The People Should Do It, the Government Should Do It
By Donella Meadows
–February 9, 1989–
“I want my government to tell me what to do when it comes to recycling trash, and I want them to make it easy.
“I want my government to appropriate money to solar energy research instead of things like star wars.
“I want my government to tax me heavily if I choose to have more than two children.
“If [...]
A Mixed Message from Bush on Energy
By Donella Meadows
–February 2, 1989–
Environmentalists, waiting hopefully to see whether George Bush is indeed one of them, got a puzzling mixed message this week.
Bush’s Secretary of State James Baker, in a rousing speech to delegates from 40 nations, said that the world cannot wait for solid evidence before acting on the greenhouse problem. The U.S. and the world must focus [...]
New Year’s Resolutions for the Environment
By Donella Meadows
–December 29, 1988–
“What can I do?” It’s been twenty years since I’ve been asked that question so insistently. A new generation is discovering the environmental problems of our troubled planet, and I’m hearing from students, from readers, from people everywhere. “I’m really scared about acid rain, the ozone hole, the greenhouse effect. What can I DO?”
There may be [...]
Let’s Do the Environment Story Better This Time
By Donella Meadows
–December 15, 1988–
The media are buzzing with ecological consciousness. Garbage barges and the greenhouse effect are on Page One. PBS and CNN are making documentaries on the state of the planet. A researcher for “Entertainment Tonight” even called me the other day, asking whether I think television covers environmental issues adequately.
College environmental science enrollments have tripled this year. [...]
Good Environmental News From All Over
By Donella Meadows
–January 15, 1987–
If you pay attention to the environmental news, you can easily get the impression that the waters and air and soils of the earth are deteriorating and that nobody’s doing much of anything about it.
You can also conclude that protecting the environment is a tough, expensive job. There’s a choice — a healthy environment or a [...]
