VALUES

"Our Homes are a Goldmine," Daily Astorian, Feb. '09.

"TillaWatts", 21 Jan. 2009.

"TPUD: Please Raise Our Rates", 20 Nov. 2008.

"Beyond an Overstuffed World",  3 Nov. 2008.

"Quick and Simple Answers", 26 Oct. 2008.

"Our Government is a Terrorist " North Coast Citizen, 11 Sept 2008, Daily Astorian, 16 Sept 2008.

"Global Warming: Ban Billboards, Buy Less, Work Less" Daily Astorian, 24 July 2008.

" Global Warming: Require Zero-Energy Homes" Daily Astorian, 3 July 2008.

" Global Warming: Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs" Daily Astorian, 3 July 2008.

"Global Warming: Double Vehicle Mileage NOW" 14 May 2008.

"Global Warming: Building Moritoriums in Impacted Areas" 28 May 2008.

"Global Warming: Taking Real Action: 28 May 2008.

“Flexplexes”,  9 March 2008.

“Prison Bait” 20 Mar. 2008 North Coast Citizen.

“Leadership” 21 Feb. 2008 North Coast Citizen.

“Slow Cities” 10 Jan. 2008 North Coast Citizen.

“Get U.S. Out of Debt” 29 Dec. 2007 North Coast Citizen.

“Storm Blessings,” 13 Dec. 2007 North Coast Citizen. “Truly Affordable Housing,” 29 Nov. 2007 North Coast Citizen.

“Don’t  Breed Wonder-Bugs,” 1 Nov. 2007 North Coast Citizen; Global Intelligencer, Nov. 2007.

“Go Slow,” 18 Oct. 2007 North Coast Citizen; Global Intelligencer, Oct. 2007.

THE PHYSICS OF QI, DVD. Fire River Press, Oct. 2007.

“Notes on Our Plasma Universe,” Oct. 2007.

“Free  Housing,” Oct. 2007.

“One Step Isn’t Enough,” 20 Sept. 2007 North Coast Citizen.

“Easy Steps to a Better World,” Global Intelligencer, Sept. 2007.

“Flex-Housing,” 25 Aug. 2007.

“A Good Unfluence,” 28 June 2007 North Coast Citizen.

“Empty Boxes,” 31 May 2007 North Coast Citizen; Global Intelligencer, June 2007.

"Bad Dreams, Bad Fix - It's a Gas!", 17 May 2007.  North Coast Citizen.

"Investing in Community", Global Intelligencer, May 2007.

"Tracking Things", 5 April 2007.  North Coast Citizen. 

"Good Work!", 22 March 2007.  North Coast Citizen.; Global Intelligencer, March 2007.

"Hello, Albert!", 22 Feb. 2007.  North Coast Citizen.

"Zero Energy Homes," 25 Jan. 2007.  North Coast Citizen; Global Intelligencer, Feb. 2007.

"Shooting People", 11 Jan. 2007 North Coast Citizen.

"Shooting People" PDF photoessay 5 Jan. 2007.

"Oh, No!  We've Been Elected!" for Daily Astorian, 3 Jan. 2007.

"Some Truths May Be True" 14 Dec. 2006. North Coast Citizen.

"Real Health Care", 30 Nov. 2006.  North Coast Citizen.

"Debt Traps Are Bigger Than Mouse Traps," 16 Nov. 2006.   North Coast Citizen.

"The Physics of Qi,"  3 Nov. 2006.

"Fake Food,"  19 Oct. 2006.  North Coast Citizen.

"Big Changes are Easier than Small Ones,"  21 Sept. 2006. North Coast Citizen.

"Don't Feed the Alligators!", 7 Sept. 2006. North Coast Citizen.

“Finance-Free Housing,” Sept. 2006.

"Living Without Oil,"  24 Aug. 2006.  North Coast Citizen.

"Places Touching Spirit", 14 July 2006.

"Acknowledging Fears and Hopes,"  13 July 2006. North Coast Citizen.

"Two Homes from One," 29 June 2006. North Coast Citizen.

"We've Got It.  Don't Lose It." 15 June 2006. North Coast Citizen.

"NOT Living in a Parking Lot,"  1 June 2006. North Coast Citizen.

"Living Architecture", Bringing Buildings to Life Symposium, 18 May 2006. Reprinted in
BIOPHILIC DESIGN, Kellert, Heerwagen & Mador, eds. July 2007.


"Are We Crazy?" 18 May 2006.  North Coast Citizen.

"Sacred Art, Sacred Space", 27 March 2006.

"Two for One: Better Use of Existing Housing", 6 March 2006. NeahCasa

"Improving Housing Affordability", Oct. 14, 2005.

"LNG Imports: Neither Safe Nor Wise", HIPFISH, Jan. 2005.

"Elections", Nov 7, 2004.

"We Have Found the Terrorist ­ The Terrorist Is U.S." October, 2004

THE CAVE TEMPLES OF INDIA, Video and DVD, Fire River Press, Sept. 2004.

"Don't Sell Out" DAILY ASTORIAN, June 18, 2004.

"Economics, Architecture, And Banking," GREEN MONEY JOURNAL April '03; SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSIDER, June, '03; GREEN MONEY JOURNAL "Greatest Hits of First 12 Years" issue, Winter '04.

"Putting Heart Back Into Our Homes", May 2001. for ANOTHER KIND OF SPACE, Dealing & Meltzer, ed. 7mb PDF.

"Only A Terrorist Can Incinerate A City Of Five Million People" March '03

"Shame and Outrage," DAILY ASTORIAN Letters to the Editor Spring, '03

"Green Power or Greed Power" Jan. '03

* "Water, Light, Wood, and Stone" ECOLOGICAL DESIGN REVIEW. Spring-Summer '02. 4mb PDF

"The Economics of Wholeness", MAGICAL BLEND, June '02.

"Fixing Failed Forests," April 2002.

"Foreclosing Our Future," 12 April 2002.

LEARNING TO COUNT WHAT REALLY COUNTS: The Economics of Wholeness, Fire River Press, 2002.

"Terminal Ed: Our Schools Are Dead," Dec. '01.

"Ten Easy Pieces - of a Better World," DAILY ASTORIAN, 31 Oct. '01.

"Seek Wisdom, Not Vengeance," Guest Column, DAILY ASTORIAN, 21 Sept. '01.

"Portals to the Spirit World," SHAMAN'S DRUM, Sept. '01. 4.6mb PDF

"Putting Heart Back Into Our Homes", May 2001. ANOTHER KIND OF SPACE, Meltzer and Dealing. 7mb PDF.

Midnight Comes: A Journey from Death- to Life-Centered Healing, Feb. 2001.

Feng Shui and Design, Sept. 2000.

Hospice: Gateways of Life and Death, Oct. 2000. HEALING MINISTRY, Nov-Dec '01.

"Building with the Breath of Life," ARCHITECTURE WEEK, 23 Aug. '00.

BUILDING WITH THE BREATH OF LIFE, Fire River Press, Sept. 2000.

"Finding the Soul of Natural Building", ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION, Lynne Elizabath & Cassandra Adams, ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

SILENCE, SONG & SHADOWS, Fire River Press, Jan. 2000.

"Ending the Silences: Changing Community Chi", Sept. 1998.

"Change Is Inherent In All Things", FENG SHUI JOURNAL, Fall 1998.

"The Soul of Natural Building", NATURAL BUILDING CONPENDIUM, Lynne Elizabath & Cassandra Adams, ed. 1998.
"The Soul of Natural Building", 1998 TOWARDS TOMORROW FESTIVAL, Timber Framers Guild and NE Sustainable Energy Association.
2.5mb PDF.

"It Gets Even Stranger from Here On", BUILDING WITH NATURE #19, Apr. 1998

"Efficiency vs. Effectiveness", BUILDING WITH NATURE #18, Jan. 1998.

"The Shrine of the Mountain and the Waters", March 1997.

"A Prayer for Help", March 1997.

"Building with the Breath of Life," March 1997. FENG SHUI JOURNAL, Summer 1997.

"Places with a Soul", March 1997.

"Their Population,Our Problem?" Nov. 1996.

"It's Oil Right, Folks! There's Good Times Ahead", Solar '96 Solar Energy Association of Oregon Conference, October, 1996. webpub @ www.oikos.com/seao/SOLAR96/TBENDER

"Unexpected Gifts - The Real Rewards of Sustainable Communities", Solar '96 Solar Energy Association of Oregon Conference, October, 1996. webpub @ www.oikos.com/seao/SOLAR96/TBENDER

"Building with a Soul", in DIALOGS WITH THE LIVING EARTH, James & Roberta Swan, 1996. 9mb PDF

"Eco-Building II", May 1996. Reprinted in Environmental Building News, July 1996 and IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Some Questions We Haven't Asked", April 1996. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Shedding A Skin That No Longer Fits" Mar. 1996. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Simple Prices", Feb. 1996.


"The Sacred Roots of Sustainable Design", Sept. 1995.

"Feeling At Home - Multi-Cultural Design in Australia", Sept. 1995

"Sewage is Art: A Study of the Healing of Place with "Chi", June, 1995. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org
"Sewage is Art: A Study of the Healing of Place with "Chi" Full PDF.9mb

"Being At Home", RESURGENCE #169, March 1995. 2mb PDF

* "Tom Bender", BUILDING WITH NATURE #16, Jan. 1995. 2mb PDF

"Rent-Alls: A Key to Successful Transportation Systems", AORTA BULLETIN, Jan 1995. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org


"Improving the Economic Value of Coastal Public Forest Lands", Dec. 1994. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Feng-Shui", and "Being at Home with our Surroundings", THE URBAN ECOLOGIST, 1994 #3. 2mb PDF

"Sustainable Cities / Eco-Housing - Japan", Oct. 1994.

"The Izu Principles", Oct. 1994.

"The Spiritual Heart of Sustainable Communities", May 1994. Reprinted in HEART OF PLACE, 1993; and IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Finding Time", IN CONTEXT, Spring 1994.

THE HEART OF PLACE
, 1993.

"Touchstones - Seven Tests", Dec. 1993. Reprinted in THE HEART OF PLACE, 1993, and DIALOGS WITH THE LIVING EARTH, Swan & Swan, ed. 1996.

"Co-housing to Co-mmunity", Nov. 1993. Reprinted in THE HEART OF PLACE, 1993.

"Time and Place", Nov. 1993.

"Borrowing Trouble" Nov. 1993. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Vitality and Affordability of Higher Education", Oct. 1993. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Transforming Tourism", EARTH ETHICS, Summer 1993. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Notes on Ecological Housing in Japan", GREEN POST (Japanese Environmental Journal) #10, 1993.
"Notes on Ecological Housing in Japan", GREEN POST (Japanese Environmental Journal) #10, 1993. In Japanese. 4mb PDF

"Building Real Wealth", May 1993. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org, BENDIGO ADVERTISER (AU) Apr 20, 27, May 4, 2002.

"Towards A Sacred Society", THE URBAN ECOLOGIST, Spring 1993.


"In Beauty We Walk" Sept. 1992.

"Out On A Limb", Feb. 1992


"Making Places Sacred", in THE POWER OF PLACE, James Swan, ed. Quest Books 1991.


"The Pantheon Revisited", Oct. 1990.

"Endgames", Nov. 1990. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT, Issue 44, July, 1996. webpub @ www.context.org

"Sacred Building", SPIRIT OF PLACE CONFERENCE, 1989

"In A Wild Mountain Garden", Aug. 1993.

"Making Places Sacred", SPIRIT OF PLACE CONFERENCE, 1988.

"The End of Nuclear War", Dec. 1986.

"The Sacred Art of Building", IN CONTEXT, Autumn 1986. 6.6mb PDF.

"Northern Lights", PROCEEDINGS, WINTER CITIES FORUM, 1986. 4.8mb PDF.

"Putting Heart into Our Homes", YOGA JOURNAL, Sept. 1986.
Reprinted as "Putting Heart into Our Homes," Bendigo Advertiser, Bendigo, Victoria, AU, Jan 5, 12, & 19, 2002.

TOUCHSTONE. Monograph. Nov. 1985.

"Feng-Shui: A Place for Your Home", EAST WEST JOURNAL, July 1984. Reprinted in UTNE READER, Feb/Mar 1986; WHOLISTIC LIVING NEWS, Oct/Nov 1985.

"A Place for Your Home" East-West Journal, 1984. 5mb PDF

"A Dozen Ideas That Could Change America", Contributor. NEW AGE JOURNAL, June 1984.

"Hidden Cost of Housing", RAIN, Mar/Apr 1984. Reprinted in UTNE READER, Summer 1984; SUN TIMES, Nov/Dec 1984; ALTERNATIVE PRESS ANNUAL, 1984.

"Hidden Cost of Housing",UTNE READER, Summer 1984. 9mb PDF

"Sharing Smaller Pies (New Values section)" RAIN, Oct. '83

"Is Socialism the Answer?", RAIN, June/July 1983. 2.8mb PDF.

"Violence/Non-violence", MANAS, June 8, 1983.

"Work and Leisure", MANAS, April 13, 1983.

"True Security", RAIN, Oct/Nov 1982. 2.5mb PDF.

"See No Evil, Feel No Evil, Cause No Evil," RAIN, Sept. '80. 2mb PDF

"Community Economics," RAIN, Aug. '80.

"IS Population A Problem?" w/Lane deMoll, RAIN, Jan. '80, Apr. '80. 3mb PDF

"Automate the Rich, not the Poor," RAIN, Dec. '79.

"Hometown Rooters or Corporate Looters," RAIN, July '79. 5.7mb PDF.

"The Dream of Greed," RAIN, June '79. 4mb PDF.

"Economics Where People DO Matter," RAIN, Apr. '79. 3mb PDF.

"Democracy Is A Two-Way Street,", RAIN, Jan. '79.

"The Crisis Crisis," RAIN, Oct. '78.

"Stepping Stones," RAIN, July-Aug. '78.

"Consensus Democracy," RAIN, July 78.

"You Get What You Give," RAIN, June '78.

"What is to Give Light Must Endure Burning", RAIN, May 1978. Reprinted as "Out of the Ashes", THE SUN, June 1979; FINE HOMEBUILDING, June-July 1985.

STEPPING STONES: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND BEYOND. Major Contributor. Schocken Books, 1978. Japanese edition, Toppan Co, Tokyo, 1983.

"Suburban Renewal," RAIN, Apr. '78.

"Jobs, Humbug!," RAIN, Apr. '78.

RAINBOOK:
RESOURCES FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY. Co-Editor. Schocken Books, 1977.

"Appropriate Technology", RAINBOOK, '77. 2.8mb PDF

"Size and Growth," RAINBOOK, 1977. 2.1mb PDF

"Unnecessary Activities?" RAINBOOK, '77.

"On Balance," RAIN, June '77.

"The Dangers of Excess Quality," RAIN, May '77.

"Technology Is Not the Problem and Not the Answer," RAIN, May '77.

"The Third Pig Is Always Fattest," RAIN, May, '77.

"Ad-Free TV," RAIN Apr. '77. 2.6mb PDF

"Let Fantasies Be Fantasies," RAIN, Apr. '77, RAINBOOK, '77.

"$8 a Gallon for Gas?" RAIN, Feb. '77.

"Invisible Technology," RAIN, Feb. '77.

"Economics, Energy and Employment," RAIN Dec. '76.

"Stolen Goods," RAIN, Nov. '76, RAINBOOK, '77. 2.8mb PDF

"Costs of Tourism," RAIN, Oct. '76; RAINBOOK '77.

"Space and Spirit," RAIN, July '76.

"The Sex Life of a Tree," RAIN, July '76.

"Taking Pictures, Taking Souls," RAIN, May '76, Oct. '83; RAINBOOK, '77.

"Costs of Growth," RAIN May '76.

"Make Where You ARE a Paradise," RAIN Poster Issue, Apr. '76, RAINBOOK, '77.

"Mega-Paper Tigers," RAIN, Jan. '76.

"Limits to Gross," RAIN, Nov. '75.

SHARING SMALLER PIES. Monograph. 1975. Reprinted in RAIN, April 1975; NEW AGE JOURNAL, Nov. 1975; THE FUTURIST, 1976; RESETTLING AMERICA, Gary Coates, ed. Brick House, 1981. Excerpted in UTNE READER, Fall 1987
SHARING SMALLER PIES. Full Monograph. 1975. 10mb PDF.
"Changing Possibilities" excerpt of SHARING SMALLER PIES reprinted in STEPPING STONES, deMoll & Coe, 1978.
"Changing Possibilities" reprinted in Japanese edition of STEPPING STONES, 1981.

"Independence?"- with O.E.R.P, 1974. 3.3mb PDF.

"Emerging Energy Policy Principles" - with O. E. R. P, 1974.

"Cosmic Economics" - with Office of Energy Research & Planning, Governor's Office, State of Oregon, 1974;

reprinted in STEPPING STONES, deMoll & Coe, 1978.
"Cosmic Economics" reprinted in Japanese edition of STEPPING STONES, 1981.
2.6mb PDF.

LIVING LIGHTLY: Energy Conservation in Housing. Excerpts. 1973

LIVING LIGHTLY: Energy Conservation In Housing. Monograph. 1973. 8.7mb PDF

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER, Schocken Books, 1973.

"Feng-Shui: Energy and Place", 1972. Reprinted as "Feng-Shui: Earth Acupuncture", EAST-WEST JOURNAL, July 1973; in ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER, 1973; and in ECO-SHELTER DESIGN MANUAL, Lawrence Schechter, 1996.

"Telepa-Vision: Communication of Mental Images", RADICAL SOFTWARE, #5, Spring '72. Reprinted in ENVIRONMENTAL


"Electronic Kinder-Garden", EVE, 1971; reprinted in RADICAL SOFTWARE, #4, 1971, and in ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER, 1973.