Natural Enquirer N e w s l e t t e r f o r S p r i n g Va l l e y S u p p o r t e r s a n d Vo l u n t e e r s
vol.3 no.5 • Sept./Oct. ‘12
In this issue...
Industriousness is a universal characteristic of human societies (although not in equal measure among individual humans). People have always sought new ways to solve problems and designed new tools and gadgets to get the job done. An understanding of how things are made is less common in this day and age (the age of manufacturing), since most gadgets are made for us by others and technology has added layers of complexity that few of us can even begin to fathom. It is always enlightening when someone can explain something to us. Thus, this issue of the Natural Enquirer sheds light on the history and manufacture of greenhouses and barrel spigots—two gadgets that most of us encounter from time to time but likely have never given a second thought. The main idea here isn’t that we all need to learn about and understand the detailed story behind everything we encounter in life, but that doing so for those things we do find essential, interesting, or merely curious adds richness to our understanding of the world in general.
Inside The Specularium..................................................2 What’s That?.........................................................3 What’s Happenin’.............................................. 4-6 Spring Valley General Information....................10
Volunteer News Contents Volunteern Want Ads...........................................7 Volunteer Calendar........................................... 8-9
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