I seem to remember back in the days of The Whole Earth Catalog there was a similar publication by the name of Foxfire.
Maybe someone else can remember it a bit better. It dealt with the same topics as the Whole Earth Catalog I think.
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is, you’re way off . . . Foxfire has nothing to do with the Whole Earth Catalog genre. The good news is that the Foxfire books are a national treasure, still available, preserving a record of the traditional culture of southern Appalachia. Check out Foxfire here: http://www.foxfire.org/index.html