How to Beat the Coming Gas Price Hike
By Donella Meadows
–February 18, 1993—-
There is much talk of sacrifice these days, and much media drama about whether the American people will actually accept such a terrible hardship as an energy tax. The fuss is exaggerated. The energy tax is predictable, sensible, and long overdue. The people asked for it. And it is not a sacrifice.
In the last election 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 [...]
Free Trade Benefits Traders, Not Nations
By Donella Meadows
–August 27, 1992–
Wow! The world’s largest trading area, populated by 360 million people! A free market from the Yukon to the Yucatan! The latest dramatic chapter, says President Bush, in the new world Christopher Columbus discovered 500 years ago!
It’s enough to give you shivers down your back.
But have you ever stopped to wonder what, exactly, is to be [...]
The Corporate Citizens’ Council for Mom and Apple Pie
By Donella Meadows
–January 2, 1992–
Many, probably most, large corporations have done a lot in the last few years to clean up their environmental act. No sector of the U.S. economy has increased its energy efficiency more than the industrial sector has. Large manufacturers are reclaiming and recycling wastes. Under the threat of Superfund litigation they are working hard to generate [...]
Corporations Shape an Ozone-Friendly Coalition
By Donella Meadows
–September 26, 1991–
Some people in the corporate world see an absolute conflict between business and the environment. Industry wins or the environment wins, take your choice.
Fortunately, there are dissenters from that view. They see the environment as the playing field upon which all life, including corporate life, is supported. They even think there can be bottom-line gains from [...]
