. ao••crnancc All mhnb11:rn1~ <>f M communny h:ive nghL~ 11m.J nrc cnu1lc<l 1<1 panlc1p:11c 1n appropriule dccision·making lh31 concerns their \HI! lleint Governance. in particular, is directly uffctlCJ by sct1lc. We arc n:llcctcd by nruJ reflect our $WTOumhntt. II lhc boundario:.s 11re defined 1n IOO large 11 l!Qlc, 1hcn It Is d1ffirult for 1nh:lbi1.'.lll1S to ~nsc: thr.mselvo n.s a p:ut of and p:uucip:uang an 11 self.governing process lktcrnlm~ ~ scale: the level 111 v. h1ch dce1S10nS shooW be rn:Uk (commumty-lmcd. rcgton:ll), and the type ol pnxcss to be ~ {m:ipuy rule. conSCISLIS. etc:..) 11rc all pan of a culture's re trcttunng towtirds sclf-go~ = opportunlly for rlgbr lhelaaood All uihab UlnU entitled to the oppanumty for i«Unng food, $hella. jCqXl1diung thclt owa 11;'Cll being. clothing. et:. "''llioul ol thl:ir fellow mhab1lllllH Or that or l~ en• arorunem. Ernplmis oa co:nmun11y ~ cconomu::s c:m c:tlCQ<lilll!C this kind ol rcspocmblc dcsJin and ~lsion-nul:u...- Dc\'CloplRgllll CCOllOm) \tr4 I gJIJUS 1u dependence on the "anh cc<momy" allows fur pcn:cptlOll or rc:al cOStS. 11Us llllJUSU llJC l<b of progrc.u and dc•clcprmnl to encompass •be 11;cll being nr lhc CIUICC Life rommunuy. lhlll 1uillllnability The ccologial life 5)5tcms vmhill a region lltC p31t of lh: 11.-t:ict sclf·susuitihlg pbncWy system It as auc1Jl th:u ow hum:m sysums begm to rcf1a:t and support tbiJ sitstmmb•luy principle. \\c need to develop "'11)'S to ev;iluatc our hum3tl ICliVIUCS (qnculturc, forestry. ~th eve. tr.111q>0rl:lt1on. banhng. u.'21Cf use.. Clelgy use. cu:) an lh3t ~ We. In la=t. need to k:lm how 10 "rcillh:lbil" the boal!>CCgiOn m wludl we h\C, to accumcly lllldusund JtS ccol0£ical c:irr) 111g apxuy. and to design l01ro"lltds rcgion:il suffi 11.!llCy. inlrrdcpt"ndrncc Acknowledgement ot 1ntcrdcpcndcnt'C entoulllges the bioccntnc dc5ign of hum:m sysians. nus 1ccoJ:nh1on nl~o allows for a creative :iwro:ich 10 n.:s1hcuc nnd £unc1101JJI uspccis a.> wcll. i;uch ns opumurn cap~c11y for rc.~ancc and cnh:lncc:mcn101 st1troundinv, mcorporauon oC 11. md, w.:itcr, .sunlight 1n de~tgn: CORS11.kn.H10R of gcogtaphfcal/Sp;IU:ll rtxcmcnt: Dlld llcs1gning with illtcr.spccics communion In mmd. lmpOrllnCf uf rccdbotklre~poos" circuits A 10 receive infonnauon lllld cullure needs 10 be :ible respond to 11_.through reflccuon, cvllluauoa. 11nd pou:ruill! lld;ipt3U00 or ch:mgc. CIC. Prcscnlly. u o~s lh:ll COlllempallt)' cultures do not 113\'C lldcqu:i:e response CtrCUllS bw1t m. Far ~. cuhur:ll dqlcndencc Oil the DUtomOblle JCSUllS in anordinalc consmnptJoo or bumm ll me and fossil Cuc.I. Yet. bccmlsc of 1111 cntrtllChtd u:insporution industry th:u is rcinforctd by p"Cl'lllncn1 m 11;'Cfl 11S pnvau: indastry. crcah-e options ror eulwnl rcconstclbuon arc not lldcqu:ucly supponed...sucb 11J cL'Slgnlng urban vilbges wt= u.ukpbce ll1ld bolncpbcc tile nc:ucr to cXh other, prodllciog cnvironmcnta:lly Slb12lll;lble \'Cllicles. etc. meaM ror transrcrcoc" or illfonaatlon All culwrts have ways for the passing oa ol infonn:uion and wisdom rrom gtOC1111J011 IO gcnc:rauon. The xcumulatcd opericncc or o eullUIC am be siurcd Uirough suirytelling. an, llC'lldemics, child-rearing, education, ~. It is impllfWll 11> OJ1Jll'C:Cl3LC and parUclp:iLC in the craf'ung of this orpnlc ronn Of "i.torl1l:C lilld rctncval". :!»lCrtdntY or ur~ The Dddrcss or 1he tbu De No Snu Nee N:111on 111 the UN Conference of Non-g1wcllllllCnul Orgunlrntions m Geneva 111 1977 voices ttus concept n~ eloquently: '"The origmal 1nstJUaaon1 dilCCt lh3l \\C .i.ho ,.1111: 11bou1 on the E:ulh arc IO apn:.ss a grC3t respect. rm nfk.cuon. ll!ld a grauiudc toward all lhc spmts v.1rich Crute 11114 support life-Our roocs 11n: d«p Ill I.he btidJ 11;'hae 'll'C hYC.-The soil 1s rich from Che bono of thousmJs ot our gcncn1lQnS. E:i::h or 11S 'll'CfC crated 111 1hoic l:uu1s and ii u our dU1y to u1.c grm c.c ol them We wtik nbou1 11.ilb a pCl1l respect. for the f.:rth Is 1 '":tY SXtCd plxe." Eadl cuhurc can help 1his srnsc ol the~ of W'c 11ourisb bolh Oii lhc ~ _, ,.'Cll as euliunl level. crlrbrali!ltl Dnd renectioD Culnuc Hau lijJCCttS' medium sh.lrcd ~ ~wen llS shmd actlcr:lncc. I tlOCll. n:ltural cckbr.1lioD as v.-cll as c:ultwal mod:s of rdlcaion cnh:m:c our cupxtl)' commU!UOll v.1111 the rcsa of the unhcrse-aot jtlS1 on lhc pcrsoo;il ~I bul on t.'ic mnmumty-widc level. Comcaous rct ruuon n::d llrprccllllion of llll1113t!/caltur:ll as \llCll lll coolotial hc11mgc."both "3SarW and h1Uor~I .JS II rorm Of ckmentnl nourishment Ulllt c:m only come m 1 Slwcd ror ror form. -Mamie Muller �The Chalice and the Blade Tht wor.t of Muri1a GimbUJas (The Gods and Goddtssts of Old Europt, 1000 to 3500 BC: Myths, Ltgtnds and Cult /mag1t), Mt:rlin Stone (AnciMI Mirrors of 1Yomanh11od) and others haw! pionurtd tk uplora1ion ofour species' trut: cultural origw. Now with tk publicalion of The Clullce anti lhe Blntlc ( 1988), t~ tvitk11ct of this research along with Eisfcr's f4peful inttrprttmions Is[Ultllly r'ttzeliing brQOder rtaduship such that Ashley Montagu calls it "the IMSt impottant book sinct Darwin's Origin of Specit.r". llrre are two rtsf)OllSts to its t:iJllltlll. Emoft.e B'r<lCZ: Tlte Chalice a11d rite Blade confirms my long-held belief that ''once-upon-a-time" there were peaceful societies (partnerships) in existence on this planet. This gives me hope that we can muddle our way into a personal and global peaceful coexistence. After two readings of the book, the following points su>0d out: •Tue scientific and 1eehnologicnl advanccmcn[S of this century have allowed us IO ~amine nnd re.evalU11te e.arlia a.rchcotogical findings. The initrdisciplin:uy upprooch or t.ntcrprctlng "finds". lhe bte:ikthlO\lgh in es.rbon-14 d:ltlng, and \he dendrochronological dating method yield a diffetCtJl body or work and data on out histOry. ••conqu~1· of noturc h:is no1 always been the prime mover of Out species. • PoJytheislic religious life does not equal anti-christinn ccvility. •Art is a form of symbolu; communkmlon, and much depend.~ on who is interpreting the symbols. •The "might mllkes right" philosaphy is 1111 abbenu.ion. ..not the nonn. • tntultivc knowledge ls a part or the sciences. • "That's hisiory..• 1nd lluu's a fac1· is nn unncccpiable answer to quesliOllS asked. "The domuwor (JX!triltehal) mode or socw order is 111opproprinle nnd dangerous tO our further e11olvcmcnL. edSICOcc and fulW'C, Riane Eisler believes that we are presently al a crossroads. We can continue as we are...and it is inevilable that we will destroy ourselves...or we can try to emulate and rebuild the peaceful societies which did exist. After reading Tile CIUJ/ice and the Blade. I was convinced that peace is possible. The number of role models for us to identify with has been widened immeasurably by this book, There can be a choice for pence and equality even within the confines of our civiliuition. History goes in cycles, und unlike what we've learned in school, it is never a fiJCcd point. It is forever changing, evolving. It is our responsibility and challenge to investigate, to question, and to look at presented ''facts" with an unquenchable thirst nnd unending enthusiasm. I would like to share with you some of the books. in addition to The Gita/ice and rite Blade that have made me yearn for and ponder the idea of peace: General Readers hi p: Think on These Things by J. Krlshnamurti: Too of Ltodarslup by J Header; Grt!ui Politics by C. Sprcm:ik; Grun Alternative by 8. Tab:: Going Out of Our M111ds by S. Johnson: IOOth Monhy by K. Keyes; Johnny Got lfis (iun by D. Trumbo: Da1:u of Angtr by H. Lance: Peace Pilgrim by A. Pilgrim: St:t!1fs of Pt:ou II)' J. L:irson; Gandhi on Ptaet by M. Gn111lh1; Jlov.· Can Ont Sell th( Air. Edit.:d: Chop Wood. Corry \\'attr by R. F'aclds. Chi ldren 's Books: W.tlwm Wants A Dolf by C. Zolo1011: Friend.r by H.Hcmc; Quarter-Note Cow Pou byJ. Poucr. Mrnou by H. Bmgham: Chu:ktn Stew by K. Kasla: Kuper.I oft~ Earth by M. Cuduto; Tru II Niu by J. Urdy; lJ-.< B.imb and tht General by U. Eco: BuJll!T Boule Dool. by Dr. Seuss. Emou B'rar:. an a'td reada t1nd sr.J10lar. 1s the ot<na of frf.Jfuprop'.J Boo*stor~ and Cofi ill AJMvillt. NC. Si:t 011gina1td tlu! suhutft "A11othtT STt111/I Bus111t.fS for Pcau# tmd uwitl!s otkr smafl b1131nes1: ow11as to 11•1n kr 1111tS111g iI on clttir logos and ad•·~rflSt'mtlllS. tt.Uo Clu thr i.e: The Chali ce and The Blade was given to me by a woman-friend juSt after this past Winter Solstice, and it has llad a profound effect on me. Scrangely enough, it had b<:cn shown to me several months before, but I was not aurncted to it. l think when I saw it the first time I thought it was another mytho-psychological analysis of "feminine" versus "masculine" values. I was in a spa.cc of trying to explore my own sense of a ne\li masculine ethos and I didn't want to read what I thought would be a book on women's archetypes or psychological explorations. I needed a more grounded sense of what 11 means to be human n.t this time in history. When I finally opened up the book, and actWllly began to rc~d it, I couldn't put it down. Instead of being t.he psychological or mystical volume I expected, I found a remarkable CJCploration or "our history, our future." as ii says on the cover. Riane Eisler has taken a look at the entire sweep of human cuhurnJ evolution from a new perspective. that of t.he pannersbip, or "gylanuc" viewpoinL Her central thesis is that all the bases of human culture, arts. and civilizntion were developed at a time in which women and men were both respected, in which sexuality was free, and where the technology was of nurturance, not destruction. This is, in shon, the lost "golden age" of myth and legend. It really happened! I Our dr~ms of 1he future have their firm b:isis in a past which has been denied to us because of :indrocratic m1sinterpre1ation of both human nature and the archaeologicfil record. For example, we carry with us the image of early "man" holding a club with which to hit something over the head and kill it; in actuality the fin;t technological invention was probably ll vessel of some kind, either for ga1henni vegel!lble foodstuffs or for cradling children. These were. of course, invented by early women. The implication!> of tJ1is viewpoint are ~taggcnng: this book is justly receiving gre:u acclaim from a wide range of ~ources. The concept of n lost · m:m1archal golden age" is central to 1he more spiritual trends in feminist thought, and i!> a heartfelt belief Summ..:r, 1989 �or wish of modem 01anic neo-p:igans. In fact, Feminist Spirituality is frequently criticized by more materUlist viewpoints for not being grounded in an historical rcal11y. Tltt! Chaliu ar.d tht! B~adt! J?UlS t~e lie to these doubt~ about the vnlidity or Feminist Spintu:ihty by scrupulously an:ilyzing the historic:ll and an:h:ieolog1cal record to suppon its premise A lot of emphasis is placed 1n the book on the imponance or Cretan or Minoan Civilization to the development or Western culture, This highly technologically advanced civilization, which ":is at its height about a thousand years before Class1c:ll Greece (ca. 1400 B.C.E.), honored both women and men equally. was nol3bly non-warlike. and "orsh1pped the Great Goddess. Who has not marvelled at pictures of the bull·leapers, the Snake·Goddess statues, or the dclic:ue painung or lilies and dolphins which adorned the walls of the grc:it J13lace at Knossos'? And let\ not forget the Labrys. or double-axe which is today a prominent iron of Lesbian/Amazon cuhure. 'fbe origin of this symbol b m the Goddess· religion of Crete, The Clzaltee and tlit! Blade ts an inell.pcnsive volume, published by Harper nnd Row. It h llVilllable in your local, regular bookstore (if it's not sold out), or m the library. Since it's inexpensive, it doesn't have glossy color photos of the Minoan art treasures mentioned in the text. I found it useful to have a couple of an or nn.:hacological books by my ~idc 10 be able: to :.1~e lhe wonderful scenes of young Mino:in men with flowers in 1heir h:mds, of priestesses performing the rites of the Gre~ll GodJess. My dreams have not been the sanu: since!! Another imporum1 fe:11urc of I he Chaliu and the Blade is its e:\plorntion of the ":.tuntcd morality" (>f b1bhcal law in reg:ird to \\'Omen. Quoung Eisler: ~we have been taught ttul the Judeo·Christian trndnion is the greatest mornl ndvnnce of our species. The Bible is indeo.I primarily concerned .,.. ith what is right and \\tong. But what is right and wrong in a dommator society is not the same as what 1s right and wrong in a pannership society. There nre...many teachings in both Judaism and Christinnity suitable for a panner!>hip sy:.tem of human relations. But to the extent that 11 reflec1s a dominator society. biblical morality is at best stunted. At worst, it is a pseudo-morality in which the will of God is a device for covering up cruelty and barb.1ri1y." When I learned ancient hhtory in gmde school. the assumption was that law and moraJ11y began with the code or Hammlll1lbi or the Mosaic Laws. ln reality, these dominator law codes were set up after the overthrow of legal and moral systems which valued all human life, female and male. and which governed peaceful, not warlile, wcieties. ln addition, the classical Greek ideas of libcny and democracy (for free men only) were but watered·down versions of the earlier tr.1ditions which had their origins in pre-androcrauc societies such as Minoan Crete. In fact, Pythngonis and Socrnte~ were pupils of women Thcmistoclcn and Diotema, respectively. Much of myth, classical, Biblical, and othcrwi~. rccounis how the Goddess was ovenhrown, r.ipcd and murdered. These myths developed as justifications for the continued dominator/;indrocratic rule following the dcsll\ICtion of the earlier pea~ful, agricultural societies by wnrhke. pastor.ii peoples from the more margmal area:; or Eurasia. Riane Easler also recounls how the partnership or gylanic mode of society has periodically resurfaced, only to be suppressed again. Some or the teachings of Jcsu~ reflect a loving vision of peace and hannony; the later church fathers supplanted this with 3 warlike and hierarchical "Christianity." 1·hc very word "hierarchy" W3S coined to describe the organiution or the c:irly church. The word "gylany" or "gylanic" has been formed by Riane Eisler to describe the type of society which flourished in ancient times and toward \\hich v.e must move today if our species is to survive; it is a combination of "gy." denvcd from the Greek root word gyne, meaning woman, and "an." from andros, or lll3II. The letter ·1· between the l\\O is for linkin&. and is derived from the Greek lytln or Iyo. This verb has a double meaning: to resolve (as in analysis) or to dissolve or set free (as in cul3.lysis). This word and its origin sum:. up the m:un thesis of the book: that how a society organizes the relation~ between the two hnlves of humaniry (men and women) hn~ a profound effect upon all its ins1i1utions and vnlues; and the direction of its cultural evolution, pllrticulnrly whether it will be peaceful or warlike. tmmer, 1989 Needless to say, in a technological era where the "bl:ide" is a thennonuclcar bomb or a nerve gas canister instead of a S\\iord or slingshot, this is a matter of the very survival of our species. While The Chalice and rite Blade focuses m:iinly on the w3ys rcl:uions between \\Omen and men are constructed a~ a gauge of how totalitarian or warhke a society is. there are abundant references to way:. in which men, particularly "sensiuve" or "effeminate" men arc oppressed by androcr:lcy. As we know. and as Eisler points out, these warlike and t0tali1arian wcietie~ (H111c:r's Germany, Khomeini's lran, etc.) arc the most opprc:.sive 10 women and to peaceful tendencies in men or 10 :>pintual m1nori1i~ (Jew , B:iha'is. etc.). • Iow a society organizes the relations bcl\\CCn the two halves of humanity (men and women) has a profound effect upon all its ins1i1u1ions and values, and the direction of its cultural evolution, particularly whether i1 will be peaceful or warlike. ln regard to the issue of maleness and warlike values, nerc 1s Easler· viewpoint: "For 1mllcnia men have fought wars and lhe 8l:1de has been a male symbol Bul this does not mc:in men arc inevnably violent Md w:irhkc. Throughout rcconlcd hif.tory then: have bcc:n peaceful and non-violent men. Moreover, obviously there were both men and women in !he prehisiorico.1 societies v.herc the po\\ er to give and nunurc, v.hich the Olnlicc symbolh:C! , was supreme. The underlying problem is not men o.s a sex. The root of the problem lies 1n a social system in v.hich the power of the Blade 1s idealized - in \\hich men nnd women D.1'C taught to equate true lll3sculinity with violence and dominance and to see men who do not confonn to this ideal as 'too soft' or 'effeminate'." It IS apparent thllt the vision or I gyJanic SOCU:ty is thal of crcauvc dynamic interpersonal relations \\rit large: the vision of gentle loving \\Omen and men living in harmony \l.ith nature 1s \\hat \\e offer for the reemergence of the future partnership society which must be the p:ith of humanuy's future. The basis of any society and culture h the way one person relates to another. This is true for woman to woman, man to man or mlln/~oman relationship:.. Now i~ the time for us co carry our vision forth mto the new world which is being crcrued by all the human vi:oionarie!> nnd poets who sense the turning of the cosmic wheel. The human species is obviously facing a crucial period in history: either we will full b:ick into a kind of androcratic tcchnofascism in which women will be slaves. free sexuality will be suppressed, and the organisms of the planet will choke on human filth or be incinerated/radiated in a nuclear holocaust; or v;e will somehow develop :a new culture which values nunurance, h:is respect for life and hum!lnlly in all its variety :md sc:icual flowenng, and rinds ways to meet its material needs without ciitinguishing other species and tenninaJly fouhng it nest. Khomeini and the Morul Majority understand how Feminism. civil rights. free SCltunlity. ecology. and peace nrc linkcJ, and they oppose them all with a vengc.ncc; we who reali7.C how these values are pan of our vbion and hold the key to our ~urvival must continue co become \\hat we want in the world and create the myths in our laves which will be the stories for our people to live by. The Cho.lice and rlie Blade has given me hope. In this time of rc-<lcdic1uion to the principles wh1ch l have cherished in my heart for years. this book has mengthcned my "·ision and nllowed me co feel pan of a past and a future or joyous. loving, harmonious women and men, liv1ng in deep commimion \\ith the Ennh and iis creatures. Wbo could ask for more'?'? M1hJ Gwlvu: u a co-/oWllkr of 11il ClllnNrl.JNi Grtt11 ColAl!Cil aJlJ a/rt~111 con111bMtor to its publicat1on g1«nhgh1 Prcst111ly. lw spuids hls 111r11 both in DMrham NC and NOJhv1//t, JN whtft /ormaliz1n1 his 1ra1111ng 111 bctanical stiul1es. This revi~ 1.f rtpr111ttdfrom grccnlighL �Lhcm: conscrva1.1on: improving and rtp:tirmg Lhe city/cowuy d4uibution system; and coop:nwng with the towns oi Woodfin and WcavcrvtlJc 111 developing the Big Ivy River v.'aler supply. ALAR • A • LA MODE' poUutanis. These regubtlons wtll be dlscusscd 8l public hearillgs on August 4 m Rllle1gh Md Augu.st 9 in Owlott.c. Chemical mduStrics were the l:lrgcst &OW'CC of polluwus. Olhcr lasge cooLObutors we.re furniture, tcllule. pbsucs and rubber, p1per. nnd prmlln& and N..unl World Ne•1 ~ace publishing industries. C:.,111wba and fors)th counties were the wont Even as Federal health officials tty to calm growing concerns about aJar sprayed :apples, Ilic En · lronmcmlll ProlCCl.ion Agency d«idcd to Ill lcw t.empomnly remove Abt from 1 h$t or acccpublc chcmk:al sprays.; During a sub<ommauce hearutg on the Al:ir-m. Scru!tor John Wamcr of Vqmia Wied Prwdens Bush, • to cxcrc:asc some cri~iJ control" to PfOLCcl lhc apple indusuy dependent on Abt spraying. while other sen310ts suu.ed thcu ()\\.Tl hes11.ancy IO fccJ their children Haywood C:OWU) wu next, and was the only westertn county to cxccod 2 million pounds, th3nks mostly to the Champion Paper mill ""hicb reported rclC4Sing 3.S million pounds of tolic air pollution, mcludmg 810,000 lbs of the carcinogen chloroform, 660.000 lbs or hydrochloric acid, ll!ld 66.000 lbs of sulfuric acid whach conttibut.cs 10 :.cid rain. D:iyco reponcd 1.7 million tons. Figures for other Western counties ase: Ru1bctfonl - I IO 2 milljoo lbs.. Primary so~ - Reeves Brothers, l.S million lbs. and Broylull Furniture lnd~Lties. Transylv111u.11 • 500,000 to I million lbs. Primary source - Ecusta divisiron of P.H. Gl3dfcltcr. Buncombe - S00.000 to I million lbs. Primary sources • Chnsc Packaging, 270.000 lbs; Chcnuronic~ (Jct Research Center), 263,000 lb$: Andre11 lndus111es. 110,000 lbs or tcLtacbloroethylcnc, a carcinogen. Mitchell " S00.000 t0 I million lbs. Primary sourccHcnredon Furniture lnduSl!ies, 600,000 lbs. Burke S00,000 IO I million. Hcndc™>n - 250.000 10 apple products. CHAINSAW BANDIT STILL AT LARGE Nat.uni Wockl Newt Servico As of lhLS rcporung, Beech Mounuin Town Police and the Avery County Sherirrs Oc:p:inmcnt still have no wspccis in tl1c ~11uct1on or lhrc:c b1llboan1s. TOO signs we.re allegedly toppled by a chain-saw on Wcdllcsday, r.tiy 17. Appal\:lltly, lllCIC was some public SUpporl ror thl~ 3Cltion.... l~e pa.id odvcrtise~nt, llunking Ille Wlkoown pcrpcuntor. appeared an a local pgpc:t soon a!W. ll tC1Cmr as if 111311)' n:sidenls were llJl1ICl wilh the "•sual pollution c:cale4 by the b1llboords. and I.bey wished to COQ>lil'QllC people to frequent only those rnctCh:inis who do noc use b1llbootd.s. IL is believed th.1t the absen.:e or 111mcit:m legal tcguWion concarung billhollnb drove lhlS 1nd1..idual IO tcek ~ oulSidc of thc law ro lddreiS a c:ammunuy concem. FORCES OF NATURE Naunl WOl'ld Ncwa Scnlu On April 6 we were all rcrn1nalcd or the inoltOtllblc atnCtion or gravity. This point was espcclllly brought home 10 three ttookcrs on l_.O near the Tcnnc.ssce SIALC line v.llo r«ea"ed l'lllhct lur11c bouldct applicauon~ 10 the side or their llllCtOMrnJIClli u huge rock slabs ri]!pCd o/T from the su:cp wall of rock Fonunrucly, no one was h1111. A retaining wall mode a vnln attcmpt to Slop lhc slide, but was~ crushed. The rock~idc clO!iCd lhe two westbound lallC$ roe su ~as an cstim111Cd IS,000 to 20,000 cubic yanls or d111 and rock had io be movod; dyn.wit.e c:hlllgC$ were 5Ct to dislodge uruubk! 11111LCriol; and steel mc..'h nets were wung on cables between rock bolts set m the chff r11ec.. Every lime U'\IC.k 11ec1dcn11 hliic 1'11~ h;.ippen. 11 ~minds us: 11 c:ouJJ ha•e been nukes! SEWAGE WITH YOuR SUPPER? Nall.nl Worll N Sa>ioc. In Alhcvalfe. No1tl1 Carohllll •octn dttc.iued by 1 1..m-to-onc m:irgm a bcm1' muc lh;it v.ould ll3•e h:ld them drinkma 11".c w:iiu of the French Broad Raver. Supporters of the bond ruuc Cb!llltd WI the French Bro:id 11o :ii.ct 11 .ufo, but opponcn11 ll01Cd ih:n the rc;tl l>S:la WllS that n:ssd.:nts "''CfC nol ready ID dnn\; poll~ hvtf"'1lla IO lh:u bus 11CD proplc !Ind dc'-elQpcri coul'1 CXINI\ I profi OP Wllllll cd llfOV. II U~m from A vii looau th pbn , II pos.s 5 fund hclp "'"'""--""•ill.~ Thea ... dlC othct ~able meet ~ 11tc;1 • w11 r n ~tu1~1 Journ"L pC•(I 22. rTll1I \ \1lltiblc IJ) Ill lbc fuwrc among School disuicu from New Yori.: lo Los Angeles LO Miami ha"e sioppcd serving AIAMaintcd apples in their cafeteri:ls. Alar h:is fOI' )'C4rS bcc:n linked to aincc.r in 11nillllll LCSLS, but recently when o report by the Nuturul Resources Defense Council recc1"cd n lot or :itll:mion, public opinion pushed tbc EPA mto nct1on. The company which mtlkes Alar cont111ues IO msbt the product is snfe and has plans to shin their market to owside the us. 500,000 lbs. CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NORTH CAROLINA PROMOTES PESTICIDE LEGISLATION NaNRI World Ne"'• S..lYk:e Myo11c 1111ereswJ can ob1a111acopyof1hl' rtpc >rtfor $20 from t~ North Caro/ilia Envirollh:tlllal Dtftnst Fwul clo StepMn L(llitus: 128 llargtll St . Raleigh. NC 27(J()J. NEW RIVER SCENIC DESIGNATION IN JEOPARDY The Conservation Council or Noni! Carolin:a has joined forces with Lhe Agrac:ultur3J Ra:soun:es Cenier/PESTcd to publish I pcsttctdc -ic:nda for 19S9. Some of the bills they arc promoting in the NC Legislature are HB-389 ""hach would increase the atri:il application buffer which 1s cum:ntly only one hundred Uodu the state-federal pLln of 1976 which declared 26.S atilcs of the New River a Scenic: foci (1'11111111 OCC'41•ed bwk11ng, and S8·274 whk.h wuulJ require all pcs1icidc applicators to J>O$l notice of thcu Waa.crw11y, Nonh CAtolina wiu to 11cqui1c; i>C<lnn; e:tsemenis «land along Ille nvcr. Howcvct. since 1976 activities. For furlhcr information conL:lct Nonc:y Barnhardt, Legisbuve Agent, Pcsllc1dc Project of lhc COll3ervatJon Council or NC, Ch~pcl Ifill. (919) 942-8991. "STATE OF THE AIR" REPORT Natuml Wotld New' Sa-vice Last year. ror the first time. more than 800 North Carolina 1ndus111cs were required to file with tho s1111e rcpons on releases of the 328 cbcnucah mdiC41cd m the 1986 fcdcml "right-«>~know" SWtUIC:;. The NC Envi.ronmentlll Dclcn~ Fund ( NCEDF), compiled Lhcsc: reports and found th~t. <tatcwadc. indusUlcs emutcd nearly 100 ma Ilion pounds of lhclit air polluunts. 12.7 million or which arc Cllrt1nogcll$. According lo the NCEDF, these cm1WO<U arc cnurcly legal, and therein hes a probkm. "Touc au polluuon an l'onh Carolina is aJrncm tolollly unrc11ul.'l1Cd." according IO NCEOF dltl!ClOr S~vcn J. U..1ta,, 1andl unlcs§ we dose the skic.s io polJw.c:l'l, lilt cnu-;.siODJ wdl n:rnui the e:isiest way for Noctl1 Ouolma 1nduwic:s 10 get rad or ll:at.:irOOus w.wc." Nawn! World News Sez\.icc only 33 acres or scenic cascmenLS have been ~wrcd by lhc s:wc. In the s:imc umc period the number of priYDte lwldowncrs on the river h3.s jumped 300%. anJ iowns of Jcrterson and Wcs1 Jefferson, NC are currently considering opening a one million gallon per day v.ucr Lreattncnt plant which would utilize lhc river LO dispose of IJ'elUOd discharge. Nllkcd Creclc. a Lribur.:uy of the New River and a disch!lrge sllc for treated water, "wns named :is n •toxic: hot spot' an 1111 EPA repon just rele:i.~ by lhc Oivi~ion or Environmcn1.11I Manngc.mcnt,• according lo Jonct Hoyle or the Blue Ridge Envaronmcn111I Defense l..caauc (BREDL). Ms. Hoyle fears that, though the move unprecedented. Congl'CSS could revolcc lhc design;won ot S<:cnic Rivet. •sCC3U111 lhe \ollu.:s for which (Lhe nvcrl wa.~ protected arc not being prcserved,. .. wc fear WICOntrollcd dcvdopmcru tluc:liens the dcsilJl.ltion". In resJ!Qnsc to this threat. Rep. Judy Hunt (0-Walilugl) has mt.roduccd legisl:ation IO speed 11p Ilic aqumuon of c~scments ami began in ~nest lhc tmplcmcnwtJun of the scc11.1c nvcr pbn drawn up for die l, New )'l:O.ll'S a.go. The measure~ nx:c.-cd house approval, and a·.. 1uu 11e11on 1n the Senate Envuonmenul Comnuuce. In :a pMSibly re.bled m31tct, SCllOl.IC Bill 119!\ lhc N:nural Hm~ Wll!Ct bill 1nll0dllffil by Scn:uor MIUC Blilllghl 11ofll 1ncn::isc the e.\CISC Slllmll l:l\ from Sl.()()/1000.00 tO $2.00 pct $1000 00 Under lhe new bill, COU lleS would rceei•-c S0.50 of a:h doll:ir of Ul me.om- SO.ZS WO'Jld go tO 11.':llU nnd .rcwcr do\'dapmcnt wh ' 11noL'r.:r SO 25 would go io tic: Rec~uon lllld Nat I He c Tr Fund to buy !And for g.un.bnJ f and p.uks. 1111 b II tn rt Cl lCtl S2.S mubun doll.in per )C 10 l1C d lor land aqui uum Flori , S .:!h CarollnA Summer, 1989 �Tennessee :ind Maryland :uc altcody succcsi.fully using 1l11s 1cchn1quc for preserving 1hcir nalurJI an:a.~. IfNC rtsllitllJS urr 1nltrts1td in wntawng their Stnat(Jrl rtgarding this bill, the addresJ ts: Lrgtslu11~t Building, Raf~1gh 2761 I Phone; 733-11 JI Fot r1wri! tnforfniltiOll call Jim Stt•ens (9191782-2686 or Btll Jlof""m· (919)7.Sj.J)Zi} Tt: TRANSPORTATJON I MPROVEMENT PLAN? maHers PUBLIC SERVANTS IGNORE PUBLIC Nirural Wotld Newt Scrvic11 Residcnis or Buncombe County were ou11agcd 10 discover that a suue highwoy improvement., p;ickagc included a plan for a four lane loop to run through SwannanO.'.I, lhrough Recms Creek and Ox Creek Valleys, to lhe Enka-Candler aren. Trnnsporiauon Secre13ry James Harrington said in a leuer 1.ha1 a loop around Asheville would be needed IO lmndle the mcrenscd 1n1mc from nn upgraded US 19-23. John Hill.11 resident of Ox Creek Vlllley. voiced lhcdcepconccm or oVCT 100 people who attended a planning meeting about the issue: No one asked [u:;J, or 1he people in Mudison County, wbclhcr we wnnlCd lhcir lives changed forever, or hcuvy lrucking brough1 in from the Ohio Valley, or 1f we w.inlCd rapid dcvclQpment as in lhc urblln 31'.cas.• The public feeling is that sUJtc officials could ~vc trouble and cmbanassmenl if lhcy would consult wilh locnJ rcsidcnLS befotc uying 1 force 1hrough new 0 1~ for developmea1. Natunl World News Scrvacc On April 3rd lhc state Utilities Commissmn ruled thar Duke Power Co. cnn go ahead wu.h plans for a transmission line through lhc bc:lutiful Pru11hert0wn Vnllcy in Jackson County. lhus dissolving a Scpicmbcr 1988 reslr.lining order, and ending a hard-foughl balllc by lhe Jocasee Watershed Coalition. lhc WNC Allinnce, ond the Conscrvnuon Council of North Carollnn. Thc~c groups fonnnUy prolcsltd lhe roulC lilSt year, s:iymg thal Dulc hnd not eumincd altcmativcs LO their planned route lhrough die "Yosem11e of the E.c.1", und Lhnt a proposed offer from the Tenncsse Valley Au1homy might be the:ipcr nod elunina1e lhe need for lhc tin~ Hun1cr Lovin~. co·foundcr or Ilic Rocky Sununer. 1989 own llands BeflCll Mountain We co no• wea~ l:i< 1t11ery resioen1 uomeowrl!!• or 111s1tor 10 Beech Mouniaon. however a grOWtng numoer 01 ~ .vould l1•e to 111ank you tor aoklg ,•,hal we llavP .van1eo 10 co ro1 some time bul door t ha~ 1110 nel"e You have macie our moun1a1n a more 1Jeau111u1 r.1 .. ~" '£> u.. t. vL1•1 HQO<lh;lly oaver:•sers will nave lll(lre 1cmkc' I - u oeau!ilul mo..in1ain" 11 t" .. lulure & \\ II 001 POLI.DTE th~ " 1" btl'tlOlilOS DELP STOP BILLBOARD BLIGHT Frequent only merchants who DO NOT use billboards Mounuin Institute with her husbnnd Amory, ~'Uggestcd a conference held lllst fall al Warren Wilson College t.h:i1 lhere was no need for adJitional energy cnpacily lllld lhn1 all encrllY n«Wi could be met by practicing least-cost planning and cfhc1cncy improvements which would acwally increase the profiis of the power comp:uues without incurring lhC S36 m1lhon pnce Lag of lhc line, wltich will surely be passed on to consumers. The Commission disngrc.:d wilh this :1SSC5Slllcn1. saying ·11tc evidcoce clearly ~hows that Duke c:ucfully and diligenlly planned !his projccl by examining a wi\lc :irea of Western North Carolinn, n:irrowing the poi;s1blc route nli.cmati\'CS, lllld sclccung J rou1c which m1rum1ud 1hc impact on the en11ironmen1 and cus1ing dcvelopmcni". The Commilision decreed lha1 allcm:ile roulCS suggesltd by lhe cnvironmenw.I groups were too long and 100 c.itpcnsivc. They nlso d1smi!iscd the TV A proposal, elaammg lha1 lhc TV A did not prcscn1 a pe.rsua.'ilvc :irgumen1 that its proposed rotes for Naniahala customers would be lower fl13n Duke's. A bill has been introduced 1n10 lhc NC Ocnet:ll Assembly by Rep. ~1arie Colton (D-Buncombe) which would give lhc Commission authority to review power line siung plnns. 01 SAYING "NO! " TO THE DUMP Niawrat World Ne'Nj Sav"'~ 0 CUTIING A LINE you for t~~ ino arid e 1rnma:an9 tl".e I>• !boards on Natunl World News Scrvk< Thci SS.6 billion Transporboon Improvement Plan (TIP) being heavily pushed by Govenor Jim Manin iOIS II leystone of bis "good rQ.ad$ for progress• Slll!C 1m11gc, passed 1he House of Rcpresenuuvcs. and is upec1ed 10 p:iss lbrough lhe Scruue wi1hout effcclivc oppos1lllln. The Bill culls for a massive road-building progr.lm Wilh the CVl!lltlUll goal Of bringing 0 rruuor four l:ine road "within ten miles of llny North Carohn:i n:sidcnl.• nod paving many or ttic din roads. A fow represcnt111ivcs hnvc e.xpr~d concern bccuuSj: 1he bill IGClcs lln)' mention of mnss 1rw1Sil ns n means of ll'!illsportauon unprovemcm, and lhc lawmakers may :111cmp1 t.0 block p:issage unul su!:h wording can be included Proponcois of TIP sny 11 is 100 ln1c for an~ StK:h coosidcruuon :llld l'1osc concerned should have r.uscd their objcc:tilons long ago, allCmplJng IO change lhc bill now could posslbly kill iL The bill would Ix\ fonded by a five ccn1 gas lll!I. Millly rcsidcnis. especially m Ille Kaulah region. rear lhe bill is :i prune cxrunple of ovcr-dcvclopmcru.. The ncw 1ra~-port.alion scheme would strongly mcrcnse access 10 nnd lhrough lhc mouniains and have a profOtJnd environmcnw.I and soeiul impacL l• iu~ You! Trees 1,000 feet awny from a WllStc dump :u Oak Ridge, Tenncsscc were cut down and c:imed away. because I.hey were emiuing to~ic amounts of rad1odon. Under prc.~t rcgulntions, !heir hobiull would no1 be C:OO.\idcred ll.~ ~ A1 a pubhc hearing in Madison Count)', a woman loll! lhJS sw~ and lhcn posed some simple questions 10 lhe panel of four pale men in dark suiis and one dnrk-sktnned woman repre~ung lhe North Cwobnt1 Low Level Rodio;icti~e Wasic M411agc:men1 Aulhomy. "Would you drink wai.cr from a ~pnng 1000 feet from d1t Oak Ridge nuclC3t dwnp? Would you offer this water 10 your child?" Every head on Ille panel nodded affinmllively. TI1e woman gestured IO 1hc panel and faced lhe crowd, •1 give you the cxpens on low level rndiu.'ICtive wnu: dumps!" Over 600 people, many of them obviously cld\!rly fanning couples, showed up for the forum on u Wednesday evenang, ll'lldiuonnlly church naght in Ibis predomuuntly Baptist c:ounl)'. G1'11SS roolS politics mov~ like o pr.ime lire when 3 hot ~p.irlo; wikc.s. In this- caie lhe networl 1h111 fonned lhc Cbme of public 0111.n1gc wus lhc local min1stty, Voluni.ccrs from 1.lie Mud1.;on Em·ironmcn111l Allfonce contacted muusu:r.1 who cnllcd other preacher; nnd urged ll1c1r congregaLions to exercise I.heir duty of E3flh stewardship, one of lllC precepts of lhe soulh.un Baptist cn:cd. Earlier 1n April :ing.:r flared in Jl.lacoo and Polk Coun1.ics as The Aulhomy's 1rnvcling road show, designed IA.'I soothe fcars.lllld cool u:mpcr~. found i1SClf in an equally unplc:a.'l:lni hill S.:lll. The meeung in Polk Counly dlcw more than 1,000 ouendec.s.. Local residcnis no1cd Lhe impact of lhcse meeung.s - never before had lhcy seen so ITlilllY people of hke mind a1 one l~lion. Said Polk County $hCriffs deputy Chris Abul, "I guess everybody just WDnl'I to say 'no' to lhc dump." J11nc1 Hoyle, director of Blue Ridge EnvironlllC1ll.al Defense l..cque, calls North Carolina "I.he chump of lhc SE" for staying m lhe SE Comp:icl. lhc c1gh1 SL:ltt organWiuon lhal picked Nonh Carolinn to be the recipient or lhc rcgt0n's radioactive WllSIC for lhc next 20 yC81'$. Jonci reminds us 1h.:11 some or lhe w11S1C will remain toxic for 117 million years, EnvironmCllllll1sis lhink lha1 wch state $hould h3tldle us own waste. lnsu:<ld or conuunmrumg a new aren, lhe siate's low-level mdiooctive was1es should be stored nbovc ground al nuclear puwer plnrus. which produce ~ of lhcm. nu~ way they could be monil(Jl'Cd until a va:iblc long-u:nn waslc disposal technology is developed. To dll1e, all existing dumps in lhe rnin-ricll east have lc!lked, even lhe ones drat meet r;um:nt regullltions. The Aul.horily 1s 10 come up with at least two cundid:ue locauons in Nonh Cnrolinn lau:r lhis year and to have picked a "preferred siie" by Nov, 15, 1990. Hopefully tbe loud "No• from Katuah wlll no1 only JcOec1 the dump. bu1 will also prod the ·cxpcns· to rcthinlc their nuclear policy. SOUTH CAROLINA BANS NORT H CAROLINA WASTE Natural World Ne"'s SG\'lc:c By cucutiveorder of Gov. Carroll CampbeU. as or Morch I, 1989. the •U!IC of South Carolin" has prol1ibitcd 1hc di.~~1 or was1e from :my Sllltc &hat refused ID di!i:p()S(l of the WtilC 11.scl[ The b:in elfoc:ICd 32 ~Ulles and Puc:t10 Rico. Hans1ll Truesdale, heud of the SOUlh Carolina Dcpanmeo1 of Hcallh lllld E.nvi.ronmenml Controls H:uardoUJ Wasic Division say~. "WG hope our ac;IJoos will encoUl3gc other sutcs IO move toward developing their own h:u.ardous was1e managcmen1 pro~·. In 1987. Nonh CAroht13 gcnerultd 2.8 billion pounds of l=dous wute, most or which w11S sent to ou1-0f-Slal.C disposal Cac1litles. JCotu~\ Jo1.1rna( PIMJlll 23 �(~ fmlll P11C4l Wh:it is then: 10 keep someone from •1ctung go• nnd •becoming the olh11r person~ so successfully tl\31 !hey come away from a Lls1ening Projec1 full of rc:icrionary nnhudes? Again. m Herb's mind the answer goes back to thn1 shared essence of humrurity, which is deeper than any dogma or se1 of idc:is, but i~ expressed rnther in 1em1s of vnlues. '111c antidote 10 polariz;uion :ind separation," he say~, "i\ to recognize 1he oneness or all life and oi all hum:inity. We in soc111I chMge work need to recognize that all of us, even those people 1iliho are racist or militanst or $eem like they are ou1 to desuoy the l!ruth. are a pan of the great ltfe, and within us au is !he potcnual 10 ch:inge :ind 10 let go ot old iJcas that are destr0ying life. There h definitely that potential. The source of lhat power lies in going beyond the ego and getting down to that place where things change. 'The way I en\ 1sion 11, 1s to look 111 11 person :ind 1111.a.gine them just coming out as 11 new born inf.int, That h3by isn't a r.1ciM. th:11 baby 1sn 1 n milu:inst, that b:iby doesn't w11111 to destroy the \l.Orld. Tb:11 new baby is allvc. lbnt's the essence of hum:mny Thst's in every p;:rsoo in society, -nu11's what we: arc listening for, b:i~iC31Jy. We: ;ue probing through all the cr.iziness. all the accumul:11ed ideas. th:it may h:ivc made a person into a m1l11ans1, or a r<1cis1 or an environment· destroyer, 10 find 1he essence 01 who that person is. f'or 1hc essence is good." The idcolog1cal content 1s pare, but only a pan, of .1 convers:uion. In deep listening the: process of communication 1!> the major emphasis. If a listener 1111d a resident cnn reach a poin1 where they arc each staring right into I.he other's bare and unadorned "'1111, then together they arc atl3ckm& racism, mil11arism. and 1he other 1te1J,:1tive aspects or our i:oaety for the r11C1Gm, the: nulit11nsm, iuid the rest an: the mdv.clhng fear m people's bean~ raised to a pcrm311ent place m the mstituuons of society. Hezb ~ys that, "Underlying all the problems is fear. Our b:lsic fear IS one of rejection. We \I.ant 10 be loved and rc~pcctcd. If we don't gc1 llu11 in !lie wuy we need 11, \l.C use power to get it. That's why it gets back to spiriwa.I values. h gets back to people's need to experience love, communny. caring. nnd connection. Those :ire the fundmnental needs of :ill hum:inity, lllld if we can find w:iys to make that possible for 311 people, I think all the problem~ we: ~cc: would stan d1ssolving.w "Love, community. canng. and connecuon." Herb defines his peace work in tenns of the~ values... When be speaks of ·peace; he spc:ik. of the concept in the broadest po)siblc: \Cose. He decries the divisions tha1 sometimes arise bc1ween people involved in promoting non-violence:, doing soci:ll justice work, or helping IO prc::.crvc the c:nvirunmem He fet'ls that :ictiv1sts would help their cause by ~tressing the connec1cdness o[ 1hesc 1s~uc' lie considers the penod he wotl:cd ns a youth counselor as being part of his "peacework" an.I whhes :ill people involved In 1h:u kind of healing worl.: would realm: 1hc conncction lhc:y share v.1th the pence niovcmcn1. He .s.iy!( he 1~ ''~)rkmi: for peace v.h.n he is weeding hb garden. or Poliucs is usuully perceived 3\ II sc:nes c:intpaigns 10 be c:uncd on unul the foe is vanquished and ,;dory is ~chievcd l·or llcrb, polincs 1s process .und the process 1~ nevcr-endmi;, whelhcr 11 is tor empowerment or tor he:iling. In an mfomul moment he slid, "Yeah, you know, hstening ts an incredible procc)s. I'm still trying to 1ncorpora1e 11 rr.ore d~ly in my person:il lire. 11·~ easier IO v.ork it on the political level in some ways. "What was it someone said? 'Listening is the rim let or love.' "In a sense the Listening Project actually says. 'I love: you. No mauer who you nn:, no mauer what you're doin~, l love the essence of who you nrc.' You may hate wha1 a person 1s doing, but wha1 you !lfe basically ~11y111g is 'I love yo11.' That's where listening is non-violence, too." ~ {tontillued rrocn page 10) p:1rnc1panii; m1m n:ly on 1iicinsd• ~ • thc1t own mner n:sourccs nnd ability to share llnd 'Communicate. In a very~ ~. the ~etpant... create the "orklihop ·and isn"1 this \\h:!t community 1s about anyway? Lc:anung to t;1p IOlCI our iruhv1Ju:il and group r ·sources, and to be co-crc:uors rnthcr th:m ·koocrs" nnd followcn; "? As a group rntwcs out of "pseudo-c\'lmmunny and IO\l.ard real community. it tends to pas~ through scverul d1\1Jnct phases, which Dr. Peck and I·CI.! ro:fer 10 ns "i:haos" :ind "cmpuncss" After the supcrf1Ci:1h1y nnd f.:ilsern:ss of pscudo-communny begins to \H::U- thin, conflicts begin 10 emerge, nnd pe<.>ple usU11lly lil:ln irymg w fa, convert. or ch3.0gc each Other. The rc:sulltn!l rcscnnnent llild nngcr. nobody likes being "faro"· des1ro>s nny feeltngs of group harmony (illusory as 1hcy may h;i\ e bet'n). nnd the group descend~ into confusion nnd "cha()>'". Then llfter a period of turmoil and soul·sean:hmg. group members gradually lc:im ·"uh the tacditntors cxcnsion31 guidance • 10 let go or lhcir prcconcc1vcd 1de:i~. expccunons, IUld pcrsonal agendas. They begin 10 emp1y themselves of these b.'lrriers and blocks, which have kept them lt:cling ~p!lr.lte :ind un:lble 10 Just be tlrere with the others. Thh cmpcying process cnn be d1fl icult and painful . but on the other side of this "valley ot the: shadow of death" lies the cxpc;ncncc or Peace. ot JUSt Being. ,1nd listening, and sharing m co11unun11y ·an CKpenence that seems to eocomp3Ss all oppo~itcs and embraces joy and sorro''. nll kind) of religious ei1pn:ss1on anJ 11thtism. activity and rcccpu-.ity, love and feat. Although a panicubr group m3Y noc rellCh a sustained c~pericncc of genuine community (qwic ~!ten. groups tend to re' en b3clc 10 cha()) 11ntl/or pseudo-community ~incc these modes ol rc:bung 11re more familiar and, in a sense. ~fer· though not really), every group goe.1. throug~ an emptying process and at least touches on, or Wp!> into, the Bemgncss of commum1y. ( Having auended one of thei.c v.eckcnd worhbops, thi' "ritcr can auesl 10 the :iccur:icy of 1he abc)\'e dcscripuon I Xa1uiU1 Journn! pCUJC 2·1 "Through 1he power of gewune commzmity, "e 1ccl to offer opportumries for peopfo 10 brufgc tliffcrc11ces mid reco11cilc c·miflzcts u uh a11thr11ucit) anc/ 111tegrity " ln :idd111on to 1has pnnury fe>..--us, FCE 1s alw m the process of elp:uuimg its focus on comm11nily 11etworbng nnJ refcrra.I servu:c:s. The gwl 1s to pre.wide n~sht11Kc and d1ra "t1on for people v. ho an: seeking to lmk up wtth other; for a ~ctlic purpose, or arc 1C:UChing for community organiz.iuons or groups that c:in asSJSI 1hem m their hc:lling, le:1ming. grov.th, nnd/or sharing. The unllcrlymg recog11lt1on here IS thM rcr~ "1s not 311 1sol:11ed phenomenon, but nithcr a pan of what might be called the community movement" • 11 movement initiated by such group~ as Alchoholics Anonymous nnd ib t\\lelve siep program, the growth of social :tc1ion groups, and the women's movement. l'CE i~ thu~ engaged 1n su:ad1ly bu1ld1ng new links· and sm:nglhcnlng e)tl,Ung ones· in the hv1ng mterconncctcd chllin of community "·hic.h may prove to be.-, m truth, our s;ilvauon. For funhcr mform.1uon about FCE and its umnnunuy Building Wort..~hops, cont.1ct: The Fouo<hltion for Community Encuun1gemenl, Inc:. 7616 Glc:iwn Road KnO%\ille, T~ 379l9 -~ (615) 690-43~ p · Summtr. t 989 �We had some visitors from the Soviet Union. They wanted to make friends with us. We wanted to understand them... Crystal Peace means that I am loved ...Alyson from a drawing by Alyson and Crystal Peace is love peace is caring peace is sharing. If I didn't have any peace, it wouldn't be any peace in my heart .......... Beth 1 I Peace means to be a friend to me Peace means to be kind to others Peace means to be nice to others Peace means harmony to me ....Virg1 nia Peace is like Flying in The sky ........Justin Peace means not hurting animals.... Sefton Peace is loveing and harmony and careing for others and animals. I love cats........Star These are some respo11ses w the l.lhat. ls Pce1ce? Coruest held ar Aslievil/e Altemarive School, an experimental public school in Asheville, Nc>rtlr Carolina. Organized Olld compiled by Abby Bird. age 11 Kstuah's Cliildre11's Page Editor l<.At1.1uf1 )01.lT!'lUt p!UJ~ 25 from a drawing by Virginia Summc.r. 1Q89 j �TIP/ F.ROS Your womb wraps around me, encloses II.lid holds and keeps me, nnJ lets me come nnd co. in and out. DRUMMING Gomg out, away from your bcanh,.)our embrace I JOumcy 1n ecstasy, and I live in p;im. lETIE RS TO Kt\ TUi\H I am Earth walking on Earth, worlds I am or micro :ind rtl3CTO cosmos. wali.ing through. I glimpse the dn:3m - enthralled. in awe. 1n rapture • then lose 11.~aod wander about. .. lost in Isolauon - desolation - despair. Dear Katuah, L011JS OF Tiil! HEART: Coming soon to a mounuun valley near you - 8.6 billion dollars worth of road consuuc1ion. Thats right, Nonh Carolina Governor Jim M.utin wants all of his c11iunry co be within 10 mile$ of a four·hnc wpcrh1ghw:1y, and. 1f by chance you're hindered by a du!>ty ol' travel road - don't worry - he want) to pave those, 100. Access 1s but a n1ckel·a·gallon g:u-tu increase away, so h11 saving North Carolina's reputation as a ·good roads for progre~ sta1e• is a freebie. Say you're not sure about all th1\'>? Ughtcn up. Those who ~tanJ 10 profit the most politically and financs:illy (our mayors, our county comnuu1oncrs, and the independent Chambers of Commerce) have been lobbying your state legisl310~ to push h:ud for the passage of the new slllle •Transponauon Improvement Plan (TIP)." Why, shoot, 11's already p:issed the Uouse and with :ill the hand shakm' and back ~lappin' between this country club governor and the aforc·mcnuoncd 5pccial 1111en:,ts. the Senate will surely figure that the: whole \Hile i~ bclund TIP, Slow down? Come oft 1t. Secretary of Tran5portation Jim llumngton and h1' \hop arc alrc;idy two Mcp:. ahtlld. Not only dOC$ he kno~ the governor personally. but he's had m:ips pn:pmd that will prevent confusion 1 the lcx:il dcclston-m:lling level. :o;o need to worry about \\'ho's gomg where \\ith this TIP! So, \\Ith this much 1ns1ght into )Our future. don t lose another nlght s sleep Raleigh lus once again grasped the moment and fulffiled our needs: our need for a hl&h gas w; our need for greater DCCeSS for more and mon: outlandCIS; our need for mon: highway traft11c, Including hazMdous waste b~ed ea.~t. and our need for increased development prenurcs along sull unpubllcir.cd hii;hway comdors. Why, r.hoot, there's no need 10 fuss' r.;o need 10 look ror a bus' C1vthwion rn all ih urb:ln glory v.ill soon be as close as the nc:1:1 ex11. Your Valley, KAtlWI Province, Southcm Appalachb. USA. 01' Rl1Stus Kutw1h )ourn"t p119e 211 To go naked on thh ~. To m3kc a soft bed In the fragrance of pmc needles To open an eye To the d.uk cool of night And the brilliance of ~13.J"5 To "'-:ilk m the sun's cares:. On bare ~houldcr.t. To cat wild strawberries And golden com. To drink Of pure, cold mounun stre~. And bathe tn tumbling occ:ms. To wau:h and wonder. To be a pan of this hvmg E:i.nh. So v.hy Do I measure out my hfc Jn shOpPmg malls anJ ban~ Jn hosp11..tls and cars And air-conditioning, Jn the v1olcncc ol ciucs '! The wisdom or 1hc uboriginc, The Pcn:in, the Kuna, the llopr. • ,\fury d~ /,a \'ulet1t: Government lsnnold nun Onhts knee,:, With dry, shn~ cited bps Then I enter you again: I come in.•.seeking... nccding your c:mbrncc, renewal-rcdi:.covcry-rebinh. Your womb encloses me, holds me tight, indulges me in bliss. in sleep, in cirummg I awake still within you, lounge !>wec1 moments in between, then slip OUI of you i;emly, bravely then 10 face· perhaps cmbnce - the new light - ktnr Dear Ka11Wl. Ple:ise include my name on your m3iling hst for the • Biorcgional Journal of lite Southern Appalachians." I am a firm ?el1~ver 1n bioregionnli:.m and hope that by JOmrng your cnu~e that I can help deliver a message that so urgently needs to be heard. I um n graduate from Texas A&M Un1vem1y with a degree in Forc~try and I am currcntly a member of the Green Party. I would hkc 10 sum a correspondence with other concerned pcnons living in the Asheville area, and tf 1 can be of any assistance to your orgnm1.:111on please let me know. Sincerely, , W. Eric Becker 7408 LunilllS Lane (1132) Pcrry~rg. OH 43SS1 Rcce~scd To R:\'e.tl thc roots of h1~ teeth. He kneels At the hc:Jld 01 some SU!Jl'S Which lc:id up to a place or sancwary And sells wind up sold1cn To a young boy Bothcm:I by the old nun's Gummy smile. • 11111 llouser C/984 Dear Kaulah, Sure have missed getting the Kau'i:lh. Thank you so much ror your enlightened onJ rn1clhgcnt coverage of our region. Such a blessed rehcf lrom the nightly news, newspapers and such. Lo1.-e the idea of cictcndal wildemcs~ areas. and .,.ouldn"l 11 be neat and umcly 10 have bicycle and toot paths 10 crisscross all the mt~ ("'here po~blc ?) Love, Kalinda Wycoff Sumrtlct, 19811 �HELLO? HELLOl Poems offering seldom have I lhought about this by Charles Rampp begins with M e - everything seems gift for Me. enjoyment but it also ends here unless We make it rules. real I by touching ever so gently its opposites. harmless sparks matches fingers' air grip and l'rn dancing light , joyous. to see that we nre doing an issue on Peace what it means and w~t ii can mean. 1 would like to add a note of tl1anks to all the people who have resisted the contagious call to wnr most dirc4ldy by not becoming soldiers. Either by doing an Alternative Service to military "service". by deciding to dissociate from military "service" while in it, or.refusing 10 panicipate with it in any way 10 the first pince, Conscientious Objectors deserve a song of gratitude wbich springs from some of the deep, moving pools of integrity that can flow from the human psyche. If an individual hears from an inner voice that "militarism is wrong" or that it "denies the sacredness of life" or "the enemy is us" or "violence begets violence" and acts on this voice by doing nothing, or not participating in the further disruption of life, or by doing something to try, beyond violence, to change the medium of forces that createS the disruption - perhaps, we are permitting oun;elves to accept responsiblity for tlte horrors we have made for each other and allow conflict resolution to happen. Too often we have let the chaos of wnr, or suspected war, determine the rest of the pauem for human and non-human being. There is also a sea of great sorrow to be recognized for the many people who have died in the ebb of violent authority and its many manifestations. Those who hnve protested or objec1ed to brutality ll!'ld discrimination and come to futal blows with ils way, the innocem who have been killed, and the unconscionable wru.te of human life to attempt to prove group or individual power all have something to teach us: we are coming to a climax ns a species. from which we must find decisive ways of social order that acknowledge diversity. symbiosis, ond the human shadow as panners within the biosphe~ and ii:; 1en11city. - Rob Messick of Peace First! • Oy, cold ,whisking light's compassionate malh like a matador"s cloak across a turtle's nose It is a joy ... Summu, 1989 IN o. WC>l"k:I \~v.£.-lo QJT LAW u.>o.r,-t.o rv'\QM. pto..cd' peace lntely. suddenly My hand finds emptyness in pockets \ If +hut. 1$ Q.""i ONt. LE.ft A LIV£' ID LtKE tc u.ntu wt*.h ~ To Lhe &iitors: .In reac~ion to Exxon's role in the recent oil spill, I d~cadcd to return my credit cards and to. boycott JtS products. J run hoping that this might become a mass tactic if enough consumers ~ill ~~ow ,th.c~r rejection of corporate 111sens1uv11y by JOming. Enclosed is my letter 10 the president of Exxon. For ecological snn11y, rreside111. Daniel Gruham Ex.xnn Company Chapel Hill, NC M.Qma 's SoNiJ . P.O. 80:1: I 322 llou.sron. TX 77251 Cl!orl..es of Zacfu:.rlJ movi."'} f o nvard. lnto raln , stn9ln9 cta.morol.ls marches of oCcf. hu0\1S, a nc! thunder i;rl.es 0 1.lL n&r tra9tca£ name wni!~ lM drops p ta.IJ a j anci.f uC LUM , a nd fuird. they com e down to JaU. upon u s aCC w asps anc! mop~s . c!andcli.ons , d.ai.s i4:S, tetri.ers , t4b&i.es, &ws, co1vs, f;eans , otd. roof s, odd. st.ones, a ncl you! Get w e&., my son, I had bun looking forward 10 rtuiving my E:uon credit cord, l>ur ofter rhe slwmrfu/ way :f(>Uf company ucred in tltt u cenr oil spill. I co11 M longer acctpr ii . It lws becomr: r/cal' from \larlous m:wJ uport., 1/uu company was not rtady for o spill thr.f JIU, an.I /uu cut bad on vuaf emergency plans, This 1111111 disregard fur l>/J/' comuwn licrirwgt is poor c111rr:nship and 1/are111e1u rlre frog1lt lltl.tJSl<:m iLwlf. I am returning my cudir curds aJ11.l 1<ilt urge 1lll my ftithds and organua110MI t ontcurs to do till' same 1U11il your comp1111y realius that 1hr comnwn gtiod of tht planet i.s much more 1mponan1 1l:m1 the rlror1-1crm prr.'fits t{ your l.QtporUJwn )'<I'" f i.nd JOY i.n the downpo ur I tkaven s:ends iL, ca.rt.Si n:cc~ves U., so w a c!r Lnfl. LL, w ash uur &ocCLe$, quench our s plrHs, and. &y the 9L 9, tt.ve. vi.n GeL Lir~. m y d.or(lnCJ. a nd keep LL wLth you Ln l.M dri.u wtUU:rm:ss of C19e. a rcmcm&ue.c! surnm u·s 1£ci11 w hen you were Le•~ ancL w l th you r rtothu and she saM!, "Yi.sl" llo ouL and. pta.y W\ a.he r a\.n, ln a spouL of Ci£luld. 9Cor 1J thaL f or9Lv"5 our sl u&&ornesio. Say "Ycsl- . ~r Zac:fmr 11, us you S~"'J yo'4r warn.or 's SOnlJ• sa11 ··yes!" a nd "Yi:sl ~ C19uin. M1gh1y smuuly, (.flgn~) - 1'Lcf.anl• Bridl)~ Drawing on tins page by MIOILina Herring, drawmg on prcc;cdtn& poac by Chll<ld Hugey. Both for ·v,.,ons of Pc.ooio" con'"'- Jackson County p......, Nc1..,01k. Kutuah )ou.rna.t pa9.; 27 �eveors JUNE 18 FRANKLIN, NC Oury Bonnelle specking on •The Ascension Principle.• Mounuun l.igbl Network. 2 pm Dl M:icoo Community Ccnlet. Hwy. 441. For more info. call: (40l) 746-2454 llOT SPRJNGS, NC 'Wind Swirls lhc Low.~ l...cuvcs: 1':u Chi lnterptay• with J11y Dunbar and K3Lhlecn Cu!rick. Exercises for mdividuals nod partn¢rs m r11i Chi Ch'Ullll, a Chlne:ic mn11inl Ml end moving mcduallon. No experience, no pnnncr needed Prc-regisicr. SOO. Soullicm Dharmo Rcll'Clll Ccn1a, see 6(.30.7(1. 21·23 HIGHLANDS, NC Workshop, •Techniques for Nature Phoiograophcrs" with Gil Leebrick. Bm Len. wildlife photographer, and bomnist Sill Wylde. S250 includes accommodations. Appalachian Environmenl!ll Ans Center. Box S80: Highlands. NC 28741 (704) .526-4303. 26-30 GOODE, VA Chllnnnel Mel&Y at vortexes 1111d sacred sites in the northern Blue R1dic w11h Rev. Daniel Chesbro, Tom Williams. Pilot MounLllin, Peaks ol OllCr, New River, Fairy Stone Parl.. "lmportnnl work ioward cxp:inding lhc Light." Confon:n.::e, lodging S225. Pre-register. Rt. I, Box 310·A: Goode. VA 24556 '30-7n 26-30 21·25 HOT SPRINGS, NC ·seven Day Zen Soul Recharge• with Sandy Oentai Stewurt. abbot of Squifrel M1'n. Zcndo, Piusboro, NC. Prc·regrsu:r: S 160. S1;>u1hern Dbarma Retre111 Cenicr: RL 1. B()lt 34-H: HOt Springs, NC 28743. HI G ll l.AN DS, NC "Landscape Pho1ogrnphy m 1hc Blue Ridge." large f01tOa1 camera workshop with 0111.c.ebrick :md Sllln Tomi la. S2SO. See 6'21-25. 28-30 HOT SPRl NGS , NC Vipass:ano Mcditntion with Cirol Wilson Pre.register: S70. Southern Dhnrma Rc1rt:at CcnLCr, see 6/30..7fl. JULY ASli EVlLLE, NC "Mounlllin Sweet Talk; a 1wo-ac1 play fe:uuring The Folktellcrs, Barbara Freeman am.I Connie Rcg:lln·Bhuce. The play feriturcs stories and music of Appalachia presented by two very accomphshcd pcrfom1ers. 8 pm ThUl'Sll:iys through S:uurdays. 3 pm Sundays a1 lhc Folk An Center Theatre, caM of A!ihevillc. milepost 382 on lhe Blue Ridge Parkway. Ticket\ SlO, S8 in advance at MalJprop's. l-8/13 6-8 LINVILLE, NC J41h Annual Grundfother Mountain Highhmd Games. Piping and drumming, lhghland dancing. S~ottish alhlctic$. harp, fiddle. tr:lCk and field, ttilidh For more info, wrilC Grnndfa1hcr Mounw.in; Bo" 128; Linville. NC 28646 7-9 NEW MARKF.'r, 1 N STP (Slop the Poisoning) School uL the H1ghland.:t CcnlA:f. Tactics. strJlcgy, 1111d nc:twurkini; for lh05e wocking LO stop industrial polluoon. Prc-rcg1su:r. C:!ll Highlandu 01 C6JS) 933·3443. 12-16 lll Ci ll l.Al'\OS, 'llC "Edible V1s1ons· worksho11 un food pl101ogniphy. Wild foods lor:ig1ng. Mllrlha Strawn. Head of Phologr.1phy. UNC·ChJrluuc. S250 Sec 6/21-~5. 19.23 lllGHLANDS, !\C "l.lllld 3nd l'cuplo: A Dcs1g" AppnXll:h• pho1ogm11h> worl.slmp wi1h Jay Dus:ird S2!i0. See W.Zl-25. ~•Luuh )ounmt JHlfJC 28 AUGUST llOT SPR INGS. NC Vipassano McdiLJtion with John OrT. Prc·registcr: S60. Soulihlm Dhnrmn Rcttc:it Center, s.:c 6/30-?n. 4-6 LAUR INUURG, NC The Summer lnsu1u1c on ·Tc:iching ConOict Resolution. sponsored by Ptofcssional D<l"clopmcnl Team. "Conflict i.s fXl" of living /1 can /Nd IQ ~10/mu and ck11ruc11on Or, 1hrougl1 rraming and pracuu, -..·~can /tarn IQ wtluc conf/ir1 as an opportumty for clwngt and i:ro-..ith." S:J.10 1ncludcs room and tioard.Wrnc to: NCCPE/NC-ESR. 214 Piiuboro St.. Ch:lpcl Htll, NC 27516. Dr:iwing by Rob Messick WAYNESVI LLE, NC ·Techniques for P-crso"nl Sclf·Transfonnntion" with Bing Esaudoro. S1il-l.igh1 Rcucnt Ccn1cr; RL l. Box 32~: Waynesville, NC 28786 (704) 452-4569. 23·27 25-27 NEW MARKET, TN STP (Stop lbc Pois0ning) School 3t the Highlander Center. Tactics. str:11cgy. and nc1worklng for those wor¥ing lO stop mdusltial pollution. .Prc·cegistcr. Call Highlnndern1 (61S) 933-3443. HlGHLANDS, NC •women's Adventure Weekend" • bnck.·packing, visuati1.0tion. relPation wllh Nnncy Shaw Discussion; lier Mo1hu·~ Daughter For info, write The Mount.1in; 841 Hwy 106; H1~hla11ds, NC 28741. 25-27 f>.11 9-13 lllGUl.Al\OS, NC "Ahcmattvc Londscapc· • pho1egn1phy wo1kshop with M;anlyn Bridges. author/photogr.apbct of Morlm1gs: AeTlal t'ic11 $ oj Sar.red lAndscupa. Tran~cending the u~u:il w;iy of pcri:civing the environment IO :irrwe aJ new way$ UJ whicli 10 view the Earth. S250. See 6121-2S. 18·20 uo·r SPRl ... GS. NC Three I.ilks on "Zen and Western Philosophy" by l..ou f'ior.h1rom. PhD. ord;uncd Ztn monk formerly wi1h the Ztn C"111m11n1I) ol NY l'rc·rcgutcr: S.7.5. S ;u1hc:1n l>hQrll\ll Rc1rca1 Ccnttr. $<.'C fi/30-7(1. SEPTEMBER 1-4 ll OT SPRINGS, NC Mindfulnc~s Mcdiution and Everyday Life: Rclntionships and SeAualily wilh Sui;an AugcMtcin. "MinJ/Mfncs, m~diturion endbl~s u..• to src life IJJ II (ICllUJl/y is Ill ,,, IOtality • Ptc-rcgi~ti:r: 590. Southern OharmJ Rcirc.a1 Center, sec 6/30-7n. 1.5·17 WAYM-.SVI LLE. "C Thc Pr.ii;11cc of ·n1Ct:1pcutic Touch" with SuL1 Ccrmak1~. S11l-Ught Rc11ca1 Center: Rt. I. Box 326: Wa)111:svillc. NC 28786 (70-IJ .!52-4569. 0 1'1·'22 ,\Slll,VILl.1~, NC tn1crn11tu>n,1t C1111fu, nu en l'mlcways, Gr(tntH1J1. or.ii R1vcr..c1ys l lit 11'.-v \fort Btriu11jul llihon Inn f're·regmrauon r~q111rcJ fill more mfo, Cllll t\pp::il;1,h1an Con~nau1n ('7Qel) 2C.2·2CJ6.$. Su1111nc1, 191}9 �~Water Sys1em1 WATER PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT SOLAR PRODUCTS Mamber NC Waler Ouallly As50C1a11on HWY 107 RANDAL!. C LANIER RT 68 BOX 125 704·293-5912 CULLOWHEE, NC 28723 (704) 26+-7242 31 S E. King Street, Boone NC 28607 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-'-~~~~ Clti11ue "''11p1111ct11re DESIGNS b~ "' n t:D'LC'LN'.E A.LL'L'.ES Jlerllgiglll Cli11it Rob :'.. l~s~ic k lllustmlion & Dt>~1~n in Pen & Ink and color«< l Pc·n•il Mil llARY RADIOACI IVE LANDFILLS This c1l11<•n g111dt• I~ 1h1 htst compl"l'hcrwve wn cy ol tht rud1<>il(Cb\·c (ontaminallon •••used b> th' pn>du<l1<>n .,1 m1dl'1r ''"~P•ln' Vr1111/y Urfrnst nplJms h<Jw nu<l.:Jr weapoM 4t< madl' hl1W rddh»lrh\'<.' "'~''" '' gt·1wra11-d, Jnd whl'rc lhl' ronlJm1nJtl1111 I• >prc,1d1ng; the 16 pnnMn nudcar \\ ,)..trcm-.. 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Bui a few of the original powers broke lhrough lhe spirilU31 bamcr and .:itlSI yet ln lhe world as we know •L These beings 111e c:lllcd wilh revcn:nce "grundfathc.rs" And of 1hcm. the suongcst 111c KQl\Qti. the lighllling, the power of the sky; Uis:i'na1i, I.he raulesnake. who personifies the power or the earth plane; and Yunwi Usdi, "the liule mnn", as ginseng is culled in the sncnd ceremonies. whodr.iws up power from lhc underworld. Each LS the sllongest power m its own domwn. Togclhcr they arc :iUics: their cncrg.ies complement each other to ronn an even grca1tr power. As medicine allies, they repl'\!SCnt the healing pQwcrs or the Appalnehian Mount:iios. The medicine powers of K!!ltiilh have bctn depicted m 11 striking T-shirt design by Ibby Kenna. Printed in 4-color silkscreen by Ridgcrunner Naturals on top quality. all-couon shins, they~ &\·ailnble now in 311 odu.11 si1.cs through the Kalanu bio.regioWll mall-order supplier. Onler shirlS from: KRL RNU Box 282: Sylv;:i, NC Ka1Uah Province 28779 Plc:ise specify ~1.e: Sm., Med., lg., X-Lg. _J~ Cost: S9.50. 111Cludcs ~ge (NC raidcna plo:ae .xi S~ ulC$ LU.) -~~~ 'PJ~e,, 'JWJ\!WI 'Naty.r~ KRLANU T·SHIRTS. SWEATSHIRTS For ADULTS and CHILDREN BIOREGIONRL BOOKS ANO TOOLS FOR LI UING IN APPALACHIA ORIGINAL HAND·PRINTED NAT URE DESIGNS CALL or WAITE IOI' FREE COLOR CATALOG Natural Food Store & Dell TI11: bc$t ICJlt on 0.:Cp Ecolo y. Saacd Land Sncred Sex. Rapture 160 Bl'OIM1Wsy Ashevllle, NC 28801 Whef'9 ~ tNeta t.llrrlmon Ave & J..2«> or Lbe Deep by o,iton:s l:lOrnpcllc wt' ~lror:.Jd bf! glad 1/wrw<' l'.a•cJ uuchcrJ.Judi as Dolum iAG/iapellt • • Kli!Ual1 J0111ll3112J OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Monday-s.tulday: llam·Spnt Soodsy; lpm-Spm P. Q S\4rn rner, 1989 S23.00 (l'ricco lncludcsJIOlb£<!) r.:a OrJu[rom: KflLRNU Bo~ 182, s,l•a, NC, KDI~ Pr"'·'nt:" ~'C ,~,,/Lille ..,t,f j~ .~Ja 28189 �DRUMS· Custom handcrafted ctramic dumbccks &; wooden medicine drums. Call Joe Roberts al (704} 258-1038 or write to: n8 Town Mountain Rd.; Asheville, NC ~- ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY on beautiful land nc:lf Cherokee, NC scclr.ing families dc.<;iring gr;:41cr cooperauon and sclf-wfficiency. Based on Spiriwal and ccolog1cal values. Propcny now av:iilablc. Call (404) 778-8754 ror info. Tht NatiqnQ/ Dlrtclor;y of Hollmc Practi1ion.tr1. llt!oltrs, Schools. Centers, and Rttrc.its is looking for listings. Make your skills nv:ulablc. Prices and more info on re11uc~t: MichJcl Rosenblum: The Notional Directory.... ; P.O. BoA I'.!733; GaincsviUe, FL 32604 FOREST BIOLOGIST • PhD. to teach corw:rv:ulon, pllllll i.:u<onomy, gcncrlll biology, wpcrvisc work crew (studenlS) m mo.nugemcn1 of 600 acres of college foco:i;L Rescarclt with undergrads encouraged Send resumt io: V. Collins: W11rren Wilson College: 701 W11min Wilson Rd.: Swannanoo. NC 28n8 THE VITAL CONNECTION WANTED. LANO in We$tem NC. Family seeks 5 or more acres. preferably ni:ar Cullowhcc, m preserve :uid eventually inhabit If you have or know of al!ord:iblc lmld, con1ac1 Bob wid Mary 0Jvis; 213 Wcsunoreland Ct.; Ccorgetown, KY 40324 (502) 863-4267 Long Bn1nch Center needs ~olurucctS{mtcrns 10 help w1111 orc:h:1rds. gllrdens, farmwock, rainbow trou1, cncrgy-cfficienl bwlding, cnvironmenuiVwiJdlifc/pcrmacuhure issues nnd orgamring. Room and board negoti3ble. Paul Gallimore: LBEEC; Rt. 2. Box 132; Lcic;c:;ter, NC 28748 rituals, roles, :ind relationships from I.he on:hctypul memory of the pnst., present, and future. S3 to Colleen Redman: One Song Scribe; l;loic 634; Floyd, VA 2A091. M. TREE DESIGNS: lllustrauo11~ and Dc~ign • Beyond the p:ige> of I.his JOU!nill, J worJ. m pencil, colored pencil. ink, cul p3pcr, uml batik. Fine and graphic :ut IO express and enhance nur lives. Logcx, brochures, book.,, portraiture, window :md wall h:ingings. Contact Manha Tree (70-1) 754-«>97. SUMMER CAMP· June 19·30, ages 6-10; Jul)' 1(}.22. ngus 11+ in th~ mounwms o{ MaJ1"°n Co.. NC. Raising the ccolog1Clll consc1ousncss or ruiurc gcncr:mons. For info, wnlC: John or Dory Brown; RL I, Boir. 84·B: HOI Springs, NC 28743. ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY m lhe Smoky Mt'nt. of east TN. 10 acres wi1h creek. springs, views, good nc1ghbor$. Be 11 p-.irt for S8500. Dill Leslie (615) 4S3· IS38. STIL·LICHT THEOSOPHICAL RETREAT CENTER • a quic1 space for Jll!tSonnl mcdi1111ion, group inu:rocuon lhrough study, and communit)· work. and ~-pirituul semlll!ln>. Contacl l..eQn Fcankcl; RL I, Box 326: W11> oesvillc, NC 28786. ECO-HELP NEEDED Environmental Educa11on Tl/£ PEOPLE OF Tl/£ ONE SONG • booklet or SlOrieS and poems that tell or the people's dreams, EUSTACE CONWAY· Guide and teacher or primiuve E:uth Skills with emph:isis on fire building, ludo tanning. ~helter, nnd foraging. He lenchcs at 11ubhc schools, park~. c:nv1ronmcnwl centers. and classes or ntl kinds. For more 1nfom13ll0l'I contact him ill: 602 Deerwood Drive, G:i."lonia, NC 280114 or c:n1I Allcin St:llllcy :it (704) 872-7972 ADVENTURE FOODS • dehydrated foods for people who work or play 1n 1he groat ouldoors. Entree> and Jide dtsli~. Send for menu and prices. Jemi's O:irden Greats: tu. 2, Box 276; WhittiC!l", NC 28789 (7CV.) 497..4113. MOTHER'S BREATH HERBAL PRODUCTS high quali1y herbal cxll'tlcis. ointments, and oils, lovingly created. Send for free brochure 10 Rt. 2, Box 251: Vila.~. NC 28692 JOURNEY INTO THE SUCK.ROCK Wilderness Arca. Boy~. fo1.her-son, rau1cr-<bughiu ellpcditions. Learn obscJValJOll and woodcraft in the deep woods. Burt Kornegay, C><pcricnced guide. Slickrock Expeditions; Box 1214; Cullowhcc, NC 28723. MOON DANCE PARM HERBALS· herbal salve.~. tincture~ . .t oils for birthing &; family health. Rlr brochure, plea~ write: Moon Dance F31m; Rt I, Box 726: H.lmpt0n, TN 37658 FEEL EARTH beneath yoor feet - wear moccasins. Custom, r.mdilion:ll Plains lndlan style of ellcskin. S50 adull: S35 chlldtcn; SIS baby. Send foet tracing to: P<1tricl Clark.: 47 Panol:i: Asheville.. NC 28801 or co.II 2S t !!250. ADOPT-A· TREE. Trees are the gte:lt consc.rY!ltors of the pllntL The Adopt-A·Tree program will bc:lp mnkc the viUll connection ~wC(ll individual people and mdividwl ttccs. Don:itioru acccpied. For more mfo, wnte to Box 144. Sugar Grove, NC 28679 SKINFOODS • fresh. hund-mado herbal skin prcp;u-:uions a1 to:01$0nable prlc~ Send for price lbt: 106 E. Main St.: John~ City TN 37601 LEAD TESTS • h yuur plumbtng leaching IClld into )"Our dnnlingwal.C'r? Find out for sure • lcad·testing Int from the non-profit Clean W::ucr F~nd or NC. All you nc.;J for 512. Send a check w/ nJmc and address to CWF; 138 E. Chcstnul SL: Asheville, NC 28801 poisonou~ HAND-CARVED WOODSPIRITS, mystical hilung staffs, ;ind w:tll hangings by St.eve DullClln. For br«hurt, plca.-;c write Wb1ppoorw11l Studio; Rt 4, Box 981; Marion, NC 28752. FOUR WINOS VILLAGE • health and sp1t11ual rctre11t: home for chd.Jren m need. For VlSiting mfo.. write· Box 112; Tiger~ CA 30S76. ORGANIC FERTILIZERS. herbs, and organiClllly-gruwn. IDC:il produce 31 the WNC Farmc~· ~1.id:ct! Look for the Fairgkn Farms sun, uniL~ F and C 1n the wholc-<ak area ol lhc Farmrrs' M;irket: 570 Brevard Rd.~ A~hcvillc, NC (70.l) 252-4414 NEEDED: CHILO-LOVING PERSON who loves lO cook to be a nanny and housekeeper for my four children. Hows, wages neg01iable. Rm. t1nd bd. available. Asheville are<1. Cnll Morgan (704) 689-5382. RM DESIGNS · I use the media or pencils. colored gou::iche. pen and ink, and photography m cre:itmg unique line :md grnphic nn I cnn make di11gr:1111~. logo!<, fini~hcd prints, nnd dei;igns ror brochures, <:alcndcrs. cards, book.$. eic. Mandal!ll nnd symbuls nre my tendency among OLhcr s1ylcs. Contacl Rob Mess1rlc (704) 7>1-6097. pencil~. ARTS CAMP • nn intcgrutcd ;in c~p¢ricncc for cluldrcn 4-14 at Marshall Primary School monungs. Chiltlrcn's Ans tn lhc MounuuJl.'I. For schcdul~ mro. call BclSCy StllQChaJ ut {70-1) 689-4699 or El11..:ibcUI Roberts :u (70l) 2S!l-8647. EARTH REACH EDUCATION ASSOCIA TIOI' ltJching prin1111ve skills to c.bildNn and adulLS. Robert Marun, Jr. 11nd Jeanne Moore: Rt. I, Box 178-A: Fcrrum, VA 24088. GREENS BIBLIOGRAPHY over 800 entries on tho: intcmimonol Green pntt.ies 11nd movcmcru. SS {domcst", include! postage) w J;iy Michael Ochs: 443 Mnrkc1 SL: Williamspon. PA 17701. WE.BWORKING 1~ tree. Sent.I submissions Ul: Kotc<ah Journal P.O. Boll 638 Lc1cc.~1cr, NC Katuah Province 28748 Si.unmt:r. 1989 �The KatUtih Journal wants 10 communica1c your thoughts and feelings 10 the other people in the bioregional province. Send them 10 us as letters, poems, stories, anicles. drawings, or pho1ographs, etc. Please send your contributions to us at: KatUah Journal; P. 0. Box 638: Leicester, NC: Katuah Province 28748. ISSUE THREE- SPRING 1984 Siutainabl4 Agricul1111c. Sunnowcts • Human lmp•cl on th1t Forc!l'.I - Childrcns' Edue&1lon Veronica Nicholu:Wonum in Politics • Uulc People-Medicine Allies Wild habitat is disappearing. The wild creatures are disappearing and wilJ be gone unless brave humans Ulke note and act. The imponance of habitat to biodiversity and the effect of human beings on the natuml systems in Southern Appalachia will be the topic of the foll issue of the KatUah Journal. For aUthings wild! Topics for funher issues include Children; Wellness; and Crealing Nurturing Cultures. Please send ideas, suggestions, anwork, and possible anicles on these and other subjects. BACK ISSUES OF KATUAH AVAILABLE ISSUE SIXTEEN· Swnmcr 1987 Helen Wal10 • Poem: Vls1ons in a Oudcn • Virion Qucn • Fini Flow • lnilutlon Lctmina in !he Wilderness • Chciolcec Challcngi: - -Valuing Tn:ca" ~LJAH JOURNAL ISSUE FOUR SUMMER 1984 ISSUE El<lHTESN - Winier 1987-88 Water Dnlm Water Quality • Kudzu . Sow Ech!'S¢ . Cl411'CU1ting Trout - Ooing to Wallu Ram Pwnps • MictQhydro · Poems: Bcnrut lee Sinclair. Jim Wayne Millet Vc:mamJlu Aichiiecllll1' DrCfnU m Wood and Stone - Mouniam Home Earth Energies EanJt.Shcllered Llving • Membrane Houses Brush Sheller • Poems: Octoll£r Ou•k • Oood Mcdlcinc: "Shella" lSSUE FIVE FALL 1984 IUNefl . OW Ways in Chctolcec - Oinscng 'luclcill' Waste • Our Celtic Heritage • Biorcgionalism: Past, Prcunt, and Futuro • John Wilnoty • Hc31ing Dllllcncss - Politiei of ISSUE NINETEEN · Spring. 1988 Pcrlcaodra C.nlen • Spring Toma Blucbcrrics WiWOowcr Gardens - Cranny Hi:rbalin • Flower Es~ -rbc Origin of 11¥: Animols· Stary Oood Mcdlcme. "Po,,.ct" Be ATn:e ParucipnllOn ISSUE SIX· WINTER 19114-SS Winier Solstice Eanh C=rnony • Ho11Cp3S1111c R1vcT Coming ol the Ught - Lo11 c.hin Rooca - Mountain Agra.:ul1urc: The Righi Crop WiUiAm Taylor The Fuwr" of the F~ ISSUE TWENTY - Summer, 1988 l'racrvc Appa!Khian WI.~ • Hlghbnds of Roan • ~lo Communuy - Land Trust • Arthur Morpn School Zonma Luue - '1'bc Ridge• • Farmers and the Farm Bill . Ooocl Mi:dicmc: "Land" • Mid Rain Dukc'J Pov.er PIAy • ChclOk.ec Microhydro Projoct lSSVE SEVEN · SPRING 1985 Sus1Jlinabl4 Economic$ · Hot Spring$ • Worker Owncnhip - The Cn:al Eeunomy - S~lf Help Credit Union • Wild Turby · Responsible lnvcsung · WQtbng"' tho Web of l..ifo lSSUE EIGHT · SUMMER 1985 Cclcbnuion: A W~y of Ufc • Kiuuah 18.000 Ycan Ago . SIK"Rd Siles Folk Ans "' the Schools Sun Cycle/Moon Cycle PO<lllls: Hilda Downe: - Chcralccc Heri1J1gc Cenlto:f • Who Owns Appaladua? ISSUE NINE- FALL 1985 The Waldcc l'orC1t The Trus Spuk Migrating Porests • Horu Logging Swting a Tree Crop· Urban TYCCS - Acom Bread - .Mylh ISSUE TWENTY.ONE · FAil. 198ll Ch4Stnu1.1: A 1'111Ural Histmy • Rt11or1t1g the Chulnut ·Poem of Prcsctva&IQO and Prai""• Continuing !he QuCSI • Forests and Wildlife Cllcsmuu in Reaional Diet Chu1nut Re.sources Hotb Note. • Oood Medicine: •Changes 10 Cmnc" - Review: W/lu41 uimdl Li~ 8IOREGIONAl.J0oRNAl OF ™E SOUTMERll APPA~IAN$ ISSUE ELEVEN SPRINO 1986 Community Planning • Cities and Ille Bi.mgional Vision • Recycling . Community Oindenlna· Flo)'d Counly. VA. Oasohol Two Biorcaional Views Nuclear Supplement Foar11c 011111C$ - Oood Medicine: Visions ISSUE FOURTEEN- W1111er 1986-&7 Uoyd Carl Owlc Boogcrs and Mununas - AD Species Day - Cabin Fever Un1vcrsil)' Homclcu in Ka1uah • HumCl!Ulde Ho1 War.c Siovcmatcr"1 N11tTa11ve • Cood Mcd1cmc: lnicnpcc= Communicallon ISSUETWENTY-'IWO-Wintcr. '88.S9 OlobaJ Wamnng • Fire Thi. Tune Thomu Bcny on ·sioreaio#J" - Eu1h Ellmi.sc • Kon: Loy McWhinu An Abundlnceof£mp1incss L£TS • Chton1clas of Floyd • Dany Wood lSSUETIURTEEN. Fall 1986 Ccn1er For Awakening- E11Wicth c.Jlm - A Ocn11., Du.th • Hospice - Emc.11 \foraan • Dcalin1 Crc•tively with Death • Home Burial Bo~ • The Wake - The Raven Mocker Wooclslorc and WIWwoods Wi<dcm - Good Medicine: Thai Sweat Uxfl:" ISSUE FIFTEEN -Spring 1987 Covcrlets • Wonu.n l'or-CSlct -Susie McMalwl Midw1(c • Ahemalivc Contraccpuon Bioscxualil}' • Biorcgional1SJJ1 and Women Ooocl Modicme: MJllriachuial Cultuni • ~ ISSUE TWENTY-TIIR.E.E ·Spring. 1989 Pisgah VUlaac · Plmcl At! - Orccn City Poplar Appeal "Clcu Sky" • "A N"w E.vtl1" Bbc:lr. Swan - Wild Lovdy Ou-µ • Rov1c:w1: Soucd Land. Sacud Sa, Ir• "'" - Poem: truavtes . The a-Chin T111111 ISSUE TEN - WINTER 1985°86 Kate Roac:s - Circlet of S101111 • ln1cmal Mythmaltilt& • Hoh•lic Hco.ling on Trial Poems: Sieve Knaulh • MylhiQ PlacC$ • ~ Uk1ena·s Talc - Crysial Magic: • "On:.mspcaltina- ~U AH JOURNAL P.O. Box 638 Leicester, NC Katuah Province 28748 For more info: call Mamie MuJler (704) 683-1414 Regular Membership........ SlO/yr. Sponsor.........................$20/yr. Conmoucor.....................S50/yr. Name Address City Area Code Summer, 1989 Enclosed is S ro give this ejf an extra bOost on State Phone Number "Sudden Tmirils" Zip l can be a local contact person for my area Back Issues Tssue it __@ $2.50 = $_ _ Issue 4# _ @ $2.50 = $_ _ rssue # _@ $2.50 = s__ Issue#_@ $2.50 = $_ _ Issue#_@ $2.50 = $ _ _ Complete Se1 (3-1 J , 13-16, 18-23) @ S35.00 = $_ _ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records Description An account of the resource <em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, later simplified to&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal</em>,&nbsp;was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. <br /><br /><span>The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name,&nbsp;</span><em>Katúah</em><span>, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant.&nbsp;</span><br /><span><br />The <em>Katúah Journal</em> was co-founded by Marnie Muller, David Wheeler, Thomas Rain Crowe, Martha Tree and others who served as co-publishers and co-editors. Other key team members included Chip Smith, David Reed, Jay Mackey, Rob Messick and many others.</span><br /><br />This digital collection is only a portion of the <em>Katúah</em>-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. The items in AC.870 Katúah Journal records cover the production history of the <em>Katúah Journal</em>. Contained within the records are correspondence, publication information, article submissions, and financial information. The editorial layouts for issues 12 through 39 are included as are a full run of the Journal spanning nearly a decade. Also included are photographs of events related to the Journal and a film on the publication. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This resource is part of the&nbsp;<em>Katúah Journal Records </em>collection. For a description of the entire collection, see <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katúah Journal Records (AC. 870)</a>. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The images and information in this collection are protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.) and are intended only for personal, non-commercial, and educational purposes, provided proper citation is used – i.e., Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians Records, 1980-2013 (AC.870), W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Researchers are responsible for securing permissions from the copyright holder for any reproduction, publication, or commercial use of these materials. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource journals (periodicals) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Katúah Journal</em>, Issue 24, Summer 1989 Description An account of the resource The twenty-fourth issue of the <em>Katúah Journal</em> focuses on peace in the mountains: settling controversies; a look at the Oak Ridge Reservation; and promoting peace through community building. Authors and artists in this issue include: David Wheeler, Judith Hallock, Patrick Clark, Richard Lowenthal, Heather Pittillo, Marnie Muller, Rob Messick, Will Ashe Bason, Marnie Muller, Milo Guthrie, Mary de La Valette, "kent," Jim Houser, Charles Rampp, and Melanie Bridges. <br><br><em>Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians</em>, later simplified to <em>Katúah Journal</em>, was published from 1983 to 1993. A quarterly publication, it was focused on the bioregion of former Cherokee land in Appalachia. The early issues of the journal explain the meaning of the Cherokee name, Katúah, and why the editors wanted to view the world through a bioregional lens, rather than political boundaries. A volunteer production, the editors took a holistic view in tackling social, environmental, mental, spiritual, and emotional topics of the day, many of which are still relevant. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Deep Listening by David Wheeler.......3<br /><br />Life in Atomic City by Judith Hallock.......5<br /><br />Hiroshima Day 1989.......7<br /><br />Direct Action! by Patrick Clark.......8<br /><br />Planting a Tree of Peace.......9<br /><br />Community Building and Peace by Richard Lowenthal.......10<br /><br />Peacemakers: A Resource Listing.......11<br /><br />Ethnic Survival.......14<br /><br />Black Mountain Pairing Project.......15<br /><br />"Battlesong": A Poem by Heather Pittillo.......16<br /><br />Growing Peace in Cultures by Marnie Muller.......18<br /><br />Review: The Chalice and the Blade.......20<br /><br />Natural World News.......22<br /><br />A Children's Page.......25<br /><br />Drumming.......26<br /><br />Events Calendar.......28<br /><br />Webworking.......30<br /><br /><em>Note: This table of contents corresponds to the original document, not the Document Viewer.</em> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <em>Katúah Journal</em>, printed by The <em>Waynesville Mountaineer</em> Press Subject The topic of the resource Bioregionalism--Appalachian Region, Southern Sustainable living--Appalachian Region, Southern Peace movements--Appalachian Region, Southern Community life Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Sister Cities North Carolina, Western Blue Ridge Mountains Appalachian Region, Southern North Carolina--Periodicals Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/937"> AC.870 Katúah Journal records</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted" href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en 8" target="_blank"> In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted </a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Appalachian Region, Southern Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/79" target="_blank"> Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Journals (Periodicals) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1980s Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Children's Page Community Ecological Peril Electric Power Companies Glossaries Habitat Hazardous Chemicals Katúah Poems Politics Radioactive Waste Reading Resources Recycling Transportation Issues Turtle Island Villages Water Quality Western North Carolina Alliance Women's Issues