Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and Trust Your Common Sense
By Donella Meadows
–March 3, 1994–
Out there in readerland some folks live at an amazingly high level of environmental consciousness. For example, here’s part of a letter I got recently from a concerned Vermonter named Gretchen.
“I live on a steep hillside that no one wants to mow, and I’m using sheep to keep the land open. They fertilize the land as [...]
The Endangered Species Act is not Working Well for Most Species, Including Humans
By Donella Meadows
–April 15, 1993–
“We have erected a monument to commemorate the funeral of a species,” said Aldo Leopold, dedicating a memorial to the passenger pigeon in 1947. “It symbolizes our sorrow. We grieve because no living man will see again the onrushing phalanx of victorious birds, sweeping a path for spring across the March skies, chasing the defeated winter [...]
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 [...]
