What’s a Scapegoat to Do?
By Donella Meadows
–June 4, 1992–
A few weeks ago I was honored, I guess, to appear on National Public Radio with Dennis Avery, a self-described agricultural expert with the Hudson Institute. I had never met Mr. Avery, but since the Institute is a radically conservative organization, I expected the discussion to be lively.
What I didn’t expect, in this post-cold-war era, was [...]
How About a Short Guy for the Next President?
By Donella Meadows
–January 30, 1992—-
Once I took part in a seminar on leadership, in which our group of about 100 people was asked to choose a leader within a few minutes, without anyone uttering a word.
We milled about in silent confusion. I tried to evaluate people from their looks and their manner. Some folks swaggered around trying to project leaderliness, [...]
The Question Of Leadership: A good leader sets the right goals, gets things moving, and helps us discover that we already know what to do
By Donella H. Meadows
–Fall/Winter 1991–
In case you’ve given up looking, you’ll be happy to know that there is a newspaper column that goes beyond the cynical bickering that passes for political criticism. Since 1985 Donella H. Meadows – known to many as the coauthor of The Limits to Growth, to some as an adjunct professor at Dartmouth in environmental studies, and to friends [...]
An Introduction to American Politics for Melinda
By Donella Meadows
–November 14, 1991–
Welcome, Melinda, to the United States. Your Hungarian university sent you here to practice English, and since you’ve arrived at the beginning of a presidential election season, you’ll also get to see “democracy” in action. I know people in your country are very interested in democracy, so I’ll do the best I can to explain it [...]
Fighting for Democracy Abroad and at Home
By Donella Meadows
–September 19, 1991–
Last week at a conference in Hungary a Lithuanian showed pictures of the people of Vilnius bringing their vehicles to block their TV transmitter from Russian tanks. He showed thousands of candles lit in protest at national shrines. He translated the hand-lettered signs: “In the forest the vicious animals are wolves. In the jungle they’re tigers. [...]
