Ecotopia. The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston
| Title | Ecotopia. The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston |
| Year for Search | 1975 |
| Authors | Callenbach, Ernest [William] [Jr.](1929-2012) |
| Pagination | 167 pp. |
| Date Published | 1975 |
| Publisher | Banyan Tree Books |
| Place Published | Berkeley, CA |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Ecological eutopia. See also 1981 Callenbach, Ecotopia Emerging; his “Chocco.” Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias. Ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (New York: Tor, 1994), 189-213; his Living Poor With Style. Illus. Judith Clancy Johns. New York: Bantam Books, 1972; A later version which is said to “evolved” from this book and The Ecotopian Encyclopedia (1980) is Living Cheaply With Style. Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing, 1993; and Callenbach and Michael Phillips, A Citizen Legislature. Berkeley/Bodega, CA: Banyan Tree Books/Clear Glass, 1985 |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1977. 181 pp.; 30th anniversary edition, Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books in Association with Heyday Books, 2004, with a “Foreword” by Malcolm Margolin (); and the 40th anniversary edition as Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston. Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books in Association with Heyday Books, 2014, with a “Foreword” by Malcolm Margolin (iii-ix) and Callenbach’s “Epistle to the Ecotopians” (173-81) that was found on his computer after his death in 2012. Part first published as “First Days in Ecotopia.” American Review 19 (January 1974): 79-102. Part later published as “Ecotopia.” Oregon Times (October - November 1975): 32-36, 22-23; and as “Journey to Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston.” Harper’s Weekly 65 (May 17, 1976): 11-18. |
| Info Notes | See also 1981 Callenbach, Ecotopia Emerging; his “Chocco.” Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias. Ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (New York: Tor, 1994), 189-213; his Living Poor With Style. Illus. Judith Clancy Johns. New York: Bantam Books, 1972; A later version which is said to “evolved” from this book and The Ecotopian Encyclopedia (1980) is Living Cheaply With Style. Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing, 1993; and Callenbach and Michael Phillips, A Citizen Legislature. Berkeley/Bodega, CA: Banyan Tree Books/Clear Glass, 1985 |
| Holding Institutions | CU-Riv, PSt |
| Author Note | (1929-2012) |
| Full Text | 1975 Callenbach, Ernest [William, Jr.] (1929-2012). Ecotopia. The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston. Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books. 167 pp. Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1977. 181 pp.; 30th anniversary edition, Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books in Association with Heyday Books, 2004, with a “Foreword” by Malcolm Margolin (); and the 40th anniversary edition as Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston. Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books in Association with Heyday Books, 2014, with a “Foreword” by Malcolm Margolin (iii-ix) and Callenbach’s “Epistle to the Ecotopians” (173-81) that was found on his computer after his death in 2012. Part first published as “First Days in Ecotopia.” American Review 19 (January 1974): 79-102. Part later published as “Ecotopia.” Oregon Times (October - November 1975): 32-36, 22-23; and as “Journey to Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston.” Harper’s Weekly 65 (May 17, 1976): 11-18. See his The Ecotopian Encyclopedia for the 80s; A Survival Guide for the Age of Inflation. Berkeley, CA: And/Or, 1980; Judith Clancy. The Ecotopian Sketchbook. A Book for Drawing, Writing, Collaging, Designing, Thinking About & Creating a New World based on the novel Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach. [Berkeley, CA]: Banyan Tree Books, 1981; and his “Ecotopia: Looking Back (and Forward).” Talking Leaves 8.3 (Winter 1999): 14-16. See also Seriatim: A Journal of Ecotopia (McMinnville, Oregon) 1 - 10 (Fall 1976-1980). CU-Riv, PSt Ecological eutopia. See also 1981 Callenbach, Ecotopia Emerging; his “Chocco.” Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias. Ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (New York: Tor, 1994), 189-213; his Living Poor With Style. Illus. Judith Clancy Johns. New York: Bantam Books, 1972; A later version which is said to “evolved” from this book and The Ecotopian Encyclopedia (1980) is Living Cheaply With Style. Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing, 1993; and Callenbach and Michael Phillips, A Citizen Legislature. Berkeley/Bodega, CA: Banyan Tree Books/Clear Glass, 1985 |
