Shopping at the Coop: Anything that Exists is Possible
By Donella Meadows
–March 21, 1991–
In the back of my car I keep a split-oak shopping basket. As we empty plastic containers, glass bottles, and paper bags in the kitchen, I put them in the basket. That way I’m always ready to stop at the Upper Valley Food Coop on my way home from work.
I bother to tell you the intimate [...]
A Declaration of Independence from Junk Mail
By Donella Meadows
–December 6, 1990–
The competitive market economy can be counted on to turn any good thing to ridiculous excess. Commercial mail to my house once consisted of three Sears catalogs a year. Then a few L.L. Bean catalogs showed up. Now I get as many catalogs a day as I used to get in a year. I am a [...]
Basic Facts About Energy and the Middle East
By Donella Meadows
–October 26, 1990–
In the Great White Capital City the leaders of the nation are making plans to go to war. They are also making a national energy policy. The war and energy plans are being designed in different parts of the government, but of course the events that drive them are closely related.
The citizens of this democracy will [...]
