Never Mind Paper vs. Plastic Bags, How Did You Get To The Grocery Store?
by Donella Meadows
— May 20, 1999 —
Finally! A sensible list of things we can do to save the planet!
Discussion on this topic has been muddled since the Fifty Simple Things book came out years ago. It was a well-meant list and a very popular one. Its sales showed that millions of folks, especially young folks, are willing to change their [...]
Living Green Isn’t A Sacrifice, It’s An Adventure
by Donella Meadows
— April 19, 1999 —
I’m one of those tedious people who try to “live green.”
I’m no beginner. I’ve been at it 30 years, since I lived in the toxic air of northeast New Jersey, watched suburbs munch up farmland, traveled to India where eroded soil blew against my skin and hunger looked me in the face.
When I see [...]
The New American Dream Home
By Donella Meadows
–August 7, 1997–
On the cover of the newspaper’s Sunday magazine section, THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM HOME invites us to enter its softly lit, splendidly arched, mostly glass, double front door.
An arrow points to the “KITCHEN: Adjoining ‘great room’ and eat-in nook give busy families space to congregate; a countertop personal computer lets the cook fetch recipes or the [...]
Expert Statements Worth Paying Attention To
By Donella Meadows
–July 10, 1997–
Lay the world’s economists end to end, goes an old joke, and they’ll still point in every direction. Ask the world’s scientists about the environment, goes a modern myth, and they’ll disagree.
But surprisingly large numbers of scientists and even economists have been agreeing lately and issuing stunning public statements — stunning because of the extent of [...]
The Cultural Creatives Are Coming
By Donella Meadows
–January 23, 1997–
I don’t know whether to cheer or cringe at the news that the way of life my friends and I have been quietly crafting for decades, always assuming we were far off the mainstream, suddenly has a name and constitutes a trend.
“Cultural creatives” they call us, or worse, “trans-modernists.” According to anthropologist Paul Ray, who seems [...]
