Politically Correct, Academically Correct, Scientifically Correct, Bigotedly Correct
By Donella Meadows
–September 12, 1991–
Young people are now streaming back to universities all over the nation, where they will be shot down by the label “politically correct” whenever they try to be decent. At an age where social acceptance is everything to them, they will learn that what makes them acceptable is cynicism. Any gesture they make in the direction [...]
A Week’s Trash is Heavy Burden
By Donella Meadows
–December 7, 1989–
It was the students’ idea to carry their trash around for a week.
They had worked with the Dartmouth building and grounds staff to create one of the most successful college recycling programs in the nation. By the end of the first year the college had reclaimed 500,000 aluminum cans, 48 tons of white paper, 45 tons [...]
When is “Recycling” not Recycling?
By Donella Meadows
–November 2, 1989–
Schoolkids from Vermont to Brooklyn are learning a new skill this fall — how to separate polystyrene plates, cups, and cutlery from the rest of their cafeteria garbage, so the plastic can be recycled. The same lesson is being taught to customers at McDonald’s restaurants in New England. Paper napkins and uneaten French fries go in [...]
The Dilemna of Dursban and Dartmouth’s Elms
By Donella Meadows
–August 10, 1989–
Skeletons of elm trees still stand in the valley where I live. They have succumbed to Dutch elm disease so recently that they haven’t yet been cut down. The dead branches hold their curving V shapes, like huge elegant vases, reminders of a beauty that is now only a memory.
Only a memory, except on the Dartmouth [...]
Freedman Speaks Out Against Evil
By Donella Meadows
–March 31, 1988–
Nothing tests a community’s dedication to democracy and freedom more than the presence of a loud minority that sows hatred and dissension in the name of democracy and freedom. Dartmouth College has been blessed or cursed with such a group for the past eight years; the college has earned a national reputation as the home of [...]
