The Land and Water Conservation Fund Needs To Be Spent
By Donella Meadows
–July 9, 1994–
At the edge of my town there’s an open field, kept mowed by a bunch of neighbors who play softball on it. At one wooded edge there’s a picnic bench and a kids’ sandbox. In the woods the land slopes down to a brook that’s deep enough for trout, but shallow enough for children to wade [...]
What to Do About Thugs in Power?
By Donella Meadows
–June 9, 1994–
One day after he celebrated the 50th anniversary of D-Day, President Clinton, still in France, agreed to hand over half of Bosnia to the Serbs.
He had resisted doing that for more than a year, pointing out that it amounts to rewarding the most brutal genocide the world has seen since Hitler.
How he could time his capitulation [...]
Hillary Jokes Are Not So Funny
By Donella Meadows
–April 28, 1994–
In the College Supplies store in Hanover, NH, you can buy a card that says on the front, “What’s even worse than having another birthday?” Inside it says, “Hillary with PMS.”
You can buy notepaper that reads, “If President Clinton calls, tell her I’ll get right back to her.”
I thought only women of my generation — Hillary’s [...]
Greening the White House is a Big Job
By Donella Meadows
–February 17, 1994–
“Before I ask you to do the best you can in your house,” said President Clinton last Earth Day, “I ought to make sure I’m doing the best I can in my house. We’re going to identify what it takes to make the White House a model for efficiency and waste reduction. Then we’re going to [...]
Tuning in to NAFTA
By Donella Meadows
–September 29, 1993–
“I have to admit, I’ve tuned out the whole discussion about NAFTA,” said my neighbor, who is not in the habit of tuning out discussions. “It all seems so complicated.”
“Here’s a good introduction,” I said, handing her Ross Perot’s book Save Your Job, Save Our Country. She looked at me as if I’d gone crazy. “I [...]
