Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Pepsi Ad
By Donella Meadows
–July 1, 1993–
A company called Space Marketing, Inc. of Roswell, Georgia, has figured out how to send into orbit a reflecting mylar sheet that can create a billboard in the sky. The image, the size of the full moon, would be visible at dusk and dawn. Right there in the middle of the fading sunset an advertiser could [...]
The Nuclear Power Industry Helps Women Sort Out the Issues
By Donella Meadows
–January 7, 1993–
The U.S. Council for Energy Awareness has finally figured out how to sell nuclear power to women.
Women have always been a problem to the nuclear industry. Polls consistently show them to be more opposed to nuclear power than men. (“Because of their deeply held distrust of science and technology,” the Council for Energy Awareness assumes.) The [...]
OK Kids, Time to Turn to your Snickers Lesson
By Donella Meadows
–October 1, 1992–
The scariest article I have read in a long time appeared in the September 21 issue of The Nation. It was written by Jonathan Kozol, and it is about the plan George Bush, Lamar Alexander, and Chris Whittle are hatching for America’s schools.
You know who George Bush is. Lamar Alexander is his Secretary of Education. Chris [...]
