In this section I list the publications that I have found helpful. I also explicitly acknowledge the unwritten stories and reflections of my friends.

1. TECHNOLOGY, CONVENTIONAL VERSUS APPROPRIATE

1. Jacques Ellul, The Technological Bluff, trans. by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1990); provides indepth systematical critique on technology and society.

2. John Howard Yoder, As You Go (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961); encourages us to see mission as an integrated part of life. Charly Houston, the civil rights advocate, has remarked: "The only worthy role for a lawyer is that of a social engineer" (quoted in Juan Williams, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, New York: Penguin Books, 1987, p. 8.)

3. Matthew 15:34.

4. Juliene G. Lipson, Helping People to Help Themselves (New York: Haworth Press, 1982).

5. E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (New York: Harper & Row, 1973); recently I read this and was impressed by how timely the analysis was.

6. Donella H. Meadows and others, The Limits to Growth; a Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind (New York: Universe Books, 1972).

7. James E. Metzler, From Saigon to Shalom: The Pilgrimage of a Missionary in Search of a More Authentic Mission (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1985).

8. United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (New York: U.N. Office of Public Information, 1983).

1. Emilio M. Martinez Amador, Standard English-Spanish and Spanish-English Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Boston: D.C. Heath and Co., 1958), P. 1213.

2. A beautiful reading relating to this is Chapter 5, "Some Psychological Aspects of Land Stewardship," in Joe Paddock, Nancy Paddock, and Carol Blyk Soil and Survival (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1986), P. 49-61.

1. Thomas Jefferson, Writings (New York: The Library of America, distributed by Viking Press, 1984), p. 840-842.

2. worthwhile reading Chapter 4, "Buddhist Economics," of Schumacher's Small is Beautiful.

3. Quoted in Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, p. 59-60.

4. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, p. 60.

5. Southern Exposure, Vol. 14, no. 5-6, p. 26,; S.E. provides a worthwhile analysis on current reality in the United States.

6. Ivan Illich, Toward a History of Needs (New York: Pantheon Books, 1978), p. 120.

7. Steven L. Slavin, Introduction to Economics (Homewood, IL: Irwin, 1989), p. 68. (JS adds neighborly and voluntary service.)

8. World Development Report 1990 (Oxford: Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 1990), p. 141.

9. Economic Growth in the Third World 1850-1980 (New Haven, Yale University Press), 1985, p. 69-73; and Hunger 1992 (Washington, D.C.: Bread for the World Institute on Hunger & Development, 1991), p. 191 (U.S. statistics).

1. Kraybill, Donald B.; The riddle of Amish culture; 1989 John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

1. Jacob Schiere, (MCC Akron Latin America Desk and MCC AT Center in Guatemala) LASF: una letrina para la familia

1. Psalm 1:3a.

2. A quote from Keith Helmuth, also author of the highly recommended brochure: If John Woolman Were Among Us: Reflections on the Ecology of Flush Toilets and Motor Vehicles, (Argenta, B.C.: Argenta Friends Press, 1989.)

3. Wendell Berry, Home Economics: Fourteen Essays (San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987).

4. William Cecil Dampier, A History of Science, 3rd ed., rev. and enlarged (Cambridge: University Press, 1942), p. 16-18, 33.

5. Robert M Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, New York: Morrow 1974; has been fundamental in my analysis of the essential role of time.

6. Wilson Clark, "Sun, Energy and Civilization," in Fire of Life (New York: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1981), p. 204.

7. Harlan Cleveland, The Knowledge Executive: Leadership in an Information Society (New York: Truman Talley Books, 1985).

8. Keith Helmuth, If John Woolman Were Among Us: Reflections on the Ecology of Flush Toilets and Motor Vehicles, (Argenta, B.C.: Argenta Friends Press, 1989), p. 26.

9. Donella H. Meadows and others, Limits to Growth (New York: Universe Books, 1972).

10. Carol E. and John S. Steinhart, Energy: Sources, Use, and Role in Human Affairs (North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1974), p. 84-85.

11. Edwin Kiester, Jr., "The Light and the Dark," in Fire of Life (New York: Smithsonian Exposition Books, distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 1981), p. 194.

12. Race to Save the Planet P VI (video), (Washington DC, New American Coalition on religion and ecology 1990).

13. Peter Farb, Living Earth (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959), p. 4-5.

14. Joe Paddock, Nancy Paddock, and Carol Bly, Soil and Survival: Land Stewardship and the Future of American Agriculture (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1986), p. 6.

15. Paddock, Paddock, and Bly, p. 7-8.

16. Cynthia A. Hunt and Robert M. Garrels, Water, the Web of Life (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1972)

17. "Simply ... the Magic of Water," New Internationalist, May 1990, p. 22-23.

1. Ellul, Technological Bluff, see last chapter.

2. Library of Christian Classics, V 25: Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers, ed. George Huntston Williams and Angel M. Mergal (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1957), p. 75-76.

1. Peter Farb, Living Earth (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959), p. 13.