Cut Off From Global Markets, Cuba Invents a New Agriculture
By Donella Meadows
–June 12, 1997–
It’s hard to believe anything we hear about Cuba. Some people, especially those in official positions, want us to believe that Cuba does no right, others that it does no wrong. I’m hearing fascinating stories from folks who have visited there, folks who are biased too in various ways — who isn’t? If even half of [...]
Dear Folks: July 24, 1994
Dear Folks,
I’m somewhere over the Midwest, returning home from Colorado — the longest journey I’ve taken in six months, which is some kind of a travel-abstinence record for me. It’s been a lightning trip. Got on a plane in Lebanon NH Friday morning, arrived in Aspen at noon (their time), spent the afternoon and evening with a bunch of Monsanto [...]
Dear Folks: July 26, 1993
Dear Folks,
This is going to be such a busy month, I’d better write a bit now, or I’ll forget what has happened so far in the rush of what is going to happen in Costa Rica.
We got in a beautiful cut of hay. It dried in one long, brilliant June day and was dark green and sweet-smelling and full of [...]
Talk of the Nation
May 8, 1992
Prior to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio, Brazil in 1992, Donella Meadows was invited to speak on the NPR radio show Talk of the Nation. In the following recordings, she and radio host Ira Flatow discuss her work on the limits to growth and what those limits imply for society going forward. Dennis Avery, [...]
Corporations Tell Us All About the Environment
By Donella Meadows
–August 1, 1991–
The friendly folks at the U.S. Fertilizer Institute are waging a campaign against manure. The word “manure” has a wholesome connotation that is simply not appropriate, say the fertilizer makers. You should not think of manure as a “warm, fuzzy substance.” Henceforth please refer to it as “fecal contamination.”
I think that’s a funny story, because I [...]
